Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1910-11-30
GumptIOn on the Farm.

If the elevator to success is
stopped-try the stairs.
Nobody without some pepper in
him is worth his salt.
Don't call on your neighbor just
70 borrow something.
The doors of opportunity are
marked push and pull. "
Tell your wife how well her
cooking tastes and what good but
ter she makes.
Don't envy the man who is rid
inc around in an auto until you
know how big his mortgage is.
Now is good time to nail loose
boards on the barn and sheds and
10 replace broken glass in the win
dows.
Time may be money, but the
average man would rather give you
two hours talk than lend YOU a
quarter.
He mortgaged the farm to set
his son up in business in the city:
the son failed, and now the sheriff
has the farm.
Cultivate the friendship ofevery
farm animal from the dog to the
horse. The man who has not
friends of this kind is not apt to4
have many elsewhere.
II we would devote even one
hour each Saturday morning to
the little postponed fixing-up tasks,
how much we might add to the
general appearance of thingsl
When you want legal advice,
hunt up some man who would rather
help you to keep out of trouble
than to get you out after you are
once in up TO your knees.
" Kind lady, I'm just merely
trying to keep
Soul and body together!"-he
did look thin;
But the lady did neither smile
nor weep,
As she handed the tramp as safety
PIN
The woodchuck. the frog and the |
skunk went TO the show. The |
woOdchuck got in, for he had n
quarter (hind); and so did the frog
with his greenback; but the skunk |
had to go home, for he only had |
bad scent.
Farmers who have occasion to
draw up contracts, agreements,
notes, checks, ETC., should remem-
Der that the safest plan is to en-
ploy pen and ink for the work.
never use a lead-pencil. The law
will recognise the lead-pencil, but
the writing may be erased too
easily, and the amount of terms
may be changed. If pen and ink |
are not at hand when drawing up
such papers, use an indelible |
pencil.
a long Island farmer heard a
noise one night, and thinking that
that the wagon spoke he went out
to investigate. He discovered that
the wagon was tongue-tied, and |
that he had merely heard Long
Island Sound. Hearing at another
time commOtion near a piece of |
TIMBER not far from the beach, and |
tearing that it was smugglers or
pirates he went out to frighten
them away by having the hickory |
Dark The hickory failed, but he |
found that the dog wood succeed. |
However, it turned out to be simply |
an ocean squall.
In the oIden times the farm was
a general loafing place in the win
Ihe farmer losfed at the store or
or smith shop; the cows loafed in
the stable, as the milk pals proved;
'ne horses lOafed. and grew soft
and fat in their stalls, and the very |
mems loafed on the roost waiting
''r spring before beginning to lay |
eggs. A wonderful awakening
has come! The modern farmer is
on the job every day of the winter;
The cows are doing their best to
provide plenty of fifty cent butter.
and the cheerful cackle of the hens
on these bright December days
ATTEST the fact that they are inspired |
oy the twentieth century determi-
nation to make good at forty-fve
cents a dozen.-December Farm
Journal.