The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1900-10-06

AMOR country, eoutaiHlng 6O0,OOo
square miles, aid when the United
States grabbed the Philippines the sus-
picious Chinaman said: 'The Chrisa
tians are coming; they want more"
No, It is none of my war. The blood
Of il is on somebody's hands.
I see that Gen. Gordon is going up
yonder on another mission of peace
trying to mix up the blue and the gray
and make a compromise color that will
satisfy both sides. He can't do it, but
maybe he enjoys the fun of trying.
Here and there you will find a good
hearted, clever federal pensioner, but
most Of the clever ones come down
here to stay. The malignant ones
don't come; they are afraid to come.
That is all right; let them stay there's
we had rather live with the negroes
than mean Yankees. Here is an Ohio
paper (the Morning Chronicle) that
was sent me last week-a marked copy
that is mad because our people talk.
about building a confederate memo
rial at Richmond, and says it ought
not to be allowed, and that our 10y
atty to the union is an a p~retense, and
that Bill Arp, a noted rebel and writer,
shows NO love for a restored union.
He says that such q memorial is an
insult to the nation and makes treason
honorable and loyalty odious; every
confederate monument is a bloody
shirt and the republican party ought
to die, and die eternallys if it ever al.
/ Tnnwm H. wn#T,w- - 49, a.I.I# a.
which are an insult to the union dead
and to our disabled veterans. He de.
nounces u rebel songs and rebel trib-
utes to treason; and there is a lot more
of such stuff, and it is in keeping with
Gen. Shaw's ~utterances IN Atlanta
about what we shall teach our children.
Old as I am I can lick that fellow in
three minutes by the clock, and as he
has singled me out, it would do me good
to maui some grace into his malignant
soul. am afraid we will have to whip
them again. But 1 am not going to let
every fool up there make me mad
haven't got time-T'd rather work in
the garden or play with the ~grandchil-
dren; they keep me amused, and I can
love them without a strain. Last night
I had to play Trimbletoe with them,
and had to be the elephant and let
them ride home on my back. How far
away that sounds-"Catches his hens
and puts them in pens; some lays eggs
and some lays none; wire, briar, Timber
lock, three geese in the flock" etc. One
of these little girls, not yet four years
old, d~isobeyed her mother yesterday
and was promised a whipping. MARY
Lou, this is the second time you have
opened the ice chest and turned over
the cream. 1 told you that if you did it
again I would whip you. Now, come
along in the other room.'' She is a
good child, loving and smart, but will
full. Mamma, peas don't vip me
hard" Her older sister, Caroline, had
followed along out Of sympathy. Mary
Lou saw her and said: "Now, Talline,
you go back; me dom want you to see
mamma vip me and hear me guy. It's
none of your pisness; it's just my
pissnesa. You go back, Talline," and
she laid herself across her mothers
lap ready for her business. The mother
couldu't stand that; she relented and
kissed her child, and the little thing
promised again.
And 50 it goes on in every loving fam.
iIy-promising and repenting-from
childhood to old age, we sininhastean n
repent at leisure. May the Lord forgive
us all and bless the children, is my
prayer.-Biu Arp, in Atlanta Constitus
ton.