Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
PAUL PRY AS A FIRsT-oLAss LIAR.

uIIIIS bt lit tilhtNtI SsSttbt ta0t WA
in which ne Admiralty succeeds in dis
playing his Egyptian density ofignorance
as well as despicable and narrow mean.
ness. This malicious gouhl still persists
in handling the truth wi h a criminal
recklessness that can not fail to impress,
even the casual observer, With his want
Of that fairness that always characterizes
honest manhood. at rs as sport to q fool
to do mischief; and a prating fool (such
as Pry) shall fall" saith the Use king,
and as Il speaking directly T. the deiec-
table Paul" adds: Folly is joy to him
that is destitute .of wisdom" No, W
shall not answer n fool according to his
folly for If we did his mischief would
20 abroad unrebuked."
BUT let us see. "By admitting II now
to be over Sl2 600" referring TO the oun
~ debt. Did we make any such state
ment? Not much. In our statement OF
two weeks ago, VI gave the total debt OF
the county as SO. 35l.73. You only lied
sixteen hundred dol. tw~entySeven cents
worth Paul, that's all. Not a very big
one for such AN adept AS you, is it2 The
statement we gave was taken directly
from the records. Hence, the conclusion
is inevitable that no "eounty official"
ever told you the debt was $500 we
havn't got such an idiot IN any " the
county officers. But" he says, she
gives no authority but himself. take
no back seat for the statements / have
made" Exactly. I'm other words Paul
knows he mangled the truth and natur-
ally enough measures every one else in
his own half bushel.
He lived iii one county in Iowa II
years and another Is" but he is careful
not TO state that the taxes were less than
in this country, n o does he deny that
less than 45 days were consumed in
board sessions on the quarterly plan.
Then he proceeds to wander all over the
country In q kind Of senseiess driyel,
never mentions the fact that taxes
are only p and three.tenth mills in lieu
OF the over three per cent" he charged,
nor SAYS a word about the taxes he voted
on himself and then tries 10 blame the
authorities for.
But then, as If he had suddenly thought
about II, he gives the amount We took
FROM the records expended on roads,
s5l0.55, and SAYS, this does not PAY the
lumber bills, surveying is only a small
part Of the cost ola roaal' WHO said
ANYTHING about lumber? In his first
article he says: For instance, road Pc
the petitioners--where Paul came
from--must par expenses all but the
surveyor, and his, If the road was less
than six miles long" then adds, result,
petitioners could carry the chain and not
have the county pay them -. a day 10
get a road laid by their doors. This is
only one item ~(suryeYing and cham
carrYing) L IT HAS COST A COUNTY
ovER 81 600 THE PAST YEAR" In the first
.I.an a.. a..x.Ia ap.x.,.x slut tkA a
over a Thousand dollarn the past year"
aud then IT does not include lumber,
For the benefit of this p0ke-ber-Y headed
SINISTER we simply remark that ON the
roads that S5l0.55 represents, not one
dollar was expended bi the county fcs
lumber.
We can substan,iate the figures given
nj any time. The -eason you don't be-
lieve them is because YOU don't want TO
the showing is altogether Too good 10
suit your purpose and hence, IL you had
the records before you, You would swear
they were false because they do mol
agree with your unreasoning conclusions,
and when You find that there Is over
5000 Of county property visible, thus
only leaving a trihe over $1,000 OF the
debt expended for miscellaneous pur
pores, the thought of what You would
have done had you been on the county
board and had the chance, would prompi
you 10 deny the evidence of your own
sense Of vision.
Honesty and .ruthfnlness were never
deamed Of in FOUR philosophy, were they
Pual, nor Is IL in that of any lout.
The following persons registered AZ
the Prior House during the rast week:
Edgar Mum, Britton, OAK, w, Good,
A. Robb, Glars Co, w. II Lyme, Mime
apolis, Min. T. Zohn. Bristal, Oak, O. G.
Gibson, b. w. Huz.ard, A. Is. Cory Robt
Walker. J. s. Phelps, Browns Valley,
Min, o. II. Freeman. st. Paul, Geo. Fort
ID. J Russell, Col Lewis. Aberdeen, W,
CsmotberIy, II OsmotherIy, Miss MARY
Osmoth, riy, Milwaukee, Henry Freeman
&. J Shultz John Reynol.is Louis schape
Wauhay, W. w. Slavery, Fox Lake, Wis.
John Sayery. L. b. Long, W. s. Curtiss.
f.. A. Baker, Chas. Jones, City, g. Apple:
by, Pleasant Valley, Dak., J. M. Pr~essnell
Wau5ay, John Appleby, Jos. Appleby,
Alta, Louis Hanson. B%ritton, W. q. Can.
ming, j, W. Aids, VIM. Belcher, Grand
Rapids, " is, ID. Il. Potter, }. ". sanburn
r. w. SanbuIn. l.. VI. HeHeltt n, r. NJ.
Sanburn, L. W. Mctlarty, Ella Ssnburn,
Carrie Sanburn, Moses Roberts, Clark Co,
w. q. Canning, w. Belcher, j. w. Aids,
Grand Rapids, WIS, j. &. Adams, kepor.
ter & Farmer, l.. Brokas Theodore Zahn
Bristol, j. Wander HOrck, TT Sisseton, X
T. Peebe, Minneapolis, MINI, Geo. j
Con stock, Beaver FFssiS, Wis. X. !. DAY
Day Co, w. Sherman, Britton, Will Roo
Lloyd Blocker, q. IL. Bates, John Board
man city, J.. III. Aids, Grand Rapids, J
w. Sanburn, l.. w. Mccartney, W. Can
ming, Clark TO-, ID. A. Hart, Union. Oak
A. Doyle, Mary DOYLE, Watertown, JOIN
). Llndgren. Ersh Lindgren, Nile Lind
Millelac, MINI. J. w. Hork, Aberdeen
lin the matter Of that artesisn vel
business. II strikes us that nu cnterpris,
could be undertaken by our citixeps tina
would be productive Of more useful re
suits. A well OF this kind would III. n,sh
a never failing supply Of weter .sor all pur
in case Of fire. With q well Of this kind
water butts ,onld oe placed at inyeryal
along the principal streets 10 which hos
could be attached at any time that wonl,
play upon n fire almost equal TO an en-
CINE, The town will be compelled d
supply itself with a fire apparatus OF som,
1AAAtAf ttt NV NfhHN VI Ah NIL ifgeG ~
and all the articles necessary &c keep uI
a company, together with the number @
cisterns or reservoirs for water supply
would, in two OF three years mount :
almost as much as an artesian well All,
the Supplies necessary to make it useft
In case Of fire, while with the well In
dagger of running out II water just nj I'll
critical time when il is most needed
would be obyiated. An artesian we
will obviate an expensive ERE departmer
and in comfort and convenience, rspe,
tally in winter, viii more than pay Il
itself in the end. Talk it over. gent,
men, and lets do something.
The q. A. r., proposes to give
grand camp Ere social ut the skating rim
Oh the Sist of this month. The boy
have prepared a splendid program. III
fore part Of the evening to be devoted
songs, readings. speeches and a gener
social time, after which, those desiring
dance raj have NJ opportunity to do y
The following is the program Of the eve
ing;
Music ....... .........Wefs;er Cornet BAN
Address. Hon. John ~. Bell. of Milbai
Song. .-.............. Webster Glce Clr
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