Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1910 — Idees of Abner Pease. [ARTICLE]

Idees of Abner Pease.

‘lt beats all holler how the world Will take a man’s idees An’ not give credit for the same,” Said Uncle Abner Pease. “Here I hev preached for forty year . Thet farmin’ life’s the best; Thet farmer folk are better off Than any uv the rest. “I’ve said it o’er an’ o’er agin, An’ told the reason why; I’ve pictured it'in glowin’ terms. An’ spread it fur an’ nigh. I’ve ’lowed the tillin’ uv the soil Wuz best fur all mankind: An“ ev’ry man around this town Says scratched his mind. ... : l_L4 S “An’ now the pollertlcian chaps. From Taft all down the line, Arq praisin' farmin' to the skies— Thet ol’ Idee uv mt|ie. Beats 'ill how hlg men uv the world Will steal a chap’s idees; Next one 1 git I’«n gertn’ to keep!” Says Uncle Abner Pease. —Boston Herald. ' - • m