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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
4 L1,licrOus Joke.

The Richmond Register tells this ::
% At dance given by l.. Coyle, in
Kingston, a few nights since, there were
number of married ladies' present who
brought their babies along. Feeling
inclined to trip the light fantastic q
round or two, they left their progenies
in an adjoining room in charge Of Mr..
Coyle and Joe Maunin, who had kindly
volunteered to be mamas act interim to
the innocents. During tie absence Of
the fond parents, Tom and Joe con-
cluded to swap clothes, and in a short
time every baby sported him or herself
in foreign habiliments. The mothers,
after an hour or SOS devotion to Terpsi-
chorean delights, took each their baby
vestments and the dear little forms
therein contained, and retired to their
respective and cnce happy homes. On
preparing the little ones for the crib.
sexes had changed-girls were boys and
boys glrls--and with one universal veil
the outraged Materials set out on q
baby hunt. At last accounts most all
had, by the strawberry mark sue
ceeded in recovering the lost heirs; but
Joe and Coyle are said to be non, est
when any of those mothers are in or
about Kingston"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
Why Lace is Costly.

The finest specimen of Brussels lace
is SO complicated as to require the Ia
Dor OF seven persons on one piece, and
each operative is employed at distinct
features of the work. The thread used
il Of exquisite fineness, which is spun
III dark underground rooms, where it is
sufficiently moist to prevent the thread
from separating. 1t is so delicate as
scarcely to be seen, and the room is so
arranged that all the light admitted
shall fall upon the work. It is such
material that renders tie genuine Brus-
sells ground so costly. On piece of
Valenciennes not two inches wide, from
two to three hume red bobbins arc some
times used and for larger width as
many as eight hundred On the same
pillow
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
BUFFALO. n. Y. Dec. 13. 1870

DIR. r. V. PIERCE For the past six
months l have used your Golden Med
ical Discovery in my practice and in
that time [ have tested its merits in
severe coughs, both acute and chronic.
IN chronic diseases OF the throat, severe
cases Of bronchitis, general derange-
ment of the system, constipated condl-
ton OF the bowels, and wherever a
thorough Alternative, or blood purifier.
has been indicated. In all cases / have
found it to act gently yet thoroughly
and eftcctually i'll removing the various
diseased conditions, and bringing
about healthy action throughout tho
system. Yours fraternally,
500. Ill., H,r1, Nh
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

INTOXICATING NosrRuns.- per.
sons who have scruples Of conscience
against perpendicular drinking" at
tavern bars, can become blind drunk
on almost any Of the advertised
'tonics or "invigorants in half an
hour. There is however one exception
to this rule. Nobody can "get over
the bay" on VINEGAR R1rrkRs. for the
simple reason that this famous 1enoya-
ting and regulating medicine contains
no dihusive stimulants of any kind.
Yet its strength .reserving properties
are marvellous. It restores the relish
for food when all other appetizers fail;
imparts unwonted vigor to the diges-
tive functions; regulates the flow of
bile; soothes the nervous system; promotes
heatthfui sleep and tends to produce that
condition of body and brain, which in supposed
to DO most conducive to longevity and the en-
joyment OF life. it, specific effects in acute
and chronic disorders affecting the stomach.
the the bowels, the spine, the kidneys, tho feshy
h6ro, the muscles and the lungs, are consider
cd by competent judges the most extraordi-
nary medical phenomena of the ago. Vinegar
B'ttors has now larger sale than any Of the
splrituous astringents, and it's immense popu-
larty in land whore the people observe
closely, test thoroughly, and act Independent
y. 10 10 itself sufficient guarantee of the
excellence Of the medicine. We recommend
it to all.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

A TRANSFER lately drank dose of
medicine which was intended for his
horse, and does not mean to doctor
that animal any more, as he thinks
that the diseases are few which can
possibly be worse than the remedy.
The little dose which he took was COM
pounded Of the following ingredients {:
Corrosive sublimate, cantl,ari,les (Span-
ish tiies). mercucial ointment, oil of
wormwood, oil of turpentine, oil of
spike, nitric acid, md veraigris.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
Calves Instcad or Pigs,


