The Grenada gazette., 1888-03-24
JOHN aooDE HorE,s LETTER

Inotice signs of spring In the swell
J ing buds Of fruit trees, and one bir
> has ventured 10 whistle few note
IN order that he nigh. claim IN
honor OF being first to proclaim tn
glad tidings of the advent of tina
most beautiful and pleasant of all tn
seasons-spring.
Well. ! am glad it is almost II
sight, though know il means for M
TO take up the ''shovel and the hoe
and do all the work in the garde,
that | cent shirk out of. But yol
know, fellow is powerful mean i
he shirks that sort of work When hi
wife is there to help him and encour
age him with her praise of his mic.
work, and tells him she is going tt
give him ham and egg for dinncrand
peaehes with cream for supper. ia
| nie Just knows exactly how to ''intlu-
ence" me to bring out all the indus
| 'ry there is in my composition. She
| thinks that have to go after water
| very often when ! am at work in the
| garden. Well, it does make a fellow
powerful thirsty and tired too. ]
sometimes have to rest about three
week
! hope we will have good crop
year. for | ten yon most all the farm.
ers need to make good crops. Nearly
all of them are in debt and another
rad year would ruin them.
| must make good crop this year
sure, or jamie and the girls will have
70 give up sonin plans they have set
their hearts on. | have noticed that
it hurts woman to be disappointed
in her plans or hopes more than II
does a man, They can stand any
amount of trouble or sorrow, and
come ont bravely and take up thei'
life-work with courage and energy.
while 4 iUnl man will 20 and net
drank or commit suicide, when De
gets IN troGble. There is difference
between Disappointment and what ] |
call trouble. When that grpatest oil
all troubles, the loss of kind ard |
loving husband, Details IA woman |
She suffers, but soon RECEIVERS ber
sense of duty, pa'ieL atty bows II, resi-
lnaton to the inevitable, and takes
lp her broken life work with energy
md determination. But let her layl
'tans and set her heart on sOme
hing that she fancies and fails 10 pci
/ then the memory of that failure
ingers almost with life. But with
III their faults, failinps, wants and
Vbiins, they arc, by far, the best part
i Gods handiwork. She is mans
'ie2Sed comforter, especially SO, hen
'rii"W has been trampinG up aud
.nwn the room Of q cold night with q
ahy squrnling With colts aud vel
ING like savage, then IL IL that wo-
.ItH appears In her maichpas role |
hops oct Of bed and IN
lnEu8Ge striking, ii not classic, in.
lfms the man that he does noi know {
oW to quiet colicky baby. We al,
'i"" liHw nluclI sjlll uuniruft llpl
'ords afford on such an occasion.
hey mean quiet Tor the baby and =
'St Tor the man. Say did it even n
appen to YOU, while pspnenadinp y
re room baresUUtcd with the coiick,
any IN your arms, to tread on
.ck? ityon ever had such luck YOU
pow pretty well what a fellow
link If he don't say It. Thank the ei
ord our baby has safely passed tho.e st
wing and crying DAYS and nights
ne old parcgroic val hangs on the
RIi empty and dry, but it remains -
ere all thf same, as the flight Of n,
her days and my lieutenant cqpl 81
rter There il now 30 hauutjr,p e
cad "l having 10 skin ont ofa warm
d. anf while poking around trying v
ilhd the lamp, run into rocking "
air about half leg deep. I can N
w retire to my peaceful couch with n
comforting assurance thatmyres' ee
II not be broken by the wall of "A
stressed baby. I can now make up pr
lest time. jamie thinks have ~
.eady nadc up more than | ever M
dh tell her ought to collect in Al
'est on all that precious time, and vi
t says | do collect 1t by often ~
eping till the breaIlfast-beIl rings
Well it takes all sorts of experien. 'i'
To make up the full measure OF i'm
.. In early life 1t is spring ana IN
nmef or love and roses later, il is th
aud winter or snow ana sleet, or w.
oies and collie. As the end draws nn
,h the days and niglits become se- :,
re and peaceful, and 80 the drama 60
,ayed. Er
have little matter Of business to Nj
* after in Tennessee and will wa
We. VI J go at all, next week. NAV ,n
so ] VIII ijbd something of interest ly
write about. | will be in the tbs