The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-11-21
1.-THE woMEN DO ~
= Kansas Farmer Whose wife Cau sea FzIz
to Open NiS Eyes

= Kansas Farmer whose VyiEs czu sea Fz.zs
to Open HiS Eyes
(T'ks FoElea DEd sf.-JOHs sBEa.eAH
Ezs one Il lhsGn fool Ezrmsrss'- yes. Ia
There was plenty o. rs fashIOned on tie
same peculiar PLAN
And I've lived on, here in Kansas more than
hve and twenty ) ears.
A CROWN poor ana Pc Orer. as it certainly
appears
I seldom read the newspa persi worked %
hari for thsti
AMI never knew why got lean while OIL Ter
4 didn't fool with politics; I had too m ueh
But aiwsy- vrtsd as 1 sAo. and as they toId
lhe day before election. JUST Imagine my
When I ketehed my wife a-resdin-nOv.
whateverw uid you gne ~
a free trade pub IeAtion. and. to make ia
worse. she said
went TO bed.
faced me up and down
That farmers ave 10 make few mOaOPO-
lists In town;
always try TO get around these warm o.
But when / praised protection and she
laughed and answered. Rats"
bristied upi it kIndsed all the eIeuaeslts of
strife
To think this free trade stun should be cor
ruptin' of my wife,
/ quit her then and there before he argu-
AS every good PrOtectjOnIst makes it a rule
to do.
That night we had camp hre and our
Congre- sman was there:
We gave him John Browns Body when
he vent 10 { Ike the chaie=
I wee my old blue unborn to spite the
Democrats
Rut all ths time wondered what my Mary
meant by Rats"
Our Congressman was eloquent he made E
s; rrin' speech;
could most see the Dat tie smoke aud hear
the bullets screechs
And when he bade nsvose as we had shot
n lvern Hin.
We rose tl one -ort1 and cried with oEe
acclaim we will"
We sang the good old W: U songs and We ate
q - beans,
And We passed tn even In pleasantly, re-
CALM bio ~ scenes;
And took straight o-ut tickets and We
pinned 'cm on our h=.t7,
But ali the time W Rdeaed what my Mary
meant by Rata"
when T .ached home L noticed that my
Mary wo'e SIN lie.
Which emcd to me as inuicatin' storms
ahead or bile.
For morrrr'l be the IiveEiest day free
trade Will have this year"
Next mornin' Jest at sun-up, as woke and
A-wo ID rim what he meant by "Rlt.." I
My clothes, ami at, and boots all ranged In
And btSrin; each a card I'd swear new
saw beIorr.
My fl ,nueI shirt dIspIaye ed this sign: Taxed
80 per cent?
sIy Trousers Tax d 1000 this was what
My vest said Taxed loo," and my shoes
TAX ?, "
My n d Il 201' with -Protecti ion
makes Us thrive"
went to NIL the basin end 1 noticed as
.sraxetL45 per eont"-Great ,co,tI the towel
said TN same
The p IN Tked at go" as dropped
it th' Il or,
1 ch1nced TO SIC scuitle full of Goals.
chalke "a"
pain state
That nv W fe had on a wooden dress stamped
"Only 5ss'
And in -h5oIng out a guinea hen she made a
Which shove DatT OF stockings with a
card marked B."
Tho baby In hrs IittIO bed was lynn fast
I always Id the little chap as most IN
common eheapi
But Waen saw them cards on blanket, pill
ID W. crib and sheet,
felt lump rise in my throat knew that
was beat
4 No M tier where went Istruck them PCS y
little Signs,
The stove. the plates, the knives. the forks
the window ,sh and blinds,
7 The scis -urs. needles. threa ., alt bore that
terrible cent
Bigosh, I did.''t dare to ask what card " $
on the rent
That was thu soberest meal ever ate in all
Iifo;
And ss I left the table in renarkin' to my
wife
That was goin' to tho polls. she helped me
with my coat
And said: reckon. John, needn't tell you
hoao L vote"
walked wa to my votrn' place. 1T looked
ike every yard
! Was fu l of f,rmIn' i'm dement's which bore
little card,
And seem Al to say from pillow to spade,
fr IN tirrsher down to AK;
"Good mornin' I'M, and don't forget the
tariff Is a tax"
voteI straIght-O. yes, no doubt of that 1
voted straight,
But not exactly in tue way expecto of my
Stat
And sh, ,vsd thu bows tine little cards pro-
vidrd Uy my wife;
That night our Con 'ressman to K form n
leave of public life.
Twas one of them so Il farmers" durin' Eve
twenty y-irs
But I've Ie-rned a little common sense, a.
ubtles now app "arsi
You Hnd tclt Mckinley, and-sRy-
don't forget TO tate
That " we voted out in X nsa-. and we've
/ voted darned near siraEhti
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