182.

Hope for the best

Get ready for the worst

And take what god sends

183.

Work for some good

be it ever so slowly;

Cherish some flower

be it ever so lowly

Labor - all labor is holy.

184.

There are tears for many

and pleasures for the few

But let the world pass on

Dear, theres love for me

and you.

185.

May happiness be thy lot

And peace thy steps, attend

accept this tribute of

respect from one who is your friend

186.

You ask for something

original hit where

shall I begin?

For there’s nothing original

in me except original sin

187.

As gold more brilliant

from the fire appears thus

friendship brightens by

the length of years.

188.

Passing through

of action last we part

before its end;

Make within your modest volume,

this memento from a friend

189.

Do al the good you can,

In all the ways you can,

To all the people you can,

Just as long as you can.

190.

I’ve looked these pages

o’er and o’er to see

what others wrote

before. And in this

little lonely spot

I’ll here inscribe

For-get-me-not.

191.

Remember I say

when you look over

these pages

That writing in albums

is like working for wages

192.

If scribbling in albums

remembrance insures

with greatest of pleasure

Ill scribble in yours

193.

Remember me dear friend

When on these lines you look

Remember it was I

Who wrote this in your book.

194.

Where you are sitting all alone

Reflecting on the past

Remember you have a friend

That will forever last.

195.

Within this book so pure

And white; let none

but friends presume

to write;

And may each line

with friendship given

Direct the readers thoughts

to heaven.

196.

Remember me when

far, far off

Where the wood chucks

die with the

whooping cough.

197.

Be not wise in thine

own eyes;

Fear the lord and

depart from evil.

198.

May life be to thee one long

summer day

199.

To kit and spin was

once a girls enjoyment

But now to dress and

have a beau is all al

girls enjoyment

200.

To night happens what may.

Feb 21. 1904 Sunday Eve

I.

My Old Kentucky Home

The sun shines bright

in the old Kentucky home

Tis summer the darkies

are gay

The corn-tops ripe and

The meadows in the bloom

White the birds make

music all the day;

The young folks roll on

the little cabin floor

All merry all happy

and bright

By’n by hard times

comes a knocking at the door,

Then my old Kentucky Home

Good-night

 (Cho)

(Cho) Weep no more my lady

weep no more today

we will sing one song

for the old Kentucky home

for the old Kentucky home good-night

II.

 They hunt no more for the possum

and the coon. On the meadow

hill and the shore. They sing no

more by the glimmer of the moon

On the bench by the old cabin door

The day goes by like a shadow o’er

the heart. With sorrow where all was

delight. The time has some where

the darkies have to part. Then my

old Kentucky home good-night

(Cho)

III.

The head must bow

and the back will bent

Wherever the darkey may go

A few more days and

the trouble all will end

In the fields where the

sugar canes grow

A few more days for to

tote the weary load

No matter twill never be light

A few more days we’ll 

totter on the road

When my old Kentucky

home good-night

(Cho)

Weep no more my lady

Oh! weep no more today

We will sing one song

For old Kentucky home

For the old Kentucky home

Far away.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Maxims to Live By

More of Grandma's Gems
126 - 138

126.  One by one in the finite
meadows of heaven
Blossomed the lovely stars
The for-get-me-nots of the angels

127. May all that is treasured
strew flowers in you way
and gladness be measured
by the length of the day.

128. Long as there is a sun to rise
roses still will have their glory
while there are for-get-me-nots
they will have their place in story
in my heart a fairer flower
holds for aye a greater power.

129. My heart goes forth to greet thee
on this eventful day.
May pleasures ever greet thee
apon the worlds highway.

130. Life is real, life is earnest.
And the grave is not the goal
Dust thou art, to dust returnest
Was not spoken of the soul
"Not enjoyment and not sorrow
is our destined and or way.
But to act, that each tomorrow
find us farther than today.
-Longfellow

131. In your golden chain of
friendship
Regard me as a friend.

132. M.H. Friendship is ut a silken cord
That binds two hearts together
If that cord does not break
Let us be friends forever.

133. I count this thing
to be grandly true
That a noble deed is
a step toward God
Lifting the soul from
a common clod.
To a purer air and a
broader view.
-J.G. Hollan.

