The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-07-12
SUNBEAMS
Say, I've been

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S@ thinkin' of my boy
@ hood days down OF
the farm. Yes,
Hwas brought III
hoppin' clods. know all the joy
and sorrows incident to life of toll
and I want to say there's more 10,
than sorrow in the life on farm
Long hot days? Yes, but think wha,
a harvest of good things and Their
the pleasure of milkin' six or eight
cows. o, how it rested you. Die
anything like this ever happen tc
you at milkin' time when flies were
bad? Listen: So-so, stand still
.jist' look at 'ye' now. Dodrot such
. gol darned onery COW. Just dc
that agin dod CAST your soul and III
bust your Stats with the milkin' STOOL
The tactical fluid warm and sweet had
nearly filled the pail at your feet,
when Brindle switched her tail at a
fly and swatted you in your good
right eye. You ripped and tore and
said you'd be burned teetotally
smashed and eternally burned if you
didn't kill that brindle COW and you
grabbed your stool but alas, some
how, before you got in lick you felt
an awful shock below your belt, a
tear, sigh, groan, a reel, passing
glimpse of Brindle's heels. Then
down upon the dewey grass in one
conglomerated mass, went your and
stool and milk and pail while Brindle
with erected tail went scootins across
the pasture wide nor stopped till she
reached the tother side--Now fess TIP
didn't it happen?
I'm goin' to write book some day.
A real honest-to-goodness story
book and it will be your story. !
don't mean biograph of your life Il
would hate to undertake job like
that but a story you will want to
read. The only thing about it Chat
worries me) is the title. Two sug-
gest themselves. One is "He Giveth
the Young Ravens Their Grub. ,
The other is 1.-THE Devil Takes Good
Care of His Own" As the charac-
tiers in the story are somewhat mixed
l. can't decide which title to use.
Anyway it's bound to be thriller
and full of surprises and you will
want to read it-watch for it.
1t is said (and generally believed)
that Diogenese took lantern and
went huntin' for an honest man. Did
he find him? dunno q don't think
he stopped in Butler). don't know
how much tallow dips cost him, but
If he was using kerosene at Ioc per
III bet he would spend quite a bit
of cash ere his search was successful.
Do l think there are more dishonest
men now than then? Possibly not,
in proportion, but there is quite a few
more people now than then and in
spite of the "ballyhooin' of Bill Sum
day and other suffragettes ] doubt if
the people are more honest than in
the days of the aforesaid fellow with
the glim.
Do we'll what you do, and remem-
Der that small farm well titled IS
better than large one, sighted. The
same may be said of any business in
life. If thing is worth doing at all,
ISN'T it worth doing we'll? Do the
very best you can with what you have
TO do with. Angels can do no more.
/ always am able with good grub
on the table to make everything SUM-
nv at home. I'm so happy and care
Tree that nearly go crazy. Let old
age and wrinkles come. There's no
ase of cryin', if to live you are tryin'.
lust throw worry and care all away.
No use of sighin' some day you'll be
lynn, just be happy and live for to-
lay. i
: There are only two ways out OF
war-back out or fight out. ! opine
hat it will be fit out and that the
'inish will be. entirely satisfactory to
III parties concerned, except Kaiser
Bill.
My letter to you this week is short
ind not very interesting. You will
pardon me when l tell you that on
recount of over eating have not felt
ike writin'. You see on July 4th |
bought loc worth of beefsteak (want-
ID something extra) and as there are
,ut three of US at home 1.-TWO OF
whom don't eat meat) l had to eat
III of the dimes worth of steak to
seep it from spoilin'. You see
ain't' been eatin' much meat since
he war and then Ioc worth all at
,nce. No wonder ! am sick.
The call of the wild is strong upon
ne. Ny feet are Just itching for the
lin trails and it's all ! can do to
seep from hosting anchor and hik-
M for the hills. Under the open
~ for me. o. Lordy. I'm 'gwine' to