The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21

save hoys-to make good citizens Of
Ithen-and it IS doing its work well.
If on Wednesday, every boy and glrl
in North Caroiin:t at school give Il
Epenny each, room would be niad TOE
oae hundred more boys. one penny
with many other pennies VAL becofif
a power tor good.
Edgar Wilson NSc, who for twenty
years c~onvuIsed the world with laugh
tier because of the funny things nc
wrote, WAS torn IN Shirley, Piscataqua
coun,y, Maine. the 18th OF August.
1850, and q ed il Western North Car
tolina. where he had lived for q num-
raary ae. 1896. His remains lie buried
Der Of years. departing this life t'eh--
in a c~hurchNard al Arden.
Mr.. Nye was educated al an aca,tl-
envy at Falls River, Wis. II one Of
his droll letters to the press he said
al the aEc o. six years ne induced his
father and mother % leave Ma ne and
go to Wisconsin. While S III q young
man, he removed from Wisconsin to
Laramie. Wyo.. where he started 10
practice law. But that was nos a
great Industry" al Laramie. He be
Icama a United States Commissioners
and a Justice Of the Peace one q
t Nya wrote a droll Story and sent i
: to the Denver Republican. It took
and there was call for more. He
: started the Laramie Boomerang. the
I huflOr III Il SnfslnS. lie wrote Z
little book and then others.
) Finally Nye went East and cnt red
; the lecture field. first III combination
with James WAitconb Rilev. Nye
. never could make q speech Tor he
E would get stag fright. That made
! what he said the more humorous
J He lectured more and then did work
Q on the New York World. Then he
! syndicated letters and they made q
hit. About this time McIoougal, the
artist of the New York World. drew
his faYnOus caricatnfe Of Nye.
u Abouty twenty years ago Bill Nye
U brought his family to North Carolina
and adopted this State as his home.
ibis place near Asheville was known
as C~raig~Y-Nos. He had married
8 in Wyoming, and when he q ed FIVE
= wears ago he left q widow and tvs
daughters. He had made some money,
: saved it and had several thousand
dollars ia an Asheville bank. II fail
ed and Mrs. Sye was left in destitute
circumstances.
Personally, Bill Nyc was a splendid
a character, modest as a UoInan never
conceited, a true friend and would Iii.
l. vide his last dime with one. He was
a philosopher. While there was sat
ire in his writings he pointed morals
le and his shafts Of wit and humor Left
% no sting. No cO~arseness or bfutalit!
l. are found in his volumes. but a gen
s tie lowing stream of genuine hu:nor.
In the program of exercises pre-.
g pared for Bal Nye Day there are
5 articles about Bill Nye, articles b.
~ him, articles about the jackson
Training School. These are to h,
- read to the school by the teachers, OF
"a the pupils are to tax part in tn.
reading, the teacher to make com
is ments. The articles are: What i
DIT the Jackson Training School?' "Edga
to Wilson (BilD Nye,' "Personalitv .
- Washington an article by Nye: 9TH
= First President also BY Nye. an,
How Nye Understood the Chcrr
Tree Incident" this last being:
Washington was q soldier in lii
true sense, and. when a lad. wa
given a little Ratchet by his fathe,
Georse cut down some cherry tree
with this. in order to get the cherria
without climbing the trees. One da,
MS father discovered that the tree
mad been cut down, and spoke of
to the lad.
Yes" said George. 'I did il VIII
my little Ratchet; but would rathe
cut down a thousand cherry trees an,
tell the truth about it, than to be mn
ished for it." ~
Wen said, my brave bow, ex
Claimed the happy father as h
emptied Georges toy bank into h;
pocket in for the tra.e