134. Behavior is a mirror
in which everyone
shows himself.
-Goethe

135. If a man empties his
purse into his head
No one can take it away from him an
investment of knowledge
pays the best interest
-Benjamin Franklin

136. Good breeding is the
result of much good
Since some good nature
And a little good self-
denial for the sake of others
-Lord Chesterfield

137. True worth is in being
not seeming in doing
Each day that goes by.
Some little good not
in the dreaming
Of great things to be by and by
For whatever men say in
their blindness
And spite of the fancies
or youth.
There's nothing so
royal as truth.
-Alice Cary

138. If we do not plant knowledge when we
are young
It will give us no shade
when we are old.
-Chesterfield

From Grandma's Collection of Recipes - Black's Store Era

A few Beverage Recipes

 

Spiced Tea

8 Cups Boiling Water
1 1/2 Table Spoon Tea
2 Cups Cornsyrup
1/2 Teas. Alspice
3 Mint Leaves
Three fourth Cup Orange Juice
1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
Crushed Ice:

Pour water over tea
Add corn syrup, alspice & mint
Let steep 5 min. Strain,
Add orange & Lemon juice
Pour over ice & garnish with
clove studded lemon slices
& fresh mint.

Punsh

1 LARGE CAN ORANGE JUICE
1 LARGE CAN GR. FRUIT JUICE
1  LARGE CAN PINEAPPLE JUICE
2 BOTTLE (1 PT. 8 OZ SIZE) GINGERALE
MAKES ABOUT 40 GLASSES.

Home Made TOMATO JUICE COCKTAIL

Tomatoes (1 qt home canned)
Lemon (juice of 1, stained )
Worcestershire sauce (1/2 tsp.)
Celery seed (1/4 tsp.)
Salt to taste
Sugar (1/2 tsp.)

Put through a fine sieve. Mix Chill, and serve cold. Or heat to bubbling an serve hot.

Lemonade

Lemonade has its interesting variations. To 3 pints of lemonade add 2 cups of pineapple juice, ginger ale or grape juice, or instead add 2 cups of strawberries and raspberries.

#102 to #125 Of Grandma's Gems

More of Grandma's Gems

102. The grass withereth
The flower fadeth
But the word of God
Shall stand forever

103. Our pleasures are like
Poppies spread.
You seize the flower.
it's bloom is shed
Or like the snowfall in the river
A moment white
Then melts for-ever.

104. I wish you health
I wish you wealth
I wish you gold in store
I wish you heaven after death
What could I wish you more.

105. Winter, Spring, Summer
Fall. May God be with
You and love you all.

106. When I write this verse
And close for the end
Remember you have
One true friend.

107. I've seen the sea
I've seen the lake
When you have a chill
Be sure you shake

108. Kind words are the forest
Kind words are the deeds
But for pleasure you must
Reap loves seeds.

109. As sure as a vine grows
Around a stump
You shall be my sugar-lump.

110. Some write for honor
Others for fame
I write simply
For to sign my name.

111. When I'm dead and in my grave
And the weeping willows
over me wave
It is then dear friend and
never before
that I will thin of thee no more

112. For-get-me-not
Forget-me-never
until the sun
Has set forever.

113. To do the duty nearest thee
And strive to do it well
Is the only key to the mystery
Of life that I can tell.

114. Here is luck, to the duck
That swims on the pond
Stops and drinks
And then goes on.

115. Always remember and bear in mind
That a good true friend is hard
to find
When you've found one good and true.
Change not the old one for
the new.

116. Over and over again
No matter which way I turn
I always find in the book of life
Some lesson I have to learn.

117. How doth the busy little bee
Improve each shining hour
And gather honey every day.
From every opening flower.

118. Boys of spirit. boys of will
Boys of muscle brain and power
Fit to cope with anything
These are wanted every hour.

119. Though many miles apart
Our homes may prove to be
yet in the region of your heart
keep one kind thought for me.

120. Now lets have a game of play
Lucy, Jane, and little May.
I will be a grizzly bear
Growling hear, and Prowling there

121. Thirty days has September
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty one
Save February which alone
Hath twenty-eight
And one day more, we add
To it one year in four.

