The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 1, 1914, Page 2

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15 ae i: Take away he tattered page Of my erstwhile Dim and soiled and « sd quite— Mocked of ; Resoly tic m with aplomb, o lean upon And yet For like hleom perc the dreams And rosy.tinted w OF all the morrows yet to come, When life what It seems; Wihien tard And a And And Are str: Tear up th For 1 would mz: 1 broek us heart— the new, art Newton. ‘Some ‘New Year Don'ts Don't eprnvle: salt on the tail of tempta- Don’t try to get the better of a man who hasn't any. Don’t snore in church. It’s mean to keep others awake, Don't be satisfied to pay as you go, Save aroueh to get back. Don't get married with the sole idea that misery loves company. Don't follow the beaten track unless you are satisfied to remain beaten, Don’t ‘accept advice from a ran’ who mever offers you anything else. Don’t expect Opportunity to come to you with a letter of introduction. 4 Don't trust to luck, Nine-tenths of the grown old and gray, THE DAYS’ NEW YEAR PARTY His Coming of Age Age Marked by a Din- ner to Which All of the Fes- tivals Are Invited. The Old Year being dead, and the New Year coming of age, which he does by calendar law as soon as the breath is out of the old gentleman's body, nothing would serve the young Spark, -but he must give a dinner upon the occasion, to which all the Days in the year were invited. he Festi- vals, whom he deputed-as his stew- ards, were mightily taken with the notion. They had been engaged time out of mind, they said, in providing good cheer for mortals. below, and it was time they shoutd have a taste of their own bounty. ae It was stiffly debated- among them whether the Fasts should be atitted. Some said the appearance of Buch lean, starved guests, with their morti- fied faces, would pervert the ends of the meeting. But the objection was overruled by Christmas Day, who had a design upon Ash Wednesday (as you shall hear), and a mighty desire to see how the old Dominie would be- have himself in his cups. Only the Vigils were requested to come with their lanterns to light the gentlefoll home at. night. All the days came. Covers were provided for 365 guests at the prin- cipal table, with an occasional knife and fork at the sideboard for the Twenty-ninth of February. Cards of invitation had been issued. The carriers were the. Hours, twelve | ittle merry, whirling footpages that went all round and found out ‘the persons invited, with the exception of Easter Day, Shrove Tuesday, and a few other movables, who had late- ly shifted their quarters. “Well, they all met at last, foul Days, fine Days, all sorts of Days, and a rare din they made of ft. There® was nothing but “Hail, fellow Day! well met!” only Lady Day seemed a bit scornful. Yet some said Twelfth Day cut her out, for she came all royal and glittering and Epiphenous. The rest came in green, some in white, but old Lent and his family were not yet out of mourning. Rainy Days came in dripping; and the Sun- shinny Days laughing. Wedding Day was there in marriage finery. Pay Day came late, and Doomsday peut word he might be expected. April Fool took upon himself to mar- shal the guests, and May Day, with that sweetness peculiar to her, pro- posed the health of the host. This being done, the lordly New Year from the upper end of the table returned thanks. Ash Wednesday, being now called upon for a song, struck up a carol which Christmas Day had FARM FURROWS. farmer and Stockman. Py , Turn the lens of your faultfinder upon your own life for a little while now and then and you will not be so keen to keep it in ‘operation all the time. Carrying around with, you. atl the time a grudge against somebody is worse tian filling your pockets with dead rats and expecting tobe welcome wheréver you go. Labor trouble is now the bane of the city working man. Just as the day-laborer begins to lay up some towards a home, he sudderly finds himself confronted with a_ strike, which may mean several months ot idleness. When religion is put on as a cloak it is apt to be rather diaphanous. It is all right to let bygones be by- gones, but sometimes, in ‘spite of everything, they will stick to you like burs on a sheep, especially if they happen to be of the unseemly sort of your own making... Courage is a grpat thing, but when it nerves a manJ® stand for his own folly it ceases to be a virtue, _ Always having lived on the farm, I know not what it is to work under a boss, but I imagine it, would not: set well with me. Here on my farm my time is my own, and I am my own boss. Isn’t it worth a great deal? He who keeps his eyes open for something to do never looks. long in vain. Experience has convinced me that the six-inch flooring will last longer in the bottom of a wagon box .than the four inch, but few lumber yards now keep a good grade of six-inch flooring. When anything bothers them lots of men would-rather swear at it than to mend it, and some of them do both, which is too great an expenditure of energy. The occupation of just loafing around isn’tanything like as enjoyable’ as many folks whohaveto work pretty hard are inclined to think it is. There are many ways of losing mon- ey rapidly; but a sure, quick way is to buy a new top buggy and let it set out in the shade of an old apple tree. y world guess wrong. Bon't buy | your friends. They never last as long as those you make yourself. Don't envy the rise of others. Many a man who gets to the top is mere froth. * Don’t greet Misfortune with a smile unless you are prepared for a one-sided flirtation. Don’t make good resolutions unless you constantly carry a repair kit with you, Don’t place too much confidence in ap- ayances. Many a man with a red nose is white all the way through, Don't forget in times of peace to pre- pare for war. That's about the only use some of us seem to have for peace. Don't fail to have an object in view. Many a man leads such an aimless exist- ence that ‘he could fire at random without hitting it.