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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
state Items.

RUMORED LEASE Of TIE SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA RAILRoAD.-The Manka-
to Revtev says Il rumor is current in
that city chat the Southern Minnesota
Railroad has been leased for term of
years to the Michigan Southern Rail
road Company, Of which Mr.. JOY is
President. The terms Of lease arc said
to beS2 300 per nIile-a little more than
seven per cent interest on the Original
cost of the road and equipments. The
Michigan Southern is building Inc
of road from Dubuque up the Mississippi
river, which will soon be completed to
La Crescent, forming connection with
the Southern Minnesota.
A MASS convention Of the citizens
Of Dakota county will be held at the
Presbyterian Church, Hastings, on
Monday, Dec. 18th. at 2 o'clock p. NJ;
for the purpose Of considering the pro-
priety Of petitioning the Legislature
for the adoption Of the so-called Ohio
liquor law in in this State, &C., &c.
A brakeman named Charles Xerath.
on the Winona & st. Peter Railroad
while climbing upon freight car, was
struck by scatforld Of the new station
building at Minnesota City, and knock
ed scnseless. The accident occurred
on Friday afternoon. The injured man
was taken to St. Paul. and lies in i,
dangerous condition. lie has wife
and two children at Rochester.
Hon. L. II. HUTcuINs, of Winnie
bago City, Senator elect. last week lost
his pocket book containing 500 and
same papers. Mr.. II. had taken ont
his picket b ok 10 pay out some money
and thinks he laid it down on the coun
ter in his office, and some one picked it
up, as that is the last time he relnenl.
hers having If.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07

Mr.. Tie, uf Faribsult, (Mcthodist)
that earnest worker for Christ-so well
known throughout the State-C. W.
Prescott, stepped upon the platform
and, in his strai yhtforward way, gave
his views Of the " Aims Of this Cunven-
tion' These he considered to be, LIST.
Poiutcdncss - I'd, "A seeking for
the lcavcning power Of the Holy
Spirit; Sd, "Christim Unity" 4th,
g 10 find out moro completely the mean
ing Of that expression Of St. Paul, a
lively hope " Suffice it to say he
used up his time, and more, the Chair
man evidently forgetting, in the inter
est manifested, to knock bin down."
lie was followed by Father Brown. of
Medford, and others, among whom was
Gen. y. 0. Howard, on the same sub
jcct
The Generals remarks were based
upon two ideas, LIST, "Organization, and
its necessity; I'd, Its plan, aggrcs-
sivcncss.'
Nine o'clock came-songs had been
sung, COOL feeling is evidently OF the
increase. The Committee on Perma-
ncnt Organization then made the fol-
lowing report.
prcsident-D. w. Tngersoll of St.
Paul
Vice Prcsidents-Rev. II. [. Parker,
Austin Rev. 4. NJ. Gossard, Ovation
ma.
Secretary-Rev. E. c. Starr, Vase
Committee on Business C. Bell,
Esq, Minneapolis Prof: W. II. Chase,
Fari1ault Rev.. NJ. Stafford, Anoka
Committee on Resolutions-R. A.
Mott, Faribaul1; G.. W. Prescott, AL
bert Lea; F. A. Riggin, Waseca.
Prospects are favorable for large
attendance. Hastily,
CEDAR.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
CoSGREss convened on Monday last,

CoSGREss convened on Monday last,
with but small representation. The
Presidents Message was received, to-
gethcr with the several Departmental
Reports But few Of the standing com.
mittees have been announced. A lively
debate occurred upon the postal tele.
graph scheme, which proposes to estab
lish a telegraph in connection with
every post Office Of a certain grade.
The message Of the Prcsidont has
produced q good effect. 1t is wise
manly and couciliatory document, and
comncnds itself to the good sense Of
the Nation. Its extreme length forbids
its appearance at full length in our col
umns We shall, however, in our mex
issue, give synopsis of it, presenting
connectedly, the principal points made
by the President,
Hon. NJ. II. DuNNELL is a mc,nbe
of the Committee on Public Lands ant
of the Committee on Education ant
Labor. Hon. J. T. Averill of the Com
mittee on Pacific Railroads, and of tn
Committee on Indian Affairs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07

