The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-06-13
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Eliminates and Speculates Upon
the Patriarcral Days.
The Defense Eve Might Have Made for
Eating of the Forbidden Frult-Adam's
Twonty-Thrce Daughters-Mrs. Arp
and Her Grandchild.

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Twenty-Thrce Daughters-Mrs. Arp
and Her Grandchild.
The peafowls stirred up small gar
ter snake down in the grove and they
raised such a rumpus as to attract my
wife's attention. The reptile came slip
ping along through the grass toward
the house and che screamed for me, OF
course. 1t came in the front yard and
killed 1t by the stone step, but my wife
never believes a snake is dead as long
as its tail wiggles. I had to keep on
killing it to satisfy her, and then hang
It up in a tree to make it rain. 1t is
awful dry up here, but now reckon it
will just pour down some time. This
Is the second snake that has ever been
seen here, but my wife says that she
knows that the place is just haunted
with them. They always 60 in pairs,
she says. Moses mentions only one"
said I, land didn't mention any until
after Eve was created. Probably Adam
lived and worked in that garden alone
for many years and he got as sick of it
rs did Robinson Crusoe. Then Eve was
created for Adams express company,
end they got along very well until the
serpent beguilcd her." Eyes, and the
poor woman has to bear all the blame
of our sin and misery" said my wife.
"Adam said: The woman Thou gayest
me did give unto me and did eat Why
dident Eve say the man Thou dds
make me for did not protect me from
the wiies of that acknowledgement SER
pent. He let me eat first and take all
the risk Of the danger. The old auto
crat. No telling how long he had been
acquainted with the serpent, for he
knew all the animals and had mingled
with them and had dominion over them
and had given them all names long be-
fore Eve was created" mo doubt OF
it," said i, 'for Josephus says that the
serpent lived in the house with ADAM
and was very handsome and very smart
and could talk. Perhaps they played
marbles together and went in a-wash-
ing"
"Yes,~ said Mrs. Arp, 'and the Lord
gave the command to Adam about the
forbidden fruit long before Eve wa
born"
''She wAscnt born" said /.
"Pity she was not" said she. "Ther
she would have had mother who
would have protected her from the ser
pent and from Adam, too. The poo
woman never even had choice O.
lovers nor courtship nor q wedding
"Nor a trousseau, nor her picture IL
the papers," said I, land she dressed re
markedly thin, considering that thu
climate is about like ours. ] reckon
that Adams family expenses were yer.
light about those times. But later OF
he caught it, for Josephus says he ha'
% daughters, and of course somebod.
put up dry goods store in the neigh
borhood and sold finery. Fig leave
played out early"
II should like to know where the,
got any dry goods and finery or an.
money to pay for it," said size. 9TH
Bible says the Lord made them gar
ments Of skins"
eyes," said I, "made them for Adam
and Eve, but two or three hundre'
years after that they had learned t
spin fax and goats hair and silk IN,
weave it into cloth, and they made or
naments of gold and had preciou
stones and made money, too, for Moses
says In the second chapter of Genesi
that one of the four rivers fowes
through . land where the gold wa
good and, there, too, was bdelliun
and the onyx stone. Oh, they caugh
TO new fashions mighty fast, and CT
up scandalous. and Josephus says tn
sons of God were fallen angels and they
saw that the daughters Of men wer'
fair to look upon and they mated will
them and raised q crop of giants, ant
everybody got demoralized excep
Noah and his family.
"Moses tells how that 'wise-heartet
women spun with their hands ant
made beautiful ornaments for the tab
ernacle.' Some Of the necklaces take'
from the mummies are as fine as are evel
seen at Tiffany's. The ancients were
not behind us in fine fabrics and orna
mental arts. We read of an ancien'
Hindoo princess who came into cour'
on a state occasion and her father said
go back, my daughter--go back anf
dress yourself And she replied;
Father, I have en- seven SUITS but the,
were of muslin, so delicately fine thu
king could see through them"
swell, that will do now" said my
wife. The baby is waking up. Bring
her to me, please. The poor little
thing can't sleep long while she is cut
ting that other tooth. She is the bes
and sweetest child in the world. Iwisf
she would cry and be cross little some
times. Somehow / am afraid she /
too precious to stay here long. Tun
here to your dan-ma, darling" Ant
little Caroline puts out her arms ant
smiles and COOS, and her dan-ma feel
her forehead and says: I'm afraid sh,
has little fever and has taken cold
When you walk out with her you will
not put on her bonnet. When chill
is teething you can't be too careful
with them"
The other day my wife was looking
all around the room for her spectaclcs
when suddenly she discovered that sh
had them ON and exclaimed: "Well,
do reckon I'm the biggest fool in tn
worldl" mo you amt, grandma.
said another grandchild. You are tn
bessest fool in the world" Her spec