The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-01-23
sAMPsON's BILL ARP.
A Discouraged Farmer Philoso-
phises on fhe Times as They



The time 10 fast approaching
for Us to begin &C. be making
preparations for another crop.
We.all have lad so many sue
bad crops until re feel
quite uncertain as IN what we
are goin, TO do. 1t reminds us
OF a fellow who wa: going along
the road and saw q bird way
over in the field He had his
gun, 60 he. thought he would
shoot. He had idea he was
gazing to hit, and sure enough he
didn't. Talk about hard times
and hard luck: bis saw q man
the other day who gave in his
experience, and it was pretty |
bad. But W. all become recon- |
ciled to our lots. But with all,
We gain little pleasure from
even the most bitter and gloomy
aspects Of life. He said: "Hard
times, l have got it and had it,
/ am too poor to stay here and
haint got enough to get away,
and | doh't know any better
place than here in North Caro-
lima. IlaidOt4ast year u make
a ten strike, and' /. did, -hut.it
was over the leit.E EInade only
two bales of cotton, and it took
all Of thas to pay for my guano,
and l had to sell the seed. for
the lace ard hagging and ties
and beg some, few Little things
for Christmas, L made about
twenty-five barrels of corn, |
fed all that to my hogs, and
when it rained the other day |
thought it was going to be cold,
so | killed them so as to save a
little to go Ito mill. with. But
it turned warm again and all
my meat spoilt. There was not
much pickings in lily field and
my old COW was reaching after
a few reeds along the ditch bank
and fell in, and l see the buz-
yards flying away with he: every
day, aud the first march wind
that blows l expect it will: stick
the calf against a. boX-face. and
he will blait himself to death.
Well, l thought my home was
all. right, but Il. party of rail-
road men came, sweeping along
and told me my house was on
their land and it ] did not move
it off they were going TO take it,
and then, the constable came
and sold what furniture I had
and the old horse to pay the
taxes on the land I could not
ma ke q support on. And my
wife has been sick for three
weeks With this new. disease
they call the Grippe. E~don't
know what it rs. bnt it suits the
times. We've all got 1t in one
way ~ another. 80 = x So So
My chi1dreii are all gfrls, and
[ did not have any body TO- help
me work but one little negro,
and Fellow carile a1e1>s;the
other day and gave ',hiIntaibis-.
cult and took him:of to- Kansas
to sell Rifh*to. the Ikfahess bid
der" TO .f,&y. for, kis..tisset.out
there: s.4 or may. maka< "a 1.-THE
la F0u nlenssto'free the negro
and edsleate..hi1a,E shut it, looks
likeahesdonA+ ks0w hpW. to stay
free. .AaHpl,.Ba }. ,reckop, its
all eight asaN: May, We hays got
mste2shSS thatn ?. 9 w haze capt;
tsl; and it may RRHks It WWas ls &.
the Bible Xhe1yosepf &as s6fd:
feed feed ttfssSiIaH, tsssf sas aUFa 10
hqMapjt6 .s1,sr ,ll.g.ss .ss:., 4,
SQ+eYssoNkx2 ak dQQfss out q
money and clotheSi. and to'heAd
all 1 took my ak u my shoulder
famiwaah QUITO cat ss9Be. wood
forse1oct the girls. to cock With,
stumpped my toe, like to broke
that, fell down, like to cut my
thumb Off aud 1 have Hot been
liable hardly to get around since
Its Been SO warm lately they
say the. world ~ goihg-to come
to an yrtd in Jdiyss Antf 4 .doHt
care a diff. 'itsbesss4 .,;..4
Say, hawyery 1s,have: baan.
abusing you all, land said you
had brought these hard times
times but you are In the: beat
with us; and you have not had
anything. to do with it for the
last two years All I have got
left is my'yalter dog andscats
You CAN take the" deg: for your
pay t6'pfead thy case Aowa be-
low il 'we.ineet there7 but. Z am
going to keep the cat, for she
catches rabbits, and: the, child.
rem make shoes of the fur to
warm the precious little babies
feet. Well, goedmorning, I am
going to pick some, bucKleber-
ries they say they are turning.
II the good Lord does not bless
US in one way He does another.
!. -. YTHYo' PLow. =
"SHE RAISES MEN AND WO-
MEN OF FIRST QUALITY
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