The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 16, 1906, Page 6, Image 6
Life in the Country.
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How to Make it Ideal--Beautify
the Home, Making it
both Attractive and Comfortable--Educate
the Boys
and Girls--Build Better
School Houses and churches?Cultivate
Elowers-Improve
the Public Highways?Other
Valuable Suggestions
by a Remarkably
Bright School Girl.
It is with pleasure that we
compl)r with the request of
friends of the young writer to
publish the following splendid
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Small, daughter of Mr N. B.
Small, of the Rich lli'l section:
LIFE IN TIIK COUNTRY.
As ours is a country in which
the people rule, every boy and
every girl ought to be trained to
take a wide-awake interest in
pub'ic affairs. This training can
not besiin too early in life. A
wise old man once said, "In a
republic you ought to begin to
train a child f<>r good citizenship
on the day of its birth*"
Happv would it be for our
nation if all the young people
who live in the country could
begin their training in good citiz
enship by becoming workers for
these four things:
First, attractive country homes
Second, attractive country
school houses and grounds.
Third, goo! countiv schools.
1
Fourth, goo.I ro.ids.
If tho lhousmils up >? thous-i
and? ot pupils in our school.- j
wmM hoc ino active worKcrs i
for the o thi- and continu
their work through lite, th ti in
lo-s than ha'f a con'urv, life in
the count y would l> an unet <1
im: oeli-lit.
One ot tho pioblems ot our
dav is how to keep hrizhl,
though' c 11)1 . an. hi i.?n
boys id or on'ont- ii on tin*
farm Fv v :' ?p taken t nvk. 1
t he i- ' ry oe roc at r ?Ct
ive, to UiM i;e i h >c o >1 an 1 it- j
UI'OUii - o: iov .( '( lo in toe
way ea to In in ol neighbors,
toschoo . to ]u o|li t cbuicoi.
is a Mct> I p to". aril keeping
O i tli ' firm t'.e wry hoys and
girls who aro most apt lo succeed
i here
Not pvprv one who lives in j
the country can have a showy
or costly home, Kn' as long as
grass and lingers and vines and
trees grow, any who wish can!
have an inviting looking house, j
Not every woman who is to!
speii a life time at the head of
a rural home ran have a Uixnr-j
onsly lurnished hoine, hn* any
woman who is willing to take ad
litt'e trouble can have a cozy,
tastefully furnished hone. a!
homo li ! ed v ltd t he con vei ioncps
that minish hounehol I drndg
ery. Rv n o 1' i <ia of e he p
literature, a I p rents cannot Id
t hrdp c1 '<! ! oine With | ? i
pert!, hi ig;iz m , hi 1 hooka, hut i
h\* rifji ? of ?< lrNol io| ^mi ' i\
goht oi lj irnri'"*, by moana of
circulating h-ok club*.f ,.nd hy |
a littlo rich denial, ? arnd mirentH
can food Imaar/ min
j 11 - f n i!if\ foci Im lit'ry bod id.
Ayricul' oral papers flint arouse
the internal and iju.eken
Ihe thought of farm hov , and
discussing the best, easiest, and ?
cheapest ways ot turning; journ e
ils fail of dainty suggestions lor s
household adornment and com- 1
fort; illustrated papers and m >g I
azines that mui-e and brighten h
every in- mber of the family; ?
