The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-06-17

ofFebruary. had red, luscious apples
IN June, anS pears, plams. dssbarrias
and blackberries--sll these and more
We used tp have early in Jpne.
The seasons have changed this much
ali in the meEsofy Of many now living,
hut then we had trees hanging with
icicles BY the first Of November, and
80 the late 81; tho iats.
ness Of spring and the dago's fruit
stand, with the railroad facilities, now
furnish US with what ne lost BY the
changes in nature. ~
But the changes in the seasons of
fruit and vegetables are not all the
changes nor tho most imnortant--the
change in human nature and in hu-
man method is greater than these,
and the dago from across the ocean
nor railroads nor nothing that may
come will surply the place Of Whist We
had nor retain to, US an imitation Of
character ora feeling Of heart that art
.nd fiction has SO we'll supplied in the
fruit and vegetable kingdom.
Boys fifty years ago rejoiced over
finding hornet's nest and they had q
royal battle for every one they did
End, but q ...yaller jacket s. nest gave
the greatest pleasure to Ithese boys,
and whatever boy has not been stung
by one Of the little .syaller" flyers
knows nothing Of pain. a baseball
may break q finger OF q rib, but there
is no such glory in this as was brought
BY tho sting Of "yaller Jackets and
there were precious few boys raised in
f. Georgia before the war but what have.
felt the pleaeure Of this sting and re-.
ceived the plaudits of the other boys.
.or some gallant rush with brush on
the little hole in the ground that went
to their nest.
Riding the colts fifty years ago was
not SO subject to Wholesale killing and
maugling as the automobile runaways,
but they were quite as foolish, for the
colts could have been broke and man
eyed in s0oh an intelligent way al
Would have brought no danger, but
there was better excuse, at least, more
romance in wrestling with a thing Of
life, and taking the chances that they
did take than can ever be felt OF
understood BY those wbirled TO danger
through the turning Of screw or the
pressing Of q button scientifically per-
fected by some genius expert. ss
And now they ba1 thAs Son Of the.
gest Edison he's perfected s machine
Or something thnt will develop brain
into greatness. It won't be-. long till
Seatness will be all owing to the ma
chine, justas speed on the reaa track
that receives Ias much homage as the
living thoroughbred used to receive,
BY turning sne crank invented BY
some fellow an expert in mechanics.
Sentiment, reverence, affection has
about gone through the worship Of the.
commercial idea and now greatness
will be simple meohanism-there will
jes no greatness. -.93 y
I Ihave said this little as hint ON
the lines that have been and are still
drifting us away from things that once
lost can never be reclaimed, and from
things that brought the best results
4 and greatest blessings TO these United
States oe ours. I received . letter;
rrom Drank yester2sr, wherein he
4 says that in twenty more years one
i half the people os the world will live
3in towns aud in this connection he.
shows the speed of this trend. My
Town observations makes me think thia
has been true, but I am hopeful and
believe that this trend has already
3called a halt, and Of this satisfied
Esprit IN country life is what 7 like the
most towsite about.
4 Just as boysltook up Tho notion that
~ was better to develop muscle by.
athletics than By labor, SO the gisls
took up the notion that the excellen-.
Pies Of their sex Icy in wearing fine
Clothes and having smooth skin. IA
bOy W0uid rafuaa tn s,rIt atr,va ,vonfl a..
% work the garden because it was TOO
bard work, go to the baseball field
rnd struggle and sweat almost TO ex-
8, s,haustion The girls went to dieting
and bleaching for . complexion that
they could have had easier + s going
put in shc morning aud milk. 6 and
ompipg. Such heslth comes with
9ne that their cheeks would bloom
nth any sort Of diet, with the other
fhere comes . d9y of fade, for snrely