Show T Twentieth w Child Is h tt to o Jp a Kist Just as Easy to Care for 20 as asfor asfor asfor for Five Declares Wife of New En England land Farmer TwentIeth Twentieth century century cen cen- Portsmouth N. N 11 tury mother mothe who ho limit their families to one or two children ure are looked upon with scorn by Mrs Airs Mary J. J Burton Barton of J who presented her husband husband husband hus hus- band lemur Lemuel with a husk husky baby girl girland und and hung HP tip p a u new record for largo large families in New Hampshire Dora Hattie the name Dume of the latest arrival Is the twentieth heir to the home of Barton Harton There are ure no twins or triplets In th the he mother er of the twenty Is still ayoung ayoung a n young woman She Is forty live fort lle years old and not a n gray hair hall is visible in her head Her ter husband Is five a n atypical atypical nt t typical Yankee farmer who believes that It Is every mans man's dut duty to his country to raise as us mun many good citizens as the Lord will allow him Though her husband has difficulty remembering the names ana ages of his ten sons and ten tell daughters daughter's Mrs I 13 can cun rattle off their names and ages In chronological order and without wIthout without with wIth- out a moments moment's hesitation Three of the Barton girls have married five are I working away from home and the remaining remaining re re- re- re twelve children are playing or working on the acre acrs farm In Kelle Kelleyville a part of Newport but six miles mlles from the center of the town Birthdays Come Often Birthdays are plentiful at the Barton Bar ton homestead Nearly every month on the calendar Is 15 represented by a achild achild child Jul July particularly as five were born In this month I Their names were adopted from the relatives on both sides of the house until the supply gave out then the I names of friends were used They cover a wide range range-Biblical range Biblical old fash and new tangled names are all represented They are all fine and healthy thank God said Mrs Barton All of my children have lived and the only I sickness they have suffered were children's childrens childrens children's childrens children's chil chil- I drens dren's diseases We Ve had a regular epidemic of whooping cough In the house five years ago Thirteen of the children had It at nt once A few years later my husband and twelve of the children were taken down with the measles Lemuel was very dangerously dangerous dangerous- ly sick and for a time It looked as though the children would lose their father As HAs the children grow older olde they are abl able to assist me In caring for the younger ones Mrs Barton Burton continued A The 4 ne domes clothes 01 or of course can cnn be oe De handed d down from one to another and they are certainly worn out before they are arc thrown away uway In thIs tills house bouse I love each ench one as ns though lie he or she were the only child we wc had and mid babies will continue to be welcome here hereso so long as God cares to send them It Is Isas isas as ns easy to take care of t twenty enty as of five I have found Six of the Barton children are pupils at the rural school a tl mile from the farm They comprise one-fourth one of the entire enrollment of the school In past years the Bartons made up more than half of this school The original Barton homestead In Inthe Inthe Inthe the south part of the town was vas the birthplace of eighteen of the children Married 30 Years Mr and Mrs Barton were married thirty years ago at Haverhill N. N Y ST r where Mrs Barton lived Before her ber marriage she was Mary J. J Young and both the husband and wife are descendants descendants de de- of Revolutionary stock The TheBarton TheBarton Barton Bartons were among the first families to settle In New ew Hampshire Mrs Bartons Barton's ancestors went to Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania on their arrival from England Englund Though Mrs Barton took no course In child culture and followed no set of modern rules for rearing children her wide experience has qualified her as asan asan asan an expert In motherhood She gives the following rule to mothers Teach your jour c children to love and respect you from the very ery beginning Be firm with them make them obey but do it in such a way that the child will have trust and confidence In you rather than thun fear GI Give e them the best education you can possibly afford and teach them religion and the Gospel while their minds are impressionable Above all accept the children that God sends to you He will always provide provide pro pro- vide ide for them In some way |