The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-12-08
Lake Benton, MINI.


Enclosed please find one dollar renewal to the W.
Now Dr., don't think because the renewals come in
slowly that we have forgotten you. No; Lincoln Co.
We have not forgotten the time when sitting the
darkness of ignorance felt the wages for our
toll slipping through our fingers; felt the mortgaged
farms slipping from under our feet prices falling
below the cost of production and taxes and interest
rising above ability to pay, until all over the coun
tymI might say the entire nation-the cry went up
Some laid it to the tariff and some to the want OF
more tariff while few of little enlightened
~ than the rest laid it to the liquor traffic
But suddenly ray of light pierced the darkness, the
first copy of the GREAT WEST found it's way into
county and was read and passed on When it reached
hundred paragraphs from Dr. Fish's pen and Donnelly
Broadside 1 read it, rcread it, and passed it on We
subscribed for it and circulated it, and in short time
ton we put ticket in the field and elected it, and last
year the two old parties conscious of our strength
united and then we whipped them.
Prices are still falling taxes and interest still rs
ing; but thanks to the GREAT WEST and other papers
we know what's the matter.
Our country editors and merchants say the farmers
are prosperous but don't and can't know the truth in
the matter Nearly every woman in the country keeps
on hand for an emergency little sugar hid away in
fruit can paper sack little dried fruit in the
wav She keeps clean table cloth in trunk bureau
drawer.
| 4 prosperous business man from town has business
in the country and drives our in his carriage. Noon
comes and he drives to farm house and asks the
man, who has just come up from work, It he can feed
his team and get dinner. sOh yes" the says run
in Johnnie and tell your mother gentenan will be in
to dnneg.n He puts his own team intand then helps
the gentleman take care OF his.
he then takes the gentleman out to the pigs and
chickens or shows him some new machine be has just
got He is in no hurry to 70 in Oh no, he knows bis
wife is bringing out that table cloth fer the table He
knows that little hoard Of dried fruit s smmerine
the stoves he knows che is filing up the sugar bowl
from that hidden tomato can and perhaps she put
ting on those silver knives and forks that given
her on her wedding day. He knows Jane is Sticking up
the children and Sally is sweeping up the hay fax
Istraw which Is their only fuel.
When he thinks all this has been done and not till
then does he take the gentleman in to dinner and
sents him to his smiling wife and sweet faced children.
j After dinner the gentleman drives home wishing he
could exchange places with this prosperous farmer
whose life is blessed with the low Of cattle and song Of
birds, and health end quiet and loving Words
i He does not know that that farmer eats every day
on bare table without sugar FRUIT that his farm
and mortgaged that he selling his wheat
90 cents less than it cost to produce it, and that
his children stay out 81 school to gather dried COW
Il ure 1fom the prairie for their winters fuel.
II This b no fancy sketch Dr.. There are scores d
chdren il this county who have to gather dried
lure nom h0pTatEe Tor fuel. $3.50 s<
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