Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-04-17
THEY SAY"

"iHEY SAY"
They say tAai a gentleman OF
1uT town went To- millinery IS
| .tblishmeut last week to get a hat
rs vile had purchased. The maa
yas old and iufirm, but he realized
shat depended upon him. and ran
vcry step Of the way. 10 keep the
lat from going OUT Ut style before
MS betteshali got to try 1t On.
Who would dare assert that this
gallant benedict is not up to date!
They say" SAID the old farmer.
",Lat mea,s took a big Jump up.
It's nay belief That It's comm 10
Tire piss that II anybody wants to
whet their teeth on a piece of
meat he's got to 81 ont of the
cotton patch. It's clear gin rea-
son, providence aud all The olo.
-;es that "A man can rIiSe : cent
cotton and buy Il cent meat. and
come out even. No sir, he can't
do il. any more than IA merchant
can pay a dollar for u pair OF
shoes and sell them for fifty cents
and not come out in the hole. Ii
a mans welded to the cotton
patch. the quicker he wears off
TO total abstinence from meat. the
sooner he can make tongue and
buckle meet. lie might grease
his mouth with meat Christmas
times and the 4th Of July, by
sellin his cotton seed, and d0in'
without clothes. but to eat meat
steady. and sport a cotton crop
It jist can't be doue.'
do you see that little dark
eyed woman gOing into the post
Office r. said the woman of the
world. That woman as the grand
est heroine | ever knew, or even
read of. The Spartan boy who
held the fox in his bosom until il
guawed To his vitais can't hold IA
candle Co her. You see she's been
holding on to fox. igura.ively
speaking, for 20 years, and she
Vii. go to her grave without 4
grCau or mgrmur. When a slip
OF a girl, she married a young
man who was wealthy and ofgood
family, but Intellectually a block
head and morally IA leper. 1T
didn't take her a month to find
out that he could never rise to a
higher plane OF life and she would
not sink 10 his. She must live
her lie alone, as far as he was
concerned, but her nearest rela
tiyes have never heard her speak
81 him except with the Creates
respect. He has squaudered hel
money. given her Years OF negIec.
aud coarse abuse, and drank unit
lie has blotted out every vestIg'
OF manhood. but his wife has re
manned the same cheerful. faithful
gentle lady, through it all. A.
her children grew Old enough /,
TO notice their fathers degreGa
ton, she taught them To remain
.. blind 10 his fruits, rs far as tn
world could see, yet not one Z
them could be induced 10 folio
in his footsteps. What that va
man might have been, if size la,
married her equal. | could not say
but the strength Of Will and mas
terry Of SET that has enabled Ire
TO bear her living. lifelong sol
row with a smiling face and s.
lent tongue. would have won fam.
aud fortune in any calling sh
might have chosen
/ i heard a young man say tn
other day said a lady who wa
nearing tie shady side Of forts
That he Was glad 10 hear Of a cei
tain girl going to be married. a
/ she mad been trying hard enoug.
TO marry for five years. ..Sh
: wanted me, you see, bu: could.
/. catch me- he concluded eompla
. cently.p II was right hard on III
| girl, but il n minded Tie Of IN e,
: perienee. Before | married To.
!. l had a bean who was all dev,
/ ton. When | married everybod
= sail Jim would die or 20 Graz
I and | thought so too. But h
a didn't - either. / pitied h;I
sentimeAtally and was downriof
!, sorry Tor his heart-broken cond
ton, but he married in a wear O
( SO, and moved to another stat,
For years and years. al xav
thought OF him az poor, dear jim
Some tine ago | was travelling
when who should enter the trai
{ but Jim and his wife and seyera
!, children. lie seemed downright
glad to meet NE, and introduce.
e his family. We chat.ed pleasant
ly until We reached the next sta
ton. when Jim and family got Of
. As they passed under the car Wi,
dow | heard his wife say. "Jil
+ wasn't that usly little woman
L fame of yours once.T
n "Iia. aat7 he laughed. Eye:
Susie, she used TO be dead struc
on me. Lead NE on until | wa
just obliged to court her. 70
know, and just had worlds {
: trouble TO get her OF on that othe
fellow. always will believe sh
b liked me best. but found out
I was no use.'
oh, YOU naughty airtr, reptile
: tie smiling wife.
1T was a stiuging rebuke,r n
D piled the lady, bat one | deserved
/ and one that every woman place
herself in a position to receiy
+ who encourages the addresses @
! a man she has no intention @
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