Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-30

who uttered the SANDER.
No. 2.-"Pagc, last week publicly charges
Mr.. Alanson Beach, of Lyle, Mr.. d. P. Put
ney. Of Frankfort, Mr.. George w. Bishop,
Mr.. Solomon Snow, and Mr.. II. n. Allen, Of
Austin, Of sei"dli"g.'
This, t.o, is false, from beginning
to end. Mr.. Page did not write the
article referred to, nor did he read it
until after it was published.
Ne. 3.-"We have it from good authority
that Judge Sherman Page would have been =
candidate for County Superintendent At the
recent session of tho Board of County Con-
had not flee of them been opposed
to him."-Register.
This utterance also is the offspring of
the added brain of him who wrote it,
begotten in wickedness, and published
to deceive.
No. 4.-"The expiring mondescript concern
tho Register here means the TRANscRIrr)
has b. en- removed (not out of town and buried,
as every nuisance that smells to heaven
should beg but to the small back room adioin-
ing Pages Office. "-Rcyister.
Every person in town can prove Tie
above to be falsehood by observing
that there are two large brick stores
between MIR. Pages Office and tho
rooms now occupied by the TRAN
SCRIPT.
No. 5.-'The St. Paul Pioneer says upon the
authority of Page that Il ''school house swim
die is prominent in Austin," although the de.
tails not rendered. The sum of 5000, how
over, is mentioned Us that which its instigators,
and consummators OF the swindle
have misused Good Heavens Is it pos
sible we have single individual in our midst
who will tell lie so black rs this ? And he
is candidate for the Office of County Treas
urcr y--Austin "a over County, Register.
"Of course the correct figures are 1000,
and the paper from which wo copy the abavc
specimen, of bad composition doubtless, saw
he error made by our types, and knew what
ho swiudlo, if it is a swindle, is mcasured."-
81. Paul Pioneer.
We give the above extracts in full
md the comments of the Pioneer, to
show that the Registers lying habits
Ire noticed by others, as we'll as our
selves. Davidson knew when he wrote
hat paragraph that we never used the
igures $4,000; 100000 was the
highest number given in the TRAN
SCRIPT, as the amount Of money al
'eady expended in the school house
'windle. A man Cor semblance of a
nan) who will thus falsify in a COM
nunity where everybody knows he is
wing, is either bold knave or con-
,ummate blockhead. Let the people
Jay which.
In speaking Of MIR. Pages supposed
with the Colwell Brothers,
and the TRANSCRIPT, the Register uses
the following language, every sentence
Of which contains a talsehood as black
and rer6dious as the authors inherited
and chronic deprayity could make it:
"Another instance: After invcigling into his
snare tho confidence OF a couple of young mon,
he induces them to tell their all, and buy ma
terial for = paper, that he might edit it. He
promises them the county printing, and an
extensive patronage. A good farm is turned
into , printing press. The paper does not pay
expenses, Page furnishes money to pay them,
and takes a mortgage. In the end tho boys
are swindled out Of most they have, and Page
takes for q song, what is left, and our young
friends are tugging> again for another start in
the world"
The Colwcll Brothers made a good
living from the TRANSCRIPT, sold out
we'll, and have their pay. Let those
interested ask them as to the facts.
No. 7.-"Psgc swindlcd man out of four
or five hundred dollars in q trade."-Registcr.
The trade referred to was one made
with G. II. Davidson's father, at his es-
pccial Importantly and earnest request,
and was entered into by Mr. Davidson
as afterward appeared, for the express
purpose Of swindiinu an old ncighbor
out of a piece Of pro;:riy. The neigh,
bor proved too si';'c .;,r tho old trick
ster, his deep laid plot III not win, and
then he fell to curs.n' T:yc and has
been cursing and w:.j';ny ever since
His silly, idiotic boy has just sense
enough to expose his parent in print
But all these lies, Of which the above
are only a few sampler, are not told
with the expectation that any body ir
Austin will believe ti',:u. They arr
uttered for the express purpose Of de
cc'v'ns people politically, and with the
expectation that by circulating them
public attention will b" diverted from
the real question at issue and turned
toward the individual who exposes tho
corruption Of the Austin ring. Thei
logic is this: If they can get men tc
hate Page, it will prepare their system
fer swallowing and digcsting an.
amount of fraud and iniquity. Blu
the days for thus hood-winking tn
people are past. They see the decor
ton. 1t carried year ago, but it ca
never win again. Straight forward i
solid column the people move with on
noble purpose, and that is to rcdcel
the county from the misrule of co,
rupt and dangerous dynasty. Compa,
ed with the Importance Of this on
thing, the interests Of individuals sin
into insignifcance. The voters car