The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-31

favor Of paying the bonds. And so, as
the Snowman said when asked whether
It was = monkey or kangaroo, ''you
pays.. your money and takes your
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Down:South they used to get rid of
people who did not agree with them up
on the Slavery question by tarring and;
1ea&herins: r. Is strange that We were
20 long in thinking Of this as means
ofEidding ourselves Of the grasshoppers.
But iHon:sA. B: Robbins, Of Willmar,,
finally got tho idea through his head,
and invented the sheet.iron-and-tar
hopperdoxer which Is now doing such
effective work all over the State.
Prof. Humiston came down from St.
Paulon Thursday with one of the hand
machines, covered with tar and the tar
covered with grasshoppers. He pur-
chased it just a. it had been used in
the field. This was put on exhibition
at the post Office, and our hardware
men were soon turning them out at
prices ranging from SOC to $500. The
hand machine is simply a scoop made
of stleet-iron and covered with tar.
The principle is simple. The young
hoppers jump into the tar and the tar
Clues their legs together so that they
can't Jump out. And the more they
try, the worse job they make of it.
Gen. Bishop, with six men and less
than one barrel of tar, cleared about
so acres Of wheat of grasshoppers in
one day. Tar can lie had at st. Paul
At from 50 to $3.50 barrel. Parties
can telegraph to Gen. Bishop free Of
charge and the tar will he shipped free.
This brings the new dozer within the
reach Of every farmer. Two or three
farmers IN a neighborhood should COM
bine and order a barrel of tar. We no.
tice that q farmer near Sioux City, who
has been using this apparatus, boils
the tar over, and thus ltt}e lasts a
long willie. =.
This new machine is practical and
effective. It is within tile reach of ev-
cry farmer. Two or three of these ma
chimes will scoop up the bulk of the
young hoppers on an ordinary farm IN
one or two days. We can save the
young crops, and, if it is true as
reported at st. Paul, that there are no
hoppers matching in the Rocky Noun
tain regions where they originate, we
are comparatively safe from raids this
year, Let the farmers pluck up cour-
aso aud set to work resolutely to kill
the hatch, and all will lie well.
DR.! Barber made some sensible re-
marks at the Temperance meeting on
Sunday night when he told the malcon-
tents of the town that there need he no
eonflict between those who want Sun
day night meetings and those who
want them on other evenings. We do
not agree with DR.. Barber On a good
many points. but We intend to give him
credit when lie says a pertinent thing.
The facts are that an attempt has
been made by the Bells, Rohrer, and
&ome others to substitute new organ
tzat1on for the regular Mobiles County
Union. And il our temperance meet
ihgs are to be conducted as they now
are, we. shall certainly urge a change to
same evening Of the week. We hope,
boWever, that 1t the next regular meet
Ing the Christian people will come to-
gother anl, without wranglinx will,
tae nasslcontents, ll) quietly adopt the
Auxiliary Contribution Of the State
Union, which fixes the meetings on Sun.
day evening; and, ~ then adopt a by
law that no remarks shall be INDUCED
IN which do not bear directly upon the
temperance effort against the liquor
traffic and It's results This willtcut of
spouting upon other subjects.
The Democratic Governor of New
York has vetoed the bill making wo.