The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-15
A HAPPY OLD Az
Some I thoughts for the Farmer when
&c Gets cid.
''Unole Henry Wallace" .A'msedf 9
Jolly and us,fu, o.d Mar,
Gives tho 81 oret or IL.

As your ULcle Harry has almost
reached the allotted span of life, and
feels pretty well, tiark you, 1t may
not DO amiss for him to suggest to the
rst of the d. II RS how 1t Is possible
to live a. long as the Lord let's you
aud be reasonably C m%1oitable, says
DR.. Henry Wallacs, in Wallace's
h .rmer.
First, don't eat too much. Why do
you want to load yourself up with a
lot Of ancient blubber and go wheel
Ing around with 1t Q your oiScomfort
and the shortening Of your days +?
You don't want anything over and
above the food Ct support. There Ia
20 strength and health In fat. Ex-
%cessive fat is diseate, or rather the
evidence OF disease. II you ara pat
ing half as mucn as that seventeen
,enr- Did grandson OF y urs you are
eating qlito to much. r. member
Solom a.'a i%DjuuctiCn: Nv hen thou
tbIeSt to eat With a ruler } idcr
diligently what is before thee; and
put a knife to thy throat, II thou be
Il mar given to appetite" II is q lite
possible that rs many people dig
their graves with their teeth as by
looking upon the wine wh,n it Is
red.
N x, sleep. When you h: ve done
your DAYS work aud SAID YOU pray
ers, or rather prayed Connecting ocen
quite different from saying prayer }
got In be- and go the sleep. OjDSid n
- 4, - 1, lie "a, .1nal an ,,.I>. ctYL-.
does a dead man want TO DO with the
frets ard worries ard vexat;ons OF
lif,? Sleep quite "a many hours as
v'u were accusG, med to when young.
e t:ht arc not 100 mani; but sleep
and don't let anybody or anything re
you OF your sleep IL IL not an easy
tuipg to do, we admit. Possibly ii
can't always be done, but If you don't
DO IT you will shorten your days. That
machine, combined mind and body,
needs oiling and repairing and fixing
up We should put it in the shop over
eight. The Maker OF it will fix i6 up
for you and give 1t 60 you In go q
order in the morning, If you will let
Him.
Next, don't spend to- much OF your
time with other Old fellows. Some
have been fortunat' SON, are un
healthy; some are chronic kickers
anyhow. DJn't stay too much with
the crowd. Associate with young p"o
pie Next to your wife, your sons and
daughter are the best associates you
can hav next to them your grand
CHI dcen. Associate With younger
people, people who bave life before
them, something to do, and IRE earn
cstly bent on doing 1t. They will COL
rect the views OF life thai are likely
90 be entertained by an old man or an
old woman.
Here IL whore most far Oers make
q mistake IN nlovirg TO town. They
ct away fem their boys and girl,.
their sons in.law and daughters 81
law, aud get with another lot OF ola
fello"s and heir the grumbing AMI
complaints Unless they tignt It, tiiey
will take the old man's view OF Ii e,
which Is largely a mistaken view. III
they had stayed on III, farm they
would have been In c'oser touch with
their families. 1T is d. fl1uit for au
old IN. IN to get co @ to young m;n
with whom he is not i'm mediate'y re
'a'ea. He can, however, keep close
% his boys and girls, their wi yes and
husbands. ThiS, TO L mind, Is the
greatest objection to reti ing from
the farm. 1t cuts you of from the
very class With whom you ought to
ha We most Intimate association.
Keep doing ~something. No one ex.
pscts a man over seventy or even
over sixty TO do very much hard
so k, except as a stern necessity. Toe
man who has IL cd his tine wisely
d)u't bave T. Tut The man who stops
work altogether, WHO retlrts 3, vary
materially shortens his day. No mat.
Ter what the work liz, so maj iG occu
pies the attention aud kecp s his brain
busy. When The brain dies tho body
night as ven be dead. The mere
vegetable or animal * s'ence is not
worth living. Mental act WHY is 81
sential to any life thai IL worth lly
Ing.
Here Is where the retired farmer
makes another great mistake. IL
often stops his agricultural paper
cuts himself eff from his old lines q
thought and Can't take up any new
lires that require study. Hence he
ILLS himself up with the gossip Of
the daily press and the news. much
OF which is misleading and wrong.
Read the Oily papers; keep up with
the t'nes. Don'G neglect your agrjcul
tural papers II you wish to live long
and te happy.
Like q cheerful view OF the future.
In you have not ade your reace with
your God, you have missed tie real
meaning OF life. DON'T miss the
meanirg In the little OF IL that Is lef,
to you. D5n'G be afraid OF tho agonies
or death. There iB no reason why IL
should not BIO az easy to die as to he
b"rn. The clm!ng In OF Il life and The
going out OF Il both bring pain and
anguish to Others; but there Is no evil
dence that except In case3 OF untimely
death, the falling OF TIE appl9 before
1t Is ripe, there IS any special pain
Connected with IT.. The body provld.
es It's ancSthetic for the dying
day. Believe In the fathorhood OF
Gld He has been better to you all
your life than you deserve. Why can't
you trust Him for the outgoing ano
entrance into the larger HE? II ?mcm.
her always that "a merry heart doath
good like o medicine: but 8 broken
spirit drieth the bones
N rauFAmIly.