The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-06-20
"A GREAT DISPLAY
j. d. HUMISTON HAS AN IN
n n DUsTRAL PARADE OF
# HIS OWN. 5s$
Scores of the Famous NIcCOr-
mick Machines in Line.

mick Machines in Line.
"Here it comes" @$#
An expectant hush; straining Of.
necks, movement forward in unison
all along'the line and exclamations of
admiration was what the grand and.
great parade of Mccormick machin-.
cry yesterday, under the direction Of
j. D. Humiston, the prince of imple-.
ment merchants. y
The procession was formed at IL
o'clock and about sixty-fise we'll
dressed and happy looking tillers Of
the soil, driving horses both sleek
and fat, formed in line, each wagon
being heavily laden with Mccormick
machinery, which belonged to it's
driver. The famous Worthipgton
band had been engaged for the occa-
sion and was assigned place at the
head of the parade. The procession
moved down Fourth ave to the lake
shore, thence UP Seventh ave to 10th
street, down the busy street to Second
ave thence to 18th street and back to
Third ave and up 10th street to the
starting point. After the parade was
over the participants were invited by
>ir. :iumiston to partake of a sump-
,ous repast served,by the ladies Of
the Congregational church in the
Wilson building on Fourth avenue.
Mr.. Humiston was ably assisted in
making arrangements for the display
by General Agent w. r. B. Smyth
and w. H. Pfeffer. J. J. Zent, R. F.
Lamb, John Penner, August Schroe.
der and Peter Ryan, of Mankato,
Nels Langseth, H. w. Footh, Frank
Horton, David Anderson and Frank
Spohn of this place. .-".
Over four car loads of Mccormick
machinery were delivered yesterday
to actual buyers by J. D. Humiston.
This is a great showing for single
day, and only goes to show that Mr.:
aHamiiston is build ing III up q ali ! enors'
nous business by his honest, but
enterprising mode of doing business.
The following is a complete list of
those who purchased machines and
took part in the parade, as gathered
by The DAILY ADVANCE reporter:
Among those having binders we
noticed Ludwig Schieve, D. Herlein,
John E. Peterson, Albert Dolhime,
Milton Leafgreen, August Wass, A.
O. Selberg, Emma Redman, John
Hieser;: Geo. E. Hagerman, Chris
Strubing, Chas. Vass, John Vass, J.
Mckenzie. Erick Anderson, John
Cunningham, Peter Peterson, Robt.
Dahlke, George Hacker, Aug. Ping
stem, J..E. Darling, Charles .Racker,
w. W.Buss,J. A. Anderson, j. Seine,
H. Lipke. James Cook, E. Filke.
Chas. loren, c.. Sharpen, NJ, Fritz
che.
Those with mowers: Lewis Kraft,
Henry Fisher. Henry Hagard, c. W.
Spencer, Aug. Frenz, J. H. Scott, R.
Dahlke, Peter Peterson. J. johnson,
Gus Williams, L. Birch, Ak Wass,
George Sugart, A. R. Schmidt, E. L.
johnson, H. A. Defrees, Chris Nissen,
Frank Anderson, F. Boltman, I. H.
Rinnett, D. Stoven, JAS. Cook, w.
Adolph, Aug. Da hike, Jacob Seine,
Chas: Voss. -. ~. .2s:4
Those with hay rakes were j. H.
Scott, Lewis Birch, Mrs. E. John
son, J. Messinbrink. A. R. Schmidt,
George Miller.
tits significant fact that the best
farmers in every land are users Of the
celebrated McC Cormick machines. The
Of the McCormick: works in
Chicago is over $40 machines per
day. With GA years Of experience
this company understands the needs
Of the farmers, and the farmers show
their appreciation by the number of
machines they buy. :&s%& =,
= One intelligent looking farmer who
had tried number Of machines Of
other makes bought two Big-4 now |
ers yesterday, 49,, /