The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-12-19
FACT AND FANCY.
Observes" Writes Eafesfaininkly on .Wotk
and on tlle Sfreaueus Life Ii the
Cities.
Grespuille Nelrs.

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ting or standing at my pleasure.
That was the glad message Of a
South Carolina farmer written from
Augusta. Georgia. He had become
dissatisfied with the hard work Of the
farm, add went to the city TO secure n
position. He dropped readily, into
the place Of street car, motorman at
$40 month. The work was surpris-
ingly easy and the pay was more than
he would have asked. AT once he
made up his mind that he would ne-ar
return to the slow, unremunerative
hard labor on the farm. He went to
work at 6 o'clock in the morning and
worked till Gin the evening, taking
fifteen or twenty minutes for dinner.
It the end of week there began TO
be some suggestion Of work about
what seemed to bo play at first. In
two weeks he was done Sightseeing,
the novelty disappeared, and he had
settled down to work. Snstohing
hasty breakfasts before 6, eating dim
ner on . race, strainibg all day to,
make schedule time-at the end OF
three weeks he asked permission to go
home to see his wife.
SIS she dead" asked the manager.
"No, sir; but I have been from
home three weeks, and would like to
taLe short visit Of few days" =.
"Tell her to come to SEQ you; the
company did not employ you to go
home aud see your wife every month
Your car must run every day..
He remained at his post unti1sthe
month was out, every day and Sun
day too, when he was convinced tt!..at
he had never done month Of such
continuous hard work in his life, aud
went home and settled down to farm
life with sweet content that was
worth all it cost.
In the cities the currents Of life are
swift and strong. To the casual OBJ.
server the city folk seem to be iesure.
class, driving, feasting, receiving
callers, visiting, living in style. But
closer observation discovers an amaz-.
ing amount Of work. The great build
ings do not grow like corn in the field.
The pavements are not the voluntary
induration Of the earth. The stores,
shops, factories and, Offices do not run
by any automatic process.
The city world wakes up every
morning with start; it moves out
anxiously to the places Of work, and re-
turns late to "a :wearied bed. The
clerk is at his counter from Z till 8.
and later-fourteen hours and more.
The Office man apologizes for arriving
at in the morning BY recounting his
labors extended far into the previous
night. The morning paper bears no
marks Of the grimy hands that have
sent it forth, nor Of the mental and
muscular strain Of the great army Of
workers that gathered tho news Of tho .
locality and the ends oesthe earth into
its orderly columns.
a study OF the signs among the
principal streets OF intervals Of Eve
or ten years will show how fierce has
been the struggle in the competition
OF the business world. the door
plates Of: the residence streets tell q .
story of the work. storm that ooes nm 4
Gay and night.
NO autoorat '.t can com command l this busy
world. Men may come and men may
60, but It goes on forever. e skill
1uily encysts and casts out the OBJ
etructlonist whether from indolencs.
inability OF willingness. Whoever
essays TO com. come from the country homo !
with Its untroubied life, ita recurring