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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
SALE.

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M Default having bsen Aade j. the Gen.
made and executed by J. o. Burroughs to Hill
lard Triton, bearing date the 10th Day Of June,
A. D. 1871, and recorded in the o6ics of Regis
ter of Deeds in and for Mower county, Min
nesota, on the 10th day Of juno, A. y. 1871,
1t half past three o'clock p. II. in Book ~ !"
of Mortgages on page 20. Said mortgage wss
given to secure the payment Of the som Of
three hundred, sixty-nine and 34-100 dollars
($369.34) and interest thereon according to the
conditions Of three promissory notes bearing
even date Herewith and defsuit has been made
which is now due and payable.
Said mortgage is conditioned that IL default
be made in any of the provisions therein, II
! shall be lawful for tho mortgage, his assigns,
| or attorney to declare the whole sum therein
| named to be duo, and pursuant to said condi-
| tons tho whole amount remaining unpaid
thereon, to-wit: The sum of three hundred
| aud-ffty dollars, (s35O,) is hereby declared
! and claimed to be due at the date Of this no.
| tioe, and NO proceeding ut law or otherwise
have been had to collect said sum or any part
! thereof. Now therefore, notice 10 hereby given
that by virtue Of power Of sale therein con-
| statute in such case made and provided, said
mortgage will be foreclosed and tho prenises
therein described, to-wit: Lots number, one
and four, Il and ~ in Block number seven, ~
in tho Village Of Brownsdale, Mower county,
Minnesota, will be sold at public vsndue to
the highest bidder therefor to safety the
amount due on said mortgage - above deolsr-
ed at the time Of sale and also the sum Of ,hir-
ty dollars a. attorneys fees allowed BY the
terms thereof in Case Of foreclosure, together
with the costs and expenses allowed by law.
Said sale will he made 1t tho Office Of Page l.
Wheeler, in the Village of Austin. in said
county of Mower, on Saturday, the 2lst day Of
December, A. d. 1872, at 10 o'clock A. n.
Dated, Nov. 4th, A. D. 1872.
billiard TILTON, Mortgage.
PAGE l. WHEELER, Atty's for Mortgage,
STU Austin, M,nn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
Greeley's Last WILL
1T WAS WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER AND
REPEAl.s WILLS PREVIOUSLY MADE.

1T WAS WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER AND
REPEALs WILLS PREVIOUSLY MADE.
1t is understood that Judge Hart, a
neighbor, intimate friend, and legal I'D.
wiser of Mr and Mrs Greeley, is in
possession Of their Wills. That Of Mr..
Greeley is ia his own handwriting. 1t
was written in the early part Of Novem-
Der, and the formalities of its ackuowl.
edgen'ent and execution took place on
the last day Of his life during lucid
interval in the presence Of half a
dozen persons, and the subscribing wit
nessos to the will were Judge Harris
son, Reginald s. Hart, and Mrs. Lam-
son, the latter an old and esteemed
friend Of the family.
Two wills previously made by Mr..
Greeley and enclosed in sealed envel-
opes are in possession of Owen r. Cdf:
I'm, Surrogate Of Westchestcr county,
with the understanding that the seals
are not to be broken until instructions
to that effect are given by surviving
members Of the family. 1t is stated
10 each Of these wills number Of be.
quests are made by Mr.. Greeley to GER
tain charitable institutions, but in &C.
cordance with the last will and tesla.
ment Of Mr.. Greeley all his property
is left to 30 to lIs two daughters, Miss
Ida Lillian Greeley, aged twenty -onc,
and Miss Gabrielle Miriam Greeley
about fifteen years old.
Mrs. Grceley's will was made gbout
five years ago, being drawn up at that
time by Judge Hart, who had been he,
counsel for period OF twelve YEAS
She left her entire property to her two
daughters.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
How PENCIL LEADS ARE MADE

How PENCIL LEADS ARE MADE
Graphite, clay and water arc the mate
rails used. The finest graphite, after
being finely ground, is mixed with a
peculiar blue clay, fund only in Bava-
ria, aud the whole kneaded With water
to the cons istency Of putty. This mess
is placed in strong cylindrical iron
vessel, in the bottom Of which is hole
Of the diameter of the lead Desired
A plunger forces the mixture out
through this small opening, which is
received on metallic sheets, which when
filled, are placed in an oven for ba-
king. The softncss or hardness of the
pencil depends upon the degree Of hard
ness to which the baking il carried.
The leads are afterward broken up into
the sizes required. Nine different ST.
zcs Of leads are made, and number from
! to 0.-Ed. Monthly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
E0relRn News.

