The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-29

terial labors were more abundant. hi.
name was a household word. He was
an old time revivalist, and never was
more IN his element than when holding
a meeting, and no man could beat him
singing The Old Ship Of Zion" Thou
sands OF souls were converted under his
ministry, and wherever he has laborcl
the good people love his memory In
short, Moses ]. unit was a good man.
He was also a good hunter, as well as
fond OF fishing. He had a good dcs that
went with him, stayed BY him a2d
learned Of him. and in many ways mani
tested more than ordinary dog intellI-
gence. On one occasion brother Hupt AID
brother Pernell, a Baptist preacher. went
fishing together, brother Hunts cog fol-
lowing. They found a hole in the creek
where the fish bit rapidly, and lo- some
time they caught and threw the fish be-
hind, almost as fast as they could take
them from their hooks. After awhile
they concluded to string their fish, whom
10. on turning about, they saw not q single
fish. They were astonished, and could
not imagine how all their fish mad so
mysteriously disappeared. Brother Hunt
seeing his dog some % yards away sit
ting on his launches, asked: "Ponto.
where are our fish," Ponto cut his eyes
i IISlI ana Iell anu Nd85eQ MS TALL d.
much as to say. Here they are" They
went to Ponto and there lay TWO piles
OF fish: the Hunt catching in one pile,
and the Pernell catching in another pile,
while Ponto stood between. That's the
way l heard the story coming from two
preachers. | did hear that Ponto learned
to initiate his master in saying his pray
ers-that, before he laid down, he would
put his f~orefeet upon a chair, drop his
head down, piously close his eyes and re
main in that position about as long as he
had seen his master pray. i tell that as
a hearsay not vouching for the truth Of
it, But, here is a dog story | clipped
from a newspaper and give it lust as
clipped it:
Speaking of dogs said Rev. nr. ]
r HoWertOn, Il new a Russian den
fist out in Little Rock, Ark, and he ha6
a dog that was a dog. Whenever that
: dentist wished to go hunting ned "a!
!; to his dog: Go over across the rivel
and find some birds for me- And thar
dog would go down to the river. If h
/, couldn't get across on a boat he'll swim
) over. He would find about five aovia
!. of cartridges in the morning AMI Whe1
his master came over IN the evening N
would be at the landing waiting for him
ready to take him to the BIRDS
OF course that Arkansas storv IS no
equal to the Hunt story, but it helps III
to ease down or the dog question, ani
t brings us to a recent occurrence Vhicl
/. took place in Greensboro only a few
nights ago. The game law of North Car
t DINA forbids the shipping of game OH
! OF the State; but it seems that the Law
is being violated by parties who put par
5 tridges and other game in express pack
t ages that purpOrt to be something else
t and thus run them across the State line
]. The game warden At Greensboro has
!, dog that seems to be doing good eerylc
/ IN putting a stop to such business. Say
a Greensboro news clipping:
5 Game Warden W~eatherly continues Il
confscate express matter here cont2inini
4 partridges shipped out of the State. Las
2 night his bird dog set" an express pack
1 age Of eggs at the depot. The eggs Ner
). broken into and eighty-ive birds Wer
t found "nested therein among the eggs.
5 The shipment was from j. P. Danley, 0
: A~rrarat, the consignment being &c /. H
e Wallenstein, at Washington.
+ This long dog story has completed
: crowded out the Christmas story I ough
r to have told, and would have told, ha
+, l not picked up "Grandfather's Tales III
y other evening and read about that frs
i North Carolina General Assembly.
e If the reader has enjoyed the story
2 lie must thank Col. Creecy, the write
of 'Grandfather's Tales" if he las 10
d enjoyed it, let him write a dog story c
S his own.
d The old time Christmas in the couEtr
G was an occasion of more than orGinar
pleasure.
e In the first place, we small boys e2
l. nCpta1 to mt on shoes and ct lCEino
Christmas morning, shoes made at HON
and stockings knit at home. With col
peras backing and talloW shining ou
d home made shoes looked almost IS fin
y as store shoes; and we were proud {
II them, for, after wearing out the shoe
OF last winter we little fellows had bee
J. going barefooted.
1t From an hour before day until SUM -
is the larger boys, who could manage fir
arms, shot off Christmas guns. We s1na
is Ter boys made almost as much noise |
Y slamming wide boards upon the 1rClC
o ground, and were quite as happy S II
It big boys. Santa Claus did not go roun
II In my young days with all sorts OF jim
$, cracks and tinselled nothings, and fee
IS the children on taffy, he brought thing
% that were useful, and always suited Il
! gift to the special need or wish Of Il
= NithANh, o't ~ 1880 'St'N'N
G made US just as happy as if more ha
been given. After awhile breakfast wou1
come On, and, to an old man, living
s town, and eating market sausage, the j
a gradients OF Which one had better not /
i. too inqulsitive about, the recollection
ID the home made sausage that We h
m Christmas morning, is a memory tn;
u makes the mouth water, to say nOthlI
IS OF the luscious spare ribs, the chitte
It lings, the cracking bread, the big hcnlIn
@ the biscuits and the butter cakes, ct
81 Christmas day was spent in rabbit hun
ing by we smaller boys, the larger one
q went to see the girls, and friends al
10 neighbors met, and enjoyed thenselye
+ At night the young people would CO..
t, gregate at some neighbours house, IL
t. unrestrained by formalities and conye
ia tionalities would engage in such spOr
IS as would give pleasure to all Dresen
IN even the fathers and mothers who migt
m drop in. Yes. they had refreshments.