The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-25
No O7

oOtu Ola ana young, male and female
the grand work aheaG-appealed in
sOuI-stlrring manner to the Young
! men. IN conclusion he said: Grit
| anu g0aheadatTeness were needing
! push and power were at their com
mand; let them rise up in Their power
! and do their duty to themselves, their
country and to their God. After his
| speech he was asked to 90 up into
| Pleasant Grove an adjoining town.
! ship and organize an Alliance
| Dinner was then announced The
crowd was VariOusly estimated at /, 500
| to 1000, but all were satisfied with
the many good things which build up
| the inner man, bOunteCusly prepared
| by the good women of that quiet
! locality.
The audience was again called back,
| and Mr.. \. D. Taylor President John
stOn County Alliance, was introduced.
| This man, one Of the pioneers i'll ALI
| ance work IN the county, came forward
III his usual earnest but happy style.
| saying he was not going to make a
speech but talk. His talk was time
| ly-SpiCed with jokes rich and rare
Said he was of the opinion that the
people We're like the good woman who,
with her husband, went to John
not lend the cart but insisted on their
drinking various good drinks The
man and wife started home but got
apart at the creek. When the husband
returned the good wife had fallen
asleep, the back Of her head hanging
over the edge Of q rock, occasionally
dabbling in the water, which, by the
force above, jumped up into her mouth.
She would swallow but would continue
to say: Not any more, Mr.. Smith,
even though 1T were SWeetened." " He
thought after such good eating and
speaking the people would not take
any more, even though it were sweet
ened He congratulated the Young
men who had 50 ably discussed the
iSslIe and urged them onward. Said
beware Of tie professional politician.
BY the way If illustration he told Of q
certain negro who had a red steer
named Ben, a gJOd steer, but Unf0rtun-
atelY became infested with vCrmin.
The negro was in trouble about old
Ben. 4 neighb0r told him to pour
lanD-OI on Ban'S back from head to
tail alt apply match Accordingly
he tied him to a tree and made the ap-
plication Old Ben made big Jump
and broke the roDe-the flames rose
higher au3 higher. lie followed wO
Ben. wo, but Ben, snOrting and bel
lowing. made fer the creek The old
ntgrU pursued but could not catch nm;
thought Ben gone for good. Some
days after the JX came back but the
negro did nOtrecOgnize him At length,
however. the old lady suggested it was
old Ben come back "W ell" said he,
IF this is old Ben, I'm plagued If he
amt been used up. Jes look; he's got
no har no tail and wus Of aIInO hons"
The speaker applied this to the poll
ticians, and as supplement told another.
A man was asleep, riding, when his
mule, asleep also, became heightened,
wheeled around and set the rider on
the ground. The rider sprang up and
exclaimed: ''That's just why I don't
like q mule"
He eulogized L. L. Polk, saying that
among our illuStriOuS men of the clos
ing years of the 18th century L. L.
Polk will illumine the brightest page
Of our history as a star.
n R. Poole, Esq, was next intro
duced. He made an excellent bearing.
His speech was well condensed and
full of force. Said he must be further
from home than he thought; that if
POOL had been called up in his cOun-
try half dozen Pools would have run
up. He supposed he was the man
called for, but was not the pool by
Silvan but n. r. We heard many re
marks complimentary to his speech,
and we ourselves think his hit on
taxation" capped the climax. 9,000,-
900 farm mortgages. It is due him to
say more but space will not admit.
Last introduced was Representa-
tive Cover. He it was who, as mem
ber Of the committee on education in
the last sitting of the General Assembly,
made a record that our people will not
forget his faithful services. He has
the full confidence Of our people as
legislator and gentleman. His con
nectiOn with a thing assures its sue
cess. He made telling speech, re
ferred to the cutter trust in cur own
State piling in it's Golfers $3, 900 every
setting sun while the producers had to
submit to it as slaves. Said our people
were dissatisfied waiting and deserving
something they had not; were as the
pOtter'S clay not yet nodded. Assured
the people that the evils complained Of
were not due to State legislation; that
it was the full intention Of the last leg
islature to do its very best for the peO-
pie. Space also fOrbids us giving this
gentleman Of our highest regard JUS
tice. This closed the exercise. Never
has this quiet, good people had such a
treat before. And never have those
who attended had a better one.
Fraternally,
J. P. CANADAY.