Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 139, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 23, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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Cottolene is
manner of marketing is clean-it comes only in air-tight tin pails. Compare
these conditions with those surrounding lard. Lard is made from hog fat-
often impure
to dust and
If purity healthfulness cleanliness and economy appeal to you insist
upon having Cottolene.
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ABILENE DRUG CO.
WANT SUPPLIERS
Balm of Irish Moss for Chapped
Hands and Roughness ot the
Skin.
ABILENE DRUG CO.
A. E. CHBISTOPIIER Prop!
3XMO0C
Lyceum
Theater
Saturday Jan. 23.
on everlastitjg success
The Big Fun Show
Uncle Josh Perkins
see Uncle Josh at the
county fair
the great New York
subway scene
with a company of singers
dancers and comedians
Positively thogirgest and
Best Production ever given
' this famous play
Watch for the Parade .of
the Hayseed Band
Tickets 25-35-50-750 at
COMPTON'S DRUG
STORE
RALPHPAINTand
PAPER COMPANY
For the past ten years
weMve been trying
to secure the services
of a first-class Sign
and Pictorial Artist
We have now secured
such a man from Chi-
cago "He- is now in
our employment and
we are well equipped
for this class 01 work
and are in a position
to do high class Sign
Writing and Pictorial
Work as cheap as can
be done in the state
RALPHPAINTand
PAPER COMPANY
Uli'a frUlh'BfBtffkt
- Natures Gift from tile Sunny South
Shortens yoiir food'-Lengthens your
a clean product. Its source is clean it
and always indigestible. Most lard
disagreeable
only by THE IS.
Some Farmers
Some years ago I read a paper In
which mention was made of a farmer
who was such by accident and while
I was reading it the Image of one of
my neighbors (Bjnco deceased) ap-
peared Irresistibly before my mind
stood out in bold relief and Beemed
to say V.I Am the Man."
I cannoi remember who was the
writer nor the particular line of ar-
gument but for the benefit of the
farmer readers of your paper I ;will
try to produce the Ideas as they struck
me in a brief way. In 'other words
I will tell about my neighbor.
He was a man of moderate wealth
of good education a good man in
every way and very intellectualWhile
still a school he had permitted a guar
dian to use his estate and this man
had either mismanaged dreadfully or
had not been over scrupulous In his
dealings with his ward. I heard it
said in the neighborhood that he had
long been anxious to turn his farm
into cash and that ho first got. Into
debt to my neighbor and then unload-
ed on him at fancy figures. Be that
as it may he got my neighbor's mon-
ey arid kept it and my neighbor got
his farm (It was that or nothing) and
kept that. He born in thq city and
when he moved to the country he
knew as much about farming as Moses
did. about the geography of the moon.
But he tried to learn and did pick up
a great deal ana wmie never a oru-
liarit success as a farmer; he made a
living and something more and was
respected by his neighbors not only
for his worth as a man but as a far-
mer. Ho didn't like the business
however and would at any time have
gladly ' turned his farm into cash at
a sacrifice but money was a scarce
article whore he lived and thOre were
many who had places to exchange for
money but none with monoy 0 ex-
change for land. Thus It was that my
neighbor worked in tho field just lileo
his neighbors dld but thoso . of us
who know him best knew that he was
a disappointed man. He mapped out
for himself a professional career and
lived and died belloving thnt life had
boon a failure without fault of Tils own
Would Tip have succeded professional-
ly? I think so. Indeed I have no
doubt of it nor had many others wljo
knew Tilm well A great lawyOr who
was his friend said to mo one day:
(referring Jo jny Jiqlghbor) "Ho
would have "been .a great jurist had he
turned his attention In that way." On
another occasion his family physician'
and I were discussing htm and the
doctor said to roe; "He ought to have
boon a doctor or a professor of na-
tural sclonco. Ho knpwp more in eith-
er direction than two-thirds of those
who are distinguished in those lines"
A distinguished minister who had met
him in church circles told a friend of
mine who told me that my neighbor
was "deeply Jearned In. theology and
philosophy." In fact fre was a man
of mpre than general ability IJte
ability M greater in every wayj al-
most than that ot any wan I evr
knew. He would have been a brilliant
farmer It h heart had bean In the
work.
TMK AMMMri AlIr RirtMrMfrt
and contaminating odors.
E. FAIRBAJTK COMPANY New York
There was the trouble. He was a
farmer by accident and he felt that
when driven fi;om life's plans to adopt
another he had been wronged. The
last time I saw him was a few days
before his death and I am going to
repeat as nearly as I can the' sub-
stance of what he safd to me about
his disappointment. He had a pjlp
of manuscript lying on his table and
ho was burning It leaf by leaf when
I entered his room. As the last page
disappeared in smoke ho turned to' me
and said:
"My old friend! There goes my1 last
hope for congenial life. You know
how I happened to. bo a" farmer and
you knoW how poor a farmer I prov-
ed to be. I know you think I have
not been a total failure in this way
but I have not succeeded as I might
have done had my heart been In my
Work. I was not a farmer by choice.
