The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-17

nIt- DooAAALI-
van Nv the institutions iv our fair city.
t has a rockin' chair on our front
stonp. It's thracks are our lawn.
Whin an American city Is blessed be
Hiven with a site alongside IL the
shinin' ocean, tn sparklin' lake II tn
burlin' river, it shows its gretichood
10 Hiven be givin' TIL site to Il glue
facthry. a lumber yard or a rM!' cd.
Tn ariy pioneers come here an nook
I'd tn city away firm tn Indytns.
Thin they whit down to tn lake front
an looked it over, an says they;
This here beautiful view is too rood
fr tn likes iv us. We must give II
10 some railroad that is worthy " 1t.
Well ask tn Illinye CENTRAL to take
It. AS FIR us, veil dump II harroy. iv
ashes into this swamp an make a
home fr ourselves.
An tn Illinye CENTRAL has been
there to this day. It's tn great in
titution. [ feel a kind iv reverence
''r it. I've voted FIR it ivry time |
outrage ava firm me. It's been
mayor iv this citv more thin Wanst,
~gov'nor iv tn state, a majority Nv tn,
ligislachure, tn states attorney an
always tn coroner It's set on IN,
bench. It's edited newspapers. In tn
rural communities, as Hogan calls
thin. it's held ivry office firm post
masther to town marshal. l judge
how a, man stands be what railroad
thracks are nearest to him.. / live in
lowly style between tn Alton an IN,
Belt Line. I'm betther off thin tn
onforchnit n%eighbors Nv tn c. B. &
O., although tn people near tn ran
handle look down on me- But II
Rothschild was to come in here some
night an take an overdose lv klmmel
an go to sleep beside tn stove tn next
day wud find me in a palashal club
on Michigan Avnoo, dhrinkln me
schooner iv sherry wine an BEN 50
Intimate with tn Illinye Centhral
right iv way that if / whit to sleep
In me chair I'd have me toes cut OF
It's tn grand, vinirable institution. 1t
hides tn water we've got to dhrlrk
firm us before we dhrink It; 1t enables
tn peonle iv Hyde Park to lay in
their winters supply iv soft coal be
carryin' it home ivry summers night
III their eyes; it divides our ~beautlful
park into two parts an spreads a
pleasin" shade iv smoke an steam.
over tn heads iv tn throngs iv light
hearted an careless people that fro
uuent that great popular play
ground Our little childher go down
to tn lake to lave their tired limbs
an lave thin on tn Ilinye C~enthral
thracks. Yell PLACE me be laughIn'
Thank We kindly.
-"Weli. sir, I had an idea that this
vin'rable institution must be con-
throlled be a kind iv men diff rent
firm tn likes iv ye an me. I've a
me dhreams iv power. Often, on a hot
Afternoon. Whin there was naWthln'
better to do, I've been prisidint iv tn
United States, Ear iv Rushya or even
pope iv Rome. But [ niver thought
iv mesilf runnin' tn Illinye CENTRAL
railroad. | niver looked so high. l
figured thin snighty men. with their
vast brains chuggin' away in heads
about as big as tn Aujitoroom hotel,
settin' in some vast stone buildin' in
New York an governin' tn empire
kykee an New Orleens. | didn't hwy
thin. l thought it must lake their
heads ache. An l WAS wrong, Bin
missy. I'm always wrong Whin / figure
anybody as much greater thin me-
silf. An I'm nearly always wrong
Whin | don't figure MIN as a little
greater. To tell ye tn thruth / was
cut out fr O. railroad director. II !
cud get out iv range iv Father Kclly's
~teachin's, I'd make a fine high f-nan
ceer. I have tn punch, or used to
have it. Divvle tn Headache comes
out iv wan iv their directors meetins.
There ain q headache in a BARI iv
thin. If We saw wan " thin meetins
adjournin' afther d~iscussin' tn prob
lens that means life an death to US,
ye'd see nawthin' worse thin a bloody
nose or a black eye. TIL great IL
nanceers come out ookin as though
they were comm firm amy kind iv n
m~erryInakin'.
1T must be great fun to be a Ii
rector ~ wan iv thin railroads.. TIL
directors gather firm far an near, full
" good spirits aftller III run up firm
L hope We can hurry
through says wan great hnan-
ceer- oughtn,t t: be hers
at all but tn last wur-
ruds iv me dying father was to cop
all tn directors fees 1 cud get near.
Pah was a director in nine hundred
comp'nies losin' his shride But
oughtn't to be here. I've got an
engagement to be chased be a polls
man at three ne says. I don't care
now long we stay says Clarence
IN boys yesterday that l enjoyed
these here meetin's iv tn boord iv tn
Arlzony CENTRAL more thin amy
thlng that happens says he. 'rll:s
isn't tn AriZony CanthcaI,' says an.
other sage ~f-nanceer. I don't care.
says Clarence. 'It's some CENTRAL
I'm going to go out there wan "
THESE days says he. L wudden't
chance T. says Percy Lumley. :,
frind II mine has just come back an
ne says he suffered incredible priva-
tlons In a hotel in Saint Looey. They
were days an days without absinthe.
IN meetin' will come TO ordher.
says the chairman. Little vans, tn
main figure who owns this mere i'm
peeral railroad Will not be able tc
come to tn meetin' as he has mat
here erkwather kline. Gintlemen.
hope We realize that tn INTERESTS i,
UuyopS iy people dipind on ye'e1