The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-12-21
man run like papa did-you could have
played marbles on his coat tail.

played marbles on hls coat tall.
"Aad don't you remember when Ralph
fell out of the top of that tall persimmon
tree in the meadow and we all took him
up for dead and carried him to the house
and the blood and froth ruH out of his
mouth ?"
Eyes, aud I rode Molly five miles 10
town in twenty minutes after the doctor
and if she haden't been the best mare in
the world it would have killed her. And
don't you remember how Molly used to
stall when she took notion, and one
morning when I had on load of clover
down in the low ground she took notion
and after 1 had begged her and whipped
her and worked with her for an hour I
unhitched Old Queen and rode her home
and left Molly there hitched to the
wagon all day long without food or wa.
ter, and late in the evening I went back
with Queen and hitched her alongside
and got up on the wagon and said, Get
along Molly and she started right away
and pulled every pound all the way home
and Queen could hardly keep up with
her. That's the best way to break up
stalling horse that ever I tried, and it
lasts, for Molly never did stall again"
"And don't you remember how tho
Guyton hogs used to raise up eur water
gaps and get in the corn field and how
Nabor Freeman said if We would catch
hog and mash his tail between two rocks
he never would come back and more, and
We tried it. We caught them with the
dogs every day they came aud there was
hardly hog in the neighborheod that
diden't have broken tail, but it diden't
break them of breaking into our fields
and the Guytons threatened to law us,
but they didn't. And papa brought
big Poland China SOW from Mr. Keever
and she ate up fifteen or twenty chickens
the first day we got her, and when papa
asked him why he didn't tell him she
was chicken eater, he laughed and said
he thought we would find it out soon
enough. And don't you remember when
Paul was taking his first lesson in plow-
ing in the field over the creek he
coulden't keep his mule in the furrow,
but the muld woule step aside to bite
every bunch of grass and Paul got mad
and used cursory language for the first
time in his life, and when the horn
blowed for dinner that mule dden't wait
for the end of the row, but just turned
square round and made for home drag.
gipg the plow and Paul, too, and he got
80 mad he turned her loose and ran to
ssssafras bush and tore it all 10 pieces for
switches and revenge.
"Then the girls took it up and talked
about their frolics over the fields and in
the meadow and going to the mill aud to
school and getting black haws and may.
pops and how we raised popcorn and
goobers by the busheI, and hauled up
walnuts from the low ground by the
wagon load and how they used to ride on
top of the hay from the clover field, and
what big time we used 10 have getting
mistletoe and evergreeps for Christmas
and how Victor got on top of the house
one Christmas uight when the house was
full of children waiting for Santa Claus
and he footed his horn and raised
racket and all tho little chaps thought
the old fellow had come sure enough,
and they love to think 80 yet. Yes, and
how I daumed up the branch in the vii.
lows and made them washhole and
springboard, and what glorions fun it was
and nobody to molest or make them
afraid"
EYES," said their mother, "you chill.
dren have good time and hard time,
too, and it ia wonder that you are all
alive to-day, for you had some terrible
accidents and not doctor nearer than
four or FIVE miles. When that brick fell
from the top of the chimney and laid
Carl's head open never expected him
to live until the doctor got there, and
there was some fast riding done that
time, too, for Dr. Griffin at Csss Station.
You were all very fortunate With your
mishaps, but was all the time under
apprebensions, and never want to live
again 30 far from doctor You may all
praise the country, but l will take the
town every time" BILL ARP.