Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-08-21

with rosy check and light heart into
n small uncarpctcd cabin of a rented
farm, contcnted and happy because it
was the best her husband could give,
and she was confident that his strong
arm and willing heart would be able,
in the golden years to come, to win Il
comfortable and pretty home for her.
Together thy have toilcd and waited
for the slow returns Of harvest after
harvest, hopeful and satisfied because
they saw the prosperity Of thrift and
industry settling upon them. by and
by they had n farm of their own; but
still the young wife had ample cause
to regret the scantincSs Of homc
comforts If she hntcd now aud then
of the old promise of bcttcrmcni in
this respect ShGswHs siIrnccd with the
assurance that when the mortgage
should be paid of and the farm
cleared Of debt She should have no
stint Of comfortable and elegant
things. But alas! when the mortgage
was paid OF there was something else
The old barn waSa poor, tumbIc-dOwn
affair, and Il new one was an indis-
pcnSiblc necessity. The thrifty young
farmer was proud of his line cattle
and horses, and could not bear to
have them exposed to the keen winter
winds. So the old house, small and
rickcty, was made to do yet u little
while, the ample barn was built and
the poor wife waited.
The time came when they were no
longer young. Lines Of care aud
trouble marked the wiic's face, aud
children played about her knee. But
She was waiting still. There were ~
many avenues for money making
open to him that the cntrrprising
farmer could not see that his home
was scant and lacking. If he wa,
rich in lands and cattle how could he
be poor mary other respect? To him
who was out early aud late, buying
and selling, sowing, tending, and
gathering, home was not what it was
to her who seldom crossed itsthrrShold
into the busy world beyond. Yet he
meant to be kind to his wife. lie
loved her as much as he had time and
thought to love. Was She not rs rich
as he, the joint and equal owner in all
he possessed? He worked and bar
gained and Schcmcd less for himself
than for his wife and children,
So he thought; hut he was mistaken,
lie worked, in truth, from an insane
thirst for more more cattle NOR,
horses, more lands. lie was mad
with the mania Tor possession. lii'
larm was never broad enough ms
ro'Ilhg acres nTN'T H'rrl'"c" ~
'nu"@, AWAY ms INV VI ""r'Sn'l !
haI almost ch"h'u ON 'la' "'hrl
anu pc''er rove WING" "''o" "iN ,'''"N, '''l
at inc marriage alltE all.E 9hn !n, io''oWI' @
"',', anu nus !""t! wiz NV" 'i'' ''.,'I
cottage "hST'' aitrr "I'' ,I''r p'>I ala
,,ucS' ,ri "r""'" 'l' m"' "''n 'l'r".t,
W na' "oh"'r 'ho' ,nG weary WIZ
signed us Sile rr'aI''H Ihos' Hal
wheh ih' golu'l, o"" u, ''"''ll,' 'r,' %
l"NIhGI! o'Sr ll''nI' WI y"''l,' S'''
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OF MS good name MS lnll''te' Nihon-
men, ana inc hoh"r'SnlG Pn''''o'' 1T
occupIGu' nut WIN ~. ''..N ''''' N''
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r, IIhrsS VI nome % lo'' anu r"iol ''''u' ,
lhr"; , .op' ,h' ,..',' m,otHr' ~" M n'' .,.' s""
anu '""-u'''H E''" '"S W. i"'' ~"
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rr lor 'h'''' '''an '''''"N "''" c'''''
1t is not the farmer alone nor ne
perhaps more Than men IN ONE
vocatlons, who allow the lhlrSt Il"
possession to choke down the lIh'
feelings ana rarcr chIoymrnS oi f'
llncmrnt and beauty Inc mwlr
does II the merchant, the business man
1t is sad mistake to become lh'!
absorbed IN their monry'grttihg' u Ul
well to work. bMt 1t Is neither wise no
well to slave what Is the good oI pos