New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-09

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q correspondent Of the Loreno Wide
Awake finds fault with the Brown Co.
Agricultural Association for holding
its meetings on Sunday, I will, as one
Of the oldest members Of the associa-
ton, explain to the. aforesaid CORES.
pondent and others who may be in
terested, why the association holds its
meetings on Sunday.
In the first place we are a mixed pop
ulation with many different ideas and
notions and the only way to make mat
ters work harmoniously is for the minor
ity to submit to the will of the majority;
since it is impossible to suit the notion
Of every individual. The time of hold
ing the meetings of the association has
been changed at different times since
it's organization, and, I for one have
always been opposed of having them
on Sunday and with other members
voted in favor of a week day; but with
the exception of time or two, the ma.
jority went for Sunday as the day best
suited to most of the members, because
the church folks and Sunday christians
want to go to town to attend church on
Sunday forenoon, and then it is so con.
venient, and not attended with any loss
of useful time to meet their brother
farmers in the afternoon and have a
general talk about farming, and why
not? Is it worse to talk about anything
at a meeting on Sunday that no christian
an would hesitate to talk about at home
with his family, or with a neighbor if
he should happen to meet him on Sab.
bath day! Now do not object to, or
favor Sunday on account of any religi-
GUS belief, but after have worked all
week don't wont to walk to town on
Sunday, don't want to curry my horses,
harness, hitch or drive, or whip them
on that day after they have worked
through the week. Some of our mem.
bers are mechanics, others business
men, who either can't or dom t want to
leave their business, or lose their wages
on a week day. 1t is the same with
holding the County Fair. In order to
compromise the matter we have for
some years past selected Saturday and
Sunday; the former for the Sunday
christian, the latter for the Saturday
believers, in order to give all a chance;
but former experience has demonstrate.
ed the fact that the attendance on Sun
day is by far the largest and the asso-
citation came near breaking up and the
fair proving failure when fair and
meetings were held on week days ex.
elusive in order to accommodate those
who were in the opinion of myself and
the correspondent of the Wide.Awake.
Now the old saying is that where there
is a will there is way, if you, brother
correspondent, with about twenty. five,
or better fifty, good weekday farmers
like yourself will come and join our as.
ISOLATION we will receive you with
Openarms and then we will have a
week day majority and the minority
will give us a chance to try it again
and prove to them that our idea is the
best. The admission fee is only fifty
cents and the annual dues fifty cents,
for the payment of which every mem
Der receives one dollar worth of seeds
each year, just suited for the hard
times. If that proposition don't suit
you don't see how we can help you
and will be obliged to run the associa-
ton as heretofore.
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