The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-03-06
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EDITOR ADVANCE: Hoping that you
will bo fair enough to give ''our side''
q hearing on this subject, will begin
by quoting from the ADVANCE of Feb.
%:
I'VE are Informed by reliable persons
that there are a number Of bridges in
the CO lEty, that are Of no use. They
are on side roads and are rotting
down."
Taking the above from your paper,
Will, some more of the same sort pre-
ceetling it, one would think this county
is governed principally by u set of grace.
less scamps unfit for any place but \
compulsory workshop. Now, since
there has been Il great deal said lately by
yourself and the farmers, about our
county affairs and brass kettles, think
it high time to give the public the truth
by going to the 70, t of the matter. It
has come to be so fashionable for our
county managers to be be]ab0re<l by
farmers and other outsiders (who prob
ably would like to le ''otlicial'' if they
could, that forl,ear;l,,ce his ceased to
be virtue. Now, about those bridges:
It is {.ert'aps true that few outside OF
Worthington have been given con-
tracts, but it is because we were OH
hand when the contracts were let.
Why were not the others? 1t has also
been said by some outside of this busi-
ness that the bridges were not built &C
cor,ling to contract, that the posts put
in were shorter than were ordered and
reported. Such may be the fact with u
few, but the shorter posts cost less and
served the purpose rs well. Suppose
we drew pay the same rs though longer
posts were used? Who have better
earned the right to profitable jobs, than
we who furnished the county with
brains?
What 4 precious tumble We would
have of our county matters If you had
your pet scheme carried into effect, of
having half the county offices filed by
farmers. Why, it would take the rest
Of us three-fOurths of orr time to keep
them within the bounds of law, thus
leaving only one-fourth Of ''our'' time
to do tho business-for, of course, we
would have to do it. Besides, when
you talk of the 'rapacity' Of politicians,
we all know none IRE SO rapacious as
farmers, who are unable to pay their
"store-debts' with forty bushels of
wheat to the acre.
Again, l quote from the ADVANCE
of same date. I'VE understand that
the board are in the l.abi. of raising or
lowering the va|ual ion it will, without
citing the parties to appear.'* admit
that such may possibly lave been the
case in some instances but how should
the farmers, or even the township as
SCISSORS, know the real val. e of proper
ty as we'll rs we who are continually in
u way to know all about such affairs;
for they rarely take Il paper and never
read it. Now. in order to cffectually
wind up these chickering's between us
ard the labOrimg class. LIT lis look ut
the matter in its true light.
In my way 1T thinking there arc per-
fcctly distinct classes of inhabitants i'll
i'll places and Mobiles county is not an
exception, viz: those who Work and
those who think. The two are absolute.
ly incompatible; for the person who is
hard at work physically. is unfit to do
mental work, except of the simplest
kind, while those who give t ,eir lives
to brain work, should not be called up
Oh to perform mental labor. Working
people must learn to recognize the no.
bility of Mind. PerconscQucncc. tho~e
who are furnishing the brains for this
county should continue to do so, in Or
der to keep affairs in good shape; and
those who are doing the muscular work
continue III their way land their chill
dren 5 children" that each may be &C.
ceptable in his own sphere and not at
tempt anything above it, lest he show
the extreme depth Of his ignorance.
COUNTY.
sour cor cslondcmt il probably under tn. i'm.
preston that We referred to the County Board,
when our reference IN this particular paragraph,
WAS to the Village lsuIru,-ED ADVANCE