River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-05-28
SPRING LAKE.

| J. b. Jensen seems to think that public off,
| Ger can Yjndtcate questionable transactions by
getting very mad, using offensive unbecoming
language and asserting that he knows all about
I 1t, while Others cannot know anything about it,
| Egotism, and cOnceit indeed Who is afliicted2
| Let the reader judge. The personal illusions
are good index to the intellectual stature Of
| the author.
His statements. he says, were based upon facts
learned a. Mr.. Nelson's. good place to learn
| iaets, truly. Ours upon reports. let us see
In his first article he slludes to reports five
times. We did once. and il has since been found
that the report was true. He concealed nothing.
he says, because the resolution was published
two years ago and was of course fresh in the
readers mind. We never before knew il re-
quired a resolution by the Co. Board to author
ize and direct poor agents 10 act 0Riq in their
statutory capacity. II would require conSidera-
Die more than resolution to make them com
prehend and do their duty.
lie fortunes the joke about the enigma into an
accusation, VIZ: "Glvlng an obscure, darkly
expressed notice" That construction is all
right, but the wrong wording OF a notice e not
a neglect OF duty, and can be easily corrected or
explained. We were speaking about an aceusa-
reference TO the doubtful meaning of the notice,
the fact that il was county and not town
| case, ana that they were responsible for any
neglect or acknowledgements is all that was in
tended, or that the article in question means
He accuses us OF falsehoOd. We challenge him
for proof as to who told a falsehood We will
0tfer some further along.
Consistent in him to allude to the inactivity
and neglect OF duty by the town officers, when
they gave them plainly TO understand that they
wanted no aid or interference by the town, en-
ployed a local agent who not town officer
and lived several miles from the place. when
one of the supervisors, an intelligent Skandina-
Wan, lived within half mile of it.
When did they learn that they were powerless
to prevent Mr.. Nelson from disposing OF his
homestead? We know several who have heard
them assert that they were vested with that au-
thority. A few days before they sent the notice
to the town, they, sent their local agent to nj.
Garden with demand that he quitclaim the
place back TO Mr. Nelson. Eight days before
their notice dated our chairman saw and
cOnversed with them on the subject in ELS
worth. He prOfered any assistance that laid in
his power They offered not a hint or sugges-
ton where he could assist but the man who has
been defending the commissioners and censur-
ing the town officials said that they must con-
triUe plan 10 get rid Of that old man. Said
the county was willing 70 take care of her but
would not feed him. lie suggested the follow
ing plan, i. e. to have the daughter gather up
his clothes while he ont, put them outside
of the door and lock it, aud if he broke il down
have him arrested for disturbing the peace
Whether he carried out the plan or not we can
not say, but it is certain that the old man left.
he has told his readers that they were acting
only ia the capacity OF poor agents, while dis
pcnsng charity out of the public treasury TO
people possessed with 40 acres OF land other
property ana 500 in cash and no debts, in order
to keep them out of debt, Che does not cite the
section in the statute which authorizes such
cOurse), that they knew they were disposing OF
their property, furnished them aie during all
that time, and six months after they lad dis
posed of the last Of il notified the town tina; they
had property OF their own ana ali this IN Two
epistles. He tells his readers they mentioned
property in the notice to make clear that the
county was not legally bound. Here is YER
bGtim copy OF their notice:
ITO the Supervisors of the Town of Spring
Lake. You viii please take notice that Pierce
County viii not allow any further aid to the
family of John Nelson of your town, for the
reason said Nelson family has means and prop
erty of their own and therefore cannot be con-
sidered county charge. the fraudulent sale of
their property by Mr.. Nelson 10 the contrary
Notwithstanding Dated at Ellsworth this 10th
day of April 1891. j. b. JENsON,
NELs A. NELSON,