The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-10-19

ball ground in the school yard and
trees should be set so they will not
interfere with it. A grove on the
north and west is the ideal arrange
ment.
There is still another improvement
that is being made on the school
grounds in country districts-a shed
for horses. There are many who will
provide way for the children to ride
to school if a shed is only handy to
shelter the horse during the day.
Some good sheds are being built on
country school grounds, with managers
and feed boxes complete, and l am
glad to see the good work 60 on.
Did you ever see work bench that
was not Uttered up so with one thing
and another that it could not be used
without spending five minutes time to
clear space? A year ago | made a
work bench in a building where it
could be used handily, but l noticed,
the other day, that there was hardly
a spot one foot square that was un-
occupied. Some rainy day am going
to have cleaning up and when | am
through will say this on a cardboard
above the bench-'Leave nothing on
this BENCH"
1t is not often that the Burrows
man speaks of things outside Of his
line, but at the county fair the other
day saw such outrageous hats on the
heads of some of the women that
cannot refrain from making mention
of them. Actually, some of them
looked from a distance as if there were
a portion of the wearer's head and
that fine set of short, thick horns
were also a part of the wearer's
anatomy. The 1912 model of women's
hats certainly need remodeling. They
brighten teams worse than autos do
now, and think something should
be done to eliminate the evil.
l make it a point to weigh every
thing sold off the farm now. While
l am optimistic as to the honesty of
most tradesmen, experience has taught
me that there are some rogues among
them, nevertheless. 1t does not take
many detected short weights to pay
for good wagon scale.
A piece of rubber hose about wire
pail handle offers splendid safe
guard against cutting the hand when
carrying cement and other heavy
stuff.
Instead of fooling with all sorts of
transient and tramp help that keeps
roaming about the country, we al
ways hire the best young men of the
neighborhood, paying them extra if
necessary. In that way we not only
helped along Some worthy young
fellow who was saving up for farm
of his own, but obtained dependable
men who did their work right.
was able to buy a splendid dairy
cow recedtly at low price simply be-
cause she was deficient in one or two
fancy markings. When am out buy
ing cows ask to be shown the record
sheets and pedigrees, and don't let a
little shade of Objectionable color
stand in my way.
Last year l could have bought a
pair of splendid yearling colts for 5000
and did not take the chance. This
year l really need the horses, and will
probably have to pay $500. Penny
wise proved to be pound foolish after
all.
A neighboring boy recently sold 100
bushels of pure seed corn for $500.
There is one lad who will not migrate
to the big cities to become mani
cured dry goods clerk, or something
Of that sort.
We have a little grade Guernsey |
that is the greatest pet we ever had,
yet she hardly pays for her keep.
Still, it sort of goes against the grain
to sell her, SO she will probably re-
ceive free board for a year or two
longer.
Be careful in cranking that new
gasoline motor. It is almost an axiom
that the green hand is sure to break