Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-03-03

Speculate not on distant thing. -
Chinese Proverb.
Virtue is its own reward, but a
little cash helps out.
Quarrels make enemies and leave
the question still unsettled.
Talk things over with the hired
man; it will help both you and him.
Arrange so the chips do not fiv
all over the yard when chopping
wood.
Many OF the troubles that we see
coming down the road toward our
farm pass by without stopping.
When hoops comes OF barrels,
hoop them with wire. Cheaper
than buFioG new barrels and any
body can Dc Il.
The man who puts lot Of cider
in his cellar to get hard is laying
up for his boys something tha. can
not be kept in barrels.
The windy days of spring are
here. Rattle log chain down the
chimney and get the SCOT out before
il burns out, aud maybe burns the
house. 100.
Two good eyes to a hill OF potatoes
are a-plenty We make a mistake
many times in seeding too heavily.
Coed stocky shoots are better then
Spindliug ones.
Burn all the old brush heaps now
and get rid OF a thousand and one
pests that have had there waiting
'or warm weather to bring them in
TO &C ivitv again.
Keep the boys from fooling with
any OF the farm ANIMALS. Joking
with calves or colts will surely
bring jokes that make us laugh out
OF the other corner OF our mouths.
Neighbors may save a nice bit OF
money by putting their orders TO-
gether and buying a large quantity
OF grass seed or other farm neces-
saries Nice TO think that farmers
have confidence in each other to do
that
Don't wait ill the last minute to
polish up that rusty old plow, or
to get new bpltS, or TO grind the
moving machine knives. Prepare
tory licks in time blaze the way TO
final success Delay is a dragging
anchor.
1t is easy to break a good hammer
handle indrawing long nail After
starting the nail out an inch or so.
just place a bit OF wood under the
head Of the hammer, raising il up
say an inch, and you can pull your
mai easily.
When your wife asks you for a
little spending money, don Z draw a
wry face as though she had trod
upon your corn. Just shell out
with a smile, remembering all the
while that the half Of what you have
is hers by right.
Most folks throw away their felt
boots when holes come in the feet.
Just cut the feet of and draws the
legs on above your shoes when you
have a cold job to do Those boots
have not outlived their usefulness
when he feet give way. Try it aud
see
How natural it is when one man
makes pretty good thing OF any
crop, for everybody TO rush in and
try to do just as he has done! The
best way. through. is tD take it
steady. II you do venture into a
strange crop, do it conserva,ively.
The middle course is al way best in
all such things.
The farmer should hustle around
in early spring, order new tools ard
fix up old ones. In many localities
the blacksmith i ov-rbu rdened in
repairing farming tools just at the
time when the tools are needed for
spring work. Not having inple-
ments ready for work at the first
means loss OF several
days iu getting in crop Let US
be on hand with The season. II we
have been hjoarnsting dlring the
winter Ike the frog. we bad better
wake 10 and stir around some now.
From March FARM JoURSEL
Most Daring Net Of the Ace"