The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
ATLANTA Constitution.)

and II comes O4L ~ 49,
lions II worries me. II / write that the
doctor sewed up hare lips and il comes
o,- hair Inns. | don't like 1t. The typo
! didn't know that a rabbit had a slit uh.
dor its nose. II I write that | walked
o,t into the garden 10 let my chole-
down meaning my anger, the typo THINKS
meant my shin collar. and so changes
| the spelling 10 suit his own idea but
| since I read an editors defense IN a Ne"
| York paper l feel better, for he says II
is amazing how few or these mistakes
are made in the great dailies that nave
to be rushed through with lightning
speed. The constant pressure on type
| settlers and proof readers Is tremendous
| but they rarely make any serious DUN
ders and the intelligent reader can gem
erally correct them in his mind. Ana
so | will not worry any more about IT,
There are some other little things that
are OF more consequence just now. Our
cook has quit. and so has the house maid
gone off to Rockmart for a week or
two-gone to a house party, thlnk-
That is all rfght. for the cook has been
faithful a long time and needed rest. she
is a good servant and keeps a clean
kitchen. and we have had a house party
ourselves for several months. / nave
been sick. but now we are reduced 10 the
regular family of five and have but little
to cook and can get along on Two meals
a day. My wife arranged 1t for me 10
fire up the stove and fill up the kettle
and grind the coffee and put on the
hominy and then ring the Dell LOT Inc
girls to get up and finish up the break
fast. She said tina if | felt like it |
might sweep out the hall and the front
veranda and settle up the front room.
Wen, of course, l had to split up some
kindling and bring in the stove wood.
but am getting along fairly we'll and
my wife thinks the exercise is doing me
good Last night she limited that the
veranda was badly tracked up since the
rain and needed a good washing. so
this morning | turned loose the hose
pipe on it and she praised me right
smart and l brought her some roses
from my garden. We let her sleep until
breakfast is ready, for she cleans up her
room and makes UP two beds and then
sews all day for the grandchildren. But
| want that colored house party to break
up as soon as possible. for | don't han
ker after this morning business as a
regular job. Mrs. Mimms says she likes
it, and think she does. She has a good,
room in the back yard and good furni-
ture and a handsome lamp to read by,
and her little grandson lives with her,
and l don't know of any colOred woman
that has a better time. In fact, | know
of lots of good negroes in town who are
contented with their situation and will
continue so if they are let alone by the
Northern fanatics and Southern cranks.
What craze has come over that man
Sledd to cause him to write such a fool
piece for the Boston magazine? What
good can it possibly do. if it was true?
But it is not true and only the product
of a diseased ina gination. l would write
hard things about him, but for his family
connections. For their sake he had bet
ter have smothered his feelings and his
J pen. The Atlantic Monthly has never
! shown any love for the South. and why
/ he should select that as his organ
passeth comprehension. Professor Sledd
says the negro is an inferior race. Then
| why does he insist that we give him a
place in our own churches and hotels and
railroad cars?
1t was the work of the Creator that
made him inferior, and he Will remain
! SO-and neither education nor miSccgena-
ton Will ever change it SO far as social
equality is concerned. Moses violated
the law of God when he married that
Ethiopian woman, and he had to discard
her, and Aaron and Miriam chided him
for it a long time afterwards. Numbers,
ii. The story goes, according to
jGsephus, that the Egyptians We're at
war with the Philippians and had suffer-
ed defeat in every battle until Pharoah
was advised that no one could COM
mand his army successfully but Moses. So
Moses was given command and he march
ed with the army to the borders OF
Ethiopia and met the enemy and defeated
them and then marched on to Saba, the
royal city, and attacked the walls. and
Iharbis, the daughter of the King, saw
Moses from the window of her tower,
and he was so handsome that she fell
desperately in love with him and sent
a messenger to him to say that if he
would marry her she would surrender the
city and army to him.. Moses agreed to
this and their marriage was at once con-
summated. Then Moses returned with
his victorious army to Egypt. He did
not take with him his Ethiopian wife,
but not long after he married Zipporah
the daughter Of Jethro the Midianite.
SO we must suppose that Moses mar
ried the Ethiopian princess as a war
measure and with no idea of keeping
his rOmise At any rate it caused
trouble and shame In the family. and SO
1t has done ever since whenever a white
person mates with a negro.
Wha a mcnstrcus falsehood to saw
that the Southern negro is dehumanized.
Right here in our town every negro mo
chanic is employed at good wages. BLACK
smiths, carpenters, masons. PAINTERS
draymon arc all busy. Cooks. nurses and
"asherWomcn find constant empIovment
anu lhey are not only contcnted, but
sometimes dare to be merry and laugh.
Where did Sledd get all that rot about
l kIrEinu nh6 rrc;~
negro? We never hear of sucb Treatment
IN this region. Mr.. Milan a truthful,
gentleman, whose business keeps him on
the street, told me the other dav that
he had heard but one oath uttered nv
anybody within a year. and that was hv