The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-06-27

Ike job arc ready TO cXclaim, 81 woul,
not live always; ak moi to STAY"
But some how do not feel oid-no
very tld-not iniirm. My ewes ar,
weak and my hearing impaired, an,
Wheh | St"op .unG at work III the var
dcn or picking Strawberries my bacl
aches and my knee bones crack whc,
/ straig'icn up, but J soon &c, over it
love work-casy wurk--aud i. kecIn
me III coed health, but | don't like /,
work 10y the day or the job for some
body else. | don't like to have ;
master or Il boss except my wife, who
wants me right now to transplant hcl
! peppers. gently limited that the,
should be planted by a high tempered
woman to do well, and she SAID sh,
thought an impcrlincnt man would dc
rs well and ! had better attend to it
right away. sometimes ! think | hav,
worked enough, for the poet says we
"A youth Of labor With an age OF case"
and so like to work when feel like
IL and quit when | please. have
never distressed my yscH ahout the work
that the toilcrS have to do. Work has
its hardships and its blessings, 500.
The law ofcompcnsatlnu governs every
trade or calling or con. Iiou in life.
There Is Il good side and Il had side.
l'y The sweat oi The brew shalt thou
eat brcad,H and no Idle man is happy.
" The sleep Of the lAhuring man IS
sweet" saith solomon, and the doctor
tells us that bodily exercise promotes
good diGc> tlon. Work hrlug, content.
mcnt. The wealthy who don't work
and don have to are always lrngiu"
Tor something they hnvrn'J cot. Some
thing that money can't buy, for i, will
not buy good hVaIlh uUr GOOD children
nor make the home happy. The peace
aud %rallluuc ni the cOtlcr'S Saturday
night IL unknown to the rich. The
tol!crS as class rrc the happicSl pco-
pie | know. They en- JOY their food
and their rest and their sundays.
had rather take the chances for happl-
ness on earth and Il home IN heaven of
the working man than those Of the
millionaire. Byron says .'Thc many
must al avs labor fol the fcw,n and
tobr says " The good Lord made poor
men Just {" keep rich men in money!"
bat The good book says IL poor man can
squeeze Through The eye Of Il needle
and Il rich man can'tn ,'ohr is GOOD
Confederate veteran and cn joys his re-
cord and his religion and his tobacco.
That is all he has and he is content.
One Of The greatest comforts Of old
age is IN contemplating the happiness
q! children. 1t delights me 10 sit in
the shade OF my vcranda and watch
for two little Girls who are Eour and six
years old, coming up the avenue hand
i'll hand and waving IL welcome and Il
smile at me. ii lrioiceS me % watch
larger ones as they play cropuHt on the
tennis court near by and to hear their
merry voices and uucOnsc,ousiv |
breathe Il pray CT that they may always
he happy and no calamity or allctiou
heial! them IN the ycalS 10 come. If
ever get to heaven and st. Peter
asks me what vocation would choose,
| think would say. L" Please, good
Saint, make me Il guardian angel Of the
give ne power 10 shield them from all
harm.' think would like that
think that | would. Ike it now as
lar rs ! can DO H. Ii is privilege and
Il delight to an old man To make others
happy. Time was when my chief con-
Germ was for myself and wife and Uul
chlldrcn, hu} as acc comes on thc heart
cntargcS and suilcMs. The vani,cs
and ambitious AND srilShncsS of oul
youth disappear and we recall the lines
Of Bobart:
" Count the day lost, if the descending sun
Views from thy hand no generous actor
done"
Lost--a day lost How many day.
have we all lost in our brief lives
How many days in which we made nc
one happy, not even with Il smile.
But these reflections are too gloomy
for the day. They remind us Of Her.
vcy's mcditations among the tomb&
or Gray's "Elcgy in Country Church
yard" | am Old, / know; but | tic
not feel old nor sad. My desire IS &c
grow old gracclnlly-and for
An age that mclts i'm unpcrccivcd decay
And Glidcs in modest innocence away"
BILL ARR.