Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-04-06

nature which has been SO long dor
mant in ice and snow. This should
iorcibly remind lis OF the final dis
position OF man. He passes his
life in the cold and frigid zone of
sin. But if he has lived NJ to the
teachings and prcccpts Of the Lord,
he will az last bc rcsurcctcd INTO the
glorious beauties Of his Creator and
amid the sunshine Of Gods love, be
permitted to par,allc ofGoTs good
ness thru the countless ages Of etcr-
nifty.
Well, Mr.. Editor, our brethren Of
the sickle and Shcaf arc taking ad-
vantage Of this fine weather to push
their farm work and the oats crop
Is about soWn, potatoes planted,
gardens made ard some corn plant
ed. The land has been in fine con-
dltlon, flowers arc springing up and
all nature is smiling in the sunshine
of Gods goodness.
Squire b. +. Winters and his,
son-ln-law. Noses Pcnturf, are ex-
pecting 4 consignment strawberry
plants from Boslydell, Ill. They
intend setting five or six acres Of
this luscious trult this spring and
next, and will set Il thousand peach,
plum and cherry trees. They will
also raise poultry as side line.
This is a business enterprise that
our upland farmers would do we'll
to follow, and one that they will
sooner or later, have to -a6opf, ior
their timber is gone; their other re-
sources arc exhausted. They can
not raise corn or wheat in paying
quantities and will have to turn
their attention to something else.
And what will pay better on these
little hill farms than fruit and poul-
tIy! Your correspondent has clear
4nt' .S1OS per -a""o |o,r hnrries. on
land tnat would not grow three
bushels OF wheat per acre, and this
from the old varieties of berries.
While it is true that berries do
not command as high prices as at
that time, man should be able to
realize as much as $50 to SIS per
acre and we would not confine our
efforts altogether to Strawberries;
but would grow dew berries, black
bernes, gooseberries, peaches, pears
pfums, cherries and,;in fact, nearly
all kinds of fruits. When we make
the right kind of effort along This
line the railroad. .and express com
panies stand ready to extend help
aud shipping facilities.
We understand some Of our Ger
man friends of Leopold held a meet |
ing short time ago and organized
4 fruit growers association,'a and will |
plant great many fruit trees in the !
near future. Now we should not |
allow our German brethren to get |
the start of us in this matter, but
should all Join hands and march
forward in this excellent and inter
esting branch of husbandry.
We would be glad. oihave some
IF our farmer friends discuss this
natter thru THE MARBLE HILL
PRESS, so we may be able to get
Tour ideas for concerted action.
The publishers will gladly give you
place in their paper for the dis
,ussion Of such subjects as tend tc
he uplifting and upbuilding of our
The citizens of the Barks chapel
met last Sabbath and
organized Sunday school, as did
he people of Latin. II
Mrs. B. s. Snider of near Latin {
as been quite sick for some time
nd is no better at this writing.
B. S. Snider will build an addi-
ion to his dwelling some time tins
ummer.
W. II. Moore is improving his
remises by building new stables
nd crib.
Our enterprising postmaster,
red CIippard, is getting along all
ght with the bridge subscription,
nd there is no doubt that Latin
i'll get a good iron bridge in the F
car future.
y depot building for Latin is
$50 an assured fact.
Our hustling n1erchi>i:s, Messrs.