The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

had in the two down stairs rooms
large double plate glass windows. The
upper glass much shorter han lower.
NO blinds are used, shades and cur
talns only. Up stairs there were
three dCrmer windows and large
dormer window in each room and a
small one in the hall. which up stairs
and down ran the length of the house.
The inside work was Of North Carolina
or Georgia pine and as it wa finished
up naturally, only oiled<and vanished.
one could see thGt it was No / kiln
dried lumber. There were no i'll fitting
Sprlngy doors or windows. they NOV
ed and fitted as if oiled and cushioned
Inc locks. fittings and plumbing were
of the most sciid description and look
ed as made TO last always. There was
no waste space that | could see any
where. In a small garden back of the
house | think she grew more vegeta-
bles and fruits than ! do in a half
acre garden (but | hope to do better
in the %futureJ. | only saw two wood
en- buildings in Forres. One was oc-
cupied by a Lord somebody. | have
forgotten his name as | Mas not look
ing for LOrds-and a bicycle factory
and the cattle market house. The fact
As, | received such a surprise here
that ] forgot to ask the name Of ne
building, lnC in fact would not swear
but what II was of stone after all
This - my story: coming from the
railway station one day noticed as
| recall it, q long wooden building
shaped like one of our country church
eS with a bCiiry on It's top. ! noticed
a great many men riding upon BIZ
cycles and going in. Opposite the
building vas a roadside inn or hotel,
with its refreShment room facing the
road. Many of the bicyclists leaving
tAeir BICYCLES at the churC1 doOr as
| thought it crossed over to the re-
~freshlnent room. l said 20 myself. "Ah.
the Scotchman maun have his dram
before the sermon" but paesin~ the
noticed that standing by the side OF
the building We're many men with
collie dogs and beyond them pens full
of sheep. l crossed over the oad 10
the pens and found that it was Cat
tie Fair or Sale day. Entering the
building from the rear | found it
divided off in pens full of fat black
and black and white cattle. In a gall
lery there ran around the building
overhead wire cages for chickens,
pigeons, p~heasants. etc. They have a
~seoarate sales day. AS the sales of
sheep were made they We're chalked
with red OF blue chalk with the pur-
chaser's mark and turned out
If their pen. The collie dogs
and such beauties they ere-Wh had
been watching every movement of
their owners took them IN charge as
soon as they were turned out and no
matter as to now many lOtS there
were he kept his wv lot separate.
l was in Forres on both Fitting
and Thriving Bay. Houses are rented
in Scotland for a years term and ten
ants move betWeen 18th day of May
and the ist of June. Moving is call
ed fitting. on Thriving Bay the
Young men and women who wished to
hire-hirirg is for six months-came
and stood in the Tower Hall duare
l had heard it said that the way you
could tell one for hire was by their
having a straw in their mouths. / did
not see any straWs. During the time
I spent III Forres it was twilight until
half past two O'Clock in the evening
and the birds were singing at half
past two O'Clock in the morning.
Birds have always been Of great inter-
est to ne. I know the comingS and
goings OF all the bird tribe who make
their home with me. | think l could
even givu Mr.. Roosevelt some point
ers.
Have YOU heard the Navis singing?
[ heard him at half past two O'Clock
in the morning The Mayis is our
wood OF song thrush. The Mavis
though has more notes and songs even
sWeeter than our thrush. Half past
Two o'clock although daylight is
rather early for a concert of robins and
black birds also had a voice in the
concert. The Scotch black bird sings
and is smaller than our black bird.