The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-04-24
CHUNKS OF FUN.
ANDY Crunch OIL the Difficulty He
has i'm Writing at Home,

Well! here I am up here again after carry.
ing Jim the hammer and some nalls anu t.Ie tl
the kitchen, and bringing In an armlui OF
stove-wood, and running the chickens out @. OF
the garden, and moving the maGnIne .'oa ioa
Morandy. and carrying a bucket OF STOP uo'iie
hogs. and watering the horses. ,,.,
/ say after this pleasant eXercise-iittie
hand-turns my ma calls them! nm up mere @
again in what Is known as the library; we
take great deal of Prize bary r V' in it bS
me, and guess l won't be here longIin a
minute or two they'll have me going down
stairs for another hand-tnrn. ,
ing, and 1t will soon be the third time thal
rye gone down. This is the place where uo
my writing when do any, and tnaLs %na'
rye been coming up here for thls mornins'
am trying to write a long and very 1,ter lnter,
esting article on the great political questioad
of the day; the attitude OF the North ana
South: the tariff, the discovery of America,
alone mean to blend them ali into one har.
monious whole. and then nave thaI VIZ
published IN newspaper. But the niinute ,,
start to writing the last memoet St Tn t this and
TO do that, and have to 60 and 40 ~ dnav u,
the way things have been going ,, TINS morn tr
ing. and I'm listening for them every Hlii,.
ute. The next time guess my obmrn ina w' far her
or mack ND several cords of wood lot mex
winter. They don't seem to realiZe Sne IN ~
portance of the work am doing up mere III ~
ali they don't seem to understana, Gna' ~Tn anG
ing is a Serious and responsible thi6ns' anu anu
that ought not to be disturbed. on' CRU
cious; there they are again:
carry forty wheel-barrows Of rich dirt Into
the flower yard to put around the Vlolets aiiu
other things. But, as was going on 70 eay
ought not to be disturbed IN my MooK III, Lp
here except for my meals and matters OF ike
inn portance, but they don't pay any attentlon
to nv essay on the great political question
etc., nor anything else, ana ~hen thete t 70
water to be drawn they simply lnVIe ,,at{op H ~
whether have previous engagement VI
In such q confused state Of affairs, ana
when there are too many pbe1 don't net
appear to know that 1t is not exactly httiing
to have me lay down my pen rom Writing
noble lines about the lofty position Wnlc5
sSq,ge Sa 81 nas HsGs5fn o 5m who
ing lofty position straddle of the 6arn; OF
while I am revolving in my nina gTsaas
thoughts about the glorious 3 GesRg % 6ucEet @
of slop to the old SOW and her nlhs Pigs.
The two things don't gee some how, an When
brought too close together they jar on iello%
at least they tb1s d9 On mornine had not
more than got good set when my ma, whose @
penetrating voice Is remarkable for oelng
heard at long range even when, you are Llos
trying TO listen, Calieu "
buried the old black hen. and If I had MT, 70
come on and doit. OF course had NJ oone
it, SO down went and conveyed tne oiu
black hen to her final resting place, conauct-
ct the funeral services alone, ana palo tne
last tribute of respect to the memory OF one
who had laid many good egg ID her aay. I
then came back up here and Wrote tnls Laucn
before they stopped me again AZ giahce
YOU may notice that this eXtensiue suoJect
is broad, far reaching and comprehensive.
II holds within its wide grasp large portioh
of the history of'-"You, Andy! Mr.. Gruncn
saws bring him some nails at once'Iit was was
Sister-Jim that time. She always calls Jim
"Mr. Crunch" as though there wasn't any
body else in the house. Well, down went my
pen on the table, and down went TO tne iot'
and before got back did all those other llt.
tie turns that mentioned at first. SO you see
I'VE only got one sentence and part OF tne
second written yet. ,,a
In order for fellow to write well ne shouia
be as free and easy as possible, and mats )ust
what I'm trying to be, I've pulled on my
coat and vest and shoes and cults, ana collar
and cravat and felt hot enough to nave kept
IN pulling If there Is anything do desplse
its collars and cuffs, and I hope some man
stronger than am, will rise up and reoei
against wearing them. Shoes are bad enough,
but these things-hang 1t, there they are
again! Oh |! it is dinner this time-goodness
knows they've been long enough cooking II,
for its getting Oh towards quarter a1ter
twelve.