Mower County transcript., 1904-03-02
FARMER BEN||''S En- COLUMN.

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Mary MGLane as the ideal for genius
and all such truck. call all such per- |
fessers, as are tryin' to gain notorlety |
by MAXIM such outlandish breaks,
simple freaks and the sooner they are
put under the extinguisher the better.
[ believe m'free speech but when 1t |
comes to 1eadin' up the minds of our
youths in our colleges with a lot of
sensational and idiotic drivel it's high
time to save the youth and dump the
perfessers. I've no doubt these seasa-
tional things help to advertise an in
stitutien and make it quoted but I'd
rather hav less notoriety and mere
solid sense. There's lots of insane
notions that ought not to be made
public especially to the minds of buddin'
youth. I Ireckon that now Triggs may
revise his verdict that Rockefeller is a
bigger man than old Shakspear.
I've been rrlminatin' good deal
about that doctor down in Chicago who
told an audience that he had not wash
ed hisself in two years and appealed to
'em if he wasn't the perfect embodi-
ment of health. There's a man up in
Austin they say only washes one foot
at a time and then waits week to
wash the other so it wont make too
strikin' contrast in his physical con-
dition. I've noticed that the dirtiest
people you meet are generally the
healthiest lookin'. See how it is with
children. The boys and girls that play
in the dirt all summer are SO chubby
and we'll that they don't need doctorin'
once in ten years and the children that
are scrubbed every night and kept in
clean clothes get all that healthy skin
juice washed off so they are sickly and
puny and white, It's SO with, some
grown folks. One woman that amt
seen sick day for ten years amt wash
ed her neck this year. If you don't be-
lieve it, look at the neck when you
meet her. 1 reckon that there is a
natural skin oil that don't want to
be too much taken off for good health.
OF course, when you're threshin' you've
got to clean up more but the folks that
hav tried the Chicago doctors rule say
it works fine.
My paper says that Chicago rich old
bachelor who died recently left all his
property to Chicago institutions and
individuals, saying, IL return to
Chicago all that hav derived from
Chicago, and in doing so am glad to
be able to recognize the obligation that
rests upon all good citizens voluntarily
to contribute, according to their means,
towards the moral education of the
people which is most needed and is not
provided for through our taxation and
public schools" We are Waitin' breath
lessly for some of the Austin mil
lionaires to die and do the like act for
the public library and other institutions
up there. Of course, they feel like doin'
sOmethin' handsome for Austin when
they're treated so nicely. Not one of
'em is asked to be mayor, not one of
'em is on the council, not one of 'em is
OH the library board, not one of 'em is
on the park board, not one of 'em is on
the school board. All they're good for
is to pay big taxes and then be elbowed
out of all recognition. I tell you there's
nothin' like jollyin' up the rich folks so
they'll feel like doin' somethin' public
but the dog way Austin's rich men are
treated in public honors would shut up
the pocket book of saint. VI" g..
1 tell you it pays to keep your cow in
good feed and care in winter if you ex-
pect big results. Ny wife has made
what butter we used all winter and we
amt scimped for cream and milk either.
L learned down in old Jefferson county
how to feed closely and get big results,
A COW don't need to be stuffed so she
grunts to.do weM.9 Butt tell you she
wants to be kept ia good warm quar-
ters IN cold weather and not be fed ice
cold water. You iustsought to see my
old brindle sun herself all winter and
hehas been let out only when it was
twenty above and higher. Ny wife has
a kettle OF hot water on every day to
take thu. chill Of the cows drinkin'
water and we feed all the peelin's and
such for appetizer. Last summer I
got couple Of wagon loads Of Mangel
Wurtzels off a little patch Of my garden
and there amt a meal the cow don't
get a mess Of 'em. 5ssIfeed bright
timothy and clover hay and bran and
shorts with pinch Of salt every time
and you just ought to see the ten quart
pail fill up towards the top every night