The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-01-13

uatizinc each other with words that are forbidden by the.
rules Of polite society. and that make their appearance
u print only IN the shape Of initial letters and dashes,
ze must Decline the contest. We have wildly before
IL The ccnplst Of Hudibras =
,Quoth he, that man is sure " lose,
That soils his hands with dirt. foes
W. have NJ disposition t. tn} ourselves at tie end #
the contest il he condition Of the clevalier that entsr-
- in : raush-7nd ta,uhia fight with The sHeep,-a?-
,aoucL d. came 81 victor ne was q beSEinled with filth
,lay MS best friends did NOT know aim. necency, de-
,sncy, Nr. Independent: : Assume the virtue though
ym, have it not and avoid al words that cannct be
printed III
Lo5 is premise 2 little. First: \ large portion Of
me people OF Hastings We respect highly and would de-
Sire Away 10 retain :aoiE good opinion. We have found
among them some OF the very first Of western people,
liberal, enter priSing, Intelligent aud high minded. Some
lew Q: Them we count among cur best friends. Even
the E,itog If he LtirpeHdArk before he commenced TO
quote lis profane bull against us we looked upon as one
II the best men IN the county. This contest has not
been begun by us. We have uniformly treated Hast
;ags wis courtesy re have proTeled the hand OF
friendship to her We have toasted her at our public
dinners; we have poured the JUNCTION OF hattery over
her, and her name has been received with rapture OF sp-
rtausa by "aT people. we sought 70 MAKE . par u
Siamese twins Of the swo towns, with the Hastings
branch Of the Niuinger and ST. Peter Railroad as the
vital iigature between shenl. But alas the Dakota
servnaders and the Hastings Independent with rude
hand have severed the cord OF life, and all our visions
of q new Chicago must he indefinitely postponed, to the
serious detriment Of Elder Cressy's farm.
In the next place When we challenged to combat
.:he whole host ot iiasting-,
Gas. The gauntlet down al once,
To northern sit ard southern Ounce,
9e expected, as we before said, that the contest would
be conducted in accordance with the regulations Of civil
izel warfare, and unless it is 50 conducted We cease at
mes. A discussion such as is already commenced III
he Nininger Journo} may serve to draw out the merits
and advantages Of both places before the public eye
one such - - begun by the independent would only
rye to Illustrate bilIingsgase and furnish q new argn-
alent tor the establishment Of Sund; schools.
.Immodast words admit of no defence,
or want If ,iecency is want Of sense.
casting a critical eye over the article Of the Mdrpe"a
sr. We find little to take hold of. He compliments us
on our rapid growth and comnaends our energy. May
MS shaaoA never De less He regrets that the Dakota
.Se~renaIers have disturbed our eauanimity, but hopes
hat it may serve the same purifying purpose that the
FINDS do 70 the ocean, keep us from sinking This
highly classical .ailusion We receive in good part, and con-
-ratalate ourselves that II was not accompanied by a fe"
3.alf nrinta.l eypletives. We must add, however, shat
Is the screnaders were 10 doubt instituted to afford the
same humane relief 70 Hastings. and IS they have been
performiug thcis da0do4isi1g functions in their midst
without avail for some time past, We may De pardoned
if We hesitate 10 take the recipe. We are much Ct the
same mind with the youth who dnding in@crsbed on a
tomb stone the couplet -
oh, christian friend. when this yoa see,
Prepare FOR death and follow me- r TteY
Wrote under it -
To follow yoa, were nc. content,
Unless W. know which way rou went.
Il the sane spirit We must decline adopting the Dakota
serenaders as q nev a!onlen: in .nr E'harmacopie, until
re see It work q cure WIRE FIRST established. In the
mean time We would recommend the liberal use OF
chloride Of lime in the streets Of Hastings On wet days,
and We know nor il il would b. amls- 70 sprinkle : liz
re o;e: the oerenaders themselves !,
The choicest part Of the whole production il couiain-
ed in the following lines - #
do not claim to oe your rivals. We hold that
our city occupies q position which will not for a moment
tolerate the idea Of entering on the lists with a village
whose population AZ most does not exceed seven hun
dred. We shall ever commend the enter prise that ,alar-
acsesi:es the people OF Nininger, blt the idea Of her
ever becoming our rival is TOO much Ike Brooklyn We
ing with New / ork, 70 call forti. a serious remark
Well done our metropolitan friend. The Hastings
ludepeaRnt occupies the position Of the New York Uer-.
ahd We have not a doubt in this modern Manhattan's
Island. Hastings aud New York le Coda. 100000
versus z BOO. The Battery represented by that lonely
leyee, where a melancholy poet might undisturbad write
0des to solitude. The GUARD aud Collins lines represent
ed by that forlorn looking aat-ooa; that thrice . day per-
:orsns its dangerous voyage 70 the island opposite The
metropolitan and Wood police represented by those few
II paid watchmen that on dark nights frequent deserted
streets or resembling groggeries. and last AMI hes'
Eurton's inimitab}e humor, N!bios enchanting harnao-
mics, Rsrnnan collected woniers, ana Christie nntir'
ing VIII, al dnd;n- their exponent: in thai small, dirty
rehearsal Of STALE Jokes, d~'-cofdant tn.es and iamentanla
eontortions, rclept tie Dakota serenaaels.
The prcsun. ption OF q town Numbering seven haad1el
IN abisauts cit, erjna into competition With q towl nana-
berins two ttoa~ana. Think Of it in Minnesota toe
where towns date t!tcir ancestry tra1a tia ao2d, and
where they are* al tie rate Of one per cent. per year,
,!ark she POSITION Of things. in September 1896,
Just sixtec,s .uonths H..o, the town Ct Munger number
ed abou. Il doea people. now il slu:abcis at"'ui seven
hundred and because it has Net viii. such . sudden
.ise, carried away by its own success, it preSuines 20 en-.
Ter into the lists with a sown winch had two thousand
ceople in it wien .Nininaer started, and has ever since
with solid consistency stuck so the same number.
We would ask the lEastiass hj>peeaent which. will
yin the race, the race-lo4se u the milestone !: We
would also PROFOUND for it solution :hia y'ehiea'; Is
& tonn that advances with rafiIi;y 10 .e deearad the
rival oi q ueiahbosins town that STANDS s-li! With rapid
.sy Aie, tiia: Nothing multiplied 81 Itself for one
yt.1 equals seven hand7e.i. How lo'.s viii i take seten
hundred multiplied by itself to equal two thousand !
When the Hastings Independent has solved these
questions We may hay. a few words mere 70 say. IN
4hs &saa :me We W!i 1uaipste ayaz bis 's.rsctIsa' "