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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
The Cotton CrOn.

The November report of the statisti-
clan of the Department of Agriculture
gives. the cotton prospects Substantial
ly the same interpretation as the SOcto-s
beI statement. While the returns of
the condition since August have been
much below the average, they have
been lighter than the corresp onding
month the previous season, averaging
in October Y against 76, and in Sep
TENDER 81 against 80. The November
returns give an. average increase over
1871, of about Is per cent, with the
area in cultivation 10 to ID per cent.
The CONF. comparison son. BY states with
last years crop is as follows ::
North Carolina, 121; South Carolina,
1874; Georgia, 119: Florida, 102; Ala
bama, Ill; Mississippi, liz; Louisi-
ana, 121; Texas, 726; Arkansas, IFS :;
Tennessee, no; Missouri. Virginia,
Illinois and other states which pro
duced $4,000 bales in 1860, and in
which cotton culture was stimulated in
several subsequent years, now scarcely
yield 10 per cent. of TINT amount. The
total production as indicated by the
returns the first week in November is
made nearly 3,450,O0O commercial
The area under cotton culture in Ar.
kansas is 693, 512 acres Tennessee,
E1Q GOE
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
Anecdote Of Queen Victoria,

During tho visit OF Queen Victoria IL
Dunrohin Castle, tho seat OF tho Duke IF
Sutherland, some weeks ago, an incident
occurred which is just made public. The
duke war having shaft sunk. on his cs.
tate for tho purpose of proving some
mines, and there were engaged in the
work several GOLFERS from Shropshire.
The queen being told of the mining OPP
perations expressed II desire 10 visit the
spot, whittier she WAS escorted by the
duke. While standing on the bank in
speeding the work it began to rain. a few
yards ct one ofthe men was saving tim.
Der, and not being aware of tho presence
Of royalty, needless OF the rain, continued
his work without Il coat. Presently he
was surprised to feel light. touch, and on
looking up perceived the duke, who laid
costly rug on his shoulders, ut the same
time cxclaiming: "The Queen requested
! me to present You with her own rug you
may keep it and wear it." Tho mans
surprise and tho remainder of tho story
may moro oasi!y imagined than described.
Nln. JOHN BlGLlN, the oarsnan, has
engaged to make up boat crew among
the students at Dartmouth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
Suburban New Fork,

Quite spirited contest is going on
at the present moment in the thriving
towns Of West Farms, Yonkers, Norris
ania and West Chester, as to whether
they shall be consolidated under one
government, or continue their individ-
'nal existence Mor1isania includes No
less than Is separate villages, West
Farms has 10, and West Chester and
Yonkers as many more. An have sep
arate municipal government, With. =
separate indebtedness from, $500 to =
81, O00, 900. One party favors the con-
solidation of towns and an independ-
ent government while another pro,
poses to annex the whole to New York
at once. and possess the privileges Of
that city-.he right to gas, water, pc.
lice and municipal goveznment-with-
ont separate expense. The subject
will come before the New York Legis.
lature this winter. e 49, 81,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
A Malt House Destroyed BY . Deg.
Erum the n. Y. Sun Of Thufpday. ::

Yesterday morning large woolly
dog in Schmidt & Altenbrandt's malt
house, at North Seventh aud Sixth
streets, Williamsburgh, set fire to the
building, entailing damage of $50. :
600. The dog perished in the flames.
In the runs his charred carcass was
visible. One of the proprietors of the
malt house pointed to the object, say
ing, There is the fellow Who caused
the ruin. When we stop. work he was
always placed in the furnace room,
where he rolls himself up to sleep in
front of the fire; being woolly fellow,
his hair took fire, and he rushed into
the drying room, communicating the
flame to the combustibles stored in
THERE
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
Lady Shaftesbury's Death.

