The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-10-30
THE PLEASURE OF BEING HUMBUCGED
BY REV. II H. WHIT ANER
and reproduced j, 50 faithfully.


and reproduced il 50 faithfully.
They al wish TO see men. / guess
but I'm afraid some 81 them wouldn't
think me 50 good looking were they
to See me. / don't make 4 habit OF
telling the people who / am. / reckon
I'm rather too modest.
ON the street car. last Saturda.
morning a lady. mex whom I sat-
r was leaving the city-aSkeI me-
where several churches We're located
wnere several persons lived. and final
~ asked me where Doctor Whitaker.
who writes for the News and Observer.
lived. saying at the same time. It
read his articles every Sunday, and ]
Wanted TO see him while in Raleigh.
She then asked if the Doctor would
preach in the city the next day. |
told her that ne had country churches
Il would have been glad If / could
have seen him. was her final re-
mark.
l told a gentleman at the depot OF
the conversation and his question was
didn't GOT make yourself known unto
I did not"
'.Modesty." 1 replied. TOO modest
to say ! am he" And besides Il man
don't always come up to expectation;
50. | guess l did right in keeping my
tongue"
| heard Of an old man wine los.
his eyeSight and his wife about the
same time. \ family moved into that
n~eighborhood some time after the old
mans double loss. An old maid
crOss-eyed, ugly oma was a mem
Der Of that family. Ugly though she
was She had a verv melodious voice
talked and sang well. In tae course
Of time. the old man fell in owe with.
courtcd ana married the old maid. and
was as happy as he wanted to be
Put. after awhile the old mans eve
sight returned and he saw his Wife
Happiness fled, for the spell had been
broken.
No did not say to that lady, This
is DIR. Whitaker" If had SO said she
might have answered VITA, a look of
establishment and disappointment:
What, you?"
Then | would have felt very much
mortified. do not know the lady, but
| like her because she said she en-
joyed reading my articles. | hope she
Speaking of that Silver Wedding, !
guess it would be Well to say again
that it will occur the Sth day Of No
vember. 1906. and Will OF no account
be postponed. Keep the date III
mind and govern yourselves accord
ingly. The old "chist' in which to
store the presents will be ready.
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Some time g a friend who read
what I wrote about saying grace at
the table, sent me the following. He
says: In the county where he was
raised, in Virginia, there lived 4 Bap-
list preacher by the name of Servant
Jones, pastor of several churches in
that county. On one occasion he
called to his assistance in a protracted
meeting q brother Owl, Who was
thought to be a most excellent preach
a1. hDn l1N thnN Wa ', both inNjtaI
to dine at the same house. and after
service Servant Jones old Brother
Owl to go on With the sister, as he
had to call to see a sick member Of
the church Oh the way. Brother owl
went on. and dinner being ready. the
sister said they would not wait for
Brother Jones. \ turkey was served
and brother Owl, following the in
stinct of his feathered namesake,
went for hat turkey in good shape.
and when dinner was over there was
not much left but the. carcass. When
Brother Jones arrived and went to the
table, the sister apolOgiZed. as best
she could. for the scarcity of turkey.
Equal to the occasion Jones improVis-
ed a grace. Standing in front Of the
carcass of the said turkey, and rails
ing his hands he said:
"Great God of love,
Look from above,
And bless the Owl
That ate this fowl
And left the bOneS
For Servant jones'
A young fellow went over to see his
best girl; the family had not been to
supper, and, 50, the girl asked the
young fellow to eat. He declined for
the reason he thought he'd be called
on to say grace. as there was no man
in the house-the father being dead.
When his girl insisted, he said he'd
been to supper.
You haven't eat supper, Jake; you
know you haven't.
yes. | have he insisted.
"No you haven't. Come right along.
81 couldn't eat a mOuthful. I'm
chOck full Of taterS and ~crackhngs,
right now
She excused him, and he went
home. Some how or other the boys
got hold of the matter, and until he
pulled UP and went away, they called
him eaters and Cracklings,' and all
because. like some other young fellows,
he was ashamed to say grace at the
table.
To the shame Of some men be it
said. they don't say grace They eat
eaters and cracklings,' | guess.