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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-07
CHICAGO Livestock.

Chicago, FEB. Z.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today
S,OO0 market steady; good to prime
steers 5.601625; poor to medium 3.75
m5.40; stockers and feeders 2.35@4.@5;
COWS 125m4.40; heifers 2.00m5.O0: can
ners 125M26O; bulls 2.00@40O; calves
3.o0@7.O0.
Hogs Estimated receipts for today.
10000: market averaged lower; mix
ed and butchers 4.15@4.95; good to
choice heavy 4.9om5.o2A; rough heavy
4.75m4.S5; light 4.65@4.so; bulk of
sales 4.70m4.90.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today.
$4,000: sheep and lambs steady; good
to choice wethers 5.50@5.90: fair to
choice mixed 4.7OG15.10: western sheep
4.50m5.s0; native lambs 5.75@S.00;
western lambs SIS M7.90.
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Poisons in Food.

Perhaps you don't realize that many
pain poisons originate in your blood,
but some day you may feel q twinge of
dyspepsia that will convince you. Dr.
Kings New Life Pills are guaranteed
to cure all sickness due to poison Of
undigested food--or money back. 25
cents at Mcdonald & Mahood Co.,
druggists.
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ST. Louis Livestock,

st. LOUIS, TED. Z.
Cattle--Estimated receipts for today,
5000: steady: steers 1926 dD5.s5; stock
ers and feeders 2.25@4.00; cows and
heifers 2.90p4.25.
Estimated receipts for today,
$1,000 lower: pigs and lights 3.750o4.60:
packers 4.70@4.S5; butchers and best
heavy 4.90m5.00.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today.
1900: steady; 450M5.5o; lambs $500
no.
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South Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, Feb. Z.
cattle-Es:imated receipts for today.
1000; steady: native steers 3.40M5.65;
COWS and heifers 275m415; stockers
and feeders 2.40dr4.15.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
1900: lower: heavy 4.S0m4.9o; mixed
475m4.S0; light 4.65m4.So.
Sheep Estimated receipts for today
9.ooo steady; 4.25M5.7o; lambs $3.50
40.
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KENYON DELIVERS ADDRESS.
District Judge Speaks to Audience at
BeImond Church.

BeImond Church..
Special to Times Republican.
Belmond, Feb Judge w. S. Ken
yon of Fort Dodge, gave very help
full and instructive address at the
M e. church. of this place last Sum
day evening, under the auspices of the
brotherhood of st. Paul. The large
audience room was we'll filled, more
than half of the congregation being
men, The brotherhood Of st. Paul at
tended in body, fifty Of the member
ship being present.
The subject of the address was "rhe
Demands of the Age" and appealed es-
pecially to the men.
Judge Kenyon is forceful and elo-
quent speaker and only words of high
est praise are heard concerning the
address,
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New York Produce.

New York Produce.
New York, Feb. Z.
Wheat-May. 116Fs.
Corn May. 501a.
Butter-Creamery imitation. 21T2I;
factory, 1904; renovated, 17W25.
Eggs-Unchanged.
Poultry-Chickens 11h@14; fowls,
10 Y M14; turkeys, 5000.
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Money Market.

New York, Feb Money steady;
1902; prime mercantile, 312mih
sterling. heavy. 4.S7.90M4.ST.95 on de-
mand ASS M4S5.70 at sixty days
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-07

Guilty between the roads is ended the
sooner you will have good times. The
roads are not protiting by 1T and 1T is
hard to understand or explain why
they are continuing the fight.
The only remedy seems to be for the
railroads to take II chance by guaran-
teeing the shippers against changing
conditions, and this is hardly q prac-
tiCal step.
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Tittemore on Situation.

