The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-20

tones said about il was Feai4E 50
VIVA did he say the man "i0
had traded horses. asked, WIN d TWIN
kle In his eve. aai5 an
s,~aIeJ .that - man ought not 10 DE
il ne can help it, within It year 9i'" O
horse trade. while
there was q far-aWEay medltauHe -"
,. his face. Il guess it would De Dc
ie, for Il man 10 hYe as IoHs - -"
retIld after Il horse trade .,..
then put the question direct: Od1'
',an trade horses without telling a
faIecn0od. somrtimes2 ~
-. very much doubt it. for there ar
tir,es when to effect Il trade, OF" Il
,I,,ng, hound to lie a little in wal
,auttna 4 horse upon statements lilduS
Nv INC dealer who sold him the AorSe'
And lpuosc all dealers nave 10 ~
from the first one who puts lhe
morse on the market to the laSl on
.-hn sells him to the farmer. 1t IS 'Hl9
=. Il eniis q horse to 3 as being
gentle. Il good Traveller, ana PEI =
1aliabIc. While in the hands OF y
thc horse how some signS OF N~lcIou3-
ness but T.. in trying to erect q ltduc
with t. viii say he's an all rl1ht hpiSS'
eo rcprcscutcd to me by a, IRON! "H'lI.
bought him. When : pu>5 nm III il
begins TO use him he finds that ne -
mo-: all right. but he Will be apl /"
youch for him upon the RECOMMENDS
tion Of the man from whom he 9ot liie
horse. \ mans almost bound 10 90
that much lying -.
vin!-tIn 1T seems that the MAJ who
mt the horse on the market starts
Tire lie. and the other traders keep II
lIp. on his say so ,
.That's about the way OF ii, l
guess" he said, and that pelilS 80,
IA ,HI,. ira do horses VIII
have a right hard time Of 1t Sctllhs
through the gate
Horse trading is about like marry
iup i'm one sense. You can't tell much
about an animal until you have worked
him awhile. nor is it possible Tor men
and women to know much OF edcll
others qualities until they've pecll
hitchcd up, in matrimonial arneS
and had to pull through some rouSh
experiences.
expect. if the truth were known
there is about as much deception prdc-
ticed by counting people as by morse
raiders. And what makes the latter
worse than horse trading. is the fact
that when marrying people get bit, III
a tradc. the are obliged to make the
best they can of a bad bargain, though
| have heard of Il few swaps.
These few remarks are predatory to
what | wish to say of another matter,
which. in its broader sweep. takes in
all the trades, trafHcs and the multi
farious affairs of life. and touches all
classes of society.
ours is a Christian land, which
means that we recognize the Man OF
Galilcc" as the Son of God and the
Saviour of the world. We also accept
the Bible as the Word of God, and
profess to be controlled n guided by
its commandments n teachings. We
also accent the Sermon on the Mount
as containing the fundamental and the
all-essential doctrines of religion, and
10 believe that the only way to please
GOD and secure the plaudit of We'll
DONE is by doing and being what that
sermon requires of us.
Suppose we take a sort of inventory
Of the things which are to be observed
by US. to see whether or not We are
in the way that the Savior would have
us go. BY 50 doing we may, possibly
find that there are many things of
which We are guilty that are as bad,
quite as bad, as telling lies in a horse
trade.
We are prone to put heavy stress on
some things, while we regard others
as of little importance. In other words,
We grade both righteousness and sin.
ly which / mean to say that. accord
ing to our estimates Of good and bad,
a very little right doing Will outweigh
Il vast deal of Wrong1doing: that while
IIS lis tIc l " DllIlS US JIllO oll-
deinnation, little sins are not, by any
means. so dangerous. A nan who
would not, on any account be a horse
trader and have to tell Il few lies every
time he sold ~ snapped. may not
think 1t harm to put the big APP
Plies ON top and the knotty ones at the
bottom of his measure; nor think it
any great harm to put in Il few old
Egg in the basket and warrant the
whole lot to be fresh: to u a pound
rock in Il hogs mouth when bringing
his pork to market; nor to put yellow
cotton in the middle of a pale and
hide it with the white. and such like
little things. y man may be down on
INIhS, stealing. or Cheating-that is,
in Il big way, but, in a small way he
may lie in almost every trade he
makes; may steal to the amount of the
weight of Il ten penny nail every time
ne weighs a pound of sugar me cheat
by the adultcration of his goods.
used to hear Il story that WAS old
OF an cd man who Was, OF had been,
Il preacher. At any rate he posed as
Il very upright man aud never failed,
when the occasion offered. to rcblIke
The llar, the rogue. the ~drunkard. ana
tn" SWearcr; but people said, for all
mat, the Old mHu wasn't quite as
straight as a ShinGlc. in his transac
tons. He kept a grocery store and
The impression got out that he, or his
- ttlli / always GO the correct
thlllE. The clerk. in order to exon
crate himself told it aroun town that
every morning the old man would
come INTO the store. which joined the
dwelling, and say to him: Sandy,
have You Wtatered the brandy. put peas
III the coffee, and sand in the sugar?
If so come in the house to prayers
Sandy"
That might not have been true; but
1t Is true nevertheless that a great
many people are righteous over much
IN some matters, but every day sinners.
dll the same, in others.
= = "a
lfillcesS Ena. daughter OF Prince
tleIlfE OF B~attcnburg, and g~randdaugh-
Ter ol Queen Victoria. being engaged
10 marry AlphonSo, the young King OF
SPAN. won't down to San Sebastian.
SPAN. the other day. got converted
ahd J"lled The Catholic church. II
seem" they had quite Il time over IEna's
conversion. In the first place. they |
reversed II order of things by going
- 4 palace. instead Of the mourncr'S !
bench. to convert her. Then they car
red q Bishop along to oficiste i'm tI,a
& q q md -,