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

any tribunal as to the capacity of wo-
men to grapple public questions.
Owing to the exercises of the Week
Of Prayer there will lie no session of the
Lyceum next week. The week follow
ing, the question, Resolved, That the
passage Of the pending civil rights Till
is expedient, will he discussed, with b.
N. Carrier, J. n. Town, a. NJ. Smith
and Clayborne Rol,rer As leaders. Read
ers-Prof. Humiston and Miss Emma
Stanton.
THE HUMAN SKELETON.
On Saturday last, MI. Cook and Mr..
Gage, of Seward township, called at
our office to see the scraps of clothing
found with the human skeleton in the
township west Of Seward. They agree
that the scraps correspond to panta-
looms worn by u young man who called
1T their houses in March last on his
way to Lake Shetek. lie had been to
Dakota to visit friends and was on his
way back. They could not remember
his name, but say that he was a w ing
man, in bad health and thinly clad.
He expressed fear, III setting out, that
he would not be able to walk through.
Mr.. Cook pointed out the way to Mud
Lake, and the young man set out in
that direction. The bones were found
between Mud Lake and Mr.. Cook s
claim. The supposition is that he was
taken sick OH his way, or that lie sank
down exhausted, and died.
We give this us affording some faint
clew to the mystery, and hope that any
ore having any facts looking toward Il
solution will send them in.
MIyNESOTA-KANsA AND NEBRAS
KA.
We publish elsewhere letter from
a member of the Colony who is spend.
ing the winter in Illinois. Like near.
ly every other colonist who is away
temporarily, lie remains an enthusiasts
tic friend of this section and is anxious
to get back. He says ''giye me Min
nesota by all means in preference tc
poor bleeding Kansas or Nebraska
His statements confirm the fact we
have so frequently published, that
Kansas and Nebraska are subject tC
drawbacks which are unknown here
Those States suffered more from droutl
last year than from grasshoppers, whilt
the grasshopper intliction was, il any
thing, worse than it was here.
We know from our own Sufferings
how to sympathize with those afflicted
regions, and what we say is not said in
a spirit of thanks that we are better
than our neighbors. We do hearth,
sympathiZe with them in their attic
ton, but we feel it duty to make the
facts known. And we can only repeat
what we have so frequently said, an6
which is now felt by every settler il
this region, that for climate, for diver
sifed farming and industry, and fol
commercial position, those States art
| TIL interior 10 MINNESOTA.
MIXED FARMING.
The following from the Agricultural!
Edi or Of the St. Paul Press agrees
with what has been frequently urgeG
through the ADVANCE, viz: the impor
lance Of turning our attention more tc
stock-raising. Many settlers who came
to the prairie with from $500 to $1,00t
and expended it in fitting up for grain
raising, see now the mistake they
made. II they had put half Of it into
COWS and utilized the splendid grass
crop which IS annually going to waste
they would now be much better of
than they are. What Is said of the
Mountain Lake settler is true of Il mum.
Der of farmers i'll this county. They
have II support from II few COWS and
are not needing aid.
Probably no man in the State is bet
ter acquainted with the comparative
advantages of different portions of Min
nesota, than Mr.. Ford, the Agricul
tural Editor of the Press. He has been
a resident of the State for Is or 16 years
and has given his attention to agricul
tural matters and when he pronounces
this 1.-The best grass region in the
State" he knows what he says, and the
statement can he relied on. We might
have twenty-four to thirty miles OF
stock farms, with lake fronts, within q
radius of eight miles of Worthington
Let us stock up with COWS, sheep, pigs
chickens, etc., which do not require 3
heavy outlay for implements and which
cannot be eaten up by grasshoppers:
We met Prof. Humiston in the cars
who had been looking after sheep fol
his farms at Worthington. We learn
ed from him that the farmers in south
western Minnesota are thinking of rails
ing more sheep and stock This is ont
blessing resulting from the devastation
of crops by the gr:asshoppers. It ha:
compelled the settler to think and i'll
quire If wheat farming exclusively i.
the surest road to fortune. Gras:
grows wonderfully in that part of ouI
State, the farmers some day will be
come rich when they learn to convert
it into beef, wool, butter, cheese, NUT
ton and fine horses. During our visit