The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-17
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5srson who will listen to him without
; delightful sensations. In all the world
there is no gentler, sweeter, Lighter hearted
soul than Bob Burdette. Mo- Drawer
spirit lives, no nobler heart beats.Aonce
he asked-perhaps many times he asked
s.Who would not have laughed ito die where
Custer led?"
The good Burdette, the sweet-souled the
man sof light, of laughter and love and
musih-the man of the great mission of love
and long, was seen last night and asked
to tSik of many things he consented to say
tvs little, and as he said it it is beautiful:
ssWhere have we come from, my boy? Oh,
from the middle of the continent-the cen-
ter seam of the United States from Califor-
MIA 1t used to be out west, you know,
but we Californians moved several
thousands of miles east on the Olympia,
with all our goods, ehattels, fiefs heredlta-
ments and things, real and personal prop
erty, estates and climates. That's the way
to move when you want to get in the heart
of the country, and are tired of living out
on the edge.
.sMrs. Burdette and myself left Pasa-
tiena-which is another name Tor PARADISE,
September 2s, and have been lettering
Through Texas, Arkansas and MISSISSIPPI
Dust and cotton by the mile, ton, bale ana
cloud. We came to Birmingham Saturday
morning, and have been resting here very
quietly. Went TO church, visited with some
friends, made addresses at the High school,
tried to catch up with volume or two
of correspondence
elbow are the times? My boy, there
only one man in The country out of job,
and that's the calamity bowler. And he Is
howling because there is nothing to howl
about. Because calamity bowling is a good
business itself, my boy. There are plenty
of men who make a good living and ex-
yenses at it. It's as good as the lecture
business It's more profitable, financially
than preaching. It's almost as good, in the
good years-that is, in the bad years as
running a newspaper.
Don't 1 believe in hard times? Well,
my boy, 1 ought to. I've never heard of
any other kind. Times have been hard so
long back as the record goes. Times were
hard when Adam quit working and went
to the devil to learn how to live easy with
out forking. Times were hard when the
shortcut to knowledge and power and
wealth mixed thorns in his wheat and tears
in his bread. Times were hard when Israel
wrought US the Egyptian brick yards,
found their own clay, CLEANED their own
straw, got blow from taskmaster when
they began a brick and two when they
finished it. Times were hard when Solo
mon made silver to be as stones in the
street. so that it was accounted nothing in
the days of Solomon'-so hard that ten
ceded from the throne of his house rather
than endure them. When did you ever
drear of anything else but hard times ?
When was a boy, can remember hearing
my father say SO many times: Children.
times are very hard, and we must try to
get along without great many things
we don't want The fact is times are
always hard until they are past some 10,
or 90 or 80 years. Then we call them the
good old times and wish they were back
again. Now, / have made up my mind
10 enjoy the good old times right now,
while they are here. Then 1 won't Wear
mourning for them 20 years from now.
1--WE will remain in Birmingham but one
day longer. Mrs. Burdette will be kept
busy with the Woman's clubs, and Wednes-
day we go to Carrollton, Ca, and thence
we zig gag through the south until late in
November
mo, this isn't my first visit to Birming-
ham. 1t is my third and every time 1
come, you see, stay little longer