The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-18
PROFESSOR HUlfISI'Oy.

The ADVANCE says thata gentleman
from Chicago, in the interest of eastern
capitalists, f. G. Taylor, has bought of
the railroad company, through Prof.
lIumiStOn, three townships Of land in
Mobiles County. The purchasers expect
to send settlers to occupy the lands.
This sale has been in progress for some
time, and we have watched the an
no'.ncencnt with some interest. From
this sale Prof. IIumiston will derive
considerable return for lis four years
Of persistent labor and outlay of money,
in tie interest of Wortllington and
Mobiles County, and we are glad to
know that he has met with so good
streak Of luck. Local jealousy may
have made some OF us look upon the
colony enterprise with considerable
prejudice, yet it is due to Prof. Humis-
ton to say that he has accomplished q
great deal for his town and county, and
i'll a great measure, lis work and s:lcri-
fees are overlooked. He has spent
probably not less than 1000, the earn
ings of his lifetime, and we infer has
become seriously involved, in his at
tempts to develop Mobiles County and
build upa model community. 10 &C.
complisll this end lie llas spared moth
ing. He has been first in most of the
enterprises inaugurated in Wortllington
giving of lis resources freely, il not
lavishly, to make successful the nunier-
GUS enterprises that have from time to
time called for mite assistance; the
more public enterprises, the mill, the
church, Miller Hall. and kindred pro-
jects, have met with him the same gen.
erous and unselfish spirit. No doubt
but that through him the three magnjii-
cent institutions we speak of gained
lite and success. lie has induced hun
drcds of capital to invest at Worthing-
ton, and we guess hardly II citizen but
has derived vastly more profit from his
expenditures and labors than he him
self. Ills time and money have gone
to build up the material prosperity of
"Okabena, with Il prospective view of
profit in the future, to bc derived from
the sale Of railroad lands. Others have
thriyed and prospcred while lie has be-
come somewhat involved in litigation
rs the result of his personal enterprise
and indonitable determination to either
sink or swim" with his colony. The
Professor has made many investments,
and large ones, thought by many ut the
time to he :injudicious and impractical.
but what would have resulted if the
grasshoppers had not visited us no one
can tell, but probably lie would have
met with better success, but having
started he was determined to 30 through
with the undertaking it it took the last
dollar: lie has not worked without
opposition, encountering it ut home
and Ill Tile neighboring towns, but he
has worked for his life's idol against it
AL with all energy and perseverance,
that we certainly respect, and no doubt
Is otter overl ooked by manly who have
cause to remember his devotion to
nome prosperity. Prof. Humisto,i has
done more to build up il barren ala
wild country than any one man in tits
part Of the State. lie has been the l'i-
rect means Of drawing to Mobiles Coun-
tya great amount Of wealth,a refined
and Intelligent community, and we GER
tainly hope the sale mentioned iii tile
ADVANCE is consu minated beyond per-
adventure. =, ..::. e.: J.. ;tc:se 81: ii
Had it not been for the. three years
of grlsshopper devastation the growth,
OF this part Of the State would have
progressed and prosperity would have
abounded Oh every hand; then we could
have seen whether Prof. IIumiston's
schemes were practical; but since tleyas-