The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19

IN others it is a Pigment of the
:, ma eination. The reader can believe
-. -. disbelieve what he pleases. | have
faur grandchildren The oldest. a
iii eight years old last October.
md he next, a boy, seven years old
MS January. They are in the 4th and
9rd GRADES. respectively. When they
core babies / nursed them. | have
little granddaughter who will be
t0o years old the 31st Of this January
md a grandson who was ten months
I'D tn nth Of this month. He is
named Council Wooten Switzerland.
n is about the little girl | propose to
,rrite. Her name is Cora Eliza. Cora
ros nv wife's name and Elizabeth
was my mothers name. When she
vas seven months old on the last Of
August. 1918, the nurse went to the
lotion field to pick cotton, SO ! had
10 nurse the child. 1t would not do
in let the child stay in the house, to
occupy the time of the mother, so l
would put her in her little carriage
and roll her on the streets so she
rould get fresh air and Gods golden
sunshine. / would carry her down
10 meet the trains morning and even
ING and | would take her in my arms
and walk along side the cars. l would
meet farmers from the country, n l
would say to them, 1T is hard for an
NDu fIdtl Wiz o9 400 Ills
score and ten to have to nurse" and
they would say, well you like it,
sometimes l would tell them that they
were about TO arrest me for vagrancy
and | had to nurse to keep off the
roads. Some seemed to have Sympa-
Thy for me and would say, they ought
not to bother an old man like you,
but you ought to spend the little
remnant of your life in peace and
happiness
The boys around town would say
That ] had a little girls job. ] said
TO the boys, you may say what you
please, but / am following in the steps
Of Christ, for He loved children and
will be rewarded for it,"
made up my mind to get even with
the boys, so told them the following
story: 1t was in December, 1913,
said, | was at the train today and a
hne looking man got off the Pullman
and came up to me and said, "yOu
have a fine looking baby in your arms,
she has a healthy color on her face,
said Eyes. Gods health giving breeZes
and golden sunshine painted those
roses on those checks. Why" he
said. that is the sentiment of a poe
and a rhetorician." l said, yes / have
written enough matter for the pres:
If put in book form to make three
thousand pages in six volumes OF
books He said you are the very
man ! want to go and live with ms
and teach my children. l live in New
York and am worth one hundred mil
lion Of dollars. ] have four auto
mobiles and one is worth fifty thous
and dollars, one thirty-seven THOUSAND
and five hundred dollars, one twenty
five thousand dollars and one twelv'
thousand five hundred olla Gu
roads are good throughout the Ney
-,
can travel "a mile a minute You ca
run down to Washington and back i
II day, run to Saratoga, Niagara and j
The New England States n return t
dinner at 6 o'clock. 1 have twenty
five pleasure horses and in pleasan
weather you can take my children t
The park to ride
told him / was raised on the plan
tation and spent my life in the saddl
and ! was an expert horSeman, and
owe my rudy complexion and goo
health in my old age to out-doc
life in the saddle. i asked him 20
his library, he said he had a fe'
want to make in my first order on
hundred thousand volumes and ad
20 it from time to time as l migf
suggest. He said You can v q
The books o need" He said h
dining room was like a tropical ga
dens with all kinds of plants an
flowers with birds singing in tt
branches. and a band Of music
play while we are eating, and l hay
WE'VE courses at my meals and
different wine between every cOurs
and before meals in order to sharpe
the appetite, we will take a sip
brandy or whisky"
He said his house cost five mi
lion OF dollars and had one hundr'
rooms n carpeted with the fine
carpets that looms of the world cou
furnish. / told him / had read Ba
hex, a beautiful Arabian tal
written by Beckford where he de
cribes the hall of Eblis and that
was carpeted with the skins Of lie
pards. This idea seemed to stri
him., so he said he would make