Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-10-10
ARP ON WEATHER.
Barlow Philosopher Discusses Winds
and Rains.
HE TOUCHES ON POLITICS. TOO.
Thinks the q. A. r. Men Are Not
Pleased With the Course Roosevelt
Is Pursuing.

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seems to be veering southwark. Roose-
welt keeps on saying kind words abouj
US and the republicans are in statt
| of apprehension. The G. A. Rs made
| the first assault on him because n
| dared to exalt the bravery and patriot
| ism Of our people; but he answered
! them back nobly. And now they are II
CONSERVATION because he invited
! Clark Howell to dine with him. The
| City OF Shushan is perplexed. 1t looks
like there is power Of good political
fun ahead of US, and We can't be wors-
ted. Mckinley wanted to be kind, and
they wouldent let him, but my opinion
is that Roosevelt is going to run tn
machine according to his emotions. He
is a man Of emOtiOn-gOOd, generous
emotiOns-and our emotional nature is
the best part of our nature. That is the
reason that women are better than
men; they are more emotional. sell
fish man, a greedy man or political
"Ler Sc" have no emotions. They plot
and scheme for eprsonal advantage.
Hamlet said that a politician is man
who would circumvent God. TheE
bride and deceive to gain their end.
But Roosevelt is outspOken, candid and
fearless. The politician utterances
are cautious and come from his head;
Roosevelt talks from his heart, and If
he feels like inviting Clark Howell 10
dine he is going to do it without con-
sulting Mark Hanna or the q. A. X.
or for a moment considering what the
party will say about it.
| like Roosevelt because he has
wife and children in fact, he has been
married twice and has two sets or
children That's all right If the chill
dren harmOniZZe and the last wife is
as good to the children of the first wife
as she is to her own. Our nearest
neighbor for long years had three sets
OF children Colonel Bayard. a widow
or with two children, married Mrs.
Hand a widow, with theree children.
Two more children were born to the
last marriage, and all was peace and
harmony in that household. This re-
minds ne of another family, where
there were three sets, and they dident
harmonic, and one day when they
were quarreling in the back yard the
wife came running in and said to her
husband: John, you'd better go out
yOnder with a switch; your children
and my children are fighting our chill
dren.'
| am pleased to learn that our pres
ident is coming to Georgia next fall
and Will visit his mothers old home at
Roosevelt Think l will meet him there
and show him around, for almost ev-
erbody else is dead but me that was
there when his mother was girl.
will show him where We boys played
bullpen and town ball and where his
uncle half Dan or half Of his Cnc.e
Dan and l played sweepstakes and Dan
always won my white alleys. Yes, |
will show him around. But that colony
of fine Savannah people, all blooded
stock, are not there now. There were
the Kings and Dunwoodys, who were
in college with me. Not all the King
boys, Of course, for there were nine OF
them, and only one sister for the whole
crowd-a beautiful girl. l have a very
dear cousin in Birmingham who has
nine girls aud one son. What a pity
that those two families were not neigh
bors and c0temporaries 50 that the
children could have mated and inter
married. like families with numerous
offspring. If l had the making Of the
constitution, whether federal or safe,
Wouldent let a bachelor hold a public
office; he shouldn't be eligible 10 go
to congress or the legislature. 1t is not
possible for him to feel deeply concern
ed about the rerpetuity Of govern
ment. 1t is the children and the grand
children We fathers are living for. An
unmarried man lives for himself. He
may be smart and moral and well edu-
Gated, but, as kipling says, he can't I'M
derstand the pete1nal anxiety.
All those Roswell boys were manly
and well favored. They made good
preachers, good soldiers, good archi-
teCts and manufacturers and were good
citizens. Poor Tom King had his leg
shattered at Manassas, and as soon as
he could walk was in the field again
and was killed at Chickamauga. II
was bright, cheerful, handsome man
and everybody loved him. Old Barring
ton King sent north for a teacher an |
get one by the name OF Ee's. but the
boys dident like him. They said he
was a hyDOcrite and an aboli ionist
and was just fColing papa. They called
him Slickfish, and guyed him until he
was sent back 10 where he came from.
Colonel Bayard married Darlington
Kings sister, the Widow Hand AMI
moved TO Rome, He was a cOuTtly gen
tleman, a descendant OF Chevalier Be-
yard, and his grandfather was Nicolas
Bayard a French HugenOt. He was a
cousin to the Senators Bayard of Dele
ware. He was an expert swordsman,
and loved TO show you the back stroke
by which his ancestor, while flying
from some troopers, slowed up his
horse and, as they came up On the
gallop. cut their heads off one by On
with this same back stroke. One Of his
grandaughters, Miss Flonda Seay. has
recently welded a Mr.. Tracy, OF New
York nephew of B. F. Tracy. who
was secretary of the navy. One of Mrs
Bayard's daughters married Bishop
Quintard. druggist, doctor, preacher
soldier. chaplain and then bishop. Fl
got a beautiful and dutiful wife, and
everything else he asked for. KIM
hearted and lovely as a woman, he al
ways carried a satchel full Of cake AMI
candy for other peoples children when
he Travelled on the train. We col,eg
boys knew him Wei IN Athens Wien
doctor, and we let him pull our teeth
Just because he was 50 kind and genial
Well, now | have written all this
about Roosevelt because our presidents
mother lived there and married there
l like to speak Of him as our president
and l don't want any Georgia paper 70
call him Teddy or to make sport OF
him in cartoons. Some idiots think
these caricatures Of our president are
very smart and funny. but the people
who have respect for the high office
think they are shameful. You can't de-
grade the man without degrading thu |
office.
But We will have to wait some time
on Mr.. Roosevelt. You cant a,ways
sometimes generally tell. as Cobe
would say: we must was and see INV
lon p This SNUTh wind hlaUs-''tho SV-