Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-07
Little Journeys Here and There
By ]. A. WYE

roads on some of the graveled roads
past new scenes and getting new
outlooks on distant points, we begin to
realize how small we are and that
to be of some account in this world
it is necessary that we play our part
well.
There's joy in every bump, there's
a delight in every woodlot, there's
health and satisfaction in the new
vistas that are constantly appearing.
You are in land of a thousand won
ders, which you discover, but of
which the dwellers are unaware.
Realization proves you are in land
of beauty. The world is yours and
the fulness thereof.
The automobile is a great civilizer.
We now travel in a day via good
roads distances which our fathers
took weeks to cover. We have pro-
crossed. We must live faster, we
must think faster than our fathers
did, for they had weeks to analyze
and classify the knowledge gained,
while we must do it in a day to be
prepared IOT WHdt lOllOWS.
Sometimes while on side road you
are in doubt as to your whereabouts,
when in the distance a sign appears.
What satisfaction that sight brings
to you. Official life is not so ineffi-
cient as it is often painted. Some
thoughtful county commissioner has
anticipated your difficulties. He was
a kindly man, so you think. He be-
lieved in doing for others. It's money
well spent to put up signs. He pro-
badly had some opposition, yet he
pushed his project through. Just now
he's hero in your sight. Faster and
faster you move towards the coveted
object. All! there it is, just short
distance ahead. You can almost
read the words which are to give you
direction, peace of mind and happi-
ness. You strain your eyes and look.
There it is emblazoned across the
surface of a good-sized board, "Eat
Regan's Bread"
You see little light ahead. It is
humble home. You are now passing
the farmstead. There are tokens of
enterprise and thrift all about. Good
fences, orderly placement of equip
ment, grain stacks we'll built, a good
barn, good looking buildings and a
tidy appearing house. That little light
means great deal. 1t reflects the
story of the outward appearances.
Around it there is a little group re-
counting the happenings of the day,
and while mother darns and mends.
There is one member old enough and
interested enough, reading the cur
rent chapter of continued story.
Father has tried to bury himself in
the pages of the county paper, but al
Turing as such papers are, he can't
resist the temptation to join the chill
dren in the enjoyment of the story.
Mother listens while she works. The
children are learning to use their
spare moments wisely. Those par
ems have learned how to lead. Joy
hold which piled up wealth in city
vaults cannot equal. We pass hur-
riedly by, just as if it was an ordinary
scene, and ordinary occasion. It is
ordinary in the sense that it is typical
of thousands, but it is extraordinary
as it leads to the higher. things in
human affairs that make life worth
living and multiplied, make nations
truly great.
Seventy-fve, yes, hundred miles
is soon covered. You have been out
only a few hours. You stop here and
there, for you are always among
friends in the country. Once a far
mer hitched up his team and pulled
us out of mudhole, and had to re-
monstrate with him to get him to
accept a fee. There's friendliness
galore in the country. At nightfall,
you drive into a farmyard a stranger,
yet friend. There's welcome
there that develops with the passing
moments into genuine, sympathetic
interest. Cultivate it, and it is yours
There is a kitchen stove with a
stove pipe running to brick chin
ney. Kitchen stoves aren't simply
useful in these days, they are
beautiful, radiating good cheer
and contentment. Around that
stove with it's welcome and cheer, you
are welcomed as one of the group
You have joined the Ancient Order OF
Rural Fellowship. There are no dues
no fees, just manifestation of kindli.
ness. You are made to feel at home
I There is nothing better.