The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22

Wan iv tn minions iv tyranny come
along an discovered in our hero's barr
cattle marked I. G. w. F. x. OBJ
L. O. r. an other initials that were
meant FIR C. c. but tn man that
branded tn COWS cudden't spell. In
vain Ciprianio pleaded that tn poul-
thry was his, that he'd paid FIR it, that
it had sthrayed into his barn, that he
was takin' care iv it FIR a frind who'd
give up house-keepin' an gone to live
in a hotel; that it had been sent back
firm tn laundry be mistake. TIL
Sathrap iv despOtism dhrOve Off tn
cows an as they disappeared over tn
hills an Ciprianio Casthro locke into
his empty barn he became a rivolu-
ZIONIST. Nanny a rivolutionist has
been made tn same way. TIL reason
we don't have this in our favored
country is because tn governmint
niver taxed anything away firm us.
1t gives US things. It gives tn sugar
thrust a tariff an it gives us other
smugglers five years.
We'll anyhow, whether it was FIR
this raisOn or some other like it tn
HISTORIAN says Ciprianio Casthro snud-
dered at tn wrongs iv his country
an started a revolution. There had
been other revolutions in Vinzwala or
as they ARE called in that quaint
language, siestas. But they amount
ed to- nawthin' beyond maxim it hard
fr tn little Vinzwalans to reminder
who was tn father iv their country
that Afternoon. TIL raiSon they lac
failed was because tn rivolutionry
army was niver large enough.
CiprianiO bein' a bOr-rn Wharryor
made uI his mind not to give amy
such advantage to tn inimy. So he
invited his brother-in-law an his
uncle to rally to his standard an
tho - 1li0l - fHfc or SaA~%
array he marched on tn capitol afther
carefully lookin' up tn name iv it in
a geography. TIL smouldhrin' hathred
FIR tn CpDriSsOrS an tn enthuSyasm
f'r tn army iv revolution burst out as
he proceeded an all along tn line iv
march tn popylace rose on wan ell
bow an greeted their emancipator
with frantic yawns.
AT tn capitol he met a desp'rit
resistance. Long days tn fearful bat
tie ragged. All tn horrors iv civil war
attinded tn engagement. High IN
bitter Wurruds were spoken. No
quarter was asked or given. TIL city
rang with tn despairin' cries iv Get
off me foot Don't shove IN
'Cow'rd, to refuse a light to a lady
TT days tn tide iv battle ebbed
an flowed ontil tn peerless Casthro
himsilf dashed through all obstacles
an 1891
min forces snapped his fingers in
tn face iv tn able but ill-starred COM
uander. Don GulDio de Swizzle. This
action has been denounced be sinti-
rnintaliStS as crOOl an bar'rouS an
a blot on Casthro's name. ut. as
Gin'ral Sherman said: War is hell.
TIL harshest measures ar-re some
times nicissary. Casthro has often
said he restrained himsilf on this
OCCASION. If tn INTERESTS iN me be-
loved country required it l
pulled his nose says he. ~Forchnitely
no~such exthreme was demanded. TIL
opposin' gin'ral broke an fled an that
night Ciprianio Casthro ~Occpyled tn
palace iv his ancestors, tn Inkies.
His wurruk was now over as he
thought an he was prepared to re-
| turn to bis native rOost. but tn crate
full people iV Vinzwala wud not have
it so. Thrue to his republican thra-
ditions he called fr an iliction fr
prisidint be tn qualified voters iv tn
eagerly SKINNED that night at tn
! palace. They showed that Gasthro
had received wan vote, his brOther-in-
law wan an his uncle wan. But as
his brother-in-law an his uncle were
in iail convicted iv threasOn again tn
republic tn votes FIR thin were thrown
ont an Casthro was unanimously illicit
ed.
That's as far as tn histhry goes.
What I'm goin' to tell We now is thrue.
Ciprianio made tn fine prisidint. He
was tn first South American prisi-
dint 1 iver heerd iv an tn reason is
he was so troublesome. IT'S like
ve'er neighbor. If he's a quiet,
honest, p%eacable man We amt Interest
ed in him But if he keeps a dog
that's attintive to tn calf iv ye'er leg
as We pass by. or doesn't shovel off
tn snow firm in front iv his dure,
or brutally stamps on a defince1ess
Dianoly at midnight. we find out all
about him. SO it was with CasthrO.
who iver heerd iv tn name iV amy
Prisidint iv Brazil or Peeru. or Pat
TX, thin nQhla