LONDON, December 9.-Thc tclc
graph wires in tho north Of England
arc not yet repaired. Dispatches frou
all other sections report great destruc
ton Of property. The gale was yer,
severe in Wales and ireland, and wal
was accompanied by lightning and rain
Many towns were flooded.
Several vessels are ashore in Cori
harbur. The damage there is yer,
great: Three pinnacles Of the tower Of
st Thomas Church were blown down
while the congregation was at worship
and falling Oh the roof, crushed through
into the body Of the church. The con
gregation, panic stricken, rushed from
the building. None were killed, and
their escape is regarded as miraculous.
The Lcborna, from Sunderland. fol
New York, went ashore and was wreck.
cd off Lowestoft. The crew barely
escaped.
Many huts used by troops at Alder.
shot was destroyed. The chapel Of
Oriel College, Oxford University, was
badly damaged. The freight depot Of
the Great Western Railway was entire.
~ dcmoralished.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
A Swede by the maine Of John BERG

A Svsde by the maine Of John Berg
strom vas deliberately murdered al
Stockholm, Tuesday. November 10th
by countryman named Halver Gus
tafson. The murder was committed al
the house Of one John Berguest WHIT
was present aud saw the deed done
Bergstrom was handling a revolver
and remarked that it snapped hard
The pistol was = six barrelled one, and
contained three loads, which had beer
placed therein by Gustafson the day
before. Gustafson took the pistol frou
Bsrgstrom, snapped it until = load
came under tn. hammer, then raised il
opposite Bcrgstrom's heart, aud said
Will you now ?" and deliberately
fred. Bersstrom sat a moment, look
ing fxedly at Gustafson, then rose and
attempted to leave tho room, immedi
atcly falling, and dying soon after
Gustatson said, II will 60 for doc
tor" and was allowed to leave. A war
rant has been. issued for his arrest. He
had threatened previously to shoot
Bergstrom.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
A TELEGRAPH Story.

The most curious fact that I ever
heard of tho electric telegraph wits told
to nc by tho cashier Of the bank of
England. You may have heard of it..
1t may have been in print. | am sure
it deserves to be- On a certain Satur.
day night the folks at the bank could
not make tho balance come right, by
just one hundred pounds. This is a Sc
rious matter in that little establish
mcnt-I do not mean the cash, but the
mistake in arithmetic-for it occasions
a world Of scrutiny. An error in BAL
ancing has been known, am told, to
keep delegation Of clerks from each
office ut work sometimes through the
whole night A hue and cry was of
course made after this ono hundred
pounds, as if the old lady in Thread
needle street would be in the Guxeet,e
for want of it. Luckily, on tho Sun.
day morning, clerk Gin the middle of
the sermon, 1 dare say, il the truth were
kuown) felt suspicion Of the truth dart
through his mind quicker than auy fash
of the telegraph itself: He told the
chief cashier on Monday morning that
perhaps the mistake might have occur.
rcd in packing some boxes Of specie for
the West Indies, which had been sent
to Southampton for shipment. The sug-
gestion was immediately acted upon.
Here was a race-ligh tning against
steam, with eight and forty hours start
given. Instantly tho wires asked
Whether such : vessel had left the
harbor "Just Weighing anchor, was
the answer. "stop her!" frantically
shouted the electric telegraph. 1t was
done. "Have up on deck certain box
Is, marked so aud 90 J.; weigh them care
fully" They were weighed; and one
the delinquent-was found by just
one packet Of hundred sovcreigns
heavier than it ought to be. "Let her
co. said the mysterious telegraph.
The West Indian folks were debited
with just one hundred pounds more,
and the error was corrected without ever
looking into the boxes, or delaying the
voyage by an hour. Now that is what
may be called " doing business"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
Boston, Nov. o, 1872.
mr. JOHN BOYLE O'REII.LY.

