The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-16
Bill Apps Letter.


You write with ease Is ~h.
ing.
But easy writing Is gl-.. H-
am too sick ~ wrtv e-e
wish to be cur>t about RI.
weather takes away a#l ms
,ay>. "Oh. what's ~ iars
june 1t has raintI ,vgre
night since the Is. and v.
at my house. for Il N,a> m.
day and We hoped Il would he
halmy, Tor the poor woman
two maternal fcast> tu r
patcTnal kisses. ! WIS sick #..
lore and she was up w5.h
night and slept late hEz e
breakfast and shipped n use-
piece under her plate arE
rise and ks her uuwTukt.
>he appeared. hut She ~huHe. u.
me and kissed me nr~t. She
that way before and the let.
she saw the gold shining .n
her libial views and U~gu.atas-
she couldn't refrain.
Gold. gold. gold. gold.
Bright and yellow, hand aaI .
Heavy TO get and light to ha..
spent by the young but hr..s.
old
To save. To rum, to curse IDS. s.. ...
| Now stamped with the .u...
Queen Bo~s
And now OF bloody Mary
But She got morc than 4 4..
nobody got n kiss but me. ....
said !, this Is your mother.
second birthday. You know ...
stars fell s~evcnty-tWo years a-e ...
the reason they did fall. They H...
a brighter light was coming .n
palcd their Intellectual fires ann. M
the ground and expired.
4 am only H." said nay u.. .#.
do you try to make me t2f i,
| said !. you have had seycnty-.as# ..
days. You had one the day you WOE.
When you were a year old yaa H.#
two" Then she gaye it. up.
These birthdays are the mile STONE.
measure the journey OF life. \.<. rs
day l Will be -. ON the 1ari ... .s
girls VIII be 40. On the 2ftb u. I-.
was born and so was my little 4....
Caroline, who was named for N.r. ~
wife can tell the birthday of ,s...
and g~randchild, but l know only. j.
dozen.
Well. the Mexican boy did com. .a# .
a who,e week we have Toasted ION has r.
cnce and listened To the same e| -
he used to sing. He is a fine -H..s
has plenty of help from the ch..Inaa
grandchildren.
And the night was filled with mus.
And the cares that lntcst the U|E
Folded their tents like the Arabs
And silently stole away
And the little boy, who is on..
months old, and looks 2kc mo. .Hu.
the hilarity and tried to sing. au. &.
up his skirt and dance the cakoH#| K .
kicks up his feet and bows t1 faa
dicnce with great solcmnIty. IJe ii 81
monkey in the show. and his
mother thinks he is the smar..--
prctticst child in all the wosI..
think so, Tor they say he is just .E# .
What kind Of a world would this t.
out these little children, and yet t#a .
census says they are not wanted #.
New England any more. They
Roosevelt loves children and "a#.
encourage maternity. Well, III e... .
credit for that when he rctrl..- .
apologies. Our Mexican boy .
poems of Mexico have them 10y t..
Their adobe houses have but .H.
room with a dirt floor. and you ".. -
man and his wife and "A flock o.. #
lousy, greasy children and ha.. .
dogs all gathered there by day .". ."
ing there by night. A pcon U.s. Oh"
vagabond on earth. He Wi. work "
two days in the week for 3 rD..-
and be paid in Mexican silver t#
worth only half what ours I-. and
the family and the dogs viii lEa .
for a week. They viii steal r...#..
That is in sight and not locked ur.
has known them to break into 81 1## Z.
was sldctrackcd and steal and .
1000 pounds of machinery, They
1t to the city some way and -..
junk shopt for a dollar or f""
Americans do all the manuiactU."
Germans all the hardware bu-.u.-
French all the silk and fine E...-
the natives all the little shop Frs"
and run the saloons. Rc-ldc- t|"
bishops, no less Thar twenty-five
otficlate around the chanccl In r..
cathedral every day. Somebody u"-
there to receive the Offering amt
absolutlon and remission 81 sins
the largest cathedral in the RHr..
three. 1t IS 46 feet long, 40 feet #".
10 feet from the floor to the ca
the walls are literally ovcrIala ".#
and silver images and ~crurlrT"-
church y rich and controls Pro-
DlaZ controls the CaStIlIIaf= .
police all over the towns and .
the police control the poems AMI II"
mon people. SO at the JAS. 81
priesthood hat dominates the -..'
Liberal concessions are. given '
cans to build railroads and dig
to mine for precious metals. TT.
under which the Mcxicau r
bunC requires seventeen mcm0.
board OF directors. and five H| -.
live IN Mexico; the others may
where. Our boy Car Is n Mn
tor, having lived there long
become eligible, and that Is ...
caned to New York last week '
ing OF the board and got "a cEtn
home and see us for a week.
the time Of %tribulations Is near
and he will leave Us and wc
see him again. Such Is l'.
death VIII end it.