The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-31

al banks is very
.tHuc" guest, AMI it not
D.t $ that invitations
4.t.vus d t. eau Q h:u en-
las 10 a t ical not long ago,
r. / di"ta1tl said: Il hGve received
50 any i-vitatio-s to dianera lately
1Iat it reminds me Of q story q con-
lUctor on tha New York central once
told ne. one day a woman and a lit
as she spied the man in blue she asked
how f1~ it was 70 Syracuse. He told
her, but every time he passed that
seat she asked him how far j, was to
Syracuse when they would get to
Syracuse. or if they had passed syria
cuse Vet.
"Finally the train did come to
Syracuse ard then the conductor
rushed to the woman and told her to
step iivoy or she would not have time
to get OF the train. But don't want
to get off at Syracuse she said |
handed the irritated conductor, why
did you bother me so much about
Syracuse and when you would get
there?"
"Thc woman smiled affaolv. and
his explained My little gil tolt
me to ask you. She iked TO watch
how your mouth worked
NON, L 8ItNASi ~ @ - =
me-" Concluded the Vice President
which folks want to watch when they
ask me cut to dfrner.
some of the colleagues of Senator
Knox are telling a story about his sue
cess in bargain hunting h schol-
arlv ex-Attorney General is 2 collector
of rare books and eagravings, and
whenever he reads Of such for sale
he sends a representative to purchase
the same. During the past winter the
Senator and Mrs. Knox wen TO New
York, ana one day he casually remark
ed to Mrs. Knox that he might come
home to luncheon, as he had some bus
mess on hand and then he was going
to a certain auction house where
some pictures and e~ngravings would
be sold on the morrow.
TIE next Day Mrs. mo saw he:
husband depart for Washington IL
great glee, and not q word said he
Of the books which she knew he mtsi
want. n FASTENED to the sale. Tbs
bidding was brisk, but she held or
when the particular books which Mr.
Knox eeded to round out a set were
offered.
But there was some n who was
equally determined to get them. Fin
allv, Mrs. Knox realized that thesf
things were bringing three times thell
market value and reluctantly she drew
OUT of the contest. But she was sOrely
disappointed. She wanted to surprise
Mr.. Knox. When the sale was over
she approached the proprietor anC
asked il he would mind telling hel
who had gotten the books He saiC
he had rot the slightest objection
They were bid in by the representative
of Philander G. Knox. of Washington
who haC left orders that he was TO ge
them. n9 matter at what price
Mrs. Knox is inclined To think tha
il Mr.. Knox had been more confidini
he would nave saved a few hundred
dollars. and Mr.. Knox insists If Their
is anything under the sun he object
to, it is being surprised.
Thomas Nelson Page, the Southern
novelist. is one of the kindest-heartet
of men. and occasionally he finds
pensioner tf his bounty who is crate
full. Such was an Italian vender o
whom Mr.. Page recently bought no
fchestnuts and roast COOLERS as tn
real Southe -ner. even the f. F. ".
Z calls the s~urcUlent peanut Mr.. Pag
once kept this gentle son of Italy from
the clutches of the police, n afte
this he would always talk to the ma
and ask about his family, and vine
there was a new baby, as there alway