Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-04-09
Pertinent Questions and Bad
spells"

VIII IL it that Vermont, wun oy
the most turtle ov the M England
states, duz knot advance hur agrikul-
teral intrests? IL it bekause every
thing the farm produses, sech as hay,
Crane, pertaters, bosses, katie, sheep,
no gs, wool, butter, cheese, poltry,
aigs, lumber and so fourth, don't sell
fur kash and at remunerativ prises,
and haint fur the last o years? VIII
liz it that hur banks and kapitulists
invest their muny in western lones, to
the detriment and kripplin ov home
industriz? IL it bekause banks wuT
not established fur the akomodashun
and konvenience ov the jeneral pub
lick, fur the advance ov agricultural,
komersul and manerfacterin intrests (;
but that the stockholders mite git
rich fastur bi lendin their muny TO
assist loren industriz, rather than
helpin develup the multerfarius in
dustriz ov their own state? Viii IL it
that thar liz no inkreese in her pop
perlashun? If her game had averaged
with the whole kuntry the last sensus
shood hav showed an inkreese ov
100, 900. Viii liz it that rs ov hur
young men emmegrate from the state !!
Viii il it that only 5-8 per cent ov
hur popperlashun are natives ov the
state? Viii IL it that our farthers
Good run in Diet for farm 4 thous-
and dollars, and with their krude i'm
plements and methods ov farmin pay
for it from the produx ov the farm (!
Viii liz it that we can buy the saim
farm now for thousand dollars, and
with awl ov our improved farm ma
sheenry kannot pay for it; and after
strugglin with out mowin masheens,
reepin masheens, boss rakes, sulkey
plows, spring sect and spring tooth
harrers, boss forks, and boss hose and
kultivaters, our kooly kreamers, re-
frigerators and swing churns, aftur
strugglin with these for few yeers
we Kant pay and hav to Civ up the
farm on the mortgage. How IL it that
our fathurs Good kerry on the farm
without each one havin a top buggy,
an express wagon, a spring board,
a trottin gig and 2 or 3 farm wagons,
Good get along with farm wagon
and l wagon to 60 to mill and to
meetin with VIII liz it that our moth
ers got along without planners, par
Ter organs, karpets, full-length mir
rors, upholstered furnitur, seel skin
saks and french kid boots. and wore
the saim bunnit to meetin yeer after
yeer when all these things can be had
bi havin mortgage on the farm Viii
IL it that our farthurs took their sithes |
and went into the field to wurk at |
and after supper MIXED and |
wurked in the garden, insted ov hichin |
into the top buggy and drivin to the
villige to tawk about who wood be |
the next president, and hirin man
TO milk and feed the HALVES? Viii il
t that the farmers ov Vermont send
so much muny out west to pay for
lower, wheat, korn and brand, when
hey kan raze more bushels ov Crane
10 the aker than the western man?
Viii il it that they don't raze their
,wn wheat and korn and put their
nuny in their pockit or pay the NOR
rage on their farm? But perhaps
I'm askin to menny questuns, and SO
will jest say to the farmers ov Yer
mont, don't send awl your muny out
vest, but raze your own Crane don't
ouy planners, parIer organs, top
,uggys and SIGH things until you git
he mortgage on your farm pade
EZEKILL.