The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-10-25
Odd ThinQ8 are W21t8d.


il rests on an altar made especially for
it. dra ped heavily with fine laces and
before v-hich a lamp burns forever, while
= Sister of Charity never ceases saying
her PRAYER for the whole wicked world.
Anron0S of wonderful rcSarie>. 4 Girl
who has plenty Of money, and. better
still. good taste. picked up III Japan Il
rosary formed Of huge beads made OF i
dark brown, highly polished wood. EacA
head is Hollow and cut in a sort OF lat
tice- work. so that through Il can be seen
the little gold god that literally grlnS
out at each one and about which the
head itself must have been cut. Undouht-
eddy it decorated some famous temple.
since its great length-it is twenty-four
feet long-would suggest that it was not
intended for home use.
BY the bye. even in the hour of sick
ness | laughed and laughed and laughed
again at an old Scotch story as il was
TOLD me. 4 ScCtchman was having 4
slight contest about money with the
driver of Il hanson. 1t was q matte.
If money. for the Scotchman does not
lessen his life and weaken his heart 10y
ouarreIinc over anything else but money.
The driver ON the high seat insisted thai
he had not been given enough. The
frrce-looking laddie from the land of the
mountains threw himself into Il dignitied
attitude and said: Mon, mon. dinna We
ken that | am a Macintosh:
"Oh. bosh - answered the cabby.
Il don't care if you're an UNI
hrella- You have got to pay that six
pence" With Il dropping crest. the
Scotchman gave the siXpence and felt
that he was in a country that was no
good.
l like that sort Of pride. I like the
sort Of pride that when pennies are
scarce makes one happy because ones
Grandfather came of what our Scotch
cousins call guide blood. Il is very
good to know that ones pregenitorS We're
respectful bic.
Your grandmother may have been
queen If the waShtub yesterday and
ride in her carriage to-day. but if she
washed the clothes we'll she did duty
in that state of life in which she had
been placed. and YOU owe her respect.
Your grandfather may have been a re
spectacle farmer who worked away II
the hayt;elds until one day Il railroad
wanted to 20 through his land and ht
made them pay for it. You can afford
10 he proud Of him. He was Il good.
honest IdIllltI. anu lldt IL more lLIttu IL
he said Of most Of the politicians.
All Of 'you-uns" and all of "we-uns'
may have been born Of respectable and
well-behaved people, who wouldn't have
known how to wear 4 coronet. but still
it i from the great middle class. indus
trious and economical, that all the wealth
in this world comes. But wealth is no
everything. There is something in being
a Macintosh. for it gives n a re>rec1
fer oneself. and the right sort Of self
respect makes the right sort of man Of
woman You and | both like the gooo
things Of life. We like to be Miss Muffet
| should. for l have a special liking fol
curdS and whey and think they are jus
as good out Of an ordinary bowl rs il
eaten from the finest Of fine china.
Like beautiful things. possess them i
YOU can. but do not let the rage of tht
collector overcome YOU. The man Wit
one idea rows very tireSome. His ont
idea is always the great value OF the
letter y" Bah.