Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-04-02
Rural Life Problems and
Current Topic Thoughts
BY A. GRAvESEN, Askov MINI.
BY A. GRAvESEN, Askov, MINI.
Continued from last week

10 DO or rlcn VINO lives III the
cities is, in my mind, a great lot
worse off than the farmer, how
ever poor that farmer may be
The man in the cities who has not
riches, nor a good dependable in.
come, must, it seems to me, al
ways carry around with him
great load of worry for the flu.
ture, never knowing when he will
be down and out as the saying
goes, and his joys must be few
He must always be on the run
He must meet on the minute to
report for work; he must hustle
all day in order to keep his job
Never time for relaxation. He
must be alert in the shop or the
office as well as on the street
TO avoid being run down by his
fellowman or by the traffic.
There may be a lot of beauti-
full things in the city, but the
common man has no time to see
them or to enjoy them. From
six in the morning until seven in
the evening his time is occupied
in working strenuously and in
getting to and from work When
he comes home he is dead tired
and must seek rest so he will be
able to stand the grind the fol
lowing day. If any leisure time
is left his mind will be occupied
in figuring out how he shall be
able to meet the house rent, the
coal bill and have enough left
over for a pair Of new shoes foi
the baby. or maybe a new coat
for his wife.
The above holds not true fol-
the young people who have posi-
tons that are fairly well paid and
who have only themselves to care
for. But years and youth is fleet.
ing and to US of more mature
years that period in our lives
seems very short. 1t was, and
then it was no more. Before we
realized what had happened we
found ourselves with a hundred
cares weighing us down. Some
of us got the wife and babies to
care for, others did not and were
worse off in spite thereof. II
LIES blessings were squandered
upon me ana | could afford a mig.
ger to wait on my every want
should prefer to live in city
but there is but very few so fav'
orably situated; most of the peo'
pie living in great cities must OF
necessity be someone else's mig
ger. God created the world, Their
he created man and gave the
world to mankind to make i,
beautiful and a good place tc
live; and then man got tired Of
working the soil and created .
city. Babel was the first one &C
cording to tradition. it was de
stroyed because of mans evi
ways. Since that time many cit
les, great and beautiful have beer
built; but most of them are heap:
of stone today; destroyed because
of mans evil ways. These day.
we read daily about crime waves
undulating out from our great
cities, spreading all over thu
land. terrorizing government
and communities. How will i
all end! The underworld. the,
call it, but it must be powerful
underworld, since it almost seems
the ruling power in several of oul
large metropolitan centers. Yes
the cities are good places to b
for a few days when you have
lots Of money in your pocket; bu
the open country is the place Il
live and enjoy living, We Of tn
open country are having a grea
many blessings thrust upon u
by nature and natures God.
shall try to call to mind a few
of them; it is not possible to lis
them all. so many and so varies
are they. We have above us tn
deep blue heaven with the shin
ling sun in the day time, and a