The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-07

..ftl NJ pi'dooIlI ItfflcIl-
..... .0uld they brag on what
ga when children. They
.~..t-rious Santa Claus to fiji
kings with nuts, raisins and
1871. If curse they had no
lettings.
-. r.,ht have gone barefooted
..a in the spring branch: but
...u..lE doubtful whether they
..... t-hinE with pin hooks or
... r..r.- or rabbit gums.
course. they never knew the
.. being in love, and hang
gate, or taking moonlight
...9. their counting.
..t. other hand. however. they
great many things that chill
..I rather not have, if they
.....r. themselves. | don't suppose
u.s.. ... chicken pOX, Whooping cough
... ..e.-leS. therefore, when, in the
NJ time. their own children
.sug and had those, and other
to which children are sub
a. ...E were not at all alarmed.
.. DIDN'T know what was the mat
Iu the absence Of doctors to
a...- aud of mOtherS-in-iaws to
.ur little brats pulled through
.rle catalogue of ailments, not
0.-. really, that they We're sick.
..9r En"W, for the life of me,
.. many kinds OF diseases got
I ann right sure it took a
Il TIME to think them all up, and
r names 10 them. / wonder, some
whether the diseases gave rise
t..5fs. or doctors invented the
Iu..sE named diseases. / hear of a
Disease nearly every day, and |
.#.u. sometimes, when | think Of
MANY ills of this life. how il is pos
r l.r mortalS to bear SO much. The
r.nlr folks We're not troubled with
J OBJ" ailments we have in these
.rl days. 1t might have been the
j., 800 former times, that the doctors
Iinrl things and made one name in
de- 10 whole sight of little complica-
and then doctored by the
.~}-etle our fathers seemed not to
d. known tina. in an ordinary case
olH'up collie there We're ever so
my "citises. nitises and t~ritises".
rllurIess. a strong ginger tea,
mix scalding hot, to fire up inside,
q big mustard seed plaster, to
the outside, generally un-
uped the collie and the patient was
jy for more COllards and cucum-
S. Now it's appendicitis or perO-
or some kind OF a tritiS.
dam and Eve We're the head Of
family, and, as such, we must ven
IT, Them: but when we remember
all the ills, to which flesh is heir.
p come down to us because of their
doing, we can't help feeling that it
IId have been better, for all hands.
had refused to see the Serpent
dav when he called in to discuss
fruit question. And they would.
btlrss, had they known the extent
hl. ia n1glp thew NrnTa n11lSjno | f
could have f~oreseen the sickness.
heard the complainIng& and the
of sufferers, and Witnessed
2asplngS and StrugglingS of the ,
b.. / am inclined to think they
Id not have so cursed their off
inst toF*one bite of an apple. |
a"ful, indeed,-to reflect upon the |
.unt OF harm those two people did
world by a single act.
if We take the trouble to look
M us we MAY be surprised to find
parents are just about as thought |
and as imprudent as they e |
a desire they ate the for |
len fruit. not thinking of, nor even
ng about, the result Of their act.l
t Is now. Parents crafty appetites |
desires because of mOmentary en-
nrntS, and do not take into CON
ration the extent of the injury !
r conduct may entail upon those |
are to come after.
cNoect Adam and Eve did the |
best they could under the cir
stances. but, in six thousand years,
look like We mOrtalS ought to |
f. learned how to avoid Ewes mis- |
= and how to treat the enemy OF |
Is. when he ONE with his blan- |
.ments, tatfY and pretended friend
ut. as I am not preaching, nor |
llng Il Sunday school talk. | will
p This matter and turn to m
IT, else.
ann sure | do not know how long
world will exist, nor can | even
PASS; but, if it stands three
of years, as a Chicago pro
COR minated. some time ago. what |
'b it viii be to write it's history
he future. PARKWAY historian en-
into detail and tells of these
% as he should do, his readers
Dee amazed when they read D Z
r things that are now taking place |
Wonder why they occurred. | can
slne that a page of that history }
'ting of America, in the twentieth 4
.NrN. will read somewhat after his
I'D those ancient times a govern |
u suTauT uD which. for q While |
'l itself q Republic. But Whei I
.d attained to some little promin !
. .o3"nG the then existing nations I
""'ule seemingly lost sight of the \
'|IteS which actuated h found /
."' promoters OF that new govern |
they lost reverence for those |
D. gave their lives to establish it /!
. totally ignoring, if not altogether |
..''tu2 there was such a divine in |
".'u Ass the golden rule, they I
':N ~degenerated into a kind OF |
-.'.gbarous race; and While they |
". actually become cannlbalS
".@ each others flesh, they dl'
|H~ Infinitely WOrse-made ll1t
". "'"labIe that to many death was 1
.'"l And this is how it came tC |
In their eagerneSs to become |
men Who cared not for then Tel
." ih-S. reSOrted to all kinds OF |
and lntrigues to possess them
of what others had; and, as
.." as IT may read in this age OF
u brOtherIy love, those rlch
peers aud Dlunderers of that day, !
' -lS9ged in their heartleSS cru
"."n the rights and properties
.-E-I men, made great ~pretence
"'... .i'Sm and religion. In fact
." he a proverb in that coun-
'.. only the rich T. patrlolic
.."a That proverb grew our
lali hat rich men. who nm
''-o others in order to get rich.
. ."# liberal in giving to polltlcai
|"'=h purposes. endoWing colleges
."-5'1G high Saiaried preachers
.."aNS took occasion to praise
hose big men organized cor