The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-13


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900 IcebIe 10 Walk b"l ~ the course
of time hi. Wifc died. and il was 40
/ time before .oil E~bauguatics' had laid
""''9 Hl9 'ii 20
as hI.nbi> as Il po>- ana Sl@l"@ mat ne
Vas feeIhlS as young "& ne III "heh
T." @IItJ --N@- lie coH-IieActt &c!l@ 20
cilufcl e\efs sunday, ana so inter-
tSled dld ne bycofh" ~ feilGlOuS mat
ter" ne thS'@eCii int evening prayer
meetings., at pilFdre houses, ought 70
oe heid; and 1t was but a snort Whl!c
before he was leading q "ido" around
70 iaoSc meetings., ana he would not
alIoW any hlHd ~ weather to Keep
hiin a. nome Wen. OF course ne got
married. HOW c1hla any "ido" 90
oinerWiSe IMAM la4 IN rove win Sucn
a line specimen Of a man-robust in
Heallh, gay as Il lark, ana, WIthai 50
pi0uSE
Aea, ne married, ana as ~rChloIhoer,
he never attended another night
riaye@-meetn%. and dont think he
vent to church nan times before the
old pains ana aches came back in full
force, and the old walking stick was
again necessary to enable him to hob
Die around; Il ne grew three years
older each year, while that wife lived.
IN fact he was almost down on the lift,
when, after four or I'VE years that
second wife died. Every body thought
he would soon follow her to the grave,
but ne dldh nave the least idea OF
Gong so @Jfan2e to say, as low IN
heaith as people bought ne was, PRIOR
ID ms WlL4& oG2th, IL was oDserNed
that, even at the funeral, he could
walk WlIhoul a at!cE. And what was
stranger still, his hair and WhiS<crS.
which We're almost white, suddenly
turned back, and in less than a month
thefe was no ma IN the town thirty
I'VE years o. age. VINO looked younger
lh"l ne OF couio Iocoh1ote WITH more
seeming ease.
AeS. ne could run up the court
mousse StcoS-tNo steps at Il bound,
ana OF course II was not long before
ne was leading another widow around,
ana my recollection IS. he was mar
req III about SIX months after the
de2Jh OF Vile nuInDe two. But that
was ms last marriage. He soon drop
ped back into the old time way Of be
ing no good; and That time he carried
the matter q little TOO far, and sure
enough QealIl took hlm at his word
ana Scooped him in, supposinG he was
ol4 chouen 10 dle.
l hlenjiGl TINS as a warning 10 those
men, VINO, 10 Snfrk religious duties,
are always making out like they are
about worm out. If they keep on at
that the lord may decide IL were bet
ter that they be cut down as cumber-
ers OF n ground.
But, coming back to Doctor John
fpl > IHs@ 81 We Siloulu Keep our
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- il'CC'i iii@llt ll'FG d''ted d "ofo
~ 1t'9 blo9zIP dlteI !ll9 !dSlll9n. ~
~ n.y. ~ IireiI"9HIp 81
oar, '-f' N''Hi A'l lie ""t
We NAV laap o,,r oar+h1,, f,5and-
oh;n =, a.aa1 Nr 49,, 49, E - 49,
j. r~onrer1ei We nav noye,. ha yo i 1arI-
of friend prt e16rosa v-hiic kenn-
ing orr earthiv frien6shin i'm oood re-
mir (ae no GIub+ ni[-ns didl 7T W. faif
r. iaHD 80, In;Dit,+2i f,ia XXX W a.
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There mus co@3n 10 III Of ne
time whom rarth1y frr(ndt hr,- mon,
eroIs sne,-aI a., how, f,itb fnI .no,,n.
thew NAV be can do MS no GOOD Tbn
rich man on his death bed NAV bave
scores Of friende c+andinr 1ro,,rI
who would v~ii,inalv do or Five 10 60,
cure = Ieasa Of Hfo ana bna1tb IN hin.
h7f uaitha, tbni. ,nonaV ncr t5air
earnest a3Faa,-ors can do tba drinr
man any Good 10 - dri1m and al tG10
1n,'n o. - +bar. [0oiLo - - @'' -.
frionds can,at LII hin, - 49, go
n0noon+ ,than mo death damn l. ~
his hroV- fha dvino rattle is i'm Ms
throat ana earthly scenes are rani5ly
fading from his vision. How f~riendlnS9
* that eorl that has failo1 to keen Tho |
f~rieodshin in ranoir durino
l;fo,
me fS1Intlst lllaS1HIIeS Ine illPoI-
Ialice 81 nat ~tfleho4Hlp' WH!cll dloile
can give col1lof' 10 me qNli,7 i}aa,
" heh ne says lhuu6li N7lr
[lifoCSn me Ha'PsE ol ne Sii|,'oN 81
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III ne 'ih i"H anu lily 9''1i upeA
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