The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1910-11-24
HARMONY
: : CORNERS
by NJ. QUAD
,.h, 1910. by Associated lat
Fapyr's"' erary Press
BY NJ. QUAD

uoees ScDll
1pp .'s,r the postoffice and Peter
~ be blacksmit shop, s Then there there
ill ps m schinf. Aaron senin s, ADM
seu,l' farmers. within a radius of
DID, y Each schiff was related to
y other schiffs by blood .. OF i,. mar.
ins ~ was a settlement Of schiffs
bF "a had been for fifty years.
|l's a nssrs were allowed to butt in.
= si, Noses, who ran the store with
90 W = son. was the patriarch Of
ls'p s : He was adviser. judge and
w. III matters. There had never
- sase for the lawyers in that
unity. If there was a disagree.
pp ! VAS taken to Moses. He said
~ Or do that, and it was done.
'IS aid that Harmony Corners
'l' living breathing example of the
'unty and unseIfishness of human
~ III that half century Of peace.
p sl,, and good will Godfear schiff
'' ~ one to produce discord. II
' =. proof that there's nothing
zane 1t was seldom that any
]. allied a schiff away from home,
an occasion Godfear had to
,ourney to Pittsburg. eighty
y sway It was a serious event.
saa for serious talk and many
s.x BE might return alive, but
.Asoces were very much against
ax will had been made for years.
i read 1t over. fed the cows and
s.a,ssr reached the Smoky City
|. and M. much to his astonish
No saw houses and stores and
s.,,ss He saw a sewing machine
,how window. and as he stood
.,s at II a barker" pulled him in
No merits Of the machine were
..lnpd He thought well Of 1t.
: we're seven children in his fami-
"A much sewing to do. Not
N had q labor saving machine Of
ryt not even a corn shelter or an
i urer. AS their grandfathers
lived so were they living. God
vas IN town three days. He call
h inspect that sewing machine six
rsut times. At last he drew
breath and decided to take the
res and ordered the thing sent on
Hn
M schifs never dealt with ped
I nor agents. The very same ma
/ could have been bought at God
! rsown gate any day in the week.
ses sat on that machine in a judi.
capacity for q week and then de-
that II must be given up. II
sItchcraft; II was an innovation;
uuld break up the long prevailing
nony OF Harmony Corners. God
mcked. The invention had been
N, and II would do more sewing
DAY than his wife could do by
4 Ii a week. There was no odor
simstone about Ii. 1t ate no hay
mis, and occupied but small
n Some of the other Schiffs. and
lularly the wives. backed him up.
course. the news that Godfear
had 'broken OUT was passed
lM the country. and the immcdi-
insult was TO bring a swarm of
ag machine agents down on the
tribe They had sewing ma
( Is that would tuck. hem. ruffle.
embroider. patch. sew on but
nek the baby. churn the butter.
be hens, sort over potatoes. build
BE and all that. and they came
Mixed and talked. Then the tin
ss and parlor organ men came.
Is Schif saw the cloud no bigger
4 mans hand. and he called q
Ffng OF his clan. He was heeled
'alisiics 10 prove how greatly
mentions of Satan had increas.
Flckedness OF the world. Thou
Of murders. burglaries. horse
opponents and so on could be
Y traced to them. Did they
o ind themselves on the gal.
Did they want TO know that
children were in state prison?
~ did they sigh TO meet Satan
/" ace and be caught up aud sent
. The hot place by rapid transit?
uey bought parlor organs and
machines. what next? Why,
0eusteads. chlnaware, furs. new
"ln shelters, carpets and stuffed
would be sure to follow. and
alewel to the harmony of Har-
corners. With tears In his
Oesought and wrestIed, but a
3 o. The Sehiffs had got started
\ downward road and wouldn't
y was only four days after
sTung that one Of them bought
y oeater and the click of the
ssainst the bowl would be heard
'aailly no more. Then came a
a'a'm clock. and this was fol
Y a set OF cane seated chairs.
"a got his grip.
y year from that visit of God
y Pittsburg the leaven was
overtime. The Schiffs were
'ney were bringing lawsuits
'aen other; they were putting
'aln carpets in their parlorsi
~ puying patent churns; the
wuger went to church bare
~ ~ their shirt sleeves. Old
'a,'ed another gathering and
~ ana bulldozed. but the cy,
i. got started and the only
y = loE him was to commit sui
~ NY Years later half of Har,
ehss 's was owned by Others