The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-09-18

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She reminded me that there were some
broken glass on the roof Of the flower
pitt and the sash needed repainting
and the shelves renewing and might
whItcwash the brick wall and SO forth
aud SO fifth, and SO on. Well, Ihaye
done all that and was humbly waiting
for the next order when she told me
that Sam: tho dss.-kkS; dairy, ,wasent coming
to run the lawn mower over che grass
in the front yard and maybe / could
&c 1t auI save as cents. Well, + have
done that, but nobody paid me the IS
cents. and next thing I knew she sent
one of the grandchildren to me for 75
cents to pay her debt to the aid So
ciety. These women have got nearly
as many clubs and fsocieties as the
men. but they stay at home Of nights
and that is better than the men do.
There are the MasQns and Odd Eel
lows and Nights Of p Pythias and Nights
Of Damon and the Royal Arcanum and
the Elks and the Nights Of Jericho
and Nights of Labor and they are all
nights, or midnights, and the women
have to stay at home and nurse the
children. If I was q marrying woman
[ would strike out tie word obey and
put in O. promise for the man that he
wouldent join anything that .'took
him away from home at night" It's
bad enough for young folks to tramp
around at night hunting for the moon.
They'are crazy about the moon, and
that's why crazy folks are called luna
tics-for luna means the moon anl
the ticks are not far off on mc0u-
light walk in the WOODS. Laet Tues
day night there were six couples of
our lunatics who went up the river
road in search of the moon. They
wanted to see it rise from out the wa
ter. and they had to get out to the big,
fat rock in the river to see it, and
they had to slide down the bank to
reach the rock, and the young men
oooned it down first to clear the way
and the yaller Jackets were waiting
for them, and by the time the girls
were on the slide the little devils be-
gan the attack aHd they took 'em on
the slide in the flank and in the rear,
in the face and shirt waist and arms
and legs, and took the young men,
too, and such screaming and scramb-
ling was. never heard or seen in that
part Of the country. The young men
did not desert their partners, but
showed them up the slide again with
great alaority. The whole party were
buuged up amazing. Eyes and ears
and noses and hands and legs began
to-swell, and they meyer got to see the
moon at all. The girls cried with an
guish and the boys moaned and groan-
ed and there was no ammonia, no soda,
no doctor and no houses within mile.
They could just see enough 10 ,fnd the
horses and by the time they got back
home some were blind in one eye and
some in both, and you conldent tell a
hand from foot, nor nose from a
turnip beet nor the ankle from alcalf
calf Of the leg, / mean. Well, they
got home about midnight and that 5
mile ride was the longest and most
y. f--" " +,
miserable Of their lives. The young
menh have not yet reported for duty
nor have he he g;:.s g::.s dared tolook into
sni.scr, for ffear OF breaking it. Itis
awonder that those girls with suck
thin apparel were not stune to death,
but / suppose thatithe stufing and
padding about tn; breastworks saved
them. 3Sss r
We old school boys know something
about yellow jackets. Itisbad enough
to,tackle . nest in the daytimein open
ground where you oan run and fight, 4
bur to slide down into one near. the
water on asdark night must BE avfAl
in the extreme. The last time I came
inconfliet withthe spisefui things i,
located the nestand went to the house.
and got the wire q catcher and set it ]
over tho hole. It worked beautifully
aud was fast flling lup whom al ont
slider took me. ker. .bim,' on the
bacaIof the neck and + departed those
coasts with alacrity BY and by the
boy came and built q little fire not
fafaway aud set the q y catcher over
tho smoke and killed The Sshole con-
cern. But you must look out for the
outsiders the scouts and sharp shoot.
ers Bees can 4 sting bnk one time,
but q iacket can keep up as long as
the poison lasts. The sting Of hee.
is bad, that of q jacket is Bladder and
a5Ssgasp a sis The bod ddest Of Ill, ,lexceps q