The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-07-21
Flats and Snaps.

Starvation teaches dear school but
the laboriny classes will learn in no
other; and by the time they have got
the lesson by heart the time for re-
taliation Will be past.
The Democratic party boasts Of its
antiquity and its new lease of life.
The same may be SAID of old che
csc, the chances of life, and the more
antiquity it's has the greater are its
chances of life, and the more numer-
Gus are their w,ggles; but the market
demands fall corrcspondingly.
The idea Of developing our .ndust-
rics under the present financial policy
is like hurrying up 'garden sass by
watering it with Il first class hailstorm.
Modern charity weeps over the SOL
rows of the national banks and then
scrapcs the grease off of the working
man bread and butter for fear he
might get choaked, on his victuals.
Some say it IS better to be right
than to be president, but most of the
states man would rather he vice versa,
every time So long as the Goddess
of Liberty holds her tongue ny stay
ing inside Of a marble statue, the
working people need not he consider
ed dangerous class.
If agriculture is not respectable
calling it is because its OWE followers
do not respect it themselves. but
rather bow the knee to the plug hat
professions.
The rainbow Of specie basis prosp-
Gritty has 4 pot Of gold at the end of
it; but the pot always manages to
keep on the other side Of the next
hill when you are in search of it.
As YOU can't tell by the looks of n
frog how far he can jump, so yoi, cant
tell by an alliance pantaloons
how mnch argument is inside Of him
Did YOU ever hear 4 high sa!arie.l
mincster of the gospel explain the
story OF the camel and the eve of the
needle to anyls,dv except Sunday
School children? If 80, mark that
righteous man,
| It's not So bad. after YOU ara used
to it. having ones nose to the grind
stone. but it is Il very unthankful bus
mess job to do ones owl, turning of
the crank i'll the bargain.
Oar long season OF forced economy
has compelled MANY people to spell
''per;lition With the four letters.
The People are y good old famii,
cow, with III golden al: :t-s,ic!.in4
her - .ira.l:. i.,:'pr is he f.:tl,,nnih
who i 4p;n- 20 knock the c:,.t IN III,
,.taI with = c:,uri 1asE.cr
Ms ",i' :.i,. ,::is's ~"': nat tat
Congressional war dance is performed
in a circle that doesn't seem to hav.
any end -consarn it.
Success depends not 50 much Oh
the NUN her Of votes as It does on thu
principle voted for.-Nrva,la Review
the Progressive Farmer. f"rincvl'
edited by the lat. Colonel Polk, i:
taking no step backward at the present
There can he little doubt it speak
for the Democracy of North C:,rHlin;
no less for the Farmers Alliance an,
Peoples party of that state, wien i
says cditora!ly:
The democratic platform differ,
from any yet seen. 1t contain
nothing of material value. It dart
off with an arrangement of the force
hill and ends with an en- iDrsmcnt O
the Republican party. for such is IL,
construction We place upon section
| %. Upon the whole the platform i:
Il mixture of non,cnce and deception
ANY man WHO could vote for it cOult
vote fey the republican ticket and tn
man who would vote for either Ia
little regard f.: his own OF his country,
welfare Cleveland is Il hraincr maj
than Harrison, but with the cxrep'io,
of his tariff views does not d:ii.r wit!
him on puhl!c questions general,
lie is man Of great tirmness ii
is immovabc. but is always a.ains
the people.