The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-03-19
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1885, s-san-- OUR Gk1afAE
r. EDITOR ADuANCE': have heard SO
many remarks the past winter about
have felt like comparing notes, con.
Guiding that ill of Your readers could
not have comes from some ..Arca(lian
field of Hiss - where the like is ul-
known. noticed nll item in an East
erll paper, the ether day, concerning u
place in York State, where tile. tier
moneter was fifty degrees below zero.
Ugh F.! don't l pity them. Perhaps SO ne
that read tins may know; from experi-
ence, what i winter in the country in
New York is like, but for the benefit Of
those that do not, allow he to state 4
few facts. In the first place. I, have
seen it SLOW there. III Septic nber. OF
course it did not amount to much. but
can voucl for SNOW falling by the
; middle of October and staying on with
numerous additions till tile first of MAY.
That is not always the case, but it is lis
often SO rs to the contrary.
There is another important fact worth
mentioning: Talk about the Minne-
sofa blizz,I,ls! When the wind gets to
sweeping up those valleys, if it were
not for the treps and fences. one would
get such an impetus us would take him
the most direct route to the north pole.
without stopping for refreshments.
When they wanted to 90 to the post
Office or to church; the people generally
scor,ed the roads altogether, and went
over the tops of fences from preference.
and sometimes it took deal of shovel
ing to succeed in getting there at all.
after one of those busters" which are
here called ''blizzar(ls." but then
you hid plenty of wood.'' True
enough = have nothing more to say
about New York. I'VE will change the
programme and mention IL few items
co ceritiI:g Il town over two hundred
miles south Of there. How pleasant in
. the depth Of winter, when one ought
t, he enjoying il sleigh ride, to drive
through the mud six inches deep, and !.
, cold rain fnlling at the same time,
while Visions Of spotted fever, diptlerEt
and epizootic |,at,nt outfsleeping and
waking dreams and if it does conclude
t. SHOW. not dare to buy Il sleigh for
fear the sleig|ing will 90 off before you,
get home. Though have known will
tiers there like that, they are not always
50. The present ol:e has been very ST.
we're. and scores i'll that beautiful city,
lis we'll us III many others, are suffering
from hunger and cold to !; greater de.
gree than has yet been known in Min
nesota. | presume we all know the
panic has deprived hundreds of men of
employment, and, consequently, of
means IT, provide for their families.
; poor ''s'E.nties' us some of us have
here, can they call theirs. Fuel must
be had. Not any one asks, ''why don't
they burn hay 20 for to pay TWENTY-FIVE
dollars Ter ton for th:,t:rticle would he
, entirely out Of the question. when good
hard coal can be lad for five or six.
Why not apply to the relief? Now We
have reached ILL important subject. OF
course, there is Il l. lief fund and Il poor
house, but asking for aid is quite a diff.
ferent thing III the East from what il
is here. There it would be considered
!, disgrace. by many, though not by eve.
) ry one, for there are some i ght-mindet1
people i'll every place. But in Mime.
scta, If one does get relief" if they
are needy, society does not elevate it,
+ aristociat:c nose and draw aside its
E! dainty skirts us if from fear of con
Illumination, but responsibility is Il sui
ticie,t guarantee for being cordial,
, welcomed in any circle. Remember.
L am speakin. particularly Of Mobiles
=, County,. Mimi. I do not profess t.,
know anything about the rest of thu
St,t..
;. Now l will say to those that Will
scarcely any means are discouraged and
think Of going sonlewln re- else to better
themselves. do not 60. 1t is b:l,
: enough t" be "harl up" us the Saying
is, here, hut it is worse hack East. II
. will cost as little to live h re as any
. where, aud it you can possibly procure
that little. you can get through, and no
' anywhere is fuel 50 cheap. Charlie:
Kill, King of Sweden, said to ona o
J. his soldiers who, in Il cOmplainin!
mood. showed his majesty Il piece III
moldy black bread us their only fare
% after eating every crumb Of it himself
q 1t is not good. hut can be ea,en.'' S(
). in regard t" burning hay: 1t is MOI
ice, hut can he burned. If you viS|
to s" East and huya farm, it will tax.
,. Il small fortune to do so, and then Their,
Il is the ''bon,'s''to pay for stones. trees
e and possibly stumlS. I do not wan
= anyone to think that the writer Of this
never gets hom'sick. for such is not til,
case but Whcn common sense comes t.
aN'IHN. LlIII MIN
neSot;l. with her broad prairies, fertil.
soil. hpalthful climate and SPLENDID so
cirty. is preferable to any place eve
n lived in, and that if the Geasslopper
Il stay away, l i'll stay here.
B1GELOW.
We understand that Mr. Dnmnell ha
II secured the appointment of route ;lgen
!, on the st. Paul and Sioux City road fo
~ Mr.. George l.. Lewis, OF Lake Crystal
= MIR. Lewis was Il member OF the Firs
d Minnesota regiment, and made Il goo,
- soldier. During the late congrvssio.,;l
= campaign he W 'rked for Mr.. D,,nell
and is now receiving his reward. I
l. similar position OF the same road III,
been secured f,r Mr.. Philo Halves, q
Rock County and Il Scandinavian
!. from Rice County, probably throug
Mr.. ) rats influence, has been com
1. missioned to the same duties. Thes
+. parties are to succeed Messrs. Stevens
e Borst nd Uncle Joe R"y,ol.ls-thc lat
,s ter being transfer ed to the route :,yel
- icy Of the Central Railroad lptwee
Mankato and Wells.-Muukutr Kecie,
There will be very general regret i,
j. the removal of Stevens-regrct that |,
- was not sooner removed. No one CT
IS take his place i'll peddling vulgar GOSSIP
and S,n,,rrliir items into the St Pr,