The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-10

are fast making regulations as fnan>
ciers. They have-some Of them
taken mortgages upon the colored
brothers furniture and his hogs, as
if they did not know that the furni-
ture was the sisters, and that a
mortgage was as sure death to hog
as the severest Cure Of the Cholera |
But it would not do for al to bel
forever smooth with the ner-
chants. They would soon become
princes. They would forget the
good old rules Of simplicity and |
economy. They would become pc |
ngrious, close, lard.fsted and grasp |
ing--seIfsh. Credit would be too |
cheap. They wouit, set up the year
ling farmers, and the rural districts
would be noisy with the bleats of the
little calf and the melancholy low
ing Of mother cow. Good farmers
could get 10 labor, for all Of the la
borers would belabor the aforesaid
yeirling, Then labor not being
productive, true to q general law ell
political economy, the whole country
would retrograde. So 70 the mer-
chant l bring good as we'll as evil. IF
he has sense, he will profit by my
coming IL he has none, he will soon
"perish,' and make room for more
brains and capital.
/ hate to say anything to the farm
er5. Everyone takes it upon him
self to advise them. Every one who
has nothing else to do thinks him
self proftably employed in dispens-
ing advice to the farmer. The far
mer would rather have some more
valuable article, and he very natu>
rally replies, s'Step into nay shoes,et
cotton be 81 cents per pound, and
see, if even the mathematics Of that
great man, vino made big hole and
q little one in his door, one for the
| cat and the other for the kitten to
come through, can make both ends
meet" But Mr.. Farmer, I must say
a word to you.
Dent buy graduated sugar Oh a
credit.
Don't buy silk and worsted on
credit.
Don't buy Durham Bull Smoking
tobacco on s. credit.
| Don't buy sweet smelling borouche
cashmere soap On credit
Don't buy horse collars and hame
strings on credit
Don't pack sand so much in
town
Don't let the loving, gentle. fond,
innocent embrace OF a mortgage, ag-
Ticuiturai lien, on deed Of trust en-
fo!d YOU TO It's BOSOM
!.zzl}ut buy calico; make 10 show;
smoke tla native weed grown in your
OWL fence corners; make wheat; pack
dirt. Oh your oTn farm, the tom Loaf
er will take care Of the streets. Let
the old woman get some OF this bling
persuasive, highly perfumad, double
rectifed, extra classified, concentra~
ted I've. Save your cid bones tnd
make your soap at homo. And above
| all, make this oath, write it out,
sleep with it, carry il TO church. pray
with it close TO your heart, cry over
1t, dine wish it, smoke the native
weed over it, let pers piration like 3
| food come over it, let the jaws OF
hunger, like the pangs Of q anish~
ed we'll, gnaW at your vitals, dip d
pine into The crater Of Vesuvlua,
write. it upon the high and FURNISHED
heavens, il great big letters, "I'il
never. no never, make a mortgage
ff7yed don't, you will live poor, die
poor, and go to the torrid zone when
yoo Do. die.
Dear Doctors, l approach you
with eolnmiseration and pity. IN
gree hSspple time, you are popular
with your America-In watermelon
time you are a God send to the dar>
key, IA chill time you are respected
by all. And there are some few
other times when you are tolerated
but when pay day comes, you are
lodged as if you were O. cannon
ball flying around forty>thousand
miles to the second. You need no
advice, if you have got anything in
your skulls-I'll give you none.
Young ladies, steer clear of the
dudes. The fellow with the pretty
stick, waxed mustache which he al
ways holds with one hand for fear
it will get loose and leave him, hair