The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-07-05
AN AGED SAINT.

Eight or ten years ago an aged man
passed through Mobiles county calling
himself, in good-humored way, the
spiritual tramp" His name was Niya
Bodez, and there are friends in the
southwestern part of the county who
will remember him and will be glad to
hear from him. He spent a day and
night with the editor of the ADVANCE
and then passed nOrthward to st. Paul
and beyond. Next the spirit lied him"
southwark, and he found q resting
place at Almena, Kan, and afterwards
ut Beaver City, Neb. During these
years we have maintained a regular
correspondence with him and have
been greatly benefited by mis- letters.
We are often led to exclaim, "what Il
sweet spirit the old man has in him."
We feel sure that his friends in this
county will be pleased to read the fol-
lOwin extract from one of his recent
letters:
1T is sixty.one years this day, MAY
81, since first stood before the public
In City Hall Park, New York. When
look back it looks like dream. I
have been in sickness and health, honor
and dishonor, in riches and poverty;
have been beaten, pounded and kicked;
had my right cheek broken and my neck
twisted so that feel tho pain to this
day. But in all this suffering, can
truly say, I have not had one pounding
that has not been for my good. It has
brought me into close fellowship with
the angels. Sometimes get the blues,
but it only lasts for moment, when
will be surrounded with 4 host of low
ing spirits and they will sing. "well
| and faithfully done; enter into Joy with
thy loved ones" am tempted some
times to say, well, perhaps have done
wrong in not saving my revenue for my
| old age" but, in n flash the spirits will
! say, lyon have lived out the life that
was ordained for you. If you had not
lived out your life of love to humanity,
you would have been in total dark
Then spirit influence will surround
me and l will find myself laughing"
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Our semi.politician, semi-preacher
neighbor, Parson I1athrop. who edits
the Worthington Globe tor a rich bank
ev at $l5 a month and boards himself,
makes Il mock apology in his last issue
for his folly in sticking his lead pencil
into the bit Of love making between
the criminal and penitentiary editor of
the Luverne Herald and the ADVANCE
editor. LathrOp admits in dismal
attempt at a joke, that he has made AN
''ass' and Il fool" OF himself. We
think this is nearly the truth It is
altogether too true to be altogether a
joke. Even 4 Methodist preacher will
tell the truth when he gets to be an ed
| itor. Our $l5 4 month contemporary
intimates that he intends to drop the
matter now ''for the good of the com.
munity." Just so. lie and his erin.
inal and penitsntiary associate Of the
Luverne Herald, after the one has
called us all the hard names he can
think of, and the other has backed him
up in it, would like to ''call a halt" for
the good of the community" We
believe that is what Il. j. w. Fool
Bloom, the dude predecessor of La
throp. claimed. After he had black
guarded the ADVANCE till the paper
turned on him. and he found he had a
buzz SAW, a trip hammer and cyclone
after him, he wanted ''this thing. to
stop'' for the good of the communi
ty.' The Luverne criminal feels the
same way. He has been calling us
hard names by the month and year,
ard finally we have decided to let the
people Of Southwestern Minnesota.
know what lie is. A man who was
kicked out of the Minneapolis Journa!
office for "imbeciity," ought not to be
calling us 'imbecile.'' y man who
has been published! in his own town AS
'gnilty OF d revolving crime in socie-
ty," ought not to be referring to on,
standing in Wortl'ngton, to our do.
nestle and private affairs. and limiting
darkly ut charges which lie against
himself. We are glad that I.athro,
has discovered that he is a ''fool" and
an "ass" for trying to side with his
penitentiary associate in Il most unpro.
vokea wrong and outrage.