The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-31


Promises Made on Strength of Promises
Colonel Johnson Gets/in Some ii
Work-The Major Doesn't See Any
Need of Tearing the Capitol Fence
Down.
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Hellol Mejor. Any news to
days"
B.-Mity little. I'm tryin' ter keep
q sharp lookout fer that wave ov pros
perity. Betsy says she believes I'm
sleepin' with 1 eye open every mite. l
wish they'd hurry matters up az much
az possible, fer they r erbout ter git
me in a hole. On the strength ov whut
the papers sed I've done gone an
promised Betsy a new dress en- sum
other household fixtures. That Teller
Whut hes a monopoly ov the birthstone
business will be ter pay purity o II
they don't hurry an yank out the pros
perity. Betsy il gettin' restless an i'm
patient. She will open fire on me with
her tongue before I'm many days older
if them prosperity fellers goes back on
their wurd. They had better not be
riskin' my life in this manner II l
hadn't made that promise ter Betsy l
Wouldn'G care 50 much erbout the
prompt arrival ov guide times. Kurnell
johnson wuz out an spent one day
with me last week, an he put a bug IN
my ear. We WIZ Walkin' Ground over
the plantashun admirin' the crops. The
KurnulI sed I wUz undoubtedly the
best farmer IN Wake county, if not
the best in the State. Then he sed my
family name WuZ one ov the most lus-
trious in the nashun. This made me
feel guide clear down ter the end ov my
toes. After we got ter the house an
wuz sittin' on the porch restin' the
Kurnell tole me confdenshually thai
next year WIZ goin' ter be dyme
KRAFT year an that he wanted ter see
me march rite up ter the front in poll
ticks. I asked him how he knoWed
that. He sed the News and Observer
Wuz hiz authority. 1 tole him maybe
the News and Observer wuz runnin'on
the back trail. He sed it Wuz bound
ter be so, fer the News and Observer
had undertaken ter save the State an
the name fale wuz not on It's subscrip-
ton list. He awlso lowed that Kurnell
friedrich Annenias Odds he'd bin circu-
latin the joyful news frum Cherokee
ter Manteo, an it wuz bound ter be SO.
/ tole him l would weigh the case IN
my judgement balances en- let him
know In due time. I amt buyin' per
iitical gold bricks this season, but ii
there is any leg pullin' goin' on next
spring I'll De in an exposed persishun,
l see il the papers that they are talkin'
erbout movin' the fence Ground the
Capitol Square in Raleigh. I'm opposed
ter it. IL IL a lice substantial iron
fence, cost a good deal an fills the bill
awl rite. Let it stay. Idon't see the
object IN this. a few years ego when
things got so suspicious Ground the
Capitol that I went in there nosin'
erbout ter see if I couldn't find q block
ade still or two in full operation there
mite hev bin GUIDE reasons fer takiD'
the fence down so the moonshiners
could hev a fair chanse ter run in cRs9
the revenue paraders tried ter pull
them, but az that business liz awI broke
up / don't see WhuG objecshuns there
can be ter the fence. I'm in favor ov
lettin' it stand just like it il, at least
until a new fence is needed, an then
we kin do without a fence instead ov
gittin' a new one. If anybody thinks
they car get ter the legislature easier
If the fence il town down they are
liable ter be mistaken. The folks whut
do the votin' are goin' ter decide SIGH
matters. Gudebye."
FOUNDATIONS OF FORTUNES.
Senator FarWell began life as q sur