The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-07-11

u ne KepuDlCan last week IN
dulges in contemplate fling at Mr..
Delaro, who is making and selling
at IS cents an article which COM
bines funnel strainer, fruit can fit
ter, cake cutter and dredge box and
says of the article what is untrue
and intended to interfere with it's
sale. The only reason given tor
this lll-natured and unmanly effort
to damage Mr.. Delanos business, is
that he does not advertise IN the
Republican. Surely our contempo-
rary must be losing his senses if he
supposes that he may, with impuni-
ty, publishlnjuri0us falsehoods about
the wares of those who do not ad-
vertise IN his sheet. 1t is poor
way to solicit advertising patronage,
and especially SO when the party at
tackled IS poor man unable to pay
for advertising in any paper, and the
publisher who is guilty of such mean
ness deserves more than our cores
| pondent says 70 and of him in the
following somewhat personal com.
munication
Ed. Grange Adcancf: Wishing to
say few words to the funny man of
the Republican, and to say them through
a paper Of general circulation. I will,
with your leave, address linn through
your columns. It is evident that the
late warm weather has affected him,
but / will not attempt to tell what is
the matter with him. His symptoms
seem to indicate very aggravated case
Of Philanthropy or Puerility. He first
speaks the Agents piece, in language
never used By the agent, and shows by
his manner Of putting it, that he has
never properly learned it. He next
manipulates the concern so as to make
a cake cutter Of two sizes, which is just
one more than / ever knew Of in the
concern. (For the funny mans discov
cry of the second size, however, the
Lord make US t7uiiy tna1kful.) In short
he arraigns the Funnel, Strainer.
Cake Cutter, &C., &c., in just as cor
rect a manner as we could expect him
to, considering the way his head is
shaped. ! .. -. .." ~ .: -:
Finally he makes an astounding dis
covery and appears in the role of pub
lie benefactor. His plain duty is to
save too con6ding world. Il He says:
"prepare for the worst-1'he thing avcn't t
fit your jQrs.'' Having delivered him
self of this overwhelming piece of in.
formation he considers that he has no.
bly, done his duty and says. eve sim
cerely reject your disappointment, but
out of it there is lesson to be learned
full Of sweet advantage to you in future,
if you will permit US to suggest it.
"1he article ,vas not udvert,sed in the
Republican. You did not know that
it wasn't" Now that is to bad, MIR.
Funny man, to tell lady that she did
not know on article was not advertised
in the Republican. As though it was
not bad enough for the community to be
kept in state of ignorance through the
entire failure Of the Republican to en-
tighten any body, without being twitted
OF it. Rare old manuscripts like that
sheet are but seldom met with or read
by the masses (which accounts in
great measure for the good health of the
masses, and to expect anybody to know
whether an article is advertised in the
Republican is expecting too much.
1t is also expecting too much to ex-
pect the fnnny man to. be satisfied with
getting six practical kitchen articles for
IS cents. He evidently wants more
tinware for cent. There are several
things that Mr.. Funny Man has discoy.
cred, and several more that he has not,
and probably never will discover. For
gratuitous advertising in his valuable pa
per | am under obligations, Cor would
be, if there was probability of any
considerable number of persons ever
seeing it, )and will say for his edifcation
that I shall continue to sell the combi-
nation as have done heretofore, on it's
own merits. I will say further that
have in contemplation an improvement
ruf6ciently small to fit any fruit jar.
will even go so for as to say that
will, for consideration, undertake to
make one. small enough to tit vial Of
the requisite size to bottle the funny
mans mental capacity and that, per-
haps, IS as small an anything we can
! %l;n1x or T.