The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-07-09
Burton Farmers' Club.

ing and meet with the other mem.
| bers of the Burton Farmers Club at
| the pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. c. Potter.
After the opening exercises con-
sisting of music, devotions conduct
ed by Chaplain F. w. Love, and the
secretary's report the program was
| given.
The subject of Farm Economy
was opened by M. l.. Peterson. He
would have a few useful tools for
making repairs, thus saving time go
ing to town for repairs and oftimes
| patience and temper
Mrs. Randall would have a place
for everything indoors and out and
then have everything in its place
Others discussed this subject bring
ing out many helpful hints on econ
| omy.
What course to take to make our
lives worth living. Mrs. Hammond,
| among other things says we must
have an aim or purpose without
which our lives are stale. Little
| encouragement given are of as much
or more benefit to the giver as to the
| receiver. 1t is not what we receive
but what we give that makes us
what we are. Mrs. Hammond con-
| cluded with a piece OF poetry.
II live for those who love me and
the good that I can do"
Speltz compared to oats or corn
as feed. Erwin Hammond says
it is a very good feed and anything
will eat it.
Florence Rusk and Durwin Auil-
er each recited for us.
Mrs. Randall: "To have better
homes we must do all we can to help
Others to get better homes and bring
the children up better. Each one in
the home must aim to make his
home better
Mrs. Post: eve carrot do any
too much for the home. The mother
is the home-maker not society
lady"
Mrs. Fauth: Homes should not be
run by one but on cooperative plan
to make home happy"
Mr.. Love: make home pleasant
Bring up children better consequent
ly we must live better ourselves,
which we can only do By living near
er to the Lord, the helper of all man
kind
Teaching agriculture in the rural
schools. Miss Guilford very ably
discussed this subject from her
viewpoint.
This nation has sixty agricultural
give results of experiments in the
free bulletins. There also are in
stitutes which give schools of in,
struction to all who will listen be-
sides our farm papers.
She does not believe in rural
schools teaching agriculture. The
time of the child should not he Civ
en- to the agricultural work If it
could. AS child he should some
work on the farm and be taught to
love the farm.
Is the mother to blame for the
child's health? Mrs. Hammond hard
ly liked the wording of this question.
but thinks the mother is responsible
to a certain extent for the child's
physical welfare. Every child has
different needs as to clothing, food
and treatment of temperament, and
the mother has to make a study of
food properties and the treatment of
hA oh; 60 I~n
full He should be taught to be clean
and pure in his habits, to the better
withstand the attacks of disease.
If we know of inherited tenden-
cies, it is we'll for the child to urge
upon him the keeping power of God
and His grace.
What constitutes a successful life?
Mrs. w. j. Brookins: "The stand
points from which a successful life
may be considered are so many and
varied that it is difficult to answer
the question"
Certain ambitions or wealth may
be considered successful, but it has
been proven that neither ambition
nor wealth brings happiness, con-
tentment or success.
No life can be successful which
lives wholly to itself.
When Christ came to this earth,
He gave us a model which is the
only perfect model for a truly sue
cessful life. While we can not live
the Christ life as He lived it, yet
we can have it interviewer in our
everyday lives, thus producing a
successful life.
There is an old saying: "Aim at
the sun and tho you may fail 20
reach it, yet your arrow will fly
higher than if you aimed at some
inferior object on a level with your
self" Mrs. Half read an excellent
paper on the subject. She knew two
people whom she considers success
full. One is millionaire lawyer,
the other "a philanthrophist who has
educated thirty foreign children to
be missionaries to their own coun,
tries.
Other successful men are General
Booth of the Salvation army, and
Martyred President Lincoln. A min