Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-04

praise him there will be n lawsuit brought
against him because he did not finish his
work rs soon rs he promised IL. forgctful
Of the fact that his wife mas been sick and
two OF his children have died Of scarlet fe-
yer and he has had a felon on n finger of
the right hand Denounced perhaps be
cause the paint j. so very faint in color,
not recognizing the fact that the mechanic
himself has been cheated ont of the right
ingredients. and that he did not find out
the trouble in time. or scoldcd NJ because
he seems To- have famed horse by unskili-
mi shooting when the horse has for months
had SPAWN or ringbone or springhalt
Nou feel you have the right To find fault
with a mechanic when he does ILL., DO you
ever praise mechanic when he docs wells
he Sympathetic.
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 20
through the land. and they stand on po-
lifical platforms ard they tell the farmers
the story about the independent life of
GARNER, giving iiattery where they ought
To give sympathy independent of whats
WAS brought up ON farm: worked ON
farm: ! snow all about il. ! hardly SAW
a city until was grown, and | tell you
thai there Is no class of people in the
country who havc il harder and who more
need your sympathy than farmers. indie
pendent Of what. Of the curculio that stings
the peach trees. Of the rust in the wheat,
Of the long rain. with the rye down? In
dependent OF the grasshopper. OF the locust,
of the army worm OF the potato bug: In
dependent 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
hoofs Independent of the cold that freezes
ont the winter grain: Independent of
the snow bank out If which he must shovel
himselfs Independent Of the cold weather
when he stands thrashing his numbed fin
gers around his body to keep them from
being frosted? Independent OF the frozen
ears and the frozen feet? Independent Of
what Fancy farmers who have made
their fortunes in the city and go out in
the country To build houses with all the
modern improvements and make farming
a luxury may not need any sOlacc. hut the
yeomanry who get their living out of the
soil and who that way have 10 clothe
their families and educate their children
and pay their taxes and meet the interest
ON mortgagcd farms. such men find a
terrific struggle | demand that office
seekers and politicians fold up their gas
eous and imbccilc speeches about the indie
pendent life of n farmer and substitute
some word of comfort drawn from the fact
that they are free from city conventionali-
ties and city epidemics and city tempta-
tionS
My most vivid remembrance of boyhood
is OF my father coming in on n very hot
day from the harvesting field and seating
himself on the doorsill because he was too
faint to get into the house, the perspira-
ton streaming from forehead and from
chin. and nay mother trying - rcsuscitate
him with cup OF cold water which he
was too faint to hold to his own lips
while saying to rs: Don't bc frightened:
there's nothing the matter. 4 little tired.
that : all. "A little tired Ever since that
day, when hear people talking about the
Independent life of a farmer see through
the sham Farmers want not your flat
tcries. but your .gmpathies
Give Praise where Due.
Encourage the doctors. You praise the
doctor when b. BRINGS you mp from an
awful crisis al disease bat do You praise
the doctor when. through skillful treat
mcnt Of the inciPicnt sfagcs uf disease. he
keeps you from. sinking down To- hc awful
crisis. There - a grca; deal of cheap and
heart less Wit about doctors. hut | notice
that the people who get N that wit are
the first to send for doctor when there is
anything the matter There are those
who undertake 10 say in our day that doc
tors are really useless. One man has writ
ten book entitled. Every Man His Own
Doctor. That author ought to write one
more book entitled. Every Man His Own
Undertaken Oh I" saws some one.
physicians in constant presence of pain
get hard hearted DO they The most
celebrated SURGEON Of the last generation
stood in a clinical department of one OF
the New York medical colleges, the stu
dents gathered in the amphithcatcr TO sce
n very painful operation ON little child
The old surgeon said: Gentlemen, cx-
cuSe me If / retire These surgeons can
do this rs wei ~ can. and rs g,.t older
il gives me more and more distress 10 see
pain.
Physicians have so Elany harlships, SO
many interruptions. - many annoyances,
| am glad they have "a many encourage
mcnts. All doors open to them. They
ARE welcome to mansion and to cot. Lit
tie children shout when they see them
coming down the road. and tie aged. rec.
ognizing the step, look up and say. Doc.
tor, Is that YOU They stand between our
families and the grave, fighting back the
troops of disorder that come up from their
encampnont by the cold river No one
hears such thanks as the doctor hears
They are eyes To the blind. they are feet
20 the lame, their Path is strcwn with the
beuctiicfions Of those whom they have be
fricndtd
One day there WINS a dreadful forcbodine
IN our house All hope was gone The
doctor came four times TINT day The
children put away their toys and all walk
ID on ,iptoc and NJ the least sound said
Iiush" How loudly the clock did tick,
and how the banisicr crrakcd. though we
tried To keep il 50 stilll That night the
Doctor staid all night He concentrated
all his skill upon the sufferer At last the
nestlessness of the sufferer subsidized into
calm. sweet slumher and the doctor looked
up and smiled and said. The crisis Is
past When. prorrcd up with pillows in
the easy chair. she sat and the south wind
tried to blow rose leaf into the faded
check. and the children brought flowers
the one red clover top. the other violet
iftfHi we htMif-it tit mp Oh int fttN1-
descent, and Bertha stood on Il high chair
with brush smoothing her mothers hair,
and we were told in day or two she
might ride ont. joy came back To our
house And ms we helped the old country
doctor into his gigwe noticed not that the
step was broken or the horse stiff in the
knees. and we all realized for the first time
In our life what doctors were worth En-
courage them
Cheer the DowncRst.
Encourage the lawyers They are lftcn
cheated ont Ut their fees and SO often have
to breathe the yillainous mir IL courtrooms,
and they so often have 10 bear pondcrous
responsibility. and they have TO maintain
against the sharks in their profession the
dignity Of that calling which was honored
by the fact that the only man allowed TO
stand on Mount sinai beside the Lord was
Moses the lawyer. and that the Bible
speaks Of Christ as the advocate Encour-
age lawyers in their profession 81 tran
scendent Importance profession honored
by having on the bench "a Chief Justice
Story and nc the bar Rufus Choate