The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1913-07-31

Z
ment, and the recollections remain
to attest the wisdom of the going,
To those who have enjoyed the
bospitalities Of that home an6
gathered at that board, | need
make no effort to write; and tc
those who have not | would sayi
when the invitation comes your
way make no tarrying to accept
say yes quick.
One of the great students oi
human nature and domestic econ
omy has written that to be a
"keeper at home" is among the
cniefest duties of womankind, and
we did not find the lady of the
manor unmindful or unskilled in
keeping this injunction. Wi6h
three little grandchildren to enliv-
en- the occasion and each end Of
the table represented by a thought
ful host, buttermilk, chicken and
corn bread received due and re-
spectful attention. But | find my
self almost betrayed into depths
beyond my powers of description.
Dinner over, and a slow rain hav.
ing set in, we passed the afternoon
in pleasant converse, ranging from
how to plant a garden, to how TO
make a silo; and from how to set
hen, to how to raise children.
Well it was time profitably spent,
for al of these things enter NOW
into the make up of a successful
home. That the mistress of the
barnyard knows some things in
that department was evidenced by
the flock of acknowledged broilers
which gave such a fine setting to
the green Of the lawn. 1t did not
appeal to US in the least when the
landlord brought in objection that
he suffered igom Their en-
Fea Rock not
have Is apologize tag pres.
eace, since the ksepes told lne that
the sale of eggs annually was
around the hundred dollar mark,
and those that represent quail on
toast 10 the New Orleans market
added yet another nice sum. /
just felt like wanted to be bare
headed boy again, with straw hat
for basket, going throughout the
barn and elsewhere collecting
those 'golden apples ofthe child
ren's riddle. To go out to Ben
Shaifer's and not get interested in
those Hampshires, dressed up IN
the latest Bulgarian fashion, would
be to GO to Washington and nol
see the capitol, or to the circu!
and overlook the elephant. Sepa
rated here and there in pasture
according to age, they remind on
of that description of the cannon
in the charge of the light brigade
Mr.. Ben does not tire of singinl
the praises of his specially. an
right we'll do they merit it anon
their kind. My doubts were pu
to silence when by actual measure
ment the head of the herd wa
found to be nearly six feet long
more than thirty inches tall an
weighing quite half a thousan,
pounds. My, what a hog he is
With gasoline engine whic
pumps water into a reservoir fror
whence it is distributed through
pipes to every pen and lot, th
work is made easier in caring 70
these ,nearly TWO hundred rooters
and the sheds for protection doubt
less add not only to their comfort
but assure their better health. B
the way, Mr.. Shaifer told me tina
be was rarely troubled with pun
or sick animal. That he has mad
a decided success of this bushes
is known to all of your read
and to date, for 1913, hls ss
have reached up to sixteen hun
dred dollars, with good prospect
to 60 beyond the TWO thousand 70
the year. While the Hampshlr
is his specially, he does not igpor
other lines which 60 to make
4 successful farm as was evidence
by herd of black muley cattl
4 / browsing upon the pasture nea