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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
Improvement on Soil.

The American Rural Home says:
"There is large quantity of arabic
soil which would be improved and
made capable of cheaper cultivation
and the production OF larger crops. if
it could be mixed with earth of a dit.
ferent nature. The farmer knows the
defects of his soil. It may be a stiff.
heavy clay, and he wishes there were
more sand in it it may be the reverse,
and clay the ingredient wanting to
perfect it. However desirable it would
be to mix soils, the great expense, in
most cases, stands in the way of it's
accomplishment; it is only where pc.
culiar circumstances exist that the work
can be done with profit. Where those
conditions do exist, mixing soils is one
OF the most paying improvements the
farmer can make. We sometimes find
in loamy soils where the subsoil is clay,
knobs composed of quite pure and bar
rem sand-a "poor sandy knoll, !" the
owner terms it, from which he never
gets produce enough to pay for its Gull
tlvatlon, unless it is heavily
MANFRED. Manure ON such spots does
not last long, as its virtue either teaches
downward, or is all required to make
the crop which finds little else to assist.
The best improvement on such knobs
is to govern them with clay soil, which
can be usually obtained near by. The
best time to do this is with a crop i'm.
mediately preceding grass, as the clay
helps form thick turf, and thus makes
vegetable matter. Just as frequently
do we see clay knobs in lands, mainly
friable and easy of tillage. Drought
cuts short the crops on these, and makes
it exceedingly difficult to plough. The
best ingredient for these is muck, but
lcamy earth or sand improves them
wonderfully. There are many instances
of this kind where mixing soils would
be practicable, and prove remunerative.
On q general scale, we caanot afford
the expense of mixing soils, but occa
sionally very decided improvement may
be made by bringing up the subsoil
with the plough, and mingllng it with
top soil it may be rich in mineral food
for plants. Farmers should examine
their possessions down in the ground,
and see if there are not treasures worth
bringing to the surface"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
ROt Beds.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
writes on this subject as follows:
With little care at odd times, everv
farmer can supply his table with earlv
vegetables and at very little cost. What
would pay better, then, for little work.
. supply of cabbage, peas, onions.
beets, beans, tomatoes and in fact ali
through the list of culinary vegetables?
Every farmer having the land can have
these essentlals in profusion on his ia
bic from May till November, or during
al! the warmer seasons of the year; and
with little extra care and labor can
have also the luxuries of the small fruits
during the same time.
The first thing to be done 10 to make
hot bed for starting early vegetables.
About the middle of February or as
soon thereafter as the ground can he
worked, even with the aid of O pick.
select some sunny place. and, if you can
drain conveniently, or your soil does
not need it, dig hole in the ground
square at the ends aud as long as Won
want it, but in no case less then ten or
twelve feet, or it will not hold manure
enough to heat; and ten or twelve
inches deep Now procure a sash fiji
cd with glass enough to cover vour
contemplated bed Take inch boards
and your saw, square-scratch hammer
and nails, and make frame that your
sash will neatly cover. Next 20 to
your horse stable or pile of manure and
take the long, rough uufermented
manure and fill your hole full, tearing
it all to pieces and spreading evenly as
you fill, and when you get It full and
as high as the top of the ground. make
it foot wider on every side, and put
on manure till it is foot or f;fteo,,
! inches thick over your pit, trarapinp ali
as firmly as you can. Nov if your
manure Is dry, it must be watered.
If you have provided a good and
sufficient drain to the very bottom of
your pit you cannot make it too wet.
1t to dry it will not heat at all. You
know very vel! if you put dry hay into
the barn it will not heat or decay; but
if your hay is wet or green it will
heat and mow-burn, or if wet enough
it will decay. Now, apply the same
principle to your hot bed, only you
want the very reverse that you want in
your hay NOW. Now, you want ma
nure to decay, thereby producing heat;
this heat you wait to control so as to
give your vegetables fine start before
| or earlier in the season than they would
grow in the open ground. So put on
plenty of water till the whole mass is
wet enough to spoil. Now put on your
frame, elevating the north side SO the
water falling on your glass will run of
on the south side; this will also give
your bed the proper inclination to the
sun. Next put on yourmanuro in your
1rame and seven inches of good, rich
black soil if the two inches on the top
is composed largely of drifted sand or
alluvial soil, all the better, for it will
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
E1NAHC iAL.
INVEST ~ lE.v's' SI;1'I.lsIVsF,.,

