Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-01-10
Farmer No. Has an Exceedingly Bad
Spell.


Seems to me, 1listur editur, yur papers
gittin pepry about farmiu. haint no mack
writin and cant put my thots inter shape,
but its as likly as not yud like " know
what one my kind of farmers thinks.
That there man that rites so many resons
why farmin don't pay is nifty smart at
ritin and some Tins he hits the male on the
he'd and some times he don't, but when he
don't he most alters hits the grocer. SO
does the rest Thurs one thing he haint
thot ON, and its liWeer he don't think ont,
seem he thinks most evrythin from dan to
burshby. Taint no fault 0 them sty folks
that they don't pay no more for pork when
perks 10. Why look at the hogs as has
gone to markit on the Centrul. No wun-
der perks 10. frames and francs and frames
on EN-, n skueelin and gruntn and maxim
smell that smells to Hinesburg. That's what
maks pork 10. Thurs to many hogs. Jus
SO about beef Its awful ON Us. Taint no
use fattin Il crittur. When she 5 ct her hay
and her mele and all that, yu cant git yur
feed back. That farmer mite jus as well
shoot her and dun with it afore he feeds.
But its no fault of them sity deelers. They
cant Eelp it. Only it docs seem kind hard
on thare customurs to charge so much for
meet that don't cost elm no morn they Of
fered me for my RoXe, yung and silk as any
helfer Won ever see. But il customers want
tur pay or 4 times much as meet cost
the deeler its none o my business nor none
O that other fellers neither uandnt otter
a told ont
The trubbul amt with them fe!lers in
Burlington, its with that cumpny out i'll
Chicager and Kansas Sity. There names
Armury and suns. My boy SEES so; Hes out
on a ranch and he ses them fellers got all
the ranchers by the thrut and wont let 60
He ses to me when he cum hum last, he ses,
''why dad theys got us tite. When meets
short they jes puts the price up II little and
wurd Gums down the line tibet beefs up, and
we fellcrs JUS hurry up and roun up ur cat
tel and drive EN- in, and by time we git
| there, beefs down looer than afore. Then
what can we do ? We jus got ter sell, cause
! ArmurY and sun don't run Ugin nobody.
! Thurs never moren one Dyer in them big mar
kets day. To-day its Armury and sun and
/ termorrer its Swift, and its alters the same
story 'Sorry boys, but becfs fell agin,
cant git nothin fur it este, no call fur ship
! in. ~ "Nes sir. i've seen them boys come in
with the splendidest lots steers yu never
see. and when them old cormurunts comes
round I've seen EN- turn there backs on them
| boys, sir. and keep EN- waitin, and waitn,
on spenses day after day, TIL thoyaWus
home sicker than lost COW, and then i've
seen the Dyer come rom and talk to the boys
and the boys nd turn pale, and then the
teers nd cum in Their eys thinkin o mex
winter. and they'd jus throw up Their hands
and give in, and 50 hum to fife billiards.
mex winter That's what my boy ses and
| tel ye that's what cal hard and thel
amt no help for it nuthcr til govurment jus
| nopkS tlat ara truSt into nj. dunno WhDt
number o farmer be- but praps yu keel
liount
p. S. My boys just rit and SEES one o his
Majors only got p cts fl. at Kansy Sty
for the last lot o pig steers that wus dressd
meet, selin here for or 6 to deeers and
lG to 20 to customers.
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