Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-02-03


splendidly done. The book is well
bound. the door is well grained, the
chandelier is well swung. the work is
grandly accomplished Be not among
those employers who never say any
thing to their employees except to swear
at them Do not be afraid You will
make that mechanic so puffed up and
arrogant he will never again want TO
be seen with working apron or in shirt
sleeves, for before the night comes Of
that day when you praise him there
will be lawsuit brought against him
because he did not finish his work as
soon as he promised it, forgetful Of the
fact that his wife has been sick and two
of his children have died Of scarlet fever
and he has had a felOn on a finger OF
the right hand Denounced perhaps be
cause the paint is so very faint in color,
not recognizing the fact that the me
chanic himself has been cheated out OF
the right ingredients. and that he did
not find out the trouble in time or
scolded at because he seems to have
lamed horse by unskillful shoeing'
when the horse has for months had
SPAWN or ringbone or springhalt. You
feel you have the right to find fault
with a mechanic when he does i'll. Do
you ever praise a mechanic when ne
does wellg
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 90 through the land and they
stand on political platforms, and they
tell the farmers the story about the in
dependent life of a farmer, giving fat
terry where they ought to give sympa-
thy. Independent of whatl l was
brought up on farm, | worked on
farm, / know all about it, l hardly
saw a city until l was grown, and !
tell YOU that there are no class Of peo-
ple in this country who have it harder
and who more need your sympathy than
farmers. Independent Of whatg OF the
curculio that stings the peach trees, OF
the rust in the wheat. of the long rain
with tho rye down1 Independent Of the
grasshopper. of the locust, Of the army
worm, Of the potato bug2 Independent
Of the drought that burns mp the har-
vestY Independent Of the COW with the
hollow horn. or the sheep with the foot
rot, or the pet horse with nail in his
hoof? independent Of the cold that
freezes out the winter grainl lndepend'
ent of the snow bank out Of which he
must shovel himselfg Independent OF
the cold weather when he stands thrash
iux his numbed fingers around his body
to keep them from being frostedy lnde-
pendent Of the frozen ears and the
frozen feetH 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 farm
ing a luxury may not need any solace'
but the yeomanry who get their hVihS
ont 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 mOrtgaged farms
snch men find a terrific struggle. l de-
mand that office seekers and politicians
fold up their gaseous and imbecllt
speecbes about the independent life OF
a farmer and substitute some word OF
comfort drawn from the fact that they
are free from city conventionalities anc
city epidemics and city temptations.
xeed sympathy, Not Flattery.
NY most vivid remembrance OF boy
hood is Of my father coming in on
very hot day from the harvest field anC
seating himself on the doorsill because
he was too faint to get into the house
the perspiration streaming from tore
head and from chin, and my mothel
irving TO resuscitate him with a cup Of
cold water. which he was too faint t
hold TO his own lips, while saying to US
Don't be frightened There 5 nothing
the matter; a little tired, that's all;
little tired" Ever since that day whei
hear people talking about the inde
Dendent life Of farmer l see through
the sham. Farmers want not your nat
teries, but your sympathies.
Encourage the doctors You prals
the doctor when he brings you up from
an awful crisis of disease, but do yol
! nraise the doctor when, through skill
ful treatment of the incipient stages o
disease. he keeps You from sinkin
down to the awful crisisg There Is
great deal of cheap and heartless WI
abozt doctors, but 1 notice that tn
people who get off that wit are the hrs
TO send for a doctor when there Is any
thing the matter. There are those wh
undertake to say in our day that doc
tors are really useless. One man ma
written a book entitled, every Ma
4, His Own Doctor" That author ough
| 70 write one more book entitled, "EN
erv Man His Own Undertaken. - "Oh'
saws some one, physicians in constan
presence Of pain get hard hearted u
thev :. The most celebrated surgeon
the last generation stood IN chmci
department of one of the New for
medical colleges, the students gathere
in the amphitheater to see very par
ful operation on little child. The ol
surgeon said. "Gentlemen excuse u
If retire. These surgeons can do TN
as well as | can, and as get older
gives me more and more distress to 81
pain. ,A;.
Physicians have so many hardship
40 many interruptions, so many ammo.
; ances. am glad they have so many el
4 couragements. All doors open to then
They are welcome to mansion ana
cot. Little children shout when they 8
them coming down the road ana u
: aged, recognizing the step, look up al
4 ,av doctor, Is that your They stai
o between our families and the gray
a fighting back the troops of disorder tn
Q come up from their encampment by Z
g cold river. No one hears such thanks
i the doctor hears. They are eyes to {
is blind. they are feet to the lame, the
Is Dath is strewn with the benedictlons
,e those whom they have befriended.
u In the Hour of Anxiety.
ir One day there was a dreadful FOL
=. boding in our house. All hope was goI
~ Tho doctor came four times that da