Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-11

cult matter TO find q country poy
in Tennessee whose heart has not
been thrilled with this experience,
and in all probability many OF
these same boys committed their
first big sin by stealing away from
their precious mothers to indulge
in this pastime on the holy Sab
bath day. Oh! how this eIper'
fence thrilled the heart of the boy
who tried it. In after years he
may have grown to be q lawyer, or
a statesman, or a doctor, or a
merchant, or a preacher or "A pol
itician, but nothing ever again
thrilled his heart as it was thrilled
the dap the fish bit so well, and
the day that he "hungss the big Jun
and let him git away"
AS write this, recall II run
away, Sunday fishing party, COM
posed of half.dozen barefoot
tow.heads, who caught, perhaps,
two pounds of small fishes and
"hung a big Jun" that, according
to their story, was simply a mini
now among whales. This monster
was not brought to the top OF the
water, of course, but he was so
near that these boys saw him
with the minds eyc) and to them
his head seemed as large as the
head of an OK, and his scales were
the size of hotel saucer, though
in fact the fish may have been a
catfish or a solt.shell turtle, for
aught | know.
AS | have grown older and
drifted away from these simple
scenes, | have often wondered
why it was that the "big 'uns'
always got away, and how it hap
pened that the boy always saw
the wild turkey gobblcr when he
was without his gun, and as
wondered | sometimes philoso
/, phised till | reached the conclu
sion that life, after all, is some
thing like q boy fishing for sucker
! with a pin hook and an old whee
band.
The greatest pleasure man,
y people, perhaps most people, &c
out of life ia from things tina
g never materialize and that exis
only in the mind.
e A man was telling me one
n about a neighbor who sold ayeai
ling calf for $4,000, and when
is asked about the pay he said tina
sit was cash transaction" "Thi
! isl said he, "the owner OF tn
y" calf took goat at $4,000 and
bench.legged flee at $4,000 in Sc
Element" and | said to mysel
why notl Why need a man /
IL poor and keep a lot of 75-cel
4, calves, 50-cent goats, and 15'cel
70 dogs when, with the proper ma
. agement, he may just as well be
+ millionaire Who cares for a 10
IL priced, bob.tailed dog, or a eros
g eyed, crooked.s Skinned, half'starvt
~ billy goat, anyway Why not oN
y high-priced property, when
- costs no more than low-pric'
property The man with a 500
20. calf or $4,000 goat is as rich
of the poor fool who locks up lit
pile of metal or paper and calls
SO wealth, and beyond all questi
re the owner of the billy goat enjo
,is the greater peace of mind as
on Journeys on down TO the end
Sc the row, where he gives his bo
nd up to the same carniverOus worl
no. that smack their lips over t
of Juicy carcass Of his deluded nels
Mt Dor. who wasted his life's energ
ats piling up gold and silver, I'll
EN- tend only to restlessness.
he SO far as the material world
Md concerned, no man gets any mC
nd. out of it than he eats and drir
as and wears, and the man with
is fortune wrapped up in goat h
we or dog skin gets as much room
the end as the man who wraps
IoI fortune in stocks and bonds.
law sane man is satisfied with this
on and no amount of money will
Ga isfy mans craving. This is t
ian of all men, everywhere, in
cry ages.
dis God made the world full
h a flowers, and birds, and songs,
.hlv poetry, and beauty and put |
y .p,S here to enjoy them all, but I
o iy' brutalizes himself and pays
to penalty in restless days and sI'
end less nights.
u;rs Within mile Of me are
,hlv men representing the extreme
roe society, and they are on a rae
,ore see which can De the most wo
'oot less member. One does not
to even a $4,000 dog, and his il
wc object in life is to procure suiilc
'oss whiskey to keep his machil
edy hot, and the other has given
wy life to money boarding. His m
for money is so great that he
~ VI, . actually denied himself the
nm fining influences OF Il cult
80 70 home, and is now in his decli
'oN' years roofing around and Ii
worse than a hog, i'll orde
i've "save expenses"
DnI- q van PC and th1 mi