JAR COOKE Il Co. are now selling, and recommend
as Profitable and rnfa Investment for all classics
the First Mortgage 7-:sU Gold bonds OF tho North
ern Pacific Raroad Company, bearing Seven and
Thrce-Tcnths per cent. gold interest tmore than
ror cent. currency, AID secured by first and only
mortgage ON the entlre road and equipments md
ON more than :S;s.0i Acres of Land to every milo
OF track or 5UO Acres Of Land to each $i.u,u bond
The highest current prc" will bc paid us. Five
iAentles, and ah othor marketable securities re-
eel'ea III exchange. Pamphlets, maps, and fun
information, as VOL the DO Ids themselves will 10
furnished ON application by JAZZ Cooks Co., Phlla-
delphia, New York, and Washington, and by most
Banks end Bankers throughout the country
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
The Babie,
~ REV. J. Z. RANKIN. d.

- A>1Ss - Gs AANA1NS ~ d.
Nae shoon to hide her tiny taos,
Mac stockin' on her feet:
Her supple ankles white Oh shaw.
Or early blossoms sweet.
Her simple dress o sprinkled pink,
Her doubled, dimpied chin,
Her p,lckered lips and baumy mou'.
With ma one tooth within.
Her cen. sac like her mither's cen.
Twa gentle quid things;
Her face IL like an angels face
We're glad she has nae wings.
she IL the budding O. our love,
A giftie Guide gird us;
We malln na luvc the x It owre weel.
II wad bc M blessing thus!
We still mann love the Oliver MAR,
An sec Him In tho given:
An sac she'll lead ns UP to Him.
Our babie straight from Heaven.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
An Old Anvil.

In ashopin Pittsfield, Massachusetts,
there rests on it's block an anvil that
has done duty for more than three hnn-
dred years. It is as sound to-day as it
was in 1888, when Eltweed Pomeroy,
after Welding for the Stuarts the pom.
derous horse-shoes of the same style
and pattern that his ancestors had
made during many generations for the
Tudors and Plantagenets, grew weary
OF taxes without law, and work without
wages, and taking his anvil sailed for
the New World. A deft workman, he
throve in the settlements, and left his
anvil as an heirloom to his descend
ants.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
CH1LDREN'S CORNER.
Taking Time to Grow.

Mamma mamma I" two eaelets cried,
TO let us ny you've mover tried,
we want to 60 outside and play;
Meu promise not to run away"
Tho mother wisely shook her head:
No, NO, my deazs. Not yet," che ssid.
But, mother, hear, !" they called again,
We want to see those things called men,
And al the world 20 grand and gay,
Papa desc ribbed the other day.
And-dont you know9-he told you theu
About little tiny wren,
That new about 30 brave and bold,
When It was scarcely four weeks old9"
But still the mother shook her head:
No, no, my deaEs, not yet, " she said.
Before you SEQ the world below,
Far bigger You win have to grow.
There's time enoug b to look for men;
And - for wrenA-a wrcn's . wren.
What II your freedom docs come lato7
An eaglet can Afford to wait"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
Another American Sinner In It.,v

@>S~SaA0A AusCA NSu ClUS0T In 1t8ays
"Giovannina Avigliana " is the name
under which Miss Jeanne Armstrong, of
Wiscasset, Maine, is now singing in
Italy: OF her debut at Saluzzo, Italy.
the Milan Gazetta del Teatri says:
about this new Ginger, who gives
promise already of making q most
splendid career, we hear from Saluzzo ::
La Contessa d'Amalf Zone of Patrella's
opera had in general q satisfactory re-
ception BY the public, and while the
baritone. aalocci, and the basso, Bagni,
merit warm praise, the prima donna.
aiovannina Avigliana iJeanie ARM.
strong) is worthy of especial enconium;
with voice of rare freshness and
power, and an inspired art in singing.
she has happily inaugurated her career,
and receives, up to the present, well
merited applause. The sympathy which
this young ortiste has known how to
inspire in our public, is a sure pledge
OF q brilliant and glorious career"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS BOTTLE
would be cheap for an article capable of re-
newing the hear on . bald scalp where the
roots had persisted. The nearest approach to
such preparation is PHALON'S CHEMICAL
HAIR 1NV1GORATOR, which stops the fall
ing out Of the fibres, and reproduces them on
every spot where the roots remain alive. The
INV1GORATOR has been in use for forty
years: No special pains have been taken to
make known its marvellous properties, but no
suaded to abandon it for any of the mushroom
nostrums of the day. As means of reproduc-
ing, strengthening, cleansing and perpetuat.ng
the growth of tho hair, it has not, and never
had, an equal. Druggists keep 1t in stock. but
If member of the trade should be out of the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
A Corner in Whisky.

