The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-04-27
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MINNEAPOLIS.A Oril. 1876.

putting in a fine crop Of wheat: &C. :
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!. ..M1NNEAPOLIs, April, 1876. ?
/ EDITOR ADVANCE: Having recently
travelled over Il portion of this State
lying along the St.: Paul and Pacific
Railroad, and the country tributary
fthereto,'a few lines .iu regard to the
country, it's people, ETC., may be Of SUI
licient Interest to warrant its publica-
ton il your excellent paper.
Tie first place we stop 1T Of any i'm:
pOrtancc is Del:lno, Of about the same
population rs Worthington. 1t has a.
steam Touring mill, saw mill, stores of
all kinds, and three saloons, well pat
ronized Judging from the numerous red
noses We saw. Delano is surrounded
by heavy timber, and farmers rely on
getting out ties, fence posts, cord wood
and hoop poles for their support, us
but few have sufficient land cleared to
make living. Here: we take a team
and drive0ver to Watertown, W;;conia,
Carver, Ctaska and Shakopee. %.
" The first two mentioned places and
the country surrounding is almost ex-
clusiyely settled. 10y Germans, 1t is, the
richest farming country in the State.
The farmers live III log houses, but
have nice barns, though, and large
fields cleared. 1t is fearful to see the
drinking that is going OH here; you
pass by rs many breweries as you do
school houses. At every place you stop
you find q bar and halt Il dozen or more
Germans surrounding it. We counted
the number Of glasses of beer one OF
them drank in one hour and a half and
it was II, and he still acted dry when
we retired. His capacity was immense.
Carver is il nice little town situated
i'll the valley. 1t is Il good wheat mar
ket; we counted So teams at the eleva-
tor waiting 20 unload, us early as 10
o'clock. The residence of our towns
man Peter Thompson, was pointed out
to us. 1t is nicely situated upon hill, >.
and locks inviting and home like.
On our way to Young America we
passed many farmers driving i'll stock
Of all kinds. 1nquiring what it meant,
we learned that it was ''Fair Day.0
The farmers I'LL assemble the last
Thursday in the month and bring what
they have to sell or trade with them.
When we arrived in town we found a
large crowd assembled, and beer was
flowing freely, and many showing signs
OF weakness III the knees. Comnlissicn
men from st. Paul aud Minneapolis
were here to buy the produce that az
rives in large quantities OH this dry.
The great attraction of the day was to
be Il fight between two brutes calling
themselves men, to decide which was
the bully, or the best man i'll the town
Ship. Each man had his hackers CT
friends. The trouble began at ? O'Clock.
After few blows they clncied, went
down, rolled over and over, blt,
scratched and clawed each other until
both were exhausted, neither giving
up. It was found that one of them, an
>lrishman, had his nose bit off, little
finger tore off and face all mutilated.
The other, Dutchnlan, lost one ear, Il
piece out of his cheek and both eyes
! sWelled shut. It was sickening TO be-
hold them, being the most horrible
Sight we ever witnessed, and in coun-
Try pretended to be settled by civilized
people. No arrests were made, and an
other fight was arranged for the next
Fair. ;: -
From here we go back to the railroad
and so up us far as Wilmar. The tim
Der reaches as far up as .Litchfield-
there the prairie. begins. 1t is a fine
1country between LitchtielM and Wilmar,
reminding Inc of the southwestern part
of the State. It is we'll settled up by
Scandinavians principally, who have
got large tracts under cultivation.
Here we see the work Of T. i. Hodge
in tree planting all the cuts being lined
OIL each side by several rows of young
trees, that begin to show we'll, being
principally. of white willow, cotton
wood and lombardy poplars. "Wilmar
is i live town of about 800 population,
and is 4 great wheat market.
The elevators along the line of this
road are all full of wheat, the farmers
! merely storing it and waiting for better
prices. It makes money Il little scarce
1T present. but :as soon as this wheat
moves it will be plenty. i -. >.
llnmigration;son this road is good.
Father Ireland, of st. Paul, is locating
a colony of .Irishmen ill., Swift County,
and every train ,carries a load Of them
up there. ''None but Irish need apply"
= Wortlfingtoii is known wherever we
60, and we do not let al opportunity
pass to inform people where it is, what
it. is, ETC.! &. Travelling men pronounce
OiiC WV HtnuStVu.l A4OtcA ID WIG Dcot
place they stop at OIL their travelS-:a
feather for friend Shells cap, sure.
Wishing you success with your pro-
jected railroads. and hoping the chop
pers" will Jet you alone, win close;
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The engineers of e5St. Paul and
Ioux City road arrived few days ago,
and have started over the branch line
to locate it definitely. II will connect
with the main track on the ridge west
of town, near the farm of d. S. Law.
Some ofithe politicians up 1T Madelia
''got mad" last summer and started the
Watonwan County Record to supplant
the Tiihes, the old established paper.
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