The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-07-23
FARM BURROWS.
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one pleased with your lie let it flatter
him.
You can't make folks believe that
you are wiser than they by telling
them so.
| Some folks hold a grudge with
more persistence than they do anys
thing else in the world.
The boy whose mother says he
never told lie usually takes after
her in that respect.
The world always looks the best to
those who are doing their part to
make it little better.
You can tell it is roasting-ear time
by the look of satisfaction on some
fellows faces after dinner.
When a woman tells her husband
what she thinks of him she doesn't
work her thinker very hard.
Lots of folks would have lighter
burdens to bear if they would throw
away their loads of malice.
Many premises always look as
though their managers were dead or
away on vacation all the time.
The roads will never be made SO
good but what the achievement of
success will be an uphill business.
The fool who thinks that in order
to be a good driver he must keep
jerking on the bit all the time is not
fit to drive anything but an automo-
bile.
The good old summer time is here,
aud as usual the flies and mosquitoes
are also with us, but let us try to for
get our troubles and enjoy the pleas
ures of the summer while it is here.
In building a fence around young
evergreen windbreak or ornamental
trees of this kind be sure to make it
dog tight Evergreens are as tender
as they are beautiful and must be
protected while they are young.
Contentment is, no doubt, great
grace, but I'd hate to be content with
what seems to satisfy some folks; for
instance, a mere fraction of the har-
vests which the farm ought to pro-
duce under the proper management.
Running water on the farm" is
not the drawing card that it was a
few years ago. We have learned that
whole lot of mean things can float
down stream from the farms farther
up. ga
Spray the cows with good fly re-
pellant every evening. 1t is better
and cheaper than pounding the cows
on the back with milk stool to force
them to stand still and bear the fly
bites while the milking process is 60
ing on.
The scythe still finds a place on
every farm, but not as hay-making
tool-our pace is too fast for that
now. Every farm that has hooks and
corners where weeds grow and ripen
a seed crop needs scythe we'll shar-
pened and used.
The dry-goods-box farmer always
has his corn laid by and his haying
we'll in hand by the Fourth of July.
The majority of us "clod hoppers'
try our best to keep up the pace, but
the weather man sometimes makes
break in our plads.
Those who started an orchard or
windbreak this spring struck it about
right as far as the weather is cou-
cerned. The first year is the most
important especially with the wind
break. After that it will usually take
care Of itself if protected by fence.
The other day a couple of half
grown boys invaded preachers
premises and ravished a cherry tree.
The reverend gentleman reported the
youngsters and had them thrown into
the village Jail. Bad boys are some
times extremely vexatious, but it is
doubtful if the preacher did much for
their salvation by that procedure. 1t
would be hard to show where the
doctrine of retaliation is to be found
in the teaching of Jesus. The stern
ness Of some good men is oftentimes
a mighty stumbling block.
The demand for dairy cattle seems
to be as strong as ever in spite of
Nhat they tell US about the tariff and
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