Pocahontas star herald., 1911-05-05
Palace Drug Store.
Ten Good Road Commandments

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The following ten good roa
commandments which appear in th
current issue of the Southern Farr
Advocate, strike us as being peculiar
ly fitting for reading, marking ant
inwardly digesting by not only tn
road oVerseers of the country bu
by every citizen who has occasion
10 travel the roads, or is benefited
By good roads, and that include
every one:
1 Thou shalt everlastingly keeE
At me good work, and let nothing
discourage thee.
2 Tack thou a board over those
imaCherous holes in the bridges,
and thereby save the bones of both
thine and thy neighbor's valuable
horses.
5 ThoT shalt trim ont all brush
and bedgerows bordering the road
that the sun and the wind of thy
Creator may keep thine highway
dry and that passersby may not be
snifOcated unto death.
4 The noble drag being h Y
handiest and most efficient weapon,
ihon shalt WELD it twice week at
The very least. Blessed is the man
who useth the drag for his fellow
mans sake.
. Thou shalt open all drain ditch
rs al the side of the road bordering
Thy farm, lest the water collect in
low places and form mire IN which
lhOn or thy neighbor may get
''stDek," whereupon the recording
angel listeneth with great pity to
wicked words and swapping of the
whip.
Toss thou those aggravating
and damaging stones from the track
Of tAine highway; for thou grittest
Thy teeth In anger and thinketh
wicked sayings when thy vehicle
striketh them. Aud they do knock
!be stuffing right out Of thy buggy
and wagon wheels. Likewise do
they trouble and iniure the noble
horse.
7 If thy neighbor be a shirker
and doetb not his full share of i'm
proving the roads, let not this put
a damper on thine enthusiasm; but
rather set good example and show
by thy works that thou art truly an
honest ''booster" and not a hanger
on. Then shall thy neighbor blush
with shame and feel constrained to
follow thy shining example.
5 When thou drivest to town,
Pus thy spade in the buggy. II
tbOu oomest to one of those rut;
which do cause thee and thy neigh
Dor to swear when passing over
MI thou 1t with few spadefulS Of
dirt. Thy neighbors will bless thet
for it, and thou mayest save big
repair bill on thine own vehicle
And She low places at the approach
es TO bridges, thou shalt treat in likt
manner with the same good effect
If thou hast been guilty Of
throwing brush or any kind o.
trash along thy farm go thou straigh
way and remove the obstruction
Or if thy neighbor has committed a
like Offense thou shalt intercede will
him till he also removes those hin
aranoes and opens up the bitches
For road with bitches across it
OF down the main track is an abomi
nation and a curse in the sight o.
every mortal who laborlously travel,
over it.
10 Do thou all this and as mucl
more as seemeth good. Preach thou
10 thy neighbor, and to thy neigh
boris son, that good roads are never
a bappen.so nor a vegetable that
springeth up IN single night; but
that they are a natural result o.
mortal mans untiring efforts. AhC
remember thou these points;
See that all these conditions ex
ist wherever the road touches thy
farm, and the travelling public vii
Use on tiptoe and call thee blessed
,..,-.-,x, man