The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-01-30
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
REMINDED IN VARIOUS WAYS
THAT OLD AGE IS COMING.
Dartow's Sage Gives Modern Athletics
. Hard Rap.

I'm fond OF children-good child
rem. and like snow, an occasional
mild-tempered snow, but when they
both como together the racket - aP-
palling. Here are three little grand
children in the house, and one OF them
with q birthday to celebrate. Their
grandma wouldn't let them go out
doors and 30 We turned them loose IN
the back room. For awhile they played
very discreetly. but by and by began
to take more liberties and 60 to Jump
ing tff the center table and the bed
aud playing circus and riding around
on the tricycle. and screaming Ike
wildcats, and the old dog joined in the
procession and barked. Ever and anon
the youngest one would get almost
killed and my wife would hurry in to
be at the funeral Of the boy. Some
times they would send COMMITTEES 70
beg me for snow and l would have TO !.
90 out aud get pan full. Then ID y
PLAYED hide and seek and it took both
rooms for that, and my wife had TO
help them find new places. Will they
never get tired and settle down? No,
never.
Yesterday while it was raining my
wife found three-cornered hole IN
window pane in the upper sash and
she began to SILVER so / thought she
was going to have chill; so ! took
the stepladder and went outside 70
patch the glass. I found q three-cor-
nered piece that covered it nicely and
while was driving the tacks to tasten
it the old ladder careened to one side
and I fell whole quadrant OF circle
onto pile of flower pots. But, like
cat. I lit on my feet and tried it again.
Next went out TO feed the old COW,
for nv fe said she was lowing like
she was hungry. I had to cross some
planks that were covered with ice anu
before was conscious Of either age or
! infirmity was down fiat of my back
with nervous prostration. Before
got M I looked toward the house to
see if anybody was looking, but there
was no one. The back Of my coat told
on me and they said they wished they
had seen me. I am too venerable to De
bumped about in these uDRraceful at
titudes. but my female folks make
sport Of me Just like the Phillistines
did of Samson. walked down town
Yesterday to the postufiice and the
rude bows snowballed me with mslice
aforethouQht. "Look ont, old man, !"
1 was all the warning got. don't be-
| lieve old age is respected like it used
to be. 1 don't believe the boys have
as much manners. The legislature =
| irving TO fix mp q reformatory for
i young criminals, and that is ell right.
but the parents of the rising genere.
ton should start q little one IN each
family and then the big one wouldent
be nee ded. The main thing now IL
raising q boy is to have him graduate
! as . good football kicker. So much
;muortapce il attached to the develops
ment Of arms and legs that ! think
athletics should have place in tn
curriculum OF the colleges and when
the report OF the boys standing Il
sent to his parents it should contain
his jumping and running and pitch
4 ing and kicking record. and Thu
record should have weight in fixing
the honors. While they are develops
ing muscle it would be good idea t.
have q rail.splitting and cotton
picking attachment in which the farm
ers' sons could compete 50 rs to. b
ready for business when the old mai
calls them home. The apprehension
is that great excellence in kicking
ball will not meet with proper reward
in after life. II We should have wal
aud the enemy should kick balls at U
we ought by all means to be ready 70
them. but as General Sanford remark
ed: "They won't come at rs tha
way"
samson was q very notable athlet
, and slew lion and outran 800 foxes
but We hsvs no lions and foxes OK
. scarce. I've been wondering what "
J. can do with these athletes when the
graduate with ell their muscular hon
= ore and settle down among their ~
. pretending fellow citizens. Dob Fiji
= simr ons and Tom Sharkey and Pete
jackson and few others, have ms
Z nopolized ali the business IN their lint
= had very strong darkey once wb
= could get under . loaded wagon an
! hump it out Of mndhole when %
9 team stalled, but we have good road
= now aud don't need these strong mel
. But maybe we old men are littl
! Jealous over our fading laurels I ~
= taking to Commissioner Tramme
about this ball kicking business and !
= J. said with some emphasis:
: 1T ought to De stopped II is q moi
: sensical business and is dangerou
" The colleges have gone crazy.
But he frightened up when be begs
to tell OF his own youthful sports 81
how he could outrun and out-wrest
2. any boy at sch DOL.
in And George Ads;r is disgusted, to
70 but delights to tell how far he con
IL knock the old fashioned town ball q
e. how he used to get his ankles bruis'
ae and blackened playing shinney q
ty how many marbles he won at swee
al stakes. II played fair" be said, "a
%. always tosd tbs mark, hps there "
BY Jim jenkins who always fuaxed 81
81 cheated. and be Is fudging and chea
az ing yet. Az the schoolboy Il - y q
map"
Aud I Dragged some, too, for I y
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