The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-16
AUNT JENNIE's LETTER.

MayhOWer joins III Circle this week.
She comes from Western North Caro-
lima where may be found some of the
most beautiful scenery in the world.
Having seen much of it 1 think the
sppellation, 1.-THE Switzerland Of
America" most appropriate. l like to
view the face of old ocean with it's
mysterious frowns and smiles but q
feeling akin to awe creeps over me
when it murmurs of things I cannot
understand. This much we know,
that it is the workshop in which the
Divine Architect is carrying on the
slow and secret process of building the
world. B 1T to me there ia nothing in
nature Quite so dear as the hills (which
my infancy knew" and their greater
comrades, the mountains. Have you
ever stood on the summit of some
lofty mountain when the Jul WRs
filling the world with it's dying
radiance and gazed around and beneath
to see clouds waving and rolling like
the pillows of the sea9 Have you ever
seen them far off and beneath you ad
vRncing toward you, some in the dis
lance appearing like masses of purest
Parian marbleR How delighted I have
been watching their ever changing
beauty. In my imagination I trans,
formed them into many beautiful
scenes. They seemed nearer heaven
than / C )uld possibly be where l stood
and in some way I felt that I was near
G ID and that He had given me I'm
bounded appreciation for the beauties
of that especial display of HIS handi-
work. Among all nations great
mountains are readily taken as fit
representations of the immutable
righteousness of the infinite God. He
has set fast the mountains, girding
them with power, 90 that no arm less
than Almighty car remove them out
of their place." They rise up before
us in awful and unchanging majesty,
to tell us, with the roar Of many tor
rents and the voice of mighty thunders
that God changes not-"the same
yesterday, to day, and forever"
Well, E len, I too know what a disa,
greeable task house cleaning is to
the women of the family. The men
seem to dread it most but if you want
a m to be quiet show her soma
work that she must necessarily do and
Iol che marches persistently on with
closed lips, outstanding her strength
for the real work. YJu Ire right, my
dear girl, selfishness destroys happi
ness. What gives US more pleasure
than to see those we love happy7 And
il selishness rule self love or prefer
eco for the promotion of u own in
terest and happiness excludes all
thought as to the probable lack OF en-
iOyment on the part of others. Self
communion combined with self re
straint is a most excellent compound
and when taken at least three times
every day 10y those sorely eff osed by
selfshnesR) will l think prove a won
derful prescription and when mingled
with many waf5ings of secret prayer,
prove a permanent cure.
You ask, "Ts it right for a young girl
to correspond with young men whom
she has never seen7" No, most emphat
icalIy no, unless the aforesaid young
men are very near relatives of your
father or mother, and then only with
the consent OF YOUR parents. A young
lady cannot be too careful in such
matters-to whom she writes, what
she writes, why she writes, and when.
When writing to a young man always
remember that a dozen others may see
what you intended for his eyes only.
1 am sorry to feel the necessity of tell
ing you this, but most boys regard