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THE INSTITUTE.
large Gathering of Agriculturists
at the Tabernacle Last Friday
and Saturday.
High Class Lectures Delivered by
Profs. Boss and Parker
and Others.
The farmers' institute held in
this city last Friday and Saturday
,-was a splendid success and reflected
great credit on the committee in
charge of the same. The attendance
-was good, especially the last day.
The opening session was called to
order by Dr. J. N. Gould, chairman
of the program committee, who in­
troduced Prof. E. C. Parker, of the
State Agricultural College, who
gave an instructive talk on the
treatment of seed grain for smut,
and gave a demonstration of the ap­
plication of the treatment.
Andrew Boss, professor of animal
husbandry at the same cfollege, fol­
lowed with a lecture and demon­
stration of fanning mill selection of
seed grain. The question box took
up the balance of the forenoon ses­
sion.
The afternoon session was opened
with a lecture'by Prof. Parker on
crop rotation and clover raising.
At 2:30 Prof. BOBS gave a very in­
structive lecture on alfalfa, describ­
ing the proper method of cultivat­
ing this crop and its great feeding
value for all kinds of stock.
At 3 o'clock Prof. Parker lectured
on "corn improvement," emphasiz­
ing the importance of selecting
typically perfect eara for seed and
grading and testing same
Saturday forenoon was taK
en up with judging live stock, and
several head of cattle, sheep and
tion.
At 10:30 H. M. Ludlow gave a*lec­
ture on swine judging.
The afterndon session was opened
by Dr. J. N. Gould, with a talk on
detection of unsoundness in horses.
At 1:30 Prof. Boss gave a leoture
on the pointB of a draft horse. He
was followed by Mr. G. W. Patter
eon, who spoke on the comparative
judging of draft horses.
The institute was closed by Dr,
Gould with responses to veterinary
enquiries.
One of the features of the insti­
tute that attracted considerable at­
tention was an exhibit of animal tis­
sues, made by Dr. Gould, showing
various stages of diseased an well as
healthy samples. The exhibit con­
sisted largely of the lungs of an­
imals afflicted with tuberculosis,
showing various stages of the dis­
ease.
Fire in Clary Addition.
The lire department was called
out Monday forcftioon by an alarm
from Clary addition, but before the
apparatus was got out the informa­
tion wasreceived thefirewas out. The
alarm was sent in from the home of
Louis Hazen. Mrs. Hazen had left
some clothing to dry by a stove and
stepped over to a neighbor's house
for a few minutes. The children in
playing about the room pushed the
clothing on the stove, when it
caught tire. The clothing of an in­
fant lying in a rocking chair near­
by was also set afire, but was extin­
guished before the little one suffer­
ed any harm.
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Two Confirmed.
The Right Rev. Samuel C. Edsall,
Bishop of the Minnesota diocese of
the Episcopal Church held service
at St. John's church in this city last
Tuesday evening, and conferred
the rite of confirmation on two can­
didates, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Adding
ton. The Bishop also preached a
tine sermon, taking for his theme
the usefulness of the lenten season
in the upbuilding of the Christian
life. The little church was crowded
to the limit.
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JIM BURWICK COMING.
Will Hold a Series of Meetings Un­
der the Auspices of the Men's
Sunday Club.
The Men's Sunday Club here final­
ly secured the services of Jim Bur
wicL of Two Harbors fcr a series of
meetings beginning Wednesday even­
ing, March )3, continuing probably
until Sunday. Mr. Burwick is a con­
ductor on the Duluth & Iron Range
railroad and has a wide reputation as
a T. M. C. A. lecturer.
He was invited to at the suggestion
of Mr. Sunday who puts a high valu-
"JIM" BURWICK.
ation on "Jim,"J as he calls aim, as a
men's man.
The program committee bad been
trying ever since Sunday left to se­
cure a date, but as Mr. Burwick had
engagements at Owatonna and Man
kafco and elsewhere an earlier opening
could not be secured.
Mr Burwick comes here directly
from Mankato where he ha* been
holding meetings under the auspices
of the local Y. M. C. A.
DRANK BUTTER COLORING.
Little Son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Hemerick Dies as Result of
Poisoning.
David Hemerick, aged one year
and eight months, the little grand­
son of Olaf Langseth, died at Ma
delia, Sunday evening, Feb. 24, as
a result of poisoning Mrs Hem­
erick had been churning late Sat­
urday afternoon and the baby was
playing about the room. It seems
that Mrs. Hemerick had occasion to
step to the door for a few moments
and during her absence the baby
picked the bottle from the table and
had drank the oontents, about two
teaspoonfuls, of the liquid.
A dootor was summoned immed­
iately and the little fellow appeared
to be all right. He seemed as well
as usual Sunday morning, but
about three o'clock that afternoon
he became suddenly ill and in
spite of medical aid, death came
about seven o'clock that evening.
The funeral services were held
from the house at one o'clook
Tuesday afternoon, Rev Palmer,
of the Presbyterian Church, offici­
ating.
