Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-10-09

with US ez | Good wish, in our move
ment for he relief Nv tho hard hand
ed agricultoorists Nv 1llinoy. We
hev made some blunders ourselves,
and besides, the farmers themselves
don't show that abstract entboos>
iasm which | wanted to see. They
arc TOO much devoted 30 things pure
lv personal to take broad view Nv
things.
Our first misforchoon occurred in
the election Nv officers NV our grange
/ got list nv the officers, and we
went On to fill 'em. Mr.. Cephas Bill
Inns was elected Master; Mr.. Pettus
Treasurer Mr.. Batbers, Secretary,
and other principal officers wuz filled
by the other gentlemen who would
Mt decline a country offs ef they
wuz urged hard enuff
"What am / to hev ?" | asked.
B,lins run his intelIectool eye
down the list.
"Wood it SCOT you TO DO Flora p
be replYed.
Anything % wuz my answer.
Whereupon | was elected Flora,
and the list wuz published in the
county papers.
There was OUTLAW ali over the
country. Not one Of US knowed
that Flora was a female Knowl-
edge is power The idee NV my
bein Flora-the goddess nv Flow
ors aud sich mite ez well put on
white muslin dress, with low neck
aud short sleeves and stand in q
tabloo ez the goddess Of Liberty
But we endured the lafture Of the
poplis at this little blunder, and
went to work vigorously to drum up
reoroots. We held daily meetins in
the back room Of the Jackson Hotel
discussin the wrongs of the laborin
class Bilinses favorite attitude
was eauin on his elbow on tempra'
~ bar, Pettus, lyin on q long table,
at full length, fournfully victim bis
lips over and anon with a little whis-
Ky and water, while Blathers wuz
tipped back in cheer, with his feet
on winder sill; whore he Good see
The sons nv toll whose interests we
WIZ watchin over, n eweatin in dis
taut field.
"Observe" said Blathers, "that
honest yeomanry putin in his un-
requitcd toll. My sole aches for
him"
And TO drown his sorrows at the
site. Mr.. Blathers ordered glass Nv
whisky, remarkin to the landlord in
The most absent minded manner to
list chalk IL down, wich the landlord,
hevin hocrcd the concoodin sentence
nv tho order, ia elsIly absent.
minded manner. didn't bring the lik-
ker at all. His onleelin remark
wuz that no was jisL out uv chalk F!
That afternoon | got hold Nv
three farmers, and had long ana
satisfactory talk win them. They
were incensed agin monopolios, and
were ready 70 jine in movement TO
bust EN- | told EN- nv our now or
GYMNASIUM, aud invited them to
come with me aud enroll themselves
with choice band Nv noble sperits,
tno WIZ gon to bust their bond-
aud elevate labor to It's proper place.
Are YOU within to limo SIGH holy
croosado?" demanded "Are yoG
,yilin 20 jine an organzashun wich
will give tho farm ers Nv the coun-
try proper reward for their labor
--wioh will give EN-, in short, wat
belongs to en- p
1--WE air we air" said they, in
koriOus
Then, come with mew sed |.
| ushorod 'em into the back room
OF Jaoksons Hotel.
"Billins, Blathers, Pettus," l Yell
cd, oxultingIy, "here is three honest
yoemanry who hes ben ground into
the dust by thicvin monopoies, who
want their rites-here is three re-
croots for our noble army Of frees
men !"
1t struck me at the time that my
friends did not look so exultant cz
they should-that they wore the
general appearance nv three men
who wood hev liked to hev bin some
whore else.
"Mr. Billins,' sed farmer No. T.,
"yoo propose TO give the farmers
wat is their doc, do 700? %
"Mr. Blathors, 700 are a.goin' to
restore TO the farmers wat is their
own. amt 700 ?" sed farmer No. ,.
"Mr. Pettus, 700 propose to help
30 restore to labor wat belongs to it,
don't 700 r
Certainly" sed BiIlins, Blathers
and Pettus. ez white ez sheets.
"Then commence III this holy
croosade ny paying me for the load
uy bay | sold you eight years ago"
sed the infooriated man, seezin Bill.
Inns by the throat
Pay mo for the load nv potatoes
700 bought NV me last winter"
shouted No ?, seezin Blathers
"Pay me for the load w wood |
drawd 700 last fall wuz a year ago, "
shouted No 3, goin for Pettus
Tho farmers didn't git their pay,
aud we hev abandoned all hopes nv
NRkUOllN ANttus uti A. AllA AO uSt
of MS sympattisers with labor tryIn
to DO anything with men who take
SIGH narrer and grovelin views Of
things ez these men DO. Princip es
are broad and general in their ma
cher, and cannot DO brot down TO
SIGH small matters ez wood, potatoes
aud hay. Ontil men KIN be made
ntoadcr, our labors will be in vain
Can't Pettus, Biathers and Bilins
sympathize with labor Just ez well
whea they don't pay ez when they
do?
followed these men out and heerd
EN- ask each other wat earthly good
il Good possibly 90 laborin men to
elect three SIGH informal beats to Oils?
This is the reward we git for our
services in awakinin the masses to a
sense nv there wrongs. And the on.