The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-07-24
EWINGTON.
News is mesger this week.


A nice little rain last night with a
promise of more to follow. -.
Mr.. Matthew Reily's wife has been
quite i'll for some time.
Mr.. Chas. Reilly and wife are making
their home with their brother Mat"
until they can build Oh their own farm
which joins Mats.
The family of your scribe acknowl-
edges very pleasant visit last week
from couple of Wurthington' s enter
tanning and SOciable matrOns, Mess
danes $. F. People and q. Il. Shaituc.
Miss Jennie Barton, Mrs. Katie
Dodge and Mr.. ). T.. Freeman drove
down to Fox Lake, Martin Co., on
Monday to see Miss kittie Pope whose
illness has been announced heretofore.
Bethel Church WAS crowded last
Sabbath afternoon to its utmost seat.
ing capacity by u union meeting Of
Round Lake aud Ewington Sabbath
schools. After a very interestin ing and,
we trust, profitable study Of the lesson
Supt. Sykes gave US an instructive
talk on taking up the Cross" and
James Walker gave the children some
good advice on abstaining from strong
drink, the point beiEg to avoid the
first step or rather the first glass. Our
EwingtOn school will visit Round
Lake school on Sunday, Aug. 3rd.
This Interchange of Christian court
estes are very pleasant aud We hope
they will be kept up. We well re-
member when boy that when we had Il
weedy row of corn tn hoe we used to
say, Now. you help me hoe mine and
then I'll help yOu," and the combined
effort seemed to Danish the difficulty
and tighten the toll. Let rs join hands
and hearts to do good. Solomon, the
wise king says, 1.-TWO are better than
one because they have u good reward
for their labor, for II they fall the one
will lift up his fellow but we to him
that is alone when he falleth for he
hath not another to help him up"
Mr.. Gillis of Loon Lake, was around
the other day canv"ssing for one of
DR.. Talmadge's recent works. "The
Pathway of Life" 1t is HI excellent
book and he is meeting with very good
success. .,.~
Your correspondent was deeply pain
ed on last Saturday when arriving in
Worthington, to hear of the death of
that widely known and eeStimaOle
woman, Mrs. Kate Il. Town A truer
index of her personal worth, the high
estimation in which SHE was held and
Unusual sympathy for the bereft fam.
lily could not have been given, thanthe
large gathering from tile neighhorinx
towns and surrounding country to raw
the last sad tribute to- the departed
one. Never did we witness any thing
like such \ c"fteRe "a wound it's wav
from Worthington that day to the
beautiful Cemetery-that silent city of
the dead over looking East Okabena
Lake. At such time and in such q
place how forcibly tbs words Of liar
baugh comes to the mind.
Amid these lone sepu chral shades.
Where sleep our dear ones riycn
is not some lingering spirit near -.
10 tell IL those divided here
Unite and know in Heaven? =
Shall friends, who DER the waste o. lie
BY the same storms are driven,
Shall they recount III realms III Hiss
The fortunes and the tears of this.
Aud love again In Heaven?
Mrs. Town was a lady of unusual ma
tive talent and assiduous self culture,
active and useful in all good works
and her absence in WorthinRton cir
cles that will long he felt.
81 FARMER JOHN.