Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-30
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DIR. Bradford s. Thompson states in the
Medical Record that during the ten years
ending with 1868, there were entered in
England, for the manufacture of ale and
porter, 80, ~ pounds of nuS u0naic0 and
80, 682 pounds of covculsts i',dicus. With
regard to the therapeutic action of malt
liquors, which gives DR.. Thompson's ar
fticle! it's; title; his opinion is rather Of the
Bunsby school; for Ne first aseerts that
consequently, We are justified in say
ing that for the robust and strong and for
such as lead labortous lives, malt liquors
are refreshing, .. nutritious and whole
some. For persons -laboring under OK
haustion beer unites its tonic virtues with
nutritious qualities, and becomes, under
ordinary circumstances highly beneficial.
tedious convalescence, and especially for
such persons as are accustomed to atimu-
lants when, well. it is in many cases d VAL
liable promoter of health" and in the next
sentence but ono says:
eff highly nutricious food BIO required,
it can surely DO found in many more concen-
,trated forms than in beer. And 80 of its
other properties. Water is infinitely its su-
perior to quench thirst; the hops alone
would be better tonic; and M stimulant
it is too dilute. Moderate though these
qualities be, il applied to well persons,
they are unnecessary and snperflu0us, and
generally produce bad state of the sys-
tenn"
All of which tends to show that thore is
equally good reason for drinking beer or
abstaining from it.
DAMON AND PYTH1As IN Co10Rs. The
Augusta ((;a.) Chronicle and Sentinel re-
ports tho case in that city of Daniel Turner,
colored, sentenced to two months hard H.
Dor on tho Macon and Augusta Railroad,
for petit larceny. After tho sentence, the
lows:
Negro-Judge, amt thore no way You
can fix it so that I can go on the cIIan-
gang in place of Dan?
The Justice Ii the prisoner relation of
yoursf - -
Negro-I'm his brother, and want for
to work out his time, cause hos older than
me, an have vito, an his wife is sick.
amt married, an an willin' to 80 Oh
tho gang in his place, an let him stay wild
his wife.
The Justice But cannot allow m limo.
cont man to suffer for a guilty one. You
cannot tako your brothers. place, unless
yon swear that no is innooont, and that
you stole tho dog
Negro can't swear to that, Judge;
but l mn willin' to mako his crimo mino
and suffer in his place, 10 it don't mako no
difference.
The justice finally succeeded in making
tho faithful brother understand TINT it did
make difference, and, evidently fcoling
greatly disappointed, no left tho court
room, and Dan was taken to Jail.
UNWILLING TO 90 TO HEAVEN. There
was n clergyman WHO ofton became vexed
Mt finding his littlo grandchildren III his
study. One day ono of these little
children was standing by his mothers side
and shc was speaking to him of heaven.
"Ma," sold he, II don't want to 60 to
heaven"
"Don't want to go to heaven my son?'
"No, mn, I'm sure don't"
"Why not my SOM"
''Why, grandpapa will DO thoro, won't
HOP"
eyes, hope no will"
'Woll just III soon M no 1908 u.s., he will
como scolling along, and say, 'Whow I!
forT"
rDanlel Webster, when school teacher
IN freyb"rg, Maine. stood godfather at the
baptism OF the lato Senator Fessenden.
MIR. Webster complained, says tho Sun,
''many years aftcrward, when in 1852 he
was candidate before tho Wing National
convention in Baltimore, that manv years
before he rode twonty miles over the snow.
on cold winter day. Mt the request of old
General Fessenden, to attend the christen-
ing of his son, and now that son was ston,l.
lily voting against him in tho convention"
A decree proclaiming liberty OF wor-
| ship will soon 10 issued in Cuba.