The leader., 1895-11-05
ARP SEES THE FAIR.
He Takes His Folks Down and
ihsy Spend the Day.


Tnsy EnJoyed - hugely nut Nn&y DC
Not Gee More Than m Idss q what
lt Really IL and Dad Not Reach
the Slidksy,
1zzzzl
The Worlds Fair was grand show.
We did not see II, my wife and /, but
some of the family did and the talk and
tell Of 1t lsAted six mintbs. 1t was the
greatest sAs,t tpNt ttkt WAs oh earth,
but it was too big a show for a day or a
week. Ny folks say they never got
througa with Il and had to hurry over
what hey did sec, The fair at Atlanta
y bly, enough fct hth--bie cuo#sh foe my
tins aid my compfchehsion. My wife
And ! hate bceh and II HIS renewed her
tcath aAd haw ahs bas sSaisthifis else u
telk about besides the missionary meet
iogs and the grandchildren and the flow
'fs that l haven't put in the pit. Yes,
iook her down last "Wednesday. 1t took
Fight Smart OF Preparation; OF cotifse. fGf
sLe had an idea that the people would All
sspest bet aid 6bsefye tet Hnt6tl Giid
she has great respect for public occasions
AMI for herself, too, and so her parapher-
malta had to be revised and remodeled.
Size knows how poor I am and said it
Would erst too t,tuch for her ty 20, but
. told hcf she siioiild II Il Il bfgkk HE
srd all my friends and relations. These
maternal ancestors, who, for thirty and
forty years, have served the Lord and
their, country in the ipfantrx, service aud
tdRea ddy ahd hight III ,faisliis thiidtet,
nursing and sewing ard caring for of
sprIhg-slayes to destiny and the curse
thgt was pnt Oh stothef Ete--heset With
ont a little child that was too y5ang
and helpless to take care of itself, never
with day or a night that was free from
anxiety, they should have good time in
their lest dass IL there Is a good time
foi ah.bbdt III tliis sHblunsts world.
They are like the heroes who came from
the war. They are like Paul. who said:
f1 have fought good fight" But Paul
wo1ld have known little more about
fas,ins Il fs HID bteh Il .fahiils mss aud
had to get up id the flight when He was
almost dead for sleep ard walk the foor
in his night ebwh With d teethins child
In Bis arms and singing, Hush, my dear;
VI, still and slumber," or
"Oh, where shall rest be found,
Rest for the weary, soui?"
Penl hsd hard tinie; bit he hsrhr
graduated in the lighting business. He
was too smart to enter the infantry serv-
ihe.
ify wife was almost afraid to tihdet-
take the exposition she would get
tired and worn out tramping around,
but like all mothers she let's the young
est child persuade her. The older ones
hase scattered ana g6iie aha sBfre ef
them We fear are weaned, but the young
est of all the flock is here and she Is not
weaned. She. was q yesterday aud is
Darried and Has child OF her own, but
shc is not weaned. Oh, no; she is still
our comfort and brings us sunshine every
day. Just think of it, Ten living chill
llren and the Founs9st has passed her
II. The oldest is clean oht Of sight He
ID almost de old as am and has sons
who haze graduated did gone to work.
One Of them, who has my name atid aiy
birthday, is an electrician at the exposi-
ton. He escorted us round and when We
were asked to register our names In a
book / wrote ftiLe i'll fun aid he took
the pen and just. wrote sditto, and we
went on.
We got safely into the grounds, my
wife and l and our youngest daughter,
who wds celebrating her birthday, and
began the grand rourds about 0 o'clock
in the morning. We stopped long eIlohgh
to take bird's-eye view of the situation
Ito look at the panorama and to locate
the particular buildings. was the chap
eron, for had been there before, and so
1 pointed oft everything befofe We began
the perusal There Is the government
building" said /. II wish you could
spend half day there. That Smith
sonian exhibit Is just magnificent. There
is the woman's building. There is the
liberal drts There is the agriculture!
building and there the machinery. Over
tkere is the Midway. In every church,
y,u know, the devil has pulpit ut the
rear end and the Midway u his pulpit
here"
In due time ne started on the grand
gounds. I had two shawls and basket
6f lunch and some other traps to carry,
bit that vas al right for : while. will
csrry anything on such Occaxions i car
ried those paraphernalia until o'clock,
when we got to place where we could
eat up the lunch and leave the shawls and
The etcetera. We took It ii by slow de-
grees. Sometimes was in the lead like
s pilot; sometimes was behind like Z
shepherd dog. ! am docile on such occa-
sions. Sometimes would sit down some
where and wait TIL they got done look
ing. had no trouble anywhere except at
the fisheries. The crowd was thick there
and most Of them were piggers and white
folks and the passvsy IL narrow. Gen
tIemen.'' said !. "please don't crowd thu