The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-14

providence In all the world there
is no class to be found that can put
aside the cares and anxieties as the
farmers do. If there is too much
rain they console themselves with
the thought that it is God who sends
the rains and He controls the seasons
and gives or withholds the increase.
1t is most blessed condition to re-
ceive such things in this way.
| While they trust much to provi-.
denco, they never cease to wor!'.
have boon watching the young poo
pie Of late and they are working as
l never saw them work before. The
boys are whooping up the fields and
tho girls arc setting hens, tending
the flowers and the gardens, keep
ing tho milk and butter fresh and
tho dinner pots smo)l most out to
the field to keep the workers in hap
crs in Georgia can enjoy tho bless-
ing.
py anticipation of a good time at
dinner
At dinner when the old horn blows
10 call the workmen from the field;
Each fuce with pleasure always glows
And happy thoughts upon them steal;
The horsos know the sound as we'll, -
For amt you hoard the old mules
bray?
Just what they think we cannot tell
But sure they know tho time of day,
| And happiness Ocrsprcads the place,
AS for the house all move In haste.
Thoro is no industrious family in
tho country but what can have some.
thing at moal tim" to make the occa.
sion pleasant There is many a rich
men now that would give thousands
to have tho same appetite that he
had whom he followed plow. Peo,
plo that work in the fields need moth.
ing to stimulate their stomachs and
givo reiish-work gives relish--and
SO 1T is not very hard to make din.
nor at country home NJ pleasant as
tho grando,t banquet over held, and
I fcol proud that tho poorest farm
or course those country people do
not always set table for feast,
but tho poorest girl can always find
many nico things whom their sweet
hoarts como on Sundays, and when
tho meeting days roll around every
| household is rcady with things
plenty good cnongh for all tho COM
pany, aul [ ncvrr aav ono that did
not like company. When company
comes tho good wife and tho girls
have a chance to show themselves
and you arc certain to got chickon.
At dinner you will got chicken pic,
chickon stew, vegetables fresh from
tho garden, peach pios or borry pies,
with milk cool from tho spring and
butter us fresh and swcot as the
world can produce. If you are at
supper with these good people you
arc moro than-apt to have some
moro chicken, but you are certain to
have some cold boans, tomatoes,
, boets, potatoes and squash-all such
as this--loft over from dinner, with
: good cornbread and q bountifnl sup.
ply Of milk. The old people may
got a little coffee if they wish, but
thorc is sure to be some ready for
Z the preacher and they get sugar in
theirs.
i 1t is right that good country
preachers should got tho best Of
everything. T was up to the Ep.
worth League one day and az I
looked upon the proachers there
folt that had rather be one of them
than anything else, and this has no
reference to the good oatihg they
got. There is not ono of us but
what can remember most affection.
atsly tho good preachers we have
known. These preachers do not al.
ways know it, but they are loved
everywhere, and tho good seed that
they SOW in many instances flourish
long after they have passed. away.
Brown indites tho following to
proachors, by way Of encouragement
and rs an earnest Of his feeling for
thom:
Few grow so hard but that at last
Our hearts are touched by something
past;
Some word you spoke, some song you
sang,
May bring sigh or cause pang;
In age we retrospect the way,
And learn the truth OF what you say,
| And thus some youth Won scarcelv U