The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-25

Good for Kenly! II is in tho midst
of 2 fine farming section and 1 expect
nearly every citizen OF q town more
or less, IS engaged In tbs farming
bus1ness-that kim Of farming. toe
which gives bread 10 the eater. seed
to the sower. education 70 the children
and peace and p~rosperty7 which turns
labor and skill into money, fills barns,
cribs and store-hOuSF3 and does no
damage 70 tho morals OF n peopie.
But notice IN a recent issue Of IN
News and Observer, that a farmer
who wish cd TO locate and do business
In Kenly. received the biggest kind
OF 4 bluff Al he and Of the Town
Com ~nissloners. This az how IL al hap
lpened:
A Mr.. J. A. Farmer. OF wilson. y
C., representing a slop-bTewer-a Gu
banoa nanafacturer-asazed tho priv
flege Of setting I'D his busia ees in that
temperance community. After a lib
,raI hearing and discussion. the board
by d Unanimous vote refused 10 Let the
"Farrner" come IN and FOG THIS rea-
con. Mr.. Farmer WAS ask ca 10 name
one thing In whiah the town would
be bettered by granting hts request
q very proper question 10 ask: and he
had to acknowledge that his bust
ness would not benefit the town In
any way. Then, you can't GOMEZ
was the decision OF the commission
eTs- and they decldeo I1Sh11y-ah AoO-
OF to them
When the man IN the moon paid a
visit to earTh@ don't remember. the
date-he SAT- on a iittSe aloud, just far
enough from the earth TO talk with
the people. The first person he saw
and converted with on this vocation
happened to be a moon-Ehiner. a boil
er OF corn juice and a maker Of fiery
LIQUID, and men who drank Of il dad
an sorts OF foolish and sinful things
Speaking to the old d%istiuer. the
man IL the moon said Il see you are
engaged in a business. the Like Of
which I never saw in the moon.
will YOU please tell me what it is:
oh" said the old distille-. Tn
making n By taking the grains
and fruits which God made and am
farming them into a liquid"
Why do yoo thus pervert Gods
goods things"
For the money 1 get out of the
business" answered the fistiller.
Does the liquid which you make
satisfy hunger and thirst, and make
people happier"
mo, on the contrary it makes hun
ger and thirst. I'M makes mischief
generally" said the distiller.
"All have to say" said the man
Ia the moon. lis that people who en-
gage in a business that does no good.
but evil, for the sake of a little money,
must either be very wicked at heart
or very foolish. / would not live
among such"
So, it turned out. that the man in
the moon, who might have made a
good citizen, had he remained among
us. went back to his home
Somewhat similar is another story
which ] either heard. read or can
ed, that m in very appropriately
ct this point. History does not give
49, ~, nc ~ - - ha,+ ,AIr E1~-
a gentleman of the olden time was
going into d new country to found Il
colony. Some time before going. he
advertised that all good citizens would
he accepted in his party, even as
many as would go, provided, after
be made to appear that the applicant
would be useful to the colony. 50, one
after another, the people went to the
founder of the colony.
"A great many went VINO said il
was their purpose to be farmers, to
each of whom he said. Il am sIad
to enroll your name. Farmers are pro
ducers. They dig the heavcnl bless
1ngs out Of the ground and feed all.
Glad to have you for indeed / couiI
not do without farmers"
Yes" said he, TO two or three
doctors; "Of course we shall doubt
less have sickness INC will be only too
glad to have them"
"Blacksmiths? OF course we shall
need you every day. The farmers
can't get along without YOUR work, AT
all: and | dare say the trade viii pay
YOU well, in our new colony"
"PreachC~s" 1 cont care how many
Of your calling so with US into the
forest. We SHALL need all the moral
and religious restraints that we can
possibly have, for we want our new
colony to start ont upon a high plane
and we certainly cannot have two
many praying men. o are welcome,
gentlemen, to a participation in our
new enterprise"
h teachers? We are glad to
have YOU go. for the children must
be taught, and next to the preachers,
you will stand highest in our esteem.
o., yes, I'm glad to have you in our
colony
"Merchants?" OF course we shall
heed men amongst us who will buv
what we make and sell us what we
heed-men who will bring into our
colony, sugar coffee. molasses, salt.
IRON and such other things as our
people may wish to buy. We could not
do very we'll without them"
"Carpenters?" Tell them all to
come along"
And so they went, each one hav-
hot well be dispensed with in the
founding of a colony.
Just before the c~olonists took cave
bf the old home. there went in a
fellow who said he'd like to know
IN the first place. about how many
were going; i~ntimating at the same