The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-22

L udG0 W D6 I'LL UD0 UlIl0 III prluG ILL
see my name before the people, and it
has been such a little while since | ap-
pearedin those columns in the capacity
OF a contributor, asking for a portion
of your space for the purpose of thank
ing my many friends who have done
so much to make the last illness of my
wife a success.
AS I say, I dislike to be constantly
before the people in the light of a con-
tributor, but when the leading paper
Of our town sours on my ice cream and
attacks my motives, as I said, I think
it is time to call a halt.
have lived in this place now, boy
and man, for over seven years, and l
have yet to know of any paper ever
before speaking an unkind word re
garding my course Of conduct. 1t is
my idea to have a good time on my
own grounds, and to do all [ could to
make it a success, and [ spoke to you
about sending down a man to write it
up more as a joke than anything else.
When he says that my motives and
my ice cream were both adulterated he
does me a great injury, after eating
whatI thought was an ungodly amount
of the same.
But let me be brief. I have been
here in this place sixteen years, and [
belong to everything that is worth be-
longing to. When a man that amounts
to anything is buried here you will
always see me in some kind of uniform
following his remains, or mayhap as a
~pallbearer. l have a larger and better
record as a pallbearer than most any
other man with SO few advantages as
| have.
have also shaken hands with every
President Of the United States except
Halford since James Buchanan, and l
believe that 1 have been a consistent
professor and answering believer in
a burning hell, with a draft to it that
must certainly give to one who feels
that he is we'll saved a most comfort
ing and deliriously seething sensation.
AS I say, I hate to be before the pub
lie through the medium of the press,
but as a citizen of some prominence
here for the past eve years, boy and
man, against whom the tongue of scan
dal has never to my knowledge been
leveled, I must protest, and at thesame
time say that [ do not propose to
stand it.
My lawyer will also callupOn you to-
day with a writ, which you may pos
sibly understand better than this cOur-
teous note, which, if you use, l hope
you viii see is spelled correct. In my
card to the public after the loss Of my
recent wife, in which I said that [
hoped at an early day to return the
favor to those ohad been 50 thought
full as to come and tend out and fuss
| around and arrange the deceased so
/ that she was fit to be seen, also in
| whice ! said God moved in a mysteri-
Gus way his wonders to perform, your
printer used a small 6 for the name of
the Deity. and made other breaks
| which has been a source of levity ever
since.
! You will please write an apologize
editorial for the next issue Of your
paper or be prepared for a sickening
death which will make your relations
turn away and look out of the window
during the funeral.
hate to be all the time before the
public, and if [ could have my own
way about it I would keep in the back
ground. Publicity has no charms for
me. For over two yearsI have seemed
to live in a glass use My course,
therefore, has been of course criticised,
but I would rather not be made so
prominent. | would rather that others
would introduce the lecturer when he
comes here, and let me off. OF course
Railways have introduced lecturers that
came here, and with some SUCCESS,
often doing it in such a way as to make
the lecture itself sound very fiat, but
I would rather of not done it. would
rather keep in the background. Yet I
have always been kind Of a favorite
here and had a seat on the platform,
often introducing the speaker for two
seats and a local.
1t is rather sad at the age Of sixty
one years to be attacked by a paper to
which I have contributed off and on
for seven years, boy and man, bright
ening it up from week to week when
the editors brain seemed infested with
c~ockroaches and everything known to