Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-03-30

"A farmers institute OF three days ses-
sion closed Saturday afternoon. The pa
pers read and the discussions which fol-
flowed were worthy much larger attend
ance Of farmers than were present to
profit thereby. Tho occasion demanded
u full opera house at each session, but
the lateness OF the date found farmers
quite busy with preparations for tho
spring crops.
Hon. W. b. Ebbert made the introduce
tory address Thursday afternoon.
Prof. W. w. Cooke Of the state agri.
cultural college presented the subject OF
sugar beets. Not being able to be pres
snt, the Enterprise is unable to give
synopsis Of his address. II received the
hearty appreciation Of the farmers and
we hope that Prof Cooke can furnish us
y condensation for future issue.
Mrs. Emma Shattuck Hamlin read n
paper on
Soul side Of Life on n New Western
Farm.
from which We make the following e1-
tracts.
Some ono has sni d "Shirking duty is
fobbing ones self Of growth" 1t may be
true enough for the present moment, rs
the shirker says in. trying to justify him.
self, that ii does not matter much to the
world whether he does his little best or
not. The point il not 30 much whether
v man will be missed as what he missea.
In cleaning, we hope We have no: wan-
.lered into too familiar fields, eise ynu
may wish we had shirked. One editor
says "There is n certain fascination of
the human mind for reducing everything
to its lowest terms, or the latest thing OF
today is to divide into component parts"
Ne: Whit Is man? Spirit, soul and
body. Tho spirit is the God part Of mnn.
The body--well, we nre SO we'll acIuaint-
ed with its dsmlntls We need not deiine
it, The soul, or intellectual part OF our
nature, its needs aud cultivation, would
like to make the subject OF this paper
the soul side OF lifo on new western
farm. Perhaps the smile on Your face
says: "'rhere is no such side to such
life" When the boy says: 'Oh, mnmma!
come aud SOC the Clouds" and the tired
mother dra,s her weary feet to the door
and together they admire and point out
the beauties, (Ior where, on this side, is
there such materinl Tor landscape paint-
ing ms our Colorado skies furnish Then
who, for moment, conid doubt the ex-
istence OF tho aesthetic side, when ''evcn
boy responds 20 it's call.
How hungry the mpthers on our farms
9row-hnngry for uta.r sights than the
four wn'ls IL her kitchen Even though
the mn reaches Tor II new th,nSlit the
work must occupy the busy hands and
leave the mind unfel. think even the
beautiful Rachel OF old testament times.
sometimes grew weary OF the toll aud
monotony Of caring for her fathers
sheep.
Many farmers wife OF today looks
across the heated, dusty plains and sees
not the thing her eye rests upon. She
sees the home Of her early days. shady
trees. md instead OF the muddy. I'M
inviting ditch. she sees lively brook,
clear aud cool it flows past the old home,
making music as it goes. With II sigh
she turns to finish the task. What must
come into her life to fill the want? Many
books, magazines, papers without stint,
will help mnch. She can mike trip
and visit her boy in n southern camp Ms
she reads description OF his surround
ings and return to her duties refreshed.
So we would like to say to the providers
in these farm homes, While tue means
may not be abundant. don't forget the
intellectual side in setting apart fluids
for the coming year.
We taught school 10 the early days on
the western reserve in the good stnte OF
Ohio Among other duties and pleas.
ures 1t was ours to "board around" Ii
the teacher WIS OF practical turn OF
,nind-well. II timid and retiring, "Woe
10 me-" she said, ms she hesitatingly
knocked at the door. While the busy
housewife provided for our entertain.
,nent the hours dragged, and we searched
for something to read. We owere
sometimes rewarded by finding the good
family Bible md the almanac. We have
no epe.ial love for the study OF the al
manac today. i. i.
"'rhe clumsy measure OF wealth will be
laid asids with the social order that is
filed" We will say that Mrs. So.and.
SO was helpful to her neighbors in that
she taught us to observe the interesting
things in nature. While we gardened we
gathered facts. While we listened to
hear what the bees were saying about
sitting up housekeeping in new homes
we learned much OF nature and her ways
To make the home life on farm really
a contented, satisfying one, there must