The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-18

The goodman unconscious satire on
the ordinary religious man i, worth re
mem5ering. That horse is a KNOWN.
an" he said. why, if anybody wa>
to use him badly he would bear malice
like a Christian by which he meant
that the beast would kick the first chance
he got.
Another case in which a soft answer
turned wrath into merriment. At a
certain party a gentleman in the midst
Of an angry dispute threw a bottle at
his opponents head by way Of enpha-
,lz.ng his argument. Foote, who was
present, Immediate j picked the missile
W and LAID il On the table, saying,
Friends, II You pass tie bottle a
quickly as hat You won't be ab q
stand out the evening"
Wien We suddenly become rich it i,
sometimes difficult to see our old and
poor friends with Sufficient dstinctu1sS
to bow To chem on the street. None
ata It the cycslght IN just that way
wi-n there i not brain enough 10 kvei
The eyes IN place Pope wrote:-
Since MY Old friend Ia, q Va SO gl,a
As TO be Minister o. State.
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That triggs viii be "a named of POI e..
Aud 81 the ~recei.t of this note H.,
triont at once wrote ptck:-
Att,.ii | an such 4 creature,
To grow the $40 Sc for growing greater.
" hy. filth, ia spite - all my trag>,
IT'S Pope must be ASHAMED Of CragaS.
Swift. in the E,outoser, defe1ds ais
-.,on- -, -, t,,.a -. -, L. -.
fierceness quite e4n-i to hi, bril- iant
wit. "A pearl saws he, wr't ng of til,
| positions from which great men hav.
corue, holds its value though il he
found On a dunchill only that it is not
the most probable place to lock Tor il "
Atraiu on the St. Paul and Duluth
was DELAYED several hours recently l.
the track being covered with oak caves.
and it Is saII that III a u of only Il
uiies seven cords II waed and three
tank- of water We're Consumed Nv The
ENGINE. 4 train sta3tesI - i..yes ut h.
season Of the year IS something uncom-
mon.
4 man in Bridgeport, Conn cut a
branch fom j cherry tree and placed
il ID water, wiz, which he mixed the
fist day. five grams 81 ul'rata 81 soda.
The dose wa increased on. grain each
day, and il less han a week the buds
began 10 swell and The branch was fun f
blossoms. The man expects to have ri, e
cherries III a few weeks.
A singular story comes from the Pa
c'hc coast c0HccfninI d NAL tribe IF In
dams IN NashingtoD territory. known as
the Sanpoels, who are building an ark
IN expectation OF another ii0Gd. IN which
they are to play the part Of Noah and
his family. Alter the flood they alone
are to BE- left to inh bit the earth. 81,
which they viii dwell il rerltc Ct peace and
luxury. with neither white pan nor hos
tie r3d man e make tham afraid.
The feeling Of personal Independence
i a mob ore i can b. pushed far
enough to rise to the height Of s9blimi-
t.. VINO has net fead Of that oriental
chief that Thousand yearS ago rushed 70
the relief Of lis conquered kinsnan.
whom m~ararding band, were hurry ing
away 10 slavery? He rescued not him
alone, but hundreds Of others that had
been taken captive. and brings back the
booty VIII h had been seized. The
grateful monarch whose family had been
'e easel said to him tive me the per-
) ems and take the good, to thyself.' But
the chieitain prince promptly answer.
L have lifted up my hand to Jehovah.
the most high God. the posse.sor IT
heaven and elrth, that. viii not take
from a thread to even 10 a shoe latchet
lest thou should say | have made Ahaan
rich Let these manly words be allow
ed 70 ring across the guif Of senturies to
foster selt-IeliaIce. faroitman.