Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-03
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MABEL II. PoMERoY, EDITOR

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bushels of corn to the acre, and many
that will not yield one-half that much.
There has been dry hot weather ana
hail which has badly damaged thee
crop. And when such reports 10 bSCk
TO the east that Phillips county Will
have such an enormous crop and suen
an abundance, and then the farmers
can not pay their debts, the people
Of the east think there must be some
thing wrong and IL usually ends by
laying the blame on the people ana
not the crops, and that the farmers DO
not indend TO pay their debts no mat
ter how good and enormous crops
they can raise. While Phillips Coun'
~ will have more corn this year than
IN the three years preceding yet there
will not be as much yield Hs some
think there will be. The writer has
been in several sections OF the west
part Of the county whore il 10 sup
posed they raise the best corn, and
the crops has been badly damaged BY
wind and hail. IL is not policy or
patriotic to speak derogatoTy OF your
home, country, or state, yet we think
1t better policy to tell the truth about
matters, than to boom il TO The skies,
and then when the facts arc truly
known TO have the boom collapse and
leave trail Of exsgeratlon behind.
The editor had better take ride over
the country and see for himself and
not listen to q few, who, perhaps have
good fields, while a great many have
not. We would be only 10 hsppp to
think that the editors 80 bushels
would be realized, but il 10 10 ihCon-
slstent to raise such big crops and cam
not pay the Indebtedness without say
ing anything about the low priCss.
When the 17th day Of September
will have arrived il will chronicle the
one hundrenth anniversary OF WASH
ington's farewell address TO the Am.
eriCan people. It was the laat Of the
Revolutionary centennlals and its
proper observance should be remem.
bered by the American people. From
an eastern paper comes the notice
that the American Institute Of Gives
has appointed committees Of repre-
sentative men and women in all the
walks of life, to formulate plans for Q
wide spread popular celebration Of
this anniversary. History says HE
had refused re- election in 1855, and
published his farewell address,
document breathing the lottiest polit.
ical wisdom and puTest patriotism
And the address should be reSd thor.
oughly by every American. Wash
ington presented the unusual cOmbi'
nation Of a man of deeds and q mar
Of words, aud when he presented II
the public the very original idea 81
the United States separating itselI
entirely from Europe, especially pO
disadvantages, and braved the charge
OF ingratitude by refusing and Il
Genet, the French minister to CHI
United States. He Comprehendet
the policy to be adopted BY . states
maplike grasp, and also the preceden
established by leaving the preaiden
tial chair at the close Of the seCon'
term has still firm hold on the Am
erican peoples sense Of fitness, AM
the precepts Of his farewell address
cannot fail to benefit the cause Of pal
riotism and good government.
Some people are very easily an
quickly bored by reading 90 much
Bryan's movements, which have o,
Cured within only few week
While the public has had to read So
eraI columns every week for month
about bicycles until some have begu
to be excessively tired Of bicycle tai
and the place Of the bicycle in liter
ture is no longer problemAtic.
certainly has produced the gre
revolution Of the century in soci
and economics affairs, and the publ
the reading public has been asto
ished to see the prize offers Of vAriot
magazines for "blcyCle StorieS," al
il three people meet and two Of the
are wheelers and the third Is not, y
third party Is soon left to enterta
himself for the wheelerS Dan ia
nothing but wheels, until listenC
will certainly thank wheels are
their heads, or the whirl OF 4
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