The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-12-11
THE WOR7HING1ON LTCEUn


the best thing to throw to him.
THE NORTHAMPTON LrcEUM
The Lyceum grows in interest from
week to week. The exercises and de-
bate OH last Wednesday evening were
unusually interesting, and gave very
general satisfaction. Those who were
present enjoyed a literary feast which
they will not soon forget. Miss Emma
Langdon read poem, which was fol-
lowed by the Court Scene from the
" Merchant of Venice" read by Rev,
Is. II. Crever, and we do not hesitate
to say that it was one Of the finest
pieces of amateur reading we have
heard. BY all means, let us haye more
of these Shakespearean readings. The
question, Is'man the architect of his
own fortune, was then discussed, with
DR.. Geo. 0. Moore and Rev. S. NJ. Smith
i'll the affirmative and DR.. B. S. Lang
don in tile negative. The leaders were
prepared, and made able arguments for
their respective sides of the question.
This is the only way to make the Lyceum
a success. No one should consent to
be put OH for debate unless he is will
ing to make preparation. People do
not want to sit and listen to random,
extempore talks. Let each one prepare
and come forward with his best
thoughts.
The question for next Wednesday
night is: Should the elective franchise
he extended to woman, and a great and
mighty conflict is expected. The III
tans Of the Lyceum will handle theques-
ton, and we expect to see them pluck
up mountains of argument and whole
forests Of rhetoric to hurl at each other.
The ladies are expected to take part in
the discussion, either by speaking or
reading papers OH the subject. The
large hall will he used, good music will
be furnished and we should not he sur
prised if this should be the masterpiece
of our Winter Nights Entertainments.
The cast of characters for the next
night is as follows:
Leaders - Affirmative Rev. B. II.
Crever. Negative Prof. r. F. Hum
iston.
Assistants-Rey. II. B. futile, j.
Ames, DR.. B. S. Langtlon, NJ. B. Soule,
e. z. Sutton and A. 2. Miller.
Readers-Mrs. r. F. Humiston and
A. =. Miller, the latter reading an orig
inal poem entitled Letter to a Young
POet.n
The Lyceum is "of the people, by the
people for the people," and has no de-
nominational or party bias whatever.
1t is for the whole people, for their in
tellectual improvement and elevation,
and we again urge them to come for
ward and bring their best thoughts.
Parties in Central Iowa are in cor
respondence with Soule & Langdon for
the purpose of negotiating an exchange
of some 1900 acres Of land in Iowa
and Nebraska for lands in the National
Colony. The real estate agents here
tell us that there is now more inquiry
from men of means for lands than at
any time since the money crisis. The
opinion is also expressed that owing
to the prevalence of drought, locusts,
chinch bugs, &C., that large part of
the emigration heretofore monopolized
by these States will he diverted to our
own more favored section.
Quite an extensive revival is going
on in the Congregational and Presbyter-
ian Churches of MankatO. More than
one hundred have already professed
religion.
Eva and Earny Sutton had taffy-
pulling few evenings since for their
young friends. Taffy-pullings are cheap
and sweet, and ought to be encouraged.
Besides they are almost equal to soap