The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-09


DR.. X. III. Whitaker.
tcarfuly. "tnat he. your KING, was
my friend ana protector"
Indeed he is Madam; has had his
eyes on you for a long time, and has
Been very WatchsIl lest you might flII
into aHother's hands"
i relied on his friendship and
thought | was safe under his protcc-
ton"
And 50 you were. Madam; perfect
~ safe. But YOU will be safer when
my master feeds on your meat and
GnaWs your bones
whats the trouble now" asked an
old coon. that was just turning in
after q nights obstruction Of young
corn on the creek.
%" said the Old duck, I've been
deceived. Alas, tina should have
trusted in the honor Of. q fox"
4 told you how it would be" said
the coon. Fox and l may be a lit
tie kin. but I've never seen the day
| would trust him in a barn yard or
9 hen roOst.'
nave been written to by scvclal
persons, asking if | could give them
any information relative to thelr an
estors. the object Of their inquiries
being to find out whether their
2~rand-daddies or greatef-grand-dad-
dies served i'll the Revolutionary war.
/ wish | could tell the dear sisters all
about their ancestors, and thus en-
! able them to become members of the
Daughters OF the American RoVolu-
ton. But, as Old as am. | can't re
/ member much about the Revolutions,
therefore | am unable to answer the
letters received. | take it for grant
ed, however, that all Of u ancestors
who We're living in this country dur
ing the Revolution. Except those WAo
We're Tories) were patriots. They
might not have fit. blcd and died.
but they helped to support those who
old and, i'll their spheres. We're just as
patriotic and as useful as those who
bore arms. so, / hold. that, if ones
ancestors were in this country n
t3cN plOWed and hOed, or spun and
wOVe. and by such labor fed and cloth
ed the soldiers in the field they were
revolutionary heroes and their dc
s~cCndants are all worthy and we'll
qualified to become members OF any
association that has for its object the
preservation of those hallOWed tradl-
tons which are calculated to keep
alive that spirit WtAich enabled men
II women to sacrifice and to suffer
for seven years in freedoms cause.
| dislike that eXclusiveness which
narroWs the circle of an organization
tina ought to be as democratic as
was the spirit which it prctcDdS TO
p~erpctuate. It looks too much like
trying 10 corner OF a good thing ana
distribute the hOnOrS among the few.
| fear that, in the curse of a few
years tle Daughters Of the Revolution
viii be Il very exclusive organization
and. instead of its being an inspira-
ton, it viii be regarded as the feeble
effort. on the part of its members, to
establish in the lane Of the free and
the home of the brave. a sort of arts
tocracy that will be careful not to let
its skirts come in contact With the
~~ II ~1A~-
trace their lineage back to a brigadie1
or major general.
I repeat, it would be the most scnsi-
bic. as we'll as the most patrlotlc
thing for the Daughters of the tteNo-
luton to do. to open their doors to all
who can prove their ancestors were
here and aided. in anyWisc, in tho
struggle for freedom.
In the affairs of life the heWers Of
wood and drawers of Watel-thoSe III
other words. who do the hardest and
toughest work. are not remembered
and OHOrc as those who, in the lime
liGht, do and suffer less.
/ don't now much about the Whit
"kcr# VINO lived hefor" aud durlne
! the Revolution: but / expect. from
what / w seen and heard Of the
family. in these latter days, they aV-
cragcd up very we'll. ] have heard
that tlcre Is Il big fortune i'll England
belonging to the Whitakcrs. but They
don't know how TO get it; and so far
AS ann concerned. it would do me
lint little GOOD. on the contrary it
might do me harm. have seen peo-
pie whom prosperity ruined, and
miont be ruined. also. if became q
millionaire all OF a sudden. | am sure
would not sleep as Soundly ana a
SWectIN as | 90. for | would be uneasy
all the time lest | might be robbed OF,
in some other way, lose my money
But worse than all else, | might
get proud and want to get into So
ci"ty. and then I'd be Obliged to swan
OF my old friends who, like myself,
were raised Door. but respectable, ana
seek new associates who might haNo
more money, but less of the milk oi
huGan kindness, II would. therefore,
car" less fof me 'l3h my money.