Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-12-06

NAsrEN enough IN u 70
for any church fuss I've given a good
deal OF Thought 10 this subject Of music.
as was Natural I should when mothers
lice Was kept before my mind constant
ly.
What lice did hsse reference to,
well, -essn.. you're newcomer and
haint~ssarI nlch gossip yet, I may As
well be fore-hRntied with the usighbors
and tell - the real story. so yaa1I ct il
first hand You SEQ 1t t-fs mothers
Idee. and then again it wa'u't she disin't
invent the Ide~; IL was q sort % foGndEia'
and she adopted it. NoE. when mother
adopts any thing she adopts il: il may
be a stray dog. OF ruat pig: a starved
cat. or buIliozed chicken; bat u she
adopts Il she does il tor all shs's worth
And Of all the cranky thiuxs she
takes a notion 70. Nobody bat
mother woalI have adopted that
cross eyed. shamblin'. shisff-ss Mer-
zey from the Poor Farm but mother
done u: AMI whether ia u-lin@S< IN
them thai makes ZEN grateful FOR a lfttle
notice. or whether it the tnhasaea q her
Iowa nature. amt the oae to say: but
it's a certain thizS TIA; z 'tEoaL Do auv
good Negzy'I let mother tramp right over
her and never squ-ai a aogs. All n Tor
the dumb critters! Well y0a shaald see
the procession a-crosslu' TIL ban YARD
the runt ruunIn' ahead caRghla' anl pick
in up ssrags ike aav eileAz el Ply: The
rooster on ons sisis tipf1s'n' All sfruttla'
ard winkin' hi sassy eyes: Nnd ths d..
on the ether siIe. his tail S3ia' lik= shs
shakia' aSae hal n bolt q u. wAs,e tns
cat eoused snsaSil' along way bshlad
Yes. sir. its a sight. Aaa z there's a
COW that ever xickeI a pail over thar
mother can't handle. thea It's bred I'm
aot acquainted with
Mother lsy- Il mostly 20 the fise arl
the softenin' influence rs hal on her.
But yoa might as <elI lag the nloek-olrI,.
voice 70 his soft feathers For. between
you AMI M. Elder. II there ever was aav
thing that pat tang into voice that :
naturally sweet a. the clover. why. tn.
i4ee did t. For when mother Hnally set
1p The lice il Eas like ths goldea image
Of Scripture L yoa dida't bow toxn.
why. there vas the fiery furnace aheaA-
I guess the apostle knew what h was
3Oin' whea he wrote: The tongue Is
Gre Aad % all tbs scorchin' things.
mothers words was the scorehtn'sst
u you di4n't DO the Idee Justice.
Not that mother vas given to scoIdin':
but she had a kHack % sayin' things that
vas like the book the prophet swallowed:
they tasted all right till you got 'ern down
and tEsn-yoG lad an ATTACK " water
trash that't last all day
BAT the Ilee itself. you say.
Il was Just g~ttia' to tina.
Mothers Idee vas. thai the great and
chief thing needed 20 uplist the human
family vas music II goa wanted TO
make folks honest aud yirsuous and
Piozs. give zen music II they'd had ksr
AZ the head % them city charities she'd
have fed the poor folks soaP and music
specially music Il she'd been PEssf-
oeEE snssG EaEs pax Ri ths police az
pieyIr' some musical instrument. she'd
have had \ eallioPe soin' constantly in
tie pe-iisntiary. aud uansie bsxes -oiu,
IN the stores. With tzzes 20 suit In fact
she carried the Idee that FAR AZ last that
she wanted ne o 6x a musical attach
meat TO the Windmill By the xa'eriu,
iro1gh- elNimia' It woaid have 4 b@ne-
fetal eject o. tie young stock. BIZ, II
there TsS ozs tune more thaR uucthar
which mother thousks had particular pre-
vaiiin PoSe- % vas Home, Sweet
Hone
I don't rant to be led o. by M ,e.l-
inss 10 SPEAK disreSpectfal o. any thiur
mother ever took 4 notioa 70. Dln't Won
think. Elder. that there's some fb.,
sees and hears more in the sights and
sounds about 'em than Others ,ha,s.
lust eon1noa nortalt WIZ. I've sen
mother when there vas that in ba- 49,,
which made ne think she was hezr,u, ~.
home music Of the world. and pertains az
other worlds too. Music always did haxe
n strange eject on her. though she AMI
no Musician; never had the teashin, nov
the tine FOR IL II Only she c5rld h.vs
had the feeiin' for music Without r.. de-,
You see, Elder, ! cant properly Do u.s.
ice 70 the dee because Eegsr sdonte5
u; I'm only > sort % stepsathsr to il 50
- peak And. l1st between rs, ElGer-.o