The Worthington advance., 1880-09-02


SHOPPING or JUDGE PAGE :
The following, from the Austin Re-
publican, is no doubt the truest view of
the attempted assassination OF Judge
Page which has been published:
For years the assassination spirit has
lurked IN this city. 1t has showed it.
self in various forms. It has been riot
Gus and fomented disturbance. 1t en-
tered the Republican printing office and
carried away and destroyed material Of
the value of twelve hundred dollars be-
cause the paper persisted in publishing
the truth. The same devilish assassin
alton spirit entered the church for tie
purpose of prosecuting the editor of the
Republican for publishing the truth a.
bout official robberies, about damnable
usury, about the old bogus bond steal,
about criminal hypocrisy. the publica-
tion of all OF which evidence against
the aforesaid spirit of assassination, the
last specification of the devilish perse-
cutiOn said, ''4aight be ,cholly or IN part
true, nevertheless 1t Is unchristian and
,.nkind." Though the assassin spirit
has been rampant and seen Of all men,
nothing has been done to show to the
world that there is a predominant re-
sisting righteousness in the community.
The assassination spirit has been in the
church and must be let alone ''lest the
wheat be rooted up Also" Worse than
that: The good seed has been choked
by the bad seed and cast out.
Rantingly and threateningly the as
sassination spirit has paraded our
streets. It boldly and de(iantly entered
the halls of justice. protected criminals,
forgers, embeZZlers and riotous partisan
human scabs disgustingly infectious
and lOathsome with treacherous perfidy.
Long federation of such wickedness
could not but be fruitful of growth in
the assassination spirit which culminat-
ed in a most cowardly attempt to take
the life of Judge Page on Tuesday
night.
Wherever al editor or public speak
or has been engaged in telling the truth
about political rings, lie has had to run
the gauntlet of a crowd of cowardly per-
cutors who follow him into the church,
into private life, into everything. We
suffered in Worthington at the hands
of such bulldozers more insult and
mean, low, villanous persecution in two
years than we suffered III thirty years
before. Brother IIotchkiss always re-
grets that this spirit should manifest it,
self in the church. So should anyone.
but why not in the church us we'll us
elsewhere? The churches are made up
Of more men and, us rule, of the most
hypocritical and mean men in any COM
munity. More than three-fourtlls of
the evil which has cropped out in
Worthington, sometimes in dishonesty,
fraud, and actual crime, has been de.
vised and executed bv church members.
LETTER FROM uONI1NO.
Indians-Sun1'aer Dress Calico Shirts
md Moccdsins-Fronticr S. S.
"D-n you, sing up!"-Huy So. q
1on-No Place like NoLles County.
MILES CRY. Montana Territory. }
August 23d, 1850.
EDITOR ADVANCE: have already
given my friends brief description of
this country and perhaps few lines a.
bout the inhabitants would be in order.
The Indians are the first that would
command attention from a "pilgrim''
or ''tender foot" as they dress so differ
ent from the Indians who inhabit some
portions Of Minnesota and also those in
the vicinity Of Flandreau. The tribes
represented here are chiefly Sioux, Chey-
ennes and Grows. The Sioux are the
most wretched and forlorn looking in
dividuals of the three tribes mentioned
and are poorly clad both in robes and
flesh. This condition is due mainly to
the fact that they have been hostile to
the whites for several years and have
recently surrendered to the military au-
thorities at Fort Keogh dead broke.
The Cheyennes are three or four shades
better than the Sioux and have some
small farms opened in the Yellowstone
Valley and they raise several hundred
bushels of potatoes and thousands of
pumpkins, &c. The Crows have a res
ervation about 100 miles above here and
are the sharpest and most shrewd to
deal with of any tribe in this vicinity.
They are also more fond of dress and
anything fancy or gaudy. they will buy
and if such thing is possible will put
it on their heads. There were about
800 Crows III town a few days ago and
they made times lively as they had plen-
ty of furs and money. The Indians a.
dopt cool clothing this hot weather
which consists of a calico shirt and a
pair of moccasins. Some days the ther-
mometer indicates 1869 in the shade.
Emigration has about subsided for
this season but still there are few
coming in each week probably Is or 90.
We have quite an interesting Sabbath
scaot now and the Indians will come a.
round to see what is going on. OF course
they do not know how to act, and will
stick their heads in the windows or
doors and watch the little ones with a
great deal Of curiosity.
SING UP!
Two weeks ago to-day one of Monta-
mas women who sometimes takes little
of the ardent took her little daughter
Jenny to Sunday-school. During the
various exercises and while the children
were singing she thought that her
daughter was not singing as loud as she
could, so strengthening herself up, she
shouted 'Sing up Jenny! sing up! damn
you, you can sing as loud as any of
''em!' Well, such is life on the western
frontier.
Business is rather dull just now ow-
ing to so many men being out in the
hay fields. The lowest bids on hay is
$22.4 per ton which does not speak VOL