Show THE OU OLD SETTLER by albert R lyman we it ravel among the farms and somehow domebo w ve e have a feeling that it is a desert but once in a great while there is a pleasing oasis you follow a lane between tumble down fences you find rickety gates hanging on one hinge or no hinge at all and you contemplate buildings building wearing a woeful expression of distress the landscape the fields the tops crops break into your range of vision like a discord in your ears the home is a den the corral and out buildings nightmare of only half begun and never repaired this farm is for sale this farmer fanner has made such a howling hodgepodge of his surroundings he be wants to escape so do you you have the place as a gift you go to the next farm and tile the next they are about the same from the monotony of this wilderness you arrive after a while at an oasis you are thrilled A neat strong well made fence a gate which somehow you like to see to open and shut that gate lures you it is unusual you are attracted to buildings neat and symmetrical sy metrical well laid out walks a few trees arranged to plan you are suddenly in a different world what kind of superior genius is it who lives here his furrows are straight his plots of ground are not hostile to each other and his corral has not been improvised but it has been wisely planned and carefully built it is not an eyesore even tho it is a k orral korral this man loves his place you love it too you would like to live here but it is not for sale this man has contrivances and conveniences which make every operation a pleasure his harness is in neat repair and he hangs it on convenient pegs under a shed he has a fit place ilace for everything ne uses use he has arranged the inside of his house forche the comfort an and convenience of his wife and instead of being discouraged she is enthusiastic over what they are going to make mak of their home you admire his work lie he smiles and tells you he has not yet begun he is vibrating with his possibilities bili ties so sa ale aie you if you i could coiled find him irn at every fourth farm in the country this would be a better world to live in there would be beauty and hope where discouragement coura gement and failure prevails A certain wise government official was implored to do something for tile ane poor farmers he traveled among them and heard the plea f from r 0 m beai all I 1 sides the poor farmer had n not 0 t been n given a square deal the official met them in a great gathering and they listened eagerly for what he would say 1 I have heard much about the wrongs suffered by the poor farmer he said and I 1 am sorry to tell you that chati is about the only kind of farmer I 1 have found in my travels it is 13 because he is such a poor farmer that h he ahas has such a hard time |