Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-03-19
Letter from HartIand.

Mac that you are an editor ? If you
were not an editor you could shine
among the Changers but now your
cake is all dough. | am heartily sorry
for you, brother Mac, but cheer up, do
not be cast down, but remeber and
bear in mind, that it is always darkest
just before dawn. Do not weep or
mourn, only keep a stiff upper lip,
brother Mac, and you will come out
all right Don't you that you
don't care to be Granger, for we all
know that you do care. You would
give all the old boots you ever had to
be Granger. If you were as hand
some as I am, you could step right in,
and no questions asked. Do you
know what they do when they take a
degree ? think it is something of
this sort The old Boss Granger
makes the candidate get on all four,
he then puts harness on him, he then
puts harness on two tom cats, hitch
es them together, facing opposite
ways he then places two or three wo
men with brooms in hand beside the
cats. AT the word 60, the women
Jump at the cats, fetch them a wback
with their brooms, and sing out "scat !"
Now comes the tug of war: it is new,
new, scratch, scratch, and the way
paint and wood flies is u caution to
old people. If the candidate succeeds
in dragging the cats three times around
the room he is declared fit for office,
and they then put their private mark
on him, and turn him over to the
tender mercies of the ladies', to do with
him as they think best. Perhaps you
think 1t is not much of task to draw
a cat backward, but try it once, broth
er Mac, and if you do not get all that
you bargained for, then I will scream
for you. I practice every day, for I
am going to be Granger.
Who would not be a Granger p
A Granger brave and bold,
To guard those nice young ladies,
And keep them in the fold.
A Granger he can do it,
AS sure, as sure as fate,
He'd hold their pretty little hands,
And squeeze them till they ache
know I'm weak and sinful,
But Granger 1 would be
I'd take those nice young ladies,
And trot them on my knee.
They are so gay and handsome,
So beautiful and nice,
I'd press them to my bosom,
And kiss them once OF twice.
But, to be serious, do you believe
this Grange business will live to be
very old ? | do not. | believe that
the places that now know them, will
soon know them no more, for ever
1t is something new, therefore it takes.
Like the Know Nothings, their days
will be short and full of trouble. They
grow up in one night, and one good
hot sunshiny day will scorch them
root and branch. They promise great
things, but will they fulfill that
promise ? Are they more honest than
other people | think not. They
cry out come to us and will let you
have goods cheap. But where are
our cheap Union Stores =? Echo an
swers, "where 2" A word to the wise
is sufficient.
Yours in friendship, G.
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