The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-01
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

| FARM FUhNOWS.
Farmer and Stockmsn. sA
Turn the lens of your faultfinde
upon your own life for little Will
now and then and you will not be s,
keen to keep it in operation all tn,
time. ~.
Carrying around with you. all tn,
time a grudge against somebody il
worse than filling your pockets will
dead rats and expecting to be welcom,
wherever you go.
Labor trouble is now the bane o.
the city working man. Just as thu
day-laborer begins to lay up some
towards home, he suddenly finds
himself confronted with a strike,
which may mean several months Of
idleness.
When religion is put on as cloak
it is apt to be rather diaphanous.
1t is all right to let bygones be by
cones, but sometimes, in spite OF
everything, they will stick to you like
burs on a sheep, especially if they
happen to be of the unseemly sort OF
your own making,
Courage is gi3 Dat thing, but when
it nerves a manb stand for his own
folly it ceases to be virtue.
Always having lived on the farm, l
know not what it is to work under a
boss, but | imagine it would not set
we'll with me. Here on my farm my
time is my own, and am my own
boss. Isn't it worth a great deal?
He who keeps his eyes open for
something to do never looks. long in
vain.
Experience has convinced me that
the six:inch flooring will last longer in
the bottom of a wagon box than the
four inch, but few lumber yards now
keep a good grade of six-inch flooring.
When anything bothers them lots
of men would rather swear at it than
to mend it, and some of them do both,
which is too great an expenditure of
energy.
The occupation Of just loafing
around isn'tanything like as enjoyable
as many folks who have to work pretty
hard are inclined to think it is.
There are many ways Of losing mon
ey rapidly, but sure, quick way is
to buy a new top buggy and let it set
out in the shade of an old apple tree.
A fiifty=dotfar bill is soon dropped from
its value.
An itching ear lends zest to the
+ongue of gossip.
We cannot help growing old, but,
bless your heart, my dear, nobody is
orced to grow sour.
The tongueless machine gives great
II freedom for the teams, but often
he machine does not track" as we'll.
The hillside farmer, particularly, finds
he tongueless feature not to his lik-
ng, as the wheels must be chained
o act as brake when going down
ill, if the machine is not in operation.
Somehow, l cannot get used to the
'iding pillow that is without tongue.
The frequent use of the pronoun
Il" indicates lack of ideas.
You cannot cool anger by the use
If hot words.
When the thinker and the tongue
ire disconnected the latter seems to
,e tireless.
Paint doesn't make the machine
work any better, but we have got so
lsed to a fine finish of paint and var
fish on our farm machinery that l
loubt if the manufacturer who would
'oughly paint his product could make
many sales, however good the mate
'ial used might be and however
mechanically perfect its construction.
The folks who do the least to build
Up the neighborhood can always tell
he most about its faults.
"A family of woodpeckers may be
,oon to an orchard, where borers are
pest, but they do no good to the sid
ng Of building whenthey commence
operations there. have shot a few
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