Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1918 — PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

A year ago I drove a steed, and said, “A horse is better for (although deficient in his speed) than any chugging motor car. A horse is- mankind’s faithful friend, a thing of spirit, heart and sense, and serves you well till in the end, he kicks you through a barbed wire fence.” My wife grew weary of ou"r plug, that often needed whip and goad; “I want a car that goes chug-chug,” she said, ‘‘and burns the dusty road.” The man who wants a peaceful life, with minimum of jolts and jar, will always strive to please his wife—and so I bought a motor car. The motor car I now indorse, and often wonder how a man can have the nerve to drive a horse, the most distinctive also ran. I meet old Dobbin on the road, and weep with pity for his woes; how earnestly he hates his load, and, jimmy, how slow he goes! A million flies are on his legs, his busy tail brings no relief; in every movement Dobbin begs for chloroform, to end his grief. The flies can’t bite my motor car, and so I blithely scorch along; no spavins can my pleasure mar, I fill the throbbing air with s mg.