The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-08-02
GROWERS DREAMS.

| Now 1t came to pass at the end Ol
nearly four full years that Grover
dreamed. (He was king beloved by
the people, wise and just ruler, weigh
ing 1926 pounda.)
Aud in the dream he stood by the At
antic ocean. And he looked and saw
about him above an hundred men, well
favored and prosperous, and he saw
that these were workingmeI. And they
were engaged at their work, some in
woOlen mills, others in iron mills and
it was so that they were employed III ali
kinds of factories and all kinds of
work,
And, behold, great horde of other
men came up out of the sea. i'll favored
and hungry; and they devoured the
we'll favored meu. So Grover awoke.
And after rubbing his eyes and listen
ing to see that no widows or orphans
were breaking into the treasury build
ing, he slept and dreamed the second
time and. behold, he saw great store
of products of his country, of good quail
ity and fair to look upon, even wool and
salt, and many more like things pro
duced by his country,
And there came after a great multi
tude of products of the same kind, but
Of poor quality, and blasted by the east
wind, and produced by cheap methods
and the poor products did eat and make
way with the good products so that
there were none of them left. SO Grover
awoke, and it was dream,
And in the morning, after having
written humorous piece about a sol
dier's widow and vetoed an orphan, his
spirit was troubled, for he thought of
his dream, and he said to his servant;
| Go, call together the wise men of the
Democratic pai ty.' And the servant
departed, but straightway returned and
said: Master, there be none And il
was SO that the servant had smitten the
nail on the head.
And Grover was wroth, and called
his assistant ruler, Lamont. And he
spake to the assistant king his dream
telling him of the company of well fav-
ored men, numbering above an hun
dred, and of the mighty horde Of i'll fav
ored and disreputablo individuals that
eat them, and even then it could not be
known that they had eaten them, they
still being as thin in the flesh as before
And also of the bountiful products OF
the land, and how there came other
products, poor in quality, but great in
quantity, which made way with them.
and there be none, he said, that can in
terpret to me these dreams
Then spake his assistant majesty:
The Interpretation is easy if you
know how, and this is it: The two
dreams are as one. The workingmen
which you saw, numbering above one
hundred, each stood for year that this
country has prospered and grown fat
and the well favored products were the
same. And the great horde of i'll favor
ed workngmen and cheap products
blasted by the east wind, were for the
years which will come when we estah-
lish free trade throughout the land
For it will be so that mighty multitude
Of cheap products will come in from
other lands, and drive out the good pro-
ducts, and a swain of poor workingmer
will arise who will devour the present
prosperous ones; but it will be greal
thing for England
Then spake Grover: 1t Is good fol
this is what we aim at for, as ye say, il
will be pleasant and profitable for ouI
dear friends in England. Go, and pro-
claim free trade throughout the whole
and
But, as Grover turned and took his
pen, having just thought of good joke
ON crippled soldier. there arose q
mighty roaring, like unto couple oi
cyclones running into each other, And
the noise continued, and Grover and his
deputy highness were sore afraid, al
they did not wot of its meaning, though
1t was soon clear to them that it was the
Republicans getting to the polls anG
casting their votes. And it rolled uI
from all parts of the land, and shortly
after Grover put on his overcoat, for il
was chilly, and took his umbrella under
his arm, and walked out Of the house
and as he journeyed down the avenue
he met a man coming from the depot
carrying an old carpet bag in his hand,
on one end of which was this writing
'B. H., Ind And the stranger spakt
to Grover and asked him if he could di-
rect him TO the White House. BuI
Grover needed him not, and went his
way, even unto the wilderness of Rec
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