The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-31

EDITOR PLAIN DEALER, DEAR SIR:
had nine head Of horses, be-
sides some cattle ut the last Howard
county Fair, and took $50 in prem
iums. see that Mr. C. L, Webster,
and those acting with him, left me
out in the cold entirely, but did not
forget TO look out for themselves to
the last cent. II they had put their
salaries into the pool with the ex-
hibitors and taken their pro rata, il
it was only 10 cents on the dollar,
they might then lay some claim to
being friends Of the Society, tho
they would be behind the men who
put in all their salaries and paid 30
cents on the dollar. 1t is useless for
Mr.. Webster TO try and get any glo-
ry by pulling down the liberal course
OF his predecessor, rs ii is IN open
secret to those who have kept any
track OF it, that Mr.. Ntzhugh, in three
years has done more for our AYri-
cultural Society than all the Web
sters in the county ever did or are
likely to do, il we may Judge the
future by the past,
BEN HEDDINGroN.
EDITOR PLAIN DEALER, DEAR Sin:
have read the articles in the last
three copies OF your paper in regard
to the Agricultural Society, and
think that the officers who donated
their we'll earned salaries when they
could as we'll have put them in their
pockets, have proved beyond any
question that they have been better
friends to the Society and the farm
ing community and set o better exam
pie than those who took all they
could get. B. OFTEN.
Lime Springs, In. Jan. %, 1884.
EDIToR PLAIN DEALER AS between
the man who handed over 5000,
that he might have kept,and the man
who kept 5000 that he might have
handed over for the benefit OF the
society, put me down as looking on
the former as the best friend to the
society. am no letter writer but
can see my way clear to stating this
much. Yours Truly,
PC. sAsBonS.
LINE SPRINGS. Jany %, 1884.
w. II. MEAD, ESQ; DEAR SIR:
Being anxious to See our annual
Fair II success, think and SO must
every one who looks at it fairly, that
the officers Of our Fair in 1888, ma lie
II great mistake in drawing full sal
aries. while not paying anything on
premiums aud then turning around
as Mr.. Webster has done and tries
to convince the people that they
the officers of ISs3-hav. been the
real friends OF the Society aud the
others, OF more particular Mr.. Me-
Hugh, are only pretended friends.
1t wont wash Mr.. Webster. The
gentlemanly but convincing letter OF
Mr.. McHugh in last issue Of the pa
per. puts the matter where many of
rs have known that il belonged and
Mr. Webster would have shown good
sense to have let the article Of "life
member 20 by, even il he did feel
u little sore over 1t.
Yours respectfully,
ALEXANDER HoLLEY.
EDITOR PLAIN DEALER, DEAR Sir:
In your issue II Jany 10th, l saw
an article written by a life member
OF the Howard county Agriculture
Society, objecting to the course pur
sued by the officers OF 1889, in re-
gard to taking full amount OF thei
salaries, At the time l considered
the article quite to the point and no
Il moment too soon. At the time
did not know who life member was
until | read G. +. Webster's letter o
last week, when l thought he wa
driving mt John McHugh AS the au
thor, tho he said many things tina
did not apply to him. All doubt a
TO who life member is seems to be 81
ut rest by III article over the sigma
ture OF Mr.. McHugh, la last week
paper. l regard II rs the best piece
:. OF reading have seen In a lon
. time. have known all along tina