The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-09

DR.. II. III. Whitaker.
out of a newspaper than town people
who seemingly have better ~9xantage~
Long & | learned to move very eau
tlouSiy when stopping 1T a farmers
nome. Instead of going ahcad aai
tcling the news explaining the WENs
and the Whcrcforcs-and giving nay
opinion Of matters. have found it
- be~the safer thino 10 do 10 lct Inc
Old hay-Seeder lead out and on: and
J nave generally found II to be the ease
that, on all the topics Or the day. he
was better posted than was. When
IN old farmer reads his paper he takes
me tllAc $50 20 speak, to cncW It Well.
so that. when swallowed. digestion is
easy. In other words he will not pas
anything until he understands all the
IFS and ands, the why's and WhcreGpr"s
sees what's in th. lag. what the bag
IS made Of. and the kind Of thread
used IN making il.
Some years ago when the DrcYfus
trial was going on in France. con
tented myself with reading the head
ingS Of the articles which were pub
!ished daily. and thought / wa keep
ing up pretty wei! with the matter
We'll enough, at any rate, to discuss it
n conversation. one Saturday / went
to the home of a farmer, near my sun
day appointment, to spend the
night. some time, along in toe
evening, conversing with the
farmers wife, the Drevfus trial was al
'uded to, and, of course. | was ready to
discuss it. But | soon discovered that
! didn't know anything about the mat
'er. At her tongues end, the farmers
Wife had every incident Of the trial,
from its beginning to the Gate of Our
conversation and. in addition. Wa
(onVcrSant with every character, com
nectcd in any way with the trial. /
tried To look wic1 and Caan1 tn no road
'tp; bat, ] expect she must have seen
that | didn't know anything of the
matter. At the supper table that
night, When the old farmer was pres
ont. some allusion was made by him
10 the DrcyfUS case, but rs soon a |
could do 50, s;Gc-tracked it, ana be
san to ak aboul the Sunday-school
ana other church matters.
No, young fclloWs-even young
limbs of the laW-llad better not try
to show off around an old farmer.
h last Legislature did three
things, yea, four, | did not approve.
and the a l did not approve Of
them was because, in nay estimation.
they were all wrong. ! refer to the
legislation on divorce; tho Scotland
Neck. Dunn and Crcedmorc acts
which. under plausible disguise. I am
afraid. were instigate1 by the enemies
of prohibition. ~Crec9mole and Dunn
heretofore prohibition towns have
voted to have ~dispcnsarics and Scot
land Neck, [ suppose. Will do the same
thing. As I think on the inward
resS OF ench eases. T suspect that the
friends of d~iSncnsaries a promises
from the candidates, during the cam
pairn, to vote for bills to order elc"-
tions. OF course no pledges should be
oxactcd nor made. It is doubtful
whether 4 candidate eyer STRENGTHENED
himself by making pledges. But it is
astonishing o it ScareS some candi-
dates. when a few ~WhiekeNites julnp
out Of the bushes and say "Eooh,' 1t
ruts them all over in q tremble. up go
their hands. and before they TAX time
to cali on the Lord for help they make
promises. and tie their hands.
sam Jones in one of his inimitable
gave what he called an inaGl-
nary interview. that took place be
tween some Of the brethren on the
outside and John h Baptist inside of
the prison.
After Hcrod had imprisoned John
for preaching against the sin Of Herod,
in marrying his brothers Wife, some
If the friends got together AID held q
Kind of caucus. one brother moved
d preamble and resolution III winch IL
was set forth that brother John was
i fearless ana faithful preacher OF
righteousness, and they all loved hlm
very much and commended his bold
ness, and so forth and SO forth; bul,
seeing how matters stood. they
thought il would be the best poIcI,
on the part OF brother John. 10
write a note of apology to the
king ana queen WlthdilW lnS anu
apolCgiz.ng for what he mad said in the
heat Of his crmOn and 50 foftE, ana
tina brothers peter and James be ap-
pointed Il committee TO VISIT the pri5-
on and III the tenderest and most low
ing manner, make known TO bfotncf
John the opinion OF his devoted brcth-
rem The committee knocked at the
door. Brother John answering from
within asked: VINO COMES there
Putting his mouth to the keEhole.
Peter answered.: wv are Peter ana