The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-21

something Uttltl, b4t NAc 'Ch |
who sees the twenty, forty. fifty years o.
wedded life before they have begun ar
ranges for the best. SO that flowers, II
almost all cases. are appropriate Tor the
marriage dag. The diy~erSences oi DISPOSE
ton VIII become corre-londences. reck-
!essness viii become prudence, 1rlvoilty
will be turned into practically.
There has been many az aged widowed
soul who had "A carefully locked bu-
reau and in the bureau 4 box ana ID the
box a folded paper and in the folded
paper a half blown rose, slightly fragrant,
discolored, carefully pressed. she put II
there forty or fifty years ago. On the
anniversary dav OF her wedding she
will go to the bureau, she will lit the
box. she will unfold the paper ana 70 her
eyes will be exposed the haii blown Dud.
and the memories Of the past will rush
upon her and a tear will drop upon the
flower and suddenly Il IS TRANSPORTED, and
there is a stir in the dust Of the anther and
it rounds out and il is full Of life and 1t
begins to tremble III the procession up the
church aisle. and the dead music OF Il half
century ago comes throhbinS through the
air. and vanished faces reaptear and right
hands are ioined and a manly voice prom
Uses. II viii. for better or for worse. and
the welding march thun1ers "A SalvO OF
iov a. the departing crowd, tut a sign on
that anniversary day scatterS tae scene.
Under tho deep fetched breath the altar,
the flowers, the rongratHiatihS groups are
scattered. and there's nothing ielt pul q
trent ing hand hotdlhS laueu io-eDuo'
which Is put INTO the PAPER ana then MO
the lex and the box carefully placed in lie
bureau. and with a sharp. -llIa"i click Gi
the locE. the scene Is oVtr.
Ali. III friends. let not th- prophecies 81
the Flower On YOUR wedding Gay BE- false
PROPHECIES, 80 blind to each others
faults. Make tue most ~ each OtherSeN
,ellnr.4G Eprptmt her No EcWN he ring
OF the third finger o. the Jeff hand and the
leacdicti0n Of the Gala lilies.
I; You ask n" the question. WHAT
are lowers -ooi ior: | answer. they
are good 10 honor aud comfort the
~uhscuuie-. The worst cash ,ver
made into tie side Of our poor
earth i the rash If the grave. It il 50
deep. it is so cruel. k is 50 incurahie, that
it needs something to cover itup. Flowers
! for the easket. flowers for the hearse,
towers for the cemetery. What a contrast
t~etlyeen a grave III g country clurchyard.
with the fence broken down and the
tombstone as.aut and the EeiShbOrinC
cattle browsing amid the mullen stalks
ana ihe Canada thistles. and a June NOM
inc in Greenwood. the wave OF roseate
bloom rolling to the top Of the mounds
and then breaking into foaming crests Of
white t'ower5 all around the pillows Of
dust. Ii i the difference between sleeping
under rags and sleeping under an en-
hroiGered blanket. We want Old Mortality
with his chisel to 20 through aiithe grave
yards n Christendom, and while he carries
achisci in one hand We want old Mortallt V
to have some flower seed in the palm OF
the other hand.
On you s.y, 'the dead don't know;
N makes no difference 70 them think
yoa are mistaken. There are NOT SO many
steamers and trains coming u any living
city, IS there arc conyovs coming from
heaven 10 e.rt!.. and ii there be instan-
~ttneDu~ and constant communication be-
tween THIS world and TIC better world. 90
yon not suppose your departed friends
know WHar vou 90 with their bodies
wild flowers in the forest and on me nrai-