Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-10-25
BILL ARP ON THE ALLIANCE,
Sense and Satire from the Georgian
Philosopher

wood and Livingston anu Peck all
fussing, and Ex-Governor Smith and
Judge Hines in the bushes with
their coats off. Gordon says Nor
wood is a demagogue and uses Ian
guage onlLivingston, OF course they
had to bring poor Tom Lyon into 1t
as a side show. But Tom can stand
it. Norwood says he does not like
tine word demagogue and he challen-
ges Gordon for talk. They all seem
to be friends to the farmer, and are
almost ready to die for him. This
sudden and extraordinary love for
the poor farmers is very touching
and pathetic, and / wish there were
four or FIVE Senators to elect. Such
devotion deserves to be rewarded.
To man up in tree the whole
thing looks peculiar, and somehow
reminds us of the soldier who got
scared early and wanted to go home.
So, while the minnie balls were sing
ing and whistling all around him, he
was found behind tree with his
arms outstretched, and was waving
them up and down vigorously.
"What are you doing Jake?" said
comrade. 81 want to go home,"
said he, land Pm waving for fur
lough." He wanted to get shot in
the hand. There is many an Office
seeker, many political soldier wav,
ing for furlough now.
WHAT'S all this racket about any,
how? Who started it? Who told
the farmers that they were oppressed
and mistreated and imposed upon by
all the rest of mankind? General
Gordon says he has been sympathiz-
ing with them for seventeen years,
and Mr.. Norwood has been troubled
all his life about them. Governor
Smith is awful sorry for them. Liv-
ingston has wept in great anguish for
them.
Well, it must be a bad, sad case,
but to save my life | can't cry bit.
| wish that | could. When / see
folks weeping all around me, and |
can't shed a tear, it makes me sus-
pect my own heart. Pm afraid Pve
got calloused in my old age. l farm
ed as hard as could for eleven years,
and never found out that / was OPP
pressed. worked in the field with
my boys. We planted and plowed
and hoed and moved grass and rails
ed horses and cattle, and sold our pro.
duce for a good price.
Our corn always brought 50 cents q
bUshel at the crib, and our hay $40 a
ton, and nobody ever came and told
me l was imposed upon, and / was
such fool never found it out. Joe
Bradley has been farming right close
by for twenty years and hasn't found
it out yet. He must be an awful fool
Joe used to bring his cotton to my
gin before got up and l asked hin
one day how he managed to raise 81
much cotton and corn and wheat anC
oats, and raise so many fat hogs, anC
send his daughter to town to school
and buy piano, and ali that. JOt
smiled and said: Well, you mus
know that if l don't see the sun ris,
in the morning l have the headacht
all day, and as my house is down il
the hollow, I have to go to the corn
field or cotton patch to see the SUI
rise" I'll bet $40 that Joe don't be
long to the alliance. He hasn't go
time. When rainy day comes yol
will find him in his workshop max
ing pillow stock, or mending his hi
harness, or cleaning out his stables
He saves every spadeful of barnyarC
manureand puts it on his land.
had one tenant who worked hard an,
prospered. l had two Others VIII
were always behind. They ha,
power of business at the mill or q
town, or at some meeting house an
when the creek was muddy the
were just obliged to go SEEMING
Their crops were always in the gras;
and they are in the grass yet 1 reck
on. They belong to the alliance, an
are waiting for something to turn w
This is plain talk, but it is trne talk
The greatest enemy the farmer ha
got is his own Incidence. No ma
succeeds at anything who does nc
work diligently. If man woul
work as hard on his farm as Reu
Satterfeld does il his store, he woul
prosper. Mr.. Sattertield is a goo
merchant. He is at his store befOr
get up. His dinner is sent to hil
on buSV 0aVS ftpr sumner he uOf