The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-02-24
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Those Of our people who do not ap.
preciate our dry, smooth and hard
roads, ought to make i trip east, where
they will find whole States dounderine
in mud. This is especially true of Hi.
nois, Indiana and Ohio. Business men
in Chicago and Toledo complain bit.
terly of the mud, which is 50 lad as to
put I. stop to business. Farmers can.
not haul their grain and produce to
market, nor haul supplies to their farms.
Consequently country merchants are
doing little or nothing and cannot meet
their bills, and city jobbers are doing
Il very light business. During our stay
in Chicago there were two or three
sharp thunder storms, and at Toledo
the lightning struck the smoke stack
of the Milburn wagon works and
knocked thirty feet off. -. ..
We learn that Mr.. Parrish and lady
who left here recently for Illinois, could
not remove their baggage from the
depot OH account of the mud and were
compelled to walk or wade to their
stopping place.
All this is certainly in marked con.
trast to our own beautiful winter, with
no rain nor mud, with smooth, hard
roads, and farmers marketing thei,
grain and hauling back supplies.
ANOTHER ETHIOPIAN coMBIx1TIoN
Worthington this yearis running to
Ethiopian Combinations, vulgarly
called negro~shows. Last winter we
had nothing better than the Oratorio
cf Esther and the Philharmonic Con.
cert ( but this winter we have risen to
the Negro Show, an evidence of the ca.
pacity of this place to attain to almost
anything, no matter how poor it may
be- The company under the manage.
ment Of F. A. Safer, and composed OF
Frank Bell, Geo. II. Ames, A. F. Gran.
dali, Walter Mclean and William S.
J.angdon, has already given one per.
formance here, preparatory to their
start OH a tour westward, and no sooner
had they got fairly organized than an.
other company sprang up composed of
Charley Ogle, Jimmie Stockdale,
Frankly Stockd;lle, Cornelius Fischer,
Ronney McLaurin, Frankly Smith and
Johnny Dean. They have given one
performance in the shed adjoining the
hardware store, and several of the boys
with whom we have talked claim that
they beat the performance of the young
men. We can hardly believe this, how
ever, for Frankly Stockdale, who was
the clog dancer, is hardly old enough
to shin it down equal to A. r. Crandall,
who is spoken of as a capital clog
dancer. Neither can we believe that
Ronney McI4aurin and Johnny Dean,
who impersonated negro character, arc
up to Will Langdon, Frank Bell and
Crand.ll, in negro talk. Cornelius
Fischer is said to have excelled George
Ames in impersonating a Dutch Niger
but we even doubt this, in the face OF
the tact that Cornelius is Hollander
1t is hardly to be expected that as :
manager Jimmie Stockdale would equa
Frank Safer, and we think Franks SUI
perior management is shown in the fac
that. he charged Is cents admittance
while Jimmie only charged one cent.
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| PATENTS RECEIVED.
We are indebted to G. G.. Goodnow
Clerk Of the land Office for the follow
ing list of patents received a. tn
Land Office, and which are now await
ing delivery to parties named:
| Name Sec. r. l
James Gillin, part of 26 1O2 3.
0. G. Grundsten, - 10 1O1 3!
Fl. "A. 1Iesselroth, g 2 1O3 3!
j. Scooter, 6 2 1O2 4:
Parties to obtain their patents should
send their duplicates to the Land Office
Worthington, MINI.