The Van Buren press., 1896-10-17
ARP ON GOOD PLANS.
Polls What Should Be Done ana
How to Do 1t.
.sep your Books Balsnced-doweVer' IL
,be Cook or the Cow Leaves lou
Needn.t Record It-TheyH
Come Back.

IN his books once OF lNlOS IL
md see how the account STANDS. aoh
mean his money accounts, nor us
iahts and credits. but his blessings anu
affections. In doing this he should 'o.@
lair with himself and his Creator. lie
should not magnify his troubles nor
pinifv his blessings and privileges. Il
loo Is the maximum on either side, then
ipbt Affections. which are but fof
noment. as Paul says, should not DE
.et down at IS. If the cook quits anu
the COW runs away, wouldn't put II
Town at ali, for both have come Dack
lust as l expected. Hope cancels great
many troubles. My tnrnip seed nave
been in the grond IS days, with not Il
Iron of rain to sprout them, but l am
still hoping. and SO won't put the tur-
nips down as q lost erop-not yet
wont: some dog, with two legs or fohr'
killed my peafowl while she was SCI
ting, and l put that down at i've, for IL
.as a great aggravation, and 1t lasts a
long time; nothing frets me more thah
cruelty to animals. except cruelty 10
children. I see young bucks driving
fast horses past my house, and theY
press them 10 their utmost speed, and II
the horse breaks they jerk him and
yhip him numerically, and think IT Is
smart. | would like to see one of them
fellows reined up with a bit IN hls
mouth and a check-rein drawn over his
head and fastened somewhere. just ID
let him feel the agony for few min
utes.
Good health in the family ought to
be put down to-day at not less than 90
for that is the greatest blessing IN life,
and perhaps the least appreciated, until
we get sick. One of our boys is sick
now from the effects of sUnstreke in
t Chattanooga a month ago. and his
mother sat up with him all night last
night, and her anxiety is very great.
You see. he is her boy, and she knows II.
There is never any doubt about who is
the mother of child. But | won't put
that down at more than % on the
trouble side. for hope comes in-hope
/ that he will be better tomorrow.
Then. again. we are all out OF Jail, and
/ that is worth something. There are
/ lots OF folks in jail or in the lunatic asy-
lum or in the poorhouse. and that is 4
great affection, and mighty nigh takes
all the figures TO count the misery. l
met an old man in Arkansas who said:
MIR. Arp. I am 81 years old. Ne and my
old oman have been liyin' together 62
years. and have 13 livin' children and
i lots of grandchildren. and nary one
hadn't been called 10 court for anything
F they've done-put that down-and you
nav say that me and her have belonged
70 the same Baptist church for 60 years,
and all that time I have voted the demo-
cratic tieket-put that down"
"Hain.t never been called to court"
Well. that's a big thing-no lawsuits in
/ the family, DO crimes nor bonds nor
iails. That is worth ten every day on
the credit side. Then there IS peace
with the Majors, and good will all
around IS another big thing. And hav-
I ing 4 home and shade trees and vines
and flowers and good water and gentle
I breezes and friends 10 come and go, and
Z faithful dog to warn intruders. and n
I jersey eow-these are all blessings that
count up. And then there is the priv
/ ileEe of living in 4 Christian land, under
I Christian laws and rulers; and of goirg
I 10 church and worshiping God accord
Z ing to our conscience. Ou- forefathcrs
away back couldn't do that. Speaking
t OF worshiping God reminds me of an &C.
centric friend who didn't belong IL any
church. but sometimes attended and
paid devout attention. l met him ons
Sabbath morning. walking fast in that
1 direction, and l said: where are you
I going in such a hurry?"
I'm going TO church" said ne; go
ing 10 church to worship God-not the
/ preacher
Neither poverty nor richest" That's
/ another blessing. Pinching poverty we
/ have never known at our house. though
it looks like it is coming, and is almos;
in hailing distance.
II Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Mckinley or
somebody don't do something very soon
/ don't know what will become of us
Somebody is to blame about all this
depression, and IL knew who it was
would use language on them. \ re.
| publican friend told me the other DAY
| that it was the want of protection to our
/ industries, and that Mckinley would
| straighren il all out next year. He
/ said that Vermont had started the ball
10 rolling. and it would roll on from
] > "a 81 .
believes that, and Furthermore, that he
viii roll into our little post office next
! year. That's all right. He may put
down five for hope on his credit side
and iii sign his petition If his side wins
for he i about as clever q man as re
| publican can be. and that is not fat
teriuE him very much. But Vermont
don't prove anything, for they all want
| protection up there where there is a
little mill on every branch and water.
fall making fshhOoks or hairpins OF
Jews harps or suspender buckles OF
something. just wait till the west i.
| heard from, where oats are now SELLING
for - cents a bushel and the railroad.
get seven cents a bushel for hauling
them 10 market. What is protection
going 10 do for them? \ writer in tn,
Review q Reviews. a gold standar,
monthly. says he has just come from
there and you might as well sirs
psalms 20 a dead horse as Il
Try 20 convert them from tn,
silver craze. He says that all tn,
golden literature you send them i,