The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05
Zeke Describes the Cyclone--Men VINE
Care Less for Their Children Than
Some Animals,

Zeke Describes the Cyclone--Men Who
Care Less for Their Children Than
Some Animals,
B.-"Hello! Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Hello! Major. Any news this
morning2'
B.-"Mighty near none, / reckon.
The cyclone is all the talk no v"
R.-"Yes, that Yves q terrible thing.
A great many lives we're lost and much
property was destroyed"
Bob! I'm not taIkin' erbout that
cyclone of wind an rain. God started
that n an we. can't say ennything
against it. I'm talkin' erbout that
cyclone the devil started in Washing
ton"
R.-"You mean the vote on the sill
yer bill?"
B.-"Yes, that'sit. That's the worst
cyklone ever started in America. All
the cyclones that have capered Ground
over this country since Adam had the
whoopin' coff didn't DO as much dam
age nor cause as much distress an
suffeTin' as the great an only Demo
cratic Congress an the great an only
Republican Congress have brought
erbout by their vote last Monday.
Folks talk erbout cyclones an yearth-
quakes, but fer real destruction an
trouble give me the Democratic Con
gress with 104 majority. Let 100 Of
the Democratic members jine with III
Republican members an defeat the
will of the people an a cyklone amt
nowhere at all"
R-'So you think the devil was
managing that cyclone. How did Mrs.
Bilkins like the way Mr.. Bum voted?'
B.-"Whew ! you oughter heard her.
She was a sight when I tole her how
he voted after maxim that fine speech
fer free coinage last session. Betsy
stormed Ground so 1 he'd ter cline a
tree till she cooled down a little. Betsy
is a sight when she gifts mad She he'd
lots ter say erbout Mr.. Bum. tt
wouldn't er done fer him ter be Ground
along erbout then. If he had bin here
he would have had ter cline q tree like
me-"
R-"What are your neighbors say
ing2"
B-"Most of 'em are mad, They
say they have voted their last Demo
cratic ticket. They are still Democrats
in principle, but don't see emmy democ-
racy in the way Congress is dom when
it jines The Republican party an de
feats the only fnan :iaI plank the
Democratic party ever had. They say
the Populist party is the only Demo
cratic party in existence now"
R.-"What does Betsy think about
that5"
B.-"She says they are comm ter
their senses now. It takes cups nine
days to get their eyes open. But some
men want erbout nine years. Ireckon
that is all right, though, fer they live
longer than pups. I wuz eittin' on the
fence the other day tTyin' ter fgger
cut why it is hat anermals an fowls
think more ov their young than sum
men think Ov their children. If you
RO C1OSC IGI Oil OIG nth Will OuLR
chickens, she will fight you ter the
last ditch. Our old red cow Cherry
would hook you ali to pieces if you
look cross eyed at her calf. All amer
mails protect their young an many will
lay down their lives fer them, but
men are not always that sort of amer
mails. They would rather hOller hur-
rah fer Grover Cleveland or Ben Har-
rison three or four times once in four
years than ter walk the golden streets.
They viii vote her straight an let their
children 60 uncducated an live on half
rations than hold their prejudices in
check and vote for equal rights fer all.
But I think there is eojn' ter be a
change. People are thjnkjn' an when
they begin ter think sumpthin Will
drap. Good bye.