The Canton times., 1902-05-23
A clean shirt and 4 comfortable home

Aclean shirtand comfortable home
will lift o boy up quicker than books.
1t has been said that a Fight hungry
man cant get religion, and reckon
q hungry child cant study to do much
good. Education is not always had in
the schools. tits the lifework of every
one. Education comes sbycontact, by abb
sorption from others, by reading and
thinking, and by experience and OBJ
servation. Some Of the greatest men in
the United States never had years
schooling; and my own observation
has been that not more than ten col
lege boys in q hundred made good use
of their education. They lived and died
and made no sign. But for the sake
of the ten we must give the 90
chance. These northern gentlemen
who met in Athens seem intensely in
earnest and their speeches were in
good tone and in good temper. Judge
Bleckley's speech was theshortest and
best of all. "We will receive it not as
charity, but as measure of JUS
that's it, justice" and Isuppose i'm
piled that they owed us debt and
were going to pay it. That came
pretty near being an apology. Well,
just let them she'll out the money, and
we will dispense with the apology
This morning had backset. The
old mare got into my garden and
trampled around and wallowed in three
places-on my strawberry bed and on
my squash bed and onion bed. Digging
wouldn't pacify me. 1t didn't let my
choler down. / will set that down at
100 on the debit side. But my daugh-
ter, who went to Charleston and had a
two weeks vacation from the care of
her children, returned safe and happy
and refreshed. / set that down at 100
to balance off the old mares tres
pass on my garden. Another married
daughter, who has been sick for
month, has recovered and can now take
up her bed and walk. She came up
to spend the day, and brought her chill
dren. Put that down at 200. A dear
sister who lives at College Park is COM
ing to see us tomorrow. That news
I is worth credit of SO. The mail has
brought good, cheerful letters from
two of the far-away boys. That is worth
SO. A good neighbor sent me some
fine tomato plants; that is 25; and it
is worth 25 to look atmy strawberry
garden, and look several times day.
A s-s4 f,s \ n,.f Il
a day to see the long trains go by with,
their double engines. / can sit on my
veranda and count the cars. from 40
| to GO on every train, and not strain my
| mind. Every evening after school is
out dozen or more children gather
in my lawn under the big oak trees and
plan tennis and hide and seek, and
romp and swing, and it is worth 25 to
see them SO happy.
There are three roses in bloom this
morning, the first Of the spring, and
that is worth ten. Then, again, read
Father Kelley's memorial speech in
Savannah, and it comforted me to find
one man bold enough to tell the two
| highest officials in the nation what
| they had done and what he thought
of them. / will put that speech and
| the pleasure of reading it at 100. From
the window where | write | can
see the workmen raising the
beautiful Corinthian caps to the
| top of the tall majestic marble
columns of the new courthouse. The
building grows into beauty every day,
and / am proud of it, even though 1t
will cost me little more tax money,
| L put down the daily sight OF it at
ten. Then there are my strawberry
vines loaded with ripening fruit.
| will put them down again. One OF our
bows wrote me that he was coming
home to see us, but / must promise
not to take him to see the strawber-
ries more than seven times day.
Now see how the account stands
with all these credits, and only one dis
count for the old mare. Verify, the
lines have fallen to us in pleasant
| places. -,