The Worthington advance., 1886-04-22
WORTHIVGTONIANS- NS-

4uo WeSCeIu portion OF jackson
county is one of the best sections Of
country tributary to Worthington, and
has been rapidly filing up during the
past year or two with an energetic and
substantial class of settlers. They
draw their lumber and other supplies,
including legal, medical and spiritual
advice, mainly from Worthington, and
the Ewington correspondent of the
Jackson Republic, (by-the-way one of
the best correspondents in the Blue
Grass aegion,) often touches up our
people in handsome style. Here is one
of his latest mentions Of a number of
Werthington's fat and lean men:
And while our temporal affairs are
| locking 50 favorable, our moral and
spiritual veal is being diligently look
ed after by that tireless and indefatig-
able worker, Bro. D. G. Holmes who
seems perfectly happy when he can find
the nucleus for u Sabbath school in
which the youth may be taught in the
way they should 20 and the older ones
he reminded that Man shall not 1--we by
bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out Of the mouth of God"
We have been noting of hate with a
kind of comfortable satisfaction the
motions of the cattle buyers, and con-
clude that blue-joint don't grow for
nothing in this meek of the woods,'
or more properly this patch of prairie.
Mr.. Thomas Ferguson, of Mobiles coun-
| ty, skipped across into Rost township
the other day and captured Is or 80
head of fine younS cattle, then Messrs.
Otis Bigelow and Sutherland Mclean,
couple Of Worthington solid busi-
ness men, (B. being solid. if the figures
Of the scale beam don't lie, in more
ways than one) have been circulating
through Jackson county for several
days on the same business. On their
return they dropped in under ''our
vine and fig tree," US it were. and tar
ried over night, informing us that the
| result of their search had been very
| satisfactory.
The habitants of our pleasant and
prosperous neighboring town of w.
| seem to have a penchant for Jackson
| county beef. Why? Because tits juicy
and tender and not only furnishes
toothsome repast but builds and ex-
| pands the anatomical structure. A.
P. Vandam delivered them 4 fatted
| calf the other day, about ten weeks old
that tipped the beam at 270 pounds,
bringing the neat little sum of $3.50.
What wonder, with such regimen,
they should have men of such tremen-
dous avoirdupuis as the aforesaid b.,
Simpson, the Okabena miller, and Dan
Shell, the owner and presiding genius
| Of that far-famed hostelry, the Worth
ington Hotel, whose cuisine makes ev-
cry commercial travellers mouth wat
er from st. Paul to Sioux City. Fol-
lowing close after comes II. L. Tor
rance: E. Il. Warren, G. i. Hewitt,
Charles Smith, Capt. Mills and a host
| Of others, who, every time we see them
have more solid material and fewer
wrinkles in their clothes. Verify. if
we don't put a higher traffic on our
beet there will he more bay windows
in ". than pickerel in her pretty lakes
''in the spring, tra-la." But come to
think Of it we weren't quite through
with our visitors, B. and NJ. Otis BIS
market is headquarters of the knights
outlets of the first WATER" while
when versatility leads him into almost
ble to meet him 1T amy time or place
with commercial clip OH his shoulder
daring you to strike him anywhere
from a one bladed jack knife to i car
load Of steers, hogs or horsts.
The familiar faces of DIR. Il. y. Bar
Der and his diliyent and accommodate
ing assistants are framed no more hy
the delivery window uf the Wrr,hiug-
ton pustotficn. If we know anything
about it, DR.. u. WAS the most c"mpe-
tent and efficient postmaster Woith-
ingtrn ever had. and died lard as an
"otftnsive plrtiZn."
The new incumbent, Mr.. J.. 3. Ben
nett, Clerk Of Court, is Il N an Of good
business qualifications, pleasant and
approac'lable and universally esteemed,
irrespective Of party affiliations, so
that the good people If W. and vicinity
may confidently look for Il satisfactory
dispensation.
Mr.. Mons Grinager steps down and
ont as register of the United States
land office to make room for Mr.. G.. p.
Shepard, of the new regime. II mis-
take not saw in The Republic some
time ago Il quotation from the Albert
Lea Enterprise to the effect that Mr..
G. had been paying visit to his for
mer home there and had concluded to
return. II so, orthington will lose
All honored citizen in the person Of Mr..
&. and one of the many estinable fam
lilies that grace the fair young city 10y
the Twin Lakes.
BLUEJo1ST.