The Grit-advocate., 1904-09-09
The Patriarch Editor.

oId Patriarch Time must feel some
thing of rage and rcmorsc at his ac-
cunuIatet failures to take from the
serc aud whitcned brow OF the coun-
try editor his crown.
Tho rural editor, strangely unlike
maHr business men, grows ripper and
kecngr as the iroSts gather hoar and
imTarUIate upon bis head. The aver
age merchant or professional man, re-
trim breaks the ingram habit of
year but to idle and fret, going to
the sunset land restless and unhappy.
Have you noticed with what IA Sc
REM and philosophical mein the coun-
try editor nCars eternity? GGntlcness.
sweetness, forgiveness and forbear-
ancc mark the columns Of his paper
whore once he Was prone to rip and
roar and twist TIE caudal appcndage
of those who loved him not'
What is it to grow olG?' asks ono.
With the editor it is more than to lose
th' glory Of the form, the lnslcr Of
the eye, the plumpncss of the cheek!
ID is to loso, also from ont the Quiver
lH lIc thltoi D'll, lIt dlipNo vi
aloe, the javclin cf wormwood, The
-Eafts of vonom-and 20 Sain upon
the pencil tip pure and pleasing gen
tcness that scatters calm and serenity
in every home. Old wood is best:
ikewse old wine, old friends and an
0ld editors writings.
There is in the ageing, pastoral
scribe none OF that frig.d;,y of years,
nat piping childisnnCas That f:cts at
undown, no futile waiting at Time to
fly backward, no bc!ated and plt!ful
patching up OF the body against the
rave.
There is in him mature :ncllow-
ness, reserve Of wisdom from which
ne may draw at will, relish as of
salt, a hint that he is arciEg by aged
aiGht million stars he could not see
by youthful day--and all this draws
bout him countless friends who love
a0d cherish him.
His boys or his younger partner
AXE from his SHOULDERS the bruising
c2res. he may 10: so:l regularly as
uL old, remaining at snrc for aH hour
WITH "tha: grandbaby." o. tc let old
Dobbins nip bit Of grass beside the
road-but ere the Gay Is much begun
he shuffles off toward his ,avorite
chaic before the desk whero work las
DGssed him 10! these many years!
And thus. perhaps. Ills there they
find him some evening when the paper
las gone to press, his arr,s upnr his
Gesk, his head upon MS arms, asleep
lorever!
We asked friend OF ours what
knd of flower Narciseus wac, and
he said he couldn't tell uS exactly,
but he had eaten some breakfast -olls
,Nade of it while attending tho st.
Cuis exposition and it wa. fair to
uiddling. It's funny how some men
now everything:
The city man longs for the dale
and the dinglc; the country man
arms for the noise and the hustle
nd both, when permitted 70 visit
the scenes of their .ongings. ere dis
pointed. The picture is always
lost beautifully blended from dis
nee.
We went to sleep in the hammock
The other evening and Il grandaddy-
l0ng-legs trailed over our proboscis
a7d made us sneeZe. Man does not
and much of q show 70 relax these
1arlous timCS.
A dabbler in life's serious work
'nds little more Importance to prog
rass than child making mnG pies
in the street. Whatever You do, do
u earnestly and not Superhcially
The execrable condition OF the
sport of fishing is driving many
natural sportsman to the Icray-::to
table.