BY the death of Lady Shaftesbury
many noble families have been put in
mourning. With her London LOST one
of those distinguished female elements
which once made Lord Palmerston,1
houses the center of the most intellect
ual society. All attempts. and they
are many, to form such another center
have hitherto failed. The loss
caused by Lord Palmerston's death in
social life has not yet been repaired.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05

was daHcihg IN tile parlor, and had Just
led a gyoung lady Of the Matilda Lane
stamp to her mammMswhen saw Mar,
standing with the dining room girls OF
the piazza. I went out, shaking he,
cordially by the harAl, told her how
Interested had beek in her success,
aud how proud I was to find Green
land girl so accomplished. She blush
ed, and thanked me, and said, in g
modest way, that she. was very glad il
we were all suited, and then Norton
came mp and expressed his entire graft,
fication with what she had done. As
she stood there in white pique dress,
with a scarlet bow at her throat. and
her dark hair neatly arranged. she
looked every inch of 1 lady.
"Do me the favor, Miss Lvford. >
said I, to dance the next cotillion with
me-"
"Ah! Mr.. Foster" she replied, look.
ling archly at Norton, "tlat isn't ex
pected of the help,
The. help!'- T. sale, Indignantly.
"You are queen of the establishment,
and invite you to dance, and SO does
"Certainly I d." he answered. eco
and show the company that you are at
home in the parlor as we'll as the kitch.
en-" So, smiling and blushing. she
took my ARM
"DIdn't we make a sensation when
we went in! Perhaps there was no
fellow there with better social posi-.
ton (you know the phrase) than I =;
and had been quite favorite with
the ladies. You should have seen them
when we took our places on the floor !!
Some laughed, some frowned, some
whispered to their neighbors but
paid not the slightest attention to it at
all, aud Mary looked so pretty, and went
through the dance with such grace and
dignity, that before it was over I be-
lieve all regarded her with admiration.
l didn't wait for comments, but escort.
ed her out as If she had been the belle
of Boston.
Goodnight, Miss Lyford," I said,
when we reached the hall. 1 am going
in the morning; but shall see you
again when you get back to Green
land" =
"Good-nieht, Mr.. Foster" she re-
piled. II thank you for your kind.
ness" Then she added laughing
Have you any orders for breakfast o.
"Why, yes, I should like to remem'
her you by plate of such mullins az
we had yesterday"
"You shall have them, sir, " she said,
as she Disappeared in the doorway,
And have them / did. .:
"Three weeks later Mary came home
to Gre enland, with more than hun
bred dollars in her purse aud fame
that was worth thousands. I went tc
see her at her fathers house. I found
her every way excellent and lovely;
and the end was that at Christmas w
we're married."
Glorious!" exclaimed. " Give
me your hand, Tom! I was, afraid lou
had been taken in by some Matilda
Lane"
EDO you think I'm a fool 2" said he.
Then I told him of my own choice,
and was still talking when the train
stopped at the Greenland station.
We soon arrived at his hospitable
home. His wife was all he had pict,,r.
ed her: refined, intelligent, handsome
woman, who would develop and grow
in attractiveness every year Of her life.
After q merry evening in their pleasant
parlOr, I went to bee, and dreamed that
the Millennium had come, and that oil
women were like my blue-eyed girl and
Mrs. Tom Foster.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
The Postal System...R Recommended
in the Postmaster Generals RebOrt.

The Postal System...Recommen
in the Postmaster Generals Report.
The Postmaster Generals report will
be full CT valuable data and bristling
with recommendations. He renews his
reference to the inadequate compen "a.
ton for the railroad service, especially
as the public convenience demands the
use of postal cars. This branch of the
postal service has, during the last fis-
cal year, been extended over {, ia miles
additional. The entire postal service
demands the employment of 254 clerks,
II special agents, 760 route agents, 156
mail route messengers and SO local
agents, while the railroad branch alone
employs 669 route clerks. There are
also over 1000 post.of6ces. During
the last fiscal year the money order
system has been greatly extended, 376
Offices having been established: The
amount transmitted through money
orders has been $48,515, 532 against
$40, 161 118-an increase Of Sc, 354, Ala.
In this connection the, international
system is also shown to- be working
we'll though slowly, and reference
is made to o previous recommen-
dation IN relation to the establishment
of postal savings bank system: The
English statistics given show, it is
claimed, that no decrease in the depo-
sits of ordinary savings banks has fol.
lowed from the organization of the
postal bank system, but that, on the
contrary, both increase. It is suggested
that the government savings deposit
afford better test of what the wages
class accumulate, as the amount to be
deposited is limited, and, unlike the
ordinary savings bank, the depositor
cannot distribute large amounts in diff
ferent institutions in order to secure
the better interest given to encourage
thrift. Reference is made to the I'M
mediate popular demand for the penny
postage cards, authorized by an act Of
the las: session, but which could not
be supplied because of the failure OF
Congress to appropriate any money to
get them made, and the prohibition by
general law of the former practice Of
entering into contracts in anticipation
of appropriations to be made for thei,
payment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
Mathis.