j. N. Iltte1nOfe, Iotineily VI ,oAo"->
City, where he was assistant to the
president of the old Sioux City ana
Northern railroad, and now traffic
manager for the Minneapolis and st.
Louis road. gave expression to the
following interview on the grain rate
question in Des Moines recently:
People wonder why collections are
dull in this section and why business
is depressed; why the enormous grain
crop is not moving and why the money
we should have for the crop is not
coming into the country. Ii they
were ALL railroad people they would
understand the reason. Strange as II
NAV seem, it IS due to the fierce com
petition now being wdged between lines
running to the gulf ports and bnes
running to the Atlantic seaboard to Sc
cue the grain intende for export This
edition has come TO b.. SO llerce
that tho grain men are afraid 10 ship
w..neut a guarantee thoi the railroads
viii 1rctect them agein,t probable Eur"
ther reductions just for illustration,
~. of your big grain operators have
CARED on me this morning tn offer me
hir export shipments via Peoria AID
49,
as a condition of accepting them, to
guarantee them against further re-
duction in the gulf rate that might
bring disaster to them. One elevator
man offered me 10000 bushels of corn.
! am not going to say whether L LOOK
the chance or not, but 1 want to say
to you that grain man is not going
to start a big movement to the Allan
tic seaboard with the prospect that the
Atlantic rate will have the life cut out
of it while his grain is in transit. ana
he will be confronted at Baltimore or
New York or Newport News with
reduced market brought about by this
cut.
SO long as this rate situation con-
tinues, lust so long will your grain men
move with precaution that Will pre-
tclude the possibility of Iowa realizing
OH it's crop, and the sooner this dlffl-
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago Produce.
Chicago, Feb. Z.
Pork-May 12.s21h: July 1890.
Lard--May go; July 700.
Ribs--May 6.S21a: July 6.971a.
Rye-February $50.
Timothy-2.S
Clover-12.60.
Flax-Cash 1.1561.22.
Barley-390D49.
Butter-Firm; creameries, $1,000;
dairies, 1925.
gs-Strong-25@31.
Poultry-Firm; turkeys, IA; chick
ems, 10; springs, II.
Range of Prices.
The following quotations were fur.
nished by e. H. Prince; office No. 10
Woodbury. building:
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church of this place. 1t proved to be
a great success financially and other
wise. There were about 100 present
and nearly $50 was raised. Colonel
G. w. johnson sold the boxes at auc-
ton to the highest bidder.
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Peoria Grain.
Peoria, Feb. Z.
corn-No. 8, 4o,s.
St. Louis Grain.
St. Louis, Feb. Z.
wheat-M May, 1855.
Corn-May, 49,.
Oats-May, 305s @SOA
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LIVERPOOL Grain.

Liverpool, Feb. Z.
Wheat-March rs sd; May. 6s
11@d; July, Is 11Ssd.
Corn-Spot. As lsd@4s 1926;
March, As Id; May, as I'd.
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CHICAGO Grain.

Chicago. Feb. Z.
wheat-No. 2 red 100; No. 3 red -
@1.17: No. hard 1.14a Gilt. No.
3 hard 1.05@1.15: July 1.01M; May
opened 1.162s @1.16h; highest 1.16M;
opened 1.16ss @1.16k: highest 1,16B @
LII; lowest Icy; closing 1.167s.
Corn-No. Q 43A @431a; No. 3 42A
@43; No. white 431s@43A; No. 2
yellow 431k M43&; No. 3 white and
No yellow 43@43h: July 45A: May
opened 45M @45A: highest 45A; low
est As; closing 45ls.
Oats-No. 2 3OH@3OA; No. 3 3ok:
No 2 white 32@321a: No. 8 white 81
@31M; July 3o1s; May opened 3oss q
SO1s; highest 3oss @3o1a; lowest 30B;
closing sos.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-07

Social Event at Geneva.
Special TO Times Republican.
Geneva, Feb. IA box social was
held in the opera house Saturday eve
ming for the benefit of the M. T.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-07
WHEAT BARELY STEADY
The EARLY Market Was Bcarish
as a Result of Lower Cables
and Weather
THE MARKET LACKS SUPPORT
After the Early Decline Prices Rallied
and the Close Was Higher = Corn
Followed Wheat Declining Early, but
Later Showing Some Advance =
Easier Tone in oatsa

Chicago, Feb. 7.-Sentment in wheat
today was a trif1e bearish as a. result
Of lower cables and seasonable weather
in the west and southwest. Pit trad
ers and commission houses had mod
crate offerings, but the market lacked
the support in evidence the past few
days. May opened at 1.16as to 1.161a,
advanced to 1.165s and eased off to L.
1914. July opened at 1.01 Il to Io1&
and sold Off to LOIS. Minneapolis.
Duluth, and Chicago receipts We're 261
cars.
Late in the day the market became
quite firm, May closing up ss@h at
1.167s. July 1.16M; July, A@3s higher
at 1.017s.
Following the decline at Liverpool
the corn market had an easier tone.
The volume Of trading was light. May
opened at 45M to ASK and eased off
to 45@451s. Receipts We're 500 cars.
Corn held remarkably we'll. May
closed off sax at 45ls.
Oats.
The easier tone in other grains was
the principal influence in oats. Trad
ing was mainly of a scalping nature.
May opened at 3O% to 3o12. Receipts
were 142 cars.
Provisions.
Large receipts Of hogs In western
packing centers induced some selling
of provisions by pit traders, resulting
in an easier undertone.
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Representative Cattle Sales.
A few of the cattle sales given out
The Horse Market.

