The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-10-26

rtMr. Cole went to Fergus Falls In
1851. The, first two; years he was
there he was. in the land business and
nade considerable investm ents fl real
estate. - For two years following this
hei was in@thei grocery business. 81 He
then became interested In q general
merchandise store and It was while
thus engaged that disaster overlook
him. Soon after locating In Fergus
Falls, beside investing in real estate,
he signed notes with friends, aggregat-
Ing what, to the pioneer merchant,
was q large amount, the burden Of
which he was at this time called upon
to bear. At this time, too, the rail-
road shops were moved from the town.
Business stagnation followed. These
things, together with the fact that his
property consisted of nnon-producttve
city real estate, on which, owing to
the depressed market, he could not
realize, made It impossible for him to
meet his obligations and failure re-
suited. But his creditors. who fully
appreciated the situation and had con.
fdence in the man, came to his relief
with offers of voluntary settlements,
and It was not many years before he
was on his feet again and on the high
road to prosperity. It was at this time
that Mr.. Cole gave that evidence Of
the sterling integrity which 10 Z
marked feature Of his character. He
no sooner got In a. position where he
could do so than he began to pay of
his old creditors, and since then he
has paid out many thousand dollars to
reimburse men who had signed away
their legal claims upon him. That is
all there is to the story, and for one,
80 far from seeing anything in 1t dis
creditable to Mr.. Cole, think it re-
bounds to his honor.
Again ! say-Look out for roof.
backs.
Beware the Jabberwock, my son,
The jaws that bite, the claws that
scratch;
Beware the jEb-jub bird and shun
The frumious brandersnatch;
I had occasion the other day to
make an examination of the journals
of the senate for the session of 1899.
That was the session, 1t will be re-
membered, when the bill was passed
to prevent the dissertation of Decora.
tion day. 1t was H. F. No. $40, and
the final vote on it was taken In the
senate on the 18th day of April, 1899,
the vote being recorded on page 1859
Of the senate Journals. Every senator
except one voted for this patriotic
measure; but that one seems to me
more significant than any other. The
extract from the senate journal refer.
ring to It reads: "Mr. johnson voted
IN the negative" The Mr.. Johnson
referred to was John A. johnson, now
governor Of the state of Minnesota. g.,
5 .ts..tJ5}' sGs o, - '4I-t,4 -, y
I am informed that the old soldiers
do not take kindly to the attempt of
Mr.. Pendergast, candidate for lieuten-
ant governor on the Democratic ticket,
to drag the G. A. r. into his campaign.
A meeting of veterans was held at
Mankato recently in which a series of
resolutions was passed condemning
Che attempt to make the G. A. r.
political adjunct to, the Democratic
party. The resolutions commend
highly Mr.. Eberhart as an able man
of high character and strict integrity
and say "he Is friend of the old sol.
der and worthy of their friendship in
return" They are signed by large
number of the most, influential mem.
bers Of the G. A. r. in that section. !
look for the same kind of action to be
taken by old soldiers in other parts Of
the state. f.. +. ..,.>e.l5