The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-18
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 1877.

THURSDAY. JANUARY Is 1877.
AN. Y. Herald reporter has inter-
viewed Mr.: Dunnell upon the Florida
question and reports him as saying: If
the votes of all the counties wore coun-
ted, the electoral vote of the State of
Florida would be for Tilden." lie said,
however. that there had been consider
able corruption and fraud and that ma
ny ugly things were shown.
THE BEvNETTMAY DUEL
Has been fought, and now we are told
again all about the code of honor " by
the newspapers. And this tomfoolcry
is to he revived in our day, and a man
like Bennett, who is publicly insulted
and assailed, must stand up and give
his brutal assailant a chance to kill
him before he can be considereda "Igen-
tleman" or courageous man. And
this relic of barbarism is to be kept up,
and we suppose will be 50 long as men
have not the true courage, that is the
moral courage to despise the opinion
and the estimate of the clubs, the sports
and the "society" men. We believe
that the elder Bennett, who never
fought any duels, was much the Drawer
man Of the two. And now, it is given
out, that the matter is settled. Both
Bennett and May are satisfied, after
shooting at each other. They met,
walked from each other few PAGES,
turned and fired simultaneously, and then
came together and shook hands.
Now, suppose the editor of the
ADVANCE should issue forth with Prof.
Humiston and Mr.. Alley for seconds,
and DR.. Craft for surgeon. and the cd
itor Of the Journal come with @. b.
Loyeless and s. E. Chandler for seconds,
and DR.. Barber for surgeon. We all
proceed to a ravine somewhere on the
prairie. the editor Of the ADVANCE has
chip laid on his shoulder and the same
Is done to the editor of the Journal; the
two conabatants then start from oppo-
site sides Of the rayine, come together at
the bottom and each knocks the
chip OF the others shoulder. They
then shake hands and declare them
selves satisfied. This proceeding would
have just about as much sense in it as
the Bennctt-May duel and would rot
be crime.
CU7.THROAT CHA7TEL MORTeAcEs.
A memorial, signed by 10 citizens
of Stearns County, has been sent to
Governor Pillsbury, complaining of the
suffering caused in that county by the
action of money lenders in taking the
property of farmers under what are
known as eut-throat chattel mortgages.
The memorial says:
They are stripping the farmers of
their horses, cattle, sheep, agricultural
tools-in many instances taking their
1ast hOOf. and even entering their
Scanty homes and Selling the bedding
from the defenceless wife and children
1t would mitigate our extremity
somewhat, it property taken from us
and sold brought anything near it's
value. But such is not the case. 1t is
sold for just what our rcmorscless
creditors choose to give.
What think you, Governor, of selling
horses for one dollar; cows for ten dol
lars; a good yoke of oxen for twenty
five dollars, and threshing machines as
low rs three dollars? Is not robbery
more honorable?
Now we do not propose to indulge in
language as strong as the Pioneer Press
uses in condemning the men who take
advantage of wrong law to recover
their money. It will not do in this
community to use strong language in a
newspaper. Apublic journal, as nearly
everybody about Worthington knows,
ought to be a nice little paper for a
small tea party,' and never use any
vigorous language. Nor do we propose
to make any indiscriminate and whole
sale onslaught upon the money lender
because he takes the legal method to
collect his loan. Webslieve that money
lenders are among the most valuable OF
all business men. But we know also
that rates of interest may be extortion.
ate and that cruelty may be practiccd
in collecting loans at maturity.
What we do want to say is this
that there ought Immediately to go up
from every county in Minnesota a de.
mand for a change in the law which
allows u creditor without notice to seize
property, upon which chattel mort.
gage has been given, sell it or buy it in
ut tithe OF its value, and thus cripple,
aud sometimes even beggar, the farmer
or the poor man. We know somewhat
of the difficulties in the way, but we
hold that it were better to prohibit
chattel mortgages altogether by statute
than to permit any such summary al.
vantage to be taken Of the poverty and
the misfOrtunes Of men.
GEN'L FREIGHT OFFICE. !
ST.. PAUL AND Sioux CITY ANDY
Sioux CITY j. ST. PAUL r. RS.
ST. PAUL, Jan. l, 1877.
CIRCULAR NO. IL.
Prom this date until the LIST day of
May next, corn or oats for local use.
seed wheat and other seed grains and
flax seed in any quantities, will be billed
from any station east of Mankato. OF
from I.eMars or Sioux City, to any sta.
ton between MankatO and LeAIars, at
one-hoD tariff rates.
During months of March and April
next, forest trees and cuttings fol
planting will be ira ,sported free 0,
charge, in any quantities, from any sta.