Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-06-05
A Few Lines From a For.
mer Missourian

| am home again from Green
field, Ind, and | am glad to meet
you all again, as there are many
things of interest | could write
about the beautiful state of Indi.
ana and other eastern points
have visited since left the good
old Ozarks of Missouri, but since
my brother, FL. M. Norcross, Wis
tied me last September, and
wrote a letter of his visit there,
in the Mansfield Mirror, | will
not say much more about India
ma, only that the crops are look.
ing fine and that they are having
plenty of rain; the flowers are in
full bloom, and the sweet songs
of the birds make you feel happy.
Also, there is plenty of work of
all kinds, with good pay, and it
was hard for ME to get away, as |
have done many kinds and lines
of work, both inside and out, and
by taking an interest in doing
my work well | always pleased
and had a job, and by never
sighting my work in any way |
held the confidence of the people
as being a trustworthy charact.
er. Now, this is what it takes,
when you go among strangers
and try to build up from the
stump, as | have done. | have
worked in all kinds of weather,
both early and late. when in very
poor health, and at first the way
of life seemed hard, as ] was fl.
nancially broke. heart broken,
and in poor health, but | just
kept on working every day, AS il
is good both for the health and
trouble, and will drive away the
blues. In this way, | saved a
nice little bank account and have
plenty to pay up in full all my
lOng.past due debts that both my
wives helped make and live VI
and then left me To bear all the
burdens. AS both my marriages
proved disagreeable and a tinan.
cial loss to me, | hope all my old
friends will now understand the
cause of my financial loss and
troubles and why | have been de.
layed SO long in paying up my
honest debts, as it takes money
to pay debts, no matter how hon.
est you are, and | am truly
thankful the Lord has blessed
me with life and health to work
with honest toll and make money
to adjust past troubles and have
a few hundred dollars left to
start anew in life. | will let my
past experience guide my future
way, and | know | will make it
all o. K, for if there is no sweat
there will be no sweet. We had
better wear out working than to
rust out in idleness, and ycu had
better work for small wages than
to play, as | worked for from 75c
to 81 per day the first year, for
my health would not permit my
earning more than boys wages,
but my health and wealth both
improved, and the long, lonely,
days went by more pleasantly as
my bank account increased, as
your money is your best friend
among strangers. 1t is not SO
much what you make, but what
you save, that counts in life, as
This world we are living in
Is mighty hard to beat,
We get thorn with every rose,
But aren't the roses sweet?
So let us give roses while we live
For the time is fast flying,
And the flowers that bloom today
Tomorrow will be a,dying.
trust those who have wrong
ed me can now see their mis-
takes and will wish to make them
right before it is too late. Sue
l
cess comes to those who try theil
best to be honest with their Coo
and with their fellowmen, yet i,
seemed sometimes that all my
combined efforts 'were in vain
But where there is a will the
way will come, and | trust thi.
letter will be a help and a guide
to others, and | will say that
am glad to visit my old hom'
town friends and neighbors, ant
| hope to renew warm friend
ship with those | have owed ant