Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-04-03
3.
OVER At PROSPECT

of jefferson: one a Methodist
the other a Baptist. Here the
people meet when the weekly
days work is over and the Sun
day time services are held. And
hither, too, come the middle.
aged, the old and the bowed
down. Then, of course, here
comes the swarms OF lads and
lassies along with all The chaps
and shavers of this splendid
settlement.
Our pent up towls people
and shut up, shut in city folks
don't know how good it is to be
turned loose out in the country
and live the old time farm life.
OF course the farm has it's ups
and downs and it's odds and ends,
but all told, the farm is. hard to
beat for raising boys and girls.
Then, here is the Prospect
school house in the middle of
this excellent settlement and
here the populace aud active
school MAN, miss Minnie Nor.
ris, of Lodwick, holds forth,
teaching and telling the ideas
how to shoot, from the morning
hours till the lepgthing shadows
send all hands and the teacher
back to the farm home.
Our lady teacher from Lod-
wick is making good here at
Prospect in her ministry of
mind culture. Really there is a
whole lot hanging on our school
teachers. They are the chosen
custodians Of the minds and
manners of our young, and these
chaps are to be the men and wo-
men of tomorrow. Training
these is a tedious and tender
task to a massive masculine or a
heroic heroine.
Our lady of Lod wick had a fine
entertainment at her school room
last Saturday night. The stage
with it's muslin curtains and mu.
sic and troup of actors made a
splendid show Of home talent.
They gave good comedy and ira
gedy and all our grizzly, grey
gang said our youngsters are
good performers on the boards.
Everybody enjoyed this treat of
our Lady of Lodwick and her
troupe of trained tragedians
Old Marion has much Of the ma,
terial in the rough; all it needs
is working out.
Our Uncle Sam says he has
20 millions school chaps on his
big census roll. Strange to say.
our big uncle says 7 millions OF
these youngsters are defective
in body or mind, weakly, sickly,
or lacking somewhere. Maybe
so, but these diseased, defective
and distorted chaps don't show
up at Prospect. They must be
long to our shut ms" in our
our cramped up pent up towns
and cities. Sure none Of these
lame, limping, tagging young
sters are in evidence now around
the place where our Lady OF
Lodwick presides.
Passing strange, too, our big
uncle tells us how, out of all
these 20 million school chaps,
$50 thousand are underfed. What
does he mean by underfed? No
doubt he means that this big
army Of shayers are short on
grub and minus on rations, food
and forage.
From the looks of these lads
and lassies at Prospect, the un.
feds are as scarce as hen $ teeth.
Our Lady Of Lodwick has none
Of that lean, lank, big brigade
around. We have no skimping
or stinting; no short feed and
slim picking in these particular
parts. That hungry horde of
little humans may be hung mp,
held up, housed mp and done up
in our jammed mp, crammed up
towns, but not here.
No, no. Our big uncle will
have to hunt up all that sort of
kids somewhere else. Pass it
along and keep it agoing on the
farm is the best place to make
stirring men and sterling wo-
men. And it's best for the feed
ing of the kids.