Poem- THE COUNTRY NEWS

A summary of the week's news in Tuscola County.

A Democrat Farmer in McKay’s District.

Come all my friends and neighbors

I won't detain you long,

It’s of the Republican platform

I will sing you a little song.

They tell us of protection,

And give us Whiskey free,

And tax us high on coffee, sugar, and tea;

And other items the poor man must buy,

Put the luxuries of the rich they pass by,

They say they gave us homesteads,

Where the “musketeers “sing.

But the riches of the prairie was for the railroad kings.

They import pauper labor to cheat us of our right,

And over-tax us millions to get a higher title.

They are the authors of protections, monopolies, and trusts,

If you can’t pay your mortgages then you’ll surely bust.

They are trying to fluff Cleveland.

But they cannot make him bend,

For he has proven himself a poor man’s friend.

They are the fathers of monopoly

And the mothers of trusts,

If they get back in power,

The farmers they will bust.

Chorus:

Hurrah, for Harrison

A little fun won't hurt,

And it will make Mckay rejoice.

But at the next election, you bet,

We’ll vote for Grover and or bust.

Written by:

W. G. R, East Dayton

Fairgrove