The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-03-01

upon the taxable property of the coun-
ty. We notice also that the oath re-
quired is a stringent one, and that the
whole law Is well guarded so that the
State shall recover whatever it loans to
help the people in the present emergen-
cy.
BEECHER ATST. PAUL.
In company with several friends we
went to st. Paul, on Saturday last, and
had the pleasure of hearing Henry
Ward Beecher deliver his lecture on
"The Ministry of Wealth " and also a
sermon on Sunday at the Opera House.
Weattended Beecler's church in Brook
Ign for some time In 1859 and again in
1857 ard have therefore had some op-
p0rtunity to note the development Of
this wonderful man and especially the
changes which time has wrought. He
begins to show his ago somewhat, is
heavier and little stopped, and seems
to have lost something of the fire and
magnetism of manner which he had a
few years ago, but his face is more rud-
dy, and there is no decline in the vigor
ofhis ideas, in his wonderful command
Of language or his power Of word paint
ing. He still stands without a peer as
apulpit and platform orator. lie is at
once great preacher, teacher, poet,
orator, and actor, as much at home in
political as in pulpit oratory, and his
influence in America and England has
been prodigious in setting men free,
not only from political slavery but from
the harder bondage of old theological
Ideas. The rush to hear him on this,
which is probably his last tour west,
has been immense, and so far as we
could hear, men of all classes had a
good word to say for Beecher.
LETTER FROMPREsIDENT DRAKE
Elsewhere appears a letter from Hon.
E. F. Drake, President of the Railroad
Company, concerning the relations be.
tween the Railroad and the Colony
Company. 1t will he seen that lie says
distinctly that both Miller, Humiston
4 Co.. and F. G. Taylor have contracts
with the Railroad Company to sell
lands. lie also tells how the Swanson
matter came about, and exhonerates
Prof. Humiston from anything that
could for a moment reflect upon his ill.,
tegrity. In conclusion he says:
In i business intercourse of five years
with Prof. Humiston, no single circum-
stance has come to my notice which
mas III any manner impaired my conf.
dence in him as Il man Of truth, honor
and honesty For lis untiring devo-
ton and sacrifices for the interest of
tle Colony he deserves more credit and
reward than he ever has or is likely tn
receive.
And so the Infamous attempt of the
Worthington Journal to destroy public
confluence III Prof. Humiston comes to
grief. The result will be that the Pro
lessor will stand higher than ever in
public confidence. Mr.. Drake also sets
a. rest the persistent lie which the
journal has kept publishing concern
Ing F. G. Taylor, and says distinctly
that Mr.. Taylor has contract to st Il
certain lands in this county.
President Drake corrects another lie
told by the Journal last week, viz: that
Mr.. Swanson obtained his contract
through Gov. Miller. Mr.. Drake dis
tinctiy says that Prof. Humiston, when
his attention was called to the delav
requested the Company TAT once to
make the contract and he would per.
feet it by payment.
1t Is high time that the friends of
the Colony enterprise and of the best
interests and best classes of this coun-
~ got their eyes open to the designs
and animus of the Journal. We knew
the object and the spirit of the paper
from the first and have never failed to
declare them. But time is bringing
true every word we have ever said con-
corning that infamous concern. It
was conceived and born in bitter spite
and bitter hostility to the best people
and the best interests of Mobiles Coun-
ty. Around it gathered from the very
start all the coarsest, the lowest, the
most spiteful, and the most gocless
clements of the community, and no
Islander, no lie, no annoyance, 10 out
rage. has been too vile for them to at
tempt. Yet some good people have
l'een duped into believing that the Jour-
l'ai is legitimate newspaper enter
prise.
THE TRUTH a ABOUT WHEAT
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