and you enact prohibition which will
be eifectual for the removal Of this the
browning curse Of American civiliza.
ton.
Any law now can be only an auxiliary
force. The responsibility" plan is
perhaps, the best that has yet been dc.
vised, but no law uuoi;t}ed can be effect,
ual, because the mVor,ty Of the people
arc hostile to Legislative prohibitions
We may as we'll admit this fact, then
we shall soc our true position. Drunk.
onncss is the result Of a fault in our
system Of education. The Temperance
fathers and mothers Of this State must
teach their children to despise intoxi,
cation in any and every form. Teach
them that those who sell liquor are the
enemies of all good people; that those
who drink liquor arc not safe for asso-
ciates nor companions. Teach them to
shun intemperance as they would shun
the wild beasts Of the forest. This is
the work Of tho family. When the
children arrive at the Sabbath School,
strengthen their natural convictions by
applying to them the truths of the
Bible. " hen they enter the public
school, place them in charge of teach
crs whose convictions upon this subject
are deep and abiding, and have the
text books so constructed that each les
son shall DO an argument or an illustra-
ton in favor of total abstinence. The
only way to get rid of this enormous
evil is to stop breeding it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
A Daughters Second Birth day


Br JAMES r. DovD.
Two winters with their stormy hours.
Two springs with birds f song,
Two summers with their fruits and flowers,
Tw" autums bright and long,
Have Town since thou, M infant luy,
bcg"'Ied the panss "f birth,
And saw the Su light Of the day
That welcomed thee to earth.
\ mothers tender. anxious cares
Thy young lif 5 hours defend;
m"thor'S ardent heartfelt prayers
Ever for thee ascend.
A new love in thy fathers breast
Spontaneously grew,
When he thy cherub form carcssod
And saw the smile it drew
We joined to train thine infant feet
In their fir:t lettering aims,
And laughed because We thought it sweet
To hear thee lisp our names.
Thine every gambol age di>arms,
Aud makes us youth again;
Thing every prattle hath its charms,
Sweetcr than lyric strain.
Tins far this world to thee hath been
- wv 'ti' tlhCN VI IVY
No cares, no sur:ows hast thou Seen
N ne Of LIES dread alloy.
Thy dawning mind recks not the cares
That future years stow,
Nor warns thee Of thoir hidden snarcs,
Nor Of their tears and woe.
We cannot tell thee what shall DO,
But teach the lessons Z err,
That first we learned Mt parents knee,
In early ch1dhood's yore.
We can but guard thee on tho road
TO virtuous womanh ,ol-
But point the steps wherein have trod
The amiable and good.
We can but give to thee the draught
Drawn from Picria's spring,
Whose waters by the thirsty quaffed,
All living honors bring.
We can but teach thee how to pray
To Him whose lis: was given
For thee; and how to chant the lay
OF praise, and love, and heaven.
Naught else can we, but wait and hope,
Thy self must cr..wn the rest
So guard the bud that it may ope
Into Il flower blrst.
Nor fear but ask the willing hand
OF God to comfort thee;
Heed His each warning and command,
And fill thv ue,tiny
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
SUBSCRIPTIONS.---1872,
Terms
I{ARpRp'a MAcAzYvp ono veer

HARPEn's MAGAZINE, one year......s4 90
An Extra Copy Of either the MAGAZINE,
WEEKLY, or BAzAn 'ciU be supplied gratis for
erc'y CLUB IF Fire Subscribers at 81 90 each, in
me remittance; or Sic Copies for $50 90, ~th-
out n" crtra copy.
Subscriptions to HARPER's MAGAZINE, WEEK
Lr and Bazaar, to one address, $40 90; or t.co
IF H"rpcr's Periodicals, to one address for one
year, 81 90.
Buck Numbers can be supplied at any time.
A complete sc, OF Harper's Magazine, now
! comprising 43 Volumes, in neat cloth binding,
will be sent by express, freight at tho expense
| OF purchaser, for 81 rs per volume. Single
volumes, by mail, postpaid, So 90. Cloth
cascf, for binding, ~ cents, by mail, postpaid
Tho postage on IIarper's Magazine is "a
cents year, which must be paid at the sub
scri bcrs post office. Address
HARPER l. BROTERS,
3ltl New York.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
Fire in AuSSapIl.
kAssoS, Mimi, Dec. /, 1871

