Mower County transcript., 1901-10-16
BEN'S COLUMN.

FARMER BEMSCULUmn.
I see the htgh-bloods down in New.
port the other day had q high-toned
circus all for theirselves with en-
graved Invitation cards and with gilt
ballroom chairs to sit in and red
tent and a single ring and all. just
think OF calm that a circus. I bet
the show want as good as an Austin
boys tive-ptn attempt. You can't
get the real thing in that way. I tell
you pity small boys brought up in
the aristocrat families that hav to
take such sntde circuses. just think
OF the fun we used to hav down in
old Jefferson county half a century
ago when the shows came In with
wagons and they had gingerbread and
lemo on sale. What fun there was
crawlin' under the tent for sneak,pr
carryin' water for the elephant for a
true ticket and the wonderful things
said by the clown and. done by the
riders and animals. Why, we used to
sit on long boards, each one behind
the other and higher, and your legs
danglin' off and your knees in, the
next fellows back. What farce to
call the Newport one ring affair a
circus.
Speakin' OF circuses, makes me
think of what the New York idjit
high bloods are doin' for sport. They
are attendin' amateur cfrcuses there
and insted Of sittin' in gilt ballroom
chairs and all that, holdin' up their
heads for aristocrats, they are pre-
tendin' to be Rubes fresh from the
country and eat peanuts and blow
With red bandannas and drink pink
lemo and tee-hee and laugh long and
coarse and act loose jointed and then
think they are actin like folks from
the country and call that fun. And
this is by the highbloods and aristC-
Gratis and snobs. II you could pound
the brains of twenty Of 'em together
you couldn't get enough to supply
Chimpanzee. Such ridiculous idees.
The fact is that actual country men
aud women could Civ the whole OUT
fit cards and spades in good behavior.
They don't try to mock and make fun
of the city idjits, If they did they
would hav some first class material.
And as for behavin' at circuses or
anywhere else, the country folks will
hold up their heads with any of the
townies in neat dressin', clean Ian
guage, proper behavin', and genteel
manners. The city idjits must be
hard up for fun when they took to
the Rube farce.
l can't let this subject go without
one more word, as the women say.
| When it comes to bad manners, the
townies take the cake right along.
You go into some of the stores and
ask of the faithful and hardworkin'
and worthy clerks what folks are in
solent and ill-bred to 'em and treat
'em like dogs and see whether they
are townies or not. You watch who
are the ones at the musicals and
theatres and operas that whisper and
eiggle and disturb the rest by bein'
i'll hammered and maxim apes Of
theirselves, / exasperatin' you
more than cussin' would. You ask
the Austin teachers what boys and
girls: are the touehs that Civ trouble
in school, whether townies or. not.
When come up to the street fair in
Austin last fall every last boy and
girl that threw fetti and hit me with
q bladder club was townie. Country
folks know how to behave theirselves
in church and in concerts and in
every place. They amt stuck up
with clerks that are their betters.
They amt mockin' city folks to make
fun OF 'em: / bet I could 90 down to
Newport and sit in one Of those stuff
fed chairs and look wise and folks
would take me for the Prince Of
Whales.
O O O
I tell you folks that are the biggest
bugs and liv in the biggest style and
are highbloods and all that amt by
any means the happiest. They are
lookin' for something unusual In the
way OF enjoyment and they miss the
common every day fun of life. Why,
l can just enjoy to see my old COW
ruminate her cud and to hear the
roosters crow andsthe sheep blat and
I hav lots of comfort drivin' down to
the old farm with wife and I enjoy
seein' the truck growin' in my garden
all summer and when it comes to
enjoyin' eatin' wouldn't trade my
appetite and relish for vittles for all
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