The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24

Beautiful highways add to the attrac- tiveness and value of property and the planting of trees along them Is vated and thoughtful farmers. These fine, hard roads encourage sociabiiity and increase conveniencs.
 Another very great point in favor of country homes is the establishment by the Government of rural free de- livery of malls. Now letters and news papers can be carried from house to house throughout the country just as they have been for several years. and in the same way in our cities. This has caused an enormous increase In the circulation of daily papers, and one of the good results will be in better acquaintance with the markets and politics and foreign and domestic news
 The condition of the health In the country Is better now than ever be- fore because farmers are looking more after cleanliness around their homes and protecting their wells and springs of water from contamination.
 The main difficulty and chief objec- tion that can be urged to life in the country is the inability to secure trust worthy and reliable laborers. Efforts are now being made to remove this obstacle by encouraging white immi-
 
 servants homes are being bettered In appearance, in number of rooms, and in improving their outside appearance and internal comfort
 The rearing of cattle and horses on the rolling pastures and beautiful meadows, instead of raising the usual crops of corn and cotton has caused a demand for different class of labor, and not so much of 1t is required. Our town boys when carried to the country realize that 1t is 8 land full of won- ders and perpetual changes, of joyful surprises and of inexpressible delights. After this taste of the country, the constant rush and me noisy roar of the city becomes disagreeable, the din in his ears is painful, tho innumerable signs and placards, the constant meet ing and passing of people come upon him with a weariness and a growing distaste With the country boy who has been for many years in town and grows up there to mans estate and succeeded and become prosperous, this annual visitation to the scenes of his boyhood recalls with ardent longing the forgotten days, and it all rises up before him again and he has an irre- sistible impulse and tidal wave urg- ing him to return to the beloved scenes and sweet recoliections which were graven on his heart, the dear old home of his father and mother so long for- saken. perhaps the graves of his pre- cious mother and of his devoted father call upon him. and lure him back to the days, the scenes and the pastimes of the long, long ago.
 These noble men, once country boys, now denizens of crowded towns and cities, are glad In their riper years and in their days of greater prosperity, to return either to their old homesteads or to a new one made comfortable and even luxurious by themselves, and they take the utmost pleasure in again talk ing upon Themselves in a more digni- fled way the cares, the duties, the pleasures of a renewed country life. They take pains In improving these homes and bettering them in compari. son with the more rustic rural ones through which they passed their boy hood days. They expand and heautify the beloved d-fashioned flower gar den, and cultivate eagerly the garden of vegetables. They construct smooth and lovely driveways and pleasant paths in which to walk, and wind them