The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-29

III dL III VAIA1
eyes / can't see amy hope. Germany
he'd already surrendered. TIL prime
1ninisther was called upon to further
reassure tn popylace. He made a
hearty, manly speech, sayin' that he
fr I'll worst.
9TH g~overnn1int was buildin' eight
new battleships iv tn type known as
Dreadnaugh-but-Germany, but he
didn't think they'd amount to much
against tn supeeryor force iv tn mi
my. TIL English balloons were SOL
idly built. TIL governmint had refus-
ca til fligity designs iv Americans
an Fr-rinchmen an Ia insisted on
all ARMY balloon bein' constructed
il masonry. TIL on'y throuble about
these nOb1e airships was that they
were too English to fly in the prisince
iv stn inirny. They loved tn soil iv
old England, as who did not, an he
was thinkin' iv employin' thin to
throw enthrenchments.
Lord Rothschild said he feared an
income tax more thin tn
HIS people had lived in Germany an
had seldom known want. Ivry British
artisan says Lord Rothschild. shud
oe called upon to lay aside a suf1lclent
sum ivry year firm his surplus arnings
to build a battleship,' says he. Who
wud be free, must says he, as our
great pote has said, says he, 'sthrike,'
says he, with his cheating yardWand
home says he.
9TH Right Hon'rable Ralfour who
has seen nanny bloody wars firm his
parlor window, sint a thrill through
all hearts. Me mind a he in
claryon tones, is filled with gloom. |
am overcome with tn most horrible
fo~rebodings. Are we to sink back
into barbarism? It looks so. But in
me very anguish | see hope. TIL chat
term " tn teeth iv US leaders iv pub
lie opjnyon may arouse our cOnthry-
men firm their stupor. This hardy
English nation is most dangerous
whin its scared blue. Does not our
gr-reat pote say: Not seldom in our
rough island story, tn path iv Panic
is tn way to glory? l think so. In
conclusion, l wish to say that if we
can on'y get our hardy hod-carryers
to fight FIR us we may have some fun
yet says he. An afther singin' TIL
Lord Save tn King an givin' three
hearty British sobs tn nleetin' broke
up in tears.
We'll, ST.. I've been 1ookin' to see
some verses firm Germany aout tn in
VaSiOn but they're keepin' quite.
There's ne'er a line about it. All We can
see firm Germany is that tn German
impror afther openin' a congress iv as
thrOnOmerS with a speech tellin' thin
49, " = was oOoSo
in tn a%ujeence be tn iditor iv tn
Spectator f%aintin'. Whin he had been
carried out tn noble lord resoomed)
Germany says he, is inVincible. We
might as we'll surrender at warst. 1
advise ivry Englishman who wud not
be a slave to larn German so that
he can intelligently take his ordhers
frm our conkerers,' says he.
Lord Roberts followed with a soul
stirrin' speec hon tn horrible condi-
ton iv tn ARMY an tn unftness iv
tn navy. SO far as he was onsarne
they've all been lookin' through tn
wrong end iv tn tillyscopes, del:vrin'
a lecture to IL mothers iv Germany
on tn bringin up iv children on dill
them, sinsin' q solo fr a singin' So
G ETY., paintin' a pitcher iv himsilf
with a whisk broom in four minyits,
Writin' tn jokes FIR all tn funny pa
apers, composln' an opry while build
n a locomotive, is on his way to shoot
rabbits in tn black forest an while
there w II revise tn Bible with fuller
"details " tn creation iv tn wurruld.
known only to himsilf. Count Zeppe-
lin will sail his balloon firm Munich
TO Berlin. Later: Count Zeppe1in's
balloon has turned upside down an
tn fire departmint iv Munich has been
called out to rescue tn Count firm
tn top iV a smoke stack. TIL larned
Herr Doctor BinglefurSt, who has been
wurrukin' on a universal cure fr all
diseases, was about to announce his
fOrmyla whin he was STRICKEN with
whoopin' cough an died. A German
officer has invinted an explosive that
he exp cts to be as much more tur-
rble thin nithro-glycerine as nithro-
Slycerine is worse thin ZidlitZ pOWd.
hers. Later, he IN it is SO ditfycult
to :gnite that he has patented it as a
fi~re-proofin' mateeryal. No, sir, to all
eyes but tn clear blue eyes iv Eng
land, Germany seems to be goin' on
at tn usual rate iv speed. TIL air is
filed With song. science an tn odor
" cOOkln'. An tn German that in
a months time may be dhrinkin' his