The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-19

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giving, and so he spent the winter on
the main truck of tall slippery elm
tree which grows just between the port
cullis and the henhOuse of my baronial
dugout.
Well he developed somnnmbulism
during the winter without pausing to
consider that those who sleep OH the
apex of 100 foot tree ought not to get
too restless, and so he woke mo this
morning by falling off his perch with
dull thud that seemed to knock about
ID yards of song ont of him.
Farm life brings a person next to ma
lures heart clostor than most any other
thing. Yesterday friend came OH from
Heidelberg to visit me few weeks, as
he had read III the papers of how I wal
lowed around i'll wealth and gave a
house party on Tuesdays and Fridays,
and how did nothing but lie all day i'll
gaudy hammock picking the bango
or a woodticll now and then, drinking
one Tom Collins after another and Great
ing witticisms until Overhaulcd by the
police.
He came thinking that the entire
place was lighted by electricity, where
as rely almost entirely on the heaven
ly hodies and II tin lanthorn, which we
also use at times to strain plum butter
through.
Fora guest who comes here for n fort
nights outing there are two very pleas
ant methods of relaxation. One is to 90
down to the barn and look at the house,
while the other consists in remaining
at the house and looking ut the barn.
We also play at skittles.
The friend from Heidelberg said:
"Let US 90 to the all c-while-moving
river to see it, for everything else here
seems to be all the while yet remaining.
hate everything to always be remain
ing He does not speak very good Eng
lish but we have trained him so that if
he does not care for the potato top green's
ut table he can ask some one to pass
the jell. AT our house you can have jell
on greens.
So we went down to the river. 1t is Il
beautiful Opaque stream, and if you
watch it kcenly for few days you may
see Il sawlog como down.
We sat down and lighted our pipes to
watch the river BY and by II large, fat
man, dressed i'll Il cardigan jacket, came
floating down the stream Some one had
rifled him of his pants, also of his fair
young life with u shotgun).
"Ah" thought 1 aloud, but still to
myself, 'thcy have started up the feud
again. He told me, only last Monday is
a week ago, that they had scalt the back
of his best hound pup. Probably he went
there to see about it, and they saw him
first. This is awful, continued. "Soon
we will have TO rely entirely OH colored
help.
Whether temperance or female suf-
fragc is to free us from this condition
of things cannot say. know one thing,
and that is that if my watcrmelons act
the way they did one year there will be
another fcud right here, and it won't
be entirely Il vegetable feud cycthcr Last
year | poisoned nine OF my best water
melons, but the gent who took them, be
ing full Of blockade whisky at the time,
rather enjoyed the poison that l put III
and was up betimcs the next morning
singing like blue jay with his tail III
the door CThc DMe jays, | mean.)
Speaking of female suffrage and ad-
vanced rights, | ATTENDED meeting in
Washington last winter held for the
purpose OF passing Il law to amcliorate
woman.
1t WAS q collection of very bright
minds and high, intellectual shoulders
walked Gown through the beautiful
room, which was in private house, and
L moved 50 still in my new arctics that
no one heard me approach After l had
seated myself down in the pompadour
row Il tall, sweet lady came to me and
said softly and III the most faulticss Ian