40 A1S0e|A A1nhHAASo''
Gray earth, gray mist, gray sky:
Through vapors hurrying BY,
Larger than wont, on high
Floats the horned, yellow moon.
Chill airs arc family stirred,
And far away is heard,
OF some frcsh-wakercd bird,
Tho querulous, sl,rill tune.
The dark mist hides the face
OF the dim land: NJ trace
Of rock or rivers place
In tho thick air is drawn;
But dripping grass smells sweet,
And rustling branches meet,
And sounding waters greet !;
The slow, sure, sacred dawn.
Past is the long black night,
With it's keen lightnings white,
Thunder and floods: new light
The glimmering low cast strcaks.
The dense clouds part: between
Their jagged rents arc seen
Pale reaches blue and green,
As the mirk curtain breaks.
Above the shadowy world,
Still more and more unfurled
The gathered mists urcurlcd
Like phantoms melt aud pass.
In clcar.obscure revealed,
Brown wood, gray stream, dark field
Fresh, healthy odors yield
Wet burrows, flowers aud grass.
The sudden. splendid CLEAN
OF one thin, golden beam
Shoots from the feathered lin
Ofyon hill crowned with woods.
Down its empowered side,
As living waters slide,
So the great morning tide
Follows in sunny floods.
From bush and hedge and trco
Joy, unrestrained and free,
Breaks forth in melody,
Tw,tter and ch,rp and song:
Alive the festal mir
With gauze-winged creatures fair,
That flicker everywhere,
Dart, poise and flash along. =
The shining mists are gone,
Slight films Of gold swift-blown
Before the strong, bright sun
Or the'deep-colored skys;
= A world fife and glow ~ + :
Sparkles and basks below,
Where the soft meads arrow,
Hoary with dew-fall, lie.
Docs not the morn break thus,
Swift, bright. victorious, !
With new skies cleared foru,
Over the soul storm-:ost?
Her night was long and deep,
Strange visions vcxed her sleep,
Strange eorrows babe her wccp,-
Her faith in dawn was lost. -.
No halt, no rest for her, :, !
The immortal wanderer j.
From sphere to higher sphere,
Toward the pure source of day.
The new light shamesiher fears,
Her faithlessness, her tears,
As the new;sun appears
To light her god]ike way.
-LippincoNs Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
Singular Dulal.

The Paris papers tell of duel on the
piano between two musicians. They
played for forty eight hours without
food or drink. Having commenced
with the pieces of scdate character.
they passed on to waltzes, and thence
to operate music. One had played the
Miserere in "n Trovatore" $50 times,
and was commencing ON the 581st per-
formance of that piece when he sank to
rise no more. The other was convened
to the hospital, his life being despaircd
Of, nnl tho fOnr seconds arc suffering
from mental alteration
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
4. Emily f.itlf.l.,
,. u soR1lA NAY IcKLKY.

~ S0l1n NAY 1cKLIY.
The poets laureFs seldom more than leaf,
But rarely blossom tin the grave has hid
The weary minstrel, and his song too brief,
But when shuts down on him the coffins lid,
Up springs IT, Immortal bay around the urn;
Twines deathless memories round shrine
gold.
And bids the world it, homage yield: return
With interest the need begrudged Of old!
So thou, brave champion Of = noble cause,
Shalt be remembered when the silent grave
Must still thy voice and friendships sweet
applause - : -. -s.<t
Shall on Fame's records thy pure name en-
grave,
And say--she gave youth, strength and lite
away
To plead the Cause Of Woman, in her day.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05

JEFF. DAVIS got one vote for Presi-
dent in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05

PRESIDENT GRANT Inns sent magni-
ticcnt gold chronometer to Captain
Iccalerc, for having saved, on Decem-
hrr l, 1870, the crew of the Amerlcan
ship Wyman, struck by lightning on
tho Atlantic. The presentation took
place at Antwerp on the 21st ult.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05
Cat Show.

