The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-11-30
Lies Spice
Variety is the spice OF life"
BY ). NICK. +.


- recently Of the story of the town
where the inhabitants woke up one
morning to find that each individu-
al had Inherited fortune of 800,
s. 600 during the night. There was
a sad condition of affairs. 1t was
= not necessary for the cook to pre-
", pare meal, for she had as much
money as her mistress: the butcher
!" found no necessity to ply his trade:
the mllkman did not need to sup
4 ply his customers with milk. So
p It rau through every grade of SO
clety, aud the people were helpless
and most miserable until the fairy
. story was proved really Il fairy
5 story, when normal conditions
. were resumed and everybody was
busy at his own business aud IN
consequence happy. one might
almost wonder If tins condition OF
affairs did not prevail here, for it .
Is almost impossible to get any /
body To do any work for you. The /
very few colored people who work .
have 50 much work to do that they
constantly refuse any more, while
lined up against the sides Of the
stores and on the steps of the
Realty building there are scores Of
Id.c negroes who absolutely refuse ,
To work, aud are often insulting 10 ,
their refusal. The question ha,
been raised rs to the vngrunt law. f
aud rs 10 whether the production a,
Of n Woodworking wife or mother
would constitute Il visible means OF
support ia the eye Of the law. Els. y,
where in THE TIMES is an extrari
from Charleston paper showing
that the same condition Of affairs :
exists there, and | have no doubt y
that the condition is general We It
read much about the restitution
and starvation Of the people in the II
slnms of ST. Louis. Why could
not some OF these people be in TT
iuced to change their place of of
II abode 10 the country where life LEI
s worth living. An enterprising dc
nan and woman with family of
all of whom would be nj,
Wiling to work, could live in the mi
'ery best manner here in Farming.
on, for an abundance of work
would he assured. But there are ','
o many people who would rather ~
tarv" IN II city than endure the
ulct aud comfort Of country
own. II some of the city phiIau. Ole
hrOplstS would but take NJ this cot
latter aud present the plea 50 that
would be understood aud ap Ma
reclated, much good might be ac. an,
for great many peo-
Ip. g,
rc,
This beautiful little poem by Lc'
axe Holm is n great favorlte of Alb
me aud is particularly appropri.
'e al this time: Mn
THE LOVE OF GOD.
Ike cradle rocking, rocking, ''''
Silent, peaceful to and fro
Ike mothers sweet looks dropping wa,
On the little face below, ior
angs the green earth swinging, turn. ~"
ing, pla
Jarle.s' noiseless, safe and slow; app
Ills the light of Gods face bending !,
Down and watching us below.
wal
Id as feeble babes that suffer, matt
Toss, and cry and will not rest ,o,r
e the ones the tender mother
Holds the closest, loves the best
when We are weak aud wretched, II,
By QUE sins weighed down, distressed, tor
len it is that Gods great patience W.
Holds us closest, loves us best. {
great heart OF God! whose loving
Cannot Rendered be, nor crossed, anne
i'll not weary, will not even leav
In our death Itself be lost; mex
we divine! OF such great loving :,
Only mothers know the cost
st of love, which all love passing, Glib
save son to save the lost. graz
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The great city stores that adver- l.
e so largely ut this season Of the Jon
ar have made special plea for lien
rIy Christmas shopping and the $
lbs have taken up the same cry. I.
he remembrance of the crowded ed a
'res last year during the last few A
Us before Christmas has not mail
ssed away, and to prevent this, gest
e plea is made. The saleswomen
re rushed and worried almost to
falnting point, and the crowds j,
the stores so that some min
nes the doors had to be shut. NJ
Louis has grown immensely iqu,
ice the Worlds Fair, and there c
the same crowds seen daily on min,
streets that were seen at that :,
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