The Worthington advance., 1883-05-17

ber." All this is plain, but it does rot
serve the purpose of the prohibition
lists, and 50 they hedge, and dodge.
and twist the ''word" to suit their
views.
The Gospel aud example of Christ
undoubtedly condemn in.emperance,
but they just as strongly favor the tenn.
perate use Of liquors and perfect free
dom from all observance of days,
church requirements, etc. Christ came
to teach men freedom and the cllurcl,
came to make them slaves.
FURNISHING 4 NEWSPAPER.
The Rock Rapids Review is having
an experience very similar to that OF
the ADVANCE in former years. 1t has
been fighting Il ring and showing up
the enormous overcharges and steals
which have saddled an uncommon debt
upon the county. a dozen or fifteen
business men have signed paper
threatening to withdraw patronage il
the Review does not cease, as they say,
''paIading our county and school in-
debtedness before the country at large,
that is to say, naming the amount oi
the Indebtedness" 1t seems also that
the church element, or seme OF them
are hostile to the Review. notwith-
standing the fact that it prints theil
notices gratis, subscribes to pay theil
preachers, ETC., and does not fight them
1T all, but it is liberal towards Liber-
ais. That is its offence, which is
enough in the eyes Of Il church bigot tC
condemn any man.
Perhaps the Review knows the bis
tory Of the ADVANCE. 1t has beel
threatened, bullied, waylaid, insulted
''churched," fought in every form o1
insult and outrage save by mob attack
on the office, and it went through glor-
iously and won. The organ of the ele-
ments which hated and cursed the AD
VANCE and which was started to xii
the ADVANCE, lived a scrofulous life
and died an ignominious death. Dur.
ing ali the warfare, during all the with
drawing and withholding OF patronage
during the spite and insult of meh
women and children, Of bigots, bullies
| and bra1s, the ADVANCE never waver-
ed Il moment, never changed its course
an iota, but walked right on to pros
perity and Il complete triumph. Threats
OF mob We're frequent and even OF mur
der, but the ADVANCE never took amy
thing back, never ''let up,' never
changed it's Col Use Il hairs brc",ll
while the Wax lasted.
We write this now not to ''Drae' OF
to open any olsl sores. We see the per-
secution ct the Review has begun anC
we write this solely for It's encourage
ment. Keep j, up, Bro. Review, ant
you'll soon have your own brick office
Fear no political bosses, LhuIcl. Diyots
MIS-. Gru:.dys nur street bullies, anC
you'll win.
LETTER FROM TIE RED RIVER
COU.VIKI.
FARGO, u. T., May7, 1883.
EDITOR ADvANCE:-My arrival il,
this country The 2lst of last month Wa.
greeted by Il sight that caused he to
stop and mora!iZ: Oh the ambition. OF
man and his tircIess energy in the pur
suit OF the w!,ereWitll;ll to obtain bread
and butter and good clothes. The mu nd
in tie streets at that time was equal, il
not superior. to anything | ever SAW
-Four heavy horses, in one instance,
noticed had all they could do to draw
Il wagon with Il half ton Of coal on ana
their feet when drawn from the mud
made Il noise not altogether unlike the
crack of I. pistol The land between
the Red River and the Cheyenne a dis
t,nce of five miles from this point was
almost entirely under water, not from
the overflow of the Red, but on ac
count OF heavy and continued rains
which began shortly after the com
mencement of seeding. West of here
some ten or twelve miles, found less
water, but the usual amount of mud
Farmers generally resumed operations
in a few days after the rains ceased
and the grain was SOWn in the mud
and in the operation the wheels of the
seeder would roll up with mud unit
the spokes were literally hidden, and
the wheels presented the appearance OF
having been made of boards or sawed
off the end of log. and would occas
ienally roll up a lit of subsoil (gumbo
which is somewhat similar to wax in
quality and is very adhesive. Looking
ION this picture and then on that
which I left, 1 felt inclined to
''Sing one song for my Minnesota home
For my Minnesota home far away.''
Farmers, however, are very hopeful
and feel sure OF i fair crop as they say
it is much more favorable seeding than
Il year ago Then Il team and seedel
would frequently get fast in the mud
when the driver would unhitch, leave
the machine and hook on to one kept
in reserve, while wrecking crew, kept
for the purpose, proceeded to life the
mired machine aid get it ready for the
| next one caught in the same fix. One
! is inclined to admire the perseverance,
of the farmers her" working under
| such difficulties, dia enot know there
are few who do their own work, their
reward preyieus to last year having
| been such as to enable them to ''recline al
ease" AS their work is being pushed on
The rest of the farm work here is con
paratively easy for the man who works
but does not make it Il paradise for the
horse, for they are subject to frequent
attacks of collie which often prove fatal
brought on suppose by overwoik.-
That part of the valley l have seen pre-
sents the appearance of having bee,
settled Il much longer period than j!
really the case us there is but little raw
prairie to be found.
So far l have not found Il single
organized township in this part of tn
country, the people having been to-
busy suppose, in pursuit of the al
mighty dollar to attend to such things
The little town of Mapleton, however
twelve miles west of here, has abou
three hundred inhabitants and Il $23.
600 school house. shaving that the peo
pie have taken some interest in schOo
matters, or that the country has pait
1 NratfV fair 1ivix1onIc 1o