DI JOHN BO1 IL kElLLH.
o, broad breasted Queen among Nations!
o r:other 50 strong in thy youth!
Has the Lord looked upon thee in ire,
And willcd thou he chasteucd by fire,
Without any ruth?
Has tho Merciful tired Of His mercy,
And turned from thy shining in wrath
That the world. with raised bands, sees N,
pitics
Thy dcsolate daughters, thy cities,
Despoiicd on their path?
Ono year since thy youngest was stricken:
Thy eldest lies stricken to day.
y, God! was thy wrath without pity,
To tear tho strong heart from our city,
Aud cast it away?
O, Father! forgive Us our doubling;
The stains from our weak souls efaee
Thou rsbukcst, We know. but to chasten,
Thy hand has but fallen to hasten
Return to thy grace.
Oh let Us arise from eur ashes
As sinners have risen who erisved;
Let US show that twiee-sent desolAtion
On every trsc heart in the nation
Has con quest achieved.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
Why Men don't Marry.

Rev. Henry Morgan lectured in
Boston this week on 8: Why don't Men
Marry" Ills headings were these
Men don't marry, first, because they
can't. Second because many Of them
are towards they dare not face the
music; they dodge the question. Third
because they are skeptical; they have
not faith in women they think mar.
riage lottery. Fourth, they are sci.
fish, they cannot yield for another.
good cant support family; want
the sweets Of life without bearing iti
burdens. Fifth, woman's extrava
gance. Here the speaker showed true
cause for mans hcsitating, expensive
living and extravagant dress. 1t cost.
as much to launch woman on the 20.
Of welded life as it would to fit out .
! schooner. As to sails, cordage, pen
nants and streamers, tho difference IL 10
favor Of the schooner.
Next, whom do men marry? Wo
men, of course. John Howard, thu
great philanthropist, married bis nurse
he 25, she 81. John Wesley married
a vixen. Peter the great married ,
peasant girl. Humboldt married 9
poor girl because he loved her. Shaks
pearo MA, ried a farmers daughter
Byron married for money to pay his
debts. Robert Burns married girl
whom he courted in pillow field. Mil.
ton parted from his wife. Washington
married widow. Franklin married
the girl that saw him with the rolls
under his arm. Andrew Jackson mar.
ried lady whose husband was living.
Edward Lytton Bulwer married a shrew
General Fremont married the daugh.
ter Of Thomas Benton, by clipping
Horace Greeley married well educa-
ted schoo;ulistress. Martin Luthe,
married a nun. Father Hyacinth:
married. convert that finally convert
ed him. Mr.. Morgan then referred tt
the notorious Scott case, and closed b,
por,raying the trials aud sorrows Of thu
abused wife. TIE lecture was received
with enthusiastic applause.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
State News.

The total tax levied in Mankato 70,
the coming year is only twenty-nint
Mills on the dollar, against forty-6v<
mills last year-a reduction Of over one
third.
The Valley Herald says Col. L. l.
Baxter, Senator-elect from Carver coun.
ty. will have the honor Of being ses,o,
member the coming winter, he having
served more years in that body than any
other member.
The Hastings & Dakota Railroad
have a party Of workmen engaged put
ting up telegraph line from Hastings
to Glencoe and they expect to have thu
line in operation in the course Of two
months.
A new post Office has been establish
ed on tho linc Of the Hastings & Dako
IA Railway, between Benton and Youn:
America, in Carver county. 1t il
named Bongard, and Gerhard Bonsar(
is postmaster.
Two naughty boys, at school i" Du
luth, becoming displeased ut thei
teacher, Mr.. Breed, assaulted him ant
rot him down on the floor, and usc'
him rather severely. The Tribune say
IL is probable the boys will be arrested
Tho Republican says the new rive
road between Winona and La Crescen
skirts the river bank all tho way down
and is sufficiently high to command
view across the entire sheet Of water
q most delightful and refreshing p'nor
nma to the weary traveller in the sum
mer time.
The people Of Freeborn county ar
% the right track. Tho Standard ''y'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
Ruyfug n Horse.

