The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-30

the unds of ia So who loved AMI .o>j.
The ~ e. being our own We cannot bCa
it with the unrutiled oompo-ure with
which Rochetoucauld says men bear the
Affections 81 their friends
Violet YOU are very welcome Ms fail :
er VAS a Nirginian aud tho lproudly hsii
from Carolina, stlll feel an half of mc
belonged 70 the Old Dom nion Come
again. sweet, modest flower. viii YOU
not:
Lucille. sweet. and true heart that Nou
seem 10 be. YOU hit straight down on
the root of our unhapplness when yau
say if We could only believe the place
we are in j the place God means u 70
occupy. if we would only square Our
ideas OF ourselves 10 nj the place n
which We are. half the battle would be
fought.
For. if we are not conscious Of vii
fully choosing our position. in the teeth
OF right aud duty, We must oe where
God wills US or else / Is all an affair Of
chance. and away goes the breastwork.
Of la;th aud an ovcr-rul NJ Providence
becomes mere figure of speech.
Surely il sparrow tall not without
GOd's know edge soul cannot
be misplaced, aud at the mercy Of
chance aud circumstance. The trouble
with the most Of ia Is that we are IA n
to consider ourselves iii for something
higher and better than ordinary llie, aud
we think t1od ought To be OF our oplu
ion too. aud - there is a mistake some
where Wtll, and so there Is. but II j.
one of our making, TRAIT we inherit
from our grcat-mauy-degrees ees-removed
grandmother. Mrs Eve. who thought
two creatures. herself and the serpent,
better judges Of important matters than
was the tod who made them.
When we once make up our minds
that where we are is Just where we
ought to be-then the DUTY To our
neighbor" viii prove chart by which
we can safely steer into the still waters
of peace and good conscience, which
| is the nearest approximation to happi-
ne.s that can ue found.
Em Broderie, | agree heartily with
your friend that Helen MacGregor
need not envy Miss Cameron for her
own letters cannot be surpassed, and
are rarely equalled. The quaint fanci-
tulness, and delicate merriment that
pervades them like the subtitle aroma Of
the arbutus, is a charm | find nowhere
else-and | am a critical reader.
Miss Cameron" or any one else, |
imagine. would willingly sit at the feet
of this Gamaliel, if thereby they could
learn the style as fresh as her own
mountain breeZes that makes the Me
Gregor wife the most popular writer
among us. Your letter, my bonny
lady. was very pleasant. | read very
sympathisingly your allusion to having
been a home-sick stranger in city
. boarding house. The same sad pGghi
was once my own.
: Jessie, my sauce piquante. wrlte
again. Your minority report was spir-
tied enough to atone for the doubtful
Justice YOU exhibit N + sing To Justify
Yourself. but insisting all the while thai
J the opposition Shall consider itself per
emptorily gagged
\. l.. II. can YOU not paint US pic
ture Of life in one ., those quaint Ger
man cities where the world ha. growI
old enough 10 take its time at living
and need not rush and hurry with tn'
teverish unrest that spoils and .horten'
; all our days?F
Angelina Evergreen, when did 1t be
come fashionable with the oil Reym'
to break its plighted word: Do yol
, expect my patience to last till after th'
variety show -
Charles ton, some Of our Household k
members are enacting the role of The
: mother of Sisera until they mistake
: themselves for "Mlraune in the moat
!, ed Grange -
But ann by flr too loquaciou,
!, Such lon- lctte.- are not desirable $
/ with love aud good wishes for all
named and unnamed vi our circle, | All
. Il. b.