Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1894-06-15

SS~>S H'$ 5000 ss~N HAS
That day he was paid by the piece. He
having stated during the day that he
did not want to depart for Council Bluffs
until August, bargain was made with
him, in the presence of third party--a
gentleman we'll known and respected in
the community. The writer told Mac
clellan that he would not have work
enough right along to keep himself and
another printer employed in the office,
but that lie would employ him if he
would work part of the time at outside
labor--in the garden, etc. To this he
agreed, terms were made, and he was
engaged to work until the 1st of August.
Soon after the writer went to Fargo and
was absent seventeen days. leaving most
of the copy for the current issue, and en-
gaging couple of friends to furnish
items for the next ISSUE which they did.
McCIellans editorial work that made
the paper better, as he claims in his
screed, consisted in sloshing around
among the exchanges with pair of big
shears and dumping reprint matter In
the forms without proper credit to the
papers from which the clippings we're
taken.
In his fearful slobbering rigmarole in
the paper run by the man who wanted to
get on the jury. this ungrateful hobo.
Macclelan, speaks of the writer's ruelty
TO his poor, unfortunate fellow.Deing,
meaning himself. AS a matter of fact,
the editor was present in the Office but
nine days of his ''menth with Streeter."
and it is susceptible of proof that not an
1nkind word was spoken to him by any
one until the morning Of the day upon
Z n mi la f inn OF tIa
instigation of "our friends the enemy"
left US in the lurch. On the contrary
he seemed, until he met the little VII
mona pcrjurcr and his Williamsport pals,
to be entirely satisfied He talked of send.
ing for his wife and entering one of the
Dougherty claims, north of town, and
the writer had promised him enough
work to pay his expenses until he could
secure title. The fact that the cowardly
old blatherskite had slapped the office
boy while the editor was absent in Fargo
was not known to the latter at the time,
or Macclellan would not have remained
even u month with Streeter"
Right in the midst of the hustle and
confusion of court week this deleCtable
old fraud began to lay plans to leave.
friends in earnest confab with his btter-
est enemies, and one of the former re-
marked, '"That chaps no good he's De.
traying your confidence. Even after he
had broken his agreement to work until
August 1, and had engaged with Patter-
son, the double faced knavc gave US no
inkling of it, but WAS apparently as con-
tented as evtt. ~ >.
The only truth Macclellaa uiters In his
foolish effuslon is the paragraph wherein
he states that the writer promised to send
him to Winona on Sunday, and did not
do so. Let us look at the circumstances.
Macclellan had agreed, when he was
hired, to work until August. His month s
wages had been paid week before the
month was ended. He had arranged to
timation whatever of his intended chan ge
of base. At the time we heard of it,
the knowledge came through another
channel. We did promise that if he would
stay until Saturday evening we would
send him to Winona on Sunday. We
promised as one would give up his pocket
book to the highwaymau whose knife
| was at his throat. And we intended to
keep the promise. True. it would take
the office boy and team two days to
make the trip, and he was greatly needed
at home. But what cared Macclellan for
that7 Work was away behind, and he
was master Of the situation. At the time
the promise was made ION Tuesday, it
was thought that business would be in
such condition that court could adjourn
Friday evening until noon of the follow.
ing Tuesday, which would have enabled
us to finish work on the paper and print
it Saturday night. But, Friday evening,
+ it was found that court would not ad-
j0urn. Saturday morning we informed
Macclellan of the fact that it would be
| impossible to send him to Winona Sun
day, but that we would pay his way down
by stage on Monday, which would have
delayed the great man just "a hours. He
insisted on going, whereupon the writer
informed him that he was very anxious
| to leave then--as anxious as be was to
procure employment with the Record
| when he was working for his board at1d
stated that he had earned but rs cents all
winter. In truth the writer said nothing
to injure the sensitive feelings of the gen.
tleman with the No. head and the No.
II cheek. But we considered it our duty
him that we thought he was making a
mistake that there was nothing certain
that he would get his pay regularly from
Patterson , that Patterson was noted at
home for being utterly devoid of honesty,
decency and honor that he was cordially
despised by the people of his own town.
and that he would lie even when the
truth would pay better. All Of which
| is fact, as the aggressive hoodlum can
learn by making inquiry among the peo-
pie of Winona. Macclcllan stated as a
reason for going that he expected soon to
get possession of the Times himself.
When the editor left the Office Saturday
morning Macclellan was at work, appas
rently satisfied to labor that day and 20
to Winona by stage Monday at Our ex-
pense. But soon afterwatd he Quit, wrote
long delrium-tret1ens. letter to the ed-
itor, in which he said "Yot're no chat''--
and things like that--donned his best bib
aud tucker, and vamosed. That night he
stopped with farmer hear Billspoft.
wbb also informed him that Patterson
was d. &: as a debt-payef. Whereupon
Gehefal Matclellhh remarked Il expect
- have a paper of my own; soon. But
Streetef and ported good friends, and, If
things don't e. all right: down there III
come back" Next morning he went out
to j. A; Uotton's place and Bob McTav-
ish took him to Wiuoha; and Sundat
evening he was wrapped In the atms Of
the youth Who hadn't expressed ali opin.
ion: :. !.
taking Frehch leave aid getting so ter
ribly excited about 1t: One Is that he got
a Couple Of dollars and a few extra bowls
to proclaim from tbs housetops that be
ably the Correct thcofy is that during this
dry weather he wishes to dwell in local.
ity #hefe thete Is tt1ote Ebthpetition in
the booze market and not such long aid
e4aspet4ting intervals betwten drinks.
Good Uye, Mac: