The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-02-27
OUR ESTEEMED coTEMPs.

Dakota about this time, its lottery
aiding mammon worshipers would
have received some vigorous admon-
itions of like character.
Rochester Post: Tho Burlington
Free Press says, "that one banker in
Boston drew 4,24O drafts during
Christmas week, representing $5s.SOO,
which working people were sending to
relatives in Europe as Christmas
gifts" We don't hear of the working
people in the free-trade nations of
Europe sending any such little tokens
of prosperity to their kinsmen in this
tariff ridden country. Odd, isn't it,
But let us keep up good courage.
An eastern paper has an article en-
titled "The Trouble with Western
Farmers" and we hasten to say that
there is no trouble with the western
farmer; on tho contrary he is the best
situated agriculturist in the world.
He is rich-with his houses, barns,
stock, grain, etc., and the pessimist
who sees destruction for the farmer il
demagogue who desires to fatten off
the farmer. There is nothing the mat
ter with the western farmer.-Albert
Lea Enterprise.
News Messenger: Many think that
mild winters are favorable for the
poor as they require less food and
clothing. But to the people who earn
their daily bread by their daily and
weekly labor the mild winter is always
severe winter. It is one during
which it is difficult to obtain work.
The present winter will be remembered
for the scarcity of employment and
the great amount of sickness. It is
in all respects most unfavorable win
ter for the poor.
Rochester Post: Mr.. j. w. Soule,
Grand Recorder of the A. O. U. W.,
has issued the grand lodge financial
statement for January, 1890. The
beneficiary fund on hand Jan. 81,
1890, was $5.463; the general fund
3,047.l5. In regard to the condition
of the membership in the various
lodges throughout the state his report
shows that the total membership of
all the lodges on January LIST, 1889,
was about 4,176, and on January LIST
1890, 400, showing an increase dur
ing the year of about 524. The order
is in fourishing condition.
St. Peter Herald: Someone has
said that Governor Merriam would be
nominated because he had both the
Doodle and the machine. If this is
true our condition is dangerous. The
people, to make their politics pure,
must by all means begin with the
primaries. The caucuses should send
the best men to the convention and
here only men of known honor and
reputation should be chosen. If this
was attended to, the machine in poll
tics would become a useless article.
Let us, this year, of all parties, pay
proper attention to the b c's of poll
tics.
The Minnesota potato starch fac
tories haveb cen operatnd very success
fully this year. Long before digging
was done the Anoka factory had made
100000 pounds. The new factory at
Elk River has done we'll; it's first ship
ment of $1,000 pounds, was sold above
the market price. The Hastings fac
tory has been operated to its fullest
capacity, using from 1000 to 1000
bushels of potatoes daily, paying
eigE cen cents a bushel. 1t will be
enlarged next year. The output OF
the Monticello factory will be much
larger than last year.-Northwestern
Agriculturist.
Venom in newspaper fight is
neither very effective nor is the use of
it very dignifed. The ambition of
many writer's is to easily handle vile
epithets and hurl bitter anathemas.
1t is with much sadness that We look
over the past and note the many I'M
kind things we have said of people
who we're undeserving of them. If it
were in our power to recall many
harsh and possibly unjust criticisms
we would willingly sacrifice all and
more than we gained thereby. A
caustic pen dipped in vitirol may be
the source of amusement to q few, but
with the thinking many it certainly
will never grow in favor.-St. Peter
Herald.
Saltwater Messenger: A man was
brought from Mankato yesterday,
sentenced to one years imprisonment
for having killed some one. He was
found guilty by the jury and recon-
mended to the clemency of the court.
A few weeks ago woman, convicted
of killing her husband and sentenced
to like term, was brought from Da-
kota County. It would seem as
though person responsible for the
killing of any human being was
either guilty or innocent. If inno-
cent no punishment should be in
flicted. If guilty a sentence to one
years imprisonment would seem to
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