The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-09-03
VISIT TO HEk,SEY,

VISIT 70 11EHsET
The next trip of the ADVANCE fami
~ was made to the village of Hersey
on Friday last. uersey is eight to nine
miles east OF us on the st. Paul and
Omaha road, and is just about rs far
northeast rs Bigelow is southeast.
That is, Worthington is just midway
between lIersey and Bigelow. as it is
between Manlato and Sioux City,
Facts on which we can fall back at any
time to prove that Wort.ington is II
"centre" and "hub.''
lIersry was one Of the first stations
in the county and was named for nn
eastern stockho!der in the railroad. :.
When the road passed to the present
c 'npany. the name of the station was
changed to- Brewster. while the post
office, township and village still 60 by
the name rf Herspy.
The station has u beautiful! country
arolnd it, and is noted for its grass
and stock. A number Of tl.a >settlers
are Germans, nearly every Que ef whom
is successful above the average farmer.
and as reliable as bank.
We were courteously met by Com.
missioner Blaine and Mrs. ADVANCE
and the little ADVANCES were soon
snug'y situated in the parlor of the
village hotel, kept by r. j. Beaton, to
whose cheerful lady they are indebted
for kindly attention. The hotel was
built by DR.. Gotthelf in former years,
was abandoned as hotel during the
''hard times" Recently Mr.. Beaton
came from the east, bought the house
and repaired it, and also bought hun
1red acres Of land abutting on the vii
lage, and is doing well.
Our first visit was naturally to Peter
Geyermann, the village merchant and
postmaster. Mr.. G.. came from the vi
cinity Of Shakopee some four years ago,
bought out Martin Heiser, and has now
Il monopoly Of the mercantile business.
keeping general supply store. He al
so buys grain and bales and ships hay.
Last season lie shipped between 5000
and 5000 bushels of flax and expects to
double it this season.
Mr.. Geyermann and Mr.. Berreau
have hay press and expect to bale and
ship about 500 tons. Last year there
were 65 cars of hay shipped from the
station and this also they expect to
double. ]. Ebert, whose large white
house looms up near the station, also
has II press and expects to bale and
ship several hundred tons.
We dropped in to see o. B. Laird,
the accommodating station agent, and
found him ''jawing back" at some fel-
low down III Iowa or elsewhere who
had been ''sassing" HIM over the wires
Mr.. Laird came from Michigan three
years ago and stays by Hersey well,
having a snug home with his mother
and sister.
The village has comfortable school
house and \ summer and winter school.
The past summer the school was
taught by Miss. J. Allen, of Worthing-
ton, and for the coming winter we
lrarn that A. g. Greene, of Little
Rock, has been engaged to teach the
school, he having taught there several
terms before.
The people about Hersey we found
jubil"nt over the good crops. Wheat
is reported as remarkable, promising
25 to 80 bu. to the acre. Oats is turn
ing out so to 60 bu. and flax is good for
All average Of IL to Is.
There are a number of fine herds of
cattle in i1ersey township and all in
fine condition. They have revelcd this
summer in the rich grass and still
thousands of acres will go untouched
by stock or sickle and will be food for
the usual prairie fires.
Great quantities Of hay are being put
up around Hersey station.
From p rites there we get the fol-
lowing estimates for some of the far
mers: