The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-27

follow lQlS TeITeSUiIeHl- "a y lI4C
men dine together, in the hall. after
which some go to their rooms to read,
while the most of them play cards and
smoke until it is tine to go to bed. OK
ford requires a man to reside within its
gates a certain length of time before he
can aduat but, as to when, how and
where ne studies it leaves to his own
choice. AS a matter of fact, most OK
ford men dc their hardest studying and
reading during their vacations.
T. W. Tonwsend's "Chimmie Fadden
and Mr.. Paul's scarce ceased its serial
appearance before the book was on sale.
AS a volume. however, a much better
valuation can be placed upon the fur
Their adventures of Chimmie. He is the
same Chames. even though five years
have passed since his former appear
ance, and he has the same dialect, which
IS easy tc read and quickly understood.
Chimmie IS an acute observer. as may
be seen throughout the course of the
love story which runs through the en-
tire book. The following are samples of
his way of looking at things:
Listen: De best ting about living out
of New York is dat you have New York
to come to. If it wasn't for dat I'd give
up me job wit Whiskers and 90 to woill
for a living-sell evening poipers to
Brooklyn gents to put 'em to sleep in
de Bridge cars"
Chimmie quotes Mr.. Paul on house
parties as follows:
Man. says Mr.. Paul, not to men
ton lovely women, being a fool of great
specific gravity, builds comfortable
homes where he can live in quiet and
s~eclusion, and den shuts EN- UP, or else
fills 'em wit odder fools to destroy his
Quiet, ard put him in training for de
hereafter-if de noise comes to de woist.
I'VE boast, Chimmic, of our mental
sauces. but all de same he says, deere
are but few of us able to entertain our
selves if tr'un upon our own sauces Of
recreation. When we buys Old Masters,
OF hires a great chef, or learns to play
de banjo, or do any of de odder highly
intellectual stunts dat distinguishes us
from fiat or cave dWellers, we pretendS
it is all for our own Improvement. Nay,
nay!' says he. Not a bit like it. We
gets ouI dividends on such investments
only when our friends praise our table,
cur pictures, or our rag-time. Derefore
let us gadder at de house party; not to
LIT Sulc1 ldlu6u ny Oul 1IltIll = dCCOIl-
plishments, but to do an act Of charity,
to justify him in his own eyes for de
Doodle he has cleaned buying tings he
enjoys only when he shows EN- Off
Before going abroad this spring, Kate
Douglas Wiggin completed her work on
the proofs of her Diary of a Goose Girl
as we'll as her share in the labor of col
laboration with her sister on a kinder
garten work. The Goose Girl relates the
adventures of a pretty American girl who
ran away from her friends and a too ar
dent sutton. She explains her action by
saying that "she is very tired of peo-
PIE and wants TO rest herself by living
awhile with things She becomes a pay
ing guest at a goose farm and becomes
interested in helping take care of the
geese.
Last Thoughts from Herbert Spencer"
is the title Of a book from the pen Of the
distinguished scientist which, it is an
nounced, will be his last.
During the years spent in writing
various systematic works. he says in
the preface, there nave from time to
time arisen ideas not fitted for incorpo-
ration in them. Many of these nave
lOUnQ pIdCSS III dTllclcS puDllSneu III re-
views, and are collected together in the
three volumes of my essays. But there
remains a number Which have not yet
found expression; some Of them relatively
trivial, some of more interest, and some
which | think are important. | have
felt reluctant to let these pass unrecor-
ded, and hence, during the last two
years, at intervals now long, now short,
nave set them down in the following
! pages" Some forty essays, ranging over
a wide field of knowledge, make up the
volume.
AS a proof of the interest which the
German people are taking in matters
beyond the seas, it may be noted that
the eminent Professor Worker of Berne
University has translated Mr.. Poultney
Bigelow's "Children of the Nations" and
a ~well-known Berlin publisher will bring
out the book shortly. Mr.. Rigelow counts
this as a special compliment to his work
on colonization. The book itself is mainly
a record of the authors personal expert
ences in the different colonies of the world.
It is possible, of course, that the fact that
Mr.. BigelOW was a SchOO1mate of the EN-
perior of Germany and that the latter is
said to have much respect for the authors
abilities as a writer, had something to
do with the translation. Mr.. Bigelow
has taken up his residence permanently
in New York city, that is to say as per-
manent a residence as any mar of his
habits can have. Several weeks out Of
each year are spent by Mr.. Bigelow III
lecturing on themes of national interest
before colleges and societies..
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