Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-01

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of the average American farmer.
know something of what was in my
fathers mind as he saw me leave the
farm and go to the city. Something
burns deep in my heart. l was one
Of those farm boys who listened to
the lure of city life and so left my
father alone on the farm. 50
Frankly, something of regret fills
my inner conscience; almost shame,
because, as l saw our old farm in the
years of my boyhood and then, after
father and mother were forced to
leave it because had left before
them, the knowledge of what has hap
pened to the old home is nothing to
be proud Of.
Father never used the term my
cow" "my house," or my home" To
him it was always sour home" The
house with three dimensions-length
breadth and height-after It was
built by Daddy and our neighbors-
acquired its fourth dimension. It Their
became our home. That fourth di-
mension was its sentiment; the spirit
of family life and friendliness; that
ttachment that grew out Of ohr gar.
den and our farm
| What father loved he would fight
for and he knew it was only through
sentiment that his house became his
home-next came love to him, for he
knew that without love there was nc
poetry, no music, no homes. He knew
that only love could vitalize the in
tellect to the point of creating {
home.
Mother and / make our home oul
castle. We try to demonstrated thu
world that our farm is primarily oul
home and that we are proud of both
| We believe that we will have gone !,
long way towards winning the fgh
of agriculture for equality of consid
Grafton; equality of protection will
industry, business and labor; and VIZ
shall have gone a long way towards
winning the respect of our city
friends and customers and shall have
gained confidence in ourselves once
we have added the fourth dimension
Forced To Work
Dreaming of riches can bring
Mother and me no happiness at all
To the average man on the land
riches come only through a streak o.
good fortune which means, in the end
family dissension, trouble, and ar
acute nostalgia for the good old days
Remember that the man who gains {
fortune and then loses it says "Liks
birds, your friends fly away, when the
rations fail" ~
Daydreaming is the endless elabo
ration Of that entertaining problem
which we toilers among the crop.
worry little about. 1t does, however
add variety to our labor; it warns
the arteries and the brain cells; il
sometimes thaws out bad DISPOSE
tons, aches, miseries and melancholy
But the hangover that accompanie.
the stimulant for US is, happily
enough, in June and very mild in
deed about August, when prices begir
to fall.
To be wealthless and moneyless is
indeed tragedy, but it is not the
worst kind of poverty. One may hav,
an empty purse and yet be rich BY
possessing health and a beautiful
family. If such a man has no money
but has a chance to earn LIVELIHOOD
on his land by the help of his chill
dren and his God, getting out to hi.
fields or livestock as the sun rise,
above the horizon, his brain must b,
filed with hope.
The so-called material wealth Of
this earth has been built up most
often through the genius of poor mer
with the help Of their wives, sons and
daughters, who have remained poor