MISSOURI VALLEY ARMER have must excuse me. I have been so busy into Missoure, Kansas, farm journal in the west; I guarantee this paper to have the largest actual paid in-advance subscription list of ies going oklahoma and Texas, 160.000 copies the garden spot of is advertisers real, evident tangible Rate is only 60 cents per line bright, popellar farm paper with a tremendous, stable prosperous, constituency; it Topeka, Kansas June 2. 1905 31.L do 1. to $5 bave f that one bave woul dicitis." A man who L al advantages wa in' but I learned two time ago that have helpe made me live longer." "What letters are those? educated friend. "Let'er go," and "Let'er rip." en .ooked he er the e down. up in that ceraly as b ell, it was this boy. "I was gothere as peaceful Jen your dog jumped I had to climb this tree bein' torn to pleces." man, that dog was tied on ide of that high board fence I saw you climb over into the chard and then I turned him loose. Why do you add the sin of lying to that of stealing apples?" "Well, Mister, I knowed that you knowed how I happened to be in this co know tree, but from the way you asked that s read all question I concluded that you expected re that a lot me to say something." up here in person ill tell me privately A charitable man had as neighbors good on earth, and a family of shiftless people who alave you these letters of ways lived from, hand to mouth, apon to get rid of you." parently never figuring on how they etters of recommendation would get through the following day mean mighty little. or the following week. As times were man who made loud professions of pretty hard and the shiftless family eligion, but whose credit was consid-were short on clothes and food, the Jerably below par among those who charitable man sent them a check for knew him best, one day heard a rough $10. The next month he did the same sang man swearing in rather a promiscuous thing and kept it up for six months. aed up and voluble manner. "My good man," Then he observed that the neighbor s herself. said the deacon with an unctous exwas not making very strenuous endience burst pression, don't you know that it is deavor to get work and ceased to send applause very wicked for you to Indulge in so the checks. Within a week he reainutes until the much profanity? ceived a note running as follows: d to come back and "Well, deacon," said the profane "deer Sir: failed to receve yure check As the applause guess you're right. This this week as usual pleaze forward same Yours truly, .corium and fairly made swearing is all wrong and the rankest to mo by Arst male. J. TOMPKINS alver the cricket commenc- sort of foolishness, but then my swear- Moral: Often the recipient of char ut round and swell up and ing is like your praying, neither one of ity gets the notion in his head that it chirp louder than ever, finally turning us mean what we say, and neither my is owing to him. to a companion, she said: "I suppose cusses or your prayers amount to a you see now what the people think of M-y singing." A horse was owned by a man affect his arm." Jour man, דיי A man who was long on promises to pay but short on cash, got in debt to On one occasion a stub-talled cur A widow who had been left a com- bis landlady for several weeks board blue pencil it means that this sample If you find this paragraph marked with dog joined a pack of greyhounds in fortable fortune was sought in mar- He would earnestly promise that he copy of the Missouri Valley Farmer in pursuit of a Kansas Jackrabbit. The riage by a smooth talker who was would settle in full at the close of the sent to you through the courtesy of a Jack, in attempting to avoid the looking for easy money. He told her next week, and when his attention was making you a special trial rale offer The friend of yours and at his request we are bounds. pursued his usual tactics of how his heart was filled with admira-called to the fact that he had not come regular subscription price of The Farmer doubling back on his track. By so do- tion and affection for her and how mis- down with the cash would say that 18 cents per year. But for the purpose Ing be escaped temporarily the hounds, erable he would be without her. 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