The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-16
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 A young man wxiees tAe ,Sss tos its customary advice oa . qaesfion e vial importance, snd she advice is eAsssfally given. ne says:
 s Ny hruaAsr and mysslf have . qssr. ter ssctica cf l&nd in pAkosa, and VI have heen out there and broken pars of is bails a cd house. aad sxps<s se rs- move cut tAare tAis fAll We aeed some body se kesp hcuss for us, and cur mosAez has oi<srsd to 70 with uM skink she has ofsred b 60 more fEom feeling of duty so her two ssns. than from any assare se enccanses tAe hard ships of pieaees liSA snA VI doas knes shs3ksr h would he rigAt to tAks hes out there, and have decided tc leave h b you. Ger sistar. wAo b mafyied end living at Moasua. wanss mueher to live with her. and tAinks it is not the duty d . lady xixty-6ve yeAs old to 70. Our fAfher is bsried hers. and every Sunday mosher eoss to the cemetery ard place. fiowess oa his gsavA an sngaesd so bs married to yoang lady, but the time is not ct, thoneh probably VI sAAli oe married within . yeax oS twc. do not like to ask giSl who has always lived is this county. asd enjoyed socisly, sc marry ma and % away of so the tron- tier. What would yoa do abou, mosAssr'
 Well, to make loag tory sAoss, VI would cut our TigAt aFm rishs ca at tAs sAculAes befsre VI wonld take moaAar away from the hallewed associations of home, and transpors her gray hairs to sod house in Dakctz, fouS miles rum the nearest neighbcr. LR her stay with your sister, and yoa two boys % out thers. kesp old "bach," raise big crops tor . couple of yeark and when sosne eastern capitalist comes along who wants to own the earth. sell the lAsra sc him fos ten os 6fseen dollan an acre. with tho crops oa the ground. and then yoa come back aad marry the girl and sestle down in old Green county. of. n you have got to have a hoasekeepes, hire one. os marry your girl aov. it would be better fos the eiri to put ia . couple of yeAfs out there, helping you make money, than to take the old mother. The mother has had her share of pioneer life before you were born, helped to raise the family ot children so thsy can take care ct shem- selves. and ia her old age Il would be cruel to cause her to endure hasdships that almost kilisd her when she was young. She nay smile at your ambitions. and tell yoa she will 70 vith you to the snds of the earth. asd you may think she waass to 70, bat, boy. that grave oi your dead fAthes iu Green county cou- iains large pass of her dear hears. and if you take kw away from ita vicinity there wiii he great lump of lead in the heart case. She vill strive to make you boys happy away out on that prairie, and will endure the blirsards of summer ard winter and not complaia, but if you watch her when she receives letters from the old home you viii see great teafs in her eyes, and she would give all the world to 70 back, though she will never mention t to you. During the long months ai winter, when your sod house Is covered with snow, and t s struggle with you all between life and death from fsees'ng. she will try to brighten your sinking spirits by telling you how pleasaas it ~til he when the winters gone. but Il you should say to her, Mother, we will sell the farm and 70 back home," you would see her face brighten and lock to you again as Il ssood over your cradle, and you were . httls child. Her heart is bound up in you, and che would go with you. bu, the hallowed spot where rest ali tha, IS mortal of your father, and the home where your sisters children delight to welcome grandma, ls the place fos hss, and n you 90 west you must leave hss here, write to her often. and come bark as soon as possible. Do not deceive yourseii by the idsa that she waass so 20 Her love for you would prompt her ta de for you d neossAasy. and very likely she woald, if you took her away osi thera Dakota is a grand pisce for young msa and yoaag women so %, te gse sz- rerienes snd naks sens mossy. Thsy Isan to take responsibilities ssd bea, them nobly, they enjoy health that is bsough, to them by iabss in the pure ais bus the old fathess and meahsss ia lssasl vast more sAads than cas be found h [ ssse1sss territory, and hems surToundings that cannot be found in cod house. The .Sss knows many casss where old fsshesI and mctkeu have been transported from this state of lovelisess, to the fAs wssa vhe havs bsso brought back oa usins where hearses instead of omnibuses me, them Il the depot. and cases where old hearts have ysarnsd for the old home until they almoa broke; and whise { would adviss boys who are sb,s, so gs vess ssd become men, u voald mott ssyoagly advise the boys to leave the ssld Soiks where thsy have raised fsmiiaes where they kaov all the psspae asd ars loved and respected. whsss chileissu sdoss shsm, ssighbers are ever rssdy ( sympaahise with them in sorrow, as< issd hslpiag hasd h sictnsss. by al mesns, boy, leave tAe old motkss viti yosr sisas9, asd she vili live sss ysas leasss thaa she weald on that Dakos; farm, and when you come back, bscssss and grown manly and strong, ard he swses fsce greess you, asd hes semblisl had b placed is yous. and shs shov hev psosd shs is of you, yoe viii bs gls. oi this advice, she viiI be glad of l., snt