The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-03-10
Prepared BY Dr. C. AVER Co, laml Mass. Sod BY al Druggists
Price 81. Six bottles, &6. =,

kinds of prunes were raised in this
orchard and the most beautiful of
them all, was the Hungarian prune
which is of very bright red color and
about the size Of HI small hens egg, |
only longer; next in size and beauty
was the Queen of the valley, the silver
prune followed by the Italian the
German, the petite and ANOTHER vari~
ETY. which forget the name of, in all
show ing u wealth Of fruit undreamed
of previous to my visit. ] picked ap-
pies from trees that were planted six
years ag ,, the apples themselves meas
nring from ten to fifteen inches in cir
cumfrrence and pears that tipped the
scales 1t sixteen ouncrs; all Of this or
charti has been planted within seven
years, but it: belongs to- II: man who
tho. ough'y unders, anhs fruit culture
and has given it tirst-class care, and ST.
| find it the case in all crops here.
where good care and cultivation, is
gwen all crops do extra we'll in every
respect-the man who raised 800 bush
els of potatoes to the acre in 1880
(which menti med in i former lettrr)
brought out a rival last year from
down towards Salem who offered to
furnish affidavit to eleven hundred
busht Is to the acre. Now let brother
smith wall accordingly, and see to it
that you HE yourselves to the safety
Of your homes for it will be long and
! loud.
Winter or what is termed winter
here ended quite early in January
this year; that is, the excessive. rains
ceased then but the mouth was one Of
almost continued cloudy weather.
A little over thr, e inches Of rain f~l
ling during the month, while in Now
ember and December it poured al
most inct ssantly. over twenty inches
falling during that time; the William
cite river on ond or two occasions Ov-
er flowed ITS banks and threatened
dire destruction to those living on the
fats but one living on the heights
could but admire it iu its MAJESTIC
madness, b"iIing, seething and roaring
as it rushed on its way to the Ocean.
At all times dangerous stream it
is doubly 80 in winter, more people are
drowned in it than any other. l kept
u mental record last summer OF the
number drowned in its waters until it
reached twelve. (being present when
the last one counted WAS taken Out) J,
and gave up the terrible list, feeling
inclined to believe as some
remorsrlrss wretch had said that it
Was the gates Of hell.
Seeding became pretty Rene:el about
the middle Of February, the month
being mostly one Of bright clear
weather with frosty nights during the
forepart Of the month. Numerous
apple trees through the shiftlrssness
of the owners kept their loads of
fruit until quite late Into January
when freezing nights caused the fruit
to fall of to the apparent relief Of the
trees.
Grass has been abundant all winter,
and | have seen number Of fine beef
I cattle brought into N market, the owners
claiming they had bsen fattened en-
tirely on grass. The farmers lot here
rs stated ip q previous letter, is =
more enviable one than that OF his
eastern brother, having no total fail
ures and when he q "rustler" he
knows very few il anypoor crops;no vat.
er follows the furrow where he plows
for he "gets there" in season and
leaves the ''mCssback" to be chased by