The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-04-06
Mr.. D0otEY ON THE BURNING ISSUE
BY F. P. Dunno


yam? II We mean. says III Thee
American, will | fight tn smoke l
can on'y say, so chase yeersllf.
Let Us take these wurruds to heart.
1t is not nicissry as yet FIR tn pr1sldlnt
ITO proclaim q day IL gln'ral fast1ng
an hunailyation. Let us go sober1y
about our daily %jooties thrustin to
tn destiny that has guided tn White
race SO long. An above all let us
initiate tn example iv our peerless
leader James J. Jeffries an highly re-
solve not to fight zach johnson ontll
we are ready. l. FIR wan. Hinnissy,
Will do my part.
We'll, sir, it's a tur-rble thing that
this shud've happened just at tn
time whin [ Thought tn example "
York had done his wurruck. |
thought tn wurruld had been re-
formed in five minyits an human ma
ture was no more goin to be what 1t
| has always been but something 50
refined tina. in a little while IN
toughest iv us wud be Twin tn pure
an simple life iy q canary bur-~d IN
a gilded cage. But last week, Hin
missy, l dhreamed that tn golden
ezra had set in, as Hogan says whin
We an / wud sDind our ayenlns
croshayin' tides together. Today l
pick up tn pa-apers an tn ony
| thing in thin worth readin is ac-
counts ~ cOIliDdtS DelNttu Ulutto III
human form. This last winter, Hogan
jined a class to near lectures wanst
a week firm Professor AlphOnso Gil
feather is tn School iV Thought en-
titled: 'Th' Progress X CiVlllza-
ton lords more Lady-like Ideels.'
Twas Hogan's custom to come in al
Their tn lecture IN tell me about it.
There's no use talkin', say he.
mankind has made great sthrides
since tn days whin all disputes were
settled be resort to arms he says,
an Whin tn naked savage slammed
his fellow man with q stone hatchet
or q club. TIL day iv brute foorce
has gone by he says. Well, sir, last
night 1 happened to De passin' by
up an tn polls We're havin' . hard
! time keepin' tn crowd back an,
thinks l to mesilf. This must be a
meetin' IL tn Ethical Culture So
ciety, an [ wint in. Ye can judge
" me surprise, Hinnissy. whin | found
that it was q prize fight. TR crowd
behind me was SO dense that it was
impossible to escape so [ made tn
best IL tn situation an allowed me-
Silt to be forced near enough to tn
ring side to need an umbrella be-
tween rounds. While l was meditat-
in on tn, ~disgraccful nature " tn
exhibition an firm time to time ad-
= iSAA 't'h ia q III
lookin' 1a-ad firm Tipperary with as
good a right hand as l liver see, to
sind It over | heerd q shrek in me
ear. Give it to aim. TIL right
TIL right. Uppercut him. Oh, but
that was q pippin. Stay him while
Clonmel.' I locked around an 10 an
behold. there was TIL frind iv Peace.
What are ye dom here at this ojous
affair" says /. Why aren't We at
tn Lecturer says I. There amt amy
lecture says he. 'Whatn Professor
iGilfeather say to YEP says I. II
| won't say anything says he. That
him in Battling Peterson's corner. l
on'y learned tn other day that he
was VANS amachoor light weight
chempeen IL IoWay University. He's
gone into thrainin' again an he
thinks he may come back says
Hogan.
Well, there ye are. Hinnissy. 7
suppose civilization is a failure, but
thin civilization always has been a
failure, as far back. as 1 can remim-
Der. l niver yet knew tn time whin
human nature wasn't tearin' away
firm THIN that Wud lead it I'D to
higher an betther things an runnin'
into tn back yard to play in tn
mud"
IT'S a brutal spoort, prize
hghtin,' said Fir. Hennissy.
Well said Mr.. Dooley, there amt
anything Very %ennoblin' to tn spec
tator in amy form il human arnploy-
ment. Ii ye hin I am improved in
me mind an morals be seem Re
pushin q WheelbarroW uD a eangyav
on a hot summers afternoon. We
ought to see ye'ersilf dom it, that's
al. L injye tn spectacle but it don't
llvate me zone at all. Sure tn rrize-
ilshter hit looks to me to be a fairly
happy wan. II he's amy good at all
ne don't fight more than wanst a
month an thin. half tn. TIME he don't
light. If annyWan offered We fifty
thousand dollars to Let Jim Jeffries hit
ye wanst ye'ed put tn money where
tn family cud use it in case .iv -ya'er
decease an Dresint ye'er face. I"r
ten thousand added money 1e'd ei1.e