Year: 1874

army; this alone should have shielded me
from his slandt trous TONGUE, and his
article shows him to be as devoid Of honor,
principle, or manliness as skunk is Of
rose water; without the least sense Of
shame he advertiees himself as the teacher
Of the farmers Of Goodhue County, instruct
ing them who to nominate, and who to vote
for; again ask who is he? Who is this
scab on the body polite? this louse that has
lived for years 5on the offal and debris
thrown to him by Governors and Senators,
miserable, degraded. wretch wi]lfully lying
and misrepresentipg ons wt6 has lived in
Goodhue County for twenty years and over,
he who hss~bee6 toadJ and lickspittle
for respectable men. and has lived SO many
years on their bounty without ever making
an honest penny has swelled to huge pro-
potions in his own estimation.


Jennison you are an object Of scorn and
contempt in the estimation Of all respecta-
bic people. Your shameless profanity and
vulgarity, with your idiotic expression and
laugh has made you loathsome, and were it
not for Ramsey, whose tool you are, you
would be stunned even by vagabonds and
thieves. Speaking Of Ramsey reminds me
Of the first lie in your article, for want
you, Jennison, to distinctly understand
that you are liar" and mean all and
everything that that word means. was
not Mr.. Ramsey's Quartermaster Of the
Second Minnesota. lam under no obliga-
tions to that gentleman for any honor con-
ferred by him. I, with others, recruited
company for the glorious old Second" /
was to have charge Of the company. Ire
linquished that at the request Of the field
officers of the regiment and took commits
sion as First Lieutenant Of the same COM
pany, and was Immediately detailed as
Quartermaster by Col. Van Cleve. Your
sponsor, Jennison, had nothing to do with
it, Whether filled the office with fidelity
to the Government, and zeal for the welfare
Of the Regiment, is not for me to say. Jen-
nison, there has never been but one person
marked by the finger Of God as vagabond
and outcast besides yourself, and the mark
Of Cain was no more visible, whatever it
might have been, than is "liar' in every
lineament Of your bloated face. My name
has not been before any Convention for any
Office since 1866, ana /you, you contempti-
bic carpet bagger, If that have been be-
fore every Convention for sixteen years.
Ny name was before the Featherstone Con-
vention. did not place it there. No man
in Goodhue Count can or will say that
asked him to support me for Sheriff or any
other Office. Now, Jennison, when you
want to give vent to your venom, and re-
lieve your bullet shattered brain (God save
the mark y select some one who has given
you some occasion for rebuke or abuse.


cannot close until remind you of the
imposition you are practicing upon the
Government by taking the peoples money,
to make good your brainless skull. Many
poor soldier is suffering from wounds and
disease, received and contracted during the
war, yet no pension comes to relieve his
wants, while you are regularly receiving
enough to make them comfortable. They
have no friends at court, that is the differ
ence. How lost to all sense Of manhood,
and how degradingly shameful is the man
who wilfully places himself in your position
to obtain a few paltry dollars from the
general Government. As you have only
one more years lease Of your Office that
you hold in the name of Goodhue County,
it is about time that you were looking up
new location; select some county that is
entitled to representation on the State tick
ct, pack your carpet bag and as soon as
possible when your term is over make
your exit; your impudence may possibly
bring success, your honesty never will.


W. S. GROW.


CANNON FALLS, Oct. 23d, 1874.
Editor Advance:


We now take oursstylus in manu- the more
surely to acquaint you with the fact that
omne est ama6ile, ct g@sser altum pendet in
this somewhat r9 mote bpt prosperous vii
lage of Cannon F3 ills, and to express the hope,
though perhaps unnecessarily, that these.
few lines will find you enjoying the same