A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

there is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.

Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons across the creek had had it too, so there had been no one to help Pa and Laura.

The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.

In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.

The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.