The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-25
THE RELLEF-REPLY TO THE SEWARD
TE7TEE

GRAHAM LAKES, Jar. %, 1877.
EDITOR ADVANCE: In your paper of
January 18th, noticed extracts from Il
letter written from Seward OH the re-
lief business. As the writer's name is
not given, I can only guess at the au-
thor, and he must lave known that his
statements: to a great extent, are un-
true: Should Judge, from the reading
OF his letter, that lie is man owning
from 80 to 50 head of cattle, and able to
Keep hired girl, and that he has made
application for relief and been rejected.
am acquainted with most of those
who have left, and l know them gener-
ally to be honest, industrious men, who
would scorn to take relief if thew could
possibly avoid it. And do not know
of a single man who las returned to
take relief or who intends to return and
live on relief.
AS to the statement concerning an
oftice-seeker," know who is referred
to, and l know also that he is not an
ofhce-seeker and never has been. He is
4 thorough Christian man, and has ia
ken an active part in helping the people
through sympathy for tile destitute. -
l judge that the statement of the writer
was intended to injure the influence Of
this gentleman with the Governor.
AS to the family referred to, know
the facts to be these: the family is large
and the mother was in delicate health.
The daughter was poorly clad and wish
ed to leave home and work to obtain
clothing. Owing to the state of her
mothers health, she could not be spared
from home, and her father bought her
the cloak mentioned in order to keep
her ut home. The family are worthy
and need relief OF they would not apply
for it.
AS to any one running the town."
the only man l know of who has under
taken to do this is the man who think
wrote the letter. The quartermaster
spoken of as having opened supplies and
sent them to friends in another State,
50 far from doing anything of the kind,
wrote to his friends in other States and
obtained quantity of relief which lie
distributed among the people,
1t l am not mistaken as to who is the
writer of the letter, know that he is
the greatest office seeker in the town.
NJ. A.
Is. f. Congdon, OF Ransom, has tiir-
ty head Of cattle, fourteen of which are
COWS and all doing we'll on prairie hay
w OrthingtOn ADVANCE.
Which shows how perfectly practical
ble it is for the people of the grasshopper
districts to raise something valuable
which the avenging hopper will not
destroy.
For the people of the smitten districts
to ut once engage in stock raising to
any great extent is, probably, quite out
OF the question, but when they shall
have recovered from their late reverses
let them not forget the instructive les
son Of the past. Union.
LIST or LETTERS
Advertised Jan. Goth, 1877, at WORTH
ington Postotfice, Mobiles County, Min
nesOta:
! Gentlemen's I.st-Louis f. Andrews, An
drew Anderson, C. A. Footc, Albert Hector,
Niels Hansen, Edwin Jenison, j. Jansen, August
Leo, Adolf Nilsson, Hans. Olsen, John d. Roberts,
Dan. NJ. Slippery, Robert Wells,
Ladies' List-NIrs. E. Fl. Hutchinson, Miss
Emma jacobson, Miss Janey Smith, Mrs Matte
Smith.
Parties calling for any of the above
will please say advertised.
Nj. B. SOULE, p. NJ.