The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-31
BERRY BAKER.

BERRY BAKER.
The closing exercises ut Boden-
ham Academy have come and gone
| did want to go so bad. Some o,
Sally's children are there and !
wanted the worst in the world to be
there and see how they (as we'll as
Others came out. love to go to
such places. 1t does me SO much
good to laugh; l believe it is the
healthiest exercise we can take.
The Squire says riding horse back
is good exercise. 1t may be for the
rider but / never did think it was
funny for the horse. 1t always ap-
peared to me to be too much one
sided; l like two sides to every
thing except my happiness, and
want that to be one sided business
and everybody on that side. I am
learning in my declining years that
the most pleasant moments of my
life have been past that way, and,
my son. will say right here for
your present and future benefit that
if l had my time to 60 over again l
would come out publicly on the
laughing side of every proposition.
l hope you see the "pint" and will
"hltch" on. In fact there is DO
other kind of work I'd rather do
than to take myself up and give me
a good shaking with hearty laugh.
I am not certain that I would ever
want to cross the river if there were
nothing on this side to mar my
peace. Wouldn't it be nice to have
all sunshine and no shade (only in
hot weather), all pleasure and no
trouble, all joy and no sorrow, eve
rybody surrounded with peace, plen-
ty and prosperity, clear con-
science, a nice suit of town clothes
and some place to go to on Sunday2
You will please pardon me for di-
crossing when l get off my subject.
l am reminded of Uncle Billy Gil
more when he'd take his text and
divide into three heads; oily taken
it, ely left it and 3ly never come
back to it," also like the preacher
who tried to walk the straight and
narrow path" all the time he found
himself in it when he was crossing
it. Well, back to my subject. l
just believe she knowed it would
rain by her going two days before
hand. Nothing like being prompt
and on time; neither is there many
things like being behind and get
ting left. It looks like it's my luck
here of late. A heap OF the time l
can't get to go, and when 1 do
something turns over that causes
me to be left. 1 had gone through
with all the preliminaries necessary
for the occasion and just as / was
about to start the rain, like an I'M
welcome visitor, appeared on the
scene and my trip to Bohemian
was knocked into smithereens, hopes
shattered, prospects blighted and
all my expectations and anticipa-
tions kerfumixed in embryo. Well
we'd get above ourselves, and
neighbors too, if we had no draw
backs. I've had them occasiona ally
ever since / commenced climbing
the hill of time and it looks like the
nearer I get to the top the harder
it is for me to hold my grip. In
my boyhood days when I'd be in
the field at work an angry looking
cloud would come up; I'd star. to
the house and before / could get
there the rain would be over. / was
ashamed to go on and almost too
mad to go back, glad it rained end
sorry it quit. In this case it would
have been vice versa. Well, TN
even with 'er anyhow. l had the
pleasure of being at the city hal!
and witnessed the closing exercises
of the Alternately school. l bet 1
saw as many pretty (boys) as she
did (girls) and besides she told me
everything she saw and heard at
Bohemian, /. g.: all she wanted me
to know. l played the audience and
she the pupils and teacher; second
hand exhibition is better than none.
l enjoyed it just splendidly. My
ecstacy knew no bounds as she
would recite and repeat in regular
quotation, and for her encourage
ment and to make the entertain
ment as interesting as possible, l
would applaud occasionally. 1t is
Eight amusing to witness the elo-
quence and oratorical powers of a
woman when she takes her flight
from floor to chair ard from chair
to table and then plumes herself TO
scale the mantle piece to give it the
finishing touch. / once overheard a
conversation with an old la iy and a
young fellow just out of school. He
was expatiating up>n a new discov-
cry just made by which young men
are manufactured into full fcdged
business men at one operation, She
said all that may be so, young man,
but was brought up under the old
dispensation and that way is good
enough for me yet. l am as OF old,
your daddy, BERRY BAKER.
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