The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-27
The Fear OfDeath.

vi iltIc extension - I.
heaNy and probably q very common
secret burden, one which makes IL
HouGht of annihilation more a,trac
i've 70 some Of Us than any celestial
Visions. those who suffer FIR m !,
would not welcome the brightest prs
ptct OF heaven. nleS they could hone
nr>t Tor a long and dreamle,s sleen-
IN which 10 wash off the trayel-stains
Of the past. This l. a feeling which i
mos common in youth or old ace
"hen the ties OF life are fewer than
tiley are IN its Prime. and when he
pas or tie fu ure NAV vel look al
most lntolerably long 10 the weaIsed
ihiaginatI5E. 1t may be that in he
mlstrdD G experience of some suffer. r.
thls deep w~-arIness of ltie NAV not
exclude the fear OF death: but SO II
rioIe a combination eau scarcely he
either common or listing. Probably
the normal state of things is thatIn.
which some degree of fear or u, jaast
~ reluctance. exists as a pure n,tInc,:
ilSln9 and falling with physical cause.
ready 70 give 10 &C 10 tie terr.rs f
conscience and the cravings of flee
liOn, out held IN check by yari rs cor-
9loefatlonS and c ntr He'd by the \
IL not utterly subduci ~ t!u>t al
nope. IN people Of active. II uetic
temperament, with keen 9usceptlbii-
y 10 senSuouS impression. ole NAV
sometimes OF eve that 10 amouni
ether Of religious hope for another
HE, or OF pa nful expert nee of this.
VIII overcome the constitutional
shrinking from the anticipated 1end-
M asuhuer Il DO ~ and soul. They
carry the same feeling through SYM
pathy III Q their thou hts of he death
OF others. which appears to be almost
physically shocking 10 them, however
bvl usly acceptable TO the person
chiefly concerned. Such d state of
feeling IS to those who GO not share
II as unacc3uutable as it is evident
L)oRlng TO death calmly, as one of
the very few circumstances of quite
universal experience, any vehement
dl>lncllnatIOl to 1t would seem 10 be
IN appropriate as well as futile. But
dl>lncllnatIOn to some of its accid-n-
tai cIrcun stances is but too east Y in
~telllSlble. Til S is probably another
reason why the shrinking from il Often
seems to Increase as youth is left be
hind. lie very young cannot KIN W
now terrible a thing sickness is: those
n have watched many d, arhbeds
can scarcely forg-t he awful pOs>iLili-
ties OF physical suffer ng. And We, it
5 Ems pr"btb e that many of the worst
appe RANGES are more or less delusive.
y very mode ate experience of sick
r oms suffice TO show that actual suf~
fe'lng tears not exact proportion to
It's outward NANTES ations. Be this
as it may, physical suffering is c.early
a >sary accompaniment Of death.
and The Or al OF pin which makes
hrlnk II IN the prospect of m rial
IL ntSs IS quite a differ. Mt thing from
the real ms lnctive dread of death. Ii
should lnder q, and often does. act
p Werlu " IN recOnc lug us to the
pro psct Of ath -C0tnhiU Nagaziue.
~
WOOD ASHES o PEACH III EEs.-I
have never known a person who would
dispute the ASS rtion with which the
chapter on peaches in Thomas Fruit
Cul url opens, tnat. the peach. when
III p + ect On, is The most delicious
fruit of cur climate" Unfortunately
the disease k W as yellows, ana the f,
enemy known as the peach~bOrer. !
make 1t. III many localities. one Of the +,
most difficult of fruits to grow .
Fer severa years | have used wood {
ashes 40 ut my peach trees with mar !
ked success IN obvlatlrg these two {
evils About a peck Of fresh ashes is t
applied each spring and fall about the {
S EN- of the tree IL a littl cOnical Z
mound, thai previously SO placed be Z
ing spread upon the S il When a new )
is made. The cooical !
mound prevents the attack of the !
b0rer, and the dressing Of ashes upon
the soil stimulates the vigor Of the .
tree, so that it is enabled to resist the +
diS ease. But this must be ~acconpan- :
led by regular shortening-in of the !
last years growth, and by thinning o !!
the fruit, to prevent overbearing, q
eNhausts the tree and leaves il Il
an easy prey to disease. A case of yell )
lows occasionally, though carey APP. :
pears III my orchard, as must be ex- !
pected where g disease is cons itutiOn- i
but by this treatmelt peaches are
successfully grown where their '
cultivation was Tor a long time aban {
loned Wesfchester Co. n. Y. MuIch +
lst. james HOOD. i
The BAPTIsTS.-Dr. Pritchard has !
5he journalistic quality strongly. /,
The North Carolina Baptists have con :
.ributed $556.22 to build a chapel in .
+ me. Italy.....Tb Baptists of Sal '
Nbury have recently purchased q va :
lot, on which they propose to
at an early day the erection of a =
'hurch edlfice. The congregation |
hitherto worshipped wherever
hey could find a place. 5,
THE METHODISTs.-Mrs. Moon, the ?
'evivalist, has been invited by the pas u
o. Of tie Fifth Street Methodist |,
of Wilmington, to hold a ?
cries of meetings there. She is still o
t Durham. The new Union Metho- o.