Mower County transcript., 1908-09-02
FARMER BEN'S
COLUMN

COLUMN
One of my old naybors was talkin
with me about the COW question and
said no wonder got results from my
lone COW when 1 took such care OF her.
But tell you had good flow of milk
when l had quite herd down on the
old farm. One. thing any farmer can
hav is two pasturs for the season and
turn into one at time and Civ the
other a rest for two or three weeks.
I don't blame COWS for gettin' tired OF
trampin' over the same old stlnkY pas
tur the whole simmer from May to Oc-
tober. But when they get into clean
washed aud untrod pastur evry few
weeks it livens 'em up great It's just
as easy as to keep 'em in ore lot all the
time. had a scheme also on the 1arm
of a darkish shed where the cows conld
retreat from the flies hot afternoons
and escape their bites. They used to
feed in the mornin' and evenin'. But
1never winter or summer, could get
milk without first class feed. You
can't got it in the pail unless you put it
in the stomach.
Well, the iniquitous primary election
is near by agen with all its fakes and
frauds. It's the worst apology Tor
fairness and honor that ever was per-
petrated, Down in Illinois where they
tried it the other day thousands OF out
siders who never voted the repub ticket
and never will were packin' repub
primaries and helpin' to make weak
ticket to beat in November. There
amt one righteous feature in the prlm'
arv as now conducted. Look how q
few years ago right in one ward In
Austin over hundred fradulent
and illegal votes we're cast at just one
primary to defeat the will OF the party.
The political bosses and schemers now
hav things just where they want EN-
The primaries are settled in the cities
and centres. You can get out tbous-
and primary votes in Austin with leetle
expense and you can't get out that
number in all the country preclnts OF
the county put together. Money counts
around among the saloons and bums OF
the centre places and the country Vot-
ers amt in it for they won't get out.
Under the old nominatin' convention,
the county of1ises went to all sections
of the county. Under the fake prlm-
ary law they all bunch together.
That dirty affinity business where a
man claims that he must leave his law
full wife for a soul-mate and all such
gump has got another fall out in New
York where artist who was the hero
of a very sensational soul-mate ro-
nance has been jagged for beatin' his
affinity. He fired his first wife to marry
his affinity and now he chokes and
beats her and endangers her life. It's
likely to come out this way right along
This whole affinity fake is the rankest
excuse for infdelity and base doings.
When a man accepts one woman for a
wife, if he'd tend to her alone aud not
be eyein' other women he'd never haV
any idee of anybody else bein' SOUL
mate for him. It's those untaltntul
chaps who are alwus playin' smart
around other women who get unrighte'
GUS idees in their heads. 1 amt sorry
to see these atfinities abused and beat
en-. It's warnin' to all that when a
man will prove untrue to his own wife
he'll be apt to prove untrue to his at
fnity.
( can't see how the farmers of this
congress deestrick hav any use for a
proud, stuck up, wealthy congressman
who feels so fur above 'em that he
won't listen to their wants and needs
but simply claims that he owns the
deestrick and can keep gettin' elected
just as long as he pleases because his