kAssoN, Mimi, Dec. /, 1871.
Editor 2ro"~crpt:-
DEAR SIR last evening: about a
o'clock {. fire broke out near the north
west corner of the Elevator building in
this place. "A terrific wind was blow
ing from the northwest. The Elevator
and i!s contents were destroyed, as was
also the water tank, near by. The
loss is varousl y estimated at from SIS
600 to 100000. Had the wind been
in the south or southeast nothing
could have prevented the larger part Of
kasson from being destroyed. More
anon. Otis WESTON.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
NIORTGAGE FORECLOSURE,

| MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.
n Default has been made in the oondi-
tions of certain indenturc Of Mortgage made
and executed by Guttorm Olson and Aase o.
sen, his wife, to George d. Hays, bearing date
April 9Th, 1867, which said mortgage Was, on
the 9th day Of April, A. D. 1857, duly record
! cd in the Office Of tho Register of Deeds in and
for Mower county, Minnesota, in book III " of
Mortgages, on page ISL, said mortgage was
given to secure the payment of the sum Of two
hundred and fourteen dollars and interest ac-
cording to the conditions of certain promis-
sorry note made aud executed by Guttorm o.
sen bearing even date with said mortgage and
payable two years after date.
There is claimed to be due, and is due, on
| said note and mortgage at the date of this no.
tico tho sum of one hundred and seventy
sovcn and %. l00ths dollars, and no proceed
ings at law or otherwise have been Instituted
to collect the same nor any part thereof,
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that,
| by virtue Of power of sale in said mortgage
contained, and pursuant 10 the statute in sucA
case made and provided, said mortgage will
be forecloscd and the premise therein describ-
ed, wit: The southwest quarter of Section
number Nineteen, I9,) in township One Hun
drcd and four Ilo4,] north of Range number
Eighteen, us, west, excepting always one acre
of land decided the Lutheran Church, and, also,
executing one acre Of land decided for tho ur-
pose of a buryiug ground, Tho land hereby mort
gagged being about IS acres. in Mower county,
Minnesota, will be sold at public vendue to the
highest bidder to satisfy the amount that may
then he due on said note and mortgage ut the
time of said sale together with the sum OF
twenty dollars, attorneys fees, allowed by 'he
terms of said mortgage in case of foreclosure
aud costs and expenses allowed by law. Said
sale will be made at the Office Of Page 4
Wheeler, in tho village Of Austin, in SAID
county, on Saturday, the 9Th day of December
A. D. 1871, at 10 o'clock, A.. M.
| Dated October Goth. 1871.
GEORGE B. HAYES,
| MortgaAee.
PAGE & WHEELER, Atty's for Mortgage,
| 00+d Anstin Mimi
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
FINE GOLD
AND
Silver Watches,
AT HALF PRICE.

Genuine IS Carat Gold limiting Cased
Watches (Gcnts' and Ladies' Sizes,) regulated
and warranted for wear (at half the usual
price, } ONLY $25 EACH.
The Ertro:Fin Quality, IS Carat Solid Gold,
Engine Turned, Hunting Cased, Full Jcwclled
Lever Movements, perfectly adjusted to all
climates (,egulatod,) and each warranted by
special certificate, AT ONLY $50 EACH.
The same, Of Finer and higher grade, solid
Gold, with Chronometer Balance, At $50 EACH
Tile same os last, Solid Gold, with Fine Nick
ell Works, and Stem winding and setting at
tachment, requiring no key. wound and set by
the stem, ONLY $40 EACH.
ALL THE ABOVE WATCHES ARE PUT AT HALF
PRICE, and each warranted for time and wear.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07

TIE troubles of life are like the sticks
in a bundle Of taggots. 1t is easy te
take one at a time ; but we choose tc
increase our trouble by carrying yestcr'
days stick over again to-day, and ad
ding to-morrow>s burden to our load
before we are required to bear it.
John NeukOn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
" A Repository Of Fashion. Pleasure.
and Instruction.
Harper's Bazaar.
Notices oj the Press.

