The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-03-29
fH-RsDAY, MARCH IS, IS 1883

Terms sa.oo a Year, $500 for Six Months.
fH-RsDAY, MARCH IS, 1883
Great preparations are going on to cel-
citrate the 35th anniversary of Modern
Spiritualism. next Saturday, March
3lst. No movement ever had such
widespread success in SO short il time.
The Fox girls, through whom the mod.
ern movement began, are still living,
end the believers AMI advocates of the
Krentest movement that ever swept
ever the earth, are numbered by mil
lions j" America and Europe.
HOME AGAIN.
The dust Of John Howard Payne. au-
thor of ''lIon,-, Sweet IIome," arriv.
I'd in New York the OTHER day from
Tumi*, after 81 y'ars neglect. 1t was
received ly Off els nf the navy and ta-
ken to Washington to I've properly Ia
beled, monumrnted and l.oliOred forev-
er. Payne VAS an actor and play.
wright, aud his immortal song Occu,s
in one of his plays. 1t is sail that he
never had II home, which of course is
not true. lie must have rec-.ivea con-
siderable notice in his day for lie Was
appointed Consul to Tuuis where lie
died in 1852. AN exchange says:
lie wrote the lyric willie nearly starv-
ing in the P;,l:siS Regal in Paris. and
100000 copies were sold ~ Il single
year; but. according to- Payne's own
admission. the air did not, like the
words Of the song. originate witt, him.
IL first heard it flom tie lips ofa hum
ble Frehcl, peasant girl.
THE BOOM
The Winona Republican Of INednes-
last says that 500 baSsengers pass. d
through that city on Tuesday night,
destined for central Dakh!", via tie
Winona road. and that 200 more went
northward via the Hastings and Dak"-
to road. Also that l5O car loads of
movable goods had left that city,
and SO more just arrived, all for D,ko-
ia.
And the MaEkato Review says:
Cars to the number of 125, stored
with emigrantS' mOveablpS, and 100
passengers from the SOut Invest travel
I'd to kasota Ivy the Omaha line on Ia
tsday, when they changed cars and pro.
cte.ed to Dakota and Monta, Il.
These are mostly immigrants who Sc
lrctr.l gb:ernment lands last fall AID
are moving out this spring. The great
rush is always to the fresh government
lands while they can lie had. We cx-
peripnced the same boom here Il few
years ago. The cl 'ss Of settlers in
Southwestern Mime sofa Low are Of
what is called the better class, that is,
they have more means and are ''better
off, III worldly goods. Thy will build
letter than the first settlers, will put
more stock on their farms. and will do
better farming because they have more
capital to carry it on.
STATE TEA CiI%HS' lN!STI7 UTE.
All Institute for tl.I county IF No.
blrs vii! be l:tltl 1T Worthinston, dur
ing ,hr week commencing Monday, a.
pril ,, 1883.
1t will ,e under the supervision of
the County Superintendent. who will
make all necessary arrangements for
the convenience Ut Teachers and the
success Of the lns' 'i;ute. Instructors,
thoroughly prepared for Tie work, will
be prov,d. d. They will he furnished
with smc! professional hoks. ariarat-
us aud literal urp rs will be ~ special
service to teachers. Lectures and dis.
cussions will be appointed for some Of
the evenings. and .vrrything possible
be done to fill the week with valuable
matter. Good Teachers, and those
ambitious to improve, cannot afford to
absent themselves.
The school officers of the best dis
II Cts are noticing who take part in Tie
Institutes, and those wl,o never attend
are not likely to gain prominence as eI-
t-rprising teachers, er 10 deserve any
1l~arty endorsement from tie superin-
tem.ltnt.
Give the superintendent timely no.
tice "f your intention to i" ;,i"se.t. and
ask him for Il syllabus of the work to
lle done.
W",k will begin promptly Monday
afternoon and close Friday evening. he
on hand 1T the Mginning. Plan to
l, iro l,f
prevent giving Your undivided attpn-
tien to its duties.
y. J.. KIEHLE.
Snpt. Public Instr uctiOn.
l.. S. NELSON,
County Superintendent.
Tie Rock Rapids Ktview hits the
Rock County Herald !. rap ":et its nose
as follows:
In commenting on the above extracts
it is hardly necessary for us to say, by
way Of explanation. that the Herald is
not only the acknowledged ring organ
of Rock county, Mil,m snta. but it also
represents the tail-eul of the Lyon
county ring. This is owing to 4 COM
plicati"n 0f business matters involving
u portion of the IIerald's bread and
butter. In view of the change which
has taken place i" this vicinity and
county within the past few wee ks,
the position of the Herald is only
sensat iol,al, and conflicts with the
feeling and sentiment of all Lyon coun-
ty.
The Mortgage LITTER and Dairy
Maid. IF there is anything under
Heaven" said Col. McGlincy 1T the
late dairympn's convention at Manka-
to. "that will raise II mortgage off your
farm quicker than \ COW, don't know
what it is. 1t has proved to be the best
mortgage litter that was ever introdu-
ced into Illinois, Iowa or Wisconsin,
and it will do rs much for Minnesota
as it has done for those states; and we
Af;,a~oorfo In