Mower County transcript., 1904-10-05
FARMER -BEN'S COLUMN.

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see that Sioux City man has sued
rich Widder for $4,000 for breach of
promise to marry him as she had duly
and truly promised after three years en-
couragement. She just towed him
round like she already owned him and
wrote him letters that make his heart
go pit-a-pat, and he got so dead gone
on her that when he was absent from
her it.seemed like life want worth liv-
in and all his destiny was hung Up on
the Widder and she reciprocated and
told for. 3G months more or less that
all her destiny was hung on him and
all'ofsa sudden along comes man that
she takes better likin' to and she up
andtmarries him instanter and without
consultln' the aforesaid suitor Of three
faithful and unremittin' years. It's no
joke bet to be let down ip this ruth
less andsunfeelin' manner and I can't
see why the man ain got a right to
about 900 of the faithless widder's
money to help soothe and embrocate
his lacerated affections and feelin's.
When the shoe is on the other foot
there ANITA week but what some poor,
forsaken woman who has been desert
ed by man who promised to tie up to
her for life sues for breach of promise
and cant see why turn about amt
fair play.
Judge Parker who is follerin' the
willow.the-wisp of democrat nomina-
ton for president don't want to be
monkeyin' with this pension order of
Roosevelt that gives little pittance to
every worthy old soldier at an age min
imum limit without the nonsensical
and stupid redtape examinations by
Lot Of ignorant and daft pension doc
tors who are just after the fees. Par
}ker thinks maybe he is playin' smart
but he'll find he is playin' nifty foolish
if he Don't look big out. He is tryin'
to get Whack at Roosevelt for what
he calls exceedin' his authority and
then Turns~rouhd and says he is hisself
in favor of age pensions but whether
at the age of ninety five or a hundred
and sixty years old he amt sayin'. If
he's in favor Of the same thing as
Roosevelt, he needn't be fussin' for it's
mere easaof tWtedle dun and tweed.
die and # he amt, but is just biddin'
for the favor of a lot of rebel brlgadiers
votes down south, then he can't catch
wise birds with chatf, that's all. It'll
cut him either way. honestly cross
my, heart don't believe that folks gen
orally kick one straw about havin' all
old soldiers decently kept and furnish
ed even if its takes pension money.
If anybody wants to to find out the in
CRATE and treacherous and unapprecia-
tion and dishonorable side of human
natur he justs wants to get into politix.
One of the boys was teflin' me the other
day that in the recent election squirt,
some of the very chaps that he had
spent the most time and labor and funds
on in other years to elect 'em to offs
and help 'em out in their time OF need
were the very fellows that knitted and
fought and opposed and tugged and
schemed to beat him out on this trip.
1t looks like there was no consideration
of friendship or loyalty or gratitude iu
politix. Just look at the fellows who
slept together in recent campaign who
even two years ago were ftin' at swords
points and playin' the Injun act at
each other. Now they're as chummyN
as Damon and Pythias. You never
can calkerlate how these things ae
goin' to turn out. Even Jim Martin is
one of Bob Dunn's boomers this bless
ed mint. Bill Nolan had to fite in the
recent scrap with some of the boys
that he'd just loaded up with favors
before. Never mind, let her go, Gala
CHER, that's the way of politix and the
fellows that 60 into the filthy pools
must expect to get their clothes soile>'.
1t alWus makes me mad when it
comes to equalizin' up the taxes,of
folks. 1 see that the state board are
doublin' up on every thing in sight.
That is to say to the court, last
spring honest folks returned what
they had for earthly r. possessions
and Civ 'em in straight to the SCISSOR
while the hesneakin' liars and tax dodgers
lied and covered up and deceived and
got off and now the equalizers are
doEblin' up on the the honest returners
while the tax dodgers are just wlnkin' !
their left eye and never get even touch
ed. Look at the lazy tax dodgers round
Sllch a Mace aS AuStin that ~hav a