Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18
APPLEJACK FARM, WITCH IL TEXT tn GROVER
CLEvELAND's, IN H STAT wv Moo GER

APPLEJACK FARM, WITCH IL E tn GROVER
CLEvELAND's, IN H sTA1T Nv Moo GER
SEY.
Tu the Editur:
hev bin inf1ooenced tn temporarily re-
SOON domestick relashuns with mi family
here hi the infermashun sent tn me vile I
wuz ava tibet Marian, the cumpanyun Nv
mi better daze, wuz gittin her mind in
famed on account Nv mi prolonged alb
eence frum home and wuz threatenin tn
git a divorce on the ground thet I he'd de-
serted her. So fer ez her wurk wuz con-
serned, 1 don't suppose it wood hev made
much difference tn her, fer I am able tn
endoor a good deel Nv repose and am op-
posed on general pr%insiples tn a mans
Robin his wife Nv her rite tn laber. Jest
at this time, however, wen mi name WIZ
bein heraldid around the kountry ez q har-
binger Nv Dimicratic harmony, it wood
not du tn be known OF a fomenter NV do
mestick discord, SO I came hither ez a
peace commissioner tn mi own household
tn patch up a trooce with Marian and ne
goshiate fer a cessashun NV hostilitiz Upon
her part upon the best terms l GOOD git.
Our first meetin tn consider the sub;eck
RESULTED in a violent outbrake upon her
part, wharein she reproacht me fer levin
her tn rassle with a washtub all the time
and komplaned Nv how much it cost her
tn buy grub and cloze fer the family.
I instantly saw an opportoonity to give
her an objeck lessun in politikal ekonomy,
and I sed, "Mariar, wi1nmin don't under
stand whut causes SIGH things ez risin
prices and fallin markets, the laws Nv
suppl and demand, the relashuns Nv laber
and kapital and''-
"Don't talk tn me none Nv yer hifa-
lootin foolishness," sed she in a vilunt
passhun. 81 don't want tn heer it. All
I want tn kno IL tibet you run off gall
vantin around the kountry soakin up rum
and left me tn du the wurk and talk care
Nv miself and the children and spend all
the mummy 1 earned tn support u.s."
"That's it egzactly," sed 1. "We air
bein rooined bi the trusts, Marian. Moo
Gersey hez laitly BEGUN the hotbed NV
these gigantick and unconstitooshunal
combinashuns Nv kapital witch krush out
all kompetishun and will eventooally de.
prive us Nv our liberties. These soulless
corporashuns, run bi onprinsipled mil
lyunares and sugar kings and coal barons
and Standard lie monopolists, air oppres-
sin the people, and the crooel tyrants NV
SIGH commershal despotism air oppressin
us and grindin us under their heels, vile
tina grow rich bi chargin us extravagant
and extorshunate prices fer everything we
eat, drink and ware. Marian, we must
arize in our mite and go fourth tn battle
agin these %despoilers Nv our homes and
shake off the octopus that IL squeezin us
tn death and eatin the life out NV our
Vitals."
"You talk like a burned ole fool,'' sed
Marian, interruptin mi eloquent remarks.
81 ha5n't seen no %octopuses around here,
and I don't beleev thare IL emmy, and q
fer prices, tina air. lower than ever. Wen
we got married, keroseen lie wuz rs cents
a gallon. Now I kin hi it fer 10. Sugar
wuz twict ez hi ez it il now, and flour
wuz with $40 or $12 a barril. Children's
cloze l he'd tn maik, and tina cost more'n
bubble whut tina du now reddy made. ]
don't kno nothin about yer trusts nor hoo
runs EN-. I only kno tibet things all
cheeDer'n tina used tn be wen yure friend