The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
FANNY CROSBY'S OPTIMISM PUTS
 OLD AGE TO ROUT
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~As I was saying, I used to know AIr. Pomeroy -andTlike him very much My uncle Joseph Crosby, was a very strong Democrat and he-and Mir Pom eroy were great friends. remember once when Polk was running for pres ident; there was g. great political meeting here in Bridgeport which my uncle and I attended There were a number of different speeches and after it was all over, MT. Pomeroy came up. to me and said:
 .- Fanny, here's a poke for you, and he put deer's horn around my neck ! had that deer's horn. Oh. for a great many years.
 T often used to write political songs and other poems for your paper in those days. It has always been such a good, clean paper I must say that I have always thought d great, deal of The Bridgeport Farmer.
 But that reminds me Of joke which I must tell you. One night, when was at the Institute. the su-s perintendent came to me and said:
 ~ Fanny, there's farmer from Bridgeport come to see you and he's going to stay all nights
 T thought it was an old man from Bridgeport whom we used to call sUR- cle.' so I said:
 All right, so long as lie is going tc stay over night, I won't go down to see him until morning.
 So iii the morning. [ fused all up and went down to sec my visitor. Ina agine my surprise. when instead of the s<id man whom had expected. what w-2s it but The Bridgeport Farmer
 Here Miss Crosby laughed merrily, and then admitted that she always en- 5eSed a joke as we'll as aynone. Tn fact. tffe whole secret of her wonder fai life may no doubt be attributed to her extreme youthzzulness-
 -L< / 'seiaen she told of her great love for cisldren and how even when she was teacher she used to ronp and play win them out of school hours, When, however, the session began. they un- derstood at once that she was the teacher and was to be obeyed-
 As for my age. she ontinied, eft nincties and I attribute my good health and long life to the fact that ] never Jet anything trouble me and to my implicit faith, my implicit trust sn my Heavenly Fathers goodness. r didn't get the thing wanted today, well. I'd get it tomorrow; if not then. I realized that it wasn't good for me 10 have it.
 I remember when wasn't more than three or four years old. how nay dear grandmother used to take me in her arms and rock me in old, old rocking chair-oh, I don't believe they have such chairs anymore-and teach me to pray She would always ad- wise me:
 :" Now, Fanny. when you pray, if God thinks 1t not best that you. should have what you ask for, remember you don't want it.
 Another thing which she taught me was to be unselfish and when there was any giving up she used to say:
 :" Fanny must do the giving ups
 J seldshness one of the most detestab1e
 We can make life just what we want it. By continually looking for good and doing good we will find sun shine, music, love and flowers wler- fmond who says:
 z. The more we look at our Lords s character and the more we think of Him. the more we become like Him in spite of ourselves
 sOne must always have an object in whatever he undertakes or else he might as well let it alone. Every body is born for something. has a talent for something and with a It. tie patience will find his place in the world.
 You will conquer only by love. Love Is the great engine which is going to reform the world
 GODS HAND ON EVERYTHING.
 As for troubles, if had no trou bles should think the Lord .didn' love me for Whom the Lord loveth he hastenefh.' you know Most O. our troubles are our own fault be cause we break natures laws Bu if the world were composed of con tented minds what kind Of a worlt would it be?
 1In the case of my own loss o sight can see how the Lord permit &al <1= <1@ H- .A IT. usitted it. You know, it happenet when was about six weeks old. caught a cold in my eyes and in tn absence of our family physician m, mother took me to another near m, home. who, as it afterwards turne, out, had no right to be practfcing. H ; ordered pOu1ticing, his instruction were followed and my sight was total ly destroyed. Now the Lord dfdn' order that; the man broke a law o nature- Instead of regarding it az al affliction I have always thought O 1t as one of the greatest blessing eve conferred on me for it carried ou Gods plan-' e
 AGE NEEDS MORAL REFORM.
 In speaking of the change of tn years, Miss Crosby said:
 This is a wonderful age for man things but where often these thing have improved, morals need to be i'm proved. It has its advantage and it disadvantages it is better an still it is not as good. P
 asked her if she did any writ1n now and she answered that she sti occasionally wrote verses a1thoug not, of course so much as formerly.
 But my memory and intellect ar just as clear as they ever were an in fact I don't realize that I'm pa. ninety years
 And have quite a number of chi dren." she added laughing. The raj road men are my children tn veterans are my children and tn police are my children Captai George Arnold is great friend mine and whenever anyone does any thing don't happen to want them