The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

III give We twinty chances an ye'll
nlver guess. Blankets? No. Sugar"
Wrong. Flannel shirts? Thry to
be a little practical, Hinnissy. Sinitor
Aldhrich amt no majician. Well. 1
might as we'll tell We if ye're sure ye'er
heart is sthrong an We. can stand .
joyful surprise. Are We ready?
Wei thin joss sticks an opyum Fl
smokin' ARE on tn free list, II
they amt I'm a Chinyman an if they
are I'll be wan pretty soon. How
often have / envied me frind Hop
Lung Whin I see him burnin' his
priceless joss sticks while 1 had to
worship with an infeeryor stencil put
up in Grand Rapids. Michigan. HOW
often have l seen him lynn on top ~
me weeks Washin pullin' away at
tn savry rooster brand an dhreamin'
he was tn ImprOr iv Chiny while I've
had to contint mesilf with a stogy that
give me a headache. But that day
is passed. Me good an great frind
firm Rhode Island has made me tn
akel iV amy Chink that liver rolled
a pill. TIL tariff bill wudden't be
complete without that there item.
But it ought to read: 'Opyum f"r
smokin' while readin' tn tariff bill
Ye can take this sterlin' piece ~
light a ball iv hop. Befure We smoke
up p'raps We can't see where tn
tariff has been reiOOced. But afther
we've had a long dhraw it all becomes
clear to We. Ye'er worries about tn
childhren's shoes disappear an We see
ye'ersilf foatin' over a purple sea "
a%laZarin' in ye'er private yacht, lulled
be tn London Times, surrounded be
Wurruks iv art more thin twinty years
old, attn marshmallows an canary
bur-rd seed, while tn turtles an tn
eeches frisk onth' pinnacle. An
Abr'am Lincoln comes in an removes
his pitcher firm tn wall an puts up
opyum Fl smokin'. An We whisper
to ye'ersilf. They nave rejooced tn
tariff as they promised An it's all
right till ye'er pipe goes out.
We'll, sir, il nobody else has read
tn debates on tn tariff bill, I have.
An I'll tell We Hinnissy, that no such
orathry has been heerd in Congress
since Danl 5ster's day, if then.
Ih' walls " Congress hall has re-
sounded with tn lOftiest sintimintS.
Hinnery Cabin Lodge in accents that
Wud melt tn heart iv tn coolest man
nyfacthrer " button shoes has pleaded
FIR freedom fr tn skins iv cows. I'm
sorry to say that this appeal firm tn
cradle iv our liberties wasn't SUCCESS
full. TIL hide iV tn pauperied kline
iv Europe will have to cough up at
tn custom house befure they can be
convarted into brogans. This pathrio-l
tic result was secured be tn gallant
Bailey, ~ Texas. a fine lib'ral minded
fellow that lad Bailey. He's an ardint
free thrader, mind We. He's almost
a slave to tn historic principles ~
th'x dimmycratic party. Yet bet he is.
But he's no blamed bigot. He can
have principles m he can lave thin
alone. An l want to tell ye, me
frind, that whin it comes to dis
4 !, vi ,,S ir1 l. H0~ ~ No, f'r -, a,o 20 |
form " tn tariff don't ye fail to
throw q flew flowers or, if bricks are
handler, bricks at tn REPRESENTATIVES IL
u small but gallant party. 1t was
a fine thing to see thin Standin' be
tn battle cry iv u grand old organ-
yzation.
Says tn Sinitor firm Lo%uisyanny:
'Lo~uisyanny. tbs proudest DOL in tn
dyadim iv our fair land, remains thrue
to tn nonored teachin's iv u lead
ers. TIL protective tariff is an abomy-l
nation. 1t is crushin' out tn lives iv
our people. An wan iv tn worst parts
iv this divvlish injine iv tyranny is
tn tariff on lathes. Fellow SinitOrs.
as long he says, as / can stand, as
long as nature will sustain me in me
protest, while wan dhrop iv pathriotic
blood surges through me heart, | will
raise me VOice-agaln a tariff on latheS
onless,' he says, this dhread imply
mint iv oppression is akelly used he
says, to protect tn bland an beauti-
full mOllasses iv tn state iv me birth.
he says.
Il am heartily in sympathy With
sinitor firm L~ouisyanny.' says tn
sinitor from Virginia.. I loathe tn
tariff. Firm me arliest days / was
brought up to look on it with piZenous
AT nanny q cOn-vintiOn ye
cud hear me Whoopin' again it. But
if there is such a lot iv his mon
sthrous iniquity passin' around, don't
Virginia get none? low about tn
iv Presidents? Amt she goin'
to have a grab at anything? Gintle-
men, / do not ask. | demand rights
FIR me commonwealth. l will talk
here onti1 July fourth. nineteen
hundherd an eighty two again Il.
hellish tax on feather beds
Opless something is done fr tn
IA M "a ok bark IL old Nir9inNa' l,