Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-20

SWEAE SEay viii Dc tFYOvC On eocsefy nar-
tocs. exhausted inbeciles. These peopls
VINO icorlEe IL the eappers and the midnight
feveis and then go home In the cold un-
wrapped OF limbs viii after awhile be found
10 have BEEN written down In Cots eternal
records as suir:des-as much suicides as II
they ca5 taken their lie with q pistol or Q
knife 0. ssrychnire.
now many people have stepoed from thu
ballroom into the graveyar3s Coosunptfoaa
and swift nenralgias ara close on fheir Track.
Amid many ef the tlittEting scenes OF sociu
life diseases stand RICH. and LEFT ard balance
rni chain. The bfsa.h o: the sepulcest
coT'sup through tIe perfume. AMI 'as f,o:n
o. Dea.h's lips bu '5bies Up in the champagne.
an told that In zone ofthe cities there are
parents who have actually given ~ house
keeping and gone 10 boarding that they may
give their time iilim;tabiy 10 social dissipa-
lions. / have known such cases. I have
known family alter family blasted In tha,
way ia one Of the other cities wnere l
rrrarhei. Father aud mother turning in..r
uacxs upon all Quie: culture and ell the
amenities OF home, leading forth
their entire family in the wrong iirec-
ton. Aunihils:ei worse than a1ni1iiatei,
for there are soma things worsa than anni-
hiiat!on. / give yol the history OF mora
than one family when / say they wait on in
the designations o. social He uatil the father
1ECFpE / lEo IL ~ q I - o. ~ - Is tii.
and after awhile the son was ,ossei ont into
society q Hon.nt.ty, m alter ayAi!s :le
dau utter e.opad with a Frenca Eanc4ny MS
t-r. aui att-r awhile the mother. GETTING on
jur, .ler AMI fu-,ner In Years. trifs &c htt"
t1e wrinkles. out falls n ths attaTit trying
all the ar.s % thu beile-au Old Airs. i poor,
uisa-Iais butterfly wtnou: any wiag~.
Trhere Is anything on earth beautiful 70
M. il i al aged wcnan. her whitn lo.ss
fnv- az hacE nyar no Crtntrta3 brow -i9s.5
no. walte with tro-t, as tina posts say. ut
white with the BLOSSOMS Of ths tree OF life.
ID her voice the ten te-ness O.. gracious
memo es, her face q benel!c.ioa. A. grand
mother passes through the room tue grant
children pull IL her dress, AMI sue almost
talls in her weakness, but she mas nothing
but candy or cake or y kind wort ior the
little tleriings. Waen she gels out q. me
wagon la front OF the house, the whole
family rush out AMI cry, 'Granima'sI
come" And wnen she goes away from US.
never 70 return. there is a shadow on the
table, ani y shadow on the hearth. and a
shadow on the heart.
There Is no more touching scene on earth
| than waen grandmother sleeps the last SUM
ner AMI the little child is lifted up to the
casket to give the last kiss, and she says,
"Gooiby. grantma" Ga, there is beauty
in old a1r. God says so. 1.-The hoary heat
Is a crown 0; CORY" Why should people
| decline to get Old? The bes: things, the
greatest things, l know OF are aged-old
| mountains. old sens. old stars and old eterni-
ty. But II there is anything distressFnl 1t is
10 see an OLD woman ashamed OF the TACT
| that she is old. What With all the artificial
| appliances she IS too much for my gravity.
I laugh even in church when | see her CON-
ing. The worst looking bird on earth IS a
| peacock when 1t has lost It's feathers. 1
would not give one lock OF my old mothers
gray hair for 20. 900 such caricatUres OF hu-
rnanity. And If the life OF q wording, II
rne I!-e o! 4 Disciple yival 10 the worIc, Is
sad the close o. such q life Is simply a tragedy.
Let mete.i you that the designations o~:social
| life are desDOlilnS the Cse'u ness or q vast
multitude OF people. What co those people
care atout the fact that there IRE whole n =
lions in sorrow aud suffering and agony
when they have for consiGera;ion the moro
important question about tho size OF Il glove
or the tie OF Il c~ravate? Which one OF them
-ver bound up the rounds OF the hospital?
Which one OF them ever went out to care for
he poor? Which OF them Go You find IN the
raun,s o. sin dist ributinE tracts? Toey live
GU themselves, and it is very poor pasture.
Syoaris was a great city. and 1t once sen:
out 800 horsemen IN battle. They had n
minstrel VINO had taught the horses OF the
tarnya great trick, and when the Oil min
,trel played a certain tune tho horses would
rear and with their front feet seemed to beat
line to the music. Wei. the old minstrel
was offended with his country. AMI he went
over 10 the enemy, and he said to the enemy,
You give me the mastership @: the army
and | will destroy their troops when those
horsemen come from Syonr.s.'
Sothry gave the old m,nistrelthe manage.
ment. AMI he taught All 20" other rainstrais
a certain tune. Then wren the cnvulr,
troop ane up the old minstrel AMI all the
other minstrels played q certain tune. an
49, ,..,ta, ~ $b, l,$,i,
when .he horsan"n wanted 10 rush to the
conflict. the horses reared aud beat time K
the music witt their fore feet. and in dis
grace and rout the enemy fed. All, N,
friends. I have seen 1t again and ngatn-th'
m,nst-eis Of pleasure. the Ministries Of uissi
patton, the Ministries Ct goddess association
have defeated people IN the hard
est fight of lie. Friyoli.y ha
lost tho battle. Tor 1000 folk
On. Whit = belittiicS process to the human
mind this everlasting question about dress
this discussion OF fashionable inf1nitesimals
this group, looking a-kance at the glass
wondering with an intint,y o: earnestnes
now that last garantun Leaf does LOOK. thi!
shrlvellng OF man 3 moral dignity until it i
not observable to the naked eye. this Span
ish inquisition OF a tight shoe. this binding
up OF al immortal soul in a rufHe, this pitch
ing of Of an immortal nature over the rock
when God created it tor great and ~everlast
inc uplifting,
With many life Is q masquerade ball, AN
as at such entertainments gentlemen an
LADIES put on the garb OF kings and queen
or mountebanks or clowns. and ct the clos
pu: of the disguise, SO a great many pas
their whole lie in a mask. taking OF tn
mask at death. While The masquerade bal
OF lie goes on they trip merrily over tn
ioo-, genmed hand IS stretched to th
gemmet hand, AMI cleaning brow bends (
cleaning brow. On with the dance. Fius
and rustic and lau sn;er OF inneasuraol
m-rrymaking.
But after awhile the laIksor o. deaf
comes on the limbs ana tlurs the eyesigh
Lights lower. Floor hollow with sepuicnrs
ecDo. Music saidened into Il wall. Lfgh,
lower. Now tae msss-rs are only ssen 1
the dim light. Now The tra--ance OF th
flowers is like the sic sea;a< oloc that cone
from garkAnds tbs, have lain long in th
wants OF cemeteries. Lights lower. Mia
gather in the room. G!A-se. snake asthous
{: auaked by su!!en teua.er. sigh caught
tne curtA.p- Scarf drops s3n the should.
O. baausy-e shrou6I Lights lower. Ov
me slippery hoar g In dance OF death cid,
I~HIIousies. envles. revenSes. lus.. deapa
AM aeaib. Stencil tho lamp w.eks .aimo
"Sitn-ufsaai. Torn garment. Will no, ia
8 cover the uiTarata! feet. Choking damn