One Of the greatest whisky transac-
tions in the history of the trade has
just been developed in Louisville. II
is the sensation of the hour among the
men engaged in the business. 1T I'D.
pears that the firm of s. T. Suit & Co,
have effectually cornered the market in
old whiskies. It is said they have been
planning this movement for months,
and at length succeeded in their object
Newcomb, Buchanan & Co., acting as
commission merchants for Suit & Co.,
have bought up all the available stocks
of old WHISTLES in the United States,
which, of course, includes about all in
the world. Their purchases in New
York city alone amount to over a mil.
lion dollars, and the aggregate reache;
about three millions. This purchase
embraces about all the reliable old
whiskies in the market, and will there.
fore probably affect the prices of all
other grades. It is the largest and
most important whisky transaction
known in this country. Among the
heaviest purchases is the stock of Chas.
Bockmann, of New York, 1000 barrels,
ccum,,lated since 1857, and Other
stocks in Kentucky and in different
parts of the country.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
Our Great Inland Metropolis Coming
Out Of the Fire.

Chicago merchants, before the fire, had a
firm hold upon the trade of the Northwest,
acquired by long continued efforts to meet
whole country is interested in having thus
city Of our o,cn making retain it's CONNER
cial position. Competition gives us cheap
goods. and it has been feared that the fire
would cripple her energies. But we assure
our readers that the principal houses are pr
pairing for heavier business than ever done
house Of John v. Farwell & Co. now occupy
a building put up since the fire. 135x19O feet,
six stories high-nearly double the room
formerly occupied. This would indicate that
they intend to maintain their we'll earned
reputation, ard we are sure that after being
twice reduced to ashes in two years. our NOR
chants will second their efforts with such
recognition a. their energy deserves.-Cona,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

Coughs.'..A Medicinal Preparation in
the form OF a lozenge is the most con-
venient. ''Br0Wn's Bronchial Troches"
allay irritation which induces coughing,
giving relief in Bronchitis, Hoarseness,
Influenza, Consumptive and Asthmatic
cOmplaintS. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
MISS SAWYER'S SALvE,

