The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-15

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He Goes to the Funeral, but Flnos '"e
Corpse Alive--John Robinson's
Circus and Other Shows.
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R-"Hello! Major. Top of the morn
ing to you. Hope you are doing as
well as other henpecked men at this
time"
Blush! If Betsy would hear you
say that she wouldn't let me- c3me ter
the dinner table fer a whole week. Con
siderin' that I've just got home frum a
funeral, I'm feelin' purity we'll, thank
you"
R-"Some of your relatives dead9'
B.-"Reckon not. You see l went
up ter Greensboro ter attend the funeral
of the State Alliance, but when I got
there 1 couldn't find any coffin or
corps I hadn't lost all confidence in
the newspapers, but when they get ter
telIin' that folks are dead an it amt so
it is ennuf ter create a lack ov conf
dence. Lack of truth creates want Of
confidence, just like lack Of money.
We'll, when 1 got here an found sc
many intelligent, good looking dele
gates, and so much good feeling and
unity of thought an action, I began tC
wonder where the corpse I me-
DR.. Thompson and he said he hadn't
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there wasn't anything dead around
there. Then 1 got Bro. Butler off tel
one side an he lowed he hadn't met
any corpse. Then I met Bro. Speight
and thought maybe he wuz thar ter
preach the funeral, but he said there
wasn't any corpse. 1 saw Bro. w. R.
Lindsay lookin' sorter solemn, but he
said nothin' wuz dead. l Kept inqurin.
around and nobody knew anything
about a funeral. So I just quit sayin
anything about funerals and jined il
with the boys an we held n or the
best State meetins you ever heard ov,
Say, Betsy wants ter know who that il
holdin' Farmers Institutes around over
the State"
R.-"Col. John Robinson and Others
are holding Institutes"
BIS that the same fellow what
used ter hold circuses in North Caro-
lima every fall97
R.-"No; this is Commissioner Of
Agriculture Robinson"
B.-"Well, I'm mighty glad ov that
Betsy wuZ readin' erbout it in the paper
an she lowed it Wuz the same Teller
that owned the circus an the little
kickin' mule. She thought his Other
circus had sorter played out an maybt
he had got up the same thing under
the name of Farmers Institutes tt
draw a crowd. We was hopin' ht
would hold one of 'em in Wake county
Betsy will go ter a circus no matter i
the Sherman law is still in force an
sorter hurtin' the gold bugs. What il
President Cleveland an Congress
doin'7'
R.-"It is hard to tell. Presiden'
Cleveland has decided that the repea
of the Sherman law will not give much
relief, it seems, as he has gone back t.
Buzzard Bay to fish until the first O.
September, evidently still hoping tina
will save the country"
B.-"OhI you are jokin' erbout that
don't believe he would leave Wash
ington to stay that long when the coun
@rry 10 IN o,1oh n e.
R.-"Believe it or not, as you see fit,
but a dispatch to the daily papers Sat,
urday morning stated that he had gone
to Buzzard Bay and would not be back
until the first of September. He must
be sincere in his belief that fishing is
the great need of the hour"
Betsy says he might as we'll ad-
NIT that the Sherman law has nothin'
ter do with the trouble, an advise
everybody ter go a fshin' until good
times come again. Snipe shootin' an
6shin' are the leadin' issues NOWADAYS.
Good bye"
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