Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-04-29
MOSSBACK WAVERlNG.

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After a silence which L doubt
not was very nearly as agreeable
to ths reader as it was misleading
to the Mul.ums, ! Solomon Moss
back, the Great Uulucky of Elm
Narrows, return to the columns of
the GRAPHIC to ventilate my
grievances. Some dove-eyed
poetess has declared that the
world is always eager to laugh
with us. but generally has num-
Der clever boot with which to
sympathize with our tears. This
is the meaning of the dear good
soul, but | WAS never an adept at
liberal quotations. l am aware
that some may think it contempti-
Bile in me to seek to rectify my
wrongs or indulge my vengeance
in this way. Upon this point |
want only to say, that having been
condemned by the Multums so
long, am proof against innuendo
aud unmindful of scorn. A few
may not regard me as traitor
without conscience while | pro-
claim myself Democrat without
office. Human CHI h,rity is not
broad enough for such embodi-
ments of political adversely as my
self. The love-eyed poetess men
toned before would have driven
home truth, with an energy of
expression worthy of Byron, if she
had said-kick, and the world
kicks at you, fawn, ard it claims
your vote. Uf course the bitter
ness Of the Multums toward NE is
unabated. Subordinating every
thing to self-interest, they are too
sordid for sense Of bumor and
too callous for consideration of
right. If I were republican and
were writing in spirit of satire
tempered with good nature, not a
Multum would be liberal enough
to acknowledge hit or smile at a
pleasantly. In their bigotry and
selfshne5s they would pass me by
IS coldly as they do as it is. If l
believed in the transmigration of
souls, 1 should expect to see some
J Multum live again in mustard
! seed. When it comes to spiritual
exiqulty the Mu!tums beat the
world, with a challenge against
The universe. Ii we're preach
er and should convert ten of these
worthless, | would feel that [ had
been instrumental in making
about two souls happy. Not wish,
ing to be sacrilegious, [ yet desire
to be understood. If l can't speak
out my sentiments and retain the
readers respect, why [ can finish
my few remaining years without il
if Mrs. Observation-Disclosures able
t. wash and the younger children
: can still carry butter milk from
houses in the neighborhood.
Since my last letter l have hat
= one foot in the grave, as it were
: The damp cloudy weather we have
been having has had an awful eff
feet upon my rheumatism, My
e dyspepsia has also been none th'
: better for the corn bread and po
}, tatoes to which | have long beer
reduced. l have never expected
t TO get through the world aliv'
3 since those Putnam militia trle(
e my soles-but it is rather a grav,
e matter to be brought. face. to fac
y with death. For weeks [ couldn'
o get out of the house-even now
+ can hardly walk about. Mysel
n incapacitated by stfiiction for tn
J. crusade we hal planned agains
d the Multums. Hillbrook becam
: discouraged and left the country
e He left few keepsekes with par
It es in town, in tho shape of piece
y of coin now thought to be not ex
,, actly all silver. He promised m
d he would return when the rose
" shonld bloom again, but [ don
n .ook for him. He never said q
|. much to me, but | rather suspec
II him of believing IN free pewter a
/ we'll as free trade and farmers
e rights. Somehow [ lave come t
it doubt the sincerity of those Brit
d ish reformers. l believe Joh
/. Bull would hook a Democrat a
e readily as Republican, if it wer
C to his interest. ut must 40
II grow tedious. l was not reluctan
TO see Hillbrook depart. Havini
s felt the political pulse of tn
:, henchmen of the Multums, [ wa
: forced to the conclusion that the
: are not yet ripe for revolt. You
e average Democrat, who wears on
: suspender perhaps because he hs
# not education enough to butto
It two, never administers the rebuk
e Of franchise.
S There are no ghosts; no, ther
cannot be, else Jack and Jim an,
S Bob and Bill | used to kno,
q would come back from the land O
g shades to vote for Hatch sn'
: Fogle and the less fry as they di
!, in days gone by. Vengeance is
: light diet for a starving mar
e Prudence points one way, prid
e another. If the Multums deslr