The Worthington advance., 1881-10-13
GRAND PRAIRIE

EDITOR ADvANCE:-It rains most
! of the time here. 1t makes the thresh-
ers swear. lad a regular July thunder
| shower here on the 7th inst. Even on
Onr high lands it is too wet to p|ow and
do it we'll. How they get along in the
east part Of the county is more than we
can guess.
Mrs. Geo. Ial'as has gone to Wis
| "onsin for a short visit. Any one call
i u" on him now will find him playing
bachelor.
We learn that at least one of our
road "verSeers attends to his duty by
making others attend to theirs. That
is. he sends Il summons after those who
won't work their poll tax. It is the
only way to make some people come to
tima
Don't hear anything about election
yet. Politicians seem to he working
very quietly, hut tllev are ilst as surely
working hard. GRAND PRAIRIE.
NO" THEY LOOK TO .AN OUTSIDER.
I. n wlltrr III the Chicago Tribune
not Il Spiritualist-sonie time since vis-
tied Of /. Sunday the West Side Opera
Hall, in Chicago, where the Spiritual
lists we've holding Il meeting. Here is
villa, he says OF several Speakers:
IA Mrs. DeWolf for ten minutes
gaye utter;.i,ce to the most eloquent
and "autitul discourse ever listened
to. Every Thought WAS a gem, and al
together 1t WAS tie most finished Off
hand speech l ever listened TO or read.
a. as Mrs. +. J. Foster is, she is but
child in comparison to this lady in Il
short address. But the great talk of
the occasion was that Of Maud f. Lord.
She is an extraordinary woman. and
Size possesses al ar, ful III l-SSneSS excell-
u Z some OF tie most noted actresses.
She is perfect simplicity, with coyn+ SIS
and yet a confidence that never over
reaches, and yet is complete in ali pur-
poses. Her form is graceful and deli
cate, and is the poetry of notion. Her
gestures are those Of an orator. and her
voice is in perfect CONTROL And as She
ruuS the ganIut of moluatiOn from /,
ripping laugh through al! the catl.n-
ceS of harmony, She enctains her audi
enc" and they he':ome willing slaves to
her f,lcv ard she leads them captiv.
to her will. She POSSESSES hi gh Y
wrought. nervous MAJ ire. and Il Woinai,
like her conl1 soon fall from the sub
lime to the rihiculnns Her face and
features are extraordinary. An oval
face radiant with celestial beauty; Al,
eye grey and soft, and so deep that it
seems as if it was a tunnel through
which ~ reach her soul A we'll
rounded chin, witt! its dimrles. is APP
propriatr to her clear cut |ils, which
are e'oqUence in Themselves Take
her ali in all as Il noble woman, there
are few who can SIrpass l!er. am u
lover OF sweet. pure, intellectual face
for after all the face is the index Of
the sonl-Mnd I must say in honesty. I
never met with so many noble spirit
uelle faces in one gathering as met at
this spiritual meeting. After l left the
hall and wandered through the streets
seeking my temporary home, I met
hundreds Of other smiling faces. and 7
could not yepress the wish that comes
natural to oil! and colder blood. how
much happier would thes" butterflies
he, if God il his wisdom had constitute
ed their brain in the order of those
whom the world calls fanatic
1t IS bellrVe'! quite generally that
Jules Verne wrote all the interesting
chapters in jefferson Davis book
Rock Go. Herald.
By.t e-way, Bro. Miller, while we
think Of it, and just for. the truth Of
history. you know, is Jules Verne re-
lat d any way t." Lu Verne? Lu is
one OF the slnarltst girls III Rock cu,in-
ty and we Thought she ,Hight possibly
be sister or a cousin or al aunt to
Jnles.-W Wortlington ADVANCE.
Las winter was rather rough on
btcIn lprs. Bro. Miller is Il bachelor.
The winter season is approaching and
the prospect from the pres, NJ outlook
is exceedingly friyid. We don't wish
to i!.isconstrue Bro. Miller's motives
but somehow the association of the a.
bovr facts with our good friends in
qn'ry respecting the alleged Miss Lu is
SO fOrcibly suggested that we half in
cline to believe that 1.-The truth Of his.
tory" is 4 rather subsidiary considera-
ton. Assuming this view of the case
to be correct we congratulate the AD.
VANCE man on his tarhy but none the
less 1audahle move in the right diroc-
t'"n. 1t isn't very bold strike, to he
sure; but in one whose ''anti-cOnnnbial
timidity" is 50 largely develored. it
does very well. Moreover, he will find
consolation in TIE reflection that it. is
better to have tried and loet than never
to have tried at all.-lIerald.
Wrong again, Bro. Miller. Nothing
will suit us but widow with "brat."
and enough to keep the family in bird
dogs, pistols and ponies.
Oil cloth, rugs and door mats at
Thayer's. If.