Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-02
GUMPTION ON THE FARM.

GUNT ! lON yin he rANM.
The farmer gets his crop out of the
ground, his money out OF the crop, and
his pleasure out of the money.
Last call to fix up that pump so it
won't freeze!
Now that the election is over let's
all pitch in.
Go shovel a road through the drifts
for that poor old man or lone widow.
1t won't take long.
The open air treatemnt is good for
consumptives but it isn't beneficial
for farming machinery or. tools
The Chinese try hard to pay.all debts
before New Years day; and it is a
mighty good plan for all farmers to
follow.
If the wire fences are tightlyssstrung,
loosen the wires somewhat to prevent
their being snapped by frost. Do it
tomorrow,
Somehow or other we have good
deal of respect for the man who keeps
the walks clear of snow, whatever
faults he may have.
Did you ever stop to reflect that "a
cat or dog loves it's home just as we'll
or perhaps better than you do. Then
don't take it away, unless you give it
a better home.
Anxiety is the worst feeling in the
world !; yet men who stay late in town,
or who loaf long in the saloons, never
know the worry of the watching, wait
ing wife or mother.
Work up all old fence rails, useless
boards, dead trees and limbs out of
the orchard into stove wood. This
will keep the farm free of litter and
help solve the fuel question.
Give the boys something practical,
such as box of carpenters tools. 9
soldering set, or drawing outfit
instead of guns drums and toy pistols
Teach creative, not destructive force
When man gets so rich or so higl
in society that he is ashamed of hi.
bent old mother in her plaid shawl
and of her lack of grammar, he is to-
snobbish for honest men to trust out
If the politicians were half as solici
tous for the welfare of the farme
after the election as they are for hi
vote before it, he would soon get al
that is coming to him, including tn
postal savings bank.
"The well-being of a people is lik
tree: agriculture is it's root, manu-
facture and commerce are its branche
and it's leaves if the root is injured
: the leaves fall, the branches breal
away and the tree dies
Don't fight yourself in the evenin,
when you are sleepy after the day
, work is done. Just lean back in you
= chair and take few winks of sleep
Then when you wake up you can rea
. and think a great deal better.
Have you saved a little money thi
! year? Invest some of it in the oil
! farm do something to make the plac
0 better. You could have no better BAN
e than your own farm. Every dolla
: thus invested will come back wit
: tenfold interest.
j If farmer wishes to find out tn
amount of corn he has on the ca,
multiply the length of crib in feet b
n the width in feet, and divide by tw
e and one-fourth. The easy way t
r divide by two and one-fourth is t
: multiply by four and divide by nine
e A neighbor who is visiting in tn
y city since corn-husking is over, write
:, y home about taking chances on a 81,
i cylinder motor car, and last summe
: he objected to his wife buying a gas,
e line stove because he was afraid [
, have the pesky thing around.
e It is very annoying to telephor
subscribers to find during the vel
;. busy hour in the evening, when the
went to use the phone, that son
N young couple is sparkling over tt
!, wire. or somebody else is holding
# long, gossipy conversation. Son
people use the telephone almost ar
q time for almost anything.
From December Farm Journal.
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