1T is really tho only illustrated ehronicler O.
fashion in the country. It's supplements alone
are worth tho subscription price OF the paper
While fully maintaining its position a. q mir.
ror OF fashion, it also contains stories, poems
brilliant essays, besides general and personal
gossip. -Eosto" Saturday Ece"iuy Gazette.
There nevor was any paper published tina,
50 dcllghtcd the heart Of woman. Never mind
If it docs cost you IL new bonnet it will save
you ten times tho price in the household econ
omy it Teaches Eroridencc journal.
The young lady who buys a single numbe,
of Xa'7'er's Borzor is made subscriber for
Efe.-Se~ York Er'ntny Post.
The Bozar is excellent. Like oil tho peri
odicals Which the llarpers publish, it is almost
ideally well edited, and tho class Of readers for
whom it is intcndcd-thc mothers and daugh-
ters in average families cannot but profit by
its good sense and good taste, which VIC have
no Doubt, arc to-day making very many
homes happier than they may have been b. fore
the women began taking lessons in personal
and household and social management from it,
good-natured mentor.-Thc Nation, ". y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07

"A WIFE writes to advise The wo.
women in Washington to get, each
Of them, IL baby to take care of, and
that by the MIST expeditions means
She believes their % insane folly car
only be cured in this way.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07

BEFORE hanging Il man in Louisiana
they let from fifteen to tw-nty reporters
for the newspapers interview him
for three weeks. The poor fellow is
then not only willing, but ANXIOUS &c
be huny.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
SUGGESTIONS to Farmers

is upon us nearly month earlier than
usual. We fear that many things have
occupied 50 largely your attention,
lately, that all necessary preparation for
the comfort Of stock has not been made.
Let us see whether you can afford to let
your cattle remain exposed to tho in
clemency of the season.
You live in comfortable houses; YOU
wear good, substantial clothing; your
apartments are kept warm by glowing
stoves; your stomachs are judiciously
supplied with proper food j.; you live,
and, if you have obeyed tho golden
rule, you are happy. Food is taken by
you to sustain animal life. The brute
takes it for the same purpose, and for
no other. You wear clothing primari-
", to render you comfortable, secondar-
lily, to accord with the conventionalities
Of society. In the place Of dress, the
brute has natural covering, which, in
a physical point Of view, answers the
same purpose. Physically speaking,
your relations are now mutual and
equal. Then, suppose We leave you
both ont Of doors. Laying aside all ques-
tions of morals, and intellect, and view
ing yourselves as animals, merely for
the purpose Of illustration, to be win
tered as cheap]y as possible, ,oW it pay
to live without shelter If the bodies
Of animals are not protected against the
piercing winds and bitter frosts by
some covering, they must be kept warm
by heat generated within.
Food is the only thing that feeds the
FIRE with which the body is warmed,
and the body must be kept warm or it
will die. If the natural temperature
Of the body is reduced 200 by undue
exposure, it is evident that, without an
increase of food, it must remain so,
and that the orr ginal condition can be
restored only by proportionate iu-
crease of combustion.
This means more liberal use Of f; d.
der. If you were to winter without
houses, you would require additional
protection In clothing, or, should this
remain tho same, you must heighten
combustion by consuming more food,
and thus warm yourselves at Nature s
Preside.
You cannot afford to do this, for two
reasons. One is this; 1t will cost very
much more to supply the additional
heat required, than it would to furnish
an equal degree of protection against
the cold. The second reason is much
better than the first; Natures furnace,
in both man and beast, has certain
capacity for resistance. If it be not
ovcr-worked, it will endure as long as
any other part Of animal mechanism,
but subject it to the necessity Of doing
double work and it will soon wear out.
The animal functions are equalized
throughout the entire body. If any of
them are disturbed, it affects the equili-
brium of all.
Men who expose themselves reckless
ly, upon the supposition that they have
constitutions which can resist any
strain soon find themselves broken down,
and obliged to abandon severe labor
Cattle which are exposed to the winds
and storms of this climate, are found
in tbs spring, emaciated and weak, and
in diseased condition, worthless for
the dairy, for the yoke. or for the mar
ket. 1t is both economy and humanity
to provide proper protection tor your
stock.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
EDUCATIONAL.
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.


