The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-28

1867
Nsver let me from Thee stray.
Give me strength to always carry,
ALI the crosses for each day.
1 wish to say to the Chatterers before
I close, do not forget about u debate
for we must have it. Rake up all your
scattered thoughts and give US q good
subject, if Aunt jennie will not do 1t.
I cannot think of one now to ave me
as 1 am sleepy. So good night, all
Ellen.
Dear Aunt Jennfe:-I am sorry for
the old maids and old bachelors but its
my opinion, that old maidism or bache.
Iorism, either, is preferable to an un'
happy married life.
Jennie Acton, l can fully sympathIze
with you, if you have had the grip
I had it in the winter Of '96, and it
served me terribly. 1t didn't affect my
throat, but settled in my head near my
left ear.
Mrs. FIlyaW, 1 enjoyed your letter
very much. 1t recalled to my mind,
these few lines:
ITO hin who in the love of nature
holds
Communion with her visible forms,
she speaks
A various language: for his gayer
She has a voice Of gladnegs and a
And elcquance of beauty; and she
glioes
Into hIs darker musings with a mild
And healing sympathy, that steals
Their sharpness ere he is aware"
1 have been living in the country
three years, and 1 do enjoy the qliet
and solitude 80 much. l get
lonely, if l can only get something to
read.
Myrtle Penny, you are a very
thoughtful ard industrious girl to earn
your money as you do, 1 arm mine
by teaching school. l taught eight
months last year. Perhaps some of the
Cnatterer5 will turn up their nosss at
my vocation, but I don't think it's half
as bad as some others OF course there
come dark days, but my fate is but
the Common fate of all, for in each
life some rain must fall" Dear Chat.
Esrers, don't. thick it IN ,kes me old and
sour, for Im young yet, and if l look
sour, my teaching has not caused 1t.
think temperance would De a grand
subj ect for discussion. Too much can
level be said or done for the Temper
ICE cause. lam a strong advocate OF
temperance and 1 can proudly and
gratefully say, that I'm not the daugh
ter, grand daughter, sister, or niece Of
a drunkard.-'Rollins.
Dear AUNT Jennie: FIR quite awhile
1 have been a silent admlrer of u
Social Chat, and time and again l
have resolved to write, but every time
my limited courage would fail me.
Ienjo y reading the letters 80 much
and especially Aunt Jennie's. One
gains much good advice, information,
ETC., by reading them. 1 wonder how
many of the Chatterer5 will freeze out
this cold, snowy week7 1 think this
an ideel time for writing, even though
all nature ia wrapped IN snow. How
mauy of US have ever experienced
such a snow in Old North Carolina be-
toreY It has now been showing forty.
eight hours, and Judging from all ap-
perance of the clouds 1t looks as
though it may snow that many more.
Father is now 81 years old and ne says
be has never before seen such weather.
D ,ubtless there are thousands OF PEG
pie now suffering for the want OF food
and hrewood. None but God knows
how far my sympathy ach out
for the suffering. Just LOOK at the
ii1.le birds nearly starving to death,
and then the naughty boys cruelty
taking their lives from instead oil feed
ing them. The beautiful red breast
rooms are sitting near my window
now, eating berries from a tree.
Yet we may look forward to that
charming time-spring-when time is
past for alI bitter snows, rains and
c'lo winds. On, with how much
pleasure an looking forward to that
time when We are to have a bright,
warm sun q clear blue sky.
In spring l 80 often stroll through
the bea ltitul forests in search Of Wild