Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-09-10

eyes, that's true. Did you ever think
what trial Methuselsh mus. have
been TO his family?"
Eyes, but Methuselah retained all ~
his faculties up to his eight hundredth
wear. He could read fine print, you re-
member, up 10 7s6 years OF age, and
then he began 10 imagine that smoking
was hurting his eyesight, so he quit for
30 years, but it did not help any and he
went back to 1t, they say-only worse,
to make up for lost tlms.
But the last so or 90 years OF Me-
thuSelah's lie he got so that he used to
repeat himself good deal. Even
Enoch was tried with him, and when
one Of Methuselah's grandchildren
some OF them 200 years OLE used to
wake up with the Group in the night,
the old man, forgetting that he used to
have it when he was their age, would
humble TO himself and gnash his teeth
for hours. after which he would put
them back in the bureau and go TO sleep
again.
but what started me of on the sub
ject of old people was my wife's grand
father. He lives with u.s. He Is 80
years old to-day, and we are going to
give him a birthday cake. l have just
bought eight dozen wax candles TO put
on 1t.
My grandfather lives with us also.
He is 81 years old in November. Both
OF the old gentlemen live with us, hav-
ing no other relatives they can get along
with. My grandfather came to live with
me when my wife and | went keeping
house, and two years after that my
wife's grandmother died and the old man
came to our house.
at has been rather ticklish bust
ness to manage the two, for my grand
father has an ungovernable temper,
and for moment or two sometimes
you'd think he might assassinate some
one, but once or twice year Is as often
as be has an outbreak like that.
"My grandfather's name is Perad-
venture Primer, an old Bible name Sc
lected from the begat column OF the
good book I reckon. My wife's grand
fathers name is Mortimer Dowd. They
call each other Peradventure and Nor
timer when they are calm, but II any
thing goes wrong they call each other
Primer and Dowd.
81 was afraid that my grandfather
might get one Of his little spells OF tenn
per and drive my wife's grandfather
into the earth with club, for Dowd Is
the gentlest man You ever saw. so
one day l told Mortimer that Perad-
venture was the kind OF man that
had TO be sat down on the moment he
showed any signs OF temper, and IL he
had any nerve 20 shut him up once Tor
all he would have no trouble, but was
afraid he did not have the necessary
courage. However, | told him that
he was so much older than Peradven-
ture he must take firm hand with him
at the start.
II used to have them do the chores
to keep them out OF mischief. Morti-
| mer had to milk and feed the chickens,
and Peradventurs cut the kindling and
carried In the wood.
zone day they had been down town
| together, and Mortimer had bought
songbook with the money gave him.
II had the words OF an old song set to
the tune Of 'WeIliugton's Farewell
, Peradventure had bought horehonnd
candy with his money and had hidden q
part OF 1t in the woodshed, where ]
found 1t and took IL away because was
afraid he would be sick eating candy
along with the root beer be had been
drinking.
He discovered that II was gone at
| about dusk while he and Mortimer were
In the woodshed together. Mortimer
| Is as lovely q character as ever lived.
| He has fine, soft, silky white hair and a
! skin like an undressed kid. When the
two are asleep at night together and l
| 20 in at IL o'clock TO see IL they are
covered up all right, can't help COM
| pairing them, for Peradventure has
eyebrows, you know, that he can
tos. back, like name when
be wants 10, and be has big red beak
on him ike penguin, and as you APP
proach him at night you can hear u
purr. he .also sleeps OF his back, and
his mouth comes unclasped at times.
| But Mortimer has soft voice and .
| noiseless slumber that endears him TO
every one. He says very little, and II
he can't hear very we'll he lets 10 20.
while PeradventBre yells out which?
| in a voice that eurdles the milk down
at the spring house.
my wlfe's grandfather Is Baptist
and an Abolitlonist, while Peradventure
Is Mohammedan aud kicks because
We have to pay the Revolutionary pen.
sIoners, though he hasn't paid cent OF
tax in Is years. They have had good
many discussions over politics and re-
lision, but never had any real serious
fights. Mortimer could always prove
ali his statements by the Bible and 50
| could Peradventurs.
"Sometines they would go little too
far. and Mortimer -ould poat al the
evening, and Z overture vosn