But as suggested by mv subiect. and
admitted at the outset, he has his sor
rows, too. There are times when the
grasshopper is a burden. The first
cotton bloom and the first cotton boll,
the egg with the crooked neck and the
man with the first strawberry of the
season, demand elaborate notice; the
chickens with four legs and a double
back, and the calf with three legs and
an eye m the top of its head, clamor
for recognition. The advertising aeent
who wants top ot column on the local
page, with reading matter on both
sides and followed by reading, and
wants it at half-price less 25 per cent,
bars the editor's way to a strictly re
ligious life. The subscriber sometimes
waits on him with a hickory stick and
the sheriff is not always gracious.
But the bitterness of these memories
fade under the influence of Durham's j
good cheer and in the company of
each other and of Durham s charming
people.
Now gravely, my country brethren.