Heavy supplies of farm chunks
We're included in auction offerings yes
terday morning and it seemed to be
lust what trade demanded. The auc-
ton ring was we'll sprinkled with
buyers from agricultural districts an!
prices ranged from $75m12O and UP to
$145 for best grades. Choice drafters
are hard to find in the country, but are
easily disposed of here at fair prices,
several sales being reported both in
the ring and at retail at around $l75
M225.
There is but little, if any change in
market prices from last week. and only
slight declines from the high time
of the year.
Poor Good
ORA fters S11O9160 s165 124O
Loggers and feed
ers 75@145 15O619o
Chunks 75@100 11Om145
Expressers .... 110@15O 15O@17o
Farm mares and
small chunks -. 500 80 so6125
Light drivers 80. 65@13O 100000
Actors and coach
ers .......... 1oo@175 2oo@45
Iowans at the Yards.
! ]. c. Farley Of Osceola, was here
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-07
RAILWAY TIME TABLES
Iowa Central Railway

Time Table at MarshailtoWn, Iowa,
Corrected to August 20, 1904
THE "sHoRT LINE"
To st. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Peoria and all
Points Beyond.
Trains Arrive and Leave as Follows:
Arrive North Bound Leave
s:5S a. m. st. Paul Mail Daily $3.50 u. m.
1888 a. m. st. Paul Elk. DAILY 1850 a. m.
A:55 y. M. Mason City NJ lex Sun. 5s3Dp. m.
Local Freight Eek. Sum- 6:45 u. IN.
South Bound.
b:55 p. m. ST. Louis X. c. Mail daily sos D, m.
2:55 Il. IN. st. Louis Peoria EK. DAILY 3:00n. m.
s:l5 a. m. Peoria Mail Tex SUM 9:l5 a. m.
Local Freight (ex Sunday 6:45 u. m.
Story City Branch
5:00p. m. Mail lex. Sunpay) 1O:45 a. M
-~la:l5 y. IN. Mixed Tex. Sunday 600 D. M.
Elegant New vestbued Pullman
Sleeping Cars and Coaches Run Daily.
For Folders, Rates, Etc, apply to
A. B. QUITS, j. F. TALLETT,
G. p. G. T. A. Ticket Agent,
Minneapolis, Mimi. MarshaIltown, la.
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Kansas City Grain.
Kansas ('ity I
)ats-No. Q white, s1@$11a,

Wheat-May 1.06M July 81 " m9l V.
Corn-May 1895 Gas y; No. 3, 1875 a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-07
Little Prospect of a Settlement
of the Fight Between the
Eastern Lines
ROADS ARE INVOLVED
Volume of Grain Handled Has Not
Been Increased, Owing to the Ship
pers Declining to Take Risks of
Sudden Change in Rates-Tittemore
Talks.

Sioux city, Feb after two weeks
of bitter competition on the part vi lne
various railroads operating IN the
west in the shape of Il grain rate war
the possibility of a settlement seems
as far away as ever. The reduction OF
shipping prices on export grain which
has been made to such n marked ex-
tent by the various railroads and
which was thought would have the eff
feet of stimulating the movement OF
grain has done nothing of the sort.
Sioux City handlers of grain have
received no benefit from the rate war
thus far and Sioux City is In the
heart of the territory for whose gram
the railroads are now fighting. A new
factor in the rate war as far as Sioux
City is concerned will be seen today
ern, the Northern Pacific, and other
roads operating to the north Will put
into effect schedule of shipping rates
which will be for the effect of regain
ing the lost prestige OF Minneapolis
and ST. Paul as goals for the grain
from this territory.
Since the Inauguration of the rate
war the grain from Sioux City ana
vicinity which has heretofore been
moving toward the north. has been
going to Omaha, where 1t would get
the benefit of the gulf rate offered by
the Missouri Pacific and other roads
running to gulf ports, The northern
roads are of the opinion that the rate
to be introduced today will again turn
the tide to the north.
The volume Of grain handled here
has not been increased in any way by
the low rates announced by the COM
peting railroads. This is due to two
reasons. The greater share of the
grain secured in Sioux City comes
from the country Immediately sur
rounding. The condition of the coun-
try roads has been such that the haul
ing of this grain has not been prac-
ticabe The other reason is that the
shippers are afraid to risk the ship
ment of grain in any quantity In any
direction because of the probability
that a competing road will lower It's
rates in the meantime, reducing by
that much the price for which the
grain can be sold at the coast points
All of the grain getting the advantage
of the newly adopted rates has to be
for export shipment and the shippers
must take what they can get for 1T at
the ports.
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New York Exchange.

