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4 Letters fiom a Self- - Made Farmer to His Son Orillia, Ontario; November 13,1912 4 ToMr. James Tompkins, el Port Petry, Ontario. € that Jamieson is going to build a house next Spring, and that he's going to draw the stuff this Winter. Pm chuck full of ideas about building, and just like all the other old men, I'm willing to'give it to- Jamieson or anybody else free gratis for nothing, That's about all I'm willing to give away though. In the first place you can, Sia +l k let Janiieson see tnis this earthly story with a horrible: meaning. . I our old friends wil 11 got it from a report of the National Fire Protection Astciston, ® VISiIS, fe; Fo SLast Summer a Sigod Citizen of a certain town not over a hun- 9 Bree last Everywhere, builk a wooddh house for a woman : ; BEB 1h hiuiney of brick Because he had to. The chimney was able to stand alone, so he did not have to prop it with'wood. But the floors of the house would 'not tay up without 'props. The Good Citizen saved a Dollar by using the chimney as a suppott to the floors. He nestled the ends of the floor joists: nicely in the brick of the chimney. Ile covered up the job, and got hig. Money. : : The rains fell and the winds blew in the most Biblical. manner and the Winter came after its fashion. The chimney settled a little, and there was a tiny crack. One morning the woman woke up with the fire all about her. She tried to get to her children. If she got to them no one ever knew 3 ; y on as its 'hono ed guest was looked wpon|should you seek its hospitality. * Gb In wishing you and your estimable : proper} wile a season of continuous pleasure 5 of 'au: fdunng the balanee of your journey RH through life, we add as a slight token perty bof estéem' and a $ouvenirof friendship 'Carnegie | this club bag, in which we hope. you his own | may carry away on yourjourney happy andered | recollections of Port Perry. quality and quantity they Signed oor odin it. The Good Citizen who built the house was not arrested for man- 3 'trained and tol , laughter. He 1s building other houses of the same kind for other ; trained . G Wm. W. Li. Par-]] %'2Y8 ii in, : i Aa] Geo ge i Hoe, a women and children. Epa nha LR ERA 3 He is making his living by it." 8 a : : : : It don't pay to hire a man to do a job like_ this, if you aint sure you can trust him. There's always enough honest men around, and there ain't no sense in gi ing them the go-by just because they're Square enough to tell you the right price right at the very start. 'The § lowest or-any tender ain't necessarily accepted. Of course Jamieson:'ll be living in his house, so he had oughter make it warm, rooniy, and light. There never was no seuse shutting out God's sunshine the way 'some folks do. What if the. carpet do fade a bit, I'd sooner have the carpet fade any day, than lose the color out of the youngsters' cheeks and the light out of their ges. A few. a call to Rew] ; faded carpets don't count if you can keep the white plague out of the 'could not. be and: he will pro ably % } house. Consumption ain't got much of a show whete there's 'lots of ¥ 3 subject, of "course, to sunshine and fresh air around. the Presby ed La ; That lot where Jamieson's talking of building is tolerable good for his] | Its likely HL drainage, and a fellow wants to look after that part after a summer made about the enc excellent] | Tike the one what we've just had. . - Thats & dandy idea of his of hay. ing a good place fixed to thw the slops o's the place round the back {door won't look like as if the pigs had been rooting there; and won't be a wet spot where the fies.can breed. 4 ak "Home had onghter to be free from fancy frills that ain't neither § use nor pmament. If you want to be in style these days why all you has to do is to have things around you simple and plain, and properly Fancy gimcracks is out of date botn inside and : onf That slid old