The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-27
BILL ARP a CHILD AGAIN.
ltc Takes Part In tho Games and Ica,s s
strawberry Ice Cream at tho Chill
dren's Party--Che Dedication OF
Gen. Grunt's rornh

Strawberry leo Cream at tho Chil.
dren's Party---The Dedication or
Gen Grants Tomb.
Another birthday in tho family.
There arc ten children and nineteen |
ildren and somehow every one
of them has u birthday about once u
year.
My wifo remembers them all lust
like she kuOwS her alphabet, put LII.
alphabet keeps lengthcniug out as the
years rUl, 90 aud she says her memory
Is weakening.
There IL but ono orphan in all the
lot-a little black eyed girl who lives
with us, and SO it was agreed that she
should have Il birthday purity, for she
was just eight years old today. 1t WAS
u mighty big thing for u little girl and
will last her rs long as she lives, |
reckon, and she will never have u hap
pier one. She goes to school and all
nnr little friends had to DO invited
Forty liJsle not IS had 70 be written aud
lorty little envelopes had to bu backed
and put in the post, tiice and this after
noon at o'clock forty lit IL boys and
girls came up tho welding way through
tue grove anu in course Of time we're
playing on tho lawn as happy and as
noisy as u Cock Of black birds. They
played everything except baseball ana
football and other college currlculum.
and wound up with "many, many stars
are in the sky.' | broke into the ring
mysclf in that game and kissed Il
pretty tito girl and got kissed by an-
oJher. Age has its privileges aud
these arc Of them. BY and by til,
piano announce d that the party was
prepared, the f,'nst was ready, and SO
81, these lutte felix, were SOON circl"u
around tho long table and the SIDE
| tables, where the ice cream and the
| ~,ra" berries and the cake anu the
| fl ,wers were 1estied in luxuriunt
abundance. Eight lit e rcd Wax
| candles were burning in the cen
Ter and eight vases nl,cd with flowers
significant Of hope Inat the ii,tle girl
mis- hit have u light to her PAIN and
| ucr way be Strewn with roses.
| My observation WAS that all these
CD loren behaved we'll and have good
training at home. O cuursr the buys
arc always hungricr tn III the girls,
| and it takes mUru TO do them. 1t Is said
| that one time tie qu ca Of ShcbL ha0
| forty boys and Elrls all dressed ailk'
aud brought III bciOre kInS Sulo.uUb
| o sru if his great wisdom could pick
out the boys from the girls. And 80
| tlG king call, d for bowls Of water auu
| 'U"cls and had them passed arouuu
| for each one 10 wash lrir hands In
The giris Carefully Lurm d up th"ir
cuffs. but the bnys just st0ah.d tnul
uands in the water r,:gur, ! IS Of spnL
trring their sleeves. Bat [ would
! have sent ice cream arOunu in sluCers,
for know that the girls won d be SAL
.eivd with two, whito the boys, lis Il
| General rule, could be persuaded to
| take one more. | don't blame them.
G ,ud strawberry ice cream surely is ii
| GOOD thing and harness and thrUC
| mod drriLe sauccrS have never hurt me
| yet. My wife Will nave another birth
| lay in two wecko and | shall insist on
| more ice cream.
We'll, we have had an evolution at
.ur house that has aston sh.'d the ma
ives. We have five acl es If grove IN
| front OF our house, and IT has long
been inCloscd with 100 feet Of fence.
.,uLg the two strcl t., that bound /" o
| ,idus OF our uOmicilc. Tnat fence WAS
| getting old, aud had been often repair
| cd. but recently the city fathers pa. )
the COW Ordinauco for good, anu
| forthwith in Il day ! had renewed CIV, ry
vr>t,gc o. InlJ !cnce. 1t lIoKs very
odd IN f;snt, it looks IKE South Car,
| Iun. My wife docs not kG, W VIII, t ,'r
she likes it or not says the Place.
| ,ooiis undrcssed, and she feels ,Ik,.
v,king cold, but it will save me- about
$50, and that is d hig thlng with u.
oow. So let the CIV, luton go on. II
IL sign Of progress. Since We hav,
| lved here, hogs navC ben ahOiSneG q:
| next the saloons, and last, tlC cu~>
ravo tecn rul"a of the streets, and
he boys, after . o'c'Ock at night. We
ire going TO have u clean, nice, ocdGr, y
| Gown. If | WAS rich | would have Il,
| OuLthin down IN tnH grove and IL Dip
Der chaiuGd to IT. and sono iron scat
! n the shade nos far away, whore tn,
| thirsty and tiiH weary might have rest
| tncse it'll Il snt'ona don' cost nucu.
| nd make buLn place and people ;tt
r;ictivc. The little things make NJ,
ac sum Of our iifc's happlu' s.. Tn
| .rnnu pageant that Ccicbrat,.d tn
I.dicati0n Of G.. nLrAl Grants nov
nmb was over in a day, but his gen
:roaity 10 Loo aj AppUmAtinX, anu IN:
>'nun,ss 10 the South alt T. toe wnr.
clips, d all his victories. Grant i,n,
Gsc enough To know that his lriuml,!
AS nothing 10 boast Of, cunsiderin.
at Inc had three euiGicrs TO our on:
,nd lost near IL III Hoo mcn, and u:,,
!as another MI ION on the punsi.n
oils. Way not even old JIcN F,
."tf would nuvc bragg over sucu :
yictory. Bat | liked General Gram
le was ~ Suuthern man, aud his wlf
southern woman. Hc owned slaves
~ to the very day OF freedom. ano
wed oil their hire, 50 says his BIO
.rapher General james Grant Wilson,
Ind Mrs. Grant sad in st. Augustine !
ow years ago THAT nor symphlhiv>
,ad to be- smotlcrCd all through til,
ar for her f""hand's sakH. hav,
lid it boOrC, '""i' "r"ir, thnr
uOSG all prOltI 30 -. SJi>.I- 81, :. q,
.lcir swords 20 the highest b,dd.r.
'n"y have Il reference, Of course, bl
'ntrlOtism Is II ~ as Big thing as !.
nal success. If IL man could see b
lind tho scenes he would find man
,ntitblc Instances Of CHS. Then, whs,l
. lie is history; what ~ hypocritc J.
'hmc. DR.. johnson said that "pn
rotism Is tho last refuge OF " scouu
ircl." He meant pretended patriotism
# course. Milton expressed 1T beltc,