The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-07
THURSDAY. JANUARY 7, 1886.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,

Letter from Ne,o York-.Visit IL Ohio
The Wonderful Natural Gas-Fitts-
burgh-Blo,o Me-Ihe i: eat Discop.
ery-Ne'o lork-idillions im It An
Old L"n-Btc:her and Inyersol:-Ih<
F"1 Girls.
New YoRK, Dec. 20, 1885.
EDITOR ADVANCE Pro TEM.:-
When in the course of human events
1t becomes necessary for the editor.in.
Chief of y great country newspaper to
be absent for time, it is customary
tv send back extended ''etlitorial corre-
sp0u(leuce. This custom is often
moro honOred in the breach es than in
The observance. Hence 10 l,ssz thus
1ar taken our ''rest," aud given our
readers "a rest" also from anything
from our own pencil. But the time
seems now to have arrived for talk
with the ADVANCE family, that "no-
BILE six hundred" who, stormed at by
billiards and grasshoppers and many
other drawbacks, have stood their
ground and cropped it, too, year in
and year out, until now they have con-
quered peace and prosperity.
We left Ohio on the first of Decem-
her after nearly month s visit III that
great state which has produced more
'Ohio men" than any other state in
the union. 1t is u great state but to
y Minnesotian it looks old. The dust
OF ages seems to have settled upon it.,
and there are portions which seem to
bo fifty years behind the new west in
progress and improvements. A good
deal Of this dust, however, is coal dust
from the factories which have made
the state rich. But while there We
found nearly every city and town in
the state discussing Il means of getting
rid Of this dust. The natural gas ex-
citement was then running high and
we suppose still is. Every town which
expects to he citv was organizing u
company to tap the earth for natural
gas and draw its fuel and light from
the ground as it now draws its water.
Some towns are already lighted with
this natural gas, and Que had dis
charged its lamp-tender and let the
gas burn day and night. finding it
cheaper than to pay Il man to light and
unl:ght the lamps. Tie gas is used for
cooking also, aud one lady reports that
she can cook her breakfast in three
minutes from the time she lights the
Kas. 1t leaves no SCOT, ashes nor cin-
der. and d-vclnpes NO oder nor smoke.
~ glass factory 1T We!lsvilie, we be-
lieve it is, reports that they have dis
PeEsed with the services rf two men
formerly employed 10 cart away Stag
and cin'ier and suiue forty girls for
Merly employed to wash the glass. The
gas las been introduced in Pittsburgh
and promises there ouc Of the most
marvellous changes .u recn,d. From
being tn" smok!rst and d!rtirst city OF
the continent. it promises 10 become
as clean as minneapolis. Tie ladies'
there who are HOW in Tie habit of sa
lutlh4 each ether Oh the street with \
request 10 elbow me,' that is, blow
the flakes Of SCOT from their faces, may
Hereafter salute each other with 4 kiss
instead, and carry white l.andkerchiefs
~ IN other citi.:s. The gas las been
found under towns rs remote from the
c"al fields as Findl::y. Ohio, and, if
there. why not further north and west =?
This discovery suggests other and
Rreater possibilities. Science has dem
onstrated that the great reservoir and
fountain Of electricity is in the earth
also, and human Ingenuity will no
doubt invent method of tapping and
utilizing it and making i, light and
warm our houses, cook our meals and
drive our mill wheels.
But what about New York? Well.
here it is, and we are still u little dazed
By its glare and roar and its over
whelming millions of people. We left
what seemed the densely- populated
state of Ohio to find about as many
human beings crowded into u radius
Of about ten miles rs there are in all
tha state of Ohio. We paid three
cents and crossed the great Brooklyn
bridge in cable car to find as many
people in one Of the overflow cities of
New York us there are in all the state
Of Minnesota. We cross the Hudson
to Jersey City and take few minutes
ride to Newark, and see two more
''over6ow meetings." of the great city
which contain as many people as st.
Paul. Minneapolis, Saltwater, Vino.
ma. Rochester, Mankato, Worthington
and Sioux Falls combined. We pay
ten cents and step into an elevated
railroad car and after a few minutes
flight through the air and over the
heads Of tens of thousands of men and
teams. land at Central park. where
$1,000 to 100000 20 on Sunday to see
the fine menagerie and Cleopatra's g
Needle. But more of these statistics
hereafter when we get these three or
four millions of human beings properlv
arranged in our head.
At present We are pleasantly locate d
in tho suburbs or "environs." on the
jersey side. From the cupa)o Of our
castle the eye takes in long sweep OF
the Orange Mountains and number
Of towns and cities. Trains are fash.
ing back and forth, like so many great
shuttles, weaving their woof into
tho mighty warp of New .York com.
merce. At Belleville, q few minutes
sway from here, we pass An old hotel
and read Oh the sign, ''lselleville Ho.
tel, erected in 1882" 2Os years ago
A few days ago We read an inscription
on An old sandstone tombstone, "Dtel
1729."
To date have not seen many Of tn,