The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-20

could not refuse. This IS the result:
If Won happen to possess a dog, and that
lra has Il brother, and the breed Ie Il
a,rI one. and the limits Of your flat 10
r,r permit the intelligence of two dogs
Displaying itself, then YOU send the new
.-r dog to some friend in England. You
have Il national pride about it. You
want to show hcr-I mean the English
-r-iust what sort of Il dog can be bred
IN this gay and festive shore, and chat
.n. noble and ferociouS fox terrier. cul-
.rrcd and beautiful, is the dog Of the
tav and greatly to be envied. Helped
Iv his first owner, | prepared the dog,
who rejoiccd III the name Of Alexander,
fer his trip. In return for the compli~
...nt wrote Il letter to my friend,
which read after this fashion:
came on board looking, as every other
woman does. as if | had never heard OF
-grl a thing as seaSickness, and got up
I'm the most jaunty fashion. l wore a
Yachting cap on my head, a striking Ill
SEER cnvelOped my person, and Il pair Of
~~cs was strapped over my shoulders.
had Il general air of contempt for
everybody that didn't look as | did.
N.gNandcr escorted me, he was immc-
GsrtcIy consigned to the butcher shop.
That night at dinner everybody was full
uf fun. and Il few brave souls TESTED 1T
~,a~icknCSS.
4 LADY WHO KNEW IT ALL.
hadn't much heart for eating, myself.
Lrr was satisfied with Il little fruit and Il
-ta~S Of champagne. However. the
vouug woman who knew everything
.aI there Is always one of that kind
ar a hearty dinner. and said that being
FL resulted entirely from peoples vivid
VACCINATIONS. During the evening she
WAS not visible, and when | went down
II. my stateroom | heard her in the next
unn. She was hanging up things to hold
brushes. combs, tooth paste, perfume,
shoes. and all the nonsense which some
body going abroad for the first time
UtrheS along. Sleeping the sleep Of the
lust. | was awakened early in the morn
mg Ivy hearing somebody's belongings
fly all about every place. The ship WAS
lurching to and fro. and the brushes and
perfume hotties i'll the next room We're
I'm harmony With the motion of the ship.
The Girl next door was the SickeSt crea-
ture Won ever saw. y steWardess held
her head. while her face was the color
that YOU admire in piStache candy, but
which rs scarcely suited to Il woman.
As YOU can imagine. my daily duty
aml pleasure was to visit Alexander IN
Nh. butcher shop. The butcher was 4
m#I-Iooking man with Il ferocious way
Of tHlking. He was fathering three other
.sutitman dogs besides mine-another
luN ,%errier, an Irish setter and Il brindle
ruu. Life was evidently full of joy f0"
tap young man who butchered, inasmuch
rs he was master of the situation. and
You had to plead with him for doing
what YOU were paying him To perform.
! had urged him to feed Alexander With
,,1J- .nJ l,+n,J ,b1v huf I'm, 1.>TTpctt-
certain that the dog lived on raw meat
and became absolutely bloodthir5ty dur
INC the trip. Whenever | went 10 see
him there was Il sort Of "Ia, ha, base
~HiIIain.." lock in his cye-in fact, i'll both
,f them-and once when the butcher had
his knives out all the dogs looked ut the
Knives and then looked at me-, rs il only
The presence of the butcher projected
me-.
ONE DOG WAS SEASICK.
StiI. he was a civil man, and one day
when il was particularly rough he sent
inp an invitation to come down and see
the brindle pup, who was seaSick. Up
rt that time | had never believed that Il
tu- could be scaHick. | had known they
were human, bat if YOU could have seen
the fcndish expressions of glee Oh the
faces of the other dogs, who. being quite
welt themselves. watched their sick com
Iauion. YOU would have agreed with me
that they were close kin to mankind. !
said: Give him sulphur and molasses, '
Iut the butcher said. Let him have his
-H." and as he was well the next day |
presume he had his went
There was one trial left for job. lie
MAS never made i ships surgeon, 50 that
liz. needn't be counted the most patient
man in the world. To be Il ships sur
coon it is necessary, first of all. that a
uaH he good looking. NeX he must be
considerable, and. most important Of ali.
He must answer every question put to
him. When YOU realize that the queS-
f.H~ range from an inquiry as TO
whether the captain would stop the ship,
.r. for Il hundred dollars to crafty Il
..~lre to know exactly how deep the
waiter is where it lies at that particular
Time down to being asked his opinion
"' every patent medicine ever invented,
while he is expected To carry the ugliest,
rE.~SeSt and most undesirable old maid
nn stairs because she thinks nobody can
N. If as we'll as he does, you can under
stand how manifold are his duties ana
A.# u~utiring he needs to be lii them.
MAN FOR WOMEN TO LEAN on.
Women lean on him and believe in him
.- If he were a father confeSSOr. and
".Hn they are in various colors Of the
E#"lhoW rs to complexion, their hair out
curl. and while they are limp and
.."rmy rs fishin" tackle, they still eX-
l"t the doctor to admire them and to
.t - certain amount of pleasure II
.r'"Hng 10 their story Of anguish. lie
'.'-l be - bit of a gossip and tell then
"'" sick Lady This was and how rough
..I r"arS" Lady That was. Unless |
''' paid Il salary twice that given tC
.' PRESIDENT of the United States !
.""I" decline to be Il ships surgeon.
Als woes are many and his pleasures
"m fow.
soon after the brindle pup was sick
came that Il baby had been born
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