The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-07
SARGE .PLUNKETT
"A Pheasant Return ,tosa Good Qua Church
I'VE know.
Aslaato Constitution.
we KNOW.


Big meeting time is . glorious time
for Old folks. Like ..old clocks, we
need winding up ence in awhile, and
big meeting is the,key that.makeB
our hearts beat stronger, our hopes
rise higher, and we mark time with
new vigor and q more cheerful streke.
NE and Brown went back to our old
settlements last.week and big meet
ing wasJjust in progress that made :.
easy'to see ell whom we knew, and
that refreshed us and-wound us up to
tick with new vigor. aud. to feast.upon
some memories that will ever he dear
and cheering ON our way.
We,had nearly run down till we took
this'trip Of last week and worshipped
.again in the. good old church where we
used TO .worehip. Itwas hig meeting
time and oar old nsighbors had pressed
us Co be there and TO strive ell togeth-
er 70 have revival Of the go,d old
religion as'it used to be. It ia one Of
the old char,hes chat is quite old
fogy and, strange to say, there has
never been-a proposition TO move il TO
some more convenient plaes. The
graveyard can be seen from O. side
door. .aud it is there that mo and
Brown found she .most"pf the names
thet We ,used 60 know. There,has
never been-an organ in this old church,
but shey,have soma pretty ne= songs
which they. aiug in exc good old way.
AS the mournera gathered at che altar
they sang "Gathezing in the Sheaves"
80 much in an old-time way chat
Brown cried right out and I shed o
few tears myself. We were not
.ashamed.of this nor did any $Aing less
seem to be expected. Our chappiest
days were spent in anu around this old
church. We used to go to school in Q
little house which stood down by the
spring, aud..our picnics were in the
woods around this very place. AS
sweet girls as ever blessed Georgia
gathered from three. and four miles to
attend this school and there was never
thought of its beinga very. great
feat to walk shis' distance. AS I call
to mind these 4girls.and think Of them
as shey blessed the world in after
years, it makes me tired, to hear aalk
Of providing ways for the children Of
'these.days to 'Eide 20 school. .
Everything still goes on in the old
fashioned way. .Dinner WAS served
freeaor ell every day, and there was
an abundance Of it. While the men
Wasesed.andtfad theis. horses, hs.sirls
and moshers spread .snow-whits cloths
m che shades on .she alope to the
spring andathe wask. Of unloading the
baskets was q pleasure aand frolie.
Pretty, girls and sweet mothers scram-
bled things in aueh q way as to make
it all In common, and there could be
no eeelipg ,thet .one lsxaa .nnwelcome--
the dinner belonged to everybody, and
all felt that way. Some sf the. people
of the tewnsAmho are disposed to. pity
the cauntry folks ought to -have-seen
these dinners. Suoh nice bread from
new wkeat ar good country ground
corn, If >yon wanted 1T. Home raised
hau. chicken, mutton, beef, shoat,
pickles, pueserves, frnit, .cakes, GUS
tards, pies. iEverything was tthere
that oae could have desired and in the
greatest abundance. 'I.don't eat much
myself--aDt very mneh-butI do like
to be arennd on eneI, .0ccasia ap,, as
these and watch the ,yonng Georgia
boys and girls. These young folks
cant fool me-th there is lots Of .conrting
going on yet, ,just as there used. to be,
and I Fejoieed to see it. Ghe.country
is safe so long as these ysang folks. do
mate and marry and settle down on
the farms in che good old way. This
old settlement has ,beoA peculiarly
blessedin keeping ont the aprogres-
sive" ideas. The temper. OF the peo-
pie was indicated by q sermen from
the pastor, ON the folly Of fashien. I
let you know that he handled ,bhe
ladies' Of fashion with gloves off. Re
was real good, old.fashioned fellow
but he was pretty near,as mean as
Sam Jones when he talked about a
woman who would prefer 20 follow the
fashion than to have sweet children.
He was at,his meanest, though when.
he discussed women who would ,ura
their childsan oyer &c zzssTyaats and
haraly knew their mothers touch.
The old fellow worked on che feelings
OF his congregation about che growing