The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-05

Park was ses;i- oehiaa ia Blinds
waitn cr ssmv uaa 81 tas her bug
e. ~ldla
SO 8t i Nith Is \ man Wsth a
face that looks rs some wan hal
thrown L ~ him is anger NEATLY al-
ways mavTI.s bcfuFe Re ls old enough
80 vote He feels hs has la an a. cub
ly3tos What Hogan calls IN grae~-
EIuA uIten dn as hear about q frGiBa
that he l. very plain bat has b@autB-
fuI nature " bet he Aa~ II Ia hadn't
an didu always keep IL ia ta shus
cas- Whers all TIA wuTrut3 sud Sre
he'd 6e Ikuchcd b. ia S-cIety tr Ma
u1clpal Improvement But -gts a3tf-
rent Nith Ia Co3ne}y bachelors Belu.
Very beautiful. Ne can aGoEa 50 D~
naughty aH pecsl~h n uaakts u~
more iuthT+-tiu.. Wt Kline IL look thim
over with 4 gentle but SupceI&or cyt
an. say II ourselves NuN. there's a
nice. pretty attractive gitl hope
snc'l marry we'll An hu She mar
ries wan Is oar finds We say Amt
il too bad hat such a fine girl shud
throw hcrsif way on q practical Joke
~ Nature likc that. Ry an H. Whlu
tn roses fad firm oar checks an our
eye is dimmcd With age Wr bow to tE.
inivitabte. run down IN flag is ten-
ancc, an ar-re Xanked into III multi
chood il happy an SPECIFICS married
men that look Ike tiashlight pitchers.
TIL best lookin - Is MIXER get marria
at all.
Yes. Sir. there's 40 doubt wc as 4
good deal TO beautf TN lands are.
Whose pitchers ar-re those sc Sc IN
tn advertisements II tn taIlormau
There's not a marrid man non Thin.
They're all bachelors. Nha: does tn
gents furnishing man hang his finest
neck ties in tn front window RI but -
glisten With a livelier wish. as Hogan
av- 4 - 49,. .la4- IaaI-HaA8 G. g sn
lordly bachelor comm down tn
sthreet. with his shiny plug hat an his
white vest, tn dimon stud that he wint
in debt fr g~listening' in has shirt front
an I'll patent leather shoes on MS
feet outshinin tn MONDAY sun.
Thin see TIA marrld man with tn
Wrinkles.in his coat an his tic undher
his ear an his chin uushaVcn. He's
walkin' in his Congress CATERS in q
way that shows his socks ar-re mostly
darned. l niver wore a pair ~ darned
socks since ! was boy. Nhin ! make
holes in me hosiery | throw thin away
IT'S a fine idee liz tn ladies that men
are unhappy because they have no wan
TO darn their socks an put buttons on
their shirts. Tn truth is that a man
is not unhappy because his sock ar-re
not darned but because they ARE. An
as fl buttons on his shirt. wEin tn
buttons comes off i bachelors shirt he
80 -
about clothes is thurly scientific. TIL
survival ~ tn fit, dye mind. TIL 9TH
ers to tn discard. No married man
dares to wear tn plumage IL 4 bach
elor. If he did his Wife Wud SUSPECT
him. He let's her buy his crayats an
his cigars an it's little d~iff'rence il
makes to him which he smokes.
""TWud he v%illanouS to tax tn bach
elors. Think in tn moral side iv il.
What's that? Yc needn't grin. ] said
moral. Yes, Sir. We're tn most un-
selfish people in tn wurruld, All tn
t~hroubles iv tn n~cignborhood ar-rc
my throu5lcs an my ~throubles ar-rc
me own. If We shed d tear lr nan per
son but wan Sc lose yer latch-l<eN. but
havin' no van III partiklar t. sympa-
thize With I'm supposed to Sympathiz'
with iVry wan. ON tn conthry II Sc
have amy gIicfS We can't bear ye
dump Thin on tn overburdcncd shout
ders iv yc'cr wife. But if | have amy
Griefs | must bear thin alone. If 4
bachelor complains IL his throuhlcs
people say: ooh. he's Il gay dog.
Sarves him right An if he goes on
complainin' he's liable to be in gr-rcat
peril. wouldn't dare to tel me woes
to ye-cr Wife. If | cid she ave q good
cry, because She injycs cryin', al thin