The Worthington advance., 1882-08-24
THAT EHHIN0 AFFAIR

cool, or we shall have to advise Dan
Rohrer to put chunk OF ice over your
left ear. You have been imposed upon
by grossly exaggerated statement OF
the affair. We have no C0mstOck's or
Bob. Ingersoll's here, but rs liberal a
thinking class of people as can be found
upon the face of the globe. They can
not control their "bvats, "however, any
more than in nWorthingtOn or elsewhere,
and before you shoot of more of your
intellcct-whicl,, judjing from the Ian
gnage used, is but little better than the
eggs thrown you had better enquire
into the facts of the case. ''Church
bigots" and ''church brutes," rs you
are pleased to term those who do not
see rs you do, are not known here.
A change has come over Bro. Hart's
dream. At the time of the egging lie
was aroused and ''crazy' also. but
something has changed him. Probably
the rotten egg element in the church
gave him hint that if lie did not keep
still lie would get u dose himself. At
all events, Bro. Hart has backed square
ly down and is under COW.
He used to be considered an indepen
dent editor and not afraid to condemn;
an outrage, But he must bo under
''churcl, discipline" At the time of
the outrage lie said:
We learn that some fellow visited the
school house during the liberal lecture
on Tuesday evening, and threw some
rotten eggs through the windows. Al
ter the entertainment the lecturer was
rotten egged while Oh his way home
with Mr.. Whitehead. An outrage Of
this kind cannot be too severely con-
demned, and we hope the perpetrators
of it will he caught and punished. No
good citizen can uphold such doings.
They are disgrace t0 our town and
the age in which we live.
Since the above we learn that there
is q prospect Of several arrests being
made, and witnesses stand ready to
prosecute.
See how ''crazy" Bro. Hart was at
that time. "They are u disgrace to our
town and the age in which we live,"
he said. The ADVANCE certainly said
nothing more "crazy" than this. But
some of the rotten-egg church element
have put "a chunk of ice over his left
carr and he has became ''rational'' and
is now obedlent to the rotten-egg
church element.
It will. not do to talk about control
ling their brats. Brats do not egg liberal
speakers unless they are put up to it by
old bigots. Bro. Hart knows this is a
very himsy subterfuge. lie wants US
to inquire into the facts before We
''shoot off our intellect" We did get
the facts first from his paper and then
by private letter, a part OF which We
published and made the basis Of our re-
marks.
IAN outrage Of this kind cannot be
too severely condemned" said Bro.
Hart in lis first article. But now he
GALES US ''craZy'' for condemning it Sc
vcrely. "Wood, oh Wood,'' as Nasty
says, that Bro. Hart had remained era
~ while lie had it bad. and not wilted
down under prospective application Of
rotten eggs from the COmstock element
III his town.
Since the above was put in type, we
have received the following letter from
u perfectly reliable source:
P1rEsToNE CITY, Aug. %, 1882.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Mr.. Hart, editor
Of tbs Star OF this place, in the last
weeks issue, states that you have been
''impOstd Upon ty i grossly exaggerat-
ed account Ut the affair" of the rotten
egging of the Liberal meeting held here
last month, and attempts to create the
impression that the oifenSe was coin
mitted by children.
l agree with him in believing that our
county-seat will compare favorably with
most other places when the question is
on morality and good order, but can
not feel Indifferent to the disgrace
which, has been put upon its citizens,
be it never 50 unjus,]y, by those who
planned and executed the mob in this
case. The parties implicated are "A
merical babies five and il half feet high
O,, an average, aud their aggregate ages
foot up. for the live or six actually en-
gagged in the nefariOus business, to A.
bout hundred and fifty years. Rath-
er mature ''brats." weren't thpyi I
fail to see where, in the account you
publish, is any exaggeration. II there
is any. let the Star point it out, for too
ami jealous Of the good name of Pipe
stone.
The Star says you ''had better in
quire into the facts of the case. -
Would it not be still better if the Star
would itself give the unvarnished facts
and indulge less in generalities and
mere opinion and iMuendo? The state
lnents in the ADVANCE were to the ef-
feet that while liberal lecturer was
delivering a lawful address to an au-
dience, certain persons Of the Lam
holler. .tl,an-thOu sort assaulted him
with eggs, scattering the contents of
egg shells upon some Of the conQrega-
tiOm. afterwards following leading lib.
erals half mile. throwing eggs at
them. II some of this account was ex-
aggerated. what part? and what are the
real facts? And If the work was done
by children, give names and ages
Now let Mr.. Hart answer.
If, Mr.. Editor, you want other infor.
nation in regaid to this matter. you
can obtain it from scores Of citizens,
among them such men as "A. p. Ferris,
A. J. Brown and T. Whitehead.
Yours for Truth and Order,
LIBERAL.
If any Of the above named gentlemen
want these parties fully exposed they
G IN have the columns of the ADVANCE
for that purpose, and If they need mon.
ey to help prosecute these Comstock
hounds, we will help them out.
Mr.; Walker. who delivered tho lee.
turo is dramatically opposed to us in
religious belief, more opposed to us
than to the church blond hounds who
egged him. And for that very reason
we are the more decided and earnest III
this matter. 1t is not his doctrines that
we will fight for. but for the principle
of universal federation and a hearing for
every man who has u thought to ex-
press.