The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-02-20

h"us" before brrakfust. and ,lrown. q
Il moss OF kittens m tn" creek before
htch"d up III the carrynll and took
" hnntle calf skin to market and
brought HON" Jug of whiskr, md
stray dog, and felt NY appetite
growing better every minute.
'"hs com:orters are all right, nf.
ter You gel used to taking hig doses
OF nasty medicine, and your s,omu, h
IL proof against spasmodic bursts of
sympathetic dregs belchrd up from
tn" souls of thoughtless idiots whose
d'l'ght is IN swallowing around IN
human misery with their wool, n
500 IS and ruby boots on, SO to speak.
They not only look ON the dark
sid" Of life, but they take You by tie
hand and drag You out into the dark.
ness and point ont all the plac, $
where blue devils and hohsohln,s
and death in All horrible forms and
conditions lnrk in the damp weeds Of
H"SN"nd"nCH, cronching for Il spring
Hnd l"shlnS th"jr tails in savage OK.
y""i"t'"n, like g plaster OF pari< dog
Visiting "L the from; porch to freeze |
"l +" III" coat Isil "t u book agent, |
"h. i haTH.N oarninS his board
ArN s"c disease under every acah.
IL every cnngh, auI
>"rr dissolution in every nnAno~u
'a.!. Even those who are liable TO
I'VE through the first attack Of the
hSras', are doomed to be crippled
u disabled for life, and will be 5
obliged to wear chest protectors or |
tho balance Of their days,
''d if they know good thing when
hey SEQ it, they had far better lay
town and ai" right off and not post
pom" " big funeral and big dinner
when 1t IL within their grasp, us it
we're
Som" people don't like the job lot
comforter, but, as for me, | rather
prefer their society to sittng up all
nlEht nlon" with tho body Of deud
burglar in II haunted barn. A man
can get used to Il comforter of this
sort, and become better acquainted
with them after time, but corpse
grows NOR" distasteful az they grow
Older, and there IS always a coldness
between yon which tho dead man
seems to enjoy far better than the
watcher.
Like tho policeman who il always
looking for fault, and tho detective
VIII" il always looking for crime, and
the politician who is always looking
for Ignorance, and the prrnickit,
hons'ke"per who is always looking
for dirt, and tho undertaken who ih
Oh tho lookout for good paying
"ttltfa' and tho doctor who is al
ways looking for patients, and the
"lIer dog that is always looking for
'Egg5s-the job lot comforter is al
ways looking for signs Of death and
dissolution.
They never toll fellow that he is
ooking we'll, or that he shows symp.
oms of getting better, or that his all
nent il easily cured, or that they
'ave faith in the attending physi.
ian, or that men are living to n
greater age than formerly, or that as
ong as there is life there is hope.
No, indeed; the comforter is looking
or calamity and funeral PROFESSIONS
md deathbed scenes and cancersand
consumption and whole.
ale desolation and the wall of woolly
VOC.
But Schooner Louderspeck was
prepared for the comforter when she
It his home to give him spiritual
omfort when he was laid up with
sudden attack Of an indigestion af-
or his daughters wedding feast.
ie had been sick once before, and
Ira, Holyguzz pounced down upon
''m and painted beautiful word pic
ures OF graveyard scenes and
'hole army of grinning skeletons gal.
oping into eternity with Louder.
peck's soul held aloft on the tines
t Il tabln fork. But on this last at.
aok OF illness the Dutchman was
repaired for her, and the moment
he poked her nose into tho sick room