The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-23

You get just what you buy and nothing
else. Call and see for yourselves and learn
prices. have made some great reduc-
tions in prices in some classes of goods.
S. T. BUNCH.
Hay. .Twister on Statuvolism Once More.
Correspondence OF the GAZETTE.
Hay-Twister's got his foot in it. In
your issue of June I'd, defender of stat
uvolism jumps on poor Hay-Twister with
true scientific zeal and apparently de-
clines his alliance"
Ist. He refers to the appeal to Farm
ers to Study Science" as ''verdant, juvc-
nile and rhapsodical. If this quotation
refers to our age it is wrong, as we al
ready have scored one score years and
ten and some to boot; if to our intellect,
we have nothing to say.
I'd. He claims that we set at defiance
the logic of Locke and Bacon. Yes. and
if he had added the grammar of Murray,
Bullions and Smith, and the orthography
of Webster, he would still be in the
realms of truth.
Sd. He tackles our nose. Here we
"kick." We intend to stand behind that
nose; it has suffered enough. When go
ing to school the boys used to threaten to
mash" it; our mother took some awful
[ncver use the word unless needed pulls
at it. in order to make the rest of our
body behave himself. When we reached
mans estate several fellows wanted to
flatten it, Since we came to Minnesota
the billiards. of six winters have period
ically curtailed its protruding qualities
about the eighth of an inch annually. If
this continues, the rest of our body may
be disproportionately large at the end of
IS years or so. And finally it gets a sci
entifc twisting in the columns of the
GAZETTE. This won't do. Wen defend
this nose if it takes three columns of 4
newspaper!
4th. He claims we set down false pre-
misses" when we said "by strength of
will or mind kind of sleep can be in
duced." If the Doctor did not make us
understand, in defining the word statu-
volism and in other places, that it de-
pended on strength of will or mind, we
will take back seat. But we will accept
his explanation. and take it for granted
he meant "passivity." In that case he
must make an exception to the known
laws of nature in favor of this new sci
ence. We cannot get on wagon unless
we make an effort to get on. If We allow
ourselves to be passively carried, third
party is necessary. This illustration
shows that in order for this occult science
to stand, an abrogation of the established
laws of nature must be made in its favor
or it must confess that it really is re.
appearing. for popular favor. Of the gone
| out style mesmerism, which he claims
as truth eternal, and we claim us an
error for an equal length of time. Fur.
thernorc, voluntary passivity Of mind
is an impossible condition of that organ
the mind cannot bc passive while endeav.
! oring to obtain result. Should anyone
claim sleep Us an illustration, we would
say that sleep is natural condition OF
animal existence, and not an art. The
Doctor claims statuvolism as an art. He
says: "No such doctrine has ever been
taught by those who practice the statu
| volic art"
5th. He took US up in our desire to
swap some oxen for scientific aspiration.
We won't do that now-going to fatten
, 'em and get bigger price
Lastly. he talks to us like "Dutcl
uncle" accusing us of misapplying sar
casm. He says, "a wise man will never
use the weapon to kill truth" Now the
Doctor must allow us to differ with him
We have the same right to consider him
in error that he has to consider us-whict
he certainly does. Under this freest and
best, yet by no means perfect govern
ment, we all have an equal right to tackle
any principle, either in science or poll
tics-i. g., legally. Morally we can doubt
Us long as there are not brought forward
a suficiency of facts and evidence to pen
citrate our abstrusc intellect. When proof
is received that our mind accepts and oul
conscience approves, we are bound to be
lieve. But not till then.
The keen slashing the Doctor gave us
we. perhaps, deserve. We jumped on the
new science with COW. hide boots, and
! tried to run over it with yoke of steer.
and kill it with dung fork. And if thu
Doctor cut somewhat keenly in conse
quence we will take it like little man,
hoping the Doctor will do likewise; and
in honor to the Doctor be it said, we re
gard him an honorable. upright citizen
who has the welfare of humanity thor
oughly at heart.
Did our finances permit, we might ex
anime this psuedo science critically
taking human nature for our standpoint
and using phrenology, of which we ono,
were a student, as our base of argument
But tree claim" and homestead and ,
lot of small Hay-Twisters preclude th'
idea. Besides, Mrs. Hay-Twister has nj
affinity" for science, believing that ,
row of potatoes well hoed is of as mucl
benefit to humanity as scientific column
well written. HAY-TwIsrER.
For torpid liver, biliousness. dyspep
sia and all liver complaints, the big bloc,
and liver cure Or. Marshall's Bromoline
is just the thing. Ask your druggist TO
4 . bottle. A8@
The Bird Island Post notices the arriva
of little daughter at the house of D. A
Paine. Mr.. Paine will probably rcmov
his family to Redwood soon.