The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-18

Christianity, but it was impossible to be
as gone on cleanliness as they are and
stin be a Christian. They hadn't pet
around the house-they considered pets
unladylike-and one of the family who
had that sort of temper that breaks out
like a big Fourth of July cracker and
i1Zzes and buzzes, would have liked TO
wash the water in the well. The LORD
Almighty and she couldn't arrange this,
so they took it as it came. Having seen
such ultra cleanliness, 1 shall in the flu
ture be charitable to those who regard
dust as the bloom of time.
I've been trotting around a good bit this
summer and been forming a good many
conclusions and one of them is the more
a man claims TO be a Christian the less
likely is he to give you anything to eat.
He waters the milk at the expense of his
soul, and he takes a drink Casually of
whisky for his stomach's sake and his
infirmities, but at the expense of the
boarder. Then, too, it has been borne in
upon me that the man who prays the
Ioudest at the Wednesday meeting goes in
with the greatest Vigor when kissing
games are played at the annual picnic.
The women are different in kind, but all
have one great pain and grief, and that
is to pluck every feather off the hat of
the summer boarder till she looks as if
prepared for a fricassee. The average Wo-
man enVies you your clothes, no matter
how simple they are borrows them to cut
from and then talks about you to some
body else She thinks you're immoral be-
cause your lingerie is trimmed with lace
and ruff1es, she suspects you if you're too
familiar with your own father. and her
general opinion of everybody is that she
could teach them an awful lot, but that
people are all such fools. Sometimes you
come across an exception, and you find
oil 70 raj n
mean I've turned cannibal, but 1 mean
the dishes on her table are palatable)
and ready to enjoy herself in any way
possible We've struck one of this kind,
and from shooting frogs down to chasing
the cows home she aids the boys in hav-
ing a good time.
Did YOU ever chase a COW in the direc-
ton it didn't wish to go? It is more
mulish than a mule, crOsser than a cat,
possessed of more bitterness than bull
dog when he feels that he is not APP
preciated, and the situation is such that
you wonder why, if cows were necessary
at ALL they should have been made with
such peculiar tempers. 1t does one good
once in awhile to get acquainted with
the peope of the country mean those
people who are not supposed to have souls.
But how can I look into the eyes of that
big mastff without understanding that he
is saying to me: You go on out and have
a good time. I'll watch the house for
you"
How can pet that beautiful mare, with
her little colt beside her, and not have her
murmur TO me: I'm a mother. Did
you ever see a prettler baby than mine? p
Or, when the chickens are running
around, the hen lays egg, and the cock
of the walk takes all the credit for it, am
not forced 10 think ooh, Mr.. My Cen
tleman, how like unto a man you arer'
And then at night, when We're gliding
over the waters and somebody is looking
into somebody elses eyes, there's a whole
flock of white geese that follow the boat,
as much as to say, Make love while the
moon shines, for the holiday times will
soon be over, and there win come to you
some hours of work--of work"
There's a wonderful life in the country.
Get yourself presented to it, get yourself
thoroughly acquainted with it. and you
will have any number of friends.
The horse will whinny at your arrival,
the great big dog viii give a bark of well
come, the cows will moo" in their pretty
fashion while the ducks and the chickens
will clatter and run about, making so
much noise that you don't know whether
it's welcome or defiance. And they call
them dumb animals! Some of us may be