Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-07

AN 4LLCSYN1OUS pATNON VI hCSBANDH1l !
PRESTON, MINI, July 1st., 1873.
An homes, agricultu'ist, one who has Il,
heart only the good of his fellow farmers.
lives in tho village OF Preston, and devotes
himself to the laudable industry oftilling
the soil within the circumscribed limits
of the Office of the Preston Republican.
Consistency, honor and truth, are among !
his most prominent characteristics, and
devotion to the interests of others, at the
expense of his own, might he called one
of his foiblcs. In evidence of the possess |
ion OF these god. like qualities, we have |
from week to week, positive proof through |
Republican, which he condescends to edit !
for the advancement Of the race-and So |
per year.
A stranger in our midst inclined IL find
fault, and disposed to be captious, migh,,
after little, remark the absence of any
outside evidence, wonder why it should all
be lett to one man to herald his own merit
and none of his ncie hbors or townsmcn so
kind as to assist. But this would only
show his own qucrulous disposition, and
in no-wise discredit The character Of our
agriculturist. One Of the many good
deeds which he has been called upon to
chronicle of himself, is the giving of $500
toward the establishment of paper ut
Rusbtortl to advocate pure republicanism
What generosity what love Of principle
manifested in this munificcnt gift, and
what i'll natured envy on the part Of grum.
blers to intimate that the gitt was a bride
that the money was i'll go,ten-that II
was the moiety Of stcal-placcd where
it would do the most good-tO prevent ex-
pOsure.-
"Man's inhumanity to man. makes count
less thousands mourn."
These insinuations arc shockingly cruel,
out of respect to the Majors gallant scrvi-
SANDERS should be suppressed. In m'mo-
~ of his bravelv overcoming impossibili-
tics by dismounting the guns Of the list
Louisiana h ;,tery, at a battle in the West,
| while that Ill lated battery was far distant
upon the Potomac, we should contlonc
his little errors. 4 qulbblcv might sug-
gest the difficulty of such an achievement,
| and call it simply the detection Of one Of
the many lies Of canning, hypOcrit;cal,
hand-s squeezing old l,uml,ug, but far he it
| from the writer to entertain such thoughts {;
for has not the Major said it, and must it
not be true in spite oi that annoying little
| historical fact.
| Such stranger mi yht after time hear
mysterious whispers If "'hcr ire ulari,ies
would possibly run across one of "my
Battery" who would in his i'll humor say
he old fellow is miserable, c''wartllv
poltroon, and III Internal ,yrant-wouId
listen in horror to the legand Of young
girls fleeing ut midnight to prott ct her
self from the amorous attacks Of ancient
lccclcry-tlylng through the streets l."
friendly aid. This ill-na;urcd stranger
would not pause to learn that the slaEdcr-
ing soldier had been subjected to ncccs-
sary disciplinc-that this simple maiden
had mistaken the nccuful attentions of a
male parent to his infant, for vile attack
on her person. This doubling. suspicious,
Troublesome stranger might be so irrcver-
Gu: az to slowly wave his fingers in the
air from basis on his nasal organ, and
exclaim: "Old coon that is all in your
eye" For II time al least, there will he a
check put upon The annoying, impcrtincnt
inquisltivcness oftl.is suggestions strang-
er, aud from this gallant soldier EDITORS
ways that are dark in social relations.
The editor of the Western Progress late.
ly said, citizens here had told HIM they
would not believe The Major under oath
Probably the gentlemen sat in court in
the suit Of Kramer vs.. HOtchkiss, and
heard him tell his little story about the
memorandum book. How would the his.
tory Of this suit please our Agriculturist?