The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
The "A0S' Letters in the Live Giraffe

frafsa and aJI -a.n T.sl
fyr . Democrat an3 L Demo-
President u that. g. he speltIaE
Latin. erfes. IIegfts at1
il f. i'll tn language of ug Oh RI. i
Hon. George u Thompson. .toa aas
--,t&- - te fun. E4ss a9at
anr moret.
To conclude. - intend 81 ci4e
q rou lug good time. aal ta - au4.~.
and enthuse you That g04 ntI b. bals
to come tg s.e Is gain
Respectfully.
NOSE
+. S-Ee sure ID stop uI,n m
The latch string viii - found hang
NIX "H H. outside aa Ll@e SIS. o
awful glad ~ see Eru and / w.u Ell.
jealous.
7. s. end forgot To- state that
Lie has a bottle Of nice honey to nsI>
with "old Peach" a Jug # which
nave on hand for tn. occasion. For 81
had Old or for getting the dust oul 81
ones throat. there's nothing that
49, Deaen md honey
The brain that originated this hu-
morous letter is now still in death and
the hand that wrote it Will never write
again. The genial WhoIe-souled flieus
Of other days. who shared many Of
my cares as we'll as ny pleasures, mas
eft me.
one by one they 90; and what i
feeling Of loneliness steals over me
when turn my thoughts 10 those hap
~ lays. when. out at tho old home.
~ the country, had 4 printing Office
Then father ana mother, brothers and
sisters. almost daily sat around the
table together ana spent the summer
afternoons and the long winter even
ings reading the exchanges and dis
T1J GGJn y aXranf- lnra0 ginnn fAFgaftalf
Nose" was one IF the famii- and
we looked upon him as such. How
things have changed The old home,
as Well as the old printing office, IS
gene, and those Of the Once happy
household. who are not dead. are seal
tered here and there. Now Bunting,
my Old friend. is dead. And soon all
Of us viii nave E-ssed away.
l look out on the streets, from
where | write, anI see scores Of boys
running and wrestling and making
themselves merry. While not q thought
Of sadness enters their minds: and /
remember SO we'll when like them, |
had not a single care nor an unpleas-
ant fOreboding-when it was all play
and bright anticipation, and no sign
of = cloud could be seen III the fir
mament of the golden future.
They are having their happiest days.
Soon they Will be borne apart by the
winds and waves, and one after another
Will sink to rise no more: and almost
before they know : a few will be left,
just as | am left almost alone in he
world. to live among strangers III the
Wherein the early days were
spent. J
Only a few Of us remain who were
men fifty years ago. The ranks
are thinning out I'LL the time and it VIII
be long before the old oak that has
longest will come down with a
If, like the tree planted by the riv-
Of water. which brings forth its
fruit in its season, the lives of the
dear people were fruitful in bless
to those who grew UP around
them. they may die and rest from their
labors. but their WORKS viii live To
the generations following.
l received a letter from a reader
at Point Rock endorsing what | said
of the good women who have lei
sinners to the Saviour. More than al
half dozen have expressed the pleas-T
are they enjoyed in reading other
things | have written of late. ] am
glad. If they haye been benefited
is we'll as entertained it is we'll.
Many ave asked me, lately. when
hat other book will be published. /
answer. When enough names have
been secured to Justify the undertake
1 cdIlilOL dIuDIu 10 run the FISK /
IF publishing unless I am assured of
enough subscribers to enable me to
BAY the publisher. Thus far but few
persons have written me. When three
hundred Will tell me, by postal, card.
hey Will take copies / will, at once
out the copy in the hands of the prin-
-ers, and [ feel sure that by selecting
he best letters that have been writ
en- during the lest two years. and
lilly Illustrating the subjects, | can
present to the public a book. in many
'espects the superior of the one pub
lshed. If 0 wish a copy, write 4
postal to that effect.
Raleigh n. G.