Year: 1859

> urs hidden Of gold, hAal your wood Ii
: 6rst cold weather, aad BE- sure to ha,
, enough to last one ysas. When it come


rainy, bad weather. = you cannot ploug
! cut and split you wo,d.s Make your track
. when it rains hard, cleaning your stubbl
Or fixing something which you would hav
} to stop the plow for, and 6x in good weath
sr. Make your tracks fixing your fsno,
or gate that is of tie hinges, or weather
boarding your bar, when the wind ba,
blown away siding = patching the roof o
yous house or barn, after the plough -
some years ago l M alAn educated mas,,


house IL Aacoupin Co., ILL.,, about si,


miles east of CarlinvilIe. had boueh,
Of him in St. Louis lot of what he called
fat cattle, just strong enough to travel up


to Morgan County. He invited me to 20
home with him saying hs had better lot
OF cattle there. If my memory serves me
right, our horses were put in what had
been frame barn under small quantity
Of hay and likely some grain. Almost all
the weather boarding was of his barn,
which made it think much colder in the
barn, owing to the msny drafts of cir thro'
It, than it was in the open air. Ny horse
had nothing to eat, and stood trembling
like Bslthazzar. l Icing tender heart
man, felt truly sorry ior my horse. With
some difficulty got him plenty of feed,
and then went back % the honse much
encouraged. There we're number of bis
neighbors there when went in. Ilearn-
ed be had been building the season before
and had not paid up his bills. He was
complaining very bitterly of hard times
his boot heels were up against the man.
tle-piece, which Was full of small Aoles.-
! asked him what made so many holes in
his mantle piece. He was then seated in
his chair with his heels against the man.
tie piece. He seemed to be diverted to
think was no smarter, and told me j,
was his boot heels that made the holes
did not like to he accused of being foolish
or silly before so many people, and told
him that thought il those tracks that
were on Lis mantle piece were weather.
boarding his barn or after his plough it
would tell to better advantage, and times
would not be so extremely bard. III un,
derstood it Alright all those men were after
money he oweL them. 1t made hearty
i"eYpPeeted 10 be ordered out of the house
into the snow. He finally forced smile,
and ! was glad Of it. think a man is
doing wrong to place his heel higher than
his head. 1t looks to me as though it was
unhealthy. l think our heels we're made
to use under us, not over Us.


/ call attention of every person in Hi
nois, of every sex, name and nation, tha.
we all on ght to be assessed to work on our
State and county roads in proportion to our
property, and let the poor, laboring class
Of men work if they see fit This winter
past | heardo oneof our neighbors selling
cord Of FIRE wood for So (when the com
mon price was S3) because the road was
so bad ordinarily that teams could not get
in. This was in the town of jacksonville.
Our roads are disgrace to our State, put
it on US, one and all, town and country,
in propotion to our property. and let US
enchance the value Of our lands and fill
our pockets, besides the satisfaction Of
travelling on good roads. We have the
soil, material and tools to excel the world
if we would use them and make our tracks
to advantage.


When | came up to Springfield the news
was that they could not get to the hotel
with team. looked around me to see if
there were any strangers, and felt glad
that could not discover one. What a
disgrace it is to our State and county to
have such roads. believe our Supervi
sors ought to have at least 81 so or.
per day for warning the hands when to
work, and for working with them and col,
lecting the money from every man Of prop.
perty who would not work, and did not paw
promptly and appropriate the money so
collected to improve the roads, make those
that do work, work hours in the winter
and IL in summer.


Keep your tracks out of town only once
in ten weeks instead Of three times week
and sometimes six days in the week.
Please, one and all try it. 1t will be the
bes; step towards finding the hidden treas
ure SO much needed.


For your own sake, your wiie's and your
babies and your friends, if you have any,
be very cautious where you make your
tracks.


DO not fail to get into bed by seven
and roll out early and attend to you busi.
ness. There is no morning SO dark but
what you can do something if will is there
For Heavens sake. and that Of your wife
children, and the State, let US try it tol
three years, and il your creditors see you
are trying hard, and making tracks in the
right place, they will have mercy on you
II they will not, como to old Jake, aud i
be has il in his power he will help you
Remember you must take his advice 81
through The piece.


Consul, your wifa especially in all case,
Of difficulty. A wile who deserves thu
name will never fail 10 eoonomize whe,
she know. her husband $ circu IN stances 70
anire 1t. Never keep her ignorant of You,