Warren sheaf., 1905-08-31


for no other it pays to stack the grain
instead Of trying to thrash from the
shocks, as by doing so man is left
free to attend to this early blowing.
August blowing is Of immense value
as a weed destroyer prevents weeds
from ripening seed and further gives
chance for dormant seed In the
ground to germinate, to be nicely
caught by the frost in the fall.
Before the merchant raises too much
of roar against the farmer for trad
ing with mail order houses he should
examine his stock and see what per
cent of his goods are Of the cheap va
riety or are out of date The day
when the farmer bought because there
was only one available store and he
must buy what was offered has
passed, and he now wants the best as
we'll as his friend in town. It might
not be amiss for the farmer to talk
with his home merchant and give him
chance before going to the city for
his supplies, for often the latter finds
it possible to meet the mail order house
both as regards the quality and price
of goods.
A friend wants to know how to start
a lawn on his town. lot right now.
We do not know Of any way whereby
a satisfactory turf could be secured
for this season, as 1t Is SO late that
neither blue grass nor white clover,
the only kinds of lawn grass seed
which it is of much use to SOW,
would amount to anything this season
II sown, even If it germinated and
lived. It would be best to prepare the
soil this fall and SOW the seed early in
the spring. He might, however, plant
this lawn with chunks Of blue grass
sod, taking irregular shaped pieces as
they would be turned over by the plow,
and place them in holes dug for them
about ten inches apart, then level OF
the lawn with fine earth and roll. This
blue grass would under such treatment
make a good fall growth provided it
was kept moist enough. Next year it
would make q fine lawn.
;iI
In the question and answer depart
ment of one Of the most popular
monthly magazines we came across
the following case: A woman, the wife
Of minister, had written to the maga-
zine and its readers saying that her
conscience troubled her and she would
like to state the cause and see If some
one would not advise way out Of the
difficulty. 1t seems that this worthy
woman possessed railroad stocks to the
amount Of $4,000, on which she had
never paid any tax whatever. Her:
husband being Of that denomination Of
ministers VINO change their pastorate.
about every two years, the tax collect
ors had never, it. seems, been able to
locate this $4,000. Consequently the
lady had never been called upon for
taxes, though, as she expressed it, she
had never made any effort either to
make known or conceal the fact that
she possessed the property. Notwith-
standing that this lady was aware she
possessed goods upon which the law
prescribed that she should pay a tax,
she wrote to magazine asking the
editor and the public to help her out Of
the difficulty.
In principle the above case is very
common. The person in question
would no doubt scorn to steal $40 and
would have resented the imputation
that she was dishonest. Like the man
who has been overpaid in d transac-
ton or the making Of change, she was
willing to profit by the ignorance Of
the tax collector, provided it entailed
no overt act Of dishonesty on her part.
This is test before which many peo-
pie fall, yet the truth Is plain to see
Honesty is not matter to be deter
mined by the public, but to be decided
by the individual who is concerned.
Neither can one person excuse or pal
late his acts by citing the example of
another's wrong action. The meeting
Of such questions as the above in-
wolves character, and character Is a
thing which must be worked out by
the independent acts and decisions Of
It's possessor. a pern1cious but entdc-
ing theory - that which holds that dis
honesty comes only with detection.