The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-22
.--urpinson my Daughter!''

AMI Il SlIO "iAiS ooS SAS NS'iiS
sf.' ,biyIous of certain womaniy qual
qdt'' Inch As good taste to refrain from
Iatsinya people whose guest she was;
t1't.irude in return for unusual kind
60 shown her, a stranger, etc, etc.
NJ have, heretofore, given instances OF
t,riJ-timed fault finding with Southern
LG ~. Southern schools, and Southern
vi. In 3 late number of Rev
iI.nrv Ward Beecher's "Christim
Ts5,t. so-called, is another specimen
p HeIen's gratitude. Travelling be-
.reen Raleigh and Charlotte some time
i.f wear, she was detained several hours
A. Hamlet, by an accident. The place
$, vet 4 mere hamlet, and there is no
r~..ular hotel; but the lady who furnish
meals for the train men kindly SUI
ried the best her table afforded for the
lady passenger, also; making her a cur,
oftea, at onle trouble, and refusing to
t.Ae the half dollar which the latter
tpiered in payment. The young land
hiy is 4 native of New England, and
lr father is also of Northern birth,
.iough long resident in Dixie. He Is
man OF character aud intelligence, and
hss recently started a cotton factory
near Hamlet. They are naturally IN
dl.nant at the coarse manner in which
they have been pictured by the recipient
Of their hospitality. We give the In
reduction of Mrs. Camptells sketch:
rRANNY.
Five o'clock in the morninxi in 3 North
C.rolIna barren. The ak streaked with
rrim4on; mock iug-birds making the
woods alive with their "a pricious music
and dew heavy on the undtrgruwtn
smoa. the pines. Accident has kept
al. here since midnight and seems like
tte keep US longer, and, now that
dIll Icht has come, to examine the
ground 10 the Only esource for such
aausas must still be spent ia waiting.
Iia solitary station. intended not SO
much Tor passengers as for stray bales
OF cotton or tobacco, holds DO sugses-
tiOs of interest. A negro cabin % so !;
low rooted house In the distsrce, and
other cabins from which, as doors open.
emerge the looming figures o Que or
tvu poor whites, Outternut-cuiorsd ~
{ ocothes and skin, dirty wnlte 4. to
u.iI, long, lean. unkenpt; with luster-
Irn eyes, and mouth which seldom
opens save to eject a stream Of tobacco
IA#kw ~ @AaN1 "a &Iu Tue
-. . feeble interest stirring in their
rstIrIy ACES, while within, depressed
lOc.Iug "omeu their teeth yellow from
SNUFF ulPpIns and their faces the con
aeu.aJion of lifelong, sa;erstus, move
an,uldly about the clay chimneys.
nyIsg O,con and stirring together the
morning ash cake. Groups of white
atAIsd children appear one after anoth-
er. Evidently there has been NO toilet to
make, aud evidently, too, one garment
toes duty for day and night alike.
The small darkeys, tumDling out
nIlarieusly and rushing toward the
sr with = whoop of delight at some
positive excitement for the morn
iaE, show an energy which find. nc
counterpart IN their s~leeny-syed and
iallon superiors. Pigs, lean and dirty as
NOR owners, range the wool OF smell
aoout the track for possible bits Of TODD
from the cabsose, and over the platform
marches . long file Ut dignifcd geese,
iIscussiDg in subdued tonesthc reasons
u things IN general. To follow them
promises more excitement than an.
lUuger observation of the d%reariness al
about, and | pass down through the
sliding sane OF the road way and up the
narrow path to the low-roofed house,
from which, as | near it, comes the
s'urd of rafting plates and the smell
u coffee and frizzling bacon. 1t is a
c7ur Southern house the chimneys built
outside, at either end, and all rather
thrown than put together. An aston
lshlugiy red faced man, in shirt and
trousers, comes to the door with a bell
~ Er- b.,J ~ Ia1Ls Il.nlyl. " -.
before he rings. Three or four dogs
luu out esrking, and some cows turn
,owiy to inquire if 1t may be on their
account. Inc bell rings ~lsnRuidly, s..
if the red faced man were not quite
awake or, If aw.ke, had not interest,"
10 Unglng-or anything else and as
hi stand. blinking toward the station
cue bell i, .uddenly taken, and a woman
.o.t 10 sight n her deep sat ~sanbonnet,
rugs with an energy that, considering
DE horrible want of it in everything
else, Is - welcome ~ q north wind
Tauid be IN this suitry and shCt-in
spot.
You Silenusl you GO in yonder,'
'gr lnleI jects between the rings; II
rtckon I'll get em we're if rinsin'l fetch
em.
S"iIcnu,, evidently well named, di.ap
peas. The conductor 10 seen coming
toward breakfast with q speed which
night almost be called hurry, Chit you
the Capt. Ward! Ed. F.& vi. and the
~p'sIsugers leave the car; The sickly
io"I.ug woman dragging along, their
10 81, gown avry. and a sense OF being
ned togsthsr by one pin which is just
l2sn the verge Of failing ou;. There
IL long, low room, lighted only by
;arse open doors; a large round oil
ct';u-cOrersd table, and elevated . Tow
tacs~' aDove il q smaller circle, also
oil c'oth-d. on which various dishes
stand. The conductor gives a twirl as
a -'ts down. Our breakfast 10 to be
tlr iest"tun principle, and to spin the
ing round seems to be more desirabie
y az tEan TO invs.tigate he dishes 1t
Nod, The smell of salelstus 10 In the
ar, iHd the quite as pungent one oil
'c'Tsd IA. The biscuits are yellS " and
gree and 6sh and eggs might equally
wei "a the strong rancid bacon IN
winch they have been fried. 1t - a
Encouraging meal. The ssh-cake can
ohi, be rell,hed by the one who hao
grown up with It, and the face under
tLe STAT sun bonnet, which discovers
"sl ss pleasant one, grows anxious
Tears like If you wasn't we'll Sc;
us Masulu Can [ you eat nothln