The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-21

Maxwell of the Currie Minnesotian
calls Herr of the Slayton Gazette a
jackass. How vulgar, and what bad
grammar.
A. X. Burkdoll, editor of the Edeer.
ton Enterprise, has been appointed
Judge of probate of Pipestone county,
vice F. j.. James resigned, Burkdoll
secured the county printing, and now
gets another good phat pick up" 1t
is better to be born lucky than to be
born rich, Bro. B. Shake.
Col. Bloom, one of Woodstock,s en-
terprising business men. was in Pipe
stone Monday and Tuesday last
Pipestone Republican.
This refers to Fred Bloom, who for
merly resided in Worthington. How
he came to be dubbed "Col." is what
his friends would like to know.
The board of county commissioners
OF Meeker county has revoked the ap-
pointments Of the state textbooks in
the county, and ordered the book agents
in their hands to be sOld.-Farmers
Advocate.
Revolving the appointments of text
books and selling the agents is a good
way to get rid of them.
The Minneapolis Spectator, in re-
printing Mr.. A. Z. Miller's letter from
New York, published in the ADVANCE
of the 7th ult., prefaces the same with
the following remarks: 1T is rare that
we care to give space to ordinary cor
respOndence, but this letter of Mr.. A.
P. Miller to his paper, the Worthiugton
ADVANCE, is SO full of natural gas
and other effervescence that we must
make room for this man with carpet
bag and views.'"
The ADVANCE has received a propO-
sition to advertise certain article and
take pay in a corset. Now as the lead
center of the concern is down to New
York, and the hands left on deck
neither wear cerSets nor have wives, it
stands to reason that we don't want
any corsets. Of corset does. Then if
we wanted to wear one we don't
know how the thing goes on, although
the advertisement gives picture of q
beautiful woman trying one on. But
we are too awfully modest to gaze ut
that. Then if we only had best girl
but no, we would not dare give it to
her. 1t is an electric corset, but
whether it makes electric shocks 60 all
over man to handle one, or whether
it makes 4 lady fee! as if 4 mars arms
were around he: when she has one of
the things on, is what bothers us. Or
binary corsets are shocking enough to
man, especially when aprctty woman
is inside of it.
The Sioux City Journal is fearful lest
money lenders insert condition in
mortgages requiring payment to be
made in gold coin. unless the coinage
OF silver is suspended. Suppose they
do insert such provision, what is to
hinder borrowers from standing on
their rights under the law and refuse
to pay anything but legal tender paper
or silver money? The courts will UNI
doubtedly refuse to enforce a contract
made contrary to law, the same as they
now refuse to enforce a usurous con-
tract. This may make money lenders
temporarily retire from the business,
but it will not be for long. If the con-
tinued coinage of silver results in put
ting u premium on gold. the lenders
will loan silver money and receive pay
in silver. Can any one show that this
Is not strictly square and honest. If
the government would announce the
policy of paying the bonds in silver the
bondholders will see to it that silver is
kept on par with gold, except that
at first there may be slight furry.
MOBILES COUNTY LEADS THEM ALL
AS an indication of the life and pros.
perity of a county the business done by
the register Of deeds is pretty good evi.
dence. The follow ing table shows the
| amount Of fees received by tie registers
| Of deeds in the several counties com
pris;ng the Thirteenth judicial district,
from which it will be seen that Mobiles
county leads by big majority, Jack
son coming in second. The fees of the
clerk of the court and sheriff of Mobiles
county is also greater in amount than
those of the other counties in the dis.
trict, but that is partially accounted
for by the fact that prisoners from the
other counties are confined in our jail,
and that swells the fees of those two
| officers somewhat:
Counties. Fees
~ II
1och 1.lOi 30
1tpCStOhC l,l0oN
1Mu! dy l.l69Ot
SoIIoA"oou'''' cotV-
GOOD ANSWER
Bob 1ngersol! has been asking the
| question: "What shall we do to be
savo0?1 NOw this il a vprv npculiar