The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-14
Mp AfEETING.

EDITOR ADvASCE:-[ am taking |
care of my daughter. Mrs. Hattie Har
ding, who was taken to st. Peter to the |
asylum for the insane. She is much
better now and we have great hopes of
her entire recovery. Though | am
confined at home most Of the time with
my daughter and baby, found time to
60 up on the bluff Il short distance
from here where the Free Methodists
are holding tent meeting. Their
speaker is = wo,aal (t.lat is their best
speakerA There are several ministers
in their party. 1t was Sunday after
noon that | attended their meeting and
there was only ten persons in the tent.
1t reminded me Of the truth that ''Or-
thOdoxy is dying out in the civilized
world" Twenty years ago that tent
would have been crowded with anxious
listeners hoping to learn the way to
escape everlasting punishment in hell.
The sermon was after the old, old style,
trying to get up some idea of the dura
tion of the eternity the sinner would
have to stay in hell by counting the
sands Of the sea. The blood of Christ
MAS rece:nmer ded largely MS a~Wasl,
for sin. and the wonderful love Of God
was extolled in sacrificing one Of his
children so that lie could have mercy
on the rest of the human family
Thomas Paine, Voltair and Ingerso]l
were denounced as wretches, while
they said 1--WE have experienced the
blessing Of perfect holiness.
LURY n. CRAPsEY.
r. J. W. Bloom, late editor Of the
Wcrthington Record. sends us postal
I'd h Io ..,Go tn .,rt,n Ia
in the Belmond (Ia Herald, testifying
to his good character. Life is too shert
and sweet to permit us to make other
peoples uuarrels our own, and as we
have taken TO interest in the contro-
| versy between him and Bro. Miller. it
looks us if Bloom had Il supertluous
amount OF cheek TO request AS to use
the columns Of this paper in his behalf.
-S!ayton Gazrtte.
| "Cheek is no name for it. Any
brother editor who cares enough about
it can settle the question in ten min
utes us to his standing in Worthington.
lie was such vile liar that two men
who formed Il business partnership
with him had to withdraw because
they could not believe a word he said.
lie WAS an ungrateful brute WHO cursed
his ;behef .ctOrs and those WHO set him
up in business. He buasted on our
streets Of dtbauc}lI1'g young ladies; he
gathered dead cats and hired boys to
! hang them on the doors ct private resi-
uences; he made obscene placart's and
hired boys to hang t,em on buildings;
and he became known ~ the "foCI'
and laughing stock OF he town. As a
sco!lseGuence. tie rHilrnad refused tt
give him /. pass; the societies he tried
to get into lack b. He'd him; lie band
| forced him n;it q: heir organization
the ADVANCE refused toe NchaDse with
him, and decent society tal,oned him.
The ADVANCE has been blamed by
some people. genei's;ly hy weak minded
enemies, for its attacks upon, this
wretch. On Tire other HAND, rnvre are
scores Of men who will never forgive MS
for letting the reptile esc,'p" so easily.
They insisted that broken head and
broken bones WAS the Only adequate
! punishment Tor SUCH all l,lNuIah, Nn.
manly beast of I, hipe:!. OF course, so
far as we are concerned. it W,s :, Etws
paper warfare. The fool tackled us in
his dirty sheet, and we ti':al!y t"!nrtl
Oh him aud run i.;pl cut Of |e count!
in disgrace. H:ll;s: cuo'!t to suffice.
| But why not ice che disgusting wretch
aftci lie has left the State? Simply be-
cause the inihpclc funl keeps writing
! letters and postal cards to surrounding
editors Safeguarding the ADVANCE
and trying to get decent men to take
up his QnarrelS. Brother editors should
remember that this creature is not :.
printer nor an editor. He intrudel
himself into the craft. and they should
put him out as they would Il n,ad. dog
or Il rattleSnakc.