A Merrimac County, N. H., farmer,
who makes farming pay, says he shall
have no pigs about his premises this
year. Says he can fat ten calves at a
profit with his skim milk, while the
pigs would not pay for their keeping.
BY feeding calves with about as much
skim milk as they will take-giving it
morning, noon and night-they grow
rapidly, and in a few weeks make ex
cellent veal that always commands a
price, which pays him good profit for
his milk. He buys calves all through
the spring and summer for this pur-
pose. Sometimes he has some extra
nice ones, which are always sure to catch
the eye of his neighbour or fellow towns
men who are willing to pay extra prices
have no calves, what do you do with
the milk and slops that accumulate in
your kitchen9' we inquired. Feed
them to the COWS" he replied. He said,
when q COW or q colt once learns to
drink milk they will take all they can
get. He also feeds his hens with sour
curd. After milk sours he places it
upon the stove and heats 1t until a thick
curd is formed and the whey separates
from it. This curd he feeds to the hens.
and he considers 1t superior egg
producing feed. Without being sub.
jected to the heating process. he con-
siders it of less value, as the whey makes
too much liquid for the fowls. This
curd he considers the very best feed for
young chickens and turkeys. Fed in
fl,ooo movo m I,ia oni malls ouI foxv1o ho
is confident that he gets fair price for
HE milk, while feeding it to pigs he
would get nothing, for it would require
more meal to fat them in the fall than
their bodies would bring in the market.
This, of course, is on the supposltlon
that pork is to remain Iowa SUPPOSE
ton, considering all circumstances, not
| improbable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

TIE old Church of the Messiah, on
Broadway, was altered over into the
atre several years ago, has had its
name changed eleven times, AMI never
has paid any lessee. The last failure
was tho production of " play entitled
"l3old,' of which the New York Times
h"l'l it was the most contemplate rep
resentation it's critic ever witnessed.
The audiences did not pay the gas
bills.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
The Princess Bonaparte, Drcssmaker.


dressmaking establishment at 81 Benel
street, London, is thus described: A
sober page in buttons conducts the Wis
ltor to room "arranged with taste
and an elegance which English NODE
makers-adepts in the art of CATCH
penny decoration-would do we'll to
initiate. Quiet tones in the coloring
OF carpet and curtains, not too MANY
mirrors nor redundancy of gliding,
and three or four valuable prints and
paintings, as substitutes for the usual
garish pink and yellow" Here pre-.
sides the Princess-a tall, very hand.
some woman-over q bevy Of young
work-women she had obtained for her
purpose from Paris, AMI whose unch1r-
noned heads and plain neatness
OF dress are admirably in keeping with
the practical business objects of the
place. Having adopted dressmakine
as vocation, the Princess enters earn
estly into itsa1nercantile spirit, and
desires the custom of the poor as we'll
as the rich. There should be estab-
lished IN England, she thinks, a "good
middle-class school of dressmakine -
the same as that, which, in Paris,
makes grisette as neat, dainty, and
adds, II buy dresses-a thousand
francs each is cheap-of Worth, and by
using them as models for my own work
women, can give my customers exact
counterparts of his masterpieces at
less than half his prices. Mine is
democratic dressmaking, you perceive.
and am not afraid of the word" The
ladies may be able to tell lust
how sound this speech is in art, and
how much of good suggestions it may
have for New York, as for London; hui
how thoroughly French is the whole
tableau of Princess turned na0diste
With full length portraits of her hus.
and's great ancestor, Napoleon l.,
among the few pictures decorating the
walls of her modest ward-room. this
formerly naughty lady of Autenil moi
only adopts dressmaking with fervor.
but expounds it's art with q grace almost
Persuading the nearer to imagine that
there may be really something princely
in IL.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

