The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-10-22

once looked like the programme hao
all been arranged ahead and l
was TO make my sojourn in this good
home from the first.
To a newspaper man who has noF
rested as many days consectutiyelY
AMI scarcely all counted, In s'xteef
years, this is a place and peopP
which / would call ideal. The bouf-
ties Of nature from we'll titled field AID
garlen, supplemented with everything
nee led for "abundant fare" spell opt
lust how l am living, and indicate
how am enjoying rest.
Mrs. Blanks has nursed SO many pep
ole who have come here sick to drink
thi. water and get we'll that she is iIf
cllned 10 do mere for me than I need
She Is finding out, however, that l am
not sick, that am just hungry and
tired, and the most she has to do is to
lot me rest and give me just such fare
as she does give me three times a day
regularly at seven, A. NJ, twelve, NJ,
and six, p. NJ.
/ am not surprised that all who have
taken rest under this roof and haye
been fed at this bountiiul board haye
gone away loud in their praises OF the
kird host and the gracious and at
tentive hostess.
"Grand mother: Blanks, as all call
Mrs. Blanks, the mother of Mr.. Rich
ard Blanks, the head of this house
hold, is perhaps the most interesting
character that 1 have met. IT the
Lord spares her life until the last day
of next March she Will be ninety-four
years old. And she has just told me
how we'll she remembers the things ct
her childhood days. She has lived il
this community all her life, has never
ridden on a railroad train and still
clings to the primitive life aud ideas OF
the long ago. She said her grand
mother remembered when neigh
bors lived fifteen miles apart and
tells interesting things about the spin
ming and the weaving in the long ago.
She tells how in the olden time the
people lived on their corn bread until
"the wheat was cut" Then the corn
was gone and the people lived on flour
bread until wheat was gone. The
wheat was threaded out with a fail
and when it was ground it was not
bolted but biscuits were made of what
We now call graham bread-nnbolted-
wheat meal.
In those times there was no pillow
gear TOR the horses. They used the
shaft pillow, pole reaching from the
horses shoulder to the pillow, serving
the place of the pillow traces OF today.
The browning beauty of this aged lady's
life is her firm trust in God. For per-
haps more than three score years she
has been consistent member of the
Baptist church, and said just awhile
ago to me that she feels no concern for
the future. Such an unfaiIlng trust in
God when the years are heavy and the
steps are unsteady speaks volumes OF
honor 20 Him and crowns such old age
with beauty that is heavenly.
She is the last of a number OF old
people In this community, having liv-
ed nigh unto the century line, and re-
tanning yet a wonderfully clear memory
and showing an interest in passing
events that is surprising.
In another letter 1 may tell some
thing about these wonderful springs
aud the wonderful cures the water has
wrought for thousands who have drunk
it here or who have drunk it at their
homes.
The readers Of THE COMMONWEALTH
could better excuse the editor Tor these
days OF absence II they could realize
how much he Is enjoying the rest, and
what benefit he expects to derive from