The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29
Mirandy Discourseth on the so-Caned
Pleasures of Travel.
By Dorothy Dix

heaa lux ewarm b~ackwheatS but real
sixxers. ar = cup OF coffee-TsAl COZ
fee. not coffee DAT tastes ike water
dat has been drswed out Of "a ~ell an
der T. coffee tree. bat coffee dat -
black a. sin. al strong as Sampson.
an hot - de hinges or taS place some
people Say ata'G Yum! yum
Az den he'd kinder sroaa. an.
I'd look at a fes mo pictures. an
he'd say
Mirardy. you needn't tell me dat
desc heah people amt "a kInd OF
heathen5 becaze tey don't eat no salt
In DER butter. an hits a onchrtstIan
act 20 treat a good thing dat way. an
when ! gifts home. de Yer next Time
dere's a missionary meetin' Isa gw4nc
TO move dat We gifts a good butter
mas er from upstate an send him out
10 spread de glad tidings of how 20
work de milk out OF his butter an
salt ait down 50 dat hits rtten 70
eat.
Blu, what riled Ike most Was dat
everywhere We vent folks had differ
ent customs from ourn. an ne spent
mos OF his time a~-srgufyin' wild dem
an attn out de error OF dere ways
10 en-.
'sakes alive. 'sclaims /. let en-
alone. Ef you had wanted 10 see
prezactiy what you sees al home. what
did you come away for
Nov. amt dat lax a fool woman!
cries Ike. to take dat narTer view OF
de subJec'. De reason dat / expostu-
lated 10 desc folks about de way dey
is doin' is becaze / hates 10 see en-
doin things hindfust befo' an wrong
side upward, instead or doin' EN-
right. lax We ties at home, and den,
Ike gets out de exclusion ticket dat we
come on. an looks at de date. ana
sorter cheers up. an says dat. thank
goodness. hit amt but 70 mo- days
ontl he can git back to Cords coun-
try.
An De cuts fac: about hit all Is.
Ike amt de only one. Nawm. Ey'y-
where we went. we met up wild a 10.
OF footsore people Wild blisters on
DER heels an de braids hangin' down
on deir skirts. dat had drug around
iookin' at strange places dey didn't
nave no interest in. an eatin' vittleS
dey hated. an all de fun dey would
have was In gittin' ~togedder an
knockin' ~ev"ything in signt. an tell
in how perfectly grand ~ev'ything was
at home.
Ivy now an den I'd sorter lose
sight of Ike. an when I'd find him
see two or three familiar lookin' men
an women around him. an as / hovc
in earshot dey'd be sayin':
Now In dish heah measly, back
number ungodly country l don't be-
iieve dey's painted a house in forty
years while in Oshkosh. where live
= O maybe hit would be, Land of
Goshen! Think of folks actually ba-
in proud Of ruins! Why, in Bird Cen
ire, we don't let de bricks git cold
after n fire befo' we have 'em down
an cleaned, an filled up, an as for
keepin' up to date, de mint a house
gifts out Of fashion we pulls EN- down
an builds 'em over in de latest STYLE
of architecture. but dey amt got no
idea of progress here Or mayb hit
would be a woman dat would be say
in: @ yes. hit certainly is grand to
see dem historical associations, but
never could abide TO eat cold bread
for breakfast an when l gifts home
For a long time l used to wonder
whar dem dat was sufferin' such trib-
ulatfOns a travellin'. an dat was dat
agrifretted by de things dey saw. got
pay for de honey hit cost 'em, but l
knows now De fun dey gifts out OF
hit is in thinkin' how much greater
smarter dey is dan de folks dey
meets, an how muc better dey is off
at home.
"Yassum, I krow what de pleas
ures of travel is to mos fOiks-hit's
de fun OF gettin' ready to go an de
JOY Of Gettin' back.
Oats de reason de exclusion amt
never run in vain"