The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-12-02
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. LETTER FRON AEE5B: H..GRETER
ID My. DEAR Mr. MILLER: Il begin to ]
fear i'll .mucli7longer delay payment for
the genuine service you render me
weekly through the ADVANCE, I shall
never be able to discharge. my .oblig:t-
ton Although my long silence was
not. uncaused, the cause itself is not of
\ nature to- be discussed. Suffice it that
now l propose to besheard, ut least &C.
casionally throughsa medium which 1
thoroughly appreciate shOWever. may
have seemed to neglect it. L. '.Write for
the ,ADyANcE, you SAID, "a parting
benedlctlon as: stepped aboard the
train, eastward bound. !" Bound it was,
to Des ire, with mi Irish perversity of
'ne.ning, when it. hung through the
long Light. at Heron Lake, twenty
miles distant incidents of travel,
however, now so long past, I leave
among bygones as of:no present inter-
| est 81 Importance. STA :>:G*S.- ~: =
+ Time and distance release the mind
from many things which; perhaps it is
we'll to forget, but the solemn aim and
! purpose Which carried me beyond. the
Mississippi, abide i'll :undimillished
strength. The years. Of earnest effort
spent in the service of an interesting
aud cherished community, though want
ing i'll immediate and adequate results,
I shall never wish to forget. My faith
iii the future of Southwestern Minne-
sofa is mistaken, and still see in that
future, amid and above all material
success, those higher elements OF intel
ligemce and culture that were 50 char
acteristic /. feature of tile infant settle
ment - in : Mobiles: County The
development Of the religious sentiment
"A divine faith grounded on the sure
warrant OF eternal truth; temperance,
the handmade OF religion and the pledge
of thrift,hnd competeLce; education
fostering the public schools aud sus-
tanning the Seminary, and independent
journalism that places principle and
truth and right above partiZan servi-
tude and it's base rew;.rd-tllese are the
elements on which alone a grand and
prosperous future can rest.
| need not express the qualification
afforded me by the announcement OF
the revival of the Seminary. Success
to Prof. Hill and his co-laborers; an ill
stltutiOn inaugurated iii consecrated
service and holy faith ought to succeed.
Two or three successful harvests will
develop the necessity Of the school and
crowd it's halls with noble youth. You
have the pledge of this III the indica-
tions already furnished. A public
school building approaches completion.
This will be 4 beautiful addition to
your already attractive town. You are
to he congratulated Oil being able to
retain the services Of the accomplished
lady who rs superintendent, has per-
formed such excellent service in the
past.
One item of intelligence has given
me pain: Your monthly temperance
meetings are losing their interest.
This certainly ought not to he. Every
the permanent welfare of WOrtlington
ought to come to the rescue. 1t is not
necessary to commit your community
to the varying phases of reform, and
especially to independent political Or
EXAMINATIONS; but you must resist to the
death the sale OF intoxicating drinks.
1t is this that has given to tie settle
ment it's deservedly high reputation,
and with this, to IL serious extent, it
must stand or fall. The present is Il
very critical period in the history Of
the general question of temperance
The proposition to make prohibition
the great and distinctive feature of a
separate political party is not endorsed
in Pennsylvania, and there is reason to
fear that the recent agitation of the
question has divided the friends of the
reform. There can be no question as to
the WlStloni and necessity Of pressing
the subject on moral and religious
grounds and of holding political parties
responsible for the purity.of their CAN
didates. Beyond this there is evidently
no necessity.
/ I am most thankful that a beneficent
Providence has smiled on the laDors of
the field, nor do doubt that the pest
that has so seriously retarded your
progress will itself perish before your
determination. / look forward with
pleasing anticipation to some future
day when, whether amid the SHOWS of
winter or beneath the genial sunshine
of glorious summer, may step from
the train at Worthington and greet the
many friendly faces can now only see
in Imagination. B. II. CREVER.
MIFFLINvILLE. PA.
On recent visit to Worthington,
President Drake expressed the belief
that III five years Worthington would
he as much of Il place as Mankato,
which encourages the ADVANCE to the
belief that that pleasant little village is
to become railroad and manufacturing
center. The prophecy is certainly with
in the probabilities, and it's realization
depends largely upon the enterprise of
it's own citizens.-Nlankato Review.
That it does depend largely upon the
enterprise Of our citizens is true, but
within the past few months there have
been a number of developments show
ing more clearly and certainly than
ever the advantages of our position,
and all or these pressing upon us from
the outside and without any special
effort of our own people. Railroad men
all around us seem to have settled upon