The Princeton union., 1900-08-30
.."Killing the. Town, =.

One merchant who was interviewed
by the UNION reporter last week OF
the good roads question was quite in
dlgnant and accused the UNION Of at
tempting to kill the town." etc. The
UNION has always attempted to xii
the town! It. tried to ''kill the town
When 1t waged fight almost single
handed for the new court house; wher
lts publisher waded through slush anc
mud for almost a month persuading the
farmers to vote bonds for the railroad
when we urged with voice and pen the
granting of a bonus for a flour mill
when we advocated the building of q
starch factory, and borrowed money at
a nigh rate of interest to put into the
enterprise; when we secured material
assistance from outside sources for the
creamery, and the UNION committed
an objectionable sin when, in connec.
tlon with r. F. Mcclellan and two or
three other public-spirited citizens, we
assisted in organizing the first county
lair, and contributed literally of our
own time and means toward the ex-
hlblt at the State fair, where Mile
Lacs county took first money two years
IN succession for the best county dis
play OF agricultural products. These
exhibits at the State fair we're kill
ing (?) blows to Princeton and Mile
Lacs county!
For the past six years we have con-
tributed more yearly to, the county fair
than all the business men of Princeton
comblned-and our contributions we're
not in gewgaws but in hard cash-and
of course that was one of our schemes
for "kllling the town" We have al
ways been one Of the first to assist in
the "killing" process when a paper
was put in circulation for building a
church or to help some deserving
charity. At the present writing (Sat-
urday) couple of men and team are
strawing a sand hill within the village
limits at our expense, but that is only
another of our schemes for ''killing
the town"
When our train service was impaired
by the transfer of the day train to the
Cambridge cutoff the publisher of this
paper spared no effort in his endeavors
to secure a better service and finally
still another attempt to
''kill the town." O. yes, the UNION
and its publisher are town-killers!
The UNION is now endeavoring to
create an interest among the lethargic
business men of Princeton and the
farmers OF the surrounding country in
favor of better highways, and because
we have told a few plain truths some
OF the small-souled, thin-skinned ven
ders of smoked herring and calicoes
feel deeply offended and accuse us of
attempting to ''kill the town. If we
were in as easy financial circumstances
as some of the gentlemen who are
So prone to criticize the UNION we
would be in a position to "kill the
town. some more, but as our financial
resources are somewhat limited our
capacity for inficting killing blows to
the, town is correspondingly curtailed.
Our, vacation is about ended, and duty
calls US elsewhere, but all our material
interests are in Princeton and we have
the welfare of the town and of the sur
rounding country at heart, and we will
endeavor to be here on the 8th of Sep
tember, and will contribute more, &C.
cording to our means, than any busi-
ness man or firm in Princeton toward
the improvement of the highways
from this village. In con-
clusion, in all candor we say to the
business men of Princeton that if they
would hold the farmers trade they al
ready have they must bestir them
selves and do their share in assisting
the farmers to secure better facilities
Tor marketing their produce here. To
those 'touchy" merchants who object
TO being styled "skinfints,'' we say
prove by your acts that you are not
skinaints. All you have you have
made out of the farmers. Show YOUR
appreciation of the people who support
you and your families by generously
assisting in giving them decent high
ways to come to town and spend their
money with you.
McGinley Comedy Co.
The past masters in their line of
present the most extraor-
binary individuality ever portrayed in
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