St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-08-13

ct lambert Wilderness jose Drowned a
little BY the dazzling orb Of the day
the whole colored and touched BY
an ali pervading charm and beauty
and sweetness. which compelled ME
to exclaim: what is the use for
farmers to raise any thing else but
daughtersp
But this good old club has past
into oblivion leaving only, a pleasant
memory behind. How It's affairs we're
liauidated, / never knew. I hope
they were not settled like this: Two
old negroes, Nose johnson and Bill
Smith, formed 4 commercial partner
ship and, as might have been ex-
pected, it proved q disaster to both.
Nose placed in the newspaper a pub
lie notice il these words: The cons
partnership heretofore resistin be-
tWixt me AMI Bill Smith am hereby
resolved; them what owes Che firm
will settle with me, and them what
the firm owes will settle with Bill"
But fellow citizens, il little leYity
is pleasing, let it not draw our atten-
ton from the development and up
building ST St. Landry and this dear
old city-a city consecrated in the
hearts Of most of US BY birth, by
long residence and by pleasant $3.50
citation with fast friends; friends
whose lives were spent with Us, whose
Joyous youth greeted Us at the begin
ming, and whose t~ottering footsteps
nov forecast the coming dissolution.
The work Of general improvement
never stops. The Great Union Irri-
cation plant will operate next year
and will bring It's train of long con-
templated blessings. What 8 boon
vouchaafed to Is By the matchlesa
energy Of Franklin Schell!
Statistics show that Of all the va
RED callings Of life the farmer class
are Che first 20 obtain 8 home.
And what is a home?
Il is q place separate from other
properties; it enters not into busi-
ness; it is protected by the homestead
law. Around it's grounds, and
amongst its shrabbery and trees,
cluster the sacred memories Of the
past and the ever sbbing flow Of pre-
sent joy; within It's precincts the din
Of every day business conflict Is
hushed; troubles are left at the door,
and there, in the companiopship Of
family, the real enjoyment Of life is
found. So you see, ladies' and gentle
men, that a home is NOT the bare as
sembly of lumber and brick; in its
true and broader sense, it is the d.
vine throne All earth, where the man
and wife are the regal personages,
and where the little children are the
angels whose voices are echoed on
high. 1t is a place We never forget.
The invalid, borne on his couch Of
pain ard suffering to the health re-
sort. there 20 enjoy the salt breeze
Of the sea, stays the hand OF death,
ELL God answers his prayer: Bring
me back home to die"
Your life calls for active industry
and there is less place on the farm
for the INDECENT than elsewhere.
Success is attained on The farm when
failure would meet you ID other call
ings. Why fly to the cities with
their already overburdened and I'M
employed populaSiong The farm will
do more for you; the invigorating at
mosphere Of the country tends to
elevate the tone Of your ideals and
to make you better men. And sure
", If the man grows in wisdom and
worth. along with the crops, no more
enobIing vocation can be found.
A young man, or woman, can to-
day secure a fair education BY d free
resort to the daily press and current
magazines, a thing impossible during
the greater part Of the eighteenth
century. See that your tables are
kept well supplied with them.
For your education, carloads of
valuable printed matter are shipped
out daily from our great publishing
houses; for your improvement and IN
tellectual advancement, the all power
full click Of the electric current ii
heard ID every dell and every vale.
There seems no way to escape an
education; unless the young man, OF.
the young woman, is immune from
this life, giving influenza which now
pre7ades the air, be, or she, will IN
hale the contagion.
10 you farmers this Republic looks
for subsistence in peace and for de-
tense ii war; 10 your strong hands ii
left che work Of building up 8 high
standard Of public and private virtue.
And what is it, in this free country,
a young farmer cannot aspire to-
Ia LIES almost tragic conflict, he
finds time to picture in his mind that
which first enters mans heart and
last leaves 1.-THE soft impulse of
love.