Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-07-13
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Cardiff Citizen Writes Entertaining; 4
Viroqua Visitors

EDITOR CENSOR: From tine to time
my uncle, Mr.. Ben Williams of your
town, has handed me copies of the
CENSOR and have been a very inter-
estsd reader of the doings in your part
of the world. We have been especially
favored this season by having had the
pleasure of meeting four of your citi-
zens; refer to my uncle, Rev. C. +.
Buffers and DIR. Porter and his son.
The two last named are now once more
amongst you and perhaps the doings of
the other two travellers viii be of in
terest.
Mr. Buffers arrived here little over
a fortnight ago aud after short stay
left for London to see the sights. "
His stay in our capital very much sur
prised him. and by his account of the
many interesting and historic scenes
that he witnessed, it is certain that he
must have done London in the true
hustling style of you Americans. and
for sick man his energy would make
some of our healthy young citizens
green with envy. When he landed in
Cardiff it was plain to see that he had
been through very trying illness, and
he has improved wonderfully in health
even during the short time he was in
England. 1t was very amusing to see
him take a plat in his waistcoat to
show how much he had to fill out, but
as he says, with perseverance and
strict attention to the wants of the
inner man." he hopes very shortly to
change this state of affairs. On Sun
day last Mr. Buffers preached to a very
interested congregation in a suburb of
this city, and the interest and attention
which were displayed by his hearers,
were compliment to the eloquence of
his preaching. He expressed himself
as highly pleased with Welsh audience,
and the enthusiasm and musical ability
displayed in their singing also appealed
to him A few days ago Mr.. Buffers
toured the district in car, and had an
opportunity of seeing some of the
pretty little Welsh villages and ham
lets. He laughingly expressed the wish
TO transport over to America one of our
quaint little matched cottages, which
he was sure would delight you Viroqua
folks.
Mr. Ben Williams has been with US a
matter of eleven months during which
time he has made many friends, and il
is with sincere regret that we have at
last to say goodbye" TO him. He is a
"true American" and will talk any
man right off his legs to prove conclu-
sively that America is the only land
that is worth a snap nowadays, and if
all your citizens stick up for their coun-
try in the same manner as Mr.. Will
liams, you are indeed a patriotic ma
ton. NY uncle is very fond of England
however, and is slow to criticise the ''Old
Country" but be is struck by the lack
of ''go-aheadness" displayed by the
average youth of this country. He
does not think that the English man
displays the spirit and energy together
with the determination tc "get there"
which he considers is typically char.
acteristic of America. Our farming
methods also do not meet with his APP
proyal and he says that the manner in
which the English farmer raises and
gathers his crops, and the primitive
methods that still exist would not find
place even on the smallest of Ameri-
can farms. This is a matter of sur
prise when it is considered that Eng
land produces every year all kinds of
up date labor saving appliances, but
these are always shipped abroad ~ TO
Eiaces like the Argentine district. Ii is
certain that the average English farm
er look askance at anything that is
likely to in any way alter or disarrange
his old time methods, and he is more
inclined to stick to his slow and sure
ideas than 10 adopt some up. to-date
system which with little initial outlay
will eventually increase his credit bal
ance at the bank
Farming methods, however, we're not
the only matters of interest to Mr..
Williams. During his stay in England
many things have happened of great
Importance to us as nation. The
question Of People versus Lords" is
one that created great stir in this
country few months ago, and as you
are already aware parliament went to
the country for their decision. English
politics proved a matter of great in
terest to Mr. Williams, and the liberal
cause was strongly supported by him.
Nothing pleased him better than to
Gross swords" in wordy argument
with some of our conservative friends,
very often to their complete discomfi-
ture. The conservative party at this
election did their utmost to divert the
point at issue from the question of the
reform. and they are always fond of
referring to America as backing for
their ARGUMENTS. This is just where
Mr. Williams held them ia 'ieleft
stick, and the conservative who ven
tuned to put forward the advantages
deserved by America under tariff re-
form was sorry looking conservative
by the time our American visitor had
finished with him. In losing Mr.. viii
liams we lose d warm supporter of the
liberal cause, and we trust the day will
not be far distant ere we again See him
amongst us, not in the interest of po-
itics, but because of his hearty and
genial manner, which made him friends
wherever he went.
Yours sincerely,
ALFRED NOEL LAWRENCE.
Cardiff, Wales. June 18th.
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