—Lippincoit’s. DIDN’T OBSERVE NEW_YEAR’S Puritans Regarded the Celebrativn as a Heathenish and Un-Christian Rite. The sole record cf the observance of the New Year by the Pilgrims in the new world, named New England, was most prosaic, most brief: “We ‘went to work betimes.” Many of the good Puritan ministers thought the celebration or even notice of the day fim any way savored of improper and un-Christian reverence for the heath- en god, Janus, Yet these English set- tlers came from a land where New Year's eve and New Year's day were second in importance and domestic observance only. to Christmas. Throughout every English county New Year's efe was always celebrat- .ed; in many it-was called by the pretty name of Singing E’en, from the eustom which obtained of singing the last of the Christmas carols at that time. . This New Day. Out of the tomb of night a day has risen.” Be not anxipus; this day is all your own. Do not hurry, for in time it fs like all other days; neither. delay, for now is passing. Early turn your face to the dawn and let its fresh beams bathe away all stains of night; then, should the noon be dark with storms, your smile will still wear the ose tints of the morning. Step soft- ly among human hearts, ‘and leave so much of kindness along life’s pathway that gladness shall spring up, bearing tribute in the cool e entide of the world’s glad New Day.—Croft. taught him. Shrovetide, Lord Mayor's Day and April Fool next joined in a glee, in which all the Days, chiming in, made a merry burden. All this while Valentine's Day kept courting him, slipping amorous billet-doux un- der the table till the Dog Days began to be jealous and to bark and rage exceedingly. At last the Days called for their cloaks and greatcoats and took their leaves. Short Day went off in a deep black fog that wrapped the little gen- tuleman all round. The Vigi i watchinen are called in Heaven. Christmas Day safe home; they hed heen used to the business -bef ore. An- pretty May, who sat next |- A fifty-doltar biltissoond its value. An itching ear lends zest to the tongue of gossip. We cannot help growing old, but, bless your heart, my dear, nobody is forced to grow sour. The tongueless machine gives great- er freedom for the teams, but often the machine does not ‘‘track’’ as well. The hillside farmer, particularly, finds the tongueless feature not to his lik- ing, as the wheels must be chained to actasa brake when going down other Vigil—-a stout, sturdy patrol, called the Eve of St. Christopher— seeing Ash Wednesday in condition little better than he should be e’‘en whipped him over his shoulders pick- a-back fashion, and he went floating home singing: ¢ “On the Bat’s Back Do I Fly,” and a number of old snatches besides. Longest Day set off westward in beau- tiful crimson and gold; the rest, some in one fashion, some in another; but Valentine and pretty May took their departure together in one of the pret- tiest silvery twilights a Lover's Day could wish to set in. if GOOD AS NEW. , ‘x.""My good man, I hope you've made some good resolutions.” “No, ma‘am, not dis year. You see I've got a bunch of ‘em I made tg year an‘ never used. Indians are Conterfeiters? Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. 25.—Frank Somehow, I cannot get used to the riding plow that is without a tongue. The frequent use of the pronoun “”? indicates a lack of ideas. You cannot cool anger by the use of hot words. When the thinker and the tongue are disconnected the latter seems to be tireless. Paint doesn’t make the machine work any better, but we have got so used to a fine finish of paint and var- nish-on our farm machinery that I doubt if the manufacturer who would roughly paint his product could make many sales, however good the mate- rial used might be and“ “however mechanically perfect i its construction. The folks who do the least to build up the neighborhood can always tell the most about its faults. .A family of woodpeckers may be a boon to an orchard, where borers are a pest, but they do no good tothe sid- ing of a building when they commence operations there. I have shot a few and shot at a good many in an effort | ® to keep them from doing damage. Old Bill Williams says. that the cost of living seems to be a good deal high- er than it used to be, but that he can- not see that it is worth any more. The tango and the turkey trot are not in the published curriculum of any of the colleges so far as we have ob- served, but it is to be noticed that they are among the accomplishments of some of the students who came home for the holidays. f ‘Who abuses his credit mistreats about the best friend he can have ‘in this unfriendly world. Every day cannot be a fine day, at undertake to fathom it and he soon gets entirely beyond his depth. The man who entirely shedshisboy- hood upon reaching his maturity~is 3.tf Hotel Prices to Everybody! One Man’s Money is as Good Here as Another’s We will have for New Year 40 gallons of Oysters and 25 bunches of Celery. not cutout to be a very successful rent, and asa teacher, he is sure to e a failure. Boy thoughts turn to trapsand