The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-10

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lie. That he has systematically swim
died every man whom he has IN his en-
ploy. That he has just succeeded in
getting four months hard work out Of
one poor man, and has, by long contin.
ued abuse, obliged him to leave, and that
without one cent OF pay. He learns
that he is one degree lower in the
planters estimation than the freed
men employed on the place. he learns,
in short, that he is considerably nearer
h than he ever WAS before or wishes
to be again. And when the thought
occurs to him: Why is this man called
nice MANI" he is answered: "Why,
he belongs to the church and raises 200
bales Of cotton every year, Il do not
wish to cast any slur on the church, but
simply to state facts that have come
under my own observatory
They do not add that said planter
never made one dollar honestly in his
life. That when he sets down to the
table and asks blessing it reads like
this. Grant US thy blessing, Lord, for
Gods sake, (and adds under his BREATH,
help us to cheat this particular Yankee,
amen Pshaw! 1t makes me sick to
think what fools your croakers and
grumblers will finally develop into. l
have drawn life picture. A correct
one. Except that have not drawn the
whole Of it, Let those who doubt it
come and see, and then, perhaps, they
will appreciate one of the finest States in
the Union and one worth dozen Of
this-Minnesota.
Minnesota with her district schools
and normal schools; with her manufac
turtles, with her beautiful prairies, and
her clear running streams: with her
healthy atmosphere that it is luxury
to breathe. say Minnesota forever.
Your disconnected Minnesotian DUG hit
to come to Texas, as that is the only
thing, perhaps, that will ever learn him
common horse sense. And thong he
learns it, in this way, at terrible cost,
he will have learned t,Ifor certain, in the
end and will dc what he is unable to do
at present, i. e., App eciate his State.
Is this portion of Texas healthy coun-
try? Ianswer: I reckon so. Emigra-
ton documents tell US it is. They tell
US that back Of the first SO miles Of
coast belt, yellow fever is unknown. The
fact that yellow fever foored the COM
munity and carreed off scores Of them
at this point (l29 miles from Galveston)
three years ago, proves nothing. The
fact that people now are beginning to
have their regular chills and fever, proves
nothing; that farm hands take Il bottle
of quinine into the field with them,
along with their waterbucket, and take 1t
regularly, proves nothing; that the
people generally have no ambition and
no disposition to git up and git. All
this proves nothing. Emigration doc
uments must be true.
A word or two about our school sys-
tenn and l am done. If there is one
thing more than other that your Mime
sotian is proud Of, it is his admirable
school system. Our system is so small
that we need as (Sam. Weller would say
a double million microscope of extra
power to see it at all. There is really
no district or public schoo! system. The
superintendent of schools Of this and
the adjoining county tells me that three
or four years ago, there were Is district
schools. Now there is not one that I
have heard Of. We have here, to be sure,
rickety tumble down concern called a
college. Your public school in Red
Wing is, to my certain knowledge, 500
per cent a head of it or any thing else
we have here. Let no man think that
our people are not educated. Our stock
men can shoot a revolver with the great
est precision and can play seven up
with any man.
Our boys can swear seven-story
oath that would do credit to 6rst-class
pirate and many Of them have clas-
steal education. Why, I know boys Of
sixteen years who are 50 far advanced
in the dead languages that they write
lie, hoe, multum IN parro. Others
who ara still farther advanced write it
Hoe, hic, plaribns sseum, under
the Impression that it means something
more. Possibly it does; I am not SUI
! ticieat!v educated yeS to express an
! opinion.
I will not tcespass further on your
time and patience, Mr.. Editor, but will
simply say that have written nothing
but truth in regard to oar peculiarities,
and that the average righ:-m;n1ed
Ninnesot;ln, the man who lays claim to
;lny degree Of pride Or self respect, will
! Amos: invariably be Disguised with this
"n' yyer' country inside Of six months,
and viii! curse the day he set foot in it.
: viii write you again soon and give you
M !'}et -: 'ur crops rs compared with
/ those Of Minnesota.
see by Your paper that even north
western Texas does not resemble heav-
en- to any alarming extent. Good enough.
! You viii hear more about that matter
before many months roll around. In
i Conclusion, let me say that never knew
how valuable your paper was until it
| came to us is L visitor from our dear
! vld home-Minnesota. Now | should