Mower County transcript., 1903-01-28
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN,

w udG d COWdIuly, Uullylu dCC GLdt
was in Germany last Wednesday
bombardin' fort San Carlos down in
Venezuela again when a halt had been
called SO as to arbitrate. If the Ger
man war vessles that made the coward
ly and unWarranted attack had been
sunk in the bottom Of the sea the
whole world would hav jubilated for
three days. Germany is evidently look
in for trouble, as Miss Abby used to
tell us youngsters when we got into
mischief in school. This second bonn
bardment shows that this whole Vene-
zuela affair is mere pretext for Ger
many to try to get trouble brewin' on
this continent so she can sieze territory
in absolute and insolent defiance of the
Monroe doctrine. No wonder that
John Bull is gettin' sick of her
company and alliance with her. The
proper thing to hav done right at the
start was before any attacks on Vene-
zuela had been tried, for Uncle Sam to
! haV announced that any such forcible
Iattemp 70 ollect unjust and trumped.
up debts would 60 against the grain.
Here we had got things down there in
thes:shape of a truce, with minister
Bowen as mutual friend to arrange for
sure collection of the German and
English debts and claims and now
Germany comes in and deiantly and
deliberately with malice aforethought
| pitches on with her war ships to keep
the muss stirrin'. say that the worst
lickin' that any nation ever got is about
the right medicine to administer her.
Won't it seem queer after July first
to see all the sojer boys in Uncle Sans
army wearin' uniforms of olive drab
color insted of the old army blue we
used to wear in war times and which
has been the color from away back?
It's goin' to knock out lots Of the old
sentimental songs about the blue and
the gray and the boys in blue and such,
but the KNOWN experts say the new
color will be healthier and better and
we oughtn't to kick after that. calker-
late that the old veterans of 81 and IS
| will be known in all comm ages as the
boys in blue preeminently and if the
boys in olive drab win fresh laurels ir
comm generations we amt jealous o.
Ebad-feelin'. By the way, speakin' OF
the cid veterans of 81 see that's some
wise man has introduced a bill in tn,
legislator .forbiddin' the state SOLDIER
home bosses from takin' any of th'
boys pensions away from 'em. That
the proper thing. hope my farm ant
garden will keep me so I won't be de
pendent to 60 to the soldiers home bu
all the same it's a niggardly trick tt
pretend to Civ the deservin' veterans 1
home and then .gobble part Of thei
pensions to help pay for it. Their
amt SO very much credit for the grea
state of Minnesota in such small bust
:. ness. There wouldn't been much lef
of Minnesota if the boys hadn't tough
:. the war through and licked out th
rebels and it's little enough to Civ tn
deservin' and needy boys; in blue
!, whole loaf insted of o,1l ] ;klaeepin, back hall
Il s .:zt-:z ~ - - a.. az Ks
Whist : farce lots Of the proposes
| work Ii the state 1sgislater is. Tn
j. other day somebody htefduced|a = bill
: Ito investigate the charges made b
president Mellen of the 81. Z. tha
/ Legislators were sabnsin' their pas
g privileges and sellin' 'em to scalper
!, and 90 forth at random. Do you spos
| the. bill got consid iderationa Why, bles
! you, when It came up there was such
shower Of nays that it was al jug
/ handled. The awful honorable mem lem
bers reisimply takin' the passes an
J doin' what they please with 'em and 9
yI the same time get fifteen cents 70 mil
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