Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-01-26


night and over the parior door sa"
the legend worked Il letters of gold:
what Is Home Without q Mother.
Across the room was another brief
God Bless Our Home. These mot
+oas win be fourdiu many homes,
worked by nimbIe fingers, and eX-
nressive of the love and devotion
felt nv the members OF the house
hold for the hottest and happiest Of
earth's blessings. 'mother'and home.
Home. home-sweet home; be II
ever 50 humble there's no place ike
home But there IS another factor
in the blessedness Of home that is
too often forgotten or at least some
times not fully appreciated, and
that factor is dad
1--WE want to preach little SCI
mon in dads behalf. 1t is no dis
arrangement to mother to say that,
alongside the legend referred to
above. this other would be appropri-
ate. God Bless Our Dad
. Dad gets up early, lights the
fire. boils an egg, grabs a dinner
pail. and wipes off the dew Of the
dawn while many a mother is sleep
ing. He makes the weekly hand
ont to the butcher, the grocer, the
nilkman and baker, md his little
nile is badly worn before he has
been home an hour. He stands OH
the baIiff and keeps the rent paid
NJ. IF there is a noise during the
night dad is nudged In the back
and made to get down stairs to find
the burglar and kill him. Mother
darns the socks, but dad buys
them in the first place, and the
needles and the yarn afterward.
Mother does up the fruit well, but
dad buys it all. and jars and sugar
costs like mischief.
: Dad buys chickens for Sunday
dinner. carves them himself, and
draws a neck from the ruins after
the rest are served. What is home
without mother?" Yes, that is all
right. What is home without
a fatherg Ten chances to one it is a
boarding house; father is under a
slab and the landlord is widow.
Dad, here's to you. You have
your faults-you may have lots of
faults-but we will miss you when
you are gone.
''Yes. dear, old unappreciated
dad! The legend ought to grace
the walls of cottage or a paIace in
your home wherever you appear.
You may tread the pathway of life
bearing its burdens ungrudgingly
and cheerfully, and go down to the
grave unhonored and unsung in
framed legends, but you will be
missed and mourned nevertheless
IL cold, gray days when you can 10
longer answer the call for your
services, and will receive your re-
ward on the other shore. Dear old
dad God bless 'dad'g'
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This little preachment, from an
exchange, has TO do with a person
age so rarely exploited, that it is
worth reproducing and considering
Every complete family, where chill
dren come to bless the home, is a
triple alliance. When the first
baby comes, the circle of love is en-
larged, to take the little stranger in,
and as others follow. the mother re-
ceives congratulations, while the
father continues to pass around
cigars, of uncertain vintage, to his
friends in general, and the press in
particular, for recording the happy
event.
The responsibility OF the new IA
Their has commenced, and he as
sUmes lit with dignity and courage,
and if the heir Is of the right persu-
aston, plans, reaching on into the
future, are laid out for the little
lad, long before he is out of the
kindergarten.
If the circle enlarges, until energy
Is taxed TO the utmost in the
struggle for existence, but little
time is lett for planning, yet the
fatherly sOlicitude continues keep
ing pace with the mother love, and
there comes to the man in mature
life a feeling of satisfaction when
the boys and girls, who contributed
50 largely to the JOY of the old
home, are safely launched on the
voyage of life.
The home is the mothers world,
while the great outside realm, where
victories are won and failures re.
corded, is the fathers arena. The
one is so closely envirOned that il
becomes q sacred precinct, while the
other is a battle-ground which taxes
energy and endurance TO the limit
Roses and So0tiuopt IauohteI and