The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-21


2atsy's Conversations Powers--Thank
giving Day--We Might Be
r Worse Off
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor
R-'Good morning Major. Anything
speciaI9' '.'''
5B.-"Noshin' ter amount ter much
see the plutocrats are havin' every
thing their own way. Betsy says she
would like ter talk ter them all erbout
ten minutes - - .'''
RI should think that they would
be pretty well demorallzed after she
would get through talking"
B.-"DemoralIzadl Well, | should
think. If she would talk to them like
she does ter me they would drop dead.
Say, do you reckon the country will
git much reIeef when Simmons takes
his seat on the eternal revenue throne4'
RI don't know about that. AS a
rule revenue positions don't help out
very much. If they did, the country
at large would not be benefited. Very
few people get the positions and the
public must pay the internal revenue
tax indirectly to run the machine"
eB-That Is the way Betsy talks
about it. I reckin I wos t get any
revenue persitIop noway, so I wont
have very much ter be thankful fer
on ThanksgivIn' day. I reckon Kope
Elias and SImm ms will be sorter thank
full. Glenn and Aycock will feel a
little grateful. Bob Furlnan and Capt.
Coke will be thankful cause they got
in. Gov Jarvis will be thankful that
he don't have to keep up his accident
policy like he did while actin as Con
ductOr on the Governors train last
year Uncle Jake Battle will be thank
full cause Judge Conner resigned and
he got the judgeship. Senator Ran
som will be thankful cause Judge
Bond died an he will get a life posi-
ton fer vOtin' fer the uncOndit Onsl
repeal bill an other things list as bsd
KurneI WaddelI and a few other kur
nels an Captains will be thankful that
Ransom Is gOln' ter git out oV the way
W4GAOuU bAlC4A IA GC4 bhSAA bALA u
Several folks will be glad Hodge didn't
get ter be consul to China, fer they
will now stand a chance. Cleveland
will be thankful cause he won the
smiles of Mary Halpln, the Queen Of
England an Of Hawaii He will De
thankful cause coal is goin' to be put
on the free list for his benefit. | guess
all them folks viii be more or less
thankful an will fill up on beer an
Ticker an turkey ell day On the Both
an see snalx fer the next two weeks,
but as fer M an about 90. 90 OCO other
farmers, mechanics, merchants, an
other people, we will nave ter use q
guide deal Of deceit if we appear very
thankful on that day
R-EYour conclusions are quite cor
rect, but still we an have much to be
thankful for. First, we are thankful
to our Creator for sparing our lives
through this year of disasters, both by
land and sea. Our crops have not been
destroy ed al they were IN some sections
of the country. We may be short of
money, but still have life and health.
We may not dress well and live on the
fat OF the land, but have enough to
sustain life. Yes, all of us have some
thing for which to be grateful to the |
Giver of all good things. Some more
than others. We should be thankful
that our country has not been plunged
into war with all its horrors; thankful
that OuT governmental affairs are not |
worse, for bad as they are, they might
be a little worse; thankful because we
still ha e some manhood and honesty |
left among the people, and that we
still have a gree5 reform organization
like the Alliance through which we
can fraternlze and co operate if we
will thankful because we have recently
had proof THAI the reform movement
is taking on new life, and that thou
sands and thousands lately voted for
our platform and principles who voted
against them only last year"
B.-"You are right. I don't care if
I don't get my revernew Office. We
might be much worse eff, an | believe
we will pull through yet if we'll keep
e stiff upper lip. Good-bye."
An Alliance Union picnic will be
cid with COntentnea Alliance, Pitt
county, on Dec 1st. President New
aorne and other prominent speakers