Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1908-09-03

snme years ago my husband ran
road man, died in neighborins
state. was left Q widow with eight
little ones. six boys and two girls.
Being far from the land OF my birth
and what kindred ! had. l decided TO
return TO my old home. . thriving city
OF South Carolina My husband own
ed some town property at this place,
and fortunately had IA house untenant-
ed at the time So. after settling my
affairs. ! moved my family there.
Only those who have experienced IL
know what sad thing 1t Is for the
widowed mother and grieving wife.
who has 10 gather her little brood
around her and make Il new nest A
new nest new home. alas where
there is no father 10 love. guide Alright
and protect from all harm. resolved
with Gods help 10 raise my little ones
to BE- d credit 10 that dear father who
had gone on before
with heavy heart ! tried 10 bo
cheerful and make home pleasant for
my children My eldest son went to
work In an Once. and the others. with
the exception OF my two younges'.
were sent 20 a good school. a year or
two passed aud my second son decid-
Al that h.. too. would 40 20 work or
all things he wanted 10 farm Just
think OF IT, seventeen. year-o boy,
reared In town. where We could not
have garden How can YOU farm.
son" I asked with no experience and
no one 20 teach YOU To please him
rented a fev acres Doar town. which
he planted IN corn and peas. Our
bone plot he put IA COTTON. potatoes
and vegetables win not 40 into de
tails. but with the aid of good farm
Journal he made hts ftrst crop-a fair
crop OF corn. fne pa hay, bale OF
cotton. hfty bush~As u potatoes and
plenty OF vegetables This success IN
small way fired hts ambition, 80 !
boguht a small farm seven miles from
town
That year proved n bad crop year.
s,ill he made expenses and cleared
little money Ia the meantime found
that my little boys at home we're
growing away from me Ia spite -
my EFFORTS TO prevent they we're get
ting Ia bad company snd would 20 on
the streets when ! could indac" my
boys 20 stay home m, ncighbor boys.
good and BAD. drosp"d in. soon
realized that unless some decisive
step was taken my BOYS we're in fair
way 70 Doe ruined Hut what 10 DO
could not decide Onn day. while A.
the farm ! kept thinking. What can
| DO 20 save my boys"
A. | SAT there my idle gaEe wander.
ed over the quiet Fields and green
woods All AZ once u flashed into my
mind that here Vas the solution 20 nay
problem Then and there | decided
20 sell my home In town and build
mt a nice home on the farm Ny
friends protested. -You will be- ruin
ed. You can't farm You wont Ike
the country Every one tried % dis.
courage me. but | kept TO my deter
mination
Today ! have nice home Of min"
rooms. ten foot verandas with colonial
IL is furnished and a. com.
Portable a. any city home NJ, child
rem have new piano graphophone etc
am not making barrels Of money.
but am doins fairly VOL with the farm
I am running a threehorse farm this
year and am Independent % labor as
have four boys large sDough To work.
have a hue vegetable garden and
an scre In sweet potatoes have
seven fine hogs and a pair Of register
81 Berkshires 20 raise from. and az
fine a mule colt as there Is Ia the
make plenty Of milk and
butter and have "a occasional beef TO
sell Have lots Of nice chickens. tocks
~ geese and ducks turkeys. eto.
Ike the country Country life ! think
TIE finest IN the world But better
than all ind that my little boys
are mine again There IL no mis- hief
Tor them TO get Int. When there Is no
farm work 20 DO. they go fishing or 20
that ,ggea O.. sht ~ sma" b-ys.
IVA = hole Some 'avs the hunt
and plums ! am never wor
ried about them, nor wonder what they
are doing When night comes every
little sleepy head 10 ready for bed.
II IA such a comfort 90 have them all
10 myself. as n were We have fine
school near us and this fall want to
send M eldest daughter 10 college
The little boys have their friends from
town occasionally they enjoy this
They work cheerfully and seem to
take as much interest in every thing
A. do myself
so may say that home in the coun
Try has proved SUCCESS In every sense
Df thu word ! am thankful for the
sweet privilege OF making country
home
The United States has $4,000 new
Farmers" who have graduated from
agricultural colleges The first Amer
ican experiment station was opened