Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-03-07
Mehitable VS.. Samantha.

municatiOn last week was indeed
"linale," so that have the floor for the
future, and the few last remarks to
make, which shall attempt to do in
becoming manner and with plain facts
for pointers, and the very first thing
shall do is to use one of dear old Rob
bic Burns stale quotations as an illus-
tration:
oh, wad some power the gif' tie gaus,
To see ourselves as ithers SEQ us
Now, my worthy colleague. | believe
that is what they say in debates, asks
Of Mehitable, "Do you practice what
you presch?,, Indeed l do, madam,
for you remember told you that We
had more than we could do to attend to
our own boys, and l, myself, am not
one of the goody- goody sort, for we
are all poor weak mortels. But as you
will answer no more questions, |, Of
course, shall have to be content without
asking, "if you practice what you
preach" and let the public guess ct
that part of 1t.
In what obscure corner have l re.
sided? All, yes! Well, although not
as highly educated and well cultured rs
my adversary, IL think had better call
it that have travelled about bit in
| my time and have lived in several diff
| ferent locations short time, not many
miles from Ryan, so that am CONVEX
SAINT with many of the model homes in
that locality, where the boys never play
cards, nor have their family jars uud
knock downs, or regular field tights at
home, and am pretty we'll acquainted
with the lads, God bless them ALL / say,
for have no fault to find with the
boys and girls any place,) and if they
a social game of cards, and steal jugs
of whiskey from farmers wagons, that
| has probably been purchased for pick
les. Nor can the pool tables, cider
joints, ETC., he blamed for it either.
Remember 1 say, off they do these
things" and in every place that l have
resided have known of these gather
ings for the purpose of drinking beer
and playing cards, and having a jolly
time generally, even in the pure atmos.
phere of the vicinity of Ryan, which !
mean for no reflection, for love the
people of that locality. But, of course,
you would not be expected to know
what a beer keg looks like. You have
never been used to any such thing dur.
ing the even tenor of your life, and dc
not tolerate any such thing in that par,
of the country. Neither do we in this
town, but alas, we have them here just
} same as you do there
While my knowledge of the world is
/. not very extensive, though 1 have new,
er applied to the Womans Club to send
a boy away to the Kelley Cure and pre-
tended it was for some town boy
, God knows, if had boy that had tc
go there, or to the penitentiary or re-
form school, should not blame thu
I. authorities for the fact, nor try to hide
] or screen them, but let them walk up
and take their medicine like little
man, for think, upon my word, TO
any drug consumer or drinker to &c
+ there for aid or trea tment is an homo
: to them.
81 Now disagree with our beloved
! Samantha" in regard to the stale quo
} tations for l can not, like her, Away.
find plenty of smart things to say ms
self, and do not consider the sayings Of
} the distinguished Cowper, Burns anG
others stale. Perhaps Samantha
does not need to sign her name publicly
} an article but Oh my! do wish she
J would 50 tina might know to who m
am speaking and come out SO mucl
. palmer.
J So beef, butter and milk are the pro
auctions Of the old sour swill barrel ar,
2 they? Oh! l perceive never told t.
learn something. Your glasses were
at fault dear too in regard to those con,
Examinations for said we did not have
them in town. Did not say that vol
had them in the country, but see the
J coat fit and you put it on. l said we
did not bring your boys to town, did
5 not even say that they came.
7 That little "If' is always in the way
9 but L do say that your country boys dc
not have to come to town to drink anc
8 play cards etc, for they do all of those
t things right there, so think perhaps
5 that practicing and preaching question
Q is answered. Our ladylike and well in
formed president of the woman's clul
did not say that the travelling library
r should be forced upon those poor littl
D tired teachers, for my dear madam, the
r day the declaration Of Independence
9 was signed We were declared free ant
q independent people. Free mora
: agents to do as we please abou
9 such things but of course we d
: OF expect library from our W alth
r Samantha" unler the circum tame -
r neither do We expect her to speak TO
: the whole of Delaware caunty, and fol
o my part am glad she stirred thu mat
r ter up for every one | meet now seem
y to be So anxious for those circulating
D libraries to prove success, so l think
d 1t has been an advantage to the mat
8 ter.
8 l am SO sorry samantha" that WI
|. fail to understand each other. / mus
: have new lens adjusted in my glasses 81
that may see distinctly to analyz'
thoroughly your articles, but alas! there
C is to be no more of them, so pleaGe
/. re lch over anil let US shake hands dea
AMI part good friends for all through
/. our articles there las been far TOO many
l little insignificant Ifs in the way, and
please excuse this one more stale quo
/ tation To err is buman' and if nul
I boys, yours and mine, if wa have any
err, freely admit, that lis owing 20 thu
ringing up. if YOU wish 1t that Way