The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-02-25

fury would be without the newspaper,
and give encouraging words to all who
are engaged in this interest, from the
chief of editorial department down 10
the boy that throws the morning or
evening newspaper into your basement
window.
Encourage mechanics. They will
plumb the pipes, or they wiA calcimine
the ceilings, or they viii put down the
carpets, or they will grain the doors, or
they will fashion the wardrobe. Be not
among those who never say anything to
mechanic except to find fault. If he
has done job well, tell him it is splen-
didly done. The book is well bound, the
door is well grained, the chandelier is
well swung, the work is grandly accom-
plished. Be not among those employ
ers who never say anything to their
employees except to swear at them. Dc
not be afraid you will make that me-
chanic SO pulled 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 a
lawusit 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 anC
he has had 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 oil
the right ingredients, and that he die
not find out the trouble in time, OIL
scolded at because he seems to have
famed horse by unskillful shoeinl
when the horse has for months hac
spawn or ringbone or springh<. YOU
| feel you have the right to find faul1
with mechanic when he does i'll. d.
you ever praise a mechanic when he
does we'll?
Encourage the farmers. They com,
into your stores, you meet them in thu
city markets, you often associate will
them in the summer months. Office
seekers go through the land, and the.
stand on political platforms, and the.
tell the farmers the story about tn,
independent life of farmer, giving
fattery where they ought to give sym
pathy. Independent of what? l wa
brought up on farm; l worked on
f"rTn; l know all about it. l hardl,
a city until was grown, and tel
sthat there is no class of people il
country who have it harder ant
more need your sympathy thar
lers. independence Of what? Of thu
curculio that stings the peach trees
of the rust in the wheat, of the Ion.
rain, with the rye down? Indcpend
ent of the grasshopper, of the locust
of the army worm, of the potato bug
Independent of the drought that burn
up the harvest? Independent of tn
cow with the hollow horn, or the shee1
with the foot rot, or the pet horse wit
-, nail in his hoof? Independent of tn
,Sold that freezes out the winter grain
Independent of the snow bank out o
which he must shovel himself? indie
pendent of the cold weather when b
stands thrashing his nunbed finger
around his body to keep them fror
being frosted? Independent of til
frozen ears and the frozen feet? Ii
dependent of what? Fancy farmer
who have made their fortunes in tn
city and 60 out in the country to bull
houses with all the modern improve
ments and make farming luxury ma
not need any solace, but the yeomanr
who get their living out of the soil ar
who that way have to clothe their fan
lilies and educate their children an
pay their taxes and meet the interes
on mortgaged farms, such men find
terrific struggle. l demand that Office
seekers and politicians fold up thei
gaseous and imbecile speeches abou
the Independent life of farmer an
substitute some word of comfor
drawn from the fact that they are fire
from city conventionalities and cit
cpidemics and city temptations.
My most vivid remembrance Of boy
hood is of my father coming in on
very hot day from the harvesting fiel
and seating himself on the doorsill bt
cause he was too faint to get into til
house, the perspiration streaming froi
forehead and from chin, and my mott
e: trying TO resuscitate him with
cup of cold water which he was to
faint to hold to MS own lips, Will
saying to us: Don't be frightened
there's nothing the matter. A littl
tired, that's all; a little tired" Eve
since that day, when I hear peopl
talking about the Independent life {
farmer see through the shan
Farmers want not your batteries, br
your sympathies.
Encourage the doctors. You prais
the doctor when he brings you up frol
an awful crisis of disease, but do yo
praise the doctor when, through skill
full treatment of the incipient stages {
disease, he keeps you from sinkin
down to the awful crisis?, There is
great deal of cheap and heartless w
about doctors, but notice that the pc,
pie who get off that wit are the first /,
send for doctor when there is an,
thing the matter. There are those VIII
undertake to saw in our day that do