boons that rest tired bodies, v
aU of these aie so cheap, that t
money rocciv* d from the nv's of t
one i.og will keep a family sop- j;
plied for ? v? ar
Pa'ents, omuls, a? d fellow o
pupils' are we do.ng all we can t
to have this kind of literature in |
our homes? Wtiy do we treat so t
lightly the splendid offer where- a
bv we can have 'he sixteen, two s
and 'hree dollar magazines tor h
fourteen dollars a year? How t
much food this would bo lo n
many minds with our club as a a
circulating medium. b
Then, too, are we fully aware
o! tlie great good that may be c
accomplished by our club in a
making our social life richer and a
better? l)o we fully appreciate 1;
its purposes? The bringing of n
ourselves into fuller svmnathv l<
willi each o' her?training our>el p
ves to meet naturally and pit as- e
urably with others in a general tl
social intercourse?giving and b
receiving legitimate and health b
ful social pleasure? Doubtless wo t<
have not rightly understood its p
work or we would manifest more t<
earnest effort to make it a sue- w
ce*s p
As to attractive school houses c
ami grounds ? if the parent", h
teachers, and pupils of a school
would join hands, an unsightly, h
ill-fini-hed, ill-light d, ill-venii- u
1 tied school house can at small *
c ?-t he ch uiged into one of com
?ri and beauty. If pupils could
persuade their parents to form M
cI?11 >s to beautify their school ; n
ground-, let e 'ch f?t li? i send a }
man or a man with a plow. < nee d
or twice a year to . on o
th" ground -?remove the si unips i h
trim tiie tri es put in d/ain-. sow j a
:r,e-s. plant flower", -hrubh* ry, i s
vih"8 and trees, ami lav the|s<
:r unds 11* t ist. ful!y I hen a" ! n
>c rc l\ not <- t)l" money cost a tr
i on hand u i. !. rn p. s In ' 1 ?>i m i o
: '
amp is. Cannot tli ? pupils in m
' V- i v hc itnf.l j i | S In r J") I <1111 oil
OPin u it a < u \ at d m ikt? <<
I .*-ir s'lwiol iTOiuiil ;i t-i'eni <'
t. .clu*' " i: in. nil !>' iiify' I H
P ,i< lit-. k 1>I.t upon ou: < .111- I ?>
plls I ? > t ho ll WCIS bloom, the
vino- iwine about the summer M
h 11 ><?. ili?' Ir< e - "i.cl out dr op- r
uni branches, bonus lor tl.o ^
bir>is. 2iml the jrras-: jiiow jrreen "
benea'h those brancho c
'I lie f?real imjortanee <?| j?ood tl
country schools, as a m> atis for a
fi):ik ''l* tile i" 'lie country bap c
pier, is too well understood to c
net <1 much comment; b it there w
is one stihj c* omitted iroin the n
c urse wlii b *\tli do in re than ii
ti'iv ne hi 1/ t i help r' c rural I
lift- t'isMi j ci i airri u'ture?!p
airt.ei lime is em aently a te C'i ! p
b e ; ub.j e' The theory and n
pr tctico of it can l e taught at I ll
one and t lie sam I!me. Ii
A v< ii Ii sliou1 I lie tra iled lor d
tilt I J? ill ill- "s ll(> I- t:;iillf I fn -?
i uiu-1 Ix* in in the p -.Mi*' p
h(' 1)o Iv I his is tr o f ?r two rea > o
ons. ' 1 p
1 It is iimvrrs.dly ;i<l mil led ' n
t are il" <>!opcd ilnr f
iim; ill y>-<> * it a ? 'III is in n
the publie s"hool. Hence, during
hese important years, eyerv
hiUl intende t f ?r fclie larni
honld be taught to know and
live nature, should be led to
orm habits of observation, and
hou d be required to begin a
tudy of tli"s great laws upon
irhich agr culture is based. A
raining like this would g> far
owards making his life work
u<li>able and delightful.
2 Most boys and girls reared
n a larm get no educational
raining except that given in the
'ublic schools. 11,then,the tru'lis
hat unlock the doors of nature
,re not taught in the public
chools, "Nature and nature's
nws will always be hid in night"
o a majority of our bread winors.
They must still in ignorance
nd hopeless drudgery tear tin ir
read Iron) a reluctant soil.
That there are still treat diffiulties
in tlie way of the work ol
gricultural education is freely
dmittcd The want ot thoroughv
trained teachers, the need of
lore and bitter apparatus and
3xt books, and the want of apreciation
on the part of the gen
ral public are great barriers in
lie way of progress. Hut these
arriers must and will in time
e removed, teachers will he bet
=?r trained, more and better aparatus
will be provided, better
pxt-books will be written, and
'hen all this comes to pass the
ublic will soon learn to appreiate
this line of educational efjrt.
