The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-28

Y, NORTH DAKOTA
two weeks trip east and on his re-
turn found Darcy Commercial con-
tanning reply to an editorial we
had in this paper some time ago sign
ed by one Antoninus. We wanted TO
smoke out the author of this and 9TH
or digs !Antoninus and Farmer" had
been giving us, because somehow or
other this bird had been flicking our
hide with his whip under an assum-
cd name until It sort O. got under the
skin, and now we are pleased to know
that it is our good socialist friend !,
McQuerry, the village barber at Da-
zey, fellow who while lathering the
chins Of his patrons has been spread
ing the lather of socialism by way of
entertainment while he laundered the
faces of his customers. We are glad
to hear from "McQueerie" and TO
know that his brilliance has been the
means Of shedding so much effulgent
light upon the already we'll informed
people of Darcy. Just how he can re-
main rooted where is he is when he
could go forth and shine in larger
fields of socialistic endeavor we can
not say. He accuses US of ignorance
regarding Roman history-and we
plead guilty to the charge. During
our callow youth we used to read
about Nero and Caesar and our youth
full frame used to thrill at the way
those birds used to rule their en-
pires, and when Caesar turned down
his thumbs to have those in the arena
put to death we used to sit right up
and take notice. Yes, sir, McQueerie
we are some shy on Roman history
we admit, but we are we'll posted on
the history of the nonpartisan Rom
ans who have held sway in this state
for the past six years. Antoninus
Antonious, Nero, Caesar or any OF
the other noble Romans have not a
look in with them. In their day they
killed at will, enjoyed free love To
their hearts content, debauched and
spent the peoples money with reck-
less abandon, but at that they were
outclassed by Emperor Townley, King
Lynn the First, Chancellor Lemke anO
hn hot loI
in the capacity of advisers. Had ii
not been for majority of we'll bal
anced North Dakota voters who put 8
stop to the orgy at the recall, we
would now be enjoying period OF
Roman debauchery that would out.
class Nero or Caesar. One great big
union was the goal Of Emperor Town.
ley, free love was his first thought
until the better element of the state
put stop to it-and confiscation oil
property and rights was the goal OF
the new day artists. The only thing
that saved North Dakota from becoln.
ing even worse than Rome was the
solid good sense of our people. lr
speaking of our ignorance Of Roman
history McQueerie says: "Indeed
many translations are "extent" ir
English, and Trubshaw, even at thi:
} late date in his life, might find means
to peruse the book and through the
, meditations lift his soul little from
the sordid and greedy rut of ignor
ance and hate into which it has fall
en-" How much like the usual stool
argument the genus socialist uses il
the above quotation. Had it not beef
| for our intense ignorance we would
have used the word "extant' instead
of "extent" but seeing that we are no
so we'll posted as Barber McQueeri,
! we shall let it pass. Suffice to sa,
? that his comeback has been won
: derful revelation to us of this man.
intellectual ability-he admits his cap
: ability hip1self-so we must believ,
t him. We are torn with emotions an,
= misgivings as to whether Mr.. Nc
. Queerie is brilliant flower being sti
= fled in field of thistles or whethe
2 he is a thistle growing up in fiel
S of culture and common sense, unsun,
1 and certainly unmcurned. We prefe
= to think the latter. The more he use
= his rawhide on US the better we shall
: like it. You know McQueerie there i
a an old saying that ofttimes "fool
= rush in where angels fear to tread.
S We cannot put him in the angel
n class.
r nj CIV TINIUIC