The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-29

disgraced myself l felt AT any Tate
l asked pardon Of my tormentor and
forgiveness of my God before l slept
With t~repidation L opened the pa
pers next morning expecting TO see
myself as others saw me, a petulanl,
high-strung, insanity egotIst, out
every report had so related the oc-
c~urrence as to cause not the least
comment or produce an idea OF my
o~fense. Actually. L chuckled as l
read it, the devil. in the first flush
Of my qualification. causing a meet
ing thought, Il troubled myself and
God over nothing last night. In a
m 1 scorned this satanic sug-
gestion. and dropping on nv knees
/ begged Gods forgiveness again and
implored Him to make me ever have
a sense of gratitude TO newspaper men
for their charity, their patience and
their kindness. and to let II be a
lesson to nae to cultivate more and
more the spirit Of sympathy and
~forbearance with the faults or foliles
of humanity in general and human
in PARTICULAR
In this way my visitor went on
giving numberless instances OF edi-
torial and reportorial ability Il SYM
pathy in treating public or private
matters, where he had been inclined
to think a pen dipped in gall would
be and should be used. While he ask
ed numberless questions to get as he
said at the bottom Of it, he really
made himself more Of a penitent at
confession, swelling me up with a
feeling of really being somebody be-
sides one of these dam newspaper
men, I wish 1 could give some Of
his comments on political, religious
and other meetings he had attended
and then watch the newspaper mans
Ieport, especially at one farmers in
stitute where sever men and two Wo-
ran ?rin6 r. fo1ph aWorVthlnp llndar
the sun. between suns, because each
had to spin out their time so as to
justify continuous salaries for the
whole push. But that would be un-
kind to the money-bloated department
and would shatter my preachers re-
turning faith in all mankind, through
his close study Of newspaper mons
way of doing things as a rule. We
had a fine time Of a conversation and
true TO his word. he never once made
an overt attack on my soul But
he must have indirectly affected me,
as instance his last inquiry and my
answer.
Tell me, how can you newspaper
men keep so man. good sides turn
ing for others without a word of ap-
probation from them when you are
bored and tired to death with itera-
ton, repetition, inanition and dup
Lefty Of two-thirds of the events out
OF thousands Of like kinds you ave
experienced? 2"
And said: Nothing but the grace
of Cod"
And when he shook my hand good
bye, both eyes were tWinkling herrily.
/ think his confession did him good.
An Eloquent Nureery1nan.
One of the most delightful meet
ings or conventions | ever attended
was the opening session Wednesday
- ~
citation. Rev. Mr.. McLarty's invoca-
ton was inspiring. really and truly.
When he said, I'VE thank Thee, Lord,
for fruits, trees, flowers and vegetables
and for those Of Thy servants, who,
adding experience, labor and thought
to their. development, improvement
and dissemination, have made Thy
world more beautiful and Thy Great
ures more aspiring, %eievating their
love of nature, administering to their
necessities and pleasure Of eye. body
by George my reporters soul ex-
claimed. that's worthy Of the occa-
and pleases above, as below"
while this individuals soul breathed
"a fervent Amen, and it couldn't be
helped.
Then there was another interval If
genuine and enjoyable surprise. A
great big sandy haired Hercules from
Florida, who Is a noted grove Of
pecan nursery stock, read an admira-
bic paper on the Pecan and It's Pos
sibilities,' a part Of which was pub
lished in Fridays News and Observer.
Just before the conclusion of the
paper Mr.. Barber Che was c. F. Bar
Der, Of MacClenny, Fla.> timidly strobe
a step forward, leaving his manuscript
behind and essayed an extemporan-
eous utterance. He hada't said ten
words before I whipped out my note
book and took him. thankful for
shorthand, when he had concluded as
neat q bit Of genuine oratory and
compliment as l ever heard. l get so
sick OF hearing ourselves Dragging on
ourselves. as a State e~ternally and for
ever. sometimes with reason, often
without refinement. that to hear so
worthy a man speak so evidently from
the understanding as certainly from