The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-01-29


y THE HUMAN SKELETON. Sc:
CH,.e e The Kystery al Last Nan
E Lost in february, 1s72-Ffon, Late
Benton, Lyon Couasy. .s.=:.st .:....:
& Tie following letter relating to the
skeleton found in the northern part Of
this couaty, was received on Wednes-
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r .'s~s' LAKE BENTON, MINI, ."
~;:t Jan. 10th. 1875. E.
EDITOR ADVANCE: Il see by an ar
ticle in the St.gF:,ul Press, copied from
your paper, thatraf skeleton has been
found north of Summit Lake, in your
county. l lost my son on the. 18th day
of February, 1872, and have never been
able to find him. There were five 9TH
ers lost in the same storm near where
he left his sleigh. We found all but
my son. We have always believed that
lie went in that direction. l under
stand you have it your office the arti-
cles found with the bones. Please keep
them until spring and will come down
to see the things. If /. could see the
things lie had will, him, l would know
the articles was a gold breastpin In
shape Of cross. His pocket-book had
a glass in one side. think by careful
searching they might be found. I
Nigh tell something lY the 'teetl', and
my size, 5 feet I IL inches. Please keep
all articles found, unless recognized by
some one else, until [ come in the
Spring.
If you have anything to write adj
Mimi. will lK' very thankful for the
recovery Of the bones that l may lay
them away and know where they are.
WILLIAM TAYAOR.
We are inclined to think that this
solves the mystery. Lake Benton is in
the southwest corner of Lyon County.
just north of Pipestone, so that there is
just one tier of counties between Lake
Benton and the spot where the bones
were found. = s before stated, the Coro-
ner failed to find the skeleton OWING to
a fall Of snow, but searcl, will again he
made in the Spring, and Mr.. Taylor
can be here to assist in the search.
LYCEUM
The Lyceum OIL Wednesday evening
discussed the following question, Re-
solved. That men of thought have ben
Gifted the world as much as men Of
action, with \. p. Miller and Mr.. Phelps
in the affirmative, and DR. Langtlon and
Mr.. Ames in the negative. Claiborne
Tsol'rer read 4 selection and Rev. B. II.
Crever acted rs critic. The question
developed 50 mucl, interest that there
was desire expressed to have the dis
cussion repeated ut some future time.
The Committee OH Exercises reported
for next Wednesday night a programme
of general exercises consisting OF read
ings and essays, and announced the
following readers: Mrs. II. F. Humis-
ton, Mrs. Craft and Miss Anna Dean.
Rev. b. II. Crever will read the first
act of. Hamlet, and 4. =. Miller will
read al original paper OH the drama.
EDITORIAL MINOR ARRIVAL.
Our modest friend Huntington, of
tho Window Reporter, has had fem
mime minor arrival in his family for
several weeks, and hash t even ''peeped"
about it. "cs,'~H postpone that type
setting match until this joy blows over
i little. Now that these minor arrivals
have broken out among the editors, we
should not I've surprised if there should
he enough to so round.
ACREAGE PLANTED AND AMOUNT
RAISED IN NOBLCS COUNTY,
We are indebted to Auditor Bear for
the following statement showing the
number of acres planted and the amount
raised in Mobiles County for the year
1874. The average, rs will I've seen, is
quite small, being about S l-2 bushels
of wheat, : of oats and IL of corn to
the acre. These figures will be inter-
esting to the future historian of the
great grasshopper visitation. When
Mobiles County is annually turning out
an average of from II to Is bushels Of
wheat per acre, and when several more
railroads will be demanded to do the
carrying for the fertile prairie regions
of this latitude, these figures will be
looked upon with :. melancholy interest,
and our children will wonder at the
pluck and energy of the people who
stuck it through:
Grain. No. Acres amt Raised.
Wheat. 1857 1859
Oats, 1886 1880
Corn, 3,n34 S 21O
Patatoes, $50 1852
Buckwheat. 234 243
RpanS. 135 Sc
Flax Seed, 1888 1859
Barley, = ITO 284
Number Of acres cultivated in 1874
is l6,4lO. Estimated number Of acres
ready for seed in the Spring OF 1875 is
1850. The highest average of wheat
per acre in any town in the county is
III Indian Lake, leing il little;less than
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