The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-27
WARMERS CROP BULLETIN.
Discussing the Australian Ballot Law
The Horrors of Married Life.

Politics continue at fever heat, pulse
normal, tongue slightly coated, also
body candidates also wear their coats
pistols reloaded every day; much cuss
ing and praying among the Office
holders and cranks; campaign fbe
very active; both sides going to win
many turning over to our side;'
backsliders being reclaimed; candi.
dates feel sick at the stomach several
times a day; some candidates go to
speak and the audience stay at home:
the devil to pay and not enough money
IN circulation to pay him; rain fall
four feet; dust three inches deep.
The above is a sample of the new
crop report that I am sending out
from the Warner Signal Station and
Information Bureau. 1t is not con-
nected with the North Carolina Elk
pertinent Station and has nothing to
do with the Immediate Weather Re-
port" that is rent out from Washing
ton after the weather has been loose in
the woods six days. Is will be worth
the subscription price of the Watch
man during the campaign if nothing
else goes in the paper. Now is the
time to subscribe.
I heard Bob Jenkins and Henry
Burke discussing the Australian ballot
law. I listened patiently and con-
cluded that both of them were right.
Bob said the law was right, for no
man ought to vote who can't read.
Henry said it was wrong, for every
American citizen ought to be allowed
to vote whether he can read or not.
Both of them are right. I believe 1
can settle the whole business. Let
those who are now voters vote on as
long as they@live whether they can
read or not. But when any young
man reaches the age of 81 have the
law so fixed that when he goes to reg
lister the registrar shall require him to
read enough printed matter to guaran-
tee that he can read his ballot and put
it in the right box when he goes to
vote. In that way the poor sinner
who neglected his education in the
past could not vote as usual, but the
boy of today would begin to hustle
around for a little edu cation. You gee
a man who couldn't vote would be no
man hardly. No man with a spark
of pride would fail to get at least a
common school education. It would
bring about a revolution in school mat
tiers and be of vast benefit to our
try. It would be a mild and inexpen-
sive compulsory education" The
result would be that ninety-ive out of
every hundred would be educated in
five years from the day the law went
into effect. This is no wild theory; it
is sensible and practical. 1 am glad
the Peoples party put it in their plat
form. That section alone is worth
more than all the other party plat
forms put together.
AS the winter is coming on and hard
times still lead the procession, mar
riages are likely to occur. I want to
give the young folks a little advice in
a non-partisan spirit. You see I mar
ried a college bred girl who thought
herself far above me in intellect, ex-
travagance, etc., and I reckon she still
thinks SO, for she holds on to the deed
for the farm that her father gave as.
Anyway we moved to ourselves and
began housekeeping. She soon proved
that, although she was away up in
music, algebra, French and Boston, she
was the most desperate cook on earth.
Of course I had to grin and bear it, for
it wouldn't do to spoil our honeymoon
by putting her bread under a peace
bond. At the end of the first week I
had a panied and haggard look. Later
on I began to turn pale, The biscuits
she made were about the size of walnuts
and resembled dynamite cartridges. I
swallowed two or three whole every
meal. Finally I got so bad off that I
sent for DIR. Summer. He came and
looked at my tongue, felt of my pulse
and looked solemn. He said I was
dying with indigestion and several
things in Latin. He asked me how
long the trouble had been on. I told
him only since 1 got married. He
then began to smile, for al idea had
struck him. He asked my wife to step
out of the room a moment and told me
to hire a cook-one who could teach
my wife to make bread. I thanked
him and took his advice. In about
two weeks 1 vomited up some hard
looking Jumps that resembled sand
rocks worn round. I examined them