Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-09

and made thsmsslvss good farmers.
And then the cows helped, and be-
tween them they made good farm on
the west bank Of the Shell Rock. The
Vosburgs improved their dairy herd
Whenever an opportunity came along.
Then they Joined the Cedar Valley
Cow Testing Association and the un-
profitable cows were discharged. Ten
Of their cows In the Testing Associa-
tion the past month averaged 10
pounds Of milk each per day. during
the past month. They feed clover hay
snsilage, corn fodder, bran. ground
oats and gluten meal And all HAD .
good Thanksgiving Day last Thursday.
ovERwoRKED COMMITTEES.
Huntington Hawk-Eye1
There Is a tendency in churches, fra
ternal orders and the various associa-
tions and societies engaged In educa-
tional, religious, philosophic. business,
fraternal. and other social enterprises
to select only the supposedly most ef-
ficient members to serve on committees.
This is natural, because II brings the
highest results. Members who are
inefficient Indifferent or lacking In
promptness in discharge Of their du-
ties are not dependable. The few ac-
tive workers are drafted for duplicate
committee work because they take hold
OF It with energy and promptness. and
In American vernacular get there" In
this way the efficient worker IL often
in service on more than one committee,
perhaps half a dozen. He or she Is ov-
erloaded while other members OF the
society have nothing to do. The result
Is that while the ineff'ci or indif-
ferent class IL quite willing to shift
committee work upon the faithful
workers: other members. possessing
the talent and adaptability for COM
mittee work. willing and DESTROYS Of
being useful, have no opportunity and
inevitably in time, lose their interest
In the organization.
THE WINTER OF THE BIG SNOW.
&c. G. Pugle in Register and LEADER
How appropriate that II was this
winter OF the deep snow that we should
commit TO memory much OF Snow
bound" and come to know its beauty:
The sun that brief December day
Rose cherries over hills If gray.
And. darkly circled. gave at noon
A sadder light than waning moon.
Slow tracing down the th'ckening sky
Az mute AIA OIHAAOuS pr DplSSy,
A potent seeming less than threat.
1t sank from sight before it set.
Out in the great barn the patient |
cows were sanctioned each night. II
was winter, an Iowa winter, cold and |
snow bound. Within there was good
cheer. We had tumbled and plowed deep
ways thru the banks to get to the barn
and feed sheds. The early chores hur- !
ried us home from the country school, |
the wood to be carried for the night, |
the cosy gathering after supper where |
there was warmth within and happi- !
ness. What mattered that hill and dale |
was one vast mantle OF snow? We en-
joyed 1t, the old fashioned winter that |
lasted nearly four full months without !
a break The roadway down thru the
timber wound out on the river where
for miles there was the beaten track on |
the Ice, 30 smooth and enticing that |
young people braved the chill for sleigh !
riding. The Iowa winter, the winter OF
deep snow. is dear to the hearts OF
hundreds who remember its delights
and who would not exchange It for all
the balmy ease Of the dangerous ell
mate Of the southland.
When at night the hooting owl came
to the snow laden oak In the corner Of
the yard his hoo, hoo echoed back and !
forth, the solitary sound OF the night.
A bird Of night. winter bird that
scarcely missed his usual time all WIN |
ter thru, and welcome caller he was.
for when you come to associate him |
with the white landscape as the snow |
lay deep on meadow and woodlot. he
soon grew to be a part Of that winters
enjoyment.
Grandfather Maulsby. who 80 pa
tiently morning after morning read the |
Of the Thermometer. has
years ago gone 70 his reward. Uncle |
calvin Marshall, then living down by
the river where It was coolest, reached
well up in the eighties before his go
ing. Others OF those who 10 enjoyed
that winter Of deep snow" arc scat
tered from coast to coast, but when !
there Is Z chance meeting OF any Of
them they quickly revert, in their talk
Of old times, TO that winter with all Its
happiness and Its pleasures.
A rugged Iowa winter. the kind that
makes the blood run full. winter so
full of beauty and charm as to land |
scape view that its counterpart would
be welcomed again. II makes strong !
man and women; It gives glow to the
cheek, sprightliness to the walk and |
health to tho race.
would be boy again for the enjoy !
ments of such q winter. Out In the |
open. out watching the wild life bat
Tie with the snow. The blue Jay. hardy
bird. stayed all that winter thru and
came TO the window sill for his daily
portion: the hardy nuthatch weathered
Il thru ard found in bark and twig the
larvae or the insect egg that gave MIN
good living for his industry.
That winter Of deep snow brought
such joy, such wonder in whitened
forms OF natures choisest weaving
when the Great Artist painted land.
scape with the broad sweep Of INFINITE
Genius, Infinite Love, with such enect
that the thoughtful mon or woman OF
today. who was then the thoughtfui
boy or girl, has no dearer memories
than cluster about that period OF their
life.
WHEN PoMEROY GOT LIGHTS
Manson Democrat
Pomeroy celebrated the illumination
of her precincts by electric lights last
week and the final grand functions OF
celebration were performed on Thanks
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