The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-13

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shortens life that much. but how. many
people lose almost every day. No charity,
20 Kind words or pleasant smiies-no
sympathy for the poor, but go along
through life for themselves only, or per
haDs muttering that selfish prayer, Lore
bless me and my wife-my son John and
his Wife, US four and no more. verify
believe shat selfshness is the most uni
versal sin of mankind. How it is possible
for q very rich man TO eovet more Wheh
there ar" thousands near him VINO live
and languish in misery anG want can
not understand. 1t was a sweet lady who
wrote the Immigrants Lament" and
siad:
I'm very lonely now. Mary,
For the Door make no new friends,
But oh, they love the better far
The few our Father Sends
These milliOnaiIes deserve little credit
for their gifts to colleges and libraries,
while the poor are starving III the great
cities and are penned up n e~alrcts ana
novels and earning q scanty living By
working for the rich. l was Illuminating
about this when | read that Mr.. Holder
Nv, that cOnSecrated minister in Atlanta,
vas getting up an ice fund for the poor.
What a blessing that viii b. to the tired
toilers who can only afford the tepid va
ter That comes from tho cltE hytFants.
How refreshing 20 JlIc sick who langulsh
On hard beds ami have NJ comforts shat
the rich enjoy. The poor We have ALWAYS
with us and moat o. them Will &EfIei
rather than beg. Mr.. Hoidcrby is always
doing good and ran balance MS books
every night and lie down 20 pleasant
deans. Education is q good hing and
We are gratifed a. the recenr movements
of Northern philAntl"cpists but a move
ment to lift up tho POOR and give them IA
chance would be Il moe blessed hing
than to educate them in books. Pee"
Cooper and George PtuDody have a high
e. seat in heaven than Rockefeller and
Carnegie will ever reach. George PEABODY
nui.t whole blocks of tenement houses in
London for the poor. The rooms We're ali
ventilated and supplied with pure cold
water and The widows looked out Gron
grassy lawns and flowers ana shade trees.
There were bath rooms attached to every
tenement, and a few pretty chroIno5 on
the walls and the rent charged WAS only
q pittance-enoug to make repairs and
nav the taxes. TINS was doing more
fI the poor than education could jo-
A clean shirt and & comfortable homo
will lift a boy up quicker than books. 1t
has been said that a right hungry man
can't get religion, and l reckon d nun
ery child can't study to do much good.
Education IS not always had IN the
schools. 7. is the life work OF every one.
Education comes by contact, by absorp-
ton from others. by reading and think
ing, and by experience and observation.
Some of the greatest men in tho United
C+atoc payar had q Np1r'S SPnOGlIH0. ana
my own observation has been that not
more than ten college boys in 4 hundred
made good use of 'heir education. They
lived and died and made no sign. But
for the sake of the ten We must give the
ninety a chance. These Northern gentle
men who met in Athens seem intensely
in earnest and their speeches were in
good tone and in good temper. Judge
Bleckley's speech was the shortest and
hest OF all. I'VE will receive it not as d
. charity. but as a measure of justice,
and Mr.. Baldwin said, Yes. that's 1t
JUSTICE and l suppose implied that they
owed US a debt and were going to pay 1t
That came pretty near being an apology
Well, just let them she'll out the money
and we will dispense with the apology.
This morning | had a backset. The
old mare got into my garden and tramped
0IOuliu di2 III ~ loSN ~
my strawberry bed and on my squash
bed and onion bed. Digging wouldn't
pacify me. 1t didn't let my choler down
| will set that down at one hundred or
the debit side. But my daughter, who
went to Charleston and had a two weeks
vacation from the care of her children
returned safe and happy and refreshed
l set that down at one hundred to bal
ance off the old mares trespass on ny
garden. Another married daughter, who
has been sick for a month. has recovered
and can now take up her bed and walk
She came UP TO spend the day anC
brought her children. Put that down a
two hundred. A dear sister who lives a
College Park is coming to see us tomor
row. That news is worth a credit o
fifty. The mail has brought good, cheer
full letters from two of the far-awa!
boys. That is worth fifty. \ good neigh
Dor sent me some fine tomato plants
that is twenty-fve: and it is worth TWEEN
ty-five to look at my strawberry garden
and [ look several times a day. A visit
ing friend said it was worth twenty-fiv,
a day TO see the long trains go by Will
their double engines. | can sit on m,
veranda and count the cars, from fort.
to sixty On every train, and not strain
my mind. Every evening after schoo
is out a dozen or more children gathe.
on my lawn under the big oak trees AM
play tennis and hide and seek, and rom
and swing, and it is worth twenty-five tt
see them so happy.
There are three roses in bloom thi
morning. the first of the spring, and tina
is worth ten. Then again | read Fathe
Keiley's memorial speech in Savannah
and it comforted me to find one MAJ
bold enough to tell the two highest of
ficials in the nation what they had don
and what he thought of them. | will pu
that speech and the pleasure of readin
it at one hundred. From the windoy
where ! write | can see the workme,
raising the beautiful Corinthian caps t
the tops of the tall majestic marble col