Mower County transcript., 1908-12-09

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Down to Rockville, Conn. the other
day q balloon that was tryin' to land
dragged across /. the town tearin'
down electric and fire alarm wires
grape arbors everything 10 its uncon-
troilable course until finally it lit.
Properly enuf, the police took charge
of the balloon and locked it up pendln'
the settlement Of damage done to
property. Itell you If this ridin' IN !,
theair develops it's goln'to be NOR dang
,erous from above than from below. !
You'll never know when your proper
ty is safe, You may be plowin' IN the
field and sandbag Of ballast may
knock you down dead You may be
ssittin' comfortably iii yonr house and
some old busted batloon may come
down crashin' thru your root, Ihese
pesky balloons can't be controlled IN
the air. They can't get a grip on any
thing stable and SO when high winds
spring on 'em and the drivers get des-
perate there'll be something doin'
underneath. 1t won't do any good to
post signs on Your property: "No bal
looms allowed over these premises" SO
there you are Somebody will hav to
STAR a accident insurance company
agenst air flyers ~ +
amt a disbeitever just the same IN
what may come of the alrshlps. 1
don't believe they'll ever get to hav 'em
80 thew can 90 wherever they wish in
gales and strong currents but I've lived
long enuf to be wlllin' to expect any
thing in the way of Improvement. Inc
balloon will be a bonanza in time OF
war. If Uncle Sam had had just one
good one down to Santiago IN 1898 he
could hav known in jiffy all about
the whereabouts of Cervera's fleet.
Just think of what q scoutin' machine
q, flyer would be carryin' spies right
over the enemy camp and locatln' as'l
their camps aud forts and forces aeo
movements. Just think Of droppin
bombs and explosives and fire settlers
right down into cities and camps and
fleets and arsenals Of the enemy. y
fairly takes my bresth .sthfnk
,ot it all, Ofcoarse in reconpoiterin ln m
the day time they'd hav to keep up oat
! of the range of the rifles of the sharp
shooters but at night they could speae
right or you. ,-~a a. -
Governor johnson ,givs it out that az
will veto any bill interduced and passes
in the legislator to repeal the present.
infamous primary election law. Iht
law has been dead knocker for the
repubs because they're the dominatin
party. The scrap between repub can
dydates in tho primary alwus makes
bitterness of feelin' They pitch ont<
each other like dogs and cats and IT!
to tear each other to pieces and IN
Hdems IKE to see this strife and BAT
j $feelin' and they alwus walk IN AM an
profit by the squabbles. The DEM
.meyer had q show on governor in TIM
= state until since the primary was foist
I'D on a inaocent public. Now theyr'
steers in clover in repub neadoWs
The dems vote in the repub primarle
when it's convenient and help on TN
.dissentions: The workin' forces q II Tn
Minnesota epubs are demorallzed
They amt coherent so they suck am
work together Cor the common good.
I'm watchin' all these up to date, ~ me
thods of reform and cure of cussednes'
and crime tendencies. It does beat al
what is claimed can be done witt
people. There's perfesser down z
DesMoines who hypnotizes bad boy
and makes'em all right. He just putt
the .unruly juveniles to sleep and whllt
they sleep the perfesser operates OMEN
and turns their minds round and ther
they start after right things. he tru
ant when his mind is turned round
wakes up and goes to school and
minds his pa and ma because he likes
to and chooses to. The juvenile court
has turned over lot Of incorrlglblet
to his care and if'they hold on in the
reform he effects or'em he'll be given
other youngsters to cure. It's 9 grea''
scheme and will work on girls same as
boys. It looks reasonable too thai
when boys Or girls mind is turned
right round they materially be banker. ' ::
i in; and doin' differin things. We ain't