First, acquire knowledge Of hor-
scs, so as to know good horse when
you see one that is a model. There is
more money lost, and more honest men
are detrauded, In buying and selling Of
horses, than any other product Of the
farm. For the last twenty years, have
had all sorts and shapes Of horses, from
the pony to the Shanghai, and the
greatest weight in the least bulk is the
animal for service. A horse weighing
from, 400 to 400 pounds. is large
enough for farm work. You nj ,st un.
ders.and what you want an animal for,
before you 20 to buy. One minute is
long time enough to examine the stand
ing points Of horse. These ore: A
good lively eye, inclined to hazel, and u
pleasant countcnance fat leg aud
open foot; shoulders set rather back
thin at the withers; a short back, and
no objection if it is slightly archcd i;
the proper shape Of the hinder parts
depends on what you wish the horse to
perform.
The prevailing blemishes are blind.
ness or weak eyes, ringbone, SPAWN,
hoof:bound, curbed or thorough pinned,
stiAcd, &C., all of which an expert OBJ
server will detect in one minutes time
The heaves is the most difficult to de-
tcct, as that depends upon the treat
ment the animal has had for the week
previous. The thumps, or palpitation
Of the heart, may be detected easily, by
moving and exciting the horse, and
stopping him suddenly. As to the age
of horse hurting him. it depends upon
how he has been used until he is six
years old; if sound then, he is good
for twelve or twenty years service yet.
Judging the age Of = horse by his
mouth, 10 very uncertain. You can tell
to certainty within one year until he
is six years old, then you must judge
from general appearance. Some judy
es rely on the, tusk, but some horses
never have any tusk-about the same
number Of mares have tusks as horses
that have none.
Some men will tell you that they
know the age Of horse by the jaw, OF
the wrinkles about the eye, or by the
joints Of the tail. You might ss we'll
say that you know the age Of man by
the wrinkles in his face. The wearing
Of the teeth depends upon the general
health and lungs Of the animal. Bad
teeth follow diseased lungs.
In purchasing horse, rely upon your
Judgment, and wher you trade, do not
ask neighbor, as every man ought to
know his own business. IF there is
much talking to be done, let the other
do it. What you say, let it he to the
point, and stand to it.-Ohio Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
that fourteen out Of the twenty towns

that fourteen out Of the twenty towns
have materially decreased their rate Of
taxation. Three arc running on the
same rs last year, while three others
are slightly higher, owing probably to
some satisfactory local causes.
A preliminary meeting Of liquor
dealers Of Winona was held Friday
evening for the purpose Of forming an
organization to oppose tho passage of
any prohibitory laws which may. be
brought bolorc the State Legislature
this winter.
The Mankato Union Of the 9th says !:
On the evening Of the 81, a gentleman
BY the name Of Philips, was travelling
in sleigh with his daughter Of sixteen
trom St. James to Mountain Lake. when
his horses became frightened and ran.
Tho fore and rear hobs became dctatch-
cd, leaving the daughter with the latter
while the father followed up tho horses
The storm was 50 furious that a search
for the daughter, later in tho evening,
proved fruitlcss. and she remained with
tho sleigh until the next morning at ten
o'clock, when she was found still alive.
but specchless, and her lower limbs
frozen above the knees, and her . runs
above the elbows. She was taken to
Mountain Lake. 1t is hardly possible
that she can live.
Mr.. Michael Shay, Of this vicinity
bought into our Office day or tw",
since, a yellow kitten about three mon.
tbs old, having the two for legs only.
The body from the fore legs buck was
smooth, round and tapering, without
hips, terminating with handsome tail
The animal was very sprightly and
moved as spry as AM four legged cat,
taking the rerular step and balancing
its, body in horizontal position very
naturally This kitten, with another
just like it, Of the same litter, now in
possession Of Mr.. s., is certainly ono Of
tho greatest curiousitie ever seen in this
scc:ion.-CMatfeln Democrat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
MIGRATORY bird-a travelli lin,

--o@N
A MIGRATORY bird-a travelline
crane.
A New Discovery IN DENTISTRY
Little Twitters who is possibly ncr
vous, says he can never bear to have
his teeth drawn. He shall have them
photographed instead, he declares. IL
says that it will be easy by this mcans
to get them out-of focus.
"Do You like to go to church ?" said
a lady to Mrs. Partington.
Law ME! 1 do" replied Mrs. P.
Nothing does me so much good as to
get up carly on Sunday morning, and
60 to church and hear populous min.
lister dispense with the Gospel"
II WONDER whittier those clouds
are going ?" said a poetic contributor
to a magazine. rensively, as she pointed
with her delicate finger to the heavy
masses that floated in the sky outside
the editors window.
!" think they are going to thunder,
said tho editor.
TIE Western wits now call bigamy
Utal-lizing the female sex.
WHY is captain haranguing his
crew like an upholsterer ?-Bccaust
he's deck-orator.
WHY is t,cn-pecked husband like
an opera.hat ?-Bccause he's very big
when he's out, but Immediately shut
up when he gets home.
! WILL the gentleman who stole thy
melons last Saturday night be generous
enough to return me few of the seeds,
as they are choice variety? ?"
HERE is story about a remarkable
lunch. The Tzeremish Tartars have no
particular religion, and have an odd
way Of excusing this. They say that
they once had religion book for their
guidance, but one day COW came and
cat it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12