Indian Lake.
Mr. E. A. Eckund, of Lake Park,
Iowa, was calling on old friends and
making new ones last Sunday.
Nels M. Langseth, who left about
two months ago for Minneapolis, to
seek medical aid, returned last Fri­
day with his health greatly improv­
ed.
Mrs. Nels Grelson and daughter
Miss Ebba returned from Minne­
apolis last Thursday, and are again
setteld in their country home.
The farmers nearly all attended
the Farmers Instiutte last Friday
and Saturday, and declared it ai
grand success, especially the free
dinner given by the Smith Imple­
ment Co.
It begins to look as if Indian
Lake was soon to have another
grand wedding.
VOL. XXXVI. WORTHINGTON, WINN,^ FRIDAY, MARCH 8. 1907.
A\ W fflf 'fv.
3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS
Is the Penalty Drawn by Sieverft
Poppen for Tampering With
Other Peoples' Property.
The Case Against Herman Poppen
Was Dismissed. Other
Court Business.
The Poppen case, which was on
trial as the Advance went to press
last week, went to the jury Thurs­
day evening, and the jury brought
in a verdict of guilty. The court
imposed a sentence of three years
and six months in state prison on
the defendant, Seivert Poppen.
Herman Poppen, the other defend­
ant, was discharged early in the
case, his connection with the crime
not being very clearly established.
Seivert Poppen was allowed a few
days in which to arrange his affairs
and was taken to Stillwater by
Sheriff Fauskee on Tuesday night
of this week.
There are two more indictments
hanging over the Poppen boys, but
these were put over the term.
In the case of the state vs. Joseph
O. Wilson, to recover on bonds, the
court accepted a settlement of $100
and costs of $59.80, whicQ was paid
by the bondsmen.
The case of the J. I. Case Thresh­
ing Machine Co., vs. Fred Ehlers,
was taken under advisement.
In the case of Henry Eunze vs.
Board of County Commissioners, in
the establishment of anew school
district, the action of he board was
reversed.
Popular Railroad Man Married.
C. B. Fairfield, who for some
years served as night operator for
the Omaha line at this place, bu
now on the train'dfi^tclieT'^ io:
at St. James, .was married on Wed­
nesday afternoon at Sioux Falls.
South Dakota, to MM. Clari belle
Hart, of Rock Valley, Iowa. Mrs.
G: A. Fairfield and daughter, Miss
Eva, mother and sister of the
groom, were among the few who
witnessed the ceremony. Mr. and
Mrs. Fairfield passed through Wed­
nesday night for St. James, where
they will make their future home.
Mr.. Fairfield is one of the best
known and popular operators on
this division of the Omaha system,
and his genial disposition makes
him a favorite with all who know
him.
The bride was formerly a resident
of this city but the past year has
been teaching school at Rock Val
ley, Iowa. The young people have
a large circle of friends whom the
Advance joins in extending con­
gratulations.
THE EDIFYING SOLDIER.
8ketch of One of the Great German
Toy Warehouse*.
The Troedel market Is on a little Is­
land In the heart of the old town of
Nuremberg. Along the north branch
of the river Is an old, low eared house
with a little darkling doorway. When
you have got so far you are met by a
little old man—a rusty little man who
looks as though he were made of metal
—who leads you into the great mysteri­
ous warehouse of toys.
Round all the walls they are ranged
—guns, cannons, motors, steamships,
trumpets, sabers, and everywhere the
soldiers. How many millions of metal
soldiers have marched away from the
Troedel market not even the rusty old
man could tell you—mighty articles of
pewter and tin.
Hundreds of regiments, of battalions,
of divisions, are drawn np on the
shelves, waiting for the day when they
shall be sent out into battle. And
with a kind of pride the rusty old man
says, "They are edifying soldiers."
That is the German way of putting
It What it means Is that each army
illustrates a battle or a campaign—
the war of Troy, the campaigns of
Alexander, the exploits of Ooeur de
Lion, the war of thirty years, the
siege of Orleans, the victories of Na­
poleon, the battles of 1870 and (the
one I liked best) that desperate battle
in which a tiny tin hero with gleam­
ing teeth rough rode it up San Juan
hill. In a word, the edifying soldiers
teach history, geography, strategy.—
Vance Thompson in Everybody's.
Farmer Gives Pointer to Mer
chant.
A farmer reader of this paper
makes a few statements in answer to
the occasional articles that appear
izii print labout the mail order hous­
es. He says, "If the mail order
houses get $1000 out of this county
each month that belongs to the
home merchants the merchants
ate themselves to blame. The
mail order houses advertise and
give us prices on everything they
offer for sale. They tell us what
they want for it. Of course we
get soaked once in while and if we
do we can try some other house.
