The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-06

#.@lfI ~ nm Iiib lt ia Ills
fl. pa}Iing him. He laid still, won
ing how it was possible for him t.
$50 plainly, the voice Of his dcad
buried Wife. But. he said, in q
..sHt or two, he thought he heard
.tIiug him again. He sprang
.4- bed, and calling TO q gentle
Hlo was there, TO go with him,
-tened to the grave, and with
might uncovered the coffin, ana
.....gg it found his wife alive. The
... was called in and h vas soon
.s.I 10 consciousness n to life.
... il was not told her~that she had
... buried.
.-r week up at Ioga, Wisconsin,
a. press dispatch, a man, supposed
.... a.se ben dead, was being taken
-.. church. where the funeral was
a.. .aNc occurred. on the way the
.... driver thought he heard groans
.-.5ing from the coffin, about
..4 time he heard the breaking Of
and looking around he saw the
....-.d dcad man sitting up in his
....# ana asking where he was and
. all meant. The man whose
.. WAS Mulligan, had been in d
...r- for three days and nights, the
..-1stch said.
People should not be in too great
hustle about burying their friends, for
.a.n- is danger of burying those who
# tfE 4'ttIlN ''HtN Hiiii w q mn
uI #a,uiug more horrible than being
I.t.-I alive.
#H. only man, of which we have
... "neouut. who was willing to be
....eJ alive (and that story is not
we'll authenticated,) was d fellow who
..- 700 lazy to work; Il kind of va
-.0-f Wh0 was of no ccOun to him
-.-r ar TO the world. He was told that
u#..-s nr went to work, the cOmmun-
.. hid decided to bury him. He re
fused t0 work, and so, in accordance
.#. The threat they had made, the
p. .-.lorS arranged for his burial. He
..- put into Il coffin $50 the story
,.n.4 ID the palI-bearers were TAX
.g him to h grave. y gentleman
l.,.tlne the procession and, enQuiring
.a. the dead man Was, learned to his
.sHi~Gment and horror the man was
alive. and was to be buried because
r.. bad nothing to eat and was too
.azv 10 work to get anything.
~D. don't bury him. said the Kind
heata5 man, TIL give him a bushel of
c.r" tp keep him alive awhile lon
~ls the corn shelled?" asked the.
u#u i'm the coffin.
-No." answered the kind-hearted
"\TeIL. go on with the burial" said
the man in the coffin.
That's an old story, and may have
beech. and [ guess, was false; but, if
rs. the fellow was certainly entitled
f"a premium for ~laZineSS, and [ guess
that Hurying was the best thing for
have read the statement that in
a1ae heather Ian they have, or used
ft have. Il way of putting criminals
to death by burying them in 81 stand
Ing posture. leaving only their heads
ahoEo the ground. their handS being
lied down To their bodies 81 they
tulf not scratch out; and in that
r"ttijtlnn they were left to perish ana
But this is too grave" a subject to
p. interesting to the average reader,
for with most Of them, as With all OF
lis. Keeping out of the grave, as long
Ills il is possible, is the main thought.
Some people commit suicide; but
they are exceptions, n are to be
ltued, for, in every case of suicide. |
suppose some great trouble is the
cause. Saul the King of Israel killed
himself because he knew that he
would be slain by the enemy. Judas
I~our-or hanged himself because he
felt that he could not face the world
after having betrayed innocent blood.
And from those two notable cases, to
th" Very last suicides. 1 imagine it was
'nUHIe of some sort hat led to the
2 A''h / Ill MIL o. iCA
i@'fu- upon his sword; he knew how
"#lr the enemy would treat him;
i9t Ittrc was no more reason fGr
Judas hanging himself than
they" would have bee for Peters cut
ting his throat. Judas betrayed the
"ae}to III Of the person of Christ;
uH. Peter denied him three times and
cursed about it. There was this differ
r#"a however, in the two cases: Judas
Mate, actuated by the love of money,
while Peter lost his head, so to speak.
II Judas. like Peter, a gone and be
nght forgiveness, [ think Jesus
""l.: have turned upon him the pity
H- tEe. rs he did on Peter. But he
'. $50 keenIy his sin, like many Il
"r|ic. he preferred death rather
l"#" facing the innocent one whom hel
.1# betrayed. The devil gets many al
I"nr fellow to that point, which ac-
."#HrS. Z apprehcnd, for many sui-
."."S. If mOrtalS. Who are driven tot
|#*o awful condition, could believe
.1a' tlc blood of Jesus Christ cleans
''H I.om all sin, many a soul might
0. -Gyed as a brand snatched from
II. burning.
|Hore are some things I'm afraid
" newer see accomplished, and [
..|-at dis well say, that Will never be
.'. #muIished. ! don't expect to be
...#@ hen the Isthmian Canal is
nor when mOnopOIiSts have
.##-'j to respect the golden rule.
hen politicians shall cease to
Hf"ksterS and gamblers in the name
" .#t~iotism. And, judging from
'+ low progress that is being made
a-3- that line, | have no idea that
mon, everywhere, Will ever love
..F neighbors as themselves.
Mem are working to bring ali these
."-@ to pass: but little Roadway is
#- made. 1t is, in most cases, like
.#H-G "a log around: when one end
-"Iilg forward. the other is milling
ward; and, so, it gets no farther
...f5 than the pivot on which it
HI-s.
+Hnost as long Q as I can e
.1fr We have been straining at
canal log. Sometimes the Pan
md went forward, and the Mica
""H and | went backward; then the
faGuan end vent forward and
' tanama end backward. So, there