The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-06-25
PATROL ADVENTURES,
IN THE COUNTRY.

lHotiAoH, Ike the flames from burning
building, In a town some dozen miles dis
tant. Before his arrival. however. all
was smack and smooth of what was once
good farm house and well filled barn.
And when he arrived, he found the far
tmers Tor many miles around, who had
collected to quell the flames and svmpa-
thlze with the unfortunate man, collect
ed in the hail of the tavern partakine Of a
cold cut. Peter finding chair as vacant
as his stomach, soon made himself at
home. He relished the cold beef, but
much more the conversation around the
table. ''
~ Wonder if neighbor Fl. was insured
asked man in leather apron, who evil
dehtly came to the fire to work.
o yes,-for about half the loss-only
for a thousand dollars said the man at
J his elbow.
Pretty well, then,'- said Leather.
apron -. no loss at all.
/ No loss!' mo less whispered
around the table, and. every eye was turn
ed to Leather-apron for explanation.
No; if neighbor H. is to receive a
thousand dollars from the Insurance Com
ipany, he can buy next year as good farm
for that sum, as he last year could buy for
two thousand dollars.'-
/ How is that 2 all inquired.
| - Or continued Leather-apron, if he
wants to build his house and barn, he will
obtain his labor at halt price-and SO save
several hundred dollars out of the ioiner's
Z BILL
What is that said man who had
fastened 10 the fire without brushing the
saw-dust from his hat,-s What is that YOU
say--save several hundred dollars out of
!. joiner's wages--when we now can scarce
make both ends meet! Why | thought
| you better man than to be Joking on
an occasion like this
No joking, Mr. Foreplane, assure
you. You will have to strike off fifty per
cent. ofyour wages next year =
:. Fifty cents a day for wife and six !
Why a dollar has hardly found US in hasty
pudding and molasses 2
Yes said Leather-apron, you will
have to come down to fifty cents, even if
Foreplane has to make his pudding Of
saao-dust. Now if you wish, will give
| you an explanation. But i'll the first place
| want to ask you few questions. Just
before Christmas. l saw neIghhor G.
carry some fat turkeys to market. How
much did you get for them Mr. G.?'
Eight to ten cents a pound amount
ing to about thirty dollars for the load
How much did you get the year be.
fore for a similar lot?'
| Fourteen to sixteen cents pound
and brought home just fifty dollars
Ask neighbor S.. at the other end of
the room,' said Leather-apron, how
much he got for his eight SO Id. frkins of
butter last years
One hundred dollars exactly
And how much this winter for the
same amount and quality?
Sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents
and troubled to make sale at that
How much did you get for your thous-
and pounds of pork last year, neighbor
CT
One hundred and Twenty-Five dollars
cash
And how much for that load you car
ried the other day, Of about the same
weight, but little better quality!'
Why, l have been so pesky mad about
it, have never yet even told my wife:
but if you must know, | got but seueaty-
.1fUe dollars. and half in goods: and the
man eyed the money SO when ! put it in
my pocket, that thought he almost asked
me to give up the bargain.
There said Lea,her-apron, you see
little Of the effect Of only the anticipa-
ton ola hard money currency. On your
pork and poultry you lose aco;tyths-on
your butter you lose o,ae-third.-and on
your other produce about a like proper
ton. And next year you will find it all
true, if the measures of the present adj
ministration are carried out, that your
farms, your produce your labor will be
worth but half as much as they were last
year.
= Don't believe that nonsense said
spruce little fellow, with pen behind his
ear, who had charge of little closetof
letters in the corner of the room
WE'LL said Leather-apron, taking a
newspaper from his pocket. .if you will
tlistena few minutes, l will read you a
short extract from the Washington paper,
giving you true account of what they
are doing at Washington He puts on
his spectacles, opens the paper, and reads
| Proceedings Of Congress
f Senate Jan. %, 1910.
IS Mr. Walker, of Miss. entered into
long and elaborate argument to show the
great superiority Of specie over a paper
currency, in the course Of which he en-
| phatically contras,ed the commercial con-
dition of Cuba, where labor and capital
ARE so low By means o an erclusioe spe-
cie currency, that sugar can be produced,
as he alleged, for one cent. a pound. lie
contrasted this state of things with the
commercial condition Of our country, and
especially Of his own State, where labor
and capital are SO high, By means Of a pa
per currency, that itreqnires some five.or
| six times the amount, in comparison with
- =, nd tho tIso nf capita1 and