ST. PAUL has another paper, thu
Ece~ing Journal. It is published b,
Mr.. Henry Woodruff, lately Of the Still
water Messenger. It makes fair ap
pearsnce, and We have 40 doubt that
it vill rapidly improve, and ultimately
take an equal rank with the other ez'
cellent papers now published At thu
State Capital.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12

A SIN, NOT A DIsEAsE.-In a;recent
sermon on the /" Sin of Drunkeness,''
Rev. DR.. Alden, of South Boston, made
among others, the following points {:
" 1t is voluntary degradation of the
human body;a voluntary observation
Of the human intellect a voluntary de-
basement, as it may be the temporary
extinguishment, Of the humane affec-
tions the voluntary enthrallment Of the
human will and the voluntary dead
ening Of the moral and spiritual sense"
He showed also that it is sin against
ones family and kindred, against socie-
ty, and the public veal ; and particular
" against God, who gave to man his
faculties, placed him in his earthly rela-
lions, and made provisions fox his re-
aemption-since it is to throw away all
these gifts Of the Creator"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12

RAILROAD Accidentally bro
ken rail, the St. Louis express on the
Milwaukee & St. Paul road was badly
wrecked a short distance from Blooming
Prairie, Tuesday. a car next the sleep
ing coach was shattered, but aside from
injuries received by a brakeman, nc
one was hurt. The train was delayed
ne yeral hours,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
The Old Mans Hearth and
Home.

Full four score years Two roamcd the earth,
Aud now, content, como
To whit Heavens summons from my hearth,
My dear old hearth and home.
This life, Though sometimes cold and dark,
Hath suMbcams in its gloom,
That ever light cheerful spark
Around my hearth and home.
Yet of this world the more sec
Tho lcst I care to ronm,
Convinced it hath no spot for mo
Like this old hearth aud homo.
Hero lot mc rest! Ny days arc few,
And near BY is tho tomb.
Through which the eye of hope can view
Another hearth and home. 4. W.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12
Stories Of Peter CortWriglit-A
Dispute with u Doctor.

Many other anecdotes could be told
of this eccentric and talented man, and
there is one too good to let pass. HI
once had a dispute with doctor rsla
tive to religion. Tho doctor said he
wanted honest and unequiyocal answers
to few questions
"Did you ever hear religion ?"
Did you ever see pain p
."No."
i" Did you ever smell religion?"
ono"
"Did you ever taste religion ?"
mo"
i" d" ply Did you ever feel r*'is;o" 2"
snow, then" said tho doctor with
apparent triumph, II have proved be-
yond doubt, BY four respectable wit.
nesses, that religion is not seen, heard
smclled, or tasted, and but one solitary
witness, feeling, has testified that it il
an experimental fact. The weight Of
evidence is overwhelming, and you mus,
give it up"
Cartwright asked, "Did you ever
see . pain?'''
"No."
"Did you ever hear pain 7"
emo"
Did you ever smell paint"
"No."
Did you ever taste pain ?"
"No."
"Did You ever feel a pain r.
Certainly, I did, sir"
The doctor and his family were con-
verted.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12

DROBATE NOTICE.-STATE OF
l. MINNESOTA, COUNTY OFlMOWER, 81
In Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Andrew. Larson,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Bet.
sey Johnson, Leroy, Minnesota, representing,
among other things, TINT Andrew Larson, late
Of said county, on tho 9th day Of June, 4. D..
1869, ut Leroy, died int. state, and boing q
resident Of this county ct the time Of his
death, leaving, goods, chsttels. and cstate
within this county, and that the said petition
or was tho widow Of said deceased, and pray
ing that ADMINISTRATION Of said estate be to
Filing Thompson granted, it is ordered that
said petition bo heard before the Judge Of this
Court, on Monday, tho 9th day Of january,
A. D. 1873, Mt 10 o'clock A. ~, at tho Probate
Office in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof
bc given to tho heirs Of said deceased
and to all persons interested by pub
fishing copy Of this order for three sue
ccssivo weeks prior to said day Of
hearing in tho Mower COUNTY TRANSCRIPT, a
weekly newspaper printed and published ut
Austin.in said county. Dated at Austin, Mimi.
this, 18th day Of December A. D. 1872.
BY the Court,
[L.s.] JESSE ROSE,
3ou Probsts judge.