The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-12-04

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we not hcpe however, for each Of these. al
the final roll call, a happy reunion 10 that
country here wars are unknown All nc
funeral requiem is ever heard.
a great deal is said and being said about
tie independence Of the farmer. Well they
are independent enough Of course. indie
pendent enough on the root log or dit
plan, and being their e~n bosses don't
have to work if they eau stand a littl'
starving. 4 farmer who can't do tie lat.
ter has no business with a farm and had
better throw up the sponge, or what is al
the same, his farm. aud 60 to tow and
work in 4 eanhouse OF cultivate d carbun,
Gle AID get on the society. We often think
of the good old days Of our daddies and
their method OF farming al the time.
Farming vas carried on then il an iuex-
5ensive and somewhat of-handed way.
The capital invested in a rented farm OF
those days was quite Insignificant and the
outfit of the most primitive kind.
When the sower weat forth 70 SOW, he
simply strung a bag across his shoulder
and scattered the grain right and left at his
oRn sweet vii. When it came 10 thresh
this same grain at the close Of the year ol
during the early spring months, about all
the preparation to make was 70 60 out to
the barn, reach down TUE fail ana fire
away al The pile Of wheat until the Pile OF
straw was thick ana high enough to STUN
bic over, when a . cent fork would pitch
the pile ont the window and a 10-cept
scoop perhaps would gather the little
wheat remaining into a bin. Alb, those
were great days. =ndi I did not require a
millionaire capitalist TO run a Salem county
farm at thai time, not by a great dea'.
The Woodbury. Constitution appears to
have but lit e faith in Democratic reform
of any kind and more particularly IN a re-
form that adversely affects the liquor H.
terest Of the State. Speaking of the pool
sellers and fece track men Of the state il
says:
We feel inclined to remind those " no are
expressing SO much pleasure over the fact
that the decision CT the Court OF Errors has
knocked ous" the pool sellers and race
track men in this State, that those laugh best
who laugh last. 1t must not be understood
that this ends the mater byauy means. We
venture the prediction that the next Legis-
Iature viii be asked to pass 4 law making
pool selling and racing legal and giving free
foot 10 both in this State. The proprietors
Of the race tracks at Gloucester Cts, Gift
ton, Gutenberg, aud Long Branch. are 10
no frame Of mind TO abandon their lucra-
tive business, and will send q strong lobby
to Trenton when the Legislature c~onvenes
to press their claims for consideration. l.
10 said they had the promise of Governor
Albeit last winter that he would sign such
a bill if il could be passed by the aid Of
Republican votes, as he did not care 70 have
pool selling and horse racing legalized
through the agency Of the Democratic
party alone. No Republicans could be IN
duced to support the bill and it therefore
went By the board. But the friends and
owners of the race tracks are not easily
discounted, hence their purpose to renew
the fight, and as the Democrats have oyel-
whelming ~majOrities to both Houses they
car ena st whatever legislation they please.
without the aid IF Republican votes. Il
will not be surprising If the pool selling
advocates and their friends give the Gov
ernor a good deal of trouble To satisfy them
at the coming session Of the Legislature.
If he should veto such 4 bill, as he may do
in order not to damage his prospects for
United States Senator, II will require no
more votes to pass tue bill over his veto
than would be necessary 10 pass it in the
first place. In looking over the whole mat
ter, and taking into account the personnel
Of the Legislature, we must confess at this
time we can discover but little room for
rejoicing on the part Of tue friends of law
and order.