Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-07-01
BILL ARP.


when Ahashuerus was king or Per
sla hv got so mad with Haman one c,x
tAat he walked out into the garden 10
let his choler dowu-not his shirt .,,l
lar, but TO cool off his anger. for t,..r
he might do something undigniir,.
Then he came back and had HANNAH
hanged on the gallows he had built fc.-
Mordccai
Well. l walked out IN NV gar,l,u
Yesterday the first time in a mouth
GCt | was not mad with anybody. ln
iact am pleased that am alloved
once more To walk outdoors and per,ls;.,
the flowers and vegetables and pic,c n
rev Strawberries My wife and tho s-.~l>e
watch ne ana have kept me ponncd ut,
ior months while the east wind chiltesI
the al. but row thcy help me down
lhe steps aad up again and arm yn,s
1round among the flowers. They are
very beautiful from tho window. Lr1
more SO when you arc near to- tbr,i,
we noveT had SO many beautiful issts-
pes before all colors-all sizes
double aad treble and as large as s,,,s-
GERS We had cur FIRST mess OF stru.,.
Lerrics April II ana had.a GOOD rn...,.
Yesterday. and have not missed a G.sn.
Unr vegetable garden supplies tH,.
table aountilully, but The garden is s..1
h'ihc. The girls planted it, and wittl
a little help have grown everything.
The world was sad. the garden was a
wild;
And man. tho hermit. sighed till No
man smiled"
We are enjoying the fruits OF ttcir
labor evcry day for we have potatoes
beans. peas. sq1ashes. onions. uCets
ana asparagus every day if W. wa.,1
lncm or nave company. \ littlo bHt an
Wlth the beans ana two spring chick
ems completes the first course. antT
lhen comes strawberry shortcalc-
which is always welcome. We nv,~
well at our house. and are not extrava-
gant either. bOuntiful dinner fcS-
twelve persons costs not more than sY
and the grandchildren consume hal; az
that. bless their hearts. do love 1ss
see them enjoy coed dinner, and they
love to come here and always have n
kiss for poor old grandpa.
| was II years old Monday. Juno is
fun Of our family birthdays. NV wife
was IL on the lst and | was n on the,
10Th and my ollest grandson. who has,
my name. has my birthday. Ny ntotfa-N
er has the Gath and our 81 anddaugha~
Caroline. is named for her and has TX.
birthday And there are some more f..
=
sranddaughters brought ne some uiea
linen (h'd'kfs) before breakfast. These.
little gifts are sweet and help smooth
the wrinkles from an cid mans brow
Our little 2-ycar-old loves to climb osy
my knee and pat my old cheek and cafl
~" g IN pa" and that gives me more
pleasure than a gold mine MAY che,
Lord keep the little ones under the
shadow of His wing.
1.g ~
in Oregon. Will cloudbursts and fr.s.
and floods and shipwrccks never ceai,. -
Every day brings some new disaster,
some wreck of innocent child life. soIrle
mother torn away. Lord, good Lord,
nave mercy upon the people and for
give all their sins Like the poor rsf:-
erman | would say, Lord. good I.o-,l =
! am fool to speak to Thee. but save
the children from storm and Coed drs,s
tre and peStlence." When I read t!tt,
days disasters my old heart throb= ;
with pity and like the weeping propne.
| eXclaim. "Oh, that my head were
waters and my eyes Il river OF uflr4r
thai | might weep day ana night for-
the slain Of the people"-i0. 40. rag
2oO. 100. Every day adds to pain az q
misery and anguish and Gesolaticn-
Loved ones are gone ana hor,ge,
Somthow when look around me AT ;.a
tt'Sc happy hoa-tS and faces anh sfS-
flowers lifting their petals to the -45u
and the pigeons bathing in the rooJ
ana see the young people playing tex
mis- Gown in the court and the conteuy.-
Cd C"gro plowing my neichbor's corn
and the COW grazing in the pasture.
feel like il IS almost = sin TO be hauny
while so much grief ana Eeartara.-
abound all around US. II did not ussi,
to be so. In my youth we had NO saA.-
cldes; murders were rare; no crazy
people to fill the sanitarums: no chain
gangs; no crime OF any consequence
What Is the matter with the world
and the people? Even women have p,svf
TO handling pistols and poison. at,tgi
grave diggers have gone on a strik--
and we will have to dig our own sravtex
before we die. Lord help us all. Now
let all the people say Amen-Bin Aru
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