The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-06-20
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imagine he is rich by rehdug a poul-
Try
What has become al the old fash
toned man who called his watch his
abiseuitl"
\ woman's dog always seems to
belong to the same class al a boy
F.. with long curls.
A tool is man who wall work r1al
hard Tor a year saving money To
spend in day.
"A country housewife will do all
she can in the winter aud can all she
does in the summer
In a small town the idea of an
extravagant woman is one who
hires her washing done
Never argue the point with the
man who tells you that he is one in
a thousand-he is probably one Of
the ciphers.
There are two ways OF spending
dollar You can spend it at home,
gain an easy conscience, make anoth.
er friend and perhaps get the dollar
| back tomorrow, or YOU can send 1t
away, feel that you have sinned, of.
| Tended the home merchants and for
ever lost the dollar and its blessed
influence for good to yourself and
neighbor
The first duty OF man is to home
to wife and to children, As hus-
band, father, an example to his sons
and daughters. their counselor and
friend, he should be the light and JOY
of his households; their strength for
duty, their encouragement to excel,
lence, their comfort and help in all
that prepares for usefulness and
makes home attractive to all.
If there is one thing more than
another in our experience in publish
ing a local newspaper that makes
us tired, it is the practice OF some
to tell us that We must not say
anything about this or that thing
that has happened. There afe two
sides to every question and it would
be n very easy matter to formulate
reason why paper should not re-
port anything
If the reader wants to settle Ill
a wide. wake community, all he has
to do is to look at the local news.
papers. A wide-awakc we'll sup
ported home newspaper is always
associated with good schools,
churches, active business, and in
teligent people. 1t never fails.
No business man or pioneer in any
community makes any better invest
ment than in the support of a home
newspaper,
Admiration alone will not run
newspaper. Sooner OF later such adj
mirers will find that the object of
their affections has become welded
to other ways that they do not ad.
mire- in other words, newspaper
is compelled in order to live, to seek
the friendship of those who are not
so platonic in their love, but unite
their practical esteem with senti-
ment that binds mutual admiration
in other professions. There are too
many men who expect an editor %
slave in defense Of their notious ana
hobbies, advocate their views agair.t
the strongest opposition and cooNS
withhold the business support by
which alone small newspaper can
live
Who wouldn't be farmer? There
is just one trouble only the farmers
know how TO farm. There are
thousands who would like to quit
the towns and cities and emigrate
to the county, and possess them
selves of broad fertile fields, and pro-
coed to make two blades Of this,
that or the other grass grow
where one or none grew before, but
this proposition presents, that it TAX
es from two to twenty years to learn
how to farm (some folks never
learn, and within such a period
bankruptcy might occur several
times over. But if all OF us cannot
be farmers, all can admire the horny
handed son of toll and rejoice with
him in his present great prosperity.
He is the bnlwark of the nation and
the salt of the earth
Not every boy can be a rich man
or great man, but every boy can be
gentleman. A boy with gentleman
ly manners, who is trusty and
honest, does his very best every day,
will gain the attention and conf
dence of men and will be given pay
ing and responsible positions as
soon as he is old enough to fill them
Boys like to have fun and good time.
1t is right they should. They will new
er be boys but once, but to have fun is
not altogether what they are made
for. Boys are ofvalue chiefly to make
men, good for something in the
world. Character, like house.
must have the right kind of a found
alton. The foundation stones of a
good character are reverence for
God, respect and obedience to par