The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-09

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"PLEBBAN" REPLIES TO COUNTY"
EDITOR ADVANCE: Again the rich
patrician blood which swells so holly
in the veins OF tho man, County," is
reused and tho words of simple truth
he deems against clansman spoke,
has called from him avenging stroke. :"
Now, Mr.. County, we advise you in the
words Of that great and good man,
Mark Twain, to ''wipe off your chin"
and in the words of another apostle. to
'pull down your vest.'
He styles our article windy. and we
propose to generate just enough of this
sort of wind to blow him up. Remem-
Der, Oh thou man of mighty intellect.
that Caesar had his Brutus, aud that he
too was of the plebean host. We easily
imagine that we see him of the gigantic
intellect coming forward, bearing the
scars Of many conflict, wiping the
beaded drops Of perspiration from his
massive browa nd drawing his ponderous
sword for fight as he commands US to
''Stop!' And stop we shall, long enough
to examine the article which attributes
such malign motives to us.
County" evidently thinks to fright
en- us off by long vocabulary of big
words, he we'll knows we do not COM
prehend, but in this he will fail. So
come right on, Sir. We shun no shock
i'll such a conflict as this battle for the
right.
Now, as to our assuming that we
knew all about the bridges. Who. we
ask, is more likely to be acquainted
with the condition of the roads of which
the bridges form part, than the farm
ers who travel them? How. we ask, are
you to form an opinion, who never leave
your clean sidewalks? Tell us. we pray,
from whom you gain information with
regard to these matters? And as to at
lacking our worthy commissioner, we
made no mention of names, but simply
allowed the one whom the coat fit to
wear it. AS to insinuations of neglect or
connivance against the same worthy, we
never thought of such thing. Ueis we'll
known and we consider such a course
unnecessary and entirely superfuous.
But what ails you, why are you so
tender on this point? But is not the ar
rangement to which you refer, viz: that
Of making him our next Auditor,
rather premature? This disclosure Of
plan is at least a departure from the or
binary course pursued by yourself and
companions, and, if we mistake not, the
old adage of ''many slip twixt the cup
and the lip" stands good chance to be
verified.
The assertion of the fact that water
runs best, ETC., in a narrow channel,
finds as ready assent with us rs with
the engineers quoted. The water of our
financial river has flowed SO long in this
narrow sort Of way and has become so
free in its flow that none but the very
best of engineers could find soundings
in it and yet it has not become so very
deep either for as you have proven by
your article any official transaction may
be converted into stock upon which to
raise campaign funds.
But why were you in such haste with
your funds? We had no idea that mat
tiers were so pressing. Are you not
marshalling your forces early in the day?
Oh, for your foresight, but being of the
innocent class, this, of course. is out of
the question. AS to insinuating that
the estimable person in question was a
political ''Hermaphrodite," we never
did any thing of the kind. We simply
mentioned the facts in the case and
will allow the readers of the ADVANCE
to draw their own conclusions. Alrea-
dy we see lin our mind) his towering
corpus in our legislative halls making
the welkin ring with his deep sonorous
tones, and we are overcome with the
"beattitude" of the scene.
But, having nothing to regret we
have nothing to retract. And now,
MI. "County'', with q few words of ad-
vice and admonition to yourself, we
shall close this letter which we hope
will close this quarrel, by showing you
where you stand.
You assume to be the county and so
try to move the whole, while in reality
you are only parasite. and it is your
plain duty to remain quiet until it shall
please the people to call you from out
your hiding and bid you move for their
interest.
Now, our advice to you is to drop
| this assumption of greatness and return
| to the honored shades from whence you
/ sprung. Remember that though pa.
| Crician, yet even such as you have fallen
and may fall again, OH the very thresh.
old of political glory. For the present,
| hadn'J you better take Il walk where
| you will get the air?
| PLEBEAN.
"UNCO GOOD.'
Brother Gardner, of the Lime Kiln
! Club, has become famous through the
Detroit Free Press, just as old Uncle
Remus has through the Georgia Con.