The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-02-08
The Antl-AlonopOllSt.
business men aud people a

that th. lea Ting business men aud people at
large. have. taken this matter in hand:
He was initiated at Long Prairie, by those
.Jand Pirates the buildoZerS; this as be-
ginning.
| -. they are opening their batteries on him
from every quarter in the state. nope they
viii make it SO hot for him here that ne Will
sopesl AZ if he was seated on a red-hot grid
iron.
never was so much deceived in any man IN
INV life as in this Andrew Jackson Smith.
when first introduced to him on his arrival
he tod me his object in coming west
was to help this o = pressed people, who were
being wronged, yes robbed Of their hard earn
ings every year.
He said, ssif they did not get help soon it
would ban grnptthi whole upper country.
"Now, ".saii he, ''parson propose to help
YOU all ont of this difficulty, for you cannot
afford to pay these rates OF interest TINS Two ana
three per cent. per month and II you Will lena
+ me your influence among your people, VIII
! remember the favor and do you ALL GOOD
!, In short, Mr. Editor, he came here repre-
senting himself possessed Of means and with
: disposition OF heart to act the noble part O
, aphilanthropist. and bountitul benefactof Q
, this down trodden and oppressed people
: was too willing to serve lin; but alas for tn
!, outcome. In less than two years or as soon
! he had get through with me ana had gonS
= through all my friends, he changed his tune
and caue out in his colors.ln one Of his candi
moment he told me "he did not care a d
J for his word, or our Interest. or conollon'
AL, he wanted was our money Or our cha.sels
He came here to feather his earthly nest; an
:. he was going to do that before he left us. w
= could Law up treasures in Heaven If we cnoS
g but he wanted his in goods and chattels Or o.
posted in the "Citizens Bank al Sank Centre.
He is the lowest and most contempub
< creature that ever disgraced our ehIef pfisil
e town. Last summer he put off an old teal
Il onto drunken man for $4,000 that was
/, worth $50: the other dav he took the last co
= from 8 poor woman and made fun OF her D
q cause size cried 10 see her only COW taken ava
n stBut did not she squeal." said the scoundr
l. laughing. Again he got mate to the 'aoil
>, horse. > spoken OF by the FARMERS at Gro
II Lake IN their sspeiition TO the Legislature
~ and sold it to poor laborlng man for twent
- five dollars. taking security on his house, I
re only home and that VI as built on rented le
i~ said note made PAYABLE the lst Of Feb. TT,
nv within three months from date he made n
i believe he could support his family a
70 money left. But the "old plugs" did not ?
n, exuenses the first month, and then both play
ty ont and died. Within week after they q
ne working them, the poor duped man mad &c
ed in debt twenty dollars more fol- harness. Dol
- and shoeine, thus you see he IS forty I'VE q
~. lars in debt, most OF whiehis secured on
,er hom. andre show to save it. But Il
on would only tail me to tell Of Gideon, Emo
to Jacob, JOHN, and Lizzie, who have been wh
~. died. hoodwinked, and bamboozled about
him until they have been robbed by
as ssPunderer' Of their last goose, duck, knives
IL forks, even setting hen, and beds and De
Ao. ing.
aed This is only shadow OF what is to come
20 Efitor. Yours truly,
pARsoy HUNTREs