The Worthington advance., 1880-09-23
[FOr the ADVANCED
LOCAL TOPICS.

We have heard a great deal Of remark
about slip-shod farming around Worth
ington and it does seem us though where
there is SO much Of the smoke of sus-
picion there must OF necessity be some
fire by neglect. We hope that our farm
ers Will show to the nortl, and west
farmers OF this county who make fun of
them that they will in due time put
themselves Alright on the records and
remove the opprObrium.
Sussested-that Il smelling commit
tee be appointed to find out what kiIick-
hacks go to make up the $50 expended
miscellaneously 10y our school board last
year.
Sugyrsred-that old bachelors chill
dren be prohibited from attending the
Public School in Worthington on the
ground that an old batclelor Can't ac-
quire Il hearth-stonc and ireside.
y little work has been done on the
Lake Park, but much more is needed.
We feel not Il little interested in that
Park. The city fathers ought to relnem-
Der that "once they were young where
us they DOW are old" and that on these
bald pralrirs there are no lovers re-
treats alu that the Lake Park will, if
properly cared for he Il delightful place
for moonlight drives and starlight
str"ll>, chewing gum and munc!lng
peanuts. and OH the gum-sucking.
Think of these things, oil, ye city Dads,
and fix up the park in good shalc.
"Foryct it not.''
SugStSt"d-tl'at the authorities Of
Worthington Township move that
guide board Oh the lake shore near the
LUvernt road to the forks OF the road
where '!c who runs may rrad' the in
Srrlptlon thereon without the necessity
of going half way down to Ransom to
find out the fright way"
Suggested, the new school boaru
clean up the school grounds and keep it
in better shape.
Su.grsted-tl,at Il religious and NOR
al smelling committee he appointed in
Worthinytnn. CHlrIC.
With orr office i'll honestly paid for,
we can afford to he more independent
than evtr.-AdvaEce
Oh yes, honestly paid for! Rpmem-
Der, all honestly paid for! The poorest
man in America could afford to have Is
or 20 newspapers if lie could honestly
pay for them all rs you honestly paid
for your Advance. DO explain this
Journal.
The s;lnctimonious Journal inserts
the word 'lIonestly' in the above mis-
quoted extract in order to insinuate
that the ADVANCE was not honestly
paid for. AS it calls on US to explain
we will do so:
Two years ago we proposed to Miller,
Uumiston & Co., Of whom we bought
the ADVANCE, to trade them piece Of
land and take up several notes which
they still held against us. The propo-
sition was accepted and the notes were
sent to the Bank Of Worthington to be
delivered to us. Uumiston e Pope
were to he one of the firms to appraise
the land. uumiston declined to ap-
praise and garnisheed the notes in the
hands of the Bank, claiming that Nj.
II. & Co., owed his son for services.
The action was brought in the name Of
Josephus Craft and Rohrer was their
attorney. Rohrer was overpowered with
delight. They had us this time, sure,
they thought. Rohrer went about and
and boasted that by December the AD-
VANCE would be a Presbyterian paper"
They were just going to take the whole
concern and set Miller adrift. Well,
Judge Dickinson decided against them.
Then Rohrer appealed as he always
does, and was beaten in the Supreme
Court, as he always is. It cost IIumis-
ton and Craft probably S125 and pat us
to an extra expense Of about SIS, all to
make the ADVANCE a presbyterian pa
per-" and the thing didn't succeed af-
ter all.
Yes, sir, the ADVANCE is honestly
paid for. We don't wonder that Koh-
rer gnashes his teeth and that the Jour
nal does his dirty work and insinuates
that the ADVANCE was not honestly
paid tor.
The ADVANCE never flopped on the
bond question for money as the Jour
nal did. The ADVANCE never put an
insurance of 500 on the office and
then burned it up to get the insurance
money as the Journal did. The AD-
VANCE never Topped over on the Dun
nell-Ward question for $50 as the Jour-
nal did. "Ilonast," indeed. 1--WE thank
thee, Jew, for that word.'' "IIonest,"
indeed! A paper that was conceived in
Ringism, born in blaze of rowdyism
and nurtured by spite and CRIME, as the
Journal was, ought to keep still about
''honesty."
Charley Cole, we'll known to our peo-