The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-11-13


DIR. X. II. Whitaker.
face ana look at me right calmly, III
give you "a dollar.
THAT tickIeI the fellow SO he sUueaI-
ed. he brayed ana he beloved, his
face all the while wearing tn" eNpft
sion of one who might be having a
SPLINTER picked out Of his foot with 4
pcoginG aWl. The stranger. at Ien@lh
rode off but he continued to look BACK
until a turn i'm the road carried hii1
out Of sight of the fellow, VINO Gun
tinued to laugh
am sure ugliast man | ever S2"
was uzliest Wheu laughing But ne
was q good Fellow ana didn kno"
that he was ugly. He had one % me
prettie&t women for = wife and | really
believe she loved him. l used TO see
them together ana | wondered now
SO pretty a woman could fall IN loFc
with such a looking fellow as he was.
Women are strange creatures some
times in tn" matter Of nnaIll3Se9' J
have often been puzzled by the chplc-
IS made by very Intelligent W0men.
Good looking fellows, whose manners
were faultless and whose n forms
and elegant movements were pef1ec-
ton and grace. We're ruthlesSlY sent
"drift. and for husbands the women
accepted the offers Of some of the
upIiest fellows hat nature ever pro
,.l-td.
couldn't understand it and don't
understand ii now. but I am inclined
to think the women did right. Gopt
looking men are apt to be VAN. ana
pretty men. Of whom all the girls say
nice things are not apt to be devoted
to one wife. Women know that. OF
course. and it stands to reason that 1t
is better for a woman to have an
ugly husband who is ugliest when
.-;,- 70 l,alr hic host 1nl have mat
husband all to herself, than to have
for her husband a man whom all the
women admire. There is good sense
in that kind of reasoning.
The election is over and the coun-
try is safe. [ hope, though / don't
think the election shows that the
trusts will be likely to suffer much
The President and all his underlngS
seem to be in the trust mark, and the
final roundup is for standing pat Ii
advocacy of protection to our infan'
Industries. and the further develop
ment Of the great monopolies which
are able to buy up whole States anG
the thoughts and opinions of 4
and Representatives, n even Il
hOO-dOO presidents.
am glad the state has gone Dem
ocratiC because the recent vote is an
other endorsement of he temperance
legislation of former years. | was Sof'
~ to see. as | did in Johnston coun'
tv. church people being used to fur
Their the wishes of liquor men WAel
they must have known that ever!
moonshiner and every Violator of tn
reyenue laws and the great crowd ,
mO0nshine corn juice guZZlers VII
spend the Sabbath day in reVel[y
we're doing their best to undo IN
temperance legislation Which IS IN
tended to lessen sin mad crime an
Dro01ota na1cp and Righteousness II
the land.
lam glad to see. however, that not
withstanding the united efforts o
whfskey loving church memoirs an
whiskev making moonshlners tWhoh
the might arrest and pun
ish if they wouldl Johnston count
declared by a majority vote IN 1aNo
of the light. ! congratulate the goo
paOnle OF all the State upon ne re
suit OF the recent elections: not :
much on account of the men who haN
hem chosen as because OF the en-
1orsomant Which the God-fearing an
! G~od-loving voters of the dear OF
l state have given to that upWar
: movement in morals which temper
anca legislation i~naugurated an
I caused to be incorporated in part
platforms.
! Talking about moonshiners an
l revenue officers. [ am reminded o
what heard once upon a time. pp
too long ago to be of service now, a
the ora mooilSlIhel - !S%u - ~
e revenue ofllceI mas Eoii7 ~ ~
I deSuViu"'. 81 10 9"IN' f
( The story as l heard it was this, an
- the peopIe VINO M"
stances thou2hI IL Wa a
me boSS HlooiISiiLcl - tH'i
munlly belonged % lic p3iil?a ;"
+ in power, ana because OF ms IhiuelI
over the patrons OF ms SUN lic ieo'
ers of his party heid MN III nish (,
! tenn, ana II they We're opliSeu
have nm up ms Pl"ce :
business haI become q PuplIC -
- ance. ne was always adNl9ec u u
. "onln% OF the feNtluerS III ~
+ 10 take up ana move oeIoie 'H'
came.
The officer who had been raldlr
that n~eighborhood was a good frier