HERE you have salve combining soothing and
Il healing properties, with no dangerous ingred-
lent. A remedy at hand for the many pains and
nches wounds and bruises to which deeh n heir.
Is more easily applied than many other remedies,
never producing bad effect, but always relieving
It's prepared by Mss Sawyer, who has used II
IN her own extensive treatment of the sick, for
The principal diseases for which this save +. rec
Se,otHla, Old Ulcers, Salt Rheuns SIruins' Surxs.
Eye' Es!Se, 1 6fe1Mess, 8o;. * z;a9eo; se.s
to,ns' Bites o. Insects, Cancers, Toothache, Ear
G MS $ $ors SRpss Ea,aaes' s'eoen 1rdst..
$e@a: e Hc@i.e:, eo.S, c;@ eG1fd 1a: a: I'd
It never iails to cure Rheumatism if properly
applied. Rub it on well with the hand three times
day. In several cases it has cured palsied limbs.
For Ptles it has been discovered to be sure rem
coy: , person: that have been afflicted for years
speias it works wonders, allayng the inflammation
and Guleting tho patient. For chagped Kaads &
Rheum obtain this salve and apply it freelv' snd
they will find it Invaluable 1t is good in eases IL
Sey2tula and 7amors- Cancers have been cured
Breast and Sore Nipples. No way injurious. buf
sure to afford relief. Sore or Veal Ews-Rub Il
on the lids gently once or twice day. Cures deaf
For felon, this is superior to anything kno~n.
For Pimples this acts like charm. For Bu,xs
and Scalds, apply the salve at once and it gives
day.
From Mrs. ELIZABETH COOuBS, Eyxasr; I.
Brunswick, April 4, 49,.
MISS SAWYER: received your letter last ven
ing, and was very glad You concluded to 1T m
take your Salvc. Think can do well with it, ana
it will be quite accommodation to my husband
as he cannot get along ,eiAaout it. He has tricX
everything else and has found anything that
healed his leg as that Salvc Of yours and We have
both found it to be all. and eren more than sp.
recommend tito be. We have had it in the family
five or six years. and have used it for everything
and can truly say ICE haze aerer found its eqseL
nse It Tor weak back, and it acts like q charm.
Mr.. Coombs has had Feper Sore on his 10 Jo,-
Mi,fy gears. and ,0oald be a cripple to-day, UAe
hdd not found a remedy in your Salre. It keeps
IT healed and takes out the Inflammation, proud
hesh and swelling, and does for him all that he can
ask. can recommend it for good MANY lhfnW
that you have not, for use it for everything I
consider 1t invaluable in a family. If you can put
this testimony together, and it be of any ser.
vice to you, You arc welcome.
TO TIE AFFLICTED.
If your Druggist is out of the Salve and neRieets
to keep supplied, send seventy five cents directed
below, md receive box by return mail
Put up in Boxes at so cents each Prepared
BY Mss G: SAWYER, and put up by L. NJ.
gtst. Rockland, Me. A Trial Box sent free
BY mail on receipt of seventy-fv 1--WE cents BY L. n.
ROBBINS, Rockland Ne.
THIS VALUABLE sALvE Is SOLD By ALL
DEALERS IN MEDICINES.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

LAST CHANcE.-Highest prize $780,.
600, to be drawn March 18th. in aid of the s,cl
and destitute 4: Mercy Hospital, Omaha, Neb
Tickets, $3 each, or two for S5. Extraordin-
ary Inducements to clubs. Agents wanted
Full particulars. Address PATHS l. GARD1NER
Omaha, Nebraska,-Cona.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

Few of our institutions are accom-
plishing 60 much for the general we'll being of
society as the system Of Life Assurance.
Numberless families have been saved by it's
fundamentally from poverty and dependence.
1t furnishes an incentive to and the means for
| wise provision against the future, and the
changes which it may have in store. This
system is yearly growing in the favor of the
public, and all classes, whether rich or poor.
| are more and more disposed to avail Them
selves of the advantages which it rings within
their reach. This is demonstrated by the
rapidly increasing business of some of our
leading life insurance companies. The annual
statement of the New York Life Insurance
Company, of 3i6 and 348 Broadway, New
York, just published, makes an exhibit,
with which its policy-holders may we'll
be gratifed, and of which its officers
have good reason to be proud. The assets OF
this Company have increased during the last
ten years from 81, 500, 900 to nearly 800 ,OUO,-
OOO. The number Of policies issued by it
during the last year is 8.90S, insuriuy over
! S24.6OO 600. An annual d., idend has been de-
clared from its divisiole surplus of nearly 81
5OO OOO. such statement as this speaks
loudly in favor of the prudence and deal
with which the business management of this
company has been conducted. The New York
Lie has age and experience, andis we'll known
10 he one OF the soundest corporations in the
country, and the efficiency of management
winch has secured it such success in tho past
Is sufficient warrant for the expectation of
continued prosperity in the future.-Ne,o
York Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

e, For SALE B1-GREENE / BUTTON. II. BOS-
WORTH SONS. and DOHMEN, SCHMIDT /
FIT FIT EeDSpALL. Ghisseoi MOVES BROS. CUT
L1NS BROS, St, t0uiR
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

On EvERYBoDY's Observation-Disclosures of
tho E5eat National Reeenersto. Of Health. P1AxrA,
TON BITTERS. are overybodys5 tongue. This IRA.
tuttous Utro soes advertising u bettSf than III the
pnfnR to which the owners Of bogus 6ittero
about which carries conviction TO the mind Of the
aaditor But 1t IL wellknev fact that the propre-
upon Newspaper bosterug to ssabltsh the success
preparation which owes it, astonishing popularity
nave either szPerenoed o. bssn The Of
tho length and breadth Of tho land.-Ckn.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

