The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-17
New Ncrk Journal.

s.;I M. Dooley. an | niver did, tn
dasirr has passed tr'm me iv late.
Nv tima red iv til destructive
| power il modhern explosives col
| chills chase eacE other mp an down
me spine.
whats this ere stun they cans
lvddite?" Mr.. Iie1neSSy asked.
Well. its til divvefs own med
| cine" said Mr.. Dooley. compared
with lvldite ioynt powdher IS MIS-;
Winslow's sootl ~ syrup. an Ne cuu
leave tn childhcr play baseball with
q can IL dinnNmite. lis as sthrong
rs Gin'ral Crov.njov's camp III day
IL tn surrinder. an almost as sthronS
as tn politics is Montana. Tn men
that handles it IL caSed III SlN men
armOr and PLAY ed on be 4 hose ~ ICE
vather. Til gut that shoots It Is al
ways blown up Dc tn discharge. Nhin
this deadly missile flies through IN
air III threes ARE withered an IN
little bur-rds fails dead firm tn Ky,
fishes is Kilt in IN, rivers an tn tellN-
phone wires wont wurruk.
.Th' keen-eves! British gunners an
correspondents watches II ~ Us
hellish course az turin their faces as
it falls into tn Der trench. IN oh:
tn sicklv green fumes it gives off.
JUS ilkt plLtn } l'otd'o o'SS'
is Il thremer. Gus explosion. III
earth is thrown up Fl miles. Horses.
men an gun carredges ARE landed
in tn british emp whole. III sun
is obscured be EOer whiskers turned
green. Til heart in tn corryspond-
ent is made sick be tn sight. an be
tn thought ~ IN fearful carnage
wrought be this dhread destroyer in
tn ranks iv tn brave but misguided
Dutchmen. Til mex day deSerters
from tn Boer ranks report that they
have fled tn camp, needin a dhrlnk
an enable to st; nd the scenes " nor
ror. They announce that tn whole
Roer ARMY is as green as wall paper.
an til Irish brigade has sthruck be
cause We can't tel their flag firm tn
flag " tn r-rest ~ tn Dutch. TIL Fr-
rinch Gin'ral i'm command " tn
Swededish corps lost this complexion
an has been sint to tn hospital. an
Mrs. Gin'ral Crownioy's washin' what
was hanoin' on til line whin tn bonn
bardmint commiAced is q total wreck
which 40 mount ~ bluein' will save.
Tn deserters also report that many
" tn Beers ar-re Ou%t-Spannin. trek
kin. loo"erin. Kopejein an veldtin
home to be dNeu fr tbs not known
whether lyddite is q fast color or will
come out in tn wash.
In spite " their heavy losses tn
Beers kept up a fierce fire. They had
no lyddite. but with their other divvil-
ish modhern explosives they wrought
TREMENDOUS damage. F'r some hours
shells burst With turr'ble precision in
tn BOer camp. Wan man who was
good at figures counted as manny as
forty-two thousan eight hundred an
swim burstin within a RADIUS ~ wan
fut. le can imagine tn HORRIBLE
O. p. Observation-Disclosures lost
lost his eyeglass tin times. tn las
time almost swallowin it, while ye'er
faithful correspondent was rindeE-
ed deaf by tn explosions. Another
Irish rigmint has disappeared. tn
Twelve T~housandth an Eighth. Dub
lin Fusiliers. Brave fellows: it's sus-
picted they mistook tn explosion IL
l,vddite fr Il Pathrick's Day process
sion and wint acrost to take a look
at it.
"Murdher, but It's dhreadful to
r-read about. We have to change all
our CONCEPTIONS iv warfare. Wanst
tn field was r-red. now It's a br-right
lvddite green. Wanst a man wint out
an died Fl his country. now they
sind him out an lyddite dyes him.
What do | name? 'Tis a Joke | made.
III not explain it to We. We wudden't
understand it. lis fr tn eddy
Gated classes.
How they're iver goin' to get men
to fight afther this | cudden't tell We.
Twas bad enough in tn OF DAYS. whin
all that happened to a sojer was bein'
pln1thrated be a large One-round COB
~ solder or stuck up on tn end iv a
baynlt be a careless inimy. But now
adaIs they have tn bullet tina whin
1T enthers We TURNS ar.round like tn
screw " q propeller. an another wan
that We might say goes in be a KEY
mole an comes out through a window.
an another that has a time fuse in it.
an IT doesn't come out at all. but
staNs IN We. an mebbe twinty years
afther. whin we've f'root all about it
an ARE settin' at home with ye'er
lam ". bang. away it goes. an We
with it. carrying away half " tn roof.
Thin they have guns as long as
IT m here to tn rollin' mills that fires
smells as big as a thrunk. TIL shells
a'-re loaded k a doctors bag an
have all kinds av things in thin that
won't Go a bit av good to man or
beast. If a sojer has a weak back
'hefe sinethlng in tn shell that re-
moves q weak back: if his head trou-
pies MN. ne can lose it: if tn odher
'iSt'9'elu 10 nm tn shell /
Sl'othefs him in vilet %pOwdher. They
nave guns that amy boy or GIRL who
h'io"s IN typewriter can wurruk an
1hey have other ouns on tn music
Don plan. that We wind up an 90
away an lave al they annoy amy
wan that comes along.
heN have guns that bounces up
our aV a hole in tn groun'. fires a
ihiilHon shells a minyit an dhroDs
BACK II another load. They have
guns that fire dynnymite an GUNS
tnat IRE tn hateful. sickIy green Iyd-
ulte That makes tn Jimmy look like
,ial money. an guns that fire canned
peer IT. the inimy an distemper DOW
dher I tn inimy's horses. An they
nave some guns that shoot straight"
wen: thIn.' Mr.. Hennessy grum-
Dled. ITS d Wundher TO me- tb.t -