The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-29
BRAINARD WHITING.

ltlNIihoGND W ~ 1'
Allow me short space in your paperi if
you please to notice and correct an out
raeeous SANDER Of the good L.ople OF
Hamlet and myself in particular, by a
professional cook and correspondent Of
the Christina Unton, Mrs Helen Camp
bell.
To be brief Mr.. Editor, | will notice
her criticisms as they appear in her
article. The place, a "A North Caro-
lima Barren's (Hamlet) has ri in to its
present population, II respectable fam
lilies. a church and Sabbath school, 50
scholars, a wool factory (making an
excellent article Of Hamlet Tweeds for
New YORK Market. No whiskey
shops, a sober moral industrious little
village in five years through the ia
uomitable pluck and energy of its toun-
ders. The low rooted house in the dis
lance, surrounded by an orchard and
vineyard Of choice fruits and trel-
Kissed hop vines is the home OF the Old
vid faced Grandpa, and is not as good
aud comfortable and imposing as the
one destroyed by Sherman and his
bummers, but Helen, it afforded you
an hospitable welcome to Its frugal fare
of ham and eggs, and a cup Of tea,
without money or price, and 1t was
naughty $50 the children say to let your
prolific Imagination wander off on ashe
cake and salaratus when you know there
was none there. No no, lam prejudlced
against salaratus myself and always
thought it dreadful
Now for the groups of white headed
| .hillran - th~y, oil INV UranI-nh Il
dren Helen, there is Mary, Big Bob,
Little Bob, Bude, and Jessie, Goo
bless them aud they are often c0mpii
mented on their fair compilations, intel
!egeuce and vivacity. They come o.
good stock and | would Q wonder il
they took the premium at the Boston
baby show, but | cant afford to take
them there, but if you will bring some
Of your little fellows to our State Fair,
I'll take down some of mine and &c,
Col. Polk to appoint a committee OI
three, (say IL. w. Beecher, Senator
| Hill, Of Georgia, and some north ives
tern man SO there can be ~ s%ectlona
prejudice In the matter) to decide on
the mental, physical and symmetrical parts
vi the little chaps. But | am not to the
manor borne, | am in North Carolina
from choice, | like the climate, the
the people and the honest utassumine
customs and the fine digninlfied charac
ter Of the ladies'. We have had the
pleasure of entertaining at the low roof
ed domicile some OF the best ladies il
the State again and again with mutua
pleasure to them and to US, but am moi
a ~Sectionalist, [ have lived in Boston
rambled on it's eastern shores, engaged
in clam bakes, fish chowders, on Deer
island, and Cod fishing in the Bay, anc
must say | like the genuine goaheada-
tiyeness of the Yankee character Ant
wish we had more of them among US
[ will vouch for their hearty well
come by the Southern people If they
mean business and quit the ash cake
and little pickaniny (nig) business anC
get right down to hard pan In 'shlr
and breeches," like they do to home
and like | have done many a time il
New England without being criticised
The New England people have too
much good sense and respect for homes
laborers to be guilty of such an outrage
it's only tramps and se~nsationallsts tina
indulge in such stuff. | like the New
England people every one of them (bu
KilIpatrick) / am not a Southern mar
nor a Northern man but have lived il
both sectionsye yet, | am an American, anC
while resting a few minutes the othe
day at my bench in our Wool Factory
read the sympathetic message OF GU
glorious old Queen to the bereft anc
sorrow stricken wife Of our lamentec
martyred President, ! felt indeed AM
more forcibly than | ever did before
that | was no Allen, but a real Angl'
Saxon American.
JOHN SHORTRIDE.