The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-06-07
A SUMMER RESORT.

The ADVANCE has had much to say about
Worthlngton rs summer resort. about our
beautiful lakes, trees, good hotels climate of the
mountains, soil of the river bottoms pretty girls
and bad boys. ETC., and SO on. 1t is all true
But there are two sides to this question. We
receive many inquiries and. to he honest, we
must say that there are drawbacks. Worthimg-
ton is the best shaded town, las the most trees,
of any town In the southwest 1t has churches
good schools, and good deal of good society,"
1t has lakes with fair fishing and the country
around affords fair sporting.
We expect this summer to invite people to
come tn Worthington and spent the summer
One of the first things they will notice is that
the waste of the town is not properly DISPOSED
OF. leis, to great extent, thrown on the sur.
face to tester i'll the sun, infect the atr aud poi
son the wells. The council should req uire cyery
citizen to throw the waste of the houses into
barrels and have it hauled outside of the village
limits. or fed to the hogs which have been rele-
gated to the suburbs.
Another thing they will notice is that tho sta
bic manure and offal OF the dryer kind Is dumped
| into the first convenient sag, slough or lake
which comes t." hand. This is notably so below
the mill The fumes Of that place will be waited
all summer to the nostrils Of Loveless's guests
as they sit in his observatory in the third story
and view the peucid waters Of Okabena and the
| pltrid waters Of the ''>lew.''
Another matter which our summer guests vii,
be compelled TO notice, is the matter Of dogs
| invalids especially. who have come to our
,,n little plac: To- Eet sleep, will DC com.
have full sway. Worthnxton Is Ill 'Arbor CIV
but it is also, like COstantinople, noted for its
dogs: large portion Of our people have dog on
dog everywhere. Locate where you viii, Your
neighhor will have from one to three and four
| yeplng, barking, bowling dogs On Sunday.
when the church bells strike up with noise
enough to XII u sick man and to drown the
| noise Of locomotive whistle, then it is lust
Gea Soaf f. esr the bowls q the
s.rvices. 1t puts ones mind into serious and
prayerfu! frame and inclines one to be thank
i11 al tnEs spIcay iog A. might the
Deen trying Tor several hours to fail asleep ~ ID
has finally soothed himself into u doze, will b.
running like mad over the sidewalk, barking,
yelping, amd y eparing him to lie in heavenly
| The summer touri It will notice, too that while
We are civilized enough to send the hogs to the
suburbs, aud to require that horses and cows
shall be corrallcd. the dog is allowed to run at
%ca' E'ssn i Stds YOUR
heels as you pass BY, and annoying everything
from cat and a chicken to a civilized human
| being. You vii! observe, therefore. that this
temperance and Chrisl ian community is only
partly civilized. They will invite you to come
here and spend the summer, but they will turn
their dogs loose upon you.
You will notice another thing. When the
bathing season begins, you will sit in the even
| ing overlooking our beautiful lake, and you viii
| hear words, oaths and suggestions. coming up
from the waters which you would rather not
he r. On still nights you will not want to take
| you wife and daughters to the lake for boat
! ride nor for a walk along the shore.
These are some of the things that must be
seen to In order to mike this summer resort.
The council should take them in hand without
| respond.