The house had been picked up by a tremendous cyclone and hurled and whirled and crashed through tree tops and over fields until at last it fell in an old buffalo wallow, and was riven to kindling wood. There was a slight commotion among the debris, and at last the Kansas man crawled out, stunned and bleeding.
He looked about with a dazed air at the new surroundings, two counties away from home, but, suddenly brightening up, he cried:
“Mr. President and gentlemen of the convention, I withdraw my name.”–Exchange
Wow. Those Kansas cyclones sure are something, ain’t they? But is the Wonderful Wizard of Oz truly a parable of money reform?
Two counties is a long way, though. You can see for yourself here.