The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-09-14

What tribute more wholesome, ef-
fective and lasting could be chiseled on
granite shaft erected TO the honor of
any man than 70 say that lie was a
good neighbor' Do you, Mr.. Reader so
live that when youi time shall come
that those who have known you may
join in s1ch a token Of respect. esteem
and admiration?
People of means and good taste may
make their homes perfect dreams OF
beauty. but they cannot make them
toe beautiful as long as the comfort
and happiness of the inmates AFRO
sought and promoted. Surely money
cannot be expended to better purpose
than In making and adjoining home
fur ones self and loved ones and fur
nishing 1t with all that is ealt ulated
to foster in tho inhabitants thereof Of
love of home, as well as a love of the
true and beautiful and the good; and
even poor people will best secure their
own happiness by toiling and saving
TO acquire and embelish homes for
themselves. There is a pleasure that
is rare. rapturcus and absorbing, "a
I love OF home is al noble and ennoblinf;
of feeling as can still the human soul
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Love and appreciation are to wo
man what dew and sunshine are Il u
flower. They freshen and brighten her
whole life, They make her strong
hearted and keen Sighted in everything
affecting the welfare OF her home Tney
make her TO cherish her husband when
the cares Of life rest heavily upon him:
and to be a very providence TO her
children To know that her husband
loves her and is proud OF her and be-
lieyes in her; that even her faults are
looked upcn with tenderness; that her
face, to one at least, Is the fairest IN
all the world; that the heart which &c
her Is the greatest and noblest holds
her sacred in his innermost recesses
above all other women, gives strength
and courage and energy and sweetness
and vivacity which all the wealth of
the world could rot bestow..
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Let the young people who weekly
read tbs column never lose an oppcl
unity Ia say Il Kind word 10 ;heir pa
rents Your parents have planned for
your best interests all these years
They may sometimes 6their nervous
system all used mp by the cares, and
losses, the disappointments, the wor-
ries OF llfe) be more irritable than they
ought to be. and they probably have
faults which have become oppressive
as the years go by. But those eyes.
long before they took on spectacles,
were watching for your welfare and
their hands. not as smooth ana more
deeply lined than ones have done fcr
you many O good DAYS work. Life has
been to them more Of struggle than
you shall ever ksow about, and much
of the struggle has been for you. ans
how much they are wrapped up IN youi
welfare you will never appreciate
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How many 81 our readers think rs
often as they should of their mother |
their dear old-fashioned mother 9th
er faces may made away and be for
gotten, but hers viii shine on forever, |
when in the fitful pause OF life oul
feet wander back to the old homestead |
and crossing The well WON threshold, |
stand once more in the room SO hallow- |
ed by her presence, how the feelings
of childish innocence and independence /
overcome us, and we kneel down In the !
molten sunshine streaming thru the
window just where years ago we knelt |
by sour mothers knee lisping "Ouel
Father How many times when Tie
tempter hurried us on, has the memory
OF these sacred hours. that mothers
words. her faith and prayers saved us
from piunging into the deep abyss OF
sin. Years have filled great drifts be-
tween her and as, but they have net
hidden from our sight the memory Of
her pure unselfish love. Dear oij fash
Toned mother.
It is not In the sheltered garden or
In the hot house. but on the rugged All
pine cliffs where the storms heat more
that the toughest plants pre-
The oak that stands alone to
contend with the tempest's blasts only
takes deeper root and stands firmer for