Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-10

viii soon learn - Dc patient with Others
YES. that's true. Did you ever think
what atrial Msthuselah must have been
10 has fanilyY'
Yes, bat Methuselah retained all Of
his faculties up 10 his eight hundreath
year. he could Rad fne print. you re-
member. up 10 80 years u age. and
then ne began to imagine that smoking
was hurting his eyesight. 80 be quit for
- years, but IL did not help any and he
went back % it. they say-only worse. TO
make mp for Lost time.
But the last 50 OF % years Of Methu-
selshs life he got 30 that he used 20 re-
peat himself n good deal Even Enoch
was tried with him. and when one Of
Methuselah's grandchildren some Of
them 200 years old-used 20 wake mp
with tho Group in the night. the old man,
forgetting that he used 10 have II when
h. was their age, would humble to him
self and gnash his teeth for hours. after
which he would put them back in the
bureau and 30 10 sleep again.
But what started me of on tho sub
Jet Of old people was my wife's grand
father. He lives with us. He l. 90 years
old today. and ws are going 70 give him
birthlAy cake l have just bought
eight dozen wax candles 20 put ON 1t.
MY grandfather lives with as also.
He - 81 years old IA November. Both
Of the OH gontlemen live with ns. hav-
inx no other relatives they can get along
with Ny grandfather came 20 live
with me when my wife and went keep
ing house. and two years after that my
wifc's grandmother died and the old
man came TO cur house
n has beea a rather ticklish business
% manage the two. for nay grandfather
has an ungovernable temper. and for q
moment OF two sometimes you'd think
hs might assassinafe some one. bat once
or twice n year j. as often as he has an
outbreak like that.
My grandfather's name Is Peradven-
turs Pinner. an old Biblo name selected
from the b~gat column OK the good book
reckon. Ny Nife's grandfather's name
l. Mortimer Dowd They call each other
Peradventsire and Mortimer when they
are cairn. bat II anything goes wrong
they call each other Primer and Dowd.
Il was afraid that my grandfather
might set one q his little spells ~ temper
ard drive my wife's grandfather into
ths earth with club. for Dowd - tho
gsngiesf man yoa ever saw. so one day
told Mortimer that Peradveuture was
the kind a a man that had - he sat
down On ths moment b. showed any
sier,s 81 temper. and Il be had the nerve
O. smut him up once for al ne would
have No trouble. bar was afraid hs did
not have the necessary courags. How
ever. / told him that hs was so much
older than Peradveuture he must take
fr4n hand with him ss the start
Il use,i % have them do the chores 20
kesp them cut Il mischief Mortimer
hal o. mix and feed the chickens. and
fcradventure cut the kindiing and car
RED IN the wool
1One day they had been down town
together. and Mortimer bal bought
sorrtook with the money gave him.
Il kai the words 81 an old song So TO
The tune q ~ eiiiugton's Farewell Per-
s.irenture had bought horehound candy
With his rnonsy and had hhtlsn a part
- ia the wocdshed. where ! found Il
and teok Il away because | vas afrNt
b. vouid BE- sick eating candy along
Win tbe rocit bser he had been drinking.
tie discovered that "A wss gone at
shont iask While Ne and Mortimer were
IN the ~ocSsh~s together Mortimer Is
- lovely character - ever lived. He has
the. sefh silky Waite hair and askin Ike
On ansiressed ID When tbe two arc
ssi~ep ~ uiFhs so<sthsr and q, IN a. II
oclosk g ses n tray are covvrlsd up AL
right. can't heip esfn parfng them. for
Psrsivenfnrs hss eyebrows. ron know.
that he can tsss bsck Ike name when
b. wants a. and ~ hss big red beak
on him Ike = pengain. AMI ~ ysu sp-
rrcseh bian az nt4ht yoa ear hear u
purr Bs siso SLEEPS On bis back. and
hts nlcath eofnss uaeisspesi a. TINS
Dee Msreuler hse = soft vs,ee asd .
r<iseiess sin ater shat eus-ars aim -
every enc. Ite -aFs v~ry hftle. and Il
~ cant hear vrry wslf he issfs Il -,
whise p~ra.irentp-p f~fie err swhirhr
IN a sosrs thaf cnrd1s- the r,iik ds~r a
che spFingesus~.
NY w,sss grandfather = Bspfist
sra an Ahcfitieni<s. wails Pern<fv~ntnr-
4. w.harsn1e.ian sasi hicks b.-csa<e -
ha~s 80 80 the Revolutionary p~usior-
srs. shoneh "a hasn't pai.i csns q ssx
q t5y~.rs Theyhsfe hasi good n&nv