The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-08-24

unfortunate circum stances caused by
the r:lvages of the graSshOppers. It is
important that there I've full delegations
from every town in the county.
\Slgned) MANY CITIZENS.
THE RED PARASITE 80,
During the past week we have made
further and tliligent inquiry concerning
the red parasite mentioned in our last
issue, and find that they are destroying
nearly all the eggs in soft ground, but
are not destroying them to any extent
in new breaking OF in tough sod. What
the parasites leave undone ought to be
done by thorough dragging Or surface
blowing. Let us make war first on the
eggs and then on the hatch.
Rev. D. NJ. Graham, formerly, of
11illsdale College, and now prominent
real estate dealer of Chicago, came on
last week, in company with Mr.. Allen
Gibson, to look at lands in the Nation
al Colony. Mr.. G.. had also contem-
plated visits to Nebraska and Missouri,
with a view to selecting = location for
a number of families whom he repre-
sents, but lie was so pleased with the
soil, the climate, the people, the tenn
perance and religious features of the
National Colony, that lie is ''alm ost
pursuaded," without looking further,
to move his family to Worthington and
join forces at once with others who
have faith in the splendid outcome of
this county. Mr.. G. would I've an ele-
ment of strength to any community,
and we can assure him of hearty well
come and Unlimited opportunities in
case he should locate among us.
J. NJ. Hoffman, correspondent Of the
Chicago Times and other papers, is in
town looking up the Colony. Mr.. H.
has been travelling through Iowa and
Nebraska, and lie does not hesitate to
say that Worthington is the neatest
and trimest small town he has seen.
In such matters as sidewalks, trees,
fences, painted houses, and residences
of taste he finds no small town equal.
ing this. When we informed him that
this was Il temperance community, he
ut once saw the reason for this neat
ness and thrift.
We had run down to Indian Lake
the other day and found farmers plucky
and ready to try 1t again. Mr.. Horton
thinks he will have 20 bushels OF wheat
to the acre. lie has lived at Indian
Lake seven years and had fair crops
every year. Mr.. Langseth, who had a
field of wheat Oh the McCollum place
OH Ocheeda Lake, thinks the yield will
he 20 bushels to the acre. Of course
these are exceptional cases.
Mi. Doane recently received a letter
from his brother-in-law in Lee County,
Illinois. He writes that owing to the
continued rains his wheat will go only
3 bushels to the acre, while oats will
yield but S bushels and corn and barley
nothing. lie writes that they have no
grasshoppers there. Let us all go to a
country where it don't rain, where
there are no grasshoppers, no chintz
bugs, no drouth, and where things are
just as we want them. Anybody
knowing of such location, please cor.
respond with the ADVANCE.
We are asked daily how the journal
is succeeding. Financially we know
nothing of it's success, but we know
that it has been a success in dividing
the community and the Republican
party, and in causing strife, enmity,
heart burning, anger, bitterness and
wrath which it may take years to heal
over. A paper born in rowdyism and
nurtured in. spite; a paper started
without single principle involved, and
with the avowed object of supplanting
and running another paper and 'driv-
ing out" its editor, cannot have the
blessing OF Heaven upon it. 1t must
have troubled and precarious exist.
ence, and we look to see the poor off.
spring of spite and wrong die the death
it deserves.
On Tuesday we visited Graham Lakes
in company with the Rev. Mr.. Graham.
We found that in Hersey and Graham
Lakes there were very few grassaorpel
eggs deposited, and hence there are few
of the red parasites. In some places
people were blowing and preparing tc
crop again. Along Jack Greek we saw
oceans of blue joint grass which will
yield at least three tons of hay to the
acre. We stopped awhile at the farm
of J. H. Cunningham. When asked
what he would take for his place Mr..