914 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



family and community make no objection to the last obsequies. Wm. 

 Lloyd Garrison and Senator Hoar had become estranged and at Mr. Gar- 

 rison's death Mr. Hoar was asked to attend the funeral; he said, 

 "No, I shall not attend Mr. Garrison's funeral, but I approve or it." 



Now, my brother, I have an opinion that if a man become obsolete in 

 his calling in life, it is his own fault. Generally the retired farmer sim- 

 ply does with himself what he did with his worn out McCormick — sent it 

 to the junk pile. The essence of life is mind, and if you would prevent 

 physical decay, keep the fire burning in the mental grate. You are for- 

 tunate if in early life you have mingled with business men and made room 

 in your head for modern ideas and improved methods. And now do not 

 prevent the boys getting into the harness of practical, intelligent, suc- 

 cessful men. Don't throw away the oars simply because it tires you to 

 row. Stay in the boat and teach the boys to row, but do not insist on 

 landing on the same muddy beach your grandfather did. Form a cabi- 

 net with the boys and girls, discuss the question, and cast but one vote 

 yourself. Make them interested partners in the farm operation, witti 

 opportunity to grow and learn, and they will not spend your money in a. 

 shell game when you are dead. 



Listen to the admonition of one you have regarded a silent partner 

 for a lifetime. In the years gone by you led from the alter to the then 

 humble home, a sweet, trustful and loving girl, the only one in all the 

 world always willing to forgive you. She is a mother now, her hair is 

 silvered with the years, her affections have broadened as the brood 

 increased. Possibly she is not learned in the ways of modern business, 

 but she has intuition, and in that sublime intelligence that a good woman 

 always possesses, she says, "John, we had better keep the farm. Here 

 we have learned to meet the disappointments of life, within these walls 

 we have met the ordeals meted out to husband and wife; the shadows 

 of the evening of life are gathering now and we cannot see to lead the 

 boys and girls in paths we never trod. The music of the murmuring 

 winds that swept these pines were once a lullaby that soothed and soft- 

 ened the children's cares, their dirge-like tones now mingle with the 

 music of another shore. And in the sacred precincts of this farm home, 

 John, let's wait and calmly meet the mystery of life." 



ALCOHOL BILL IS IMPORTANT. 



WELL BENEFIT FARMER WHO PRODUCES RAW MATERIAL. 



James E. Downing, in Register and Leader. 



The removal of the internal revenue tax on alcohol is of vast import- 

 ance to the state of Iowa. Not only will it benefit the farmer, who pro- 

 duces the raw material from which alcohol is made, but it wil contribute 

 to his further advantage in a cheap and safe motive power for use on 

 the farm as well as light and heat for his home. The removal of the 

 revenue will also tend in no small way to withdraw the embarrassment 



