Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-12-28
VOL. XIII.
GumptlOn Oh The Farm.

good wife by giving her green
wood 20 burn.
Many ? man wears himself out
irving to keep up with his good
intentions.
The funniest thing about big
man is that he is apt to have
little wife.
Whitewash your barn, but never
undertake to whitewash crooked
politician.
You are better than YOU seem;
better than you believe yourself
to be. 80 don't give way to dis
couragement.
There are more people dying
for Che lack of kind word. pat
on ihe back and little encourage
ment than there are from disease.
Hot water ON the grindstonc
will spoil it after a little so that it
will have no grit. Use warm
water. not hot, for taking the
frost ont of your stone.
What lot of strength there is
wasted chopping with dull axes!
Spend few minutes at the grind
stone and see how nicely the world
viii &c after that.
Some folks make themselves so.
lame Kicking about things, that
they tire themselves all out and
never make anything out Of life.
Il doesn't pay.
The boys and girls get enough
hard knocks out in the world with
out your being stern and harsh
With them. Let your home be to
them shelter and a refuge from
ihe storms of the world.
Gets pretty slippery around the
house and barn sometimes. Get.
q barroll of sand, coal ashes. or
>awdust, and when such days come,
scatter some on the icy spots.
Easier to save bones than il is to
mend them.
Who pays the taXes." asks
Wallaces' Farmer. So far as we
have been able TO discover pretty
nearly everybody pays. The tax
collector Is as relentless as death.
and few are able 70 sidesiep him
Il helps the wagon maker 10 let.
The mud freeze to the wheels when
you come in from a trip. You
DON, need To do it. though by
taking little pains you can get.
most of the mud off while it il soft.
ana save the wagon many years
longer.
DO not track mud into the house.
Provide scraper and mat outside
the door, and do not forget TO use
chem before going into the house.
Ncrubbing floors and sweeping.
carpets are not easy tasks, and
the thoughtful man will not add
to his wife's burdens.
The horse blankets get torn
sometimes. Some blustery day.
take Il stout needle and thread and
see what good Job YOU can do
mending the rents. 1t is good
thing for the men folks to do such
little Jobs rs this, and not call on
women so much. They have their
own work to do every day.
Il You are thinking Of moving,
setter look around first to see if
ihe time, energy and money YOU
would spend seeking new location
woulb not, il wisely spent about
the old place, result in an increase
OF profit and comfort that would
Justify you. in staying with the
old home. Better do that than be
sorry.
Io keep plows from rusting:
Io lhree pounds of tallow mix one
round of white lead. Melt the
ih''ow ia an old IRON pot; stir in
t'' white lead. When using, heat
'.r mixture and apply it with an
o" paint brush. in the spring
Jos' put Che plow in the ground.
iHS viii clean the moldboard as
"reht IN q few yards as it was
t Tore. The same applies to any
tarm tool used for cultivation.
The rude, vulgar and often mali
c'ous pictures put forth in the
guise of wit and caricature through
the daily and Sunday press, are
destroying the artistic sense, if not
the kindly instincts, of whole
generation of people, who are
growing 20 maturity looking upon
them as one of the ordinary incl
dents of life. Carry the abomi-
nabie things out of the house with
The tongs, for the sake of the child