The Worthington advance., 1881-02-17
Vol. 9. No. 25.
FAIR VARYING


| Vol. 9. No. rs.
| FAIR WARNING.
From forty to fifty Of our subscribers
are owing us from So to $S each on SUBJ
scription. IL some cases their is Il good
excuse for this delinquency. In most
Of them, the only excuse is that they are
putting it off till they have paid other
debts or fitted up to suit themselves. In
\ few weeks, if the accounts are not set.
tied or arranged for III some way. we
shall strike their names off and endeav-
or to collect i'll some other way.
| Observation-Disclosures
Court meets one week from next Tues.
day, no preventing Providence in the
way of blockades.
The Okabena Mills came very near
RAINING short of both wheat and hay
during the blockade.
Yesterday the weather reports said
''clear and cold" over tho North
west.
The ladies of the NJ. E. Mite society
will give social at the residence of
Mrs. J. II. Johnson, on Friday eve.,
Feb. 25. All are invited.
Worthington has undergone partial
hay famine since the heavy snow fall.
The roads are so badly drifted that far
mers cannot get to town with hay.
F. ID. Hankey, of st. Paul, has been
showed up here with 80 head OF fat cat
tie which lie picked up in Iowa. The
cattle have been corralled in the Worth
ington Hotel yard and must have en-
joyed the weather.
When physicians recommend DR..
Marshall's Lung Syrup for coughs,
colds, etc, oflong standing, it certain
ly must be good. Call at the drug
store and try bottle Of it, the price
is only 25 cents and so cents.
Treasurer Shepard announces another
change Of programme owing to the
blockade. No preventing weather he
will be ut Adrian to collect taxes on
Thursday and Friday, Feb. 24th and
25th.
A little bit of a Worthington girl who
cannot talk plain yet, crept into bed
with her father the other morning and
put her arms around his neck. lie
said something about her being his lit
tie wife. NO." said she, lets play I'm
the hired girl.''
| We learn that the passenger train
which passed here Or the night of Feb
ruary end going toward st. Paul was
caught near Heron Lake and complete-
! ly covered with snow, nothing but the
| smoke stack of the engine being visible
| after the storm.
a marked improvement has been
made III Gov. Miller's office. A coun
ter has been extended across the room
anda notice or two posted up with such
| singular devices us the following:
''Transact yonr Business over the
Counter,' "PIeas, do not Loaf Here"
etc. This is probably some of Brother
Peterson's doing.
Our tlighty little friend, DR.. Barber,
makes Il rabid attack upon us in last
weeks Journal. But rs he hasn't
sworn to it, the public won't believe
him. Since he is making affidavits.
they demand sworn statement in each
case.
Some Of the railroad boys report hav-
ing seen Il copy of the Police News con-
tanning picture of the bursting of the
beer bottle in Crissey's pocket. They
say that Justice Durfee was shown
with spectacles on his nose and our
''spasdomic" and ''imical" friend Cris-
sey looked as innocent as all owl. That
paper will sell if it ever gets to Worth
ington.
"A Cross Baby.-Nothing is so con-
ducive to mans remaining a bache-
lor as stopping for one night at the
house of a married friend and being
kept awake for five or six hours by
the crying ola cross baby. All cross
and crying babies need Hop Bitters
to make them we'll and smiling.-
Young man remember this
! BEER FAM1NE.-Great suffering has
been averted in Worthington by the
timely raising of the blockade. The
temperance agitators had run out of
beer. They will soon have their cellars
stocked up again and raise steam
Fenough to go for those vulgar people
who do not get it by the case and drink
it at home. AS a beverage, beer is vul.
gar and ''imical.'' AS a medicine ia.
ken down by proxy for ''sick wife,
it is respectable and conducive to the
welfare Of the church.
| Always keep 'Kendalrs SPAWN
Cure in your house, if your Druggist
will not get it for you send to the pro-
prietors, B. j. Kendall Il Co., Enos.
burgh Falls Vt.
| HERE YOU ARE AGAIN.
The 6ast mail train for fifteen days
came through last night and brought
bushels Of mail but 10 express matter.
Our paper for this and last week is ly.
ing somewhere along the road. We ga
to press, therefore, once more with a
half sheet When this "cruel weather's
over" We hope to get back to full
sheet. However we give as much or
more home matter than usual.
| ANOTHER ONE
When we went to press last week, we
stated that, if there were no more
storms, the roads would probably he