Chicago. Feb. I. = New York eX
,hange at Is premium.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-07

Representative Hog Sales.
A few of the representative hog sales
are below given:
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CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RY.
Maple Leaf Route.
Effective 12:01 p. N. June 20, 1903.
TRAINS SOUTH.
No. 1, d. M. & X. c. Limited, 4:4s q M
No. s. D. NJ. st. J. & x. C. Ell. $50 q m
No. 9, Southwestern Express, 1906 m
NO. Z, Des Moines Express. A: 80 D m
TRAINS NORTH & EAST.
No. 8. Twin City & Chi. Spec, 4:0s . m
No. 4, st. Paul & Chi. Ex.. /. 10: 80 a m
NO. 2, Twin Cy. & Chi. LTD, 1885 D m
No. 8, Oelwein Express. .7:1O m
All trains daily, except Nos. z and 6.
j. r. HARDING,
Agent, MarshaIItown.
j. p. ELMER, G. P, A, Chicago.
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New York Stocks.
The following range Of prices are
furnished by A. ]. Clark. broker, over
the private wire Of the Donovan Com
mission Co. office over s West Main.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24

chain and diamond-studded emblem at
tached, had dropped into the river on
account of his STOPPING too low. he
held his breath. and stopped hauling
at his grappIe for a minute, till he
had bet himself $500 that his watch
had not been caught in the grapple.
Then he pulled up slowly, and there
was his watch and fob, all right. He
let his net stay In the river, threw hrs
grapple away, and on the spot TOOK a
solemn vow never again to fish Tor
anything. and to always consider his
last catch his record one. The other
two were cured of their mania by
walking ten miles in the dust, smoke
and heat down to the mouth OF the
Willamette. and then pulling a boat
for hours, fishing for bass, and never
getting even a bite. They are both
men of mature years and of sound
minds, and WREN they found out that
the slough is fshed by farmers with
set rets every night. and the markets
supplied in this way, they put their
fishing tackle, including new bait
buckets away, and said they viii fish
no more-Portland Oregonian.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Cured Of Fishing Habit

Persons who have become addicted
to drinking intoxicating liquors to
excess occasionally reform, gamblers
once in a while lay down the cards
and work for living, but once a man
has allowed the mania for fishing to
secure a firm grip on him he rarely
RECEIVERS until disabled by old age
or accident It will therefore sur
prise many to learn that within the
Fast week three fishermen of this city
have been cured OF their disease, and
no more desire to fish. One of them
Is ]. Edmonston, whose chance for a
days sport on Labor day was ruined
by his boy losing the net with which
ne was fishing for mlnnows under a
wharf. He determined to have an
other try, and so rugged up coil or
grapple Of barbed wire and undertook
to fish up his net. He pulled up lots
of brush and rubbish of all sorts,
which had collected under the wharf,
but could not catch his net Finally.
as he was hauling up his grapple for
Tire last time, he heard something
drop and found that his costly hunt
ing case gold watch, with gold fob
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Woman Stopped the Train

She, timid, diminutiVe woman. was
frankly boasting. Once l was great
er than all railroad rules and regula-
tions," she was saying, and l held a
train ten minutes. No, | did not flag
it, but l just kept everyone waiting
all that time for me to get off. You
see, it was this way: Wien my sta
ticn was called l started up to leave
the car and found myself yanked back
suddenly. Again l tried to rise and
again was rudely tumbled back into
the seat. Then l discovered that my
dress skirt was firmly fastened be-
tween the cushion and the woodwork.
In some way it had worked under,
and every time l tried to move l
snapped back as if there was an elias
tic hand attached TO me. l tugged
and tugged, but / simply could not
loosen my skirt
81 called to the conductor and ex-
planned my predicament to him. He
took up the cushion, but by that time
my skirt had worked around until it
was wedged fast between the frame Of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Strong Youth Of Japan

One of the first things to impress
itself upon foreigner in Japan is the
popularity and the excellence of the
physical training given to Japanese
youth. They are a race CT miniature
SPartans, and they have become so
through such patient, painstaking tell
and endurance as would appall the av-
eragc American youth, Injured to soft
nesses. The japanese schools are
nearly all modelled after American in
situations, or, as the people Ike to be-
lieve, after a composite of all that is
best in the schools of America, Eng
land, France and Germany. The stu
dents are not, of course, trained in
modern athletics, and could hold their
own at nothing of this kind with our
magnificent college boys, but in sim
pie physical training, making the very
best of what nature has provided, the
japanese excel any people have ever
seen.
My very first day in the little island
empire was full of ordinations
about this constantly evident nation
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24

