The Grenada sentinel., 1899-02-04

sharpened % thels srindstoss. Discus
In your mind what the nineteenth ees
tury would be without the pewspapei
and give encouraging words to all VIII
are engaged in this interest, from th
chief Of editorial department down 4
the boy that throws the morning O
evening newspaper into your basemen
window.
/ Encourage mechanics. They vii
plumb the pipes, or they wiz calcimin.
the ceilings. or they will put down th
carpets, or they will grain the doors, o
they will fashion the wardrobe. Be no
among those who never say anything I,
q mechanic except to find fault. II b,
has done job well, tell him It 10 splen
didly done. The book i well bound. th,
door is well grained. the chandelier il
well swung. the work i grandly accom-
plished. Be not among those employ
ers who never say anything TO theil
employees except to swear at them. d
not be afraid you win make that me
chanic 70 pufsed up and arrogant b.
wiu never again want to be seen with
working apron Or In shirt sleeves, fol
before the night comes Of that day
when you praise him there will be I
lawusit brought against him because ht
did not 6nish his work % soon as hl
promised it, forgetful Of the fact that
his wife has been sick and two Of hia
children have died Of scarlet fever and
be has had q felon on finger Of ths
right hand. Denounced perhaps be,
cause the paint - so very faint In color,
not recognizing the fact that the me
chanic himself has been cheated ont Of
the right Ingredients, and that he did
not find out the TROUBLE in time, or
scolded at because he seems 70 have
lamed horse by unskiilful shoeing
when the horse has for months had
spawn or ringbone or spiinghst. You
feel you have the right to find fault
with a mechanic when hs does Ill. Do
you ever praise mechanic when he
does well?
Encourage the farmers. They come
into your stores, you meet them In the
city markets. you often associate with
them in the summer months. Office
seekers 60 through the land. and they
stand on political platforms, and they
tell the farmers the story about the
independent life Of farmer, giving
Aattery where they ought to give sym
pathy. Independent of what? l was
brought up on farm; I worked on .
farm; l know all about IT. hardly
saw city until was grown, and tell
you that there is no class Of people in
the country who have 1t harder and
who more need your sympathy than
farmers. Independent II what? OF the
curculio that stings the peach trees,
Of the rust in the wheat, Of the long
rain, with the rye down? Independ-
ent Of the grasshopper, Of the locust,
of the army worm, Of the potato bug2
Independent Of the drought that burns
up the harvest? Independent Of the
COW with the hollow horn, or the sheep
with the foot rot, or the pet horse with
a nail In his hoof? Independent Of the
cold that freezes out the winter grain :
Independent Of the snow bank out Of
which he must shovel himself? Inde-
pendent Of the cold weather when he
stands thrashing his numbed fingers
around his body to keep them from
being frosted7 Independent Of the
frozen ears and the frozen feet3 In
dependent Of what7 Fancy farmers
who have made their fortunes In the
city and 60 out in the country to build
houses with all the modern improve
ments and make farming luxury may
not need any solace, but the yeomanry
who get their living out OF the soil ards
who that way have to clothe their fam
lilies and educate their children and
pay their taxes and meet the interest
on mortgaged farms, such men And a
terrific struggle. Idemand that Office
seekers and politicians fold up their
gaseous and imbecile speeches about
the independent life Of farmer and
substitute some word of comfort
drawn from the fact that they are free
from city conventionalities and city
cpidemics and city temptations.
My most vivid remembrance Of boy.
hood is Of my father coming in on
very hot day from the harvesting fleld
and seating himself on the doorsili be-
cause he was too faint to ret Into the
house. the perspiration streamingfrom
forehead and from chin, and my moth
e7 trying to resuscitate him with a
cup of cold water which he was TOO
faint to hold to MS own lips. while
saying to US; "Don't be frightened;
there's nothing the matter. "A little
tired. that's all; . little tired" Ever |
since that day, when hear people |
talking about the independent life 81 |
. farmer I see through the sham. |
Farmers want not your batteries, but |
your sympathies. @
Encourage the doctors. You praise
The doctor when he brings you up from
IN awful crisis OF disease, but do you
praise the doctor when, through skill
nj treatment Of the lncipient stages 81
1iseqse, be keeps you from sinking
iown to the awful crisis? There il
Ereat deal Of cheap and heartless wit
bout doctors, but ! notice that the peo-