The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-04-07

lawns. Let all hands come out and
clean away the unsightly refuse Of
the past six months, clean. up the
yards and start out bright and clean
and fresh once more. People who are
too careless and slovenly to clean UP
their yards are a disgrace to our ma
ton and a Stumbling block to their
own happiness, as we'll as scandal
to their children. So, for. God e sake,
do clean up at least a front yard at
every farm home. II you cannot AZ
ford fence of woven wire you can
at least be neat and clean. Dear hus-
bands and fathers, let me ask you to
try and fence in little flower gar.
den for your children, or as q gift
to your wife. Some of you spend
lots Of money for machinery and junk
or old trumpery to scatter about the
farm yard and make things hideous.
A few posts and one coil of wire will
fix dainty flower garden, where
children may spend the long morn
ings and evenings out of mischief at
least. UsuaLly children play along
the roadside to and from school and
learn naughty things from other chill
dren while spending idle hours. Hab-
it's OF refinement and industry may
easily be acquired by the careful cul-
ture Of flowers. The child who goes
out from such a home may look back
to a happy childhood fraught with
clean, pure, sweet, orderly memories.
Dear parents, cultivate the minds Of
your children, that they may be q
crown of glory for your declining
years. s,
Now is your seed time, what shall
the harvest be? For as we SOW so
shall we reap. Teach your children
obedience, Justice, patience, unselfsh-
ness and IN tact tho whole kos~c,
contained in the ten commandments
together with cleanliness, order and
careful industry, and there 10 likely
to be no doubt as to the harvest.
You will have your gray hairs hon.
ored by crown of glory in the form
of noble, dutiful children, worthy OF
their God and eminently helpful to
their fellow man. On the other hand,
what shall the harvest be If we as
parents, neglect the training of our
children, neglect the planting of good
seeds in the hearts of our children?
Let us draw the curtain on such a
home, on such quarrelsOnne nest,
on such disordered camp, on such
an ungodly habitation. Only tears
and SORROW, and shame and neglect
falls Ito the lot of the parents who
fail to properly train their children.
l am writing for the people be-
cause I love the children. l have
spent my life among them. l have
missed them since stopped teaching.
They do mot bring me flowers now.
I still must be their friend and ask
the parents to fix them some neat
flower gardens, where they may work
for themselves. Life is so much
brighter when everything is clean
and fresh, especially in the school
room ana about the school yard. The
life of child is so much truer and
sweeter when the little soul is pure
and sweet, and free from the stains
of evil thoughts and words. remem-
Der my school days with great pleas
ure. went away to a boarding
school, where everything was clean
and fresh all the time. Our drives
and walks were paved with shells
fro mthe Gulf of Mexico. Evergreens
shaded the long lanes, and the lawns
were beautifully clean.
I am a very busy person just now,
trying to clean up dirty little town.
Disorder just about makes me sick.
am willing to do most any kind of
hard work just to get cleaned up.
Come out, mothers, wives, daughters,
and fix up your yards.
ALICE.