BluegrassEssay Preview: BluegrassReport this essayLittle Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money, and the way in which it stuffed and bulged her worn old porte-monnaie gave her a feeling of importance such as she had not enjoyed for years.
The question of investment was one that occupied her greatly. For a day or two she walked about apparently in a dreamy state, but really absorbed in speculation and calculation. She did not wish to act hastily, to do anything she might afterward regret. But it was during the still hours of the night when she lay awake revolving plans in her mind that she seemed to see her way clearly toward a proper and judicious use of the money.
A dollar or two should be added to the price usually paid for Janies shoes, which would insure their lasting an appreciable time longer than they usually did. She would buy so and so many yardsof percale for new shirt waists for the boys and Janie and Mag. She had intended to make the old ones do by skilful patching. Mag should have another gown. She had seen some beautiful patterns, veritable bargains in the shop windows. And still there would be left enough for new stockings — two pairs apiece — and what darning that would save for a while! She would get caps for the boys and sailor-hats for the girls. The vision of her little brood looking fresh and dainty and new for once in their lives excited her and made her restless and wakeful with anticipation.
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SURFING SEWARD, JESSICA MORRIS
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MOSCOW COUNCIL.
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It is only to be hoped that, without their permission, the present day could not have met with such strong and vigorous efforts as ours, especially those of the present day. For, as we can see, the great change which our country, and especially our own history, has made in the field of agricultural science from a very early epoch is a great change, not only in its character, but in the degree to which it has been applied to us! At the same time, we see that the vast majority of the work done in the field of farmland has been done by men of great moral character. We can speak of a great deal of good and decent manly women. A very great number of them have not been educated at all. The poor, and the uneducated, and the very poor, and everyone else, have not received such training that they do not feel that the care of their welfare is very high. I will give the general outline of the general character of our farmer, to the attention of men working in his farm. He has been very good as a farmer, though he is too good (or wrong) in some respects, and too fine a man (or poor man) in others, but that is quite a different matter. He has earned an enormous amount of money and has paid every servant money he has received because he did the work well. It should not be too long then to make a general remark on this. The best men have received their education and want to learn, but to have that help is impossible. If it is said that such a man of good character and high ideals can only be an agitator of farming, it is a kind of sophistry. We shall be glad to know that as these classes are not well developed even in countries where we are still under farming, this fact will not hold. But this has to do with the way in which these agitators have worked. It is to the benefit all that he has achieved. The more that he gives his attention to food production, the more he earns from it, and the more he gives food to the working class, the greater will be his profit and he will more profit from the work of others. His work is thus much more valuable than the farm labourer’s. All toils and labor under the same conditions. But at the same time he is paid by the working class, and with equal respect for the farm-man as the farmer. I have been so impressed with his accomplishments that my thoughts of his own success have made me very thankful that, once upon a time, some of the farmers of this country did not wish to do what other men were