The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14
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quarters at the Northern Hotel. and
retired. Upon awaking the next

retired. Upon awaking the next
morning we found ourselves in a
much warmer climate than we had
been accustomed to. On the morn
ing we left Worthington it was very
cold with frost on the ground and
:not:a sign of green grass, or buds on
the trees. Later on in the afternoon
we took a street car out about seven
miles around the bay, where the peo-
pie of Mobile have arranged "a very
nice park and where we enjoyed our
selves immensely by inhaling the
breeze from the Gulf. We after
wards took in all parts of the city
and found everybody busy. A large
number of buildings have been er-
ected in the last eight or nine months
and quite number are under erec-
ton. All of the buildings are made
of the best material and in the latest
northern style. There is great de-
mand for mechanics of all kinds, who
are getting good pay. Carpe nters
are getting from $3.50 to S3.25 per
day and others in proportion.
z Mobile is getting to be quite sea
port. Vessels are coming in from all
directions loading ana unloading all
kinds Of products. We. visited the
wharves where they were unloading
ship load of bananas with the as
sistance of five or. six hundred ne
groes. Upon inquiring as to
how many carloads ship
would hold, we were informed that it
would hold from fifty to sixty car
loads and that they sometimes un
loaded from ten to fifteen ship.loads
a week, It is also quite lumber
shipping point. We saw several
large vessels loaded with lumber
sbiiled fof foreign 7ist icsotsntfiea: u 2;
* The city of Mobile claims between
$4,000 and $4,000 inhabitants. A
good many thrifty northern merch-
ants can be found, who have settled
there with the intent of showing: the
southern people what can be done,
and from the way that people are
settling there now it appears that in
the course of a few years Mobile will
be one of the leading large cities of
the United States.
We also went on two or three very
enjoyable excursions across the bay.
Hundreds of people go there for their
health. Most parts of the country
is covered thinly with pines and
other trees, such as oak. hickory and
walnut. We took quite number Of
trips out in. the country and found a
number of thirty northern farmers
who have lived there from three to
eight years and who gave us to un-
derstand that they would never more
return to the northern states to live.
AS general rule the people looked
to us very healthy and industrious.
They are generally engaged in
truck farming. They plant their
cabbage in January, and little later
on their beets, peas, radishes, etc.
This is ready for the market all the
way from the first to the middle of
April and is mostly shipped to the
western and northern states. This
brings them good profit, being as it
is, 80 far ahead of the northern pro-
ducts. Quite number are also in
terested in fruit raising. We had an
interview with a gentleman, formerly
with the Sioux City (Ia.) Journal, but
who came there a number of years
ago and purchased some land and
went into the fruit busine 50. We
were surprised to see that they were
all young trees, not more than four
years old, and were loaded with fruit.
He had number of acres into Free
stone Peach trees, also lot of pear,
fig, apple and grapes. He told US y
be cana there more for health than
anything else, his wife especially be-
ing broken down. The whole. family
are enjoying the best Of health there
and from his own statements, I hard
y. think that Mr.. Pierson ever in.
tends to return to Sioux City.
We also visited dairy farm whore
thsrs wsrs 160 Jersey cows. The
owner WAS making good money and
told us that every gallon. OF milk
tAat hs teek = the city brought him