The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-27
For the r. 4 M.-aousehold.

more to be within its charmed circle. 4
but ncyer in i life apparently all 'cut
on the bias" did | have appal eltly as
little To do. and really as little time to
pursue my own devices.
Md" you write very scnslbly-but
still fear marriages viii be made Oh
the same old plan despite your Clear
showing OF its uureasOu. The point
you make is good, viz. to marry not with
the hallucination of an ideal before ones
ewes. but with distinct realization that
it is only al every day human creature
with whose imperfections aud veXatiOns
We Will have to put up more or less
every day of our lives as they must do
with ours, aud to be sure bevond all
things that it is good. honest, genuine
love. that we begin housekeeping upon.
4 love not made up of fancy, sentiment,
and idcalisu. hut the real respect and
affection, mark the word please, for re-
encct j. an absolute essential for real
loviu. that viii bear the fret and strain
ol commonplace daily existence where
N the lover aud sweetheart will prove
to be only man and a woman who
must iii into each others lives with
mutual adjustiDility, or else grow ste adj
ilv apart with more or less outward de-
mons tratiou according To the self-cOn-
troll aud pers )nal dignity of each party
10 the bad bargain. Love j. the only
sure foundation for married happiness.
with it 10 loss will be mbearable
without it no gain is worth cent.
/ Nj. h. G.. your suggestion for a badge
is pretty enough to betray the poet who
offers il, aud is only Objectionable in
one way. VIZ: it altogether gives the
we.ler away ;" And there be some OF
Us who must ride out of the lists if our
visor must tie raised.
Earnest. the copy Of the +. & NJ.
f!tt he'd your letter went astray, and
! 30 / missed seeing 1t. | am sorry; Tor
Judging from the comments made upon
/ Il hy some OF the members 1t must
| have bera well worth reading.
Carolina Blackberry, more than
Charleston are glad to welcome you
back 10 your vacant chair
/ Grandma. YOU will not write oftcner
than we viii Like if you treble the times
OF your coming.
/ OF course one and all Of Us second the
motion made by ~ Soldiers Daugh-
| ter IN behalf of a fair FOR the Soldiers
Z Home III ~. y. 1t - d NOlN III " iilN ~
VIC all viii most GLADLY unite TO show
Ithc love and honor that we have toi
I ;rusc men who gave themselves, none
stopping To count the cost, III the very
ii0a er OF tier manhood to the service
# their III her State, and who have
lost health. and all possibility of self
-urport in 4 cause which none of u>
have ever fallen 50 low rs To hold less
sacred and right than we did when the
whole bonny South land tremblcd be-
meath the tread of her war-like sons who
stood as one man in her defence. Let
us take up the claims of these men,
who have never once asked to be re-
lmcmhercd who for twenty years, the
whole life of some of us, have suffered
in the same heroic silence that marked
them in that dread winter of 65, anG
have never once reminded us that whcl
North Carolina gave them their com
mission f. bear arms in her defense sh'
pledged herself to support them if they
should come nome battle-scarred anC
.laimed.
Surely it is time that the rledg,
should be fulfilled. 1t will not b,
many vears before the men who Tough
will have passed over the river to JON
, their conrades-in arms, and surely 10
these few Years we will count il on
lutr aad our pleasure to provide.
BY curious coincidence, Just here
remember a book about which | mean
Ito speak. which fits indirectly into III,
subject. for it was written by a South
crn poet. who gave the best powers Q
his mnSe to honor his native land. an
4. a.. L 4 I.,1
\ Son. a firm whose existence in thi
city is wholly due to the war. Whel
Bummer Sherman burnt Fayetteville
and by DESTROYING Mr.. IIale's property
}. icompc'le,l hum to come here in his ol
la-e to retrieve the fortune lost b
loving LOYALTY to the State that CAV
Linn birth The book in question is
l',lj,lay edition Of Henry TImrod's eN
Gujsitc poem, Katie" and Is being cot
!. ten out in beautiful yle. y lover {
: books and women would need to 30 u
farther in his search for i holiday pre-,
= cnt for his sweetheart The poem
one Of the most beautiful love songs
? the English language, tull OF eXqu.slt
description OF scenery, and glowing vii
] ali the ardent love of 4 pure poet
heart Tor the woman who embodied a
that was best and iaircst IN lie for hin
\ ou can almost feel the beating of h
heart III tie lines that immOrtalizc til
name of tie woman whom he honore
with his love The book is beautiful
/, ."uru up, on fine paper, richly illu'
uatcI. and bound in covers that hai
p,. uaite the spirit and the letter OF ii
: ocm TIC enclose
: Poo. i'.mrod! All, how strange
! lie, and how bitter the heritage I
Genius
Some men are rs surely born to "a
: as others 10 succeed. \ case III POI,
l Is Illustrated by North Carolniar
: The .shef day | was AT Concy lslan'
! aud there rid ~ at anchor in tuli sigl
o" al 'aast 1900 people was Il prett
iioat w.th spreading sails, aud on q
available pl aces upon her was The
. cend o. DlackwelPs Durham Bu
! ~moliu- Tobacco!
Noth,n. succeeds like success =. an
tru,v the eGergy and acutencss ev
ueu,ed by That firm deserves to win ;
i has done. But, as usual, all too SOC
reach tie end OF my space, so goo
bye To one and all l. Is.
For the f. & NJ. Household.