The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-09-03

we Will SEM Tie ADVANCE SIX
months to any farmer, not already a
subscriber, who will deliver us a BUSH
Ell of No. l wheat in Worthington.-
This proposal to stand until the first of
October.
Wheat is 65 cents at Sioux Falls, 80
less than it IS here.
The public schools will open ON Mon
day next.
J. J. Rochussen came over from
Yankton on Tuesday.
7. II. Parsons is first to hand in a
plump watermelon. Next!
Mrs. Goodnow, mother of G. c. Good
now, left on Monday night for Oregon.
Mr.. Terry, Of the M;.nkato Marble
Works, was in town yesterday.
FARM HAND WANrED-A good,
steady hand. Apply to r. Is. Plots,
Elk township, or at this Office.
We acknowledge the receipt of
handsome boquet. Now what has the
editor of the Window Reporter got to
say?
Mrs. Stevens and her sister, Miss
French left on Monday night for Al
bany, Greg IN, where Mr.. Stevens is es-
tablished III business.
Merrill Phillips is responsible for that
fine ''mush" melon we had for dinner
the other day. by the way, when are
citrons ripe?
The trains have been quite irregular
the past week owing to the rains wash
ing the track between here and Sioux
City.
John Sykes, of Beverly, Illinois, is
spending a few days in the Colony, and
is much pleased with the country.
Mr.. Hoffman advertises his Nursery
in another column. lie has fruit and
forest trees for sale cheap.
Mr.. Parsons offers his 40 acre farm
for sale. Is is near town and has, to 4
great extent, supplied the town with
vegetables during the winter.
A communication from Mr.. Rochus-
sen on the proposed narrow-gauge rail-
road from here to Yankton, is received
too late for insertion this week. twill
appear in our next.
Three persons were baptized on Sum
day afternoon last, by Rev. J. w. Lew
is. Mrs. Coplin was baptized at the
Hall, and Miss Nellie Roberts and Ma
jor Thurber were immersed in the lake.
The heavy rains continue. Neither
the moon, nor the barometer, seem to
avail anything in producing a clear up.
Grain must suffer some, but we have
the best climate in the world for rapid.
ly drying off the earth.
With the present number ends the
third volume of the ADVANCE. We
might say a great deal here about what
good little paper it has been during
these three years, but modesty is the
best policy, and man who blows his
own horn never gathers any moss, (ol
how do those old proverbs of the wise
man run anyhow?) In short, and not
to waste words, for our space is limited
and we are in a hurry to get to press,
Come round and pay up!
Hon. D. Burt, the State School Su.
perintendent, will hold. an Institute
here, beginning on the goth of Septem'
TENDER. Superintendent Bell is doing
all in his power to make this Institute
a success, and we have no doubt it will
he an interesting and profitable occa'
sion. We shall have more to say OF
this hereafter. See advertisement,
Mr.. Campbell brought in a product o.
his farm which at first struck us as very
similar: to two vegetable snakes. The,
proved to he specimens of California
String Beans, the largest one measur
ing two feet and one inch from stem tt
stern. With proper cultivation, thes'
beans ought to grow as long as rail
Our friend F. Bloom, of Seward, un
Outstanding that we were taking whea
on subscription, sent US a sheaf mad
up chiefly of stalks which the grasshop
pers decapitated. After we hav'
threshed and sold it, we shall give hin
credit-for good Joke.
Next Sunday will be devoted through,