It is beginning to appear that the movement led by Mr. Crafts is as bigoted and as savage in its purpose as those which we thought were buried in the semi-barbarous past. It must be held that no human uplift but maniacal desire to inflict physical punishment is the motive. Mr. Crafts and his followers wish to put as many of their fellow countrymen as possible in jail, and they are trying to wreck this republic in order to do so.
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Farmyard Notes
Chickens get tough when they run around too much.
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Be it ever so humble, there’s no flower like the cauli.
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A bird in the oven is worth two in the bush and a berry in the bush is not worth two in the hand.
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I wish I was cross-eyed, then I could stand on a windy day and gaze at a lady wearing a short skirt, right in the eye and still have a guilty conscience.