The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-11-23
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BURNING HAY.

Of fuel and. tile circumstances Of our
people have put the wits OF every set
tier to work to solve, & possible. the |
fuel problem. They naturally u turned,
in tie absence of timber, to the grass
which grows 80 abundantly on curl
prairies and about our slOughs, and
many for a year or two past have burned |
scarcely any other fuel. The objections
to hay fuel are ~ the litter; (2) the "a
pidity at consumption; 81 the tendency
to puff the ashes out and fill the room
with dust; l the frequent stirring re.
4ulred where loose hay is used: II
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We have an abundance Of clean and ex-
cellent fuel grOwingall around us. The
advantages. Of hay fuel are: 4(1) the
readiness with. which the fire can be
lighted; ~ the quickness with which
hot fire can be made and tie room
warmed; 81 the superiority of this fuel
Tor baking purposes, owing to the quick,
hot fire which can be made; az its
adaptability to summer use, lis meals
can be quickly cooked without over
heating the room. But tile chief ad-
vantage, of course, is its cheapness and
the readiness with which it can he OBJ
tanned. Il =. p.
But whatever may be the advantages
or disadvantages of hay fuel, the farm
ers are driven to the necessity of burn:
ing it, The great desideratum there
fore is some method of getting the hay
into convenient shape for burning.
This has led to the invention of twist
erS, one of which has resulted from my
own experience in using hay fuel, This
twister, which may be seen at Hewitt's
hardware store, will both twist and
tuck, can he easily worked by a boy or
= woman, and rapidly turns out neat,
compact twists about the size of Il
small stick of stove wood. And I
claim for this twister that it mainly
obviates the four objections mentioned
above. The twister can be worked by
one person with mittens OH.
HAY is at present the principal fuel
of the farmers and will he for 4 few
years to come. My experience is that
hay cut during the haying season is
best for fuel as it is for feeding, and
that the kind of grass to cut is the
medium-sized ''slew" grass, TO give
entire satisfaction, hay cut for fuel
should be cured and handled rs care
fully as that cut for feeding.
DIR. B. D. CHURCHILL.
The Journal returns to it's old whine
that the ADVANCE is injuring immi-
grafton by publishing accounts of what
occur iii Worthington. This latest
whine is called out 10y an item found in
the Jackson Republic concerning the
shooting about the houses of some of
our citizens and the fact that a bullet
whistled past the head of another c:ti.
zen us he was coming up street one
evening. The Journal says these state
ments are ''barren IF truth.'' which
is pretty rough Oh Mr.. IIyland and Mr..
Limbert, from whom we obtained the
facts.
And so it goes. There never was any
rowdyism or any rowdies in Worthing-
ton according to the Ring and Kowdy
organ. Nor was there ever 4 political
Ring in this county, for isn't Bell a
member Of it, and don't lie know?
There never was a ''Christian matinee"
at the Colony Office, nor fight, nor a.
assault and battery case growing out
of it, nor any sworn testimony, nor
nothing. Poor namby-pamby Journal!
that will lie, and misrepresent and sup
press news, III order to shield its friends
who are constantly getting into trouble
by their bad conduct.
We advise the Journal set to call an
other meeting to condemn the AD-
VANCE without 4 hearing, and pass
some resolutions, and then insist that
we shall print them in our columns.
And we will agree to publish them, if
we can have the drawing up of the res
olutions. They would he to the effect
that the ADVANCE, 10y publishing ac-
counts of things after they occur, is
the cause of their having occurred.
This is the constant charge of the
Journal and its little clique. We are
to blame for everything because we
publish the facts after they trans
pire. The resolutions we should like
to see passed would be about as fol-
lows:
Resolred, That the WoRTH1NGToN
ADVANCE, by publishing an account of
the great blizzard, was the cause OF the
said blizzard having arisen, and is there
fore responsible for all She damag &c done
by the aforesaid storm.
>Resolred, That the ADVANCE, by
publishing accounts of the grasslop-
per raids, is the cause of the gasshop-
per invasion, and is responsible for all
the calamitles e:,tailed upon = long
suffering and heroic peopleby the afore-
said pest.
Resolved, That the ADVANCE, by
publishing accounts of rowdyism, is
the cause of the said rowdyism, and
responsible for all the acts Of the afore-
said rowdies. .."l
Resolved, That the ADVANCE, by
publishing accounts of the ...Christian
Matinee" is the cause Of the said mat
ihee having occurred, and should lie
held responsible for any damage whicl,
may have resulted to the furniture
elected, or to the heads or the reputa-
ton of the parties engaged therein.
One of the most distressing accounts
of a murder ever perpetrated was the
account of the Sioux Falls homicide in
last weeks Journal. The account ap-
pears to have been committed in cold
blood and with, deliberation; and we
should say, upon circumstantial evil
dence, that the editor is guilty of the
account in the third degree and there.
fore liable to lie executed by beinR