The cat show at the Crystal Palace in
London is generally spoken of IN the news
papers Of that city. Each cat is enclosed
in 4 neat wire- work cage, with plenty Of
room for the biggest Of them. In each
cage is cushion for the inmate to repose
upon. They are wcll supplied with both
meat and milk. The number exhibited,
including kittens, is nearly four hundred.
They are divided into four great classes,
with prizes ranging from two guinoas to
five sf,illipgs, including short-haircd, long
haired, and cats belonging exclusively to
to workiugmen. These are again divided
into forty eight classes, beginning with
short-haired tortoise.shell he-cat, and go
ing through all the varieties Of brown
t,lbbies, black and whites, pure white,
and unusual colors. Among the interest
ing animals in the show is IN ocelot, or
young tiger cat. There is II tortoise she'll
le cat valued by his owner ut ESQ. A
tor."ise-shell be-cat Is something entirely
ncw--ca,s of that marking heing almost
invariably "sl,es." No. 95 is valued by
Ills owners, two maiden ladies, ut f5''O.
10 crown all, there is u cat weighing %
hounds without his collar.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05

A SPECIAL dispatch from Berlin. to the Lon
don Times says forty landed proprietors will
probably be elevated to tho peeragc, to qualify
them for seats in the upper house Of the
Landstag.
A DISPATCH from Rome says five persons
who were prominently connected with tho
movement to hold radical meeting III TINT
| city yesterday have been arrested, and vii,
be tried on charge OF high treason. No dis.
turbances followed this action Of tho Govern
ment authorities, and the city remains quiet.
GALES continue in the English Channel, and
have been very destructive in the vicinity of
Dcranport. Her majesty's transport steamer
Himalaya arrived there, and while boa, DO.
longing to hcr was making the shore it cap.
! sized. Ten seaman were drown ed
The U. s. steamer Hartford arrived at Glib.
raltar on Thursday.
SERIOUS troubles arc reported in Tollaunte
pee wl'cr: it IN alleged the Indians nrc uuwil
ling t" obey Iazo'la. They were attacked, by
the troops and Gen. l'Iaco Bcsa was killed,
Lazoda was reported dead, but the news need.
confirmation. President I.crtlo will be iuaug
urated on the LIT OF December.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05

to the mark and climb the hills with
me, her step light and free MS the deer
in the glade below and hold u steady
oar in our boat on the river; and swim
ashore, if need should be; aud then,
when walk or row was over, who could
sit down to a lunch of cold meat and
bread and butter with an appetite as
keen as young Indians after days
hunt; yes and who knew how to be
efficient in the kitchen anil the rarest
ornament of the parlor. How impa-
tient was to SEQ her, the bewitching
maiden whom prince might have been
proud to marry. And again I said to
myself, as went up the Park House
steps: ~ do hope Tom hasn't made a
fool Of himself!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05

dear old uncles of whom We read in
novels. The father, of course, refused
his consent; bat the lovers ran away
to, Killarney and were made one.
Papa, of course, relented, forgiving the
happy pair, and Ill now goes merry ~
q marriage bell. ~ ~, s.s...<Es
{, Wall ,hangings made oftin-fol; are
new Partisan invention, which has been
made the subject of & peperread before
the Society Of Arts. Tho metal is In
sheets about sixteen feet long and from
thirty to forty inches vide. The sheets
are painted and dried at . high tempe
nature and are thsn decorated with
many different patterns, such rs
foliage, flowers, geometIical Figures,
limitations of choice woods or landscape
pictures.
In the Ukr.ine, the women are said
to, court More generally than the men.
Says q writer who describes their man
ner, "When 4 young woman falls IN
love with a man, she il not in the least
ashamed to 60 to his fathers house,
and reveal her passion in the most ten
der and pathetic manner, and to pro-
| nounce the most submissive obedience
if he will accept her Is his wife. Should
the insensible man pretend any excuse,
she tells him she is resolved never to
go out of the house till he gives his
consent, and accordingly, taking up
her lodging, remains there. If he still
obstinately refuses her, his case be-
comes exceeding distressing. The
church is commonly on her side, and
to turn her out would provoke her kim
dred to revenge her honor; go that he
has no method left but to betake him.
self to fight till she is. otherwise dis,
posed Of"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-05

