The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-01

IShHsf as good chance as another in
this blessed country, if only he
would do well.
$50 the mother and /, we worked
and saved, and worked and saved,
and after some year we had earned
enough to bring us all to this good
land, with little besides. Then for
three years, while worked at the
mines, we began to read and study
fa0O papers. There was. our daily
newspaper, which taught US all what
was going on in this and our own
land and all parts of the great earth.
But the mother and | desired greatly
above other things to have little
place like this, where we could raise
things TO enjoy and to sell and SO we
began reading up an agricultural
paper, all full of knowledgeable things
in that line. Then the boys began to
need something to specially amuse
and instruct them, so the best and
cheapest thing was one of your fine
illustrated papers, and all the long
winter evenings they were perfectly
content to read the pretty stories and
study the nice pictures and 'the
mother and | enjoyed the puzzles as
much as did the boys. But those
pictures They teach mine boys
Jshnsf how things look which they
have never really seen -
"Ah !" interrupted Mr. Slater,
"that's how your Kris came to know
all about the great canals and engines
and temples and palaces he told my
boys about"
ayes, yes, that's /sAnH !" said
Mr.. Groobman, delightedly; ''why
the papers teach us everything, every
thing! Kris and Koch built the
hennery from model in their pict-
ure paper, and we built the cow-shed
from little model in my Asucnltur-
fsf; we planned the laying out of the
garden and arranged the different
flower beds according to strict direc
tons.
"If one of the boys falls sick, 'the
mother has read from the sanitary
department Of her paper of some SIM
pie remedy which is sure to get the
boy well again; and when, as often
happens on the Sabbath, we cannot
go to the church, the good mother
has always sermon to read us from
her paper, which is the religious one;
and them" he added, with an amused
smile,, "the nice little recipes in her
paper seem to help us to be all the
more good natured and religious
the nice little dishes do us all so
much good once in while. Then
it is such a great thing to advertise
in these papers !"
"But advertising costs SO much !"
broke in Col. Caldwell.
"Sor" said the German question
ingly. "But there are different ways
to make it even, you know. Now
with me, it's this way. Our editor
gave great party; that was one
chance. 1 sent a large basket of my
fine flowers, and he gave me in re-
turn a fine puff then in few days !
down comes a churchman and en-
cages a large bouquet for every Sun.
day. The next week comes another
churchman, then another, until now
1 furnish three bouquets week for
the churches then concert or par
ty nearly every week with this, more
than pays for the flowers.
"Then another editor received |
some ripe large currants, a gallon of
milk, some specimen eggs and pair
CT fat spring chickens,-what editor
would not appreciate that?" he
asked with twinkle in his eye.
"Well, he paid with an advertise
ment which brought the market man
right down and Pm all right, all
right! !" he concluded with significant
emphasis.
"Wife," said Col. Caldwell, as he
again seated himself beside her on
the piazza, 1--WE must cultivate these
neighbors of ours, for l find them
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