The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-06
ONLY A GOOD LISTENER.

eyes," eaid the voluble man to his
neighbor in a street car, II always
like to talk,with you, because, I learn
something. You have something to
say. You don't sit like a bump on a
log and let another man do all the
talking. You have ideas, and you ex-
press them"
81 fatter myself, " began the other
but he was Immediately interfered
with.
"That's the way it is you see. 1
can sit and hear you talk all day,
while there are. men 1 wouldn't listen
to a minute"
II was going to say"
81 told my wife only last night that
I could get more good solid information
in hearing you talk ten minutes than
I could in listening to some men a
week"
MAY I remark"
"There's that Smith. l get up and
leave the car at once whenever I see
him enter. Good enough fellow, too,
but he wants to talk all the time, and
there's nothing in it. I'm not much of
a talker myself, but I do like to get in
a word edgeways occasionally"
elf you will allow ne"
81 don't see how you manage to pick
up so much information on all kinds
subjects. I don't want to fatter you,
but you seem to be posted on almost
everything"
eff you would give me a mo-
ment-"
CT would talk all the time if I was
as good as you are at it. Folks aften
say to me, Jones, why don't you talkG'
but I know enough to keep still when
men are about who know by a long
chalk more than I do"
ITO talk we'll one must have"
"That's just it, you see. One must
have a good listener. Now, what 1 adj
miro myself far more than anything
else is, I'm a good listener. I can ride
all the way along this road listening to
you, as I am doing now, and hardly
open my mouth to say a word. Cause
why9 I know a good talker when I
hear one"
but you don't"
"Oh, yes, lido. 1 understand every
thing you say on the subject, but of
course I can't dress my ideas up in
such language as you use. You are a
natural taIker. I am not. You open
your mouth and words run out clear
as a brook, and / can't but listen"
would you indulge me for a mo
ment while"
"Well, I get off here" (rising aud
shak ing hands,. You don't know
how much 1 have enjoyed listening to
you this morning. Instructive as ever,
I see. Whish l might happen to fall
In with you every morning in going
down to the city. Good bye-good-
bye"
the people will balk. They will not
only balk but they will kick. They
will hunt around and find some man
who is not a traficker and a dickerer,
and who has the courage of his convic-
tions, and who will lead the way out
of this mire and muddle that the po-
litical mismanagement of this country
has brought us into. AS vet the people
have placed no such man at the fore,
but the time is coming when the oppor-
tunity and the man will each come.
When the people will get right down
to hardpan and will elect a Congress
that will make laws that will revolu-
tionize things in this country. The
only fear is not that this will not be
done, but that the acts of the Carnegies
and other money monsters will SO turn
the screws that in a day there will
jump into existence q revolution that
will demand its bath of blood. To this
the Wall street influence is forcing
things as fast as possible. Against this
we urge the people to preparations
erOY'S AdUdnCe Thought.