The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-18
For the F. 4 M, III

AS | am on the high road to health.
wealth and wisdom, pointed out in the
old saw of ''early to bed and early to
rise" | will give all the Household (and
Helen MAJ GregOr in particularly the
benefit of my experience. | have no
doubt all could increase their stock OF
each commodity named 10y rising early
and going to work at once. but / found
that was impossible for me (tor really
| could hardly walk until adopted the
French fashion of taking IA cup OF strong
coffee, (the first thing | did after
waking.) OF course this is little diff
cult to manage. with our latter day
sanity servants who exhaust them
selves so at nightly prayer-meetings.
that they are untitled for early risers) |
have my solitary cup ofcOtfee before sum
rise every morning, and mentally bless
the goats who first revealed its inyig-
Grating qualities to man. +. D.. | have
solved your problem. but unfortunately
my solution will not benefit the present
generation, ! think people like that
work in which they excel, and if the
wives and daughters Were trained to do
the cooking and housework while young.
they would learn to do il well, take a
pride in it, and even like it. 1t is such
pity that so many people are raised
t, consider any kind Of work a hardship.
If possible. | shall teach my children to
excel not only III housework. but i'll
20 ne other work that will bring them a
/ livelihood. that they may not be unarm-
ed in the battle for bread. n. do not
mean TO cal them up to that carly cup
/ =. ,.-itl, n alar, ah1 I a,l ha nth
er French aristociats. but even now
employ them when | have any light
4 work they can do, and how they do en-
! Joy the pennies they earn.
F. D., wish you would define slang
I for me- do you mean to say that if /
! borrow a very expressive phrase from
any othei than standard author. that
| am guilty of using slang: For in
stance, | was writing letter home. for
Il servant. not long since. and she said
Tell Joe if | see anything think will
be animating to his feelings | will bring
it to Tim If he is a smart boy | am
afraid have used the expression ''ani-
matin" TO the feelings, an hundred
times lately. Is that slang:
am glad some of the Household are
telling us what to read. 1t is a real
kindness to those who (like myself
have but little time t. >pend in TIL I
way. am 50 veNed with IN self when
hni>h a book. perhaps OF several hun
tred pages. ami know that am i'm
proved. neither III mind, manners. noI
morals hy the peruSal of il. ti.au | Tee 8
real spite towards the author who has
caused me TO waste my time.
Gar Mentor has called for a row. anC
was really in hotcs Old Maid an,
Maud Muller would furnish one. A.
they are slow about IL cannot n. Far
mel ; Wife, Country Girl. and all vol
country people, join me in little friend
" row with Earnest for speaking slight
ly Of country people. How could yot
live without them Earnest? And a:
for the hats. did not people dine witt
hats on till the beginning of the eigh
teenth century. and do not the Turk:
and Jews wear their haas in their place:
of worship?
i l object to any ''set ways" that inter
fere with another's comfort, but if the