The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-02-26
FARM BURROWS.

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we have to bear by adding to them
| the weight Of depressed spirits.
Lend a hand, but don't charge in
terest for it.
The man who sells unreliable seed
is about the worst fraud there is. He
not only cheats you out of your mon
ey, but he robs you Of both seedtime
and harvest He is in the same class
with men who preach lies for the Cos
pei, and good old orthodox anathemas
are what he deserves.
Some men are so glum that even a
baby S smile has no interest for them.
The farmer who asks his wife's
opinion as to what make Of grain
drill he shall buy may be molly
coddle, but what kind of "coddle"
is the man who buys a washing ma
chine without the one who is to use
it having word to say?
Keep on the sunny side, but don't
loaf around in the way.
The electric light plant for the farm
is receiving great deal of attention
in this vicinity of late. Some argue
against it by claiming that the inter-
est on the money invested in plant
will more than pay for the kerosene
they use for lighting. Perhaps this
is true, but is it the money we save
or is it the real good things we enjoy
that make life worth living?
Greet the morning with gladness
and it will always have cheer for you.
Some of the farmers spend good
deal of time in winter assiduously
helping the town pool hall proprietor
increase his profits, leaving their
wives at home with nothing to do be-
sides the ordinary housework, ex-
cept milking the cows, feeding the
pigs, looking after the chickens, pump
ing water for the stock, toting in the
fuel, and few little things like that.
Keep the courage up, but not so
high as to be out of reach.
There is not much poetry in rainy
day in the winter time at least, not
as far as doing chores is concerned.
Ice is fine thing, but when cattle
and horses begin to slide around the.
yard as if they were learning to skate
we wish we had place for everything
and everything in its place. q
Tramping silage is no Snap even
in the fall when the fodder is green.
l don't know what it would be like to
work in the silo when putting in dry
fodder and putting water through the
blower to thoroughly saturate the feed
and am not anxious to learn by ex-
perience.
HOrseshoeing is a necessary evil,
but when the roads are rough and
frozen hard and are covered with ice
in places it is absolutely necessary to
have the horses we'll shod.
With some men no procession is
worth while that they cannot ride at
the head of with sashes around their
waists.
Some people can't be lifted up very
much by prosperity without becoming
dizzy.
Old Bill Williams says that if his
congressman sends his wife another /
batch of'flower seeds this spring he is
going to vote against him as sure as
shooting; he is mighty tired of spad-
ing up a lot,o ground for flower beds
when dandelons are so plentiful,
Dr. Laughter charges so little for his
pills that some folks think he is fake.
1t is about t~e for us to hear that !
our hay crop for next year is killed |
for lack Of snow, but we can console /
ourselves with he fact that the first /
'killing" never amounts TO much any !.
way.
The pcssimist thinks of the going I
down of the sun; the optinlist awaits
the morning /
Cultivate cheerful disposition and /
you will not have to work so. pesky |
hard to get enough TO make you con-
tented.
Farm Sales are now on in full blast.
Have you observed how some amen are
ready to put bid on almost anything
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