The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-02-13
INTOLERANCE AND IGNORANCL:


EDITOR ADVANCE: In spite of the
liberal teachings and noble example of
The ADVANCE, ignorance still sways its
subjects. Not over il dvzen miles from
your thriving village, a few being alive
To the nted, OF humanity, started IL
Literary society. After Il few feeble
g:tspS 1t WIS ull;lni nUu>ly voted to ;,u-
nit tine ladies'. Some half Il zen Joined
thus tnliv"ning the proceedings some
what. This seemed to frighten the
.ledr tiMid men, aud il few felt it their
duty to show the fair sex their
sphere
1t WAS moved aud carried to ballot
upon all names outside Of charter mem-
bers, three nos 70 reject tile applicant.
Now STE the beauty Shine forth. AL
though others had joined since the or
ganization, but one name, wlici, was
presented at the last meeting, was vot-
ed upon except the ladies, every one of
whom was rejected.
Isn't this liberal for the 10Th GEN.
fury? What u manly principle Actual
ed those votes! What an enlightened
mind must have prompted! What glo-
ry in their grand &C lievement! How
Il.
wife or mother, when they say you III e
fit, only to stay at home, While / enjoy
myself where I cln CLEAN from the
thoughts Of others something to break
the monotony OF these long winter
evenings, spent in the midst Of an I'M
settled western home with all its So
cial disadvantages.
This much to your credit, ladies, the
0l fIn
has been liberal enough to allow them
to recognize your worth, regret, deeply
regret, that so bigoted person is in
Of any avenue of culture to q lady,
! And the sentiments Of every true man
are, if not lit place fora lady, it is not
for me. Hoping this grand reform will
not become contagious, | am respect
fully yours. SPECTATOR.
NPRAKERS GROWL.
EDITOR ADVANCE: AS you live ut
the hub" and can observe the work
imgs of the machinery at this end of
Uncle Sam's'' great distributing Ma
chine, located at your place, l would
like to have you tell me, las I suppose
you must know, what ails our post Of
flee or its officials. would like to
know why two or three mems mail
should be mixed up in one mans box
and all sent out to him us his mai.
when the names are as dissinilar us
Speaker and Jones? And why mail for
local distribution, that is put in the Of
flee ut night, is not distributed ut 10 Il.
m. next day? And why Spraker's mail
should he put in the box If Il man
whose name commences with "A?''
And why the post Office cannot be run
for the benefit of laborers and mechar-
les rs we'll as for merchants, lawyer.
and ''sich like?"
Now, it looks to me, from out on the
prairie, rs though there was something
wrong somewhere. 1t looks as tl,oug,
some one did not care Il ''continental'
whose tox the mail went into, but was
just ''slattetl'' around promiscuousl,
without regard rs to where it ''lit" if il
was only distributed.
l hear considerable growing abou
the way mail matter is handle at til,
Worthington office. don't know b.,
we, out in the country, are incomw.
tent judges III these matters, but this
do know. it is very pleasant when ",
90 to town, to he obliged to call ut th'
Office two or three times before we O.
our mail only because it is not in on
box when it ought TO be. And it is alst
very pleasant IN going to the office AM
finding h"iS:i''g. to step Into Il business
:r';ls{ IL town AMI have your mai
,.,i,,i, Il Yen t:s;st yn'l had been anxious
fy !"nkin! in'. ''r several days. An(
a, :, j.: is very i,'"r$Hut, when You L1v:
s.: ~. .s-r away IA pay Il t|rl'. a"ti *
rect ' 'e''''',' therefore, hy return mail
10 ("' Obliged :" wait nntilSomt farmer
WHO has zee 'E: i it with his mail
should JET urn il. the nalurs and Initials
being r'itir " different. Very ple:,san
indeed. But t'H.n 1--WE uns' from tn,
country d,n't know. Yours,
SPEAKER.