The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-28

br- X. III. Whitaker.
the church? | thank the Lord my
tohsne amt hung on hinges and that
~ got enough religion ana common
sense MOI 10 talk unless can say
something good of people.
Rrother Whitaker. you look like Won
IRE Getting sleepy. Whenever YOU Zee!
Ilkc II you can go to your room.
The reader viii doubtless conpratn-
ate ine upon the fact that was
sleepy and had the privilege OF going
TO ped, where | could :ueuitate upOu
what | had heard and dream about
The sainted sister as never say:
much"
Did I hear ell that? I guess the
reader will say ne has heard the Xix
WHlTA kER-IWO. fooSo utikbooh
OF it. many times. | nave no doubt
OF 1t, Tor there are a great many very
sanity people, who, ali unconscious of
u1e habit. are very great ~eossips. and
WhCSt tongues, in the language Of st.
James, are set on fire of he'll. There is
tothihg truer than that with the
tongue we bless and curse. AT one
'lhle the words are as sweet as honey,
at another time they are as bitter as
gaul. strange that IN instrument.
Whlch can make such melody. should
be allowed to make harsh and dis
cordant notes. Stranger still. yet how
true, that. in almost every eulogy.
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charitable criticism. 1t is a rare thing
Tor a mortal to speak Of a fellow NOR
talS virtues without the use of a
but, which always spoils the story.
n puts both mort2ls at a disad-
vantage.
We are very easily hattered By our
friends. AS a child 1 had a fondness
Tor taffy; and, az for that matter. for
almost any other kind of 'sWeeten-
ing m old gOa 1jlya a ~ ir1apt
human nature don't vary very much
III mortals, along certain lines. In
nlhety-nlhe cases out of a hundred
mortals fall an easy prey to the fiat
tefer. Many a man who cannot be
moved by any other consideration, is
easily controlled by the use of a little
taify. We all like to be praised. and be
they ever SO fulsome. we are quite
sure we deserve all the compliments
We receive, Notwithstanding We are
cautioned by st. Paul not to think
more highly of ourselves than we
ought TO think. lest We deceive our
selves.
am afraid that I am a little vain,
but when | state the circumstances, |
feel sure the public will be charitable
enough to say I'm not to blame for it.
should | put on a few airs. l don't
believe everything that men say and
l must confess that l sometimes have
suspicious that some women do not al
"oNS ltiI liz II ilIl- lIlt mole JluLtl
and nothing but the truth; but
when Il good looking young
Woman-one | never saw be-
fore-seeks an introduction to
me and tells me how greatly she en-
joys reading my letters and hopes 7
will continue to write. I am credulous
enough to believe that she not only
speaks the truth, but thai she is =
lady of very good taste, and swallow
n compliment with grace and dig
nifty. And who would not?
And when another lady-a mother
ly looking saint-tells me that the
reading of my letters on Sunday does
her as much good as going TO church
and hearing a sarmOn I am bound to
believe she is telling the truth, and I
can't help feeling that I am somebody
in somebody's estimation, and it
should not be wondered at did I be-
come a little inflated.
I'm trying, however, to wear my
honOrs meekly and becOmingly. re-
Numbering the fate of AeSop's frog
that aspired to the dimensions of the
OK. Imitation is dangerous unless the
knows that ones head becomes dizzy
when a little intoxicated-and there is
no intoXication that turns a head
quicker than that which is produced
by fiattery.
met a gentleman the other day
who expressed himself very enthusiast
tically in praise Of my letters, and
taking me to one side so as not to be
overheard by ~bystanders, he said !
ought to write about Samson. Another
brother wanted me to write about
Jephtha. while a third said he was
anxious that I should have something
to say about the witch Of Endor, Civ
ing my opinion of witches in general.
Another brother, who / am afraid does
not read his Bible, and is not, there
| fore, concerned about Samson Jeph-
tina nor witches, but let's his mind run
or something to eat, wants me to tell
him in what stage of the moon turnlp
seed should be soWn. AS this is a very
important matter and the seed. +
sown at all, ought to be in the ground
very soon, T guess I ought to say my
say right now.
T remark in the first pace, every
we'll regulated family ought to have z
turnip patch. Like the negro's rabbit,
! turnip salad is good all the time, and
like the widows meal tub 1t never
| gives out. You may shave it very
close to the ground and think you've
gotten the last mess: but tomorrow
there it is again-another mess-and
it's good all the time.
peonle differ in opinion as to the
nroper time to SOW. In some sections
they SOW on the new moon, IN others
on the full of the moon, IN others on
tha last quarter; while in a great
,,onv nlaces the clark of the moon
is the time they SOW, the reason for
which is they say) that Whatever
grows in the ground should be painted
during the dark Nights.
The people who contend for the
dark nights are those who think more
ae tha root than of the salad; those
who like the salad best insist on SOW
ing during eight nights 50 there II Is
In my young days the uine lor SOW
nlsat after the August election: or
shout the middle of the month. Down
in Edgecombe and other countles
where the Primitive Bap!lslS We're
numerous and were cohsioeieu 'he