Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-14

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tenderness. She grew at last to have
only tender, gentle memories of the
loved ones who had left her, and she
proved a kind, judicious guardian to lit
Tie Hetty, when warm-hearted Miss
keziah had passed away from earth.
Farmers Homes.
Correspondent In Live Patron.
All the thoughts harbored about the
occupation of the merchant, manu-
facturer or professional man being
higher or more honorable, or even more
desirable than that of the farmer, are
fallacious and misleading. Such false
notions are great bar to the best sue.
cess in constructing or improving
country homes. The farmer, according
to his means and requirements, should
be as well housed and accommodated.
and in as agreeable style, too, as any
class in the community. There is no
good reason why the farmers homes
should assume primitive or forbidding
appearance. The dwelling of the farm
er should combine all that utility,
comfort and cheerfulness which his
means and modern architecture are
capable of making it.
There are many farm dwellings that
nave been erected during the last two
decades that, if not an annoyance to
the parties who constructed them, still
are lnconvenient, unpleasant and un-
slightly, which might have been made
comfortable and attractive homes if
the same amount of means invested i'm
them had been prudently and intelli
gently used. The erection of as many
more farm houses dates back to a
period when the march of improve
ment had not suggested much beyond
the ordinary necessities of pioneer life.
The owners and occupants of these
have, in many instances, ample re-
sources, a part of which could be ju-
diciously employed in building appro-
pirate houses that would conduce to
the best interests, comfort and happi-
ness of themselves and families, and
at the same time tend to promote a re-
lined public taste and impart increased
beauty to the appearance of the country.
This class of farmers often excuse
themselves by saying that it does not
pay to improve the farm with valuable
buildings. Why not construct a we'll
devised and commOdious, or for that
matter, as elegant a house on the farm
as anywhere else? 1t certainly would
look as appropriate and charming in
the country, and conduce as much to
the welfare, pleasure and refinement
of its occupants as a similar house
would for a family engaged in other
pursuits.
But the question is asked, does not
the farmer owe something to his chill
dren, and cannot their interests be
better promoted by saving for them
the accumulated amount which would
otherwise be invested in a modern
farm house?
/ admit that this class of farmers par
ticularly do owe much to their chill
dren, because the children have gener-
ally helped to largely augment the
wealth of the estate. But l deny that
this sacred obligation can be dis
charged by supplementing the bare
necessities OF life by pecuniary assist
ance. Many farmers exercise as much
care as this for their dumb brutes, so
far as the well-being Of these are con.
cerned. deny that he who is striving
to render his children pecuniary aid
when they settle IN life is subserving
their best interest on their highest wei
fare.
1t is false notion to gauge mans
kindly interest toward his children by
the amount of money that he has, by a
life of self denial, succeeded in ac-
cumulating 1t is not by the boarding
of wealth that his attachment to his
children should be measured, but by
his efforts to contribute to their ma
terial comfort, their social elevation.
and to render them useful citizens of
the commonwealth. In doing this he
will encourage habits of order, self
control, obedience, civility, love of
truth, and reverence for what is good
and great; he will inculcate habits of
industry, sobriety and economy.
The Holy Scriptures a Printing Job.
The second thoughts of English
public opinion with reference to the
revision of the New Testament are not
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