St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-25
To the Editor of the Glohe

To the Editor of the Globe
BUXTON, N. D., Dec 16.-In picking
up the gun of reform, do SO with the
most profound sense of the dangers and
responsibilities connected with handling
and using reform firearms. Whether 1t
is pointed in the wrong direction,
knocked off at half-cock, and kills those
whom it is intended to defend, are all
matters of gravest Importance to my
fellow citiZents. [ am so deeply i'm
pressed with the dangers connected
with the use of this gun have deemed
it wise before going farther to
make some preparations for an end
which might possibly befall reformer.
The path of the reformer is SO notOri-
ously and cOnSpicuouSly one of thorns
-(great thornS. as big and as long as
crowbars)-and as he is snutfed out as
often with his boots on as off, it is but
prudence to prepare for that which
might happen. In case | should come
to sudden and untlmely end by reason
of too great load of reform, place to
deposit the remains would be needed.
1t is, therefore, but ordinary fore
sight to keep both ends in view
the last as well as the first.
In case calamity like the one under
consideration should befall the country,
without some preparation i'll advance.
a B.-Reeved people would be forced to
perform the drudgerY demanded by
final rest, which would be direct and
burdensome tax. not in harmony with
the constitution, and possibly force
warm friends to perform hard and I'M
pleasant labor when otherwise they
might spend their entire time shedding
great, hot tears of grief. In contempla-
ton of these possibilities | have in
duced my wife to deed one end of her
valuable farm to our children for a
Westminster abbey. The exact loca-
ton and description of this tract is a
piece of land 400 feet square in the ex-
treme southeast corner of section 25,
township las, range 81, Buxton, Trail
county, North Dakota. The title is
from the Creator to the United States;
from the United States to the Northern
Pacific railroad; from the Northern Pa
cltic railroad to j. Lathrop Gillispie !;
from j. LatLrop Gillispie (bacheloD to
Harriet E. Reeve; from Harriet e.
Reeve to her three children. the present
holders. Consideration, love and affec-
ton and 81.
Care is given to mention all particu-
lars as to title and location of this spot,
SO that no citizen shall be so ignorant as
not to be able to tell where the West.
minister abbey of North Dakota is. If
my remains should be found in the
highway of reform with bullet hole in
the back, or my spine sticking up
through the top of my skull like a
stove pipe out of a sod shack, the
coroner would know just what to do.
Deposit them in WESTMINSTER abbey,'
where everything will be found ready
and waiting, down to the last farewell.
1t will be noticed this title comes from
the Creator, through the United States,
to our children without any mortgage
ever having been on it. A good POI ton
with debt. After l am through wreSt-
ling, and been thrown for the last time,
and for good, l want to be laid where
the sheriff can't come and rout me out
with a mortgage on the graveyard.
ReformerS usually die poor, and
often early, especially if they at
tempt anything radical. l may die
pauper, but as reformer
propose to be careful about bringing
reproach upon the profession and the
name of reform-by getting into pau
per's grave; hence Westminster
abbey" with title as clear as it came
from above. Every one should arrange
as far as possible to have their works
and doctrine go on after they are gone.
Debt Is the cause of much of the present
depression, ana will be the cause of
much trouble to come. Too many
are in debt. So many, it is like
a shipwreck There are more
overheard than those on board
can help out. When and how are they
to get out? If people could pay their
debts there would not bs any hard