The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-12-21

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The Journal last week contained an:
item charging our friend Jos Hyland
with cruelty beating Els oxen. We saw
several persons who witnessed the af-
fair, and one Informed us that the beat.
ing was. cruelz while another asserted.
that It was not unusually SO. Mi. Hy-s
land himself claimed that: the severity
was. not greater than is usually 'ema
,ployed in breaking, and suDlulngz Re:
fractory oxen. -Bethat as itmay, those.
who witnessed it., if they think that
the cruelty was such as to bring tile
matter within the reach Of the law,
ought to apply the law. Neither Mr.
Hyland nor any other man, ought to be:
permitted in this day to treat: helpless
animals with cruelty. ss: :.s:... ::s7s =,
The animus OF. tile Journal in making
this attack however, is apparent
When MI. II. complained Of the indis-
criminate shooting about his house, the
Journal promptly denied that there was
any such shooting, Mr.. H., of course,
insisted that t here was, and thus in
CURED the ill:Wi}l Of the journal. Now
it has an opportunity to hit Nj. II. and
rushes. into print .proclainling to the
world that We have men in WortLing-
ton who cruelty beat the lower animals.
just think what a bad name'this will
give our community abroad and how it
will injure' iimmigration!s Who would
think of coming tona.: place to live
where there are men who are cruel to
OXEN? ss:..Y,
But we want our readers to see the
superlative meanness of this offspring
Of spite and wrong, the Worthington
Journal. Ali the disgraceful rowdyism
and violence Of the town has never
drawn from that paper a word of con-
domination. But it has coolly, delibe-
rately and with lie in its mouth de-
MED the existence Of any such rowdyism.
But when a poor man and a laboring
man like Mr.. Hyland, whom it supposes
is lacking in strong friends, dares to
complain of the shooting about his
premises, the Journal denies the Shoot
ing, lies in wait. for an opportunity to
strike him, and when it finds u pretext,
assails him through its columns. No
fear Of injuring immigration here. No
danger Of giving the town bad repu-
tation. It is a clear case of spite, and
that spite must be wreaked upon him.
lie has 10 strong political friends, lie
is not in favor with the Ring or the
Rowdies, he dares to complain of the
indiscriminate shooting about his
premises, and the Journals rowdy
friends must be defended at ali hazards.
But see further. The Journal has
nothing to say against all the rowdy.
ism and insolent, conduct Of some of
the grown young men of the town, but
when little nine-year-old Mat. Hyland,
playing with Il toy pistol, is charged
with setting the prairie grass on: fire,
the journal rushes into print with the
little fellows name and lays all the
blame OH him, although there were
other children playing with him. The
force of meanness can no further 60.
r. l.. Erskine, of Indian Lake, has
fourteen head Of hogs. seven head OF
| which are about ready to kill, One OF
these he thinks will weigh in the neig h
borhood Of 500 pound. His hogs have
been fattened on corn raised on his
place, of which he raised about 4O(
bushels, notwithstanding the grass
hopper. We consider items Of thiskin
worth at least 25 cents i piece, as show
ing that we can make corn and pork
raising in this county profitable. >
| 0. H. Chapman, has been over from
Chat6eld, visiting his place at Graham
Lakes, now in charge of his son-in-law
Mr.. Fox. Willie there he killed !, no:
which weighed 45l4 pounds, fed on corr
raised OH his place at Graham Lakes
This huge porker we can set down as ;
Mobiles County product, corn and all
Who can beat this? lie also killed be
tween three and four hundred pound
of chickens and turkies, fed on corr
raised Oh the place.
| Nels Segerstrom, of: Bigelow, raise.
last summer, in spite Of the grassllop
per, about 104 bushels of wheat to tn
acre. Mr.. s. tells us that the blac1
birds injured his crops more. than tn
grasshoppers did. 1t is a question
whether there ought not to he a bount
offered and a systematic effort made t.
destroy the black birds. They migl,
be caught by the: thousand with nets
P. E. Swanson, of Bigelow, has
head Of cattle, four Of which are COW
giving milk: He had last year 26 l,ea
and sold IL to Mr.. Madison. Mr.. s
has always kept q pretty good suppl
. Of stock Oh hand, and also raises grail
!; Last summer notwithstanding til
; grassllopper he raised 623 bushels {
wheat on 20 acres. nearly n,ne, kns}f1