I was not cut out for the life. It had
no terrors for me but ort tho other
hand it had no attractions for me.
"I know those who by tfio sweat of
their faces earn their bread. But I
think I might have been moro suc-
cessful and' happy had I been per-
mitted to do something In tho field
of letters or in any work that called
primarily for Intellectual effort. I
had no training on tho farm apd oven
by fate couldn't make a silk purse out
of a sowte ear. The best farmers aro
the trained farmers tho men who have
worked to learn how to work. They
havo begun at the A. B. C. of agricul
ture and its adjuncts and havo learn-
ed by practical experience its entire
alphabet. Now and then mon like
mysolf by study of books and farm
papers learn thocVetlcaVy (a 'good
deal but wo lack tho powor to adopt
ourselves to emergencies. If I had a
boy who Intended being a farmer I
would havo educated him for thobusln-
ess. But I am not alone In my disap-
pointment. Many a good mechanic has
been spoiled by mischance which mado
me a sorry farmer. And so with hun-
dreds of others who wore iptended
by nature for other pursuits. They
neyor know how to got deep enough
down in the ground to find tho rops
that were there to bo found. You
have heard ot jmalllng a horn In a
fruitless effort to make a spoon There
aro a great many grumblers on the
farm and who can bo surprised at it?
Generally they are men who are far-
mors by accident. I havo been work-
ing all tho years Blnco. I owned thlB
place Industriously. But while I
-worked with mjr hands my mind and
heart wero elsewhere rhee'd not Toll
you ot all my drpams. My books havo
ben good companions but I fear they
havo unfitted me in a measure Tor
mero physical work. I felt in mo tho
ability and dealro to bo a wrltor and
havo written a "great deal But
wha.t I have written has been wholly
unpolished. A man who labors In tho
field all day Is not in a good condition
to do polished literary work at night.
I daro say I havo written something
that would pass muster with publish-
ers and readers but t had not pleas-
ed me and now I have destroyed every
line pf It and shall never again seek
to try my wings in the upper air.
Henceforth 1 shall try to be content
to labor on horot whqre I find myself
n the providence of God But I want
to say to you and my neighbors if
SATt'HDAY JANUAUV 28 1JW2.
your boy does not want to bo a farm-
er do not force him against hla in
clinations. Tho samo holds good in
all other occupations. Give him a
chance in the direction that his heart
indicates."
I havo now repeated his message
for those to whom it was intendeds
nnd may It bear fruit. How very ap-
propriate in this connection seems tho
words of tho author of '!An Elegy
Written In a Country Churchyard:"
"Full may a gem of purest rayB se-
rene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean
bare;
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Continues to
January 30
ANNUAL WHITE GOODS SALE
COMBINED WITH THEIR CLEARANCESALE
is attracting crowds of economical buyers and people who appreciate
pretty showings of stylish and seasonable merchandise. Our pricesj
considering the quality on all our White Goods Laces and Embroid-
eries are not to be equaled and we are assured by appreciative cus-
tomers that this sale will long be remembered and will be looked
forward to each year.
Our Clearance Sale Prices
are-on every item of Winter Merchandise and we assure you that
we will not carry over one article that extreme low prices will move.
One feature of this sale is that we are sacrificing our entire stock of
QUEEN QUALITY SHOES at onm-Tourtb on. .:-
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We have just received a large shipment of wide Flouncing and In-
sertions to match ranging in'price from 75o to $1.00 that we
have placed on table in center aisle today and will offer for the re-
maining days of this sale at per yard 40o.
IK THE NEW
RADFORD
BUILDING
I li maijium
life
i
contains no
is sold in bulk exposed
New Orleans Chicago.
Full many a flower Is born to blush
unseon
And waste Its sweetness on tho des-
ert air."
TKXAS & PACIFIC FIIMUIIT
ENGINE TOO HEAVY FOIl KAILS
Last night just lioforo tho 8:21 west
bound pasongor camo in an eastbound
freight train pulled by engine No
375 camo to grlet Tho. freight was tnr
king tho aiding for tho passenger
when tho rail crumbled up under tho
engine and tho front truck went oft
the track.
Local freight engine. No. 301 .canto
to tho scone nnd tried to Jerk 375
ABILEINE'S GREAT NEW I Continuesto
Extra Special
j;jm
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hog fat. Its
back on tho track but to no avail.
Finally N W. Morshon foronan of
tho section gang called out his mon.
anil with tho n(d of tho train crow
thQ onglno was finally lifted hack oa
the track nnd tho rails mendod. The
passongor trnln wont its way shortly
aftor cloven' o'clock.
W. 13. Melborn of Elmdalc spent yes-
terday in tho city
II. W. AndorBon is Bpendlng tho day
in Bntrd.
J. J Halsel of Balrd was a busi-
ness visitor hero yestorday.
January 30
IN THE NEW
RADFORD
BUILDING
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Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 139, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 23, 1909, newspaper, January 23, 1909; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth315470/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.