opinion of the object which the State
seeks to accomplish by the use of this
educational agency. It is not employ
ed for the purpose Of imparting Il
knowledge Of the elements Of the pro-
fession. Il is of little value, indeed.
to such as have not already mastered
these. When, Of on y Il weeks dura-
ton, as is generally the case, the lnsti
tutc can do little moro than furnish an
opportunity for that mental sharpening
which the members Of every profession
essentially require, and which never
comes Of reading books, nor by labor
in the school room, but through pro-
fessional intercourse, alone.
The highest skill to which the mem
bers of any profession ever attain is
achieved through the friction of asso-
citation and comparison. The spirit
which a living example inspires can
never be transferred to the pages Of a
textbook, neither can it be evoke ed from
life of toilsome practice. 1t is gcner-
atel and diffuscd in these Institutes:
and caught up by the participants, and
a. r. ~,
State which are so fortunate as to have
been represented in the gatherings
Such is the true province Of the Insti-
tutc, although it often affords substan.
tial aid to the very large class of teach.
ers who have had no professional train
iny. but, to the extent that it does this
it is performing special work, and that
but temporarily. In many counties
the Institute is conducted wholly by
professional experts, with a view OF
having their models reproduced in the
school room, by those for whose benefit
they arc presented, Indeed, it would
not be valuable conducted upon any
other theory, in those localities where
the only teachers are such as have had
no advantages beyond what are afforded
by the District schools. This kind OF
| instruction does not furnish much solid
nutriment, yet it supplies the teacher
with kind of vital force which is in
dispensable in the school room, but
those who are kept alive by it, need tc
have it repeated from year to year.
The Institute, when rightly employ
ed, stimulates to inquiry; examines
and compares the various methods 81
instruction discusses proposed innova
lions and resolutions generates ;
healthy public sentiment upon oduca
tional questions; and incites to profes
sional improvement and general culture
1t is one Of those organizations which
all professional persons require to OK
pand, to liberalize, and to elongate them
They need it less to make them teach
ers than to keep them such. But, how
ever useful it may be for the purposes
of general professional culture, it will
never become especially valuable as ;
means Of supplying the State With
teachers, trained in the science Of i'm
parting instruction. 1t supplies TEN
porary want, and one which can DO me-
in no other way. 1t isamere auxiliary
and not intended to perform the prin
cipal work, hence none should rely upo'
it, as all that is necessary to prepare
them for the great wo:k of innpartins
instruction in the public schools Of TT
State.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
Manhood, How Lost How Restored.

Just published, a new edition of Dr. Gull
verwcll's Celebrated Essay on tho
radical cure without medicine) Of SPERHAroR-
RHRA, or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary
Seminal Losses, 1NPorEScY Mental and
Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage
etc; also, CONSUMPTION, ErILxpsr. and FITS.
induced by self-ndulgence or sexual extrava-
gance,
ms'~ Price, in q scaled envelope, only 6
cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
essay, clearly demonstrates from thirty years
successful practice, that tho alarming conse-
quenccs of sclf-abuse may be radically cured
without the dangerous use ofinternal medicine
or the application of the knife; pointing out
mode Of euro at once simple, certain and ef-
fectual, by means of which every sufferer, no
matter what his conc ition may be, may cure
himself chcaply, privately, and radically
10 This Lecture should be in tho hands Of
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any
address, postpaid on receipt Of six cents, or
two post stamps.
Also, DR.. Culverwelrs "MarriaEe Guide"
price Is cents.
Address the Publishers,
CHAS. J. c. KLINE / CO.,
1877 Bowcry, New York, Post Ofhce Box 4,59e.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-12-07
PROBATE NOTICE.-STATE OF
MINNESOTA. MOWER COUNTY S.

Il
In proBATE Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Nels johnson
Bcrkey, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Lorinda
johnson Bcrkcy, Of Udolpho, in said county,
representing, among other things, that Nos
Johnson Berkcy, late Of said county, the
seth day OF October A. d. 1871. at Cdolpho
aforesaid, died intcstate, and being a resident
Of this county at the time Of his death, lcavin &
goods, chattcIs, and estate within this county,
; and that the SAID petitioner is the widow of
sa id deceased, aud praying that administra-
ton Of sad estate be her granite |, it is order
ell that said petitltion be heard before thu
Judge of this Court, on Monday, the lst day
Of January, A. y. 1872, OF 10 o'clock 4 NJ, at
he Probate Office in said county.
Ordered further. that notice thereof be given
to the heirs or said deceased, and to all person,
| interested, by publishing cupy Of this order
for three successive weeks prior to said day OF
hearing, in the Mower County Transcript,
a weekly newspaper printed and published at
Austin, in said county.
Dated at Austin, the 9Th day Of December,
A. d. 1871. BY the Court,
Bows JE Sc ROSE, Judge Of Probate.