The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-12-14
INTERVIEWED.

Brother g. b. Loveless called on us
last Thursdy after the ADVANCE came
out (Brother L. don't take our paper
and how he finds out what it contains
is one of those mysteries which the fu-
ture must reveaD, and we had a little
interview. lie denies that he knocked
his son Joe over III the difficulty which
they had, but says he pushed him over.
Now as Joe is young man p years of
age, we submit that it must have taken
Il pretty hard push to push him over.
But we will not quarrel about that. We
told Brother Loveless that if he gave
the young man a sound tl,rasl,ing he
did us a good service.
Brother Loveless also denies that he
ever circulated any petition against us
or that lie had anything whatever to do
with any petitions or resolutions. We
give him the full benefit of this denial
and it is possible that our informants
were mistaken as TO this particular
matter.
We charged Brother Loveless with
justifying the rowdies in laying dead
dogs at our door and he did not deny
it. We also told him that he was ruin
ing his business by his attacks upon us,
and we are informed that he has COM
planned that the ADVANCE has about
destroyed his hotel business. We deny
this emphatically. lie has destroyed
the business himself 10y his persistent
attacks upon us and by allowing the
Third Avenue to be used as gathering
place Tor gang of young men whose
chief occupation has been to insult and
annoy us. The farmers, almost to a
man, are friends of the ADVANCE, and
they have become Disguised with the
everlasting abuse which they hear
leaped upon us at that hotel, and have
gone elsewhere. Time and again we
have been told of what was said there
by Loveless, Bell, and others, the coz.
slant topic being the ADVANCE
Other men in Wortl,i,gton have in.
jured their business by assailing us.
Woe to the man who wrongfully at.
tacks the ADVANCE! They know in
their own hearts that the ADVANCE is
right in attacking the rowdyism, vic.
lence and wrong doing which have dis.
graced some of our people, but not.
outstanding this they make war upon
us for speaking out.
Brother Loveless also intimated that
our quotation from the Psalms was in.
tended as a sheer at his profession of
religion. No such thought entered our
mind. Far he it from us to sl,eer at
any mans religion. We meant 5ast
what the quotation meant, that there
is God vhe bcholds mischief and
spite, to requite it," and we are seeing
the proof of it as one after another OF
the anen who have so wrongfully and
shamefallY melted mischief and ill.,
obliged spite against us, goes down. We
can wait and see the salvation of the
Lord.
The farmers tell US that we made a
''centre- shot," hit the ':bull's eye, -
IsPilen we told Bell that lie had bce,,
begging Justify for 'tour people'' and
taking all the best dried apples and
clothing home. Tie less the Journal
says about ''slIiftless melnlicants and
beggyars" the better for its reputation.
If ever an editor described himself, the
editor OF the Journal did it when he
coined that phrase '!shif-less Mendie=,nt
and beggar." That chicken fits so ex-
act!y OH the roost that it can't roost
any where else, and it must come home
to roost. lie is hoist by his own petard.
I'VE thank thee, Bell, for that word. -
A man who begs the people for Office,
begs people to take his little paper.
begs them to quit the ADVANCE. b:qs
them to join him in all his little spite
and strife, is the last man to talk about
"shiftless mendicants and beggars. -
We are astonislled, foolish as we know
him to be, that lie should venture to
open az this question of begging.
| There is SO ml cll to he said about him
on that score that he had better keen
silent on that point forever.
Gov. Pillsbury came down to Worth.
ingt0n Oh Monday and on Tuesday
went up to Graham Lakes and Seward
to ascertain for himself the condition
Of the people. lie found a ,rs,nber Of
families needy. Yesterday lie went to
Cottonwood County. We learn that
the Governor will recommend III ai,p,n-