The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-04-30

"0Ao AnoeluCCeu W ODtsaIll pIstHS, Specln-
cations and estimates fora school house
to accommodate from 200 to $50 scllol-
ars, and to report at an adjourned meet
ing to he held three weeks from last
Tuesday evening.
CHRISTOPHER HUNT.
Rumors that the grasshoppers, like
the armed men which sprang up out of
the dragons teeth, were coming out of
the ground in large numbers, reached
town on Tuesday night last. Accord
ingly OIL Wednesday morning, six of
our extensive town farmers set out on
a grasshopper hunt. They first visited
the farm Of NJ. Cornelius Stout, a mile
west of town. Mr.. Stout's place is one
of the most desirable about Wortlling-
ton, the house standing on an eminence
overlooking town, and the grounds be-
ing set with trees, and most of the land
under cultivation. We found MIR. Stout
busy farming, and on inquiring for
grasshoppers were informed that he
had not seen any on his place. This
did not satisfy the hunting party, who
were determined to see for themselves.
Mr.. Ames took out his bottle brought
along to hold the young hoppers ; Prof.
Humiston drew forth his microscope !;
Doctor Langdon pulled up his seven
league rubber boots preparatory to
kicking up the soil Soule and Stock
dale took a fresh cigar each, and our
Reporter sl,arpened his pencil. The
Doctor foraged around while and
brought in a handful of earth contain
ing something alive. The Prof. leveled
his lens at the object, which proved to
he small black spider. Then the
question arose us to what should be
done with the little "reptile.'' The
Doctor proposed that we "swear him
and let him co." but gentler counsels
prevailed and he was released without
the oath. Nograsshoppers having been
taken here, the party bore northward
to Peter Thompson's place, where
grasshoppers were reported as thick
us blackberries. Here skirmisllers
were thrown out, and large patch of
breaking was seized and brought under
the Professors glass and the Doctors
boots, but not Il sign of a grasshopper
egg could he found.
From here the party returned to
town, questioning every man they met
as to whether or not he had any grass
hoppers concealed about his person, and
quite disheartened at the prospect Of a
good crop the coming season and the
bad prospect of getting relief.
But, humor aside, there are probably
not pint of grasshopper eggs to be
found in Nobles.... County. We shall
have no little ones this year to ''bring
up" and we predict that their visits,
like those Of angels, will be few and
far between.
THE CONCERT
We are informed by DR.. Craft. under
whose management the coming concert
will be given, that the time fixed is
Wednesday evening, May 18th. The
music will all be of a high order. Pro-
gramme next week.
DR. MILLER.
DR.. A. P. Miller has purchased the
Fireside Friend, a Literary and Family
journal published at Chicago, with u
present circulation. of 10000. We pre-
dict from theOutset marked improve
ment in the contents of the paper, and
a rapid increase in the circulation.
Best Of all, for our own region, the
Doctor will make good use of it's col
umns to make the advantages of the
National Colony known. Already {.
number of letters have been received at
the Colony Office making inquiry and
stating that they saw mention of the
Colony in the Fireside Friend.
GARDElbSEEDs!
Hon. NJ. H. Dunnell writes that lie
has quantity of garden seeds, in adj
dition to those secured from the De-
partment, Of which he will send a
package to any farmer who will write
to him for the same at Owatonna,
MINI.
MINOR 4RRITAL
At the residence of John De Boos,
Bigelow. a few days since, an pound
girl settler. Isn't Hersey falling be:
hind? 49,. = -
DR.. Moore has received a letter from
Southeastern New York, near: the
Pennsylvania line, saying that there
was is inches Of snow there, and that
people were sleighing on the 2oth inst,
No wonder people way up there want
to get down here to Minnesota where
the North. Pole hasn't SO much stand.
ing and influence. sSs~z 5*s* = j #.
The house of a settler named Aeoll.
ner was burned recently near Heron
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