Most oQthe home merchants'who ad­
vertise don't quote prices. They
neglect to tell us what we most
want to know, the price. Of course
we can go to the store and ask the
price of this article and that, but
you kn0w how it is, one doesn't
know so well exactly what he wants
to buy when he gets in a store as
when he is at home. And there
is where the mail order houses
make their hit. They send us their
advertising matter into our homes
and we read it when we havn't any­
thing else to do and every member
of the family who reads their stuff
ubually finds something that he or
spme other member of the family
wants and many orders are made
ui{ and sent out at just such times.
'Right here is where the home
merchant falls down. If he talked
up his business to us in our own
homes the same as the mail order
houses do the people would be in to
see him the next time they came to
town and in many cases extra tripe
yrould be made to get the things at
tinue we didn't know we wanted un­
til they were brought to our atten­
tion.
The home merchants can save the
Expense of getting out a catalogue.
We people' read the home newspa
more carefully than we do a
to talk business with us let him put
his talk in the home paper and put
jri4o ti£at we know he means busi­
ness. The home merchants likely
nine times ont of ten sells his goods
as cheap as the mail ord&r houses
and I believe on many tilings they
are much cheaper, but how are we
to know if he doesn't tell us about
it,
A merchant must not think that
even his best customers know his
goods so well that they can tell
what he has without being shown.
Yes, you can print what I have
ADVANCE.
told you but 1 don't want you to put
my name to I it. It is none of my
business how the home merchant
runs his business, but I do not like
to see the roasts in the paper all the
time about us fellows who get a
little stuff shipped in once in a
while and never anything on the
other side. There are always two
sides to a question and I have given
you mine. If it is worth anything
to you you oan take it.
And it is worth something for
that reason this paper is putting it
in print.—Arlington News.
A Pleasant Surprise.
On Monday evening, Feb. 26th,
while the Holland family who live
on Route 1 were busy packing, pre­
paratory to moving from the neigh­
borhood, they were surprised to find
about 40 of their friends with well
filled baskets seeking admission,
and announcing their intention of
spending the evening with them.
Hasty preparations being made for
our reception all were coon once
more enjoying themselves with the
family in the home where we were
wont to see them
Social chat, music and games were
indulged in before lunch, which was
elegantly served and all did ample
justice
Then the host and hostess were
made the recipients of a beauiful
parlor lamp, a gift from their many
friends, prsented by Retta DeWitt
and Helen Hastings, the folowiing
beautiful but simple words:
"Dear Friends: Coming events
cast their shadows before and light
is needed to make shadows so you
will please aocept this lamp from
a few of your friends and neighbors
as a token of their good will and
love, with the wish that you may
enjoy it in your new home, and of­
ten think of the donors," to which
our host responded with muoh feel­
ing.
Theguasta departed, wishing, tfee
family all possible success in their
new home.
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Health
Economy
A Guest.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Church will serve a tea in the
church parlor on Wednesday, March
13th, from 3 to 6 o'clock.
Congregational Church—Sunday
morning, "The Reputation of the
Church," will be the subject of
the sermon. In the evening "The
Coming Election in Worthington"
will be the topic.
it with alum food by the use of poor ,baking powder.
Have a delicious, pure, home-made muffin, cake or biscuit ready when they
come in. To be sure of the purity, you must use
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Diphtheria in Loraine.
E. M. Dewey of Lorain township,
has been taken down with black
diphtheria. Some days ago he went
to Madison, S. D.,to attend the fun­
eral of a brother who died of the
disease. He came home on Monday
of last week and was taken down
on Wednesday. Dr. Manson was
summoned on Friday, and he gave
the antitoxine treatment, with good
result. The family has been placed
under strict quarantine.
The New Band's Debut.
The citizens of Worthington and
the large crowd of farmers attend­
ing the farmers' institute were
treated to a pleasant surprise last
Saturday afternoon, when the Wor­
thington Cornet Band appeared on
the street and rendered several
fine selections. The new band,
under the leadership of Prof. Wil­
son Abbott, has made fine prog­
ress, and in a few months Worth­
ington will have as fine a band as
can be found in this section of the
state.
School Social in Elk.
At the Elk sohoolhouse was held
a Shadow Social which proved to be
a very successful affair. Miss Eli,
the school teacher, rendered a very
good program, after which the la­
dies shadows were sold. Col. Carl
O. Swanson, who has been crying
sales in this vicinity this winter,
-sold—the-ahartows "and*
showed his ability as an auctioneer
how to get good prices. The social
amounted to $54.65, which is the
most ever realized from a soaial in
this'section of the county. It is
remarked by many that Mr. Swan*
son is the best qualified auctioneer
tbat ever conducted sales in this vi­
cinity. He also sold the baskets at
the social held at Greene's school
house, whioh netted #45.00.
The Whist Club was entertained
last Saturday evening by Mayor
and Mrs. W. E. Madison. An un­
usually pleasant time is reported.
[When the
hi!drei\
come home
from
School
They usually want
something from
the pantry
You remember the hunger jrou had
-—Home cooking counts for much
in the child's health* do not imperil
BAKING)
POWDER
R^yal makes a difference in your home—^a difference in your health—
a difference in your cooking*
ROYAL is absolutely Pore.
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