The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-25
Uncle Joshua's
observations.

we cant do is to keep house. That
Why the ladies has to get after Tho
men that is responsible fer tht
towns house kcapin. Everybody kin
see there haint bin tcribul sigh;
ut housekeapln done hear i'll Oul
heutitul town fer a long time. Won
il be purity after the ladies is thru
with il tho, We shell all hev that
rested fealin that teller has when
he comes out onto 4 clean, open
prairy after ilounderin fer hours
thru a swamp Jinncy Is SO took Ill
with the idear OF eileen up day till
she cant hardly waite Ter 1t 10 git
near. Shes always Il over dom her
self "A cleanin things up, an even
then she amt satisiidc. bckause She
says that with ordinerry bruno
nub0ddy kin cit near all the dirt.
She says modern siense hes perfect
ed plenty Of deyiscs fer Sittin rid of
the dust and dirt that gathers in ev-
cry house But she says these de-
+, Uses never will nor can be used ez
thay shuld be. fer the benhytit Of
every household, I'll they are made
an used fer the public good-fer all
IF uses good an not fer privet prof
tit. She says thet some time, not fur
of Gather, the housekeapcrs viii!
band together in districts in every
town an community, and'll own tn"
best kind of portable hOusc-cleenin
which they'll place in
charge OF Il expert in that sort Of
work, an everyboddys house'll be
thOrully tlcencd once in SO often. jim
ncy says these dcvises does the cleen-
in lots better than any human bcin
Kin do it, fer these things jest eat ,
dirt an its good fer UNI, whereas
human bcins gifts sick mighty often
jest from catin dirt an brea,hin dust
with the bugs of sickness in it.
tell Jinney shes ahead of her time.
but she says somebody's got to
think an plan an See ahead or no
boldly ever'll git very fur ahead OF
else an we'll all be away
behind what the Almighty intended
we should be- She says it helps her
to endure the present when she looks
ahead an sees relief IA comm fer pos
irrity. Some folks never seems to
think there's ever agoin to be any
judkih by the way they
do, but aint you rstlsed 1t. Mr.. H.,
that somebody always pays Ter
whatever mistakes is made? 1t may
not DO the one that made the mistake
In the first phase. but jest watch an
you'll see the price paid in full by
Many time its a pore
little inherent baby---lve seen such
things an it made my heart ache an
my blood boil 10 nee II too. An thar
makes me think of sOmethin | often
wonder about an that is. how man,
cases of sickness among crawlin ba-
bes an little fcllcrs about that aga
could be tracked to the spit on the
side walks Iou know an know we
al track il into the house every
time we walk home. an our darlin
little Children Il crawin to meet us
gifts it on Their hands off of the floor
" here we've walked an we all know Il
baby is always a putin its hands in
its little mouth. Docs it look TO you
like some of the mysterious dispen-
sashuns of Providence that robs
parents of their children may be jes.
dispcnsashuns of human cxpcctora-
shun where the law of the State says
il shant be dispensed? am IA hopin
the ladies will fix il so there will be
rams er barrels or some thin on the
streets TO catch papers an rubbish
an spit an then maybe the people
that has to empty their mouths wont
have to do it where it'll harm other
folks. 1t must be that there is dan
ger in this thing I'm talkin about.
Use why that State law agin it. an
with that State law on the books,
why Amt our side walks an public
'ildins free from spit? I'd like to
hear Uncle Henry roommate some on
hese things. The Lord sure blessed
flcnry with a sense of humer an
hats one of the best things i'm the
world UNCLE JOSHUA
Tho S,,nrd,,- L,,-, ,;,,r H.. -. -.