The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-05
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stoeiman.

4 FARMER ana StOC8 mBn. l3s' SaSt4s
II The farmer who looks upon his 30,
as a sort of working machine, anc
worth only the profit he can get ou1
! of him, is heading him right straioht
away from the farm, provided the boy
| has metal of real worth in him.
Good roadsoil the wayto prosperity,
and by removing a cause for much
profanity they ought to enhance trav-
cling upon the heavenly highways.
There is one thankless job some
people seem never to tire of, and that
is worrying over other folks bust
ness, but no preaching against it has
ever done much good, because such
people are not usually susceptible to
the doctrines of common sense.
Two farmers in this vicinity have
installed an electric lighting system
and if these "..pan OUT like they are
expected to, there will be many more
to follow. One by one the things we
read about come into actual use and
hundreds by hundredsthe farm homes
are Catching up and in some cases
passing the homes Of modern con-
veniences" in the towns and cities.
Business with some men is just a
game of gouge.
A foreign paper contains the follow
ing advertisement: Any person who
can prove that my tapioca contains
anything injurious to health will have
three boxes of it sent to him free of
charge.
One of the best signs Of the times
is the fact that the farmers of the
country are becoming more and more
willing to let the most of the drinking
be done in the cities. There are no
more saloons in the country and very
few in the villages and small towns,
but gross vice and dissipation cannot
thrive in the open fields.
Procrastination is said to be the
thief of time, but nobody ever heard
of the town clock being carried off
by it.
II is a happy blindness that makes
man feel sure he has captured the
first prize in matrimony.
Seed catalogs are with u.s. again
with all their bargains and good cheer.
We are not compelled to believe all
we read in these catalogs, but anyone
can pick up few good pointers from
them.
The judgments Of most folks are
merely opinions.
You may not believe in signs, but
let me tell you it is mighty poor
sign when man signs contract of
any sort without knowing full well
what the fine print in the body Of it
means. =
The woman who doesn't know
enough to grab a proposal in the bud,
without nipping it, maybe isn't worthy
Of
A small plot, even if it is not more
than roo square. on which new seeds
can be tried. out is interesting and
tquite often of real value.
A pedantic person insists that you
ought to learn at least one new idea
every day. That is certainly a mighty
big task to set for an ordinary fellow.
It takes the world a thousand years
sometimes to learn one new idea, and
then it doesn't half knowit. Keep an
open mind for all truth, and be con-
tent if in whole lifetime you have
been able to master only one little true
idea in all its meaning and relation
ship.
Economy is truly great virtue, but
when it degenerates into pure pc
nuriousness it is a far meaner vice
than extravaganza.
The skunk and all his relatives have
just been admitted to the upper
crust" of the animal kingdom because
they destroy the white grub and other
harmful worms and insects. II might
be well to pass law giving his skunk
ship the right of way when meeting or
passing him on the road. The most
confirmed road hog would obey this
law because even though he has no
respect for the law he must bow to
the one who has more scents" than
he. 81
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