The Worthington advance., 1882-08-17

railroad meeting held at Currie. The
object of this movement is to secure an
other north and south line, to connect
with the Minneapolis Il st. Louis At
some point on the Minnesota river ana
with the Burlington at Worthington,
thus completing the circle.
We should like very much to see this
road built and continued northw"rd,
for we need more direct railroad COM
munication with the western counties
Of the Second Congressional district.
WHEAT AGAIN.
Some writer at Window takes Com
missioner Drake to task in the Pioneer
Press for saying that ''men's minds
viii be disabused il the idea that vest
een Minnesota is not q wheat country"
and that the farmers regret that they
did not put in more wheat this year.
but Mr.. Drake is right. Southwest
ern Minnesota is wheat country and
farmers arc regretting that they have
not more wheat out this year. we
have had good wheat crops i'll Mobiles
county during the past ten years, with
the exception of the past two or three,
when rust and blight struck the wheat
Of all Southern Minnesota. Several Of
the biggest wheat crops were cut dow"
BY grasshoppers, but they were big
crops nevertheless, and the soil and
climate are not to blame for grasshop"
per raids.
Yes, sir, the Window man will find,
Just as the ADVANCE has claimed
through all these years, that this is a
good wheat country, but to run to
wheat exclusively would be ruinous,
for there will be occasional years OF
failure. Our early experience in wheat
has proven a blessing to us. We are
getting u fair start in mixed farming
aud stock and will move right along
hereafter, with wheat, stock, butter and
general farming, and we will be rich
when the exclusively wheat dist lets
way up north. will be fiat on their
backs, "cussing" their folly.
PROHIBITION.
We have received the usual circulars
from headquarters Of the prohibition
movement. a thorough canvass is to
be made of each senatorial district and
pledges are to be exacted Of legislative
candidates that they will favor sub
mitting prohibitory amendment to
the people. The circular says:
They shall test the willingness of all
nominees for either branch of the Legis-
lature to vote for the submission to
the y. ople of all amendment to the
State Constitution forever prohibiting
the manufacture and sale OF @.toxlcat-
ing liquors i'll this State, III any way
which to them seems best ana upon y
refusal to answer or declaration OF
opposition by amy or all such nominees,
they are empowered to call i conven-
item to consider and pat other caildl-
dates in the field, pledged to Lie sup
port Of this measure.
We hope that if any nominee, wheth-
er Republican or Democratic, does
make any such pledge, that he will be
defeated. If the prohibitionists desire
to nominate men of their views and
run them as prohibitionists, nobody
can possibly object, but this attempt to
exact pledges from nominees of the
other parties. ought to be firmly met
at the outset. The anti pre- thibitionists,
We suppose, will now come forward and
demand of each candidate that he will
oppose such submission, and success
full candidates will have to so to the
pledged both ways.
The temperance fanatics should read
and ponder the reports OF the recent
meeting Of the National Catholic Tenn
perance Association, at st. Paul. Here
Is a body or organization which in the
lust 70 years has doEe more for prac-
tical temperance than all the prohibit
ionists III the universe. Tlev have not
asked for legislation, have not demand
ed the aid Of the state to enforce their
views, but they have done practical
work in reforming their people. Thons-
Anls and tens of thousands Of Catholics,
who Is aud 70 years ago were spending
their earnings for drink or selling rum
IN the towns, have been induced to re-
form and are now tilling the soil III a
score Ut western states, or buying hous-
es and lots in the cities and fast COM
Ing to the front as we'll do, and even
.leadimg citizens. This is real reform,
and it has teen accomplished without
asking the state to force temperance
upon the people, and violate the very
principles Of free government and rer-
sonal liberty. :.
Weakness of the joints and muscles,
tm.rlrity of the blood, urinary c;tarrl,,
and OTHER dis3rdered organic functions.
permanently cured by using Browns
Iron Bittcrs. It strengthens the affect.
I'd parts, ihfuses new life. new health,
and new vigour into the whole
general system, aud makes life seem
well worth living.
1t is said that 50, 600 Spiritualists will
assemble 1T their coming annual con-
sentio,' ut Nrslaminy Falls, in Penn.
Sylva,'ja, Which shows that the delu-
sion is not dead yet.-Pipestone Star.
Dead? Who ever heard Of Spirit be-
ing dead? Those $4,000 Spiritualists
are backed by thirty millions Of disem-
a3odie.i spirits, whose business it is to
Danish error, vice and crime from the
world and make lucn free in boil, soul