Show CARRIES ON UNDER HANDICAP T the grand junction sentinel carried an interesting reprint a few days ago about a farmer who labored under a handicap that is almost beyond ones comprehension although we believe the story as told if more people would live as does this man how little need there would be for the great upheavals which needs must come in order to bring about the readjustments of the future from stanton nebraska comes a story that should be an inspiration to all who read it the story of a farmer who has been blind for 41 years yet tills his acres and carries on as if he labored under no handicap he feeds and milks a dozen cows cares for a flock of chickens and each year plants and cultivates his own vegetable garden the associated press reports he has acres of land 80 under cultivation in the fall he helps with the corn husking he lives alone does his own cooking and his housekeeping is admired the secret is orderliness it is rather a simple story this the plain tale of a plain man who refused to be downed by a ha handicap the mere thought of which causes most of us to shudder yet it is typical of the spirit that made america the quiet courage of our pioneering forefathers who laughed in the teeth of adversity and forged ahead to make ours the greatest land in all the world it is refreshing and heartening to be reminded now and then that this spirit still lives in the souls of our countrymen |