New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-08

FEBRUARY lltn Inc Re lie w cfeullGu
Miss Estey, the w. G. I. U. organizer
and lecturer. as having said: ''NeW Ulm
is the vilest spot on the face of the
globe; it is stuck up behind the sign Of
Milwaukee lager beer; and, people up
there might as well burn their bibles. =
We have received the following commu-
nication from Miss Estey and in order
to prevent misquoting her we publish
it verbatinp ct lteratine.
Woodstock MINI. April 23d 1889
Editor of New Ulm REVIEW
In your issue of Feb. 9th, under the
heading ''Miss Estcy Heard from again
you give several alleged quotations
from an address delivered by me at
St. Anthony Park sometime in Febru-
airy last.
Since I believe that the REVIEW
can afford to be just even toward those
from whom it differs in opinion, I wish,
through your columns to make state.
ment Of what / really said at St. An.
thoDy Park, in reference to New Ulm.
Following is the correct quotation
from my address, and this I may add,
is the only way in which I have ever
alluded to New Ulm in public speech
Il sometimes meet people, who grow
very indignant at the remembrance OF
the public burning of the Bible in the
town of New Ulm years ago. My
christian friends you needn't worry
over that any longer. There are humid
dreds of towns in Minnesota, that might
just as well have burned their Bibles
long ago, because of the influence of the
saloon.
| have this request to make of the
REVIEW After this when you wish to
report me verba t nj will you kindly
send a reporter, who sufficiently under.
stands the language in which my ad-
dresses are given, to distinguish be.
tween condemnation of the saloon,
and description of New Ulm.
Respectfully
CARRIE EsTEY.
Our informant understands the Eng
lish language. He is truthful and
trustworthy, and was present at the
time Miss Estey spoke. Miss Estey's
remarks struck him so forcibly that
he entered the above quotations in
his diary. We are obliged to give more
credence to the statement of a party
who takes notes of lecture, at the
time it is delivered, than to the recol.
lections of a lecturer several months
later. Even if what Miss Estey writes
is the correct version, it d oes not better
the situation. Will Miss Estey kind
ly furnish the proof of her later
assertions? Was she present at the
time of the alleged public burning
of the bible or has she the testimony
of some responsible person who was
present? We have lived here for near
ly thirty years and have never been
able to find an eye witness to 1.-THE pub
Tic burning Of the 6sble'' or any similar
act in New Ulm, although we have
spared neither time nor trouble to learn
all about the history of this city. We
would suggest to Miss Estey that she
first secure unimpeachable testimony
before making any statements detract-
ing from the fair name of our city. In
former years New Ulm was subjected
to a great deal of abuse and misrepre-
sentation because of the liberal views
OF its founders. We hope that in the fu-
ture nothing but the truth will be quot
ed about New Ulm and it's inhabitants.
The Centennial edition of the New
York w orld reaches our table in red,
white and blue colors. The colors
were not mixed upon the paper but in
PRODUCED in the process of manufacture
of the paper, and scores another point
in the artistic efforts of news paper men
to keep up to the times.
The editor of the Candy News said
not long since. eve saw dollar this
week! 1t was round, had rough edges
and was made in the United States. II
was pretty but it looked larger than
those we remember of having seen. y
To this the Pioneer Press adds, 1.-The
apparent increase in size is what is
termed financial illusion. The dol
lar to-day issno larger than the dolla,
of our daddies, but it will buy more.
The next time we get one. we will
take in the town and see if the Pioneer
is right. After literally patronizing
our home merchants, swelling the
church contribution funds aud buying a
new collar, the surplus will be turned
in for bank account. The experience
will prove novel and no doubt very sur.
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