The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-29
C0WGIRLS IN THE CHASE
Easter EGG Hunt Enjoyed by the
7. Happy JuvenIles-Blll Reverts
to Roosevelt and Says Die.
nifty Of Presidency
10 Gone.

and were closing the window
rseds, they saw in the dim moon
ght' something moving along in the
arden, and sure enough It was a COW
our own COW, and she was not far
ray from the rows of English peas
at were in full bloom. The alarm
IS given and my wife lighted the
intern and with the girls made haste
expel the intruder. Everything was
OF and of course | was not allowed
30. All l could do was to hold the
TIP to the window and feel ashamed
lat | was sick and no account in an
emergency like this The cowboys in
Texas never trotted around with more
alacrity than did my wife and these
cowglrls after that cow Keep her
away from the peas" cried q maternal
voice. And l echoed the speech of
Patrick Henry who said, 1T is in vain
to cry peas when there is no peas
I,H3 old hussy ran by the gate three
u1Bes and took the grand rounds with
"a half dozen calves visible and inyist.
Bile following her, but finally gave 1t up
and went out and was put up in her
den. Old Aunt Dolly is our milk wo-
man, and declares she Fastened daC
gate good" but the COW and the gar
den say she didn't. The garden has
hte, too and | remember now that
8Wgife told me in the morning before
yned that l might go out and cut
Nf jparagus for dinner, and l did
HRv reckon left the gate open. But
ps well that ends wen" and nov
there is peace in the family and peas
I'm the garden.
The world goes up and the world goes
down,
=, And the sunshine follows the rain,
ut sick or well, I'll see that the COW
9on't get in the garden again.
eternal vigilance Is not only the
Of liberty, but it Is the protection
= garden, for almost every day the
little grandchildren come up to see 1e
and comfort me, and now they want to
pick some Strawberries and pull up
some radishes, and say yes, If
course, and they will leave the gate
open, and it is my business to shut 1t,
and they have an idea that am here
just f0l their pleasure. They alwa.s
come hungry for they know that
grandma has got some apples or cakes
hid away, and grandpa will get them.
Even the little 2-year-old boy knows
where the sideboard keys are hung
and which door has the good things
inside. and he takes me by the hand
and ID IS me there. A biscuit will do
these Eildren at home, but it won't
here. we don't keep tavern, but our
house is a free and easy place for the
children Of the town, and they know
it. On Easter Saturday about ore
hundred and fifty of them gathered
here to hunt the pretty eggs, and it
was a big frolic and the mothers and
aunts caGwe with them, and it took 20
dozen eggs to go around, and every
little tot got some. They played games
in the grove and tennis in the court,
and we old people were happy because
the children were. Almost everybody,
old and young, came to salute me as
played patriarch in the big chair on
the verandah, and some brought flow.
ers and some brought fruits and all
brought smiles, and so it is not so bad
to be D ID and sick, after all. Every
mail bri1 sgs me good letters, kind let
ters frog FAR away ana unknowl
friends, and they give me comfort and
l answer all l can but must tell the
school children once again that l can
not write any more compositions or ca
says or dRbates, and they are wasting
their time ITO ask me- One young man
wants my opinion on the immortalit'
of the soul, as though was Addison
or a preacher, and so I sent him
postal card and referred him to thu
~ net aicah, sixth chapter and
eighth VI Z. There is creed enough
for ANY, Tvs soul. Another mother
wants a UNITED States history that is
reliable land also biography Of Gen
eral Lee and "stonewall' Jackson
Write to DR.. ]. William Jones, Rich
mond, Va, the grand chaplain Of the
confederate veterans, the historian
Of ne confederacy, the grandest man
low Iefl b beacon light, a synonym
~ wis6 and truth, and the gifted
3 6iogrA sher Of Lee and Jackson and
Dayis. l rejoice that he has lived N
give us a United States history thai
Is beyond the reach Of criticism an
viii hope. be adopted by every