Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-05-26
SOME MORE RAMBLING
Continued from last week

The sight of one of those old zig-zag fences Away
reminds of the fact that with all their extraVag
ance of material and labor of building they are no
after all good fencea fact which was duly impressed
upon thirty odd years ago by card issued by the
of Gdden barb wire fence picturing bull charg
ing thru of those rail fences and scattering the rails
all the premises. Some people who advertise com
plain because they don't get results by the next mall but
if were to buy barbed wire fence today, the picture Of
that bull charging thru the old rail fence would arise
my mind, and would ask for Glidden barb wire.
AS one travels thru southern Iowa and northern Mis-
souri, one knows that this is the land of and hogs
here are adequate facilities for the shipping of hogs sub
stantiay built stock yards rooted for protection
against the SUM- Some people say that country cannot
be Judged from railroad train (and admit that if
were to judge the clean little city of Morris by the back
alley thru which it is approached would be mstaken)
but as general proposition there is plenty of evidence
lying along railroad right of which if nteigenty
interpreted furnishes fairly guide to the indus
trial and commercial progress and prosperity of
munity.
One notes down in this section of the country and
especially down thru Kansas that is listed, that
is planted in deep burrows that the crop is cul
tvated the soil is worked into heavy dust covering
around the plant. By this method much heavier
dust covering provided than by the method used here in
Minnesota so reaches country where the is
listed he has the best of evidence that the is hot
and likely to be dry that the farmer considers good
husbandry to go extra work to for
use the moisture which is in the soil in the spring
How little thing will set ones memory to work
ing? Going down the Great Western, l noticed
that the cream served at lunch had just the slightest
flavor of the wild leek-not enough to spoil it tho
cream with leeky flavor is anything but paatable
The leek is wild onion that grows in woodland pastures
and in the spring time, bossy will wander far to indulge
her pebean taste the succuIent but ilfavored weed
But be the flavor of the eek dsagreeabe when
ceved from the family bovine, yet somehow
the least suggestion of the flavor aways brings the
of the cool ravnes and wooded hills among which W,
sought boyhood adventure down in the old Minnesota
valley.
But to get back to my trip. had about seven hour
in Kansas Cy-arrved too late to take regular sight
seeing trip about the city, but managed to consdera
BILE of it on special trip have before remarked tina
cities are all much alike that only look for that which
is distinctive So asked the chauffeur what was dis
tinctve about Kansas City and he said, 'Nothing,
guess except it's all hoers an hills And this is Ger
tanly true for in driving about the city seemed
be always going up going hill tho the city ha
spent fortunes DlasClng away nils
order to build the fine system of and bouevards
Learning that the famous evangelist Billy Sunda
was holding meetings in the town decided spend tn
evening his tabernacle The tabernacle itself
to be we'll worth seeing tho only temporary
ture 1t covers block of ground and will seat Il 90
people, and in spite of its immense size the speaker ca
be heard distinctly in every part There is for
choir of 900 besides large section reserved for visit
ing cergymen The floor covered thick with shaving
and therefore noiseess tho how ID 900 people can
along together with little disturbance is hard under
stand and speaks we'll for the organizing and admnstrs
tive ability of Mr. Sunday. Of Mr.. Sundays preachn
it almost impossible to speak without appearing
into the controversy to his evangelical methods.
is "'holy show'-certainly theatrical and certainl
devout The I heard him preach on
familiar text and his teaching orthodox but h
language that of the street, forceful but NJ
elegant, base but expressive. He pounded his be
pulpit like auctioneer and wound and unwound hin
SELF and ducked and slid like the baseball player that
formerly During the sermon two people tainted
one wanted to start argument but under Sunday
mastery direction the IA 600 kept their seats and tt
meeting progressed. was not impressed with any gre
amount of religious fervor manifested by the audience
seemed to that most of them there from curios
after the meeting This hitting the trail supposed
be the outward manifestation of inward regeneration
consists in falling into line which goes forward to shall
hands with the revvast while of the numerous seer