No Person cnM tn]xe these Bltters accord
ing to directions, and remain long un~c, provided
their bones destroyed by mineral poison other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
Of repair.
DyspepsIn o. Indigestion. Headache, Pain
IN the Shoulders Coughs, Jightness Of the Chest Dir
z'nc*s, Sour Eruc:atinns Of the Stomach, Fad Taste
~ the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Paiitation Of the
Heart, inflammation Of the Lungs Pain in the regions
M the Kidneys, and hundred other painful symptoms.
are The "'iSpr;nrs i Dyspepsia. In these complaints
mas n' equal, and bottle viii Iro-c Letter guar
antee OF Ms merits t,an lengthy advertisement
"oT Tcna1e Com Hillts, IN Young or Old,
married or SINGLE tie dawn Of wl.,anl,ood or the
tu6" OF lie. these Tonic Ecrs display SO decided All
,;be. - OWL" pe'|ei-
Dlattsln and Govt, Bilious Rcmittcu, and tn,rr.
ntlcnt Feve:s Dsea ics Of the Ei.,A Liver K;Gn-v,
and Bladder. these Eli:ers have no equal Sncl1 Dis
eases caused Ivy Initiated Blood which is generally
produced by arrangement uf ri:c Digestive ORGANS
They are - Gentle 1'urs,asive ns well m
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit Of acting
powerful agent III relieving Congestion Ina,r-
nation Of the Liver and visceral Organs, and in Bilious
Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Erupiious, letter, Sal,
Rleum, Eo,ces, Spots, Pimpes, Pustnes, Boils Car
buncles Ring WORMS, Scad-IIead, Sore Eyes, Fry
spcas, Itch Scur, DscoIoratons Of the Skin, H'nos
are literally dug mp and carried Of the system in
short time by the of these Bit,ers
Grateful Thousands proclaim vrsEcAR BiT-
TIERS the most wonderful! lnvosant that sustained
the sinking system.
] WALKER, Pro.,r. II. II. MCDONALD T. CO..
Druggists and Cen Agts, San francisco and New York
~ SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

are also we'll known domestic flower.
though by daylight are apt to look q
little faded. They look best by lamp
light, and are often seen growing by
the side OF parlor walls during little
parties and balls. They grow without
much cultivation.
An out-of-door plant much in vogue
during the rainy month of April is
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
VIRGINIA OREKPKRe

are foreign plant first introduced into
our country by Caesar, and are healthy
growers. They make their appearance
in the South in early spring, and being
hardy they continue to bloom through
out the season. They are very fra
grant.
These, Mr.. Editor, are some of our
most interesting domestic productions,
and hope many of them are familiar
to your readers. Yours,
HAN0LEWUpTEn1..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
Tho Housch hold.
INRxPENsIvE ORNAMENTS.

Thore is no ornament inside or out
side Of our houses 80 cheap and
tasteful Is plants and flowers. Few
pause to regard tho architecture of
your rooms of your house, but the
beauty OF Towering shrubs, or the liv
ing arabcsque Of thrcfty creeper ever
your door, are lessons of tast and beau
ty. Indeed, suburban residences are
sadly deficient without these simple
and beautiful accessories, always within
the reach of taste and refinement, no
matter how empty the purse. As tho
real necessitios of ife require the least
expenditure of time and money, 80 the
objects which tend truly to satisfy the
love OF the beautiful in nature are with
in the reach of our humblest children.
FRENCH RoLLs.-BOil ore pint of
milk cut up two ounces of butter into
it, add little salt when tepid sift in
one pound of flour, ~one egg beaten,
one teaspoonful yeast; beat these we'll
together; when risen form into rolls,
with rs little handling Us possible.
Bake on tins.
PoTATo RoLLs.-Boil two pounds
potatoes, pass through colander, or
mash them we'll !; add two ounces but
ter and a pint milk little salt, one
gill yeast, and a. much -four 40 will
make q soft dough set them to rise
when hight cut Thorn in cakes let them
rise half an hour and bake. Sweet
potatoes make beautiful biscuit, mixed
as above.
SODA CAKD.--Yhree pints -four, three
teaspoonsful dry cream. tartar, butter
the size of walnut, soda, one tea
spoonful dissolved in milk. Make o
soft dough with milk and bake immedi-
ately one-quarter hour.
FLANNEL CAKEs.-O Ono quart milk,
four eggs, one cup yeast, one dessert
spoonful salt, flour enough for thin
nish batter. Set to rise as above; bake
like buckwhat cakes. Cakes halt In
dian and half buckwheat are very nice.
Quick good cakes may be made by leav-
ing out the eggs.
10 MAKE Coop B1rTERs. half
an ounce of the yolk OF fresh eggs,
carefully separated from the whites
half an ounce of gentian root ono and
=" AAssAA uA"AA0 "a O10A6c PooA, 0uU Oue
pint Of boiling water: Pour the water
hot upon the ingredients mentioned,
and let them steep in it for two hours
then stir and bottle for use.
RHuBARB P1E.-Prepare the stalks
for pee!ing off the thin, reddish skin,
and cutting in half or three-quarter
inch pieces, which spread evenly in
your crust-lined tins. Slit on a little
flower, to which add a bit of butter and
q tcacup of sugar, if for q large pie.
However, when it is desirable to econ
omise sugar, OF: when very sharp,
sour taste Is not relished, a pinch Of
soda may be used to advantage, with
less sugar, as it goas far toward Heu-
tralizing the acid. 1--WE would add
save all your suplus pie-plant, prepare
it for use, and dry in the sun, az stove.
heat turns it dark colored. Soak and
stew for winter use, with sugar and
soda as above for pies. It makes also
q nice sauce for tea.)
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
ITS BENEFICIAL EFFEOrs ON FRUIT.

