Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-03-26
PAUL pRY AS A F1RsT-oLAss LIAR.

umns of the Andover Gazette last week,
in which he admiralty succeeds in dis.
| playing his Egyptian density ofignorance
as well as d~espicable and narrow mean.
ness. This malicious gouiil still persists
in handling the truth wi h a criminal
recklessness that can not fat to impress,
even the casual observer, With his want
of that fairness that always characterize
honest manhood. "It rs as sport to a fool
to do mischief; and a praiing fool (such
as Pry) shall fall" saith the Use king,
and as il speaking directly I the delec-
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
10 abroad unrebuked."
But let us see. by admitting IL now
to be over $4,000" referring to the coun-
ty debt. Did we make any such state
ment2 Not much. III our statement OF
the county as $40. 35l .73. You Only lied
sixteen hundred dol. tw~enty~even 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 "county official
ever told you the debt was $4,000 I'VE
havn't got such an idiot IN any If the
county officers. But" he says, The
gives no authority but himself. ] take
no back seat for the statements | have
made" Exactly. In other words Paul
knows he mangled the truth and natur-
ally enough measures every one else in
his own half bushel.
He "lived in n county in Iowa II
years and another IL" hut he is careful
not to state that the taxes were less .i.sir
in this country, 10 does iie deny that
less than IS days were consumed in
board sessions On the quarterly plan,
Then he proceeds to wander all oyer the
country in n kind Of senseless drivel,
never mentions the fact that our taxes
are only 81 and thrce-tcnth mills in lieu
OF the over three per cent" he charged,
nor SAYS Il word about the taxes he voted
On himself and then tries 10 blame the
county authorities for.
But then, as IL he had suddenly thought
about it. he gives the amount we took
from the records expended on roads,
2l0.55, and SAYS, this does not pay the
lumber bills, surveying is only a small
part Of the cost ofa roaLl' Who said
ANYTHING about lumber In his first
article he SAYS: "For instance, road Pc
%titions, the petitlonefs-shere Paul came
fron--must pay expenses all hut the
surveyor, aud his, II the 0 WAS less
than six miles long" then adds, result,
petitioners could carry the chain and not
have the county pay them q. Il day to
get a road laid by their doors. This is
only one item ~(suryeYing and chain
carrYing) BIT 1T HAS COST DAY COUNTY
OVER 81 900 THE PAST YEAR" In the first
place the simple survey cost the county
over a Thousand dollam the past year"
and then II does not include lumber.
For the benefit of this poke-bersY headed
SINISTER We simply remark that on the
roads that $5l0.65 represents, no one
dollar was expended By the county for
lumber,
We can substantiate 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 TO
suit your purpose and hence, If % had
the records before you, You would So ear
theY were false because they do moi
agree with your unreasoniug conclusions,
and when you find that there is over
$1,000 Of cOunty properly visible, thus
only leaving a trine over $1,000 on the
debt expended for miscellaneous pur-
poses, the thought OF what You would
have done had you been on the county
board and had the chance, would prompt
you 10 deny the evidence of your own
sense OF vision.
Honesty and tIuthfulness were never
deamed of in You philosophy, were they
Pual,--nor is II in that Of n lout.
NJ
The following persons registered at
the Prior House during the rast week:
Edgar Mum, Britton, OAK, w Good,
A.. Robb, CLARK Co, W. II. Lyme, Mime
spolis, Min, T. Zolin. Bristal, Oak, O. G.,
Gibson, b. w. Huztard, A Il. Cory Robi
Walker. j. $. Phelps, Browns Valley,
Min, q. II. freeman. st. Paul, Geo. Fort
Il. Zolin, Bristol, X. II. Devoid, Atlantis.
ID. j Russell, Col. Lewis. Aberdeen, w.
Csmothsrly, Ill 0smotherly, Miss MARY
Osmoth, rly, Milwaukee, Henry Freeman
G. J. Shultz John Reynolds Louis Schapc
Wauhay, w. w. Savery, Fox Lake, Wis.
John slavery. L. b. Long. w. s. Ci1rtiss.
T.. A. Baker, Chas. Jones, CITY, G.. Apple
by, Pleasant Valley, Oak, j. M. Pressnell
Naubay, John Appleby, JOS. Appleby,
Alta, Louis Hanson. Britton, w. q. Can
ming, ]. w. Aids, VIM. Belcher, Grand
Rapids, " is, ID. l.. Potter, j. W. Sanburn
F.. w. SanbuIn, l.. VI. Hezelttn, r. NJ.
Sanburn, l.. W. Mctiarty. Ella Sanburn,
Carrie Sanburn, Moses Roberts, Clark Co.
w. q. Canning, w. Belchrr, j. w. Aids,
Grand Rapids, WIS, J. G. Adams, Repor-
ter d Farmer, L. Brokag Theodore Zahn
Bristol, J. Wander Horck, Fl. Sisseton, X
7. Feeble, Minneapolis, MIMI, Geo. J.
Con stock, Beaver Falls, Wis. X. T. Day
Day Co, w. Sherman, Britton, viii Root
Lloyd Blocker, q. ii. Bates, John Board.
nan city, j. III. Aids, Grand Rapids, J.
~ n ~ MA....x ~ 4. r..
ming, Clark 10, ID. A. Hart, Union. Oak,
A. Doyle, Mary DOYLE, WntertOwn, John
). Lindgren. Ersh Lindgren, Nile Lind.
Millelac, Mum, j. w. Hork. Aberdeen.
I'm the matter of that aresian well
business. il strikes us that no enterprise
could be undertaken by our citizens that
would be productive of more useful re
suits A well of this kind would tn. nish.
a never.failing supply Of weter .or all pur.
poses, and especially won.u il be usefuI
in case of fire. With q well of this kind
water butts could o placed at inyerval,
along the principal streets 10 which hose
could be attached at any time that wonld
play upon a fire almost equal TO an en-
giue. The town will be compelled tc
supply itself with a fire apparatus of some
kind, and the cost OF an engine, hose ear
anu AL TIC dItiCicS ntCtSSe4fg 10 keep VI
a company, together with the number o
cisterns or reservoirs for water supply
would, in two or three years AMOUNT Il
almost as much us an artesian well an,
the Supplies necessary to make il usefu
in case Of fire, while with the well th,
danger Of running out If water just at til,
critical time when 1t is most needed
would be obyiated. An artesian vel
will obyiate an expensive fire department
and in comfort and convenience, espec
tally in winter, viii more than pay 70
itself in the emil. Talk it over. gentle
men, and lets do something.
The q. A. r., proposes to give
grand camp FIRE social ut the skating RIM
on the slst OF this month. The boy
have prepared a splendid program. Th
fore part Of the evening 10 be devoted :
songs. readings. speeches and a geners
social time, after which, those desiring /
dance can have an opportunity TO do =,
The following Is the program vi the ever
ing:
Music 1890. ........W Webster Cornet Bant
Address, Hon. John ~. Bell, of Milban
Il Song. Webster Glee Gu
fafce, hisS liza