the seat and the wall 1t was an ex-
pensive dress, and l did not want to
tear it. / was nearly in tears until
heard the conductor give the brake
man orders to hold the train, and
then nearly giggled myself into hys-
ter.cs.
Two men behind me joined in the
tussle. They ted me to stand up,
,hey told me to sit down. 1 expected
any minute that they'd tell me to
stand on my head before l was re-
leased. Meanwhile the other rassen-
gers in the car had gathered around
and were Offering assistance, and
was nearly burning up with mortiica-
ton. Finally a man with deft, careful
fingers pulled my skirt out bit by bit.
while the crowd audibly expressed
their admiration every time he had
gained half an inch. Finally he
wrenched the last bit out, and fed.
The brakeman smiled as he helped me
off and said admiringly:
My, but you've delayed the train
ten minutes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
Was Same Old Mower

"A neighbor of mine at Bath Beach
last July" said ex-Sher.ff TON"
Dunn, used to bore everybody on
the train by bemoaning the vagaries
of his lawnmower. He had about ten
square feet Of lawn that he used to
shave most conscientiously every 9th
er day. His lawnmower, however,
seemed possessed of a mischievous
demon of some sort. 1t would sulk
and refuse to go. Then, when he
started to investigate the cause of the
stoppage, it would start suddenly and
cut his finger TO the bore. 1t would
alternately fail to cut the grass at all
and dig great burrows in the soft
turf. He tried to sell it, but no one
would take it as a gift. At last, one
morning he showed me an advertise
ment in Brooklyn paper offering for
sale at ridiculously low rate a peer
less lawnmower that was warranted
to cut grass as evenly and as regu-
lsrly as patent razor. The owners
address would be furnished at the
office of the newspaper.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24

al characteristic, which belongs to the
lower classes and the great middle
class. The highest class in Japan is
remarkable, alas! for physical weak
ness more than for physical perfec-
ton, q condition attributable to cen
turtles Of an extraordinary sedentary
mode Of life. The ship on which l
crossed the Pacific ocean had not cast
her anchor in Yokohama harbor be-
fore she was surrounded by a great
crowd-''swarm" better expresses it
of sampans, little heavy wooden boats
propelled by a single car at the stern,
AMI almost without exception handled
by boys apparently about twelve to
fourteen years old, and whose half
naked bodies, straining against the
heavy cars, looked as if they had been
modelled in bronze by some master
artist. Their training is the kind
which necessity forces upon the la
borer, Of course. but it is none the
less splendid, and will have no less
splendid effect uron the future Japan.
Il eslie's Weekly.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
CUSTOMS OF AFRICAN TRIBE.
traveller Tells of People Low in tn,
Scale Of Humanity


Herr Eberhard Won schkopp. xAo
mas explored the interior of the Kan.
eruns district in western Africa. gives
an interesting account Of the native
tribe called the Bakoko. They are
ne believes, Of Semitic origin. and.
having lived in the Kameruns district
only about 200 years, are called
strangers by other natives. They gov.
ern by means Of a Council of elders. /"
whose duty 1t is to Judge offenders
guilty or guiltless. If guiltless they
are set free; if guilty they are put
10 death, this being the only form of
punishment known there.
According to the gravity of the
crime, the manner of execution varies,
and may be simple" or "complicat.
ed" Simple" execution means be.
ing thrown to the crocodiles. Com.
plicated" execution consists of being
fastened to tree and left to be eaten
oy casual visitors. such as lions and
tigers, or being tortured until death
comes.
Cannibalism is practiced by the Ba
kokos. not because they especially
care for the flavor of the meat, but
because they feel that by eating every
particle of an enemy they are subject
ing him to the greatest indignity con
ceiVable.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-01-24
The Kansas Farmers Song

In the days done gone when the drought
was on and the chintzbugs chintzed
in the grain; when we jest raised
crops fur the thing that hops, an
the cyclone busted the plain: then
our reg'lar fare was but prairy air
as we follered the shin.n plow, an
our Sunday clothes would alarm the
crows, but you bet it's different now.
OH a farmers life is the life fur me;
I'm the winnin' card in the deck;
In these rattlin' days o prosperity
/ am in it up to the neck
NV sufferin' teeth l no longer gnashs
I'm a king o. the rural rank
With nuthin' to do but count the cash
An carry it to the bank.
Our good OIL wives in their hard luck
ives were logged in but catered
rags: the waists on their backs
made O. flour sacks an the skirts
was of gunny bags. Now the gowns
they wear on their flggers bear the
mark o. the tsilor's hand, an their
Jewels CLEAN like a fairy dream. an
they're stylish to beat the bandl