HELP FOR THE HOPELESS are
weak, detected, miserable, and nothing
does you any good, you say. Don't
despair. There is balm in Gilead,
Have yon tried Vinegar Bitters9 No!
Then why don't you Do net insist that
such thing as a uitol etirir is impos-
sible before you have tested the prop
critics of this marvellous Vegetable Re-
stocative. Whether your complaint be
dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous weak
ness, constitutional debility, or any
other trouble, Vinegar Bitters will re-
vive and renovate your shattered sys-
ten, as genial rain retreshes the with
cred flowers-CO1n.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser, having boon permanently cured of
tsst dread asoa 80 by Elm PIE remedy,
means Of cure TO all who desire it. will &c ID
copy Of the prescription used. Gree Of chars With
whtca they will find 4 SURE CURE FOB CoNsU.1prloN,
ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, &c.
Parties wishing tn pr ecItrtiom VIII please address
RI, DWARD A. WILSON,
"a South Thi I'd street, William sburgh NY.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

THE strawberry season ut Santa Bar.
bara opened Jan. "a.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
IT is q rare thing that physicians

II !" rare tn1ng That physicians
give any countenance to medicine, the man.
ufacture Of which il secret. About the only
exception we know Of is J0hnso.s's Anodune
Imminent: This, We believe, all endorse, and
many OF them use it in their practice with great
success.
PERSONS requiring purgatives or pills should
DO careful what they buy. Some pills not only
cause gripping pains, but leave the bowels in a
torrpld. costive state. Parsons Purgatiue Pills
will relieve the bowels ar ID cleanse the blood
without injury to the sYstem.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
Periodic Ois0rfRera.

Pef100lC Ut0OE0eEBs
The paroxysmal nnaladies which arc characterized
by heat and cold prevail extensively It this season.
and 1t u curious fast that TN many paEts Of the
country where they are prevalent other diseases
that bear no general resemblance to fever and
or remittent fever, assume periodic type. Thus,
in many sections infested with chiIls and fever,
rheumatism, neuralgia, hysteris, diarrhus, &C.,
sometimes become intermittent, thereby indicating
that they have been sneendered by the same
GUS exhala&tons which produce the first named d.
ase
In all these masked cases Of sgus-for such they
are-as well - in the regular ntermhents the most
safe and reliable remedy that can be administered 10
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Neither Quinine nor
arsenic are needed. Both in the highest degree
dangerous. and are sure 70 leave sad traces Of
their poisonous action In the system, whether they
arrest tho paroxysms not. In many instances III
the so-called specifics Of tho Irregular" uateria
medica utterly fail to "break up Intermittent and
remttent dtsorders But the great vegetable Tonic
never fails. The spasm Of the minute blood-vesses
which causes the chill u tho result Of nervous weak
nnwholee9me atmosphere, and the tone and yisor
to throw OF the disease. The wiser policy however
~ to anticipate attacks of this nature by srousne al
the latent energies Of the body at the commence
lnent OF the moist and chilly season, With this in
comparable antidote. By pursuing this course. in.
termittens, remittents, rheumatism, colic bilious
ness. dyspepsia aud pulmonary affections may
always he prevented.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07
The New ChicaRO.

Phelps, Dodge l. Palmer, wholesale boots
and shoes, have removed from their temporary
quarters, 2l9 Michigan avenue, to their new
brick store, button their own premises-at
48 and so Wabash avenue-in the most ann
stantial manner, with elegant Offices, and
every convenience for their large trade. ex-
tending over the whole Northwest, and reach
Buying their goods strictly for cash, they are
able to sell their customers the best class of
goods at the lowest prices. They are one of
the few houses in Chicago that paid up every
dollar Of indebtedness Immediately after the
IRE. During eight years business here, they
nave established = reputation for enterprise,
integrity and fair dealing second to no house in
the city, and fully represent the energy, treless
activity and thrift Of the new Chicago.
They manufacture largely the highest grade
OF custom boots, with the best and most
improved machinery, as before the fire.
Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-07

FROM Maine to California millions of children arc
wearing SILVER TIPPED shoes-why not, they sse
the cheapest and never wear through At the toe.
Try them.