Mower County transcript., 1901-09-04
EARl her REN'S COLUMN.

the fair every year look at the stun
and then tell how they've got justsas
good or better at home which they
didn't bring. It looks like either
theY5was liars or else they hadn't the
slightest idee of how 10 get up a fair:
I'm.expectin' to make Baudler hump
SonEa few kinds Of vegetab bles and il
anYbody can bring any better oats
and corn than Farmer BEN he is.
entitled to the premium. 1t does
make me tired to see folks turn up
their nose at the county fair when
they ain't lifted their hand TO help it
at all. I bet There *ain'b any better.
stock at the state fair this week than
will be here next week at the county
show and bet that folks will get
just as much fun out Of 2:30 race at
home as'they will out 9TH 2:o5 at
Hamline. I'd rather watch asssthree
minu te Grace where the horses2just
lick into it to win without jockeyin'
and cheatin' than to see one Of the
smashers with two minute record and
* now that the gam blers hav bought
Eoff the race and hav decided it before
5it is started, I reckon that can put.
in lots of interestin' time at the
county fair and after. I've looked
over every pig from bis probvcis to
the last kink;cr his Satte uated tail it
T will be night. = "'s'.' f. - : "
Everybody in the west is THROWN
up his hat for Teddy Roosevelt for
our next president and don't blame
'em: The people want him and 4
reckon are goin' to bav him. My
paper, says that some ot the New
Yorkstwo-penny politicians are fieger
in to Civ the Empire State to some
other candidate SO as to head Teddy
off,. Let 'em try it and see how they
come out. The whole west will round
up for him same as he used to round
up his herds on the plain when he
was COW puncher. / don't Civ 9
| tinker's awl tor what the politicians
think and wantifI can only get the
people to come out and express their
wishesi In the primaries. l feel about
Teddy and the gang just as ! do
lzabout the Mower county boss and hts
claims that the people of this county
must continue to lay down at his
dictation and he continued to dance
on their corpuses and say who shall
and who shall not hold office He
Thinks that the voters otthis county
are simply row OF cats on!a string
and he has got hold Of the end OF the
string leading 'em. Hurrah for
Teddy for president. He has shown
hisself a man in every sense and is
worthy and we'll qualified
see that, crusade has been start
ed in some of the, big cities against
the rtngin' Fof church bells. 1t must
| be by q lot OF old sinners that hate to
be reminded of other duties instead of
goin' to base ball games and beer
picnics on Sunday. I calkerlatea that
it will be long time before the bells
quit entirely altho. / reckon there
might be compromise and cut down
the present noise about three quart
ers: I like to hear 'em. Down on
the old farmI couldn't until when we
was comm in off the prairie the bells
would sound like they was invitin' us
to come. Funny how much difference
there is in the same bell, whether
you re COMM to funeral or to
Christmas tree. Some smart chap
says that church bells hav signaled
the progress of civilization in SUM-
shine and shadow. in happiness and
sorrow. ] amt been up against that
I progress for over sixty years but if
this is any way true then. the bells
Ought not to be dumbed. I don't
| suppose I've so much business to
dictate on this, as those that hang to
meetin' more regular. I've got my
own notions on religion and churches
that's nobodyelse's business, but be-
lieve 1T ain't no disgrace to try TO live
right. and the less empty perfession
and the more steddy and honest
workin' at goodness there is the
better all round. G:~G; =, ~.zs via. i
The meetin' Of the national G.. A..
r. at Cleveland next week makes. me
think vividly of forty yea rs ago when
the first year OF the war was On. We
was young and vigorous then and the
boys didn't hold back when Honest
Abe called tor volunteers. There
wont be so many :of the boys at the
encampment as there has been.
A bout IL 900 SHof 'em died last year and
Those that are. still alive ain 'tgas spry