The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-28

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SNOW that ttue i Att.y Su0su hs-
held ouj Arr laui q ale.
Dot's rntsg- ut u II as,hei trel
-o.tststzaet % ENr tHru- tNc- irs, =,
frr the rsa Isl cni- tau.es l4aA- NC arr
.nioyiux? ArIl | 10, l-a't ,t ja~s as Z
Ne wee "a hevel Arauni the blaEtns ioss
y some comfortable library sh.le tac
March wiu j. moaning around he house
,5rncr-. ana the March rain i, beating
peiaRehniy tune on The wtuios pane
Ii !, biryIns uU3as.y - | e, aGd
[ cannot xii tha iauc5 that the weary
AIRY 81 the east wui a. sshlug and
mock ~ a. nv window bh,ts. aud
uoanlur ptjc0u>ly be au-f Il csnaut reach
ne warmth aud glow which 1t sce>
hruuch Tie h,il-tg-tsi shutters. Poor
sinito-,e fairy | ,hlyer though, even
! | sirh ana | remember resreiuHy
hat the Young leaves Of my miInosa-trec
ali suffer Tor your hvrce kisses Aud
ct, what more enjoyable picture eau We
make for ourselves than this that the
~iu weather brings u. A bright
BON. not richly bat comfortably iur-
ished, the nrelight tiickeung on the
walls and isht.ng up the warm untS II
dior which are here and there about the
oom, a hearth,ruE IF mingled red and
u~set and golden and around the hearth
rug a group .! men au women y no have
rawn patiently aud cucerfu!ly wise, sen
.jtlvely refined, aud iustluctyely rcspon-
I'VE.
L. B. must not say that men talk nou-
,ense to women | am pretty sure she
meant. TO some women. Now We must
IL 4 J. u. al
labituall didactic, must veH And We
must not forget tha, "a httle nonsence
now and then | wa brought up with
uore male than female companlons.
.m pretty sure there was nothing IN one
0 encourage or aid an intellectual con
sersation. My most partial inend would
surely never call me ANYTHING but an or
linsry woman, and yet the men have
kn wa have been much more practical
sud sensl be than lac women. Mark You
not much more eltvatns Hai admirable,
aud certainly not the tcuth part as inspir
ing, but more solidly s,ps.bic. After all.
It Is the result at training and the elect
Of the difference Ia the CIRCUMSTANCES oi
life. Aud | am sure l.. H. vii agree
with me that IN cultured aud refined
woman there are all imaginable pos>rbtl
ties OF sympathy anu comprehendlng
attention. Aud after all, moreover, It is
the intellectual entity that engages and
charms Us, not male or female. Now
know that Eugene Hall or \ lmporte or
some other brother will rise up III yehe
meut contradiction Aud | want hiul
(whoever he may be- 20 understand III
The beginning that ! au one whucsn ~
affectcdly and uLeuvying admire anut1er
woman, and that know qGite well all
the charm of feminine grace, al the IN
! leiinable and ineslstr hle charm OF the
perfectly rounded check and chin, the
curve Of the shapely head aud the warn
and throbbing pulso-beat hay,
often thought that Grccian My
thology demonstrated It's living and
| breathing poetry most perfectly
when it made Wisdom woman. That
was an overffowing thought, to let wisdom
come 70 lie IN the shape OF a lovely wo-
man flushed with the pleasure OF living,
| pulsatIng with the exquisite JOY oi an *
quite existence and bearing III her pres
! ence all the gracjousncss OF rchred wo-
manhood And | have often thought,
too, that in the very UNCONSCIOUS tatur
aIues5 OF really unaffected and true wu-
nan there has been given 10 the world
\ tie sum-tOtrl OF attractiVencss. II 4.
lust here that there les the charm OF a
womaAs written thoughts. She says
10 us in voice me odIous Of purllng
streams and low a. summer I"phNrs
among the pine boughs: A. liic has
appeared to me | have portrayed it; 0l
men have talked and women have love ID
aud have written. | claim no oriGl-
inality OF effort or aim, ! have written
what | have heard. :
But have already talked too long.
What do you suppose would become oi
the Householder II our chief were to de-
clare for the five minutes rule
y. l.. II.
There's ever so much more | wantcc
to say, and ever so many to whom
wanted to talk, but | shall have to wal
| till next time | must ask our Grand
ma to let me be one OF her children
/ thor Oh. before ! seal my letter. AND
| the McGrcgor ; wife! And Iopey
! Now Topsy. dear, don get worried be
I cause YOU are asked 10 explain your wit
|, I've had that same cNpcrcnce manl
times.
And my Latin friends Won't y9'
please give me your English nanest
might remember German name hu
that's the only tongue that charms me
NJ friends. somehow or other. all Ia
I into the habit 81 dong just what Z
! like to have them do. 20 translate "a
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