Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-12-04
HE BUYS AN AIR SHIP.
What Brownlee Saw From the Clouds.
Benton Standard

Benton standard.
We received from Mt. Carmel this
week one IF the air ships We ordered.
I is in color blue .hriudl roam. about
ii hands high with straight stern
pole, a sky blue rudder and "a greatap-
petite for gas. Like the Mckinley bill,
it is great or the rise. We took a atrisl
trip on Wednesday. After loading in
IA lead pencil, pair of socks, cold
roast with potatoes and salt, aud jug
of something wet. We crawied in SIDE
ways, jerked the halter snap loose. aud
saw tl'e world drop like shot under
us. We wert up So aststhat an OH
Jaw tooth, 3. Z. W. bster had been
pulling at ali summer, oft and en-, hut
mainly off, fell through our jaw bone
aud went clear through cur foot. We
reached tilf upper siiurian suhstfatum
OF ether in the tenth part OF second.
Here we puiief the throttle valve, flung
out feather, curled the abaft bang,
and pulled the thing gently by the tail.
Immediately our upward ascent was
checked, and with bird like f1utter,
the ship spit fire out of her nostrils and
beghn to paw the air like bay steer
seeking a better pasture. We saw be-
meath us the mighty Mississippi like a
silver gray hair stretched over an
aiderman's bosom, with cities along
the banks like highly taxed vest but
tons, and steamboats, crawling up and
down like lively nits. 1t was IA beau
tiful sight. We electrocided along at
fearful speed, and in few seconds
halted over New Orleans. We intend
ed to go on south but the tariff wall
erected by Bill Mckinley was go high
we concluded not to try to go over it
until we had practiced breathing the
highly refined air of enormous alti-
tndes. So we skinned off along the
coast over many famous coast city,
and up tt e Atlantic sea coast to New
York, then oy Chicago to San Fran
cisco, and back over Pixies Peak.
The United States seen from an air
ship is like vast plain surrounded by
high wall, a monstrous high wall. 90
which walk around soldiers and custom
house officers. These officers sieza up
on everything which outsiders at empt
to pass over the wall, and do not let
go of it until they get large price for
quitting their grip. Inside of the wall
are millions of men and women work
ing in every conceivable way TO make
living, to get something to eat or
wear. And there are a small class of
people who are very wealthy. Tnis
class Ia called the manufacturers. We
saw an old bald-headed spirit sitting
on the ragged edge of q sunbeam, aud
crying. We asked him. "Why bawlest
thou?" He replied: do you see those
people down there? I am weeping to
see SO many million brave men and
women penped up inside of a high wall
and robbed of their earnings. That
class called manufacturers have taken
all the rest prisoners. and they have
erected this wall around them and
| they rob them. These men outside the
wall would buy all they have to sell,
| and would sell them goods cheap,
much cheaper than the manu- acturers
| do. But they are not allowt to come
in" WELL" said we, chow did it
happen that the wall was built? Why
do 80 many people submit to be robbed
| by go few ?" Because they were de-
ceived. TIE few told the many that
they would reduce ti4e wall; SO the
matter was intTusted 10 them and they
| boldly raised The wall mary miles
| higher" "Will not the people skin
them alive for this?' we asked of that
old, bald-headed spirit, and he feplied:
1T is supposed the eskinning will begin
on the 4th DAY of November. We will
then have hides on the free list, mar
ufacturers' hides,n