The Burke County news., 1899-03-31
trees we climbed for chestnuts that
1 u n,rh What q Il IA coon

dog Was lag But the lODS Ieu nllis
have shruDk and the null pond Is but q
little pool and the trees have been cut
down and the dog, We hunted with are
dead. Alas. how cruel IS time.
And here before me are some tender
lines from old Colonel Gibbons, who
has passed his four score years. tie
adds another verse TO John Anderson,
NyJo" So does my dear old partner,
Judge Brauham. aud he says that Or.
Deems wrote it. And an Ola lady from
Washington, ID. c., sends silil another
verse and says 1t was written by man
in OHIO. Here are +hree different ad.
ditlons to the poem and ali are beautl-
full And mere are several loving verses
from our cherished friend, Captain Cal
noun, who Is no sprIDg BIRD Or bard,
but Is old enough to write poetry.
There is a man WHO always brings sun-
shine. HIS life is u struggle and strain,
but ''liho tho sup OF AlknomOk, Ae
never complains.
Then there is the double hearted gem
from our unknown friend. 'Dunne
Brown, with Its sraph!c illustrations.
Nothing prettler or more appropriate
was over written or designed. He ls
both poet and an artist, and the gem
is to be encssed IN golden frame and
placed upon the golden papered wall.
And dear, good Charlie hubner never
forgets or neglects to write the right
thing ID the right way aud at the right
time. An" then there were the golden
wedding's golden bells that were 1nng
to sweet music by Colonel and Mrs.
Roy Mason, Of Richmond. Va.
Besides all these there we're beautiful
prose poems by Uncle Remus, Frank
Stanton, Wallace Reed and Frank Rich
ardson. and Mr.. Knott, OF The Home
and Farm, and Mr.. Einsttln, Of Tho
New York Press. and Albert Shaw, of
The Review OF reviews. that have been
placed carefully among our wedding
treasures. What shal. We render 10
benedIctlons? Why. here is massive
wedding ring that Dr. Benham, the old
est aud nobiest Roman of them all. sent
tony wife to be placed by me upon her
wedding finger as | renewed the FROM
lses made her 80 yearsayo. And here IS
another that our dear good freud, Joe
Brown, sends. Iti exqu sltely gu graved
Golden Yeats, Golden Hear.s.'
and his letter Is another gem-a prose
poem that Is worth more than the ring
TO me, Tor / am not woman Aud
here IS . klonulke nugget sent from a
TREND Who lives III the lar eft state Q.
Washington aud Is now mining in
Alaska. And here, hargln, on the
,arlor wall, is beaUtfll picture OF
John Anderson my Joe, and his loving
spouse. it's eucaseu II an exquisite
golden frame, ond nothing can be more
1endcr!y pathetic than THIS sketch.
where the good old ma,rOl Is smooth.
ing TIE tam and sllvcry hair Of her
llie-lonG compan mon as sac sings. "Eow
We must tOt!or down, Junu, but hand
N hANu We II 20. bls came from
Mrs. Ward, tf Birmingham, a dear Old
family friend. who was school GIRL IN
lan,aiattc, when We moved 70 Rome In
o. She, too, had to flee from the foul
lnVaier IL Ci. the same night nv WIFE
and CHI dren, '.Id and when thew two
! get together / tell you they make the
Yankee fur lily and the yankees ears
bu Il when those who wear them
al talked about. Did you ever trv to
drive au OLD hen with brood OF ripht
young chickens out Of the garden
Well. that the way these two mothers
! fed and lodged and raised their festh.
ers, and prauced around 81! over tho
country trying In VAIN to fnd soma
/ place where the foul invader could not
4 come. But let that pass. After t;ftv
years, let all sad memories be smoth-
! cred. and all rosentments barred We
have many dear friends smopp thosa
yankees and o. this y.al event
they have al been kind; verv kind
Ihe lawyers tell Us Of s.a,nta
| OF the Inn tatIons winch is called a
statute q relose, ani! wnich quie.s
tl'ie 10 lard aud cats Of punishment
/ Tor crime he jews made tub lee of
every fit eth year aal proclaimed lihar.
/ " throughout the la0d and cancelled
! all debts and gave the land anI -