The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-01-28
The Ideal.

Tho old man lived In town. he M
lived there long time. his early
life wa. spent ON farm. He mad
housht eggs OF the farmer at ~ Genus
mar dozen all winter, Butter az 20
cent, Der poand and meat at IL to 10 3
cents per pound. He remembers ' ne
prices Of farm products wnen he
farmsd and concluded be could se'
tleA h a few years and hid aoouO
u.nr,uaed to try farm life again ne
wrote 10 his son on farm " 'naO
Eject. Here follows the reply
Gan agriculturaiist makes ms
mopex in town and spends it In the
couutry. A farmer makes his money
in the country and spends it In Town.
take IT that you sentempia's
ioining the ranks of the la'ter auu
in 40 doing I believe your siun'pe
fnnd will not be submerged half 80
quickly. o,,a,.e
must confess that my expsrie.oo
nm , farm was along ia the hlneCieS
whe. eggs were worth hve ana aA
c.uts . dozen and VIII at went seEgipe
At stty and sixty cents, but 1 ins,s'
that l have some recollections OF uhe
ss,r, aide Of Kansas farniaR WHICH
viii last me a. long as live. do you
sunpo.e I'll ever forget ola n'''
Smith, Bill was farmer Ia every
sense Of the word. he had oeeu
farmer always and his people ec,o'e
HIM were farmers. He was up qua dU
wnrh before the rooster had kicaeu
RI. frat OF his dozen wives out OF oeo
and he worked until long after oarN'
Fhe seventh day he rested-thaO Is 'e
10, his horses rest. Bill always "ene
ov.r tho farm aud counted the nam DER
of corn rows yet unhusked or ne aug
aroupd all over his fields to see ii one
wheat had begun to spFeut. 0s"Nas
afternoons he sometimes relaxed anu
read the Kansas CITY weekly o'a''
Tho market PAGE appealed 10 h'h''
Ri, haa one other day and that was
when there was an auction SAFE Ia 'he
neiubborheod. Bill was ueaIl vi
auctions. 1t not only gave Nun
cbance ia get iiLe on the gong
prlee of hogs, hut TO meet WIN MS
n.,rh bors and argue With them as TO
49, ns. time TO wean colts ana
v,-,ner notatoes should be piahVeu
IN the light or the DARK OF the moon
M,,, YOU think Bill was Lot "a pracI'-
cal farmer. He rotated hls crops he
thr.utbe dirt away from his renee
row, in order to farm every fooC ol n's
land. he kept the barnyard MANURE
cleaned up and out on the lano'
He nlanted kafir eern In dry
se.so.s ard sowed his whea' IN
Septenber aud eats the latter part OF
February. He carefully selected ana
hand shelled his Sc, d cora on rainy
DAYS. He owned good horses ano
rai.ed the hest cattle that he couId
without going into the high p'iceu
nras taking class. he Kept MS
macbipery In the sheds, he gfeaseu
the mould board Of his plows TO Keep
them from rusting and he always nao
rotatoes ia the celler at the oeginnin
~ winter, la short Bill was always
considered the best farmer Ia Que
country and farmers always referreo
to him when they were giving tneir
CON, n lesson on keeping the harness
creased or the proper caring OF 1ne
winter meat.
But Mrs. Bill Smith-there was tne
tragedy. She had carried oaoie'
around on her left hip so long, as sne
went about her work, that 1maginee
she looked lonesome when they all
got large enough to go TO schooi'
Bill had meyer had taste OF anJtnln3
different from the daily grlno, oae
his wife had been raised-not 10
luxury by auy means-out she was
used to having few of the tnlngs 10
life that go to make 1t worth "niie.
She had at one time sang IN small
town choir and been used 10 piano
10 her home, but when l heard ner
trying to play, her tirgers stlAeneo
and bent by hard work, refused 10
interpret the music that nad Tor
wears been hid back in some cobweooy
corner of her soul. No, Mrs. Smith
was not a woman to complain OF her
In life. am carrying around
with me now a mental film OF ner
clear cut chleselled features which
seldom smiled, but when they did
there was a hallelujah laid away In
Heaven. 1t costs more for some peo'
nile to smile than it does others
Then there we're the Smith girls
Some OF them married hard working
farmer boys and they are succeeding
AZ Bill succeeded, and then some OF
cham cot work In town and married