The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-04

called "Postcripta" Excerpts from
those files r reproduced in the
present volume. At one time. Porter
the notorious Brann's Icono-
clast, after Brann had failed. for
$250.00-the whole plant, name and
all Brann begged for his title back
and got tt Porter was writing for
the magazines as early as 1857 and
on rare occasions something was &C.
cepted. notably by Puck in 1890. AZ
the Detroit Free Press, and some Of
the New York Sunday papers bought
paragraphs from him.
AS a sample Of o. Henry's humor-
Gus verse, I quote in full the poem
entitled "The Old Farm" from the
Postscript" column Of the Houston
Post.
Just now when the whitening bios
On the apple trees n the growing
grass
Creeps forth and a valm is in tho
air;
With my lighted pipe and well-flled
glass
OF the old farm I am dreaming.
And softly smiling, seeming
To see the bright sun beaming
Upon the old home farm.
And when I think how We MIXED the
cows,
And hauled the hay from the mea-
lows low;
And walked the burrows behind the
plOwS,
And chopped the cotton to make it
grow
I'd much rather be here dreaming
n smiling, only seeming
To see the hot sun cleaning
I-nnn tho old home 70 nm
One OF the clevercSt Of the poems
in this Postscript" column, played
upon a familiar key, Is Cfanson de
BOheme.
Lives Of great men all remind us
Rose is red Inc violet's blue;
JOhnny's got his gun behind us
| Cause the lamb loved Mary too
Robert Burns Hocht Time in the
Aud Town."
I'd rather write this as bad az it is
| Than be Will Shakespeare's shade;
I'd rather be known az an L. L. V
Than in Mount Vernon laid.
I'd rather count ties from Denver to
Troy
Than to head Booths old programme;
I'd rather be special for the New
OIh WOIlO
Than to lie with Abraham.
For there's stuff in the can, there's
Dolly and Fan,
And a hundred things to choose;
There's a kiss in the ring, and every
old thing
That q real live man can use.
I'd rather fight flies in i boarding
house
Than fill Napolcon's grave,
And snuggle UP warm in my three
Stat bed
Than be Andre the brave.
I'd rather distribute q coat OF red
On the town with a wad OF dough
Just now. than to have my cognOmeI
!. Spelled Michael Angelo
For a real live man, If he's prompt
;. on hand
When the good things pass aroun
While the worlds on tap has a bette
Thar u big man under ground.
I venture to express the belief tina
: North Carolina is proud Of her re
markable ON, o. Henry. If Stat
Pride" may be defined in terms o
!, action,-and certainly hat is what i
, must mean In North Carolina,-thel
, I am confident that North Carolinian
will respond to an appeal to cree
, some memorial OF enduring sort II
$ honor Of 0. Henry. In war, in edu
, cation, we have honored our grea
, men. and set up monuments to them
Surely the things of the spirit, tn
divine gift Of tongues, the genius il
|, literature shall not fall below tn
). warrior and the educator In the esti
e nation and tangible recognition 0
our people! North Carolina canno
2 afford to let such figures as @. Henri.
! and John Charles Mcneil go unhal
lowed by memorials. Other Southern
= States have already evinced their rec
ignition Of the greatness Of their me-
d Of letters-and literally contribute
r towards the erection Of permanen
memorials to serve as a permanen
reminder Of and incentive to greatly
activity. for the younger generation.
e Not all Of our people, perhaps. ar
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