The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
Y ON SERVANTS.
he Great Domestic Problem in the
North And South.

W am HOOUV Liz S0INduG problem i
the South and to inquire how it CON
pares with conditions north and in tn
old world.
There are things to be said both pr
and con The good servants South ar
very faithful and ~deferential, and tw'
of them will do as much as n in tn,
north and do it as well. Custom anC
tradition demand that the houst keeper
shall retain the key to the storeroom
Ny first wife is now keeping hoUs
for me, and so the tongue of scandal i
on a temporary vacation. She rarely
| goes away without me, for che love-
to share the joys of a trip with me
and if l conduct myself the rest of the
summer as I have so far she going tt
take me to Europe next year with hel
egg money. (She is quite an agricul
turIst, and I bad all l could do to keeE
her from planting tire whole farm last
year to hominy. wanted to plant ii
to fish balls and hops, so that when
we didn't care to attend a ball we
could have a hop
But once she went away for a day,
and the train was so late that she wired
me she could not come home, but
would remain in the hands of her
friends She telegraphed M where
the key to the storeroom vas con-
cealed, but the telegraph operator did
not get it clearly, and 50 l took the
children down into the water celon
patch for tea.
We had just wiped eff our chins and
started for the house when a carriage
drove up to the door with outridere, a
coachman Z feet high aud footman.
Several people alighted and were shown
in. They were people whom 1 met in
when l was there accom-
plishing myself 25 years ago. They
were people of title and great wealth,
and in their own country thought
nothing of going to mill with a tallyho.
They also left a little wine in their
at dinner, which I had been
taught to regard IN Laramie as a great
sin when there are SO many poor peo-
pie in the world who can only have
wine every 80 days.
These wealthy friends had gathered
from what l said while at Heidelberg
that 1 had money to burn, as the Ger
mans have it, and as many people on
the continent think that the American
keeps a corncrib full of gold and a hay
loft full of currency fora rainy day, 1
made a good impression, though, as
heaven is my judge, I little VOTED that
they would yer accept my invitation
to visit me and then come when the
35orerOom key was concealed and the
cook como to attend a reunion of her
children at AshevIlle.
l got the baron to look at the CYCLIC
Oedia while l went out and got heart
disease chasing the swift footed roost
or. The ladies l told to enjoy the view
awhile and to made themselves per
free with our delightful climate.
[ also brought out some drawing work,
I vas doing at odd times, and
permitted them to revel in it while l
excused myself and left one of the lit
tie boys to amuse them with his in
aocent ways. though he secretly, and,
IN fact, openly, wanted Ito go and
help paw overtake that old clay bank
rooster"
l hate a rooster that shows no speed
whatever till everybody has left the
place and empty guests arrive from
Heidelberg. Gee, how hot the weather
seemed, even here where a mean tenn
perature is very unusuall
Just as the golden sun babe goodby
TO the grim front of Pisgah 1 chased
Did Maud S. the first white setter on
Hooper's creek, into a joint of stove
pipe and wrung his neck with a wild,
wild joy. I wrang it long after his
soul had crossed the county line
and gone to Salisbury, where there is
weeping and wailing and gnashing of
teeth.
His blood was on my white flannel
pantlets, though I had them rolled up.
In my ungovernable rage l overstep-
ped myself and cut off his bill, which
gave him a whimsical look, like that
OF a member of the legislature whose
claim for mileage has been overlook as
we'll as his pass.
a told my guests that l would
nave to be excused a moment for YES
pers, and l don't know what thew
thought If they heard some of nv state
ments as 1 stood there red handod in
the presence of death.
I,nnk Ahnn old MnnA q