Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-03-07
MAJ. PERKINS
Recommends an OkoSOna
Young rlan for a
Farm Hand
Owl FIoIler, Miss -,
March 4th, 1912.
Mr., Bill Jones,
BrinkIey, Ark.

merciaI Appeal Tor a young man to
work on the farm, have been asked i
10 rccomend one Of my neighbor boys
for the place | shall not take up
your time telling who | am for il you
don't know Mai. Perkins ct Owl
HoIler, you are short on history and
geography. What say in this neck
Of woods goes for 100 cents on the
dollar, but cant tell about Arkansas
for that's the next state to Missouri
an4 has to be shown,
examined this young man very
carefully, before putting the stamp Of
my approval on his character, for to
make good farmer boy must be
both sentimental and industrious,
asked him did he admire nature in
all its lulluess and loveIiness where
the chickens crow, the pigs squea,
the sheep bIeat the COWS low, and
did he enjoy seeing tae suu rise and
throw his Iambent rays athwart the
gloom profound dispeIIing darkness
and throwing food Of light over the
hills end valleys, while the mountain
tops kissed the angles Ieet, and ali
nature reioiccd that the king OF day sat
on his throne and dispensed his bless
ings on the rich and poor alike. ! told
him | considered these qualifications
necessary to laying the foundation upon
which to build good farmer as he
attempted to climb the ladder Of fame
and perch himself on the topmost
round. He said thens my sendmants
you can bet your bottom dollar
Your ad said e young man from
16 10 20 white or coIored, Well,
Billy is ueiSher While nor coIored, but
his complexion IS delicate pink
shading into white, more suitable to q
bIushing maiden than to boy aspir
, ing 10 be a farmer. Its true he i:
| cross.eyed and red headed with hi.
nose turning slightly to the NortI
. with thirteen htlo Lrscaies ruanine
diagonalIy across the center, He i
sweet 10 and makes no pretension
\ to beauty his burning desire is to &c
= away from town, 10 escspe the man,
temptations that beset his pathway o.
r every hand. He is no town Ioaie
Q but just goes along with the do moth
ing brigade, as kind Of ornament, ,
d while away the time, that seems
e hang heavily on his hands, to bel
plan a raid on water melon pate
n and other innocent amusements th'
n present themselves from time TO tim
N in town boys history tle is nj
Is afraid Of work, for have seen 3
y ! sit in .he shade and read dh
i novel while his father dug potatoes
y. beat the band close by. He SO
y y while The old man vas induslriot
I with his hands he was industrio
oe with his mind and couldn't thin
- about potatoes or anything else I'LL
Id could find out which way the cat "
tn going to jump In that novel. You "
~ u. see with all these ambitions al
I'D aspiration lhrobbing in his heart and
as noble desire to rise in the world Il
the boy und the opportunity have n
it in your ad for farm hand As he
~ ~ to do the work he claims the privile
,es of naming the duties he will perEo
fa- and you will readily see that from
y. ~. general make up he would pre-
o." light work on the farm and gradua
work up to cutting stove wood, chu
ing, etc. He SAYS he woaId like
no u, take his FIRST lessons ia feeding CHI
ct, ems, hunting turkey and guinea ne
raj in the cool OF the morning. driv
eE, ,an cows 10 pasture (on horse,) dri3
an the family 10 church and town, 60
he in swimming with The boys, &
teaching the girls how to play ten
dominoes, etc. He is not SO part