it ' .
Vu.-l ,V BACK TK THE FARM.
1 f ! --'WelU.Bi'r, Wey weekWspVe see some big
-;V newspaper particle urging'AfplkStto go back to
. - tie-'farmland1 1 just; resisted as long as I
,mak-
1 "'"poiilrf Hli all at once like a muley steer,
s" '.."tni1 luitee'over the garden fence into the
v.VbeanOpatch,.I yielded and inarched off to the
V.-lfam,!jrave as a township1 constable guarding
. . ?tfr? fc eAchrme alon remark 'b.Mijitttoimrid Tast-fcyife pr te-tnev
iy?'wjthcoatnttoned;'ciear4ip to the neck and and are splendid fudges of' youth. 'That night I , m-U"m. fniWanoi, of life's 'V;"
i waffare-r-the home-made shoe."
"v" a -countenance like a -funeral, sermon, and be-
;tfng aVsHck duckat his 'job he decoyed me
Vil"Bi,asshoppers " and saw-btiersv; down on that
would dissolve my physlcaL manhood till I'd be
' ? :: rto4i, lean' to make a decent: funeral. ,
i 4 V,
; ,V -' li tell voiithere'B a hean' of difference Be-
' , tween a preacher atchurch telling about sow-
'0 ing-wheat. and tares, and' getting out. on the
" f ,farm with" him where there's corn to gather,
v & Vkicking'cows to milk and hay to' get up all at
V V 1 the same time. -1 never knew 'a preacher could
' act so good at church and be'ao all-Hred mean
y -1 ;down; on ,the farm. J - And, ft - would .surprise
you -Bow sassy they, can talk to a kicking cow,
-v'- 'And how near one canrcome swearing without
' ''using1 a' -single 'cuss wordJThat. preacher
'-wouldget in a hurry aU over Umself and just
, 'ballp and yell like - he- does, at a revival, vimd
. ,j;;'say, "CJome, come, boy;-' procrastination is, the
-il V"-v -i vr ti iv llV
"'.thiei or;ume,' uet a hump on yoursen, you
in the garret, where that prayer or skimmed
milk, or bothr soured .on my stomach and 1
was so sick. I felt sure I would wake up a
corpse the .next morning. There I was up
there all alone with nothing to make my last
hours pleasant? but some rats playing with
ears of seed corn,'' and mice jumping half
hammer thru" some dry pea pods..
Now I have .heard It said that "Death lovei
the cuckleburs and saw-briers don't have any
more respect for a boy's bare shins than a
politician does for the truth.
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WafA) hiffhlv nlHiH KMit noonnHol Orally "J ..-i)''?!' , -i...T.
OOOD-BYE OLD BBOGAX, GOOD-BYE. t'f' '
Many of the old customs and things which,'
being , and.' comfprt oCouforefathexiB; are ' - -
now;tastH fading'from the memorfof mahv '
4 T-,',iil4r- h&flthan '; t'il somv; anil tha nlva'' mil ofnim.
v i' j wood, brinjj water feed" the chickens, .and get
ready .for ; family - priyefA; iT " v ' tM,
' ' Now there's no one thing: I was; less" mashed
'n than C:t eve in player,, but, I w as ci
com
when 1 removediny celluloid -collar andvgently
folded my Sunday breeches . for a pillow, little
didI know of the "warm" reception that was
waitingvfor me in the person of about 1800 bed-
bugh in all;, stages ' and.' stations of life. No
sooner had i stretchedjqy lred Umbs out on
fcbat 13-ounceuilt than, these bugs all made
adash for me.-' I sprang, off iy bed, jumped
up in, a chair and swatted, them over -their
tvV . . 'S A n f. '
head? rith one of. my ! socks jevery time" they
tried to' climbs the 1 chair; legs; About two
o'clock in the morning these bugs gave U up
and retired behind, t&4.. cracks and ceiling and
I practiced awhile: onva few melancholy notes-
of snoring, and" failed to, complete my dying,
as that old minister tsurrected me spme time
about four o'clock -arid, squeezed over three
hours of labor out of. me before 1 1 could get
my eyes to working good on their stems.
Now I tell you youlwill. think a lot more of
a preacher if you donft ever work lor him any,
but only see hitn when Jie -cpmes '' to church
and hear him sing through - his nose 1 that
" Jeaven Is . My ; Itome" ' . ' -,
Now all the folks who want to can obey that
newspaper injunction, "Back to The Ftfrm,
but I've tried spreadihg Itoh'toiy bread land
the. blamed thing' tastes'.. bad - and grates' on
my nerves. I'd rathej- .be a 'bow-legged girl
with tnree sweatnearts .ai-s , Dean-stringing
I. . ' .... ' .. 1 .. . m 1
. How tenderly my thoughts" cling to the"
memory , of the old brogan! . I made its' ac
quaintanee early; in life, and it served aa a r .
link ;to connect my barefooted days with the : .
present. ' -
The first pair ot f shoes I ever had were
home-made brogans, and, I hought them no-
r ' i " ' "
ble companions; I was as proud of these shoes'
as a girl is of her first beau. I "wore thena :
for years and. years, and Lr -suspecvlf you
f would go" and search," in. my father's ,oldt V r
smoke-house today you'd find them there yet,
nearly as good as ever. "A brogan shoe was
never known to wear .out, but sometimes a
fellow outgrew them and they had to be laid
aside.; - - '.
The home-made shoe was a jnost wonder
fully wrought; articlej and was made 0 with
stand the , blighting band or time. , They dif-
fered in construction only In size, as they
were i made straight and would accommodate
your big toe 4m either right 'or left' ' "
. But the . days of 4 the Hliomemade shoe are - t - , t
numbered and the dear fold mud-splitter Is t
rapidly passing out. Thfere is a saying that ;, VV,
is no exception to iherule'lt came, )iourIshr' " 1 '
eL and faded, and soon the last pair will hare
1 4, "
f .a. i.- ka4 m ind j with s tnrftft twAarnanrta r n; nAan-nrnncins i
:r r- t C3 clear, up I than 4o take. my, chances on' the" fajrwwherel to moulder and decay; r i ;41 VCV .j V