Charlevoix county herald., 1906-05-26
Shot At Random.

riches and fame. Try IL.
1t is said that the best way to pre-
serve apples in winter is TO wrap them
In newspapers so as TO exclude the air.
The exception is made, however, that |
the newspaper must be one on which
the subscription has been paid else
the dampness resulting from what is
dew" may result in spelling the fruit
We still have one or two men in
this community who stand round on
the street corners and from morning
until night complain about the town,
their neighbors, their taxes and the
weather. Such men are mighty COM
mon clay and it is fortunate we have
so few OF them. Such men are no use
TO the town, their families or their
God. They seem TO live but DO one
can tell how Like mosquitoes and
flies, they are not fatal but disagree
able to have about.
While doing some shopping in one
CHANGED to hear little boy ask his
father who that man was buying the
flour. That is our editor" SAID the
father. "What do editors live on"
said the inquisitive little urchin.
"Why do you ask that question, said
the indulgent father. Because l
heard you say you had taken our home
paper for three years and had never
paid cent for it." To save the
father embarrassment we left the store,
but il is safe to predict that the child
got spanked when the father got him
home
There are but few editors in our
state who have not made vigorous
and continuous fight against the city
mail order house This has been done
in the interest of the home merchant,
and without money and without price.
If the editors OF the land had receiv-
ed regular advertising rates for all
they have said against the enemies Of
the country merchant they could now
be wearing diamonds. Now the de-
partment store man appreciates ad-
vertsing space and is willing to take
all the average country editor has for
sale, and at good price. What other
I business or professional men would
refuse business TO help their friends,
especially as many of said friends
never seem disposed to return the
compliment or even appreciate 1t.
There should be no Factions" in
this little city Of ours. Every i'm
provement made enhances the value
of all the property in and surrounding
our town. We should live as one big
family, and we believe few towns can
show up a more progressive or intell-
ectual family. We have as few ''6lack
sheep" in our place as any flock IN the
state. When there is discord in the
family there Is little progress. When
there is'a united pull there is little we
cannot accomplish. Envy. jealousy
and hatred pull US all down. Envy is
a canker that gnaws at the heart aud
makes one sour, disgruhtled and un-
happy. jealousy makes one unfair in
passing Judgment; hatred does not
pay even from "A sordid point Of view.
Let us all be friends and pull together
and Show our neighbors what a large
and harmonious family can accom-
plish in building up a town.
We are not given to Boosting but
we are proud of the farm boys of
this vicinity. They are, with rare ex-
ceptions, a healthy. intelligent. happy
class of young men. We feel like
taking our hat clear off when we meet
them upon our streets, and no class is
more welcomed TO our Office. Too
many boys leave the farm where they
would have made substantial and
good citizens, and go to the city where
ouly me in thousand succeed in ife's
battle. There are farmers who fairly
drive their boys away. There is no
excuse for this. The farmer boy is
entitled to his vacations, to several
relaxations, his visits to the city.
good books, magazines and his home
paper To the observing one it is
plain TO be seen that the old farm is
the best place in the world for the
average Young man and never fails to
bring happier and more useful life
than the city. Young men. you who
till the soil and earn your bread by
the sweat OF your brow, we are proud