The progressive farmer and the cotton plant. [volume], August 01, 1905, Page 7, Image 7

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Tuesday, August 1, 1905.
PEOGEESSIVE FARMER. AND COTTON PLANT.
OUR SOCIAL CHAT
ah letten intended for thli department
hoold be addressed to "Aunt Jennie," care
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. O.
Aunt Jennie' 8 Letter.
Tii is little poem tells the circle
how I feel this morning when I real
ize that He has been with me every
moment during the past weeks in
my watchcare, therefore I take
pleasure inhaving you read it:
Through all my little daily cares
there is
One thought that comfort brings
where'er it comes.
Tis this: "God knows." He knows
Each struggle that my hard heart
makes, to bring
My will to His. Often, when night
time comes.
Mv heart is full of tears, because
the good
That seemed at morn so easy to be
done
Has proved so hard; but then, re
membering
That a kind Father is my judge, I
say,
"He knows." And so I lay me down
with trust,
That His good hand will give me
needed strength
To better do His worts m coming
days.
Sincere's letter .was somewhat de
layed, but I know that she will ex
cuse me,since she knows how a moth
er feels who is caring for a sick
child. Her suggestions as to pre
serving are timely, and her tirade as
to the evils of well read all of it,
and you will enjoy it.
Gertrude D. from South Carolina
sens us an essay on man that will
cause you to laugh.
A nice little letter came to me
this week from a little Virginia girl.
Xow while I would like to publish all
these letters from the children, they
won't let me, but they can't keep
me from enjoying them.
We have the pleasure of welcom
ing four new writers this week one
from South Carolina, two from
Xorth Carolina, and one from Vir
ginia. ' I must tell you all how much I
appreciated your kindness while
things have been going badly with
me. Your interesting letters cheer
ed me and kept our page full. "We
owe so much all through life to our
friends, and it is with gratitude I
remember your kindness. Please
note the questions asked in this de
partment and oblige the writers by
answering them at your earliest con
venience. AUNT JENNIE.
Coca-Cola Drinking; Worthless Fathers,
Helpless Children, and Some Other
Topics.
Dear Aunt Jennie: I have tried
faithfully to get three new sub
scribers for The Farmer. But I live
in Charlotte city, and my neigh
bors being city bred, are not inter
ested in a farm paper. But I can
not do without the dear old paper.
JTy dear father, Mr. F. M. Shelton,
began taking it in 1886, and was still
a subscriber at his death, in Janu
ary, 1005. And I am not going to
give up trying to get some new sub
scribers. Vell, Aunt Jennie, I suppose our
country sisters are busy canning
and preserving their fruits. . I will
Wve you my way of making pre
serves: Prepare your fruit, take
about two-thirds as much sugar as
you have fruit, put your sugar in
your vessel, and add just enough wa
I? .t0 solve it. Let this boil un-
" t will spin a thread, like taffy.
Put in your fruit. Boil until
Tour syrurt is vato "P,,no
aaes m this manner never ferment,
and are very firm. If the fruit is
juicy pour off the juice, and use in
some other way, as it will spoil your
preserves by making them soft and
slopny.
If all goes well, this will be my
last summer away from the farm.
I love it! I love it! and no other
place can content me in this world.
I would like to buy about one hun
dred acres at twenty dollars an acre.
wen wittered and timbered, and near
a railroad station. Would want a
good dwelling house and well. Would
like an orchard; but would not buy
a rocky or gullied farm, no matter
what the inducement. Would want
possession about December. If any
oi the cousins know of such a place
they can get my address by asking
Aunt Jennie.
I want some sister to tell me about
the Raney canning outfits, as I in
tend to buy one when I get back to
the farm.
I am also curious to know who
Uncle Jo is. He must be near here
somewhere. I should like to know
him for I enjoy his poultry talks so
much. I am going into the poultry
Dusmess myselt next year. (To a
selfish extent, however.)
I am gardening some this season.
My husband is a moulder, and works
in a foundry in Charlotte. Our
children were going to school, and
now that they are over, I don't know
what to do with five chatterboxes.
I am glad to know of so sensible
a young man as Jack Klinard.
expect he will have his head turned
with commendation. It is so sel
dom that a young man gives serious
thought to such problems, that it is
enough to surprise us elder readers
to read his able letter. Write again,
Jak, and give your fellow-writers
the benefit of your wisdom.
Win. Riley Hayes writes a good
letter. Who will rise up for me
against evil doers? is a serious ques
tion. One of the growing evils of
my town is Coca-Cola drinking.
