The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-30
THE CROPS.


the extreme heat may ''coek'' the
wheat, but so far the effect is limited.
All reports agree that wheat is superb
this year, the best ever seen i'll the
county. We have heard of number
Of pieces which promise 80 and 81 BUSH
els to the acre.
Corn is excellent so far. Farmers
say it has that rich dark green lively
color which indicates health and vigor.
1t is tasseled and silked and this hot
weather will make crop.
Flax remains unchanged. promising
bouDtifully, except OH third Or fourth
crop land.
Oats is good for GO to IS bushels to
the acre if it goes OH at this rate.
Hay is "too numerous to mention.'
1t seems to be all hay, oceans of hay,
everybody haying and still the half nor
the quarter Of the grass crop will not be
gathered. Scavcelya farmer thinks of
less than 50 to 100 tons, and the hay
dealers and shippers will put up from
1t is, the biggest year on record and
harvest.
GRANT.
Gen. Grant died on Thursday lnorn
ing last, July 23l, at sos, after nine
months suffering from cancer III the
mouth said to have originated in ex
cessive smoking. Particulars of his
last hours will be found elsewhere in
this issue.
Only two names, or two personalities,
stand out more conspicuous in Ameri.
can history than Grants, and these
two arc Washington and Lincoln. This
trio is complete. y fourth cannot be
added until some great crisis arrives
again to call out the man.
Grant was another Of those men, nu-
nIprOus in history, who were ignored
and despised i'll early life by average
people and mArtilltts, only to be raised
finally to the greatest cininenCe. Mia.
lomtt said of his wife tina: She alone
believed III him when men despised
him. Grant WAS called the ''silent
lent because OF the persistent Sights
their wives, and the iitshy people whom
1T. met in his e;.rly days. lie finally
adopted the plan of not looking ut or
speaking to the inferior society people
who felt above him.
It seems lle needed other humilia.
tiOns after he entered tho war. lie
was denounced from one end of the
land to the other us Il ''drunkard.' ~
Lincoln said he would like to know
where Grant got his Whiskey us he
wished to give son.U t0 his other gene
rails.
The question OF Grants military &C.
MUS is still discussed and will lie for
ages, some still contending that Sher-
'nan WAS the greater general OF the
two. These people are not we'll in.
formed. An Ohio gentleman who was
with them both and knew them we'll,
said that Grant wsuld take \ dozen
plans Of battle. look them over and Sc
lect the one which would win. Sher-
man would not be able to decide which
one to take without the aid OF Grant.
We saw letter written by Gen.
Sherman when the army WAS before
Vicksburg. lie eaid; ''Gon. Grant has
Vicksbur9. 1t is hazardous underta-
king and would not advise it," Few
generals would, but Grant knew what
70 do and how to do it, aud On the 4th
Of July Vicksburg surrendered to him.
Gra8t was ~ direct in speech As in
action. He gave to the world those
sayings, now q part Of the universal
language:
''Nothing but immediate and uncon-
ditional surrender"
II propose to move Immediately up.
on your works."
''l.et us have peace"
Put down the insurrection. Re-
port afterwards"
As a military chieftain Grant must
always rank among the greatest of the
world. AS to craftsmanship and &C.
pius for civil and political affairs,
America has had hundreds Of men who
were his superiors.