The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-01

dy Chidley, of Graham Lakes.
Half fare rates will be given by the
St. Paul s. Sioux road to all Fourth of
July celebrations.
Rev. Mr.. Gum will hold Episcopal
services next Sunday morning and eve
ming at the Presbyterian church.
BY request of Thomas Wilson, 1 here-
by state that his wife Maggie died Of
10 cause of his. J. CRAFT, NJ. d.
June 20, 1850.
Anybody who wants good second
hand mower i'll good working order, can
have one cheap for cash by calling at
this office.
The Minneapolis Tribune is splen-
did success. It rivals the Pioneer Press
III news and beats it in FASTING the sheets
so that they will stick together.
NorlCE.-l have . 900 busllt Is of corn
and oats which will sell for good Sec
ond hand notes. F. J. PORTER,
Adrian, Mimi.
The new day trains on tire st. Paul &
Sioux City road are said to be the fast
est trains in the State for the same dis
lance. Much of.the track is being laid
with steel rails.
The Worthington & Sioux Falls train
now runs between here and Luverne
without any freight cars attached which
enables it to make better time. The
freight train from Doom comes through
to Worthington.
John O'Brien and his squad Of Sec
ton men have our thanks for making
us a good graveltd walk for several
miles south of town. Formerly we had
to walk on the corduroy road, from tic
10 tie, which was somewhat irregular.
Rev. Mr.. Gum, Of the Episcopal
church, held services here last Sunday
morning and evening at the Presbyte-
I;an church. Services will he held
there again next Sunday morning and
evening. We learn That the prospect
for an Episcopal church in this place is
good. Mr.. Gum is Il forcible reader
and speaker.
You pays your money and you takes
your c!luct.' We have for s;lle at this
Office fnr cash one Victor, two Wilson.
one Domestic and one Whitney Sewing
Machine. These will be sold so cheap
that he who ru:is may get one and the
wayfaring man though fool need not
60 with ut;s /! good bs OK says.
J. i. Green is the first farmer to bring
us Il mess Of new potatoes ornamentcd
with some new turnips, some as big as
a fist. Mr.. Green probably knows that
nobody is paying up on tie ADVANCE
and he is bound that we shall not starvt.
Who will be the next to make Il contri-
button and keep our little Zephanial,
Aminadal, from going barefooted.
About Il O'Clock on Tuesday night
the dogs had possession OF the town and
some one down town fired shot ut enc
of the yelpers. If that man will call on
us he Can haye Il chrome. And we will
give chrome to every man, woman or
child who will kill dog during the
next month.
And now comes Nelson Jordon with
several mcsses of new potatoes grown
OH his farm east of town. Will some
one send US Il quart of cream for sauce?
New potatoes and cream ''gravy" make
Il dish fit for Jupiter Pluvius. Hope
every one of Mr.. Jordon's COWS will
bear twins.
Chas. Fritz, assessor for Willmont,
furnishes lis the following statistics for
that town:
No. Of acres sown this year: wheat
SIG; oats III; corn IL; barley 2S; rye /;
potatoes II; sugar cane II; beans 8; flax
256. Forest trees growing, A. acres
Horses and mules, 80 head. Cows SO
and beef and working cattle 81.
Rev. Frank Peterson preached at the
Congregational church on Sunday last
from the text, Your thoughts are not
my thoughts and your ways ale not my
ways, satin the I4ord.'' 1t was literally
true Of nine-tenths of his hearers but
most of them no doubt thought he was
rivinr IT. IN tho MothOtictc or tho
Presbyterians, or the Spiritualists, or
the lnfdels, or anybody else but them
selves.
We acknowledge pitcher of butter
milk from one of the Nellies, Butter
milk, we believe. is orthodox. 1t was
Paul, wasn't it, who told Timothy to
take Il little buttermilk for his stomach s
sake? The neighbors have begun to
send things in, and we are keeping the