guns now. Small boys are setting traps in every ‘likely place and the larger boys hunt with guns at every opportunity. Ican. remember when my only ex- pense bill was for ammunition. Of course, my parents looked after my clothes and board, but my only thought was of ammunition, and it was for this that my spending money went. The church member who fails to attend meeting because the sermons are rather poor forgets the real pur- pose of the church services. Hurry is a great destroyer. of effi- ciency, and yet some men act as though it were the only way to bring things to pass. Pe: Freezing weather makes work. For one thing, water must be emptied from everything where its freezing would damage. Sometimes a pump freezes because the vent has not been opened; perhaps water is left in the cooling jacket of the gasoline engine or in the radiator of the auto, and there are other ways in which water freezing can do a great lot of damage in avery short time. One must have his thoughts about him when freezing 4 Notice Taxes are now due and my office Pork Chops, ib Ham Pork Steak, ib... Plain Pork Steak, tb.... Side Pork, th............ Sausage, 2 ae Lamb Chops, ib Lamb Stew, ib = Choice Round Beef Steak, Second Round, ib Loin Steak, ib Plain Steak,. tb......... Plate Boil, tb. First-class, big juicy Oysters, per at. Buy Where Your Money Buys as Much as Any Man’s Seese’s Independent Meat Markel. Phone 167 weather comes. The man who seeks acountry or cli- mate that will make him contented is doomed to disappointment. Content- ment isa soul grace, a spiritual ac- quisition, and no sort of NAR LT can possibly produce it. Where the field has been cleaned of hill, if the machine is not in operation. Ms its fodder, perhaps to fill a silo, the ground is being--pl6wed as weather permits. I have seen much plowing being done where there is carn stub- ble, and in every instance, stubble has prevented good work. Each corn row is shown on the plowing by the stiff stubs. Has any reader devised a stub cutter that cuts the stub at the ground line? If so, I would like an explana- tion of, how it is made. It may be all right to learn from the failures of others, but he who keeps Hly-on the watchout for them has failed to learn one of the best les- sons of life. What is‘the use of going around half dead all-the tintie? Why not hurry up the funeral and be done with it? Thére may be a better country than the onein which you arenow located. But you are not very apt to find it through the florid representations of the exploiters of real estate schemes. It takes hard work, foresight, frugali- ty, and some other solid virtues to produce success anywhere in the orld. Nodoubt the exercise of these virtues right where you are would richly repay. Orville Wright’s ‘New Inven jon Capital °. Wm.'E. Walton, President The Wallon Trust Co. OF BUTLER, MISSOURI Surplus Fund & Undivided Profits $105,500.00 Frank Allen, Secretary Always has Money to Loan on, Morne in South- west Missouri and Southeastern Kansas on Long Time andvat Low Rates of Interest. Own and keep up County, sho; C. A. Allen, Treasurer veg world has heard directly f, Wright, but now he c with the announcement that .he has made an aerop) yd which is practical- ly fool proo course the aviator can fall Wee and be killed, but} otherwise it will be difficult for -him to dash his brains out by colliding th the earth. The-new invention is calculated to prevent aeroplanes from stalling, which is the cause of most of the ac- cidents, according to this past raster in the art of — He promises a machine that will be as safe to ryn as an automobile. It was ten years agothatthe Wright brothers made their flight,- the first power flight inthe world, and today Orville Wright is calmly promising that he will soon produce ’a machine that practically everyone can use with safety. It has been an eventful decade in the history of air navigation. . When the Wrights pointed the way it was seen that the day of the heavier-than- air machine wascoming. There were short flights across a field. at first and these were hailed aswonderful. Then tame Blerfet with his: epoch-making flight across the English channel. Then the Alps were conquered, and now daring aviators think _ of sweeping across Europe... Perhaps the world’s experience with the automobile is about to be re- peated with the.aeroplane. Who can say that it. is not?—Oklahoma City nae Pays Interest on Time Deposits - For Six or Twelve Months Frank Allen C. A. Allen John Deerwester PHONE NO, 11 DIRECTORS C. H. Dutcher A. B. Owen John E. Shutt over vas ith the county record, a complete 4 to all Lands and Town Lots in Bates ng the title from the date of Purchase~ nited States down to the Present time. © ~ We Furnish Reliable Abstracts -Fees Reasonable Auctioneer C. E. Robbins, the leading auc- tioneer of the: Southwest. . $500,000: worth of stuff last season. Selling every day, post- ed .on values and _ knows how,to ‘sell for the high dollar. ‘business with inexperienced men . > who make only one or two sales a month asa side issue when you can have the services of an expert at a reasonable price. Call Cc. E. ROBBINS Money, Money, Money. . 54 per cent money for farm loans, is located in circuit gene room. | quick action and liberal partial pay- Please call. L. Barker, | ment privileges. Canterburys, Township Collector. ee a Butler, Mo. $250,000.00 . ye Wy J. B. Walton, Vice-President” Wm. J. Nix, Asst-Sec~ 2 a 7 Wm. W. Trigg J. B. Walton Wm. E. Walton Sold Why ‘do BUTLER, MO.

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