The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-10
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HOAE T'RdLNING.

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Z We regret the necessity Of making
any serious allusionj to our. .facetious
little squib i'll last week 3 / issue: upon
the .metamorphosis Of dogs into boys.
But some Of our good friends seem to
think that we meant to include all the
boys Of the place. The squib, will GER
tainly not bear them ont in this. We
meant only those boys ,ohons The shoe
fits. As we write, we run over in our
mind q number Of boys who are nearly
always well behaved III public, respect
full to their: elders, and generally ut
home in good time after nightfall. We
are in the habit Of making social visits
to some Of the families to which these
boys belong, and we iind them st home
betimes, and brothers and sisters play
ing. romping, and having good time.
A more delightful sight, even to q
bachelor, we can scarcely imagine. We
have watched these little fellows at
their amusements, and sometimes taken
part with them, until our heart has
warmed toward them and grown into
downright loving. -.- .>
This state of things is due mainly to
good home; training. And those par
:ents who allow their boys. to stay out
Of school during the day or to ruin our
streets until improper hours of the
night, bring reproach upon themselves;
for, whether Justly or unjustly, people.
will judge. parents by their children.
When children are impairment and dis
respectful, ill-bellaved in public, or out
late at night, the public will trace their
conduct to bad home training. Of
course, the public know that there are
exceptions, and that sometimes the
child breaks over the best home train
ing, and becomes u dog-boy, but the
public will not stop to make the excep-
ton. The good name Of the parent is
more or less bound up with the good
name of the child, and while Worthing-
ton is the most lenient place we ever
saw toward ill-behaved children and
rowdies, yet the good-natured Worth
ington public sometimes inflicts the
punishment of public scorn upon bad
boys and weak parents. If this article
shall induce some of our parents to
tighten the reins a little, and to gather
their boys in a little earlier at: night,
we shall he amply repaid for the space
we have given it:
=. ":is!,tr RAILROAD ITEMS
:: The Jackson Republic says that Erick
Oleson has surveyed route for the
Southern Minnesota from Fairmont to
Jackson, which lie proposes to submit
to the company.
The Jackson Republic does not like
the proposition of the St. Paul and
Sioux City Company, as it will tend to
drive tile Southern Minnesota north
and leave that town without a railroad.
Railroad meetings are being held in
different parts Of Minnel,ala County,
Dakota.
Sioux Falls Independent: The rail-
road meeting Saturday evening was
well attended. The proposition of the
st. Paul and Sioux City. Railroad was
read and discussed. The impression
prevailed, generally, that the sum asked
from this county, $100,000. was more
than we could afford to pay. Remarks
were made by n. Gale, john Bippus, A.
F. Shaw, and several others, in favor of
bonding the county for $50, 900 in aid of
the first railroad that reaches this
county.
Fair,nont Sentinel; Ten per cent. of
the property valuation of Fairmont
Township amounts to over $4,000. If
those towns III the county, which. con-
siderlng their own best interests, should
vote the tax, a bonus approximating the
sum of $50, 900 will lie secured.
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