The Worthington advance., 1882-10-12
WORTHINGTON.

Beduty, GrOtCth Gn0 F0af prospects
| Railroads, Creame,ies, Churches ant
| Farms-Gires up the La,c and Take
| to Hay-Dan Shell. Tom Parsons ant
Il. P. Compl;nsented like Si1ty.
The Redwing, Advance Il Sept. 27th
contains the following handsome lette
descriptive of Worthington aad its sur
roundings:
FROM THE WEST. .~
Mr.. ED1TOR:-The writer has lately
visited WorthingtOn, Mobiles county
and found the people of the village, al
50 the farmers Of the vicinity, III excel
lent spirits.
This has been a grand year for that
section of theState. Their crops yield \,
bundantly, what little they have-wllea,
about twenty bushels to the acre. Oar.
| ley twenty-five to thirty bushels, and
oats fifty bushels. But their great cror
this year is hay. The farmers are be.
ginning to realize that there are great.
or net profits in stock rails .ng than many
other businesses they can engage in.
The new creamery, started this season,
on the beautiful shore of Lake Okabe'
na, one~half mile west ,of the village,
has given new impulse to the hay
business. They collect cream Of the
farmers for several miles around, pay
ing seventeen cents per POUND, from
| which they manufacture excellent but.
ter. whicl, they sell in New York for
| thirty five cents per pound. A few
years ago was in WOrthington dur
ing the hot season, and farmers wives
were selling butter for six cents per
pound. Thus we can see that the cream.
cry is one cause of the present happi-
ness Of the farmers and their wives, in
causing such a large increase in the
| price Of butter.
This is an enterprise that the capital.
lists and farmers Of Goodhue County
should enter into. What We need is 4
creamery. and q sweet corn canning
factory at Red Wing or at Porter's tan.
merry in Featherstone. At the Worth
ington factory they manufacture 800
pounds Of butter daily this season, but
they intend to largely increase the bus
mess next season. One of the most en-
terprising farmers of Worthington is
n. \. Call. lie has forty acres Of oats
! from which he expects to thresh
zoos bushels. also fifty acres of barley,
and estimates his crop ut l 400 bushels.
He has put in stack 800 tons of hay, and
it is good hay. Folger T. Peabody from
New York have a hay press which they
have kept in active operation for four
months pressing hay for the eastern
markets. They have 1,0OO tons of hay
in stack. The enterprising bankers,
| Peter Thompson and George J. Day are
pushing the stacking business with
muc', energy. They have purchased
large tracts Of land near town. and
have a large force at work securing hay.
| 4. II. Parsons has given up the law and
| gone into the hay business. His hay
stacks are to be seen on several farms.
It seems that nearly ill the farmers in
town, almost by magic, have entered
largely into the hay business. The
village has improved wonderfully this
| season.
\. p. Miller of the Worthingten Ad.
vance, has erected i large block, in the
second story OF which lie has ample and
inviting rooms for editing and pub
fishing his spicy paper. a Methodist
church has been built the past summer
besides numerous dwelling houses
stores, etc. A new railroad from Iowa
is completed, and they expect two more
from other points before the close ot
1853. Worthington is Il beautiful vii.
lage, situated on two lakes. known as
West and East Okabena. There is not
saloon in the place. and not q drop OF
ardent spirits is allowed to he sold, thus
it is very desirable village to live in.
1t is the largest railroad center in
Southwestern Minnesota, and predict
for it 4 brilliant future. Land has ad-
vanced twenty-five per cent. within u
year and is still advancing. J. r. NJ.
And the Shakopee Courier, whose ed
itor Mr.. Stephens was here last week
backs it up with another letter equally
complimentary to this garden spot o1
the west:
| TRIP TO THE pRA1R1Es.
We took flying trip up the VALLEY
the fore part of the week, and out or
to the broad prairies beyond st.
James, on the line Of the ''St. Paul s
Sioux City div ision to the Okabenas; or
rs more generally known, as Worth
ington. We found en- route the effects
OF the want of rain, in the parcheG
grass aud dried up sloughs and water
courses; but which is not likely to con
time much longer, as within a few
days welcome showers have appeared
and more promised if the threatening
clouds indicated Alright on our way
back. WOrthingtOn, at present, pre-
sents quite a city look; her well estab
lislled business blocks. and numeron.
neat looking private residences, squares
and parks adOrnad with flourishinl
shade trees, setting the embryo city of
to great advantage. In fact. from ths
cupalo Of the Warrington Hotel, tn
highest building besides the great mil
in town, the prospect far around bring!
to mind one vast park, owing to tn
prevailing handsome groves on most
every quarter section rs f;tr:.s the eye
can re:lcl, and that is miles away. OF
towards the Ocl,eeda lakes, southerly
was to be seen, (Tuesday evening" the
fast approaching iron horse of the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
railroad, which mile and Il half away
has ere this been laid into town, max
ing now the third great railroad to ant
from Worthington. Future prospect!
thereaway are looking brighter daily
and emigration of Il permanent kind i
on the increase. and which cannot N
otherwise after the great crops of al
kinds throughout Mobiles county thi
year. Cattle raising is attracting mucl
attention, and many respectable look
ing herds can now he found on the sur
rounding prairies. This is 4 goo,
county for hay and this season was
grand one for this important crop, ant
which is still being cut. That is, tn
hay season isn't over yet.
The banking institution of Thos. II
Parsons & Co., bankers and dealers il
real estate, is doing good work IL
their efforts to settle up the country
and farm property we are informed b,
them is on the rise; not only a so calle'
''boom," but Il steady growth and per
maDent settlement. This is the view
we understand taken by Mr.. Miller q
the ADVANCE, only reliable paper il
Mobiles county. and whose opinions o.
all sach matters appear 50 uniforml,
correct as to be entitled to the creates
weight.
The Worthington Hotel, Dan Slel
the proprietor. is one Of the oldest AM
| hoct oovvs n houopo ~, tho SiOrv (?itv III