Mower County transcript., 1904-02-24
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN.

On EASY 'SCH6oC' CulS CI1p 30 Eta eao willy II
in over the comm campaign. Most
all of 'em;are ;juston their first term
and hav given good satisfaction and
nobody dreams of disturbin' 'em.
Greenman, Robertson, Smith, and Col.
Wright ihav just finished up their first
year and ainst been in long enough yet
to get their chairs warm. Simmons and
Campbell hold >over on four years terms
so they in'ttom .the rack at all. Eugene,
the tried ;and true, amt likely to be
bothered. J.;C.. johnson amt candy
date and there is a chance for some
body but you never can get up lively
campaign on just ,one candydate and
Nick knows all the ropes so we'll that
he is right i'm line for the nomination.
On representatives, there's goin' to he a
little fun, so the boys say, and some
that think it's just a walkover may get
the surprise of their life. But as said,
there amt much chance of gettin' up
lively campaign on county business
this year no matter how it may develop
on governor. l can't see why things
amt runnin' along just as good as of
yore and the county amt goin' to the
bowwows. Grafters amt got big
pickin's this trip.
Parents don't want to be blttin' in
when their children get whipped at
school for misdoin'. There amt any
doubt the kids need good deal more
than they ever get and for the parents
to butt in and set children up against
the teacher and set 'em on in more
wrong doin' is the worst kind of train
in. When I was lad my folks alwus
told me that every lickin' I got at
school had duplicate comm for me
when l got home and it never failed.
My paper tells Of one place where the
parents butted in and were goin' to turn
the world over becaus their girls were
whipped at school, I'd like to know
what differ there ought to be between
boys and girls gettin' the same doses
when they commit the same offenses.
In my day, they got share and share
alike. Fred and Lille stood to the
same mark down on old Branch avenue
and professor Xenophon Demosthenes
j. didn't inquire about what sex they was
but took 'em clean as they come. The
kids of this generation know little
enough, the Lord knows, about mindin'
rightful authority, and if the parents
can't govern 'em and the teacher can
it's magnificent policy to keep out and
let the pedagogue have full swing.
I'm awful sorryTto see the likelihood
of other nations gettin' into the scrap
with Japan and Russia. You bet your
last Idollar the fighters will implicate
everybody else in the deal if they can.
know from experience just what war
is and I tell you the quicker it's over
the better. 1 can't see why France and
Germany hav to be buttin' in but that's
the way of the world. I just wish all
would stay out of the ring and let Jap
and the Bear fight to the finish. It's
the territory grab business that's in the
eye of the others. They can't tote fair
and let China alone in its integrity
They can't be satisfied unless they're
all the time grabbin' more territory
They can't hav minite's peace be.
cause they fear the other fellow may
get some advantage in some sly way
I'd like to know just what has become
of that big peace congress at the Hague
and all the fuss that the car of Russia
= made over war and it's horrors. It's
like some fellows that swear off gooo
but never quit. I'd hate to see any
body else get mixed up in the present
fight. It's like trail of flash powder
it spreads quick and way beyond what
one expects or calkerlates many times
Farmer Ben wouldn't sleep peace
fully nights nowadays if Uncle San
didn't hav good navy on the high seas
I've alwus been of the opinion that tn
best way to prevent war was to b.
good and ready for it. When / used t.
go to school to Miss Abby had m,
eye on the ebony ferule when she lai'
it out on the old desk fol, it showed
she had the wherewith to cut in ant
Civ me lots of pain and anxiety of min'
and respected it. tell you, it w
hadn't one of the biggest and bes
navies in the world, every little two b.
three nation would be putin thei
finger to their nose at us. !. AS it is, al
Of 'em from jealous Europe to Mongol
respect our ability to lick 'em if the,
cross our rights. Look how the carpet
baggers down in Columbia kept hand
off. Of Panama because they could SCI
our warships patrollin', the coast.
calkerlate that if the rest let Uncl