The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-04-05
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
THE PHILOSOPHER ENJOYS HIM.
SELF ATA CHowDER PARTY.
He Makes Preparations to Return to
His Native Heath.

solnS sway-Roing far away for good and
must zee him for week or two and say good.
sye; Our youngest boy. Carl, ha. got q place
M mexico on the International railroad and
WI leave the paternal home the last of the
month. 1t ia hard on me, but harder on his
alothcI, FOR he has been her idol and her com
Iort and he never gave her pain or anxiety
Already see the CLASSY tears in her eves az oft
gets sick away off there3" She Says. mo " one ne
70 nurse or care for him." and she turn. away
her faos to hide he. tears. "But he will come
BACK once Q year" said l. "Mr. Ra ,ul will let
him come. Wouldent borrow trouble The
best way is to look upon these separations from
our children as part of the battle of life. We
left our parents though we did not go 30 far
away. But Mexico is not 90 far as il used to
Dc and it takes only two or three days to make
the journey, and besides it is :. good change for
the boy. So let him 90 pleasantly and don't
let him see you grieve."
These sad partlpSs If parents and children
nave been gong on ever since can remember
Thousands Of our boys have gone to Texas and
Thousands Of motherly hearts lave been full to
eVernowing 1t is an old, old story and par
ents should prepare themselves for the inevit-
able. 1t ID II very selfish love that would tie n
boy 70 the old homestead when there IL be.
ter field Tor him abroad Our life work ia
nearly ended, while his il just begun and he
should take the tide OF fortune ut Its flood and
him.
II looks now like this remarkable winter h,,
ioet lts grip upon the new year and soon the
sweet breath of spring will gladden. this ,outh-
ern land. Every day is lovely down here now
In Florida, and the sick and the we'll are luxu-
rating In baimy breezes that come from the
tropics Yesterday we Joined O sailing party
that was projected for our Dunedin friends.
and about twenty-five OF us landed on Palmet-
" island, some four miles away, and
toasted on fish chowder that was cooked for
~ there l have been TO clam bakes in New
England and Brunswick stews and barbecues
In Georgia, but never saw q fish chowder pre-
pared in royal style before. Our sail boat tow
Cd little boat along that WAS laden with the
hsh and the bread and bacon and potatoes and
onions and lemons and all the sauces and sea.
soning necessary. Colonel Bond, of Marietta
was chief cook and director general. Young
men cut the wood and hnilt the fire, while
Colonel Bond filled the iron pot with the ingre.
dents and soon the ssvory odor filed the air
and made the guests hungry for the tempting
diah. For while our party wandered ur and
Gown the beautiful beach Oh the gnlf side tlA
shells crushing und"r onr feet at every step.
and when we returned to the palmetto grove
the cooks ordered the tableclothS to be spread
and all the culinaries to be gotten ready 70.
the feast. Rugs apd mats we're placed around
for the ladies TO r cline upon, while palmetto
logs gave seats for the gentlemen. Beat bis
cult and butter and brolled middling and
pickles ct oetera were spread ont in wild pro-
Colonel Bond and his assistants, then retasted
by feminine amateurs and ordered to be cooked
and salted little more.
In course OF time there a call for chDw-
der-chowder-c chowder, and soon the delicious
feast was served in soup plates and served all
around. 1t was pronounced superb-splendid.
and other adjectIves too tedious To mention,
and some had their plates reflled. but some
how or somehow else ] did not feel as vors-
cious az ] expected to feel and said to myself as
In Lincoln he hall fpr ba fol
who like that sort of a thing i expect it is the
very sort o. thing they do like" II was all
my fault know. for there are q good many
good thin gs that don't relish but other people
Rnperfine. j don't like tripe, nor Cuttings
nor raw oysters, nor frogs nor snails, nor
mushrooms, nor pate de fol gras, nor turtle,
NOR shrimps, nor clam chowder. In fact,
have prejudice against anything named
ohowder, and it is all my fault and a lack OF
education. But we had a glorious day and
everybody was happy. General Parsons and
myself were the veterans OF the party. and after
dinner we stole on to the boat and took nap
upon the cushioned seats. The general is from
ILLINOIS, a genial, kind, considerste gentleman.
and tarifi reform democrat. He earned his
title by fighting ns and j earned mine by
fighting him, and here we were sleeping side
by eide IN southern waters. The lion and the
lamb laid down together. The general is now
Aeventy-seven years old, but carries himself
well, and everybody likes him, especially his
nodest, lady-lke daughter, who is II favori'e
with our people. ] like that-we all like that
And We had Colonel Bond. Savannah gem
lie man, bnt now of Marietta, who took on
his coat and wac master of ceremonies. he
has made fish chowder on Wolfe Is.
land for thirty years and was Civ
Oh a diploma by Captain Postell many years
ago. Then there were Colonel Bonds lovely
daughters and the besntiful Dunedin girls
and somo othor mRidens with gnshing adjcct.
ives and some fair matrons and some young
men who danced attendance upon the maidens.
was sitting by a very lovely girl in the boat,
when a cheeky young man by the name OF
Grady, who WAS reclining on the bow, gave
a sweet and gentle whistle and my girl left rae,
under o false preteDse, and went to him and
never came back any more. 1t reminded me
OF Burns pretty poem, Whistle and I'll Come
70 Ye My Lad" The next time 60 will take
my wife and sit bv her, fer these young girls
are unreliable. Nobody but settled woman
suits mo now.
Last week visited st. Petersburg, by invi-
tation, TO help commemorate Washington's
birthday. j found the hotels and the town
full Of patriotic people, and the blue and the
gray mingled to ether in fraternal union. I
believe tho sections are drawing nearer to-
sether and when die and few more on both
sides, the poBterity will be right friendly.
heard good conservative sOnthern Presbyte-
Ysn say tho other day that the Presbyterian
Nhurches, north and south, would unite again