We are assured by persons who have
recently made experiments with plaster
upon fruit trees that the effects are
plainly pc ceivable. They state that
when it was applied to only one side of
tree the frnit was larger aud better
than on the side where it was not ap-
piled. 1t is worth trial by every fruit
grower.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

gloss and freshness Of yoaetA. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the. follicles are de-
stroycd, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such IS remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, 50 that q new
growth of hair is produced Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruf; which is often 50 I'M
clearly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. IF wanted
merely for HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be 70, nd 80 desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume. :,
PREPARED BY
Dr.. J. C. Aver s Co., Practical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS. LISA.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
A Few Hints to Florists.

MIR. EDrToR:-As this is the season
for tho commencement of our labor in
the floral line, I submit to you . few
remarks on some of the novelties
A plant known to many and admired
bY some. is
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
CurculiO on Pluns.

L
A writer in tho Germantown Tele-
graph says:
/ have seen various methods for keep
ing these insects off plum trees. but
none SO simple, nor yet SO effectual,
rs the following: Soak corn.cobs in
sweetened water until thoroughly sat
urated, then suspend them to the limbs
Of the trees little while after blossom
ing, being sure to burn the cobs after
the fruit ripens, as, they will be found
full of young insects. A good plan is
to change the cobs every few weeks.
My theory is this, that the insects
deposit their eggs in the cobs in pre-
ference to doing 80 in the young plums.
The first season tried it upon one or
two only, aud in the summer was re-
warded by good crop of rs fine plums
as ever ripened, while those on the
other trees fell Off when about half
grown. Next spring found sweetcnetl
corn. cobs dangling from the limbs Of
all my plum trees, and the summer
found them full of delicious fruit. I
have never known it to fail, and hope
every one who has plum tree will try
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

A New YORK bachelor recently gave a
very gorgeous banquet to seventy.five
ladies' and gentlemen in Delmonico's
Dig oval room. The immense table was
tl9ned over, filed with moss, aud stuck
full OF the richest flowers. Scallops in
the f1ower-bed admitted the necessary
plates, and in front of each plate was q
little silvered column trimmed with
flowers, and a festoon of the same
reaching to the next pillar. The deco
ratlons furnished by the florist alone
cost $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

This modest little flower comes up
about eight O'Clock in the morning in
summer md nine in winter. It unfolds
and is seen to advantage late in the
afternoon. The above was drawn and
engraved from very fine specimen in
my own possession.
The next domestic plant is
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

Miss RAMSAY, the .lnue liter Of Gen.
Ramsay, United States Army, took the
vows and received the veil of the sister,
hood attached to st. Johns hospital,
Washington, IL short time since.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

