The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-27
who regards dust as the bloom of time.
MEN WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRIS
TIANS


I've been trottoD garound Il good bit
; this summer ana been forming Il good
| many conclusions, and one of them is
| the more Il In;on claims to be Chris
/ ton the less likely he is to give YOU
anything to eat He waters the milk
at the expense Of his soul, and he takes
| 4 drink usually of whisky for his stom-
ach's sake and his infirmitios, but at the
| expense of the Doarder. Then. too, it
has been borne in upon me that the man
l. who prayS the loudeSt at the Wednesday
meeting goes in with the greatest vigor
when kissing games are played at the
annual picnic.
The women are different in kind but
all have one great pain and grief and
that is to pluck every feather off the hat
Of the summer boarder till etc locker as
il prepared for fricaSee. The ayera sc
woman cnvieS You your clothes, no mat
ter how simple they are, borrows them
to cut from. and then talks about YOU to
somebody else. She thinks you're i'm
moral because your lingerie is trimmed
with lace and rufles, she suspects you if
YOU re too familiar with your own father
and her general opinion of everybody *
that she could teach them an awful lot
but that people are all such fools. Some
you find her jolly to talk to. good to eat
Il don't mean I've turned cannibal, but
| mean the dishes on her table are
palatablct and ready to enjoy herself n
any way possible. We've struck one Of
this kind. ana from shooting frogs down
to chasing the cows home she aids tie
boys III having Il good time.
ACQUAINTANCE WITH RURAL
Did You ever chase Il COW i'll the dircc-
ton it didn't wish to go? 1t is more
nluliSh than u mule. crosser than Il cat,
possessed of more bitterness than 1
bulldog when he feels that he is not ap-
prpci;tcd and the situation is such that
YOU wonder why. if COWS wcr2 necessary
at all, they should have been made With
such peculiar tcmpcrS. 1T docs one good
once III Il while to get acquainted with
the pcopipc of the country mean those
people who are not supposed to have
SCUlS.
But how can | look into the eyes Of
that big martiff without understanding
that he is saying to me: You 90 OH out
and have a good time. I'll watch thc
house for you?''
How can | pet that beautiful mare,
with her little colt beside hrr and not
have her murmur to me: I'm moth
cr Did yo>l ever see Il prettier baby
than mine:"
G1. when the chickens are running
around the hen lays an egg, and the
cock of the walk takes all The credit fer
t. am | net forced TO think, 'Oh, Mr..
My Gentleman, how like unto !; man
You arc:''
An then ut night, when vc re gliding
over the waters and somebody is looking
into somebody c!se's eyes. there's
whole flock Of white geese that follow the
boat. as much as to say. Make love
while the moon shines. for the holiday
times will soon be over. and there will
work.
ANIMALS TO WELCOME YOU.
There's Il wonderful life in the coun
try. Get yourself presented to it, get
Yourself thoroughly acquainted With it,
and YOU will have any number OF
friends.
The horse will whinny at your arrival
the great big dog will give IL bark of
welcome. the COWS will moo, III their
pretty fashion. while the ducks and the
chickens viii cIattcr and run about
making so much noise that YOU don't
know whether it's welcome or defiance
And they call them dumb animals
Some of us may be glad that they can
sneak and some of us may regret 1t.
But cuddling up to me Is Ittle foX
terrier who is getting to be old III years
but as he grows old he grows more loV
ing until nowadays he knows whether
the heart is gay or the eyes 1lll OF
tears those eyes and that heart which