The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-09
C0VNC11 PROCEEDINGS.

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Regular meeting June 4, 1881, $40 p.
nd.
Present Shell, Pres, A. Forbes.
n. TWitchell, Il. b. Plotes, Rec.
y, :: Minutes of last regular meeting read
and approved 49,
T On motion petition of S. Miller for
drain was laid on the table.
: Bill of W. S. Booth for blanks was
!, presented and ordered paid. $500.
KS Bill of Worthington Journal publish
ing notice and ordinances, $500, pre-
scented and ordered paid.
I Bill of Worthington ADVANCE, S.. 90,
FOR publishing ordinances was present.
and ordered paid.
Bill Of AEON Forbes for PUBLIC pump,
$50: 90, presented and ordered paid
Bill orc. !. Humiston for oil and
lamp supplies up to May 80, 1881, SS So,
/ was presented and ordered paid.
On motion it was resolved that the
street com. and marshall be instructed
|. to see that the sidewalks are freed from
all distractions, and that sweepings Of
paper and scraps of such kind be not
thrown on the streets. Yeas-rWitch-
ell, Forbes and Plotts. Nays--none.
Petition of S. !. Woodward for IL
cense to open Billiard Hall, under
such restrictions as the council may i'm.
pose was presented, and petition was
granted: Yeas-TWitchell, Forbes and
Plots. Nays-nono. On motion, tWen-
tY-five dollars was fixed as the sum to
be charged Mr.. Woodward for one years
license.
Bill for printing blank bonds and re-
cord book. 1925. was presented and Or
dered paid.
On motion. adjourned.
r. 3. PLOTTs, Recorder.
Those fellows who pitch into the An-
VANCE have hard time Of it. Some
how the thing always works against
them. Here was the Journal and the
Rock Rapids Keyiew soldering each
other over with compliments and COW
ertly digging 1T the ADVANCE. Well,
this sweetness soured on them and now
they are mad at each other. The Re-
view praised the Journal on it's splurge
and how it was supposed to be crowding
out the ADVANCE. Then the Journal
stopped over at this compliment from
$50 thorough a newspaper man as the
editor Of the Review" Then the Re-
view man, who don't get the ADVANCE
and knows nothing about it except
through the Journal, got mad at Ogle IS
compliment and goes for the Journal.
Then the Journal gets mad and says "a
man that gets mad because compli-
ment, etc., had better get some one to
pour brine over him to keep him fresh.'
And thus it's lovely for the ADVANCE.
Tie Review calls the ADVANCE 1.-THE
distnrber." That is just what it is.
The olS ADVANCE moves right on up
the river, like a big steamer, and the
little skiffs, like the Journal and the
Review, bob around and rock about on
the agitation Of the waters made by the
ADVANCE. Come at us again and
then get mad and spat each other.
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage is disguised
with the revised new testament. In
the old. Christ said, "show me a pen
ny" In the new lie is made to say,
"show me a denarius." The old YER
Sion says of one fellow that she was
Naked" Tile new version says he ''had
on his Hndergarments only" Pause
here and laugh. And if you believe
that the BiCle is the word of God, weep
that IL company of fools have spent so
many years spelling your sacred book !
Ta|nage further deplores the publica-
ton Of the statement that there are
forty errors in the old version of the
Sermon on the Mount, and 100000 in
the new testament alone. Many of
these were interpretations which have
ca,ised rivers Of hluoti-sl,ru and darEen-
cd thousands Of human lives.
We have no doubt that the new BIZ
hle will he Il failure us ii literary work,
although it will be q success in helping
to overthrow the insane devotion of
the churches tt 2 theology which Christ
did not teach.