Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-09-07

take down thaC ere Dig squash OF
mine. 1t Amt the biggest one |
ever seed, but | reckon it ought to
take the prize this year that fruits
so scarce says |, as l reached fer
the syrup-can and started in on Ma
lindy's pile Of hot wheat cakes.
"And | 'spect, Malindy, you'll be
bringin' with you a couple of your
pumpkin pies. Your pies is the
prize winners Of the county, if I've
got to say it myself says |. "And
you're no SLOUGH when it comes to
maxim apple jell neither, let me
say in the passin'. | reckon you
might get a cash prize or maybe
two and it would be 'noug h to pay |
fer the pullin' of that ere old tooth |
as has bothered you fer a month";"
says | and winked at the cat.
''No,'' says Malindy, IF I'd
take anything to the fair it won't
be so much fer the premium as it
would be fer helpin' along the
maxim of good show fer Kandl-
yohi county,
That's the proper spirit, Ma
Indy, says |, '1'm gettin' more
proud of you every day. It's pity
the fair doesn't offer no prize on
wheat cakes,'' says l, and piled up
a half dozen more on my plate.'
"You certainly got all the cooks of
the state on the hump when it
comes to dandy pancakes. They
jest simply ''-and then I chucks
one into my mouth. cant be
beat" says |.
"We]]," says Malindy, IF they
re in reed of an A No. man fer
jedge in the cookery exhibit at the
Willmar Street Fair, they ought to
secure your services fer l reckon
if the jedges are to sample everyone
of those goodies, they's got to have
capacity. And you's certainly got
that And then it was Malindy
as winked at the cat.
''I'm awful glad to see they's Of
ferin' prizes on flowers. There's
nothin' in all nature that's as beau
tiful as the flowers and | low it's a
good thing to encourage the raisin
of flowers. But most of us farm
folks are so busy with the work
that will bring US the wherewith
to clothe ourselves and pay taxes
that we hasn't got the time to
spend on plantin' and waterin'
sweet peas, pansies and gladiolas.
And low it's pity too, fer the
raisin' of flowers is one of the
most beautiful and enjoyable hob
bies as our life here on earth
affords. And sometimes, don't We
know, | most think that there is a
lot Of us farmers as get worked
into a rut like. We gets up early
in the mornin' and work all day
until late at night, haulin' fetilizer
and diggin' in the dirt till we
most forget the flower. and bird
song and the sky and the sunset.
Yes and some of US even forget the
pleasures of home life and the
kindly words to our wives and chill
dren. And so the years go one af-
ter the other in rapid succession
and soon our back is bent and
finally when we're about all in,
we find that about all we've got out
of life is a few dirty bank notes
that we must leave behind for our
children and relatives to quarrel
over.'
"Wel], you can thank your stars.
Si,' says Malindy, THAT there
isn't much danger of you leavin'
more bank notes than can be count
ed in second or two.' And then
she Winked at the cat agin. and
poured more batter into the skillet
fer another round. 81 reckon it's
better to leave a few bank notes
than lot of unpaid bills. You
like a good square meal yourself !;
and Teller can't live on plantin'
flowers and gawkin' at the sky"
That's true enough" says l,
''but you don't understand what
mean kersactly'', says |. and folded
another flap-jack preparatory to it's
justification, "l've known fell
lers as have absolutely starved their
bodies in order to get ahead faster
financially. Thank goodness there
isn't many Of 'em around this neck
O. the woods, but is known cases.
And the sorrowful part of it is
that even after they gets their
farm paid fer and have money in
the bank, they keep in the same old
rut. It's second nature to 'em by
that time. Pm not kickin' on thrift
and economy. But what I'm plead
in is that it would be good fer a
lot of US to losen up a mite and let
the flowers in. Give the flowers
chance.
No there's more even to this
earthly life than jest workin' and
scrapin' and scrapin and workin'
fer money. If a man will take a
little time fer to cultivate the
beautiful, fer to thow an OCCASION
al kindly boquet at his neighbor.
fer to raise a few lovely flowers
out by the road and bury his old
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