The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-02-04

fortunes q southern -en FASTENED thou
sands o them 20 untimely grave-. hat
their widows SIN dot the land from yIr-
sinia 10 Texas TIL mothers o. thes.
daughters endured NOR. hardshIps ana
priyations than their husbands and sons
who we're N ih- army bur me, never
complained.
Goldsmith wro
Man wants hut Httle h,r, belo4
Nor wants hat little long
but some cynical oil bachelor para
phrased IT.
Man wants but litJlc here below
For 20 the poets say.
But woman wants it al. you kuo~
And wants il right away.
Vel, she does want all she can s.f
and wants il IS soon rs she can get ii. il
not sooner. but If she cant have ii sh.
s~urrenders cheerfally and mmoda
herself 70 the situation. During tho w.r
they actually smiled Ut their own pitirl
and distressed condition. They boiled
down the dirt from the smoke house mar
had long been saturated with the drip
pings OF the hanging meat and made
pretty good salt out OF it ana divided with
their neighbors. They parched rye and
COOLERS Tor coffee and sNcettned ii With
sorghum ana Dragged how good il was.
Ihey cut up their old garments and made
clothes for, their children. Indeed il Is
always an amusing entertainment To
listen 70 these good old mothers as the
recite their makeshifts and their trials
after sherman had passed through on his
march TO the sea. Not long ago four or
five OF these matrons by chance met at
our house and il was nip and tuck be-
tween them as they told OF the most
amusing experiences. one told how her
two boys ana a little girl had worn OUT
their shoes until they would not hold
shucks much less feet and she found an
old calf skin hat had long been hanging
IN the barn and she soaked il in lime
ana red oak bark ana got about half the
haIf off and took il TO an cid shoe cob
bier, and he made three pairs OF shoes
that would hold shucks, and they fitted the
children pretty we'll, but the red hair
stuck out in little patches all over them.
and she laughed and laughed until the
children did not want to wear them
because She laughed so much. That was
the origin of tan shoes. though these
We're made Of Unframed leather. Another
'1' " " ~ utNtI ID "
2 raisin until they were ) and : years
old. and We're afraid to eat them. and
SAID they we're bugs. Another told how
she and her boys built a fence around
the garden by boring holes in the plank
and the posts with an old brace and bit
that her husband left when he went of
And they made pegs and drove them in
tor there wasn't a nail in the county. Bat
good old Mother Akin, whom everybody
loves and likes TO listen to, told how
three Of her neighbors got out Of meal
ana had somehow got hold of three
bushels OF corn, ana they rugged up a
little rickety wagon and q blind army
mule and all three started to the nearest
mill. which was seven miles away. They
started early and got TO the creek. and
the creek was up. but they drove in, and
sure enough the wagon came uncoupled
right in the middle Of it and let them
all down where it was knee-deeD. and
let the corn down, too, and the mule went
on with the fore wheels and stopped
when he got over. But they never gave
up the ship nor the corn. It took them
about an hour TO get the corn and the
wagon together again. and with dripping
garments they hurried on 10 the mill.
\ photograph OF the scene would sell as
the champion picture of the women or
the war. The good miller gave them
dry meal for the wet corn, and by sun
down they were all at home again and
laughed over it and everybody laughed
who heard of it. Almost every family
within Shcrman's belt have fireside
stories to tell that would fiji a book.
They are a curious medley Of the sad.
the pathetic and the amusing, and excite
more fun han sorrow. How blessed are
they who still live. and how sweet are
the memories OF those who are dead. for
it is the mothers Of the Confederacy
who have perpetuated the love Of truth
and the love Of Southern patriotism in
the hearts Of the children and inspired
those principles that have in recent
years developed that grand organization
known as the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy. Our Northern brethren may
boast Of the Grand Army OF the Republic.
but out mothers smile and say: 4
don't see whore the grand comes in. for
all who came this way were low Dutch
and hungry Irish, who feared not God
nor regarded women" Well. il is all
over now. and we are at peace. that
blessed peace that hath her victories
more than war. And tn. ice
blessed is the woman whom the dark
ages kept subducd for centuries. but has
come to the front and how stands side BY
side with man and is always first in every
good word and work. For two thousand
years she was called by name but twice
in the Bible. Mother Eve, and next came
Sarah. the wife of Abraham, and for
another two thousand years was men
toned by name only q few times. but at
last she was honored as the mother OF
cur Savior and was last at the cross
and earliest at the grave
Within the last hall century she has
made more progress in establishing her
natural and God-given rights than in all
preceding time. She is the acknowledged
head OF all religious, missionary and
charitable institutions. She is the school
teacher OF the world and in these United
States constitutes nine-tenths of all the
public school teachers in the land. In
several States she has the right Of SUI
frage and is eligible To office On the
school boards. Time was when she was
almost a dead letter in literature and
hardly ever noticed ii the press OF the