The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-02-22

friends Of the Journal, it raised the cry
that the ADVANCE was injuring the
community and preventing imnigra'
ton.
And now for: its browning act of in
consistency and infamy!
In. the absence of Prof. Humiston,
las usual in his absence,) and without
even asking for an explanation or giY-
ing him an opportunity to explain, it
publishes certain correspondence about
a land transaction and endeavors to
create the impression that the Colony
Company have been obtaining money
under false pretences and wronging
settler. This publication will do meal
culable injury to the community and
will turn away many who were looking
to the National Colony for Il home. No
fear Of iljuring the community Or pre-
venting immigration by this publica-
ton ! It is q clear case of spite, and
that spite must he wreaked upon its
victims at whatever cost to the commu-
nifty. The main object of the Journal
is to strike down the Colony Company
and the Colony enterprise, and that
must be done at all hazards, no matter
how much the community may suffer
in good name or in material develop
ment.
For over five years DR.. Miller and
Prof. Uumiston have strained every
nerve and poured out their money like
waite: to build up Mobiles county. They
founded the National Colony and their
purpose was TO give to it the best years
Of their lives and to found a community
which should be the pride of the North
west for it's temperance principles and
its educational institutions. They
were willing to risk their fortunes upon
it and to wait for the ''long result Of
time' to bring them their reward
But the financial distress of the whole
country retarded the growth of this
community rs it did that Of all others,
and to this general distress WAS added
the al!-devouring grasshopper, which
fell upon this part Of the country with
especial severity. Thus they found that
the $4,000 to 100000 in actual money
Which they expended III their efforts to
found model community, WIS gone
with no prospect of present return, and
financial embarrassment came> upon
them as it did upon thousands of others
who a few years ago were rich. No
stone was left uuturncd to make this Il
prosperous community and Worthing-
ton prosperous town. Prof. IIumis-
ton made this temperance community
by his indomitable will and courage; he
paid out his money literally for the
church and educational interests Of the
place; he took the lead III every good
work; for a time he carried this commu-
nifty not olly OH his heart but by his
purse, almost as literally as I. father
carries family, and to-day, notwith-
Standing the financial and business de-
preston Of the community, for which
lie is III no sense responsible, the Ma
tional Colony is i'll many respects the
model community Of the west. Every
true man in the community will bear
us out in the statement that our people
are indebted to Prof. IIumiston for this
just as we are indebted to Grant for
leading our armies to victory.
But all this counts for nothing with
the infamous Worthington Journal
Its object, and the object of it's back.
ers, is to strike him down. It thinks
him mortally wounded, and, like the
ASS in the fable, it kicks the wounded
lion which it did not dare to kick be.
fore. It is willing to ''befoul its own
nest" to strike severe blow 1T the in.
terests Of the community, to turn away
settlers, to hamper the agents of the
Colony Company III their efforts to dis
pose Of lands, and to publish 4 libel to
the world, if thereby it can vent its
spite and accomplish the one great Oh
ject for Which it was started, viz: tc
strike down and drive out Miller, Hum
iston & Co., the founders and the cllie1
builders Of the National Colony.