The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-03

tiful fashion plates and a; piece Of smu-
sic. Then comes the usual variety of
tales, poems and useful household arti-
Giles. L. A. Cooley, Philadelphia. ..
Here is our little pet again, The n hr-
sery, opening with a picture Of. The
Fast Mail Train on u ''wllizz." Then
follow all sorts of charming pictures OF
babies, animals, birds, etc, interspersetl
with stories, poems and articles calcli.
lated to interest children. Jn0. =.
Shorey, Boston. II. lis i IS :,ss};.+:
49,. JoTTIAGsBY THE w r !, i. 81
;. ~R1PoN,, Wis, Jan. Il, 1s7ehs
EDITOR ADVANCE: It has now been
several months since I left .Wortlling-
ton, and having 4 vague recollection Of
promising you 4 line /. will jot down Il
few items for, the benefit of the boys
who may be interested in life beyond:
the limits of. the National Colony. Be-
fore leaving st. Paul l had the cxquis-
tie pleasure Of meeting some of my
Worthington cl,ums. learned 1T. Sc.
Paul by actual observation mot bysex-
perience) that the boys, visiting st.
Paul from the Colony limits labor :um-::
der great disadvantages. IT'S no use
trying, they cannot stand up with Gov:
Wakefield, CranstOn and others and
celebrate the Centennial in ST. Paul
style without breaking down under tile
undertaking. r have seen them try 1t,
and know that it is too much for their
nerves. They are not used to it. Not
that they are leSspatriOtic than St. Paul
folks, but they lack the every day e1pe-
rience, and it straining OH their con-
stitutionS. Raw recruits never could
stand before the enemy unm0ved, like
the experienced veterans. =:
Life is always chequered' and spiced
with variety. This know from recent
experience. Left St. Paul on the 18th
inst for the south, via the West Wis
consin Railroad, and reached Camp
Douglas at 1870 y. m. There I waited
till II O'Clock and took the train for
WatertOWn. Being tired, l managed
to cramp and squeeze my two hundred
pounds OF :lvoirdupOis into a reclining
posture in Il Car seat. and in this very
unrOmantic and not very comfortable
position 1 wooed the god Somnus, and
responsive to the touch of his magic
wand was soon wandering in the realms
of Morpheus On the cars ARRIVING at
Watertowl, six hours later. had the
exquisite sensation of knowing that
some miserable thieying cuss Who had
not the fear of God before Ills eyes, or Il
shadow of justice or honor in his soul,
had gone through my pockets for seven
teen dollars and sixty cents. and
stepped out on the platform dead broke
and Just slightly demoraliZed. There
are some situations that require i
strong combination Of nerve, cheek and
jawbOne to qualify one to he master of,
and occupied that situation as I there
stood OH the platform at the dawn of
day and mary cent" in my used
up pockets. But move had to
be made Oh the checker board. and with
small satcllel in hand and gleeful steps,
l wended my way to a first class hotel
and with q look Of deep and
sang .froid that would have done honor
to the pOsSessOr of 4 hundred thousand.
approached the counter and graciOusly
receiving the pen from the smiling clerk,
/ registered. Looking the clerk square
and untlinchingly iii the eyes l ordered
extras for breakfast, to-wit: fried and
raw oysters. and chocolate, and the
clerk politely bowed assent and / SUBJ
sided to the sitting room to make q
draught OIL my stragetic resources.
This art of travelling without money
calls for the exercise of considerable
.strategetic talent, and if you have not
got it you'll be stuck sure. III due time
breakfast was announced and did JUS
tice to the viands of the board, eGtras
included. then dedicated one hour to
the sacred process of digestion, after
which started to go ''up town." Had
not walked more than two squares
when I met large Kentucky type Of
humanity with considerable amount
of cussedness written on his counte-
nance and accosted linn as follows:
''See here, old pard, if l am not devil
ishly mistaken 1 have met you in old
Kentuck," WhereupOn he grasped me
by the hand and answered Reckon you
are right for am from thar, and now
just step in and let US have sniff Of
Old Bourbon" How was to refuse
and sustain my Old Kentuck reputation
was mystery;;- but looking him i'll the
eyes and smiling ever so pleasantly 1
answered, ''Old pard, you must excuse
me-indeed you must,-as 1 am dead
broke and am on my way up town to
strike some unsuspecting cuss fora V.
to pay my fare down to kipon.' The
wayf said this made q decided impress
sion. The effect of a saying depends
nightly on how it is said. Looking at
me kindly lie said, "See here,strmlger,.
I kinder like you, but you sh0uldn t let
them d-n three card monte men 90
through you for all you have. They al
ways do that when they find an inexpe-
rieaced sucker what hasn't been away
from home much. You seem honest,
but you need more experience before
you can safely travel among these
Northern Yanks.'' After this, not to
me, very complimentary speech, he
loaned me five dollars and after warm
ing me to keep myself scarce from the
Yanhs, we took our affectionate fare
wells of each other, and I returned to
the hotel, paid: for my extras and
boarded the train. for this place where
+ arrived without further adventure. -.
Moral. When you sleep I'M the cars,
put Your checks in your boot first, and
your foot next, and save yourself STRAIT
egetics labor. .t.>..$ IT WIS.
q: Colonel Smith, who married Miss Ida
Greeley, says lie made up his mind be-
fore lie ever saw her that she was the
girl he wanted, from the newspaper &C.
counts he read Of her goodness and de-
-yotion to her parents. 80 :*-.-''. s':""js
- So: much, for Republican rule: - "A
washington, /: correspondent observes
that the sight Ola drunken Congress-