. Boone County Recorder . now owing to thelong time since they have beenable to do anything towards ad-vancing their work. They havetaken the prolonged bad weathervery patiently and when they arepermitted to begin their springwork they will make things hum,consequently if you have any bus-iness with them you would bet-ter transact it now, as a farmeris in no mood to talk to strang-ers when he has his teams in theharness tearing up the dirt forthe approaching crop. The road question is paramountwith the people of this county,and the free turnpike systemought to be pretty well under-stood by the
. Boone County Recorder . now owing to thelong time since they have beenable to do anything towards ad-vancing their work. They havetaken the prolonged bad weathervery patiently and when they arepermitted to begin their springwork they will make things hum,consequently if you have any bus-iness with them you would bet-ter transact it now, as a farmeris in no mood to talk to strang-ers when he has his teams in theharness tearing up the dirt forthe approaching crop. The road question is paramountwith the people of this county,and the free turnpike systemought to be pretty well under-stood by them, they having sev-eral years in which to observethe results from them in the im-mediate neighboring county was the pioneer freeturnpike county in this congres-sional district, a county withwhom the people of Boone areintimately associated in manyways, and her experience with freepikes ought to point Boone theway in which to avoid manydifficulties in putting in forcefree roads,^—— — John W. In Memory of our father, JohnW. Berkshire, born August 12th1842 and died March 2d, 1914. n ~~.„.aOI*Uy, loving handshave borne our loving father tohis last sleep. The grave opens to receive hin>,he sinks into its bosom. He lieswith a blanket woven of Godsflowers and grass and all inpeace. The very winds seem gentlehere, and the songs of birds seemsweeter because they sing tohim. * -* We turn our faces to the world,to-take-our places among men,and fight the same battles he hasso well fought. As we turn away his sweet ton-ed voice seems to follow us, andwe hear him say—If you care formy memory protect the structureI have erected. Defend it, sup-port it, love it with your verysoul, your very being. Go to the one who will takeup my burden—your mother; liftup her hands, give her yoursupport, your energies, your veryhearts blood; the love you gaveme now give to her. Do not falter,do not be discouraged; you havehomes and families to protect. Befaithful to t
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