The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-23
Dieter W.

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Dear Children:-My Fathers 4...
began to fail very o 4--a~
born and the physicians a7v;e.5
trip TIC the Green Briar Whit. Srr-r.-
Springs in Virginia. How We'll
member the journey there th0rrh .---
four years Old; it took three ua..s
to make 1t and We Went i'm our AMI
carriage. John Brimaga. a h~.ert .-
tie man, was our driver. Rv.e .,1
Rock, our sturdy horses. took rs sqf..
ly along and we arrived There ma
lovely evening in June. In a Short
while Father began to declfn. rrn.sr.
and on the 9Th of July. 1>4-. missed
away. I followed the path nr. IN.
lonely mountain side and me- Was r.f
away under a big 0ak tree. where r-.
bleak winds Of winter and Ia, S.s-
breeZes of summer keep mp ii sacred
vigil. | ha!e so much desired IT, visit
this hallowed spot, but The changes
which this crue! war has made pre-
vented that and much else a.e-
to do. We had q tomb stone hauled
in a 81 from Richmond. .ar-
ton this that YOU may see how d-
cult transportation was in those days.
I want you to understand. ar..
children, that a seIf-made man is the
loblest work of God. Your Grand
father was very unhappy when q liz
tie boy, his step-fatheT was crue. 10
him, so although but ten years "
age he ran away from home. Y"a
can imagine how we'll he succeeded.
when ] tell you hat at the age Ut
eighteen, he was sent i'm charge ot a
large sailing vessel to the West In
dies, ran the blockade successfully AMI
brought out a cargo OF rum and mo-
lasses, which Melted his omp-.l-.
many thousands Of dollars.
Mr.. Lovejoy, whose name is 8'.
known, throughout the South. Was
brought here through the instrument
tally Of your grandfather. Bjdole. 'aa
little boy Of whom l have been telling
you; afterwards, he moved t. Ea.-
eigh, through the influence oil \..'
other Grandfather, John III. "Tt@a.
and prepared his eight sons for l"aI".
Hill.
Since the war, on II occasiei Ne
were going to the s~eashore. my A2l.-
er and 7, when a nice looking 'o".
came up and spoke to her, she lt''|
to recognize him, when he sa.a.
What, do you not remember the poo,
student whose tuition YOU paid. anu
to whom you gave comfort Nn Ht@-,
ways and helped by your ADVICE a.1
prayers to cad q good HE: j '.St
:. dear little book once written
Miss Mullock, called MI NotheI a"'
l." which described the relations
tween US. Never was there
sympathy than between inns
and daughter.
And now return to Wooo.'"" wv,
a while. ! wish l could Wa@- |-1
understand how pleasant was ''
proach to the house, situate
the middle of the plantauoA. "
straight avenue of pines Tor p,
two. and how beautiful Were the -.7
rides up and down, n 20 ia9 ..,..4
ing where large flats were beIh-
with cotton and corn for iAa'N'5
such fun driving the gin horses 'r'.,s
and round. and rolling down "'-
hills of cotton seed. So many
sion of interests on a farm, ana "a.~
ing the looms weaVe thHh. .orv
cloth for winter use, and VIA q s'..
time was hog killing, the dr'--4
hams put UP by a receIP. r..
down from father to son 1-1 -s-c
equal to the S~nlithheld. ~. leaf
pots Of boiling lard with Il .~' nee
thrown in for perfume, seFfFd. -,
blocks of wood in the yard a5D
smiling mammies with req '@- -l me-
on their heads, singing 9Wee- .- a,a
gro melodies, and chOpping u" =
meat. The tom thumb In ~-.-
the past, so seldom eaten H". -r-
what a time Of good .-' r4.a
most delightful season or ..~1
The t~urpentine h4' -,.r-r
in their pockets, made fr"o. r md,
work. Such getting married 1.- .-rs
supper and dances am ~.orf
other plantations, and carfI'~ 49,. sI-
living, with not a thought 10. it,
lure. 10y cunning [ ou- ,~.:-
tie darkie babies, and Wha' rrr.
to sit in old Aunt Rachf-@ IA
and roc the cradles-1rSl -..ght
then another; the mothers .r-f
hem to be taken care OF "..+ .k
in the fields. tn ~. aes
.rees. the well from which No.. lane.
being drawn, the coo pleas1ns IS
n which the little darkies -.
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