Lite in the country will never
e so attractive as it ought to he
rtiil all the roads are improve
lood roads provide hotter schools
nd better education, better
huret;os and better morals, bet
pr health and greater li tppittes-,
tore money and better busi
es<.
I. The value of country schoob
epend largely on the condition
! the road-. When the road*
econie very bad, manv children I
re prevented fiotn attendin..
cbool retrular'v, and both the I
n '
r-hool and children sulT-r. It. i-l
<ii uinisnd for country school--j
he cloced for a week at a time
ii? account of tie eoni.it ion ??i |
In* roads. Many c >entry p? ople
11 <? wish t) | rovnle ihei; chil
r n il good ? due ?lio|i are f.rc-'d
> move into some town to ?< tire
i?. 1 is useless to exp<c'
rs' ela-s country soli o's w * It
ni co '<1 < inn r\ ro'-ul
2 Churches in the country
re as much dependent on good
oads as country school* are.
Hion the roads are very had,
lany people st >y away from
hurch, the church sutlers, ami
lie people become indifferent
bout attending at all. They heonie
lax, and the moia's of the
oinmunity suffer. A country
ithout good roads can have
either first ola^s schools nor
rat-class churches.
H. The happiness of most peo
le is. to a large measure, dependent
on the society of their
eighbors. Few p -ople can he
ftppv wh n forced to lead thoi
fe ot a hermit. In many country 1
. l . w.: o il.ft i <.1.: i i I
n. ?v - .ii niMiirii .in >1 ciiimit'ii j
ro f<?r months .'u' off Irom a' I
oriMy. 1 lipy I? pru?*tic:?)lv
risonors, for 11 I only ar" they
iit off from society, I.ul they Hro
revei.to I from t iking any form
f 0111 door PXerrivoH, an<l !here
?ro, -offer both physically .ihd
nonlally.
It is no vory iiniial thing for J
?r 9
H"lOW PEAS draw nitrogen irom the
I air in large amounts, it sufficient
Potash and phosphoric acid arc supplied
to the plant.
The multitude of purposes served by the
remarkable cow pea, arc told in the 65-page
illustrated book, "The Cow Pea," which also
tells of the splendid results obtained from
fertilizing cow peas with Potash. The book
is free to farmers for the asking.
Address. GERMAN KAIJ WORKS.
New York--OJ Nassau Street. or Atlanta, tja.?ZZV, So. Broad Street.
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^ 98c, worth $1.25. Small lot Dress Shirts to ^
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f worth double the money. Our stock of Neck- J
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ft Yours respectfully, ?
t Funderburk Comp'y. S
Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company
and
Caldwell C& Northern Railroad Co.
timel table.
SOUTH BOUND NORTH KOI N 1).
No No. No. No. No. No No No. No. No.
57 M 68 0 7 Kil^mont h 10 02 no r>o
12 00 Mortimer 11 05
I oo . . .... Col let isvi He 11 05
6 00 2 10 8 05 5 15 Lenoir 0 05 2 12 ! 00 2 80
0 20 8 15 8 88 5 20 Hudson S 10 I 54 7 45 1 15
7 10 1 05 8 88 5 28 (ir;imtn KallB S 80 I 82 7 00 1 OO
S 80 5 40 8 57 0 00 IDrkory 7 58 12 57 0 00 8 (HI 11 50
f. in i >* (t ?-. v.... ?.... - "*> i.? . ....
. . . . ? .... .. .... .. ...ii I ii. 1 I II I ....
! (Ml I r.s li 58 Lincolhton <> II 40 III 15
i ho is Mi s ho Gaston ia 5 50 id Hs 7 .mi
.... :i (15 ; 50 11 III Yorkville 5 III H is 5 57
5 III 7 40 H 50 ( hester h ho s 50 I ho
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