Since Charlotte is a dry town the
amount of the stuff consumed here
is astounding.' Men who cannot buy
bread and clothes for their children,
whose wives work in factories and
sewing houses for a living, men who
have to buy on credit, and who can
not bury their dead without help
from neighbors or from the church
es, can drink, and drink, Coca-Cola
every day and Sunday too.
If all the money spent for tobacco,
Coca-Cola, and soda water in this
town were spent to help the poor,
there would be no needf or poor little
girls and boys to Work in mills and
stores and spend their childhood in
slavery as they are doing now !
Before God, is there a man left
who- is worthy to be a father to
train immortal souls? And is there
a woman who is worthy the holy boon
of motherhood? Lord, have mercy
upon us when we are such slaves to
sinful habits that we sacrifice our
children to our own selfish ends. In
the old days, one hundred years ago,
there was the family altar: the peo
ple served God; and children were
a heritage from the Lord. They
were beloved, and trained in the
nurture 'and admonition of the Lord.
Husband and wife were one. Love
was abroad. Every man loved his
neighbor as himself. If his neighbor
was sick, all went and helped him
with his work and nursed him back
to health. Now the altar is a thing
of the past, comparatively. Children
are just as much account as they
are able to help their parents. No
body wants them; they are just a
necessary evil I Husband and. wiie
are two, distinctly, understand. The
divorce court has settled that. They
are now talking about marrying for
a riven time a year, or ten, or
.twenty, and letting the law provide
for the children, .roor little cnua-
ren! Hay God intercede for you,
then. A woman could then have ten
or twenty different husbands in a
lifetime, and as many sets of chil
dren, and wouldn't she feel honora
ble! God forbid! My neighbor now
is the man who has the money; there
are enough churches to take care
of the one who has not any. (Well
I don't have any idea of ever see
ing this harangue in print, but I
have had the satisfaction of letting
off steam and settling my nerves on
some points.)
Just a word to Snow Bird in con
clusion, as our preacher says. Your
Vm iTin n c ( fnr T lrnrmr TT-n ova. a ttt-
man) and my xhusband, and my
neighbor's husband, are just exactly
alike about sitting around the store.
Don't let it errieve you. It is noor
man's nature: he can't help it. So
let him depart in peace, and sit on
a barrel, while you walk a colicky
baby, and sincr "Home. Sweet Home"
and "What Is Home Without a
Father?" and "Hush-a-bye, Baby,
Father Will Come To You Soon"
yes, just as soon as he gets ready
and no sooner.
Well, I have finished.
SINCERE.
Mecklenburg Co., N. C.
From a Virginia Reader.
Dear Aunt Jennie: I will try to
night for the first time to write
you a few lines. I read The Pro
gressive Farmer every week don't
take the paper myself, but my father
takes it, and I always have enjoyed
reading Aunt Jennie's letter.
I was very much imDressed with
Maple's letter last week. I think it
was fine.
I am very tired to-night, and don't
feel like writing: much, as I am a
housekeeper, and have eight in f am
ily. I have four children, and my
oldest one seven can o to school
next session, and I am Jike Maple
says, I am a woman of all kinds of
work. I do all of my work, with the
help of my children, and I am fond
of doing fancy work. and other sew
ing. I also have my flowers, and
work in them, and raise chickens. I
like to work out of doors. In the
spring I just feel like staying out
all the time. Well, I agree with Ma
ple with all she says about the men,
for it is true.
I wish more of our married women
would write to Aunt Jennie. I am
a Tar Heel; was born and reared in
Pasquotank County, but have been
living in Virginia ever since I was
married. I was married at 19. I
think girls ought to be oldei don't
you?
In conclusion. I will tell you if
any housekeeper wants to keep dish
es always looking new. clean the
dark places with a little cooking
soda. It is fine. Maybe everybody
doesn't know this, and I am sure we
should try to help one another in
these little ways.
MRS. J. V. C.
Norfolk Co., Va.
Agrees with Jack Klinard.
Dear Aunt Jennie: I have been
a reader of The Progressive Farmer
for several years, and I am greatly
interested in the Social Chat. Every
time the paper comes, I take it up
and turn to Social Chat before any
thing else. I also agree with Jack
Klinard as, to women's dress. I
think all women, married as well as
single, should strive to dress neatly.
A woman can make her husband love
her or hate her, just whichever she
chooses.
No man can love a woman that
goes around the house with an ugly
frown on her face, her hair not
combed, and a dirty, ragged apron
on. Of course,' there are lots of wo
men that have their work to do, but
they can dress after they get their
work done, and be sweet and clean
to meet the husband when he comes
in from his work. Nothing makes
a man appreciate his home more than
a pure-hearted, sweet little wife that
goes to the door to greet her hus
band when he comes in from his daily
toil.
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