The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-07-23
A SAMPLE KANSAS FARMER.
written Zoe the sALrskcorSrr Jourx.

q vas las. sunday mornin'. tween eight
Fnrnsf cafroli and his family rot In their
And started for Tire msetin' house. some
All dresssd ont in ihsIi suBd b..t, behind
their black and gray.
The norma sun was shInIn' bright. the far
mers heart vas gay,
And he hummed and sang In glad re rain to
pass the time away.
His wheat vas 'thrashed,' and In the bin, his
corn was green aud tall,
And down among their clean straight rows
he heard the Bob whites call
His pretty daughter, dressed In white, sat on
the seat with him,
And Just behind him sat bis vile with little
The little maid beside him. her father's JOY
Was the picture Of her mother before she was
bride.
The same bright eyes, and rosy cheeks. and
laughin' cherry lips,
The boys-you couldn't please their father
moFe'f 20 call 'em little chips
For the lively little feIlers were - bright as
As risky as a span Of colts. and havin' lots of
FUN.
But when the boys got sleepy. and the
preacher wasn't done,
One erepi into his mothers lap-pa held the
Prosperity hsd smiled on him. his boat had
easy sailin',
He didnI. curse the money power nor J,In
In PETERS Wailin.'
There wasn't any mortgage on Farmer Car
roi's crop,
Nor on his land and cattle. ormy story have
He didn't howl calamity As II his lungs
Nor lei the weeds grow In his corn. while he
stood and cursed the weather.
He was eonient 20 hoe his row. and gain by
The comforts and the happiness OF thO.e who
He'd had his share Of hopper. Of hot winds
But iabored ON With hand and brain, tho
never with his mouth.
He's greetIn' now his neIghborS. with pleas.
ant words md smiieS,
For it didn't take him very long TO drive
those seven miles,
Then he leads his wife and children 10 their
old accustomed place,
IAN hail the power Of Jesus name, f" he sings
In steady bass.
He hears his wife's sweet alto, and his daugh-
teT's, clear a. air,
He bows his head In reverence, and Iins hI.
heart In prayer.
The PREACHER reads from gu, the Book,
"Biessed IL the man,
Who standeth not In sinners WAYS" WHY,
that IL Carroll's plan.
"NoF sittelh In the seorner'S scat" the les
son read that day,
"FOr they 2 e like the ehar. which the wind
The congregation sings again and then the
text IL resd.
ave not seen the righteous forsaksu. nor
his seed q Begin bread"
The preacher spoke OF pastures green, where
shepherds lead their sheep,
And Bob began To nod his head. and soon was
fast asleep.
Jim idgeted little while. and then began "a
doIe.
Long ere the congregation sang "From whom
all blessing iOws."
To be invited home with him II was my
For CARROTS sunday dinner finds pullet in
the pot.
No want e'er crowded round his board, nor
wolf hOWled At his door,
Since he took his Kansas homestead some
twenty years before.
This Is no fancy sketch Of mine. the sacred
truth I say.
There's q thousand Farmer CarroIl's,' We
meet 'em every day,
They're living here In Kansas, In plenty and
In spite o. granny PETER. and howlIn' daddy
Lesse.
I'll just tack ON n moral here, and then III
have To stop,
The man who sticks to Kansas, will sure
come out on top,
The Lord II sure IT, bless him, and give him
peace and plenty,
And children crowd around his bnard-weII,
somethIn' less than twenty"
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