NO Pill IN THE WORLD ever had any
thing like the circulation of ArxR's P11Is.
I'M these States Mexico, and the Con-
tr1 American Republics, down tho slopes Of the
Andes and across the pampas Of South
America ;'. in negro villages, amid the fervid
WIGS TnS:s OF Africa, throughout the junales Of
indla, and the steppes Of interior Asia. over
the continent Of Australia, and the islands Of
the Pacific, these Pills are known and every
Where 1?e used ~ family remedies for diseases.
win distant nations, their wonderful cures
t ~ t more attention than they do It home
or bold on their minds than tho results Of a
high scientific skill with us. The amount con
sumed req':ires seventy-fve thousand doses
gay to supply it. An inspection of the manu-
factory showed us how this enormous demand
IL made and sustained. Added to the con-
summate skill of their composition, is IN
extreme care in their manufacture. which at
once secures the most perfect material and
ther most accurate combination. The conse-
4uence is power and certainty in controlling
disease which other remedies never attained.
baltimore Courier
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

HE purest and sweetest Cod Liver
Ou IN the world is HAZARD Il CAswH1Ls
iivers, by CAswEI1, HAZARD l. Co., New York.
1t 10 absolutely pure and s,ceet, Patients who
nave once taken it prefer it to al others.
rhysicians have decided it superior to any OF
the other oils in markot-Com
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

A ScorcH nobleman one day visited a
lawyer Mt his Office, in which there was.
at the same time, a blazing fire, which
led him to exclaim: "Mr. -. your
office is as hot as any oven." $50 It
should he, my lord, replied the lawyer,
"ns it is here that | make my bread"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

RUPTURE can be cured without suffer-
ing. Elastic Trusses are superseding all 9th
err. Before buying Metal Trusses or Support
Elastic Truss Co., 68S broadway. n. " Com
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
$gzR AsallE - S1R
@3E@zFStr.*xfs S@zz@E2
oX0WE POLISH.

For Beauty ofPo:'sh. Saving; Labor, Clean
iineee, Durability 4 Cheapness, VneQaaIed.
kEMA:E or W0:THLESs INVITATIONS under o.hr
cames hut resembling in shape and color wrappcr
int Idcd to deceive.
Use, At twelve ccts per pound-tweriy-fv and hftv
pound boxes. "Cheaer than am other Bulk Polish for
nothing
TME RlsJxG sCy JNREK rExC1I--No Sharpenin.
Cheap and articles purpose
ThE Rising SIX kI.i; < LEAD LERRICATOk. FoYaxles
bearings and machinery. Lasts tx times long g oil
alone. Ell and 20 Id. boxes Is cents per b. TryM
MORSE Bros, Prop'su., Canton, a1ese
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

This troublesome little plant begins
TO blo,0 generally twice year, about
the Christmas holidays and Fourth of
July. If you are not careful it will run
all over the house, causing a great deal
OF annoyance to the inmates. It re-
Quires often pruning.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

Q, That WERE BEAurfuI! IL tho nm
SPOKEN wjsh OF thousands Of women to whom natuys
has denied ths charm Of . pure, fresh trsn,psrent
Gomplexeon: Ts crafty this wish hAaAH's NAGNoIIA
beod poisonous By the most distine
oee@'ste and vas also found that their u1timate
external nsryss The ladies' hailed With deiisht tie
sdvecS OF healthfu! herbal and floral preparation
porcelain ,moothnese and tinse ike that Of the In.
en- oriental pearl They discovered that It Wa
Proachable. unauestionabiy the MAGNOLIA BAlSc hss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

1sssr 1.s4eorceorA purely Vegetable Cs.hs1t,e and
headache. Bilious Attacks. and iii dersncements Of
dver stomach and Bowels. Ask your DfneRisk Tor It.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23
SAYS late issue of the PHILADELPHIA

0A1o 1HCo 1Sbue OF Tue PhlladeIphl0
Guy Item " Ingenuity has been taxed to find
the surest and most direct means of reaching
tho public. and the business man who would
advertise !. .:pecialty, and get the greatest
est space Of time, is compelled to 20 70 Geo
r. RoweA Co., Of N. 7. for advice. Why to
thus houee7 Because it 10 the head and front
OF the advertising business. It is prompt.
methodical and clear in it's transactions, and
possesses the confidence Of all the houses
which advertise most."-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

FRANCE exports more playing cards
to foreign countries than she uses ut
home.