The Adair County news., 1916-01-12
The Misty Past.

The excellent article in The News,
The Passing Year, by our friend and
kinsman Senator Neat, touched re-
sponsive chord in my breast and set
me considering how. few Of my old
friends and associates survive to real. |
ize the fieetness of our earthly exist
ence. Let one be absent from com.
munity for several years in which he
has been acquainted, and inquire con-
corning old friends and the re
Sp ,nse in most cases will be gone, gone.
But none can fully appreciate the
changing scenes of life on the canvass
of time, unless taught in that dear
school of experience as Senator Neat
has been, and happy should he be
who likewise, can display an unfair
nished record of four score years of
right, for rights sake, devoid of all
desire for display of affectation with
that as the prominent incentive. But
the great change of scene must soon
come, of which we hear so much and
know so little. IT'S said that We are
dying from birth until we pass out of
our earthly existence About IS years
ago witnessed my first death bed
scene, when James Lester, my grand
father died in room of the house &C.
cupied by Mr. Dewitt Mcfarland,
near Montpelier, KY. His family and
friends Thought him dead, and were
preparing him for burial, when he re-
Vived and talked for some time, dur
ing which he said, it was sweet TO die
under the sound of all ones children,
OF winch there were eight, all at his
: bedSide, then spoke calmly of his Pc
culiar sensations. saying he supposed
they should know how any one felt
when dying. Said everything ap-
|, peared green aud clouded, then passed
away while one Of the elder children
| supported me in his arms. l observed
his unnatural appearance, although 1
did not fully comprehend the gravity
of the occasion. [ can never forget
those impressions made upon my
= childish mind. One by one we cross
? the river.
was grieved TO learn through the
News of the'death of Mr.. Elijah MEL
son, but gladdened to learn that the
b. report of his demise was a mistake
: We have known him for 80 years
) Quiet and unaSSuming, but always Oh
the line of duty. What a legacy TO
q leave behind! Far greater than gold
t The man who is honest, alone andi
4 company l fear the old fashioned
variety is being viewed from the
Dutchman's standpoint, who said:
Honesty might be the best policy,
S but kept man tam poor" Poor, de.
:, ludeds souls who dream of heaven.
e This love of mon5y-the root of al
g evil, not part, is form of intemper.
e ance, more common than direfui
IS drunkenness. What vast field the
e term temperance covers. Doesen1
consist in Just a little bit of a specia
brand, which sometimes appears to be
u donned simply as display card with
the inscription-See how good Lam
u Temperance in its full sense, is one OF
p the browning Christian graces, except
/ ing that greatest of all, charity, moi
, precisely the same that would extend
the arms of love and affection, EN-
bracing the whole world and ever
body else, Except some,) in the swee
. bonds of fellowship, but he who will
q full purpose of heart observes thes,
- three Christian graces, need not fea
y any future fire and birthstone, eithe
" fgurative or real.
J. T. Jones,
NoInrohia R1