122. Boys are few
Girls are plenty.
Don't get married
Before you're twenty

123. Some love one
Some love two
I love one
And that is you.

124. Some love one
Some love twenty
I love one
And thats a plenty.

125. Ladies and gentlemen
Needles and pins
When a man marries
Trouble begins

#92 To #101 of Grandma Smith's Gems

More of Grandma's Gems

92. Lifes a mirror; if we smile
Smiles come back to greet us
If were frowning all the time
Frowns forever meet us.

93. A place in your autograph
for my name
A place for my love in your heart
A place for us both in heaven
Where true friends never part


94. When days are dark
And friends are few
Remember me and
I will you.

95. Remember me thy youthful (friend)
As oe'r this little page you bend
For you may never bend
another leaf
That here my name is
written in relief.

96. We can never be to careful
What seeds our hand may sow
Love from love is sure to ripen
Hate from hate is sure to grow.

For-get-me-not.

97. Be to your playmates kind
and true
Do them no hurt or harm.
As you would have them do to you
Do ye even so to them.

98. Learn to make pleasure
learn to be true
Always speak well
Of the girl that loves you.

100. Lives of great men all
remind us
We can make our lives
sublime
And departing leave
behind us
Foot-prints on the sands of time.

101. In the worlds broad field of battle
In the bivouac of life
Be not like dumb driven cattle
Be a hero in the strife.

More Memory Gems, Feb 20, 1904 and beyond

From Grandma's Standard bound NOTE BOOK

Feb. 20, 1904

Memory gems

56. The world is round

And full of sin

Watch out young folk

Or you'll tumble in.
 

57. From north to south

From east to west

Youre are the one

I love the best.
 

58. Remember me early

Remember me late.

Remember me at

The golden gate.
 

59. As sure as a vine

Grows around the stump

You shall be my sugar lump.
 

60. A loving heart is

better than wealth.

(I've tried to reproduce Grandma's writings accurately, and with out corrections. Don't know what happened to 61-69)
 

70. When you get married

A broom to you I'll send.

In sunshine use the brush.

In storm the other end.

71. My love for you

will never fail

As long as pussy has a tail.
 

72. My love for you will always flow.

Like water down a potato row.
 

73. If you love me and I love you

No one can cut our love in two.
 

74. A merry heart is better than wealth.
 

75. Always remember and never forget

You have one friend

in Illinois yet.
 

76. If you should not be forgotten

As soon as youre dead and rotten

Do something worth writing

Or write something worth reading.
 

77. Apples are good

Peaches are better

If you love me

Answer my letter.
 

78. When you get old and ugly

As people sometimes do

Remember you have a friend

That is old and ugly too.
 

79. I love you little

I love you big

I love you like

A little fat pig.

 

 

80. May joy and pleasure

be your log

While through this world

You trot, trot, trot.

 

 

81. May your virtue live

And spread

Like butter on hot

Gingerbread.
 

82. When rocks and hill divide us

And you no more I see

Just take a pen and paper

And write a line to me.
 

83. I you go to a wedding

And they should have

nothing to eat.

Do not say anything

But hunt you a right good seat.

84. If wisdoms ways you wisely seek

Five things observed with care

Of whom you speak

To whom you speak and

How and when and where.

(Love this one!)
 

86. You I love, and shall forever

You may change, but I will never.
 

87. May you be happy.

May you be blest

In a neat little cottage

With the one you love best.

88. Strange friends, past

present, and to be

Loved deplier, darklier

understood

Behold I dream

a dream of good.

And mingle all the

world with thee.
 

89. This our hope for all thats mortal

And we too shall break the bond

Death keeps wath beside the portal

But 'tis life that dwells beyond.
 

90. When a man weds a grass widow

If his dingty you would lower

Just send as a wedding present

a second hand lawn mower.

(I take it in this context a "grass widow" is a divorced woman)
 

91. You may roam the plains of Kans.

Where the cyclones madly whirl

But you'll find theres none no better

Than the Edwards County girl.

More Memory Gems, Feb 20, 1904

More Memory Gems, Feb 20, 1904

From Grandma's Standard bound NOTE BOOK

Feb. 20, 1904

Memory gems

49. Huffy is the old cat

Happy is the kitten

Happy is the pretty boy

Who never gets the mitten.

50. Marrying is the chain of life

Housekeeping is the lock

But kissing is the best part

A fellow ever got.

51. Be kind and be gentle

To those who are old

For kindness is better

Than silver or gold.

52. If life was a thing

That money could buy

The rich would live

And the poor would die.

53. Think of me now

Think of me ever

For-get-me-not

For-get-me-never.

54. The world is round

The sea is deep

And in your arms

I hope to sleep.

55. If my sweetheart you should be

Look at him and think of me.