the recent fire in the express car on the Cen
trail road: The few remains will he inferred in
Detroit Oh Sunday: y /;
FaAskaB<Haxs41L.sa earpepser Jvefrade
aged IS, and married man with 4 family,
committed suicide by taking poison. at Man.
chester, N. H., Saturday morning, il q room
occupied by young woman. He had forced
'he door open, the woman taking refuge in an
other room. 10 left = note indicating that
disappointed love was the cause of the act.
INFORMATION has been received at tho uteri-
or Department that nearly, all the Sioux have
lett Red Clouds agency near Fort Laramie
one p!rty OF warriors, fully equipped, having
s,a1teo ior the Pawnee reservation to steal
lforscs.
The State Temperance organization ~ New
York has decided to present local prohibition
aud sthcr~tempcrance measures TO the mex,
legislature.
rr1fanAM from San Francisco states tina,
". r. Baboock, Albert Gonzcl and Louis Glass
have been appointed Committee of Inouir,
into the diamoAtl frauds, with full power tt
act TOR the company.
Hon. IccBoD CoRw1S, Judge of the Court o
Common Pleas OF the Champaign district an,
"a prominent fcitizen, died at Urbana, Ohio, o.
Thursday.
F'-"nENcE HOTEL, at McComb's Dam, Ne,
York: was seized, Wednesday, by Geo. "
Holloway, acting for the sheriff, 10 satisfy
levy of $4,000, for which, amount Mr.. W. Il
Et'r.nce was bontlsnan for Thos. G. Fields
now y fugitive.
EN"ER BURKE and FIR udc arc to bc give
social entertainment by Mr.. Hurlburt, of tn
Word.
!H Bar Association of New York arc takin
step. /" have the Office Of Police Justic
abolished and their places filled by new oft
cors to I've created with moro definitely d,
fined powers.
IT i, certain quorum will be present
Il. House OF Congress on Monday, when I'll
,'.s ri .cnt will communicate his message. IT
Secretary of the Navy las tinisled writing h
rcnyrt.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-27
"There was frog who lived in a spring.

lie caught such a cold that he could not sing,
Poor, unfortunate BatrachIan! In what sad
plight he must have been. And yet his misfortune
was one that often befalls singers. Many once
tuneful voice among those who belong TO the genus
homo is utterly spoiled by "coid in the head,' or
on the lungs. or both combined. For the above
mentioned "croakerm we are not aware that any
remedy was ever devised; but we rejoice to know
tint al human singers may keep their heads clear
and their throats in tune by q timely use Of DR..
SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY, and DIR. P1ERCE's
GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY, both of which are
sold bydruggists.
a STABLE IySTITUTIoE.-Justa atthc period when
al Stabe-men complaining that the horse-oint-
nents of the day were unstable remedies, the Mus
TANG LINIMENT made its entree In Missouri with
out any flourish Of trumpets, and within one year
became the favorite embrocation for the external
distcmpers and injuries Of horses and cattle In all
the western and southern States. From that time to
this it has never had rival In the estimation OF ac-
compsiled horsemen; nar Is its household reputa-
ton as cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, sore nip
pies and caked breasts, tunlors mumps sore throat
carache toothache, bruises, burns, wounds, ana
sprains. whit behind its celebrity as horse lni-
ment. The mothers of America know Its value, and
apply it promptly to the external injuries of the
ising gcncration and in fact there is nota city or
township in the United States where the MUSTANG
LISIMENT is not regarded by both sexes and every
class blessing to the community.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-27

PUBLIC LEcrUREs.-On Sunday evening at
81 O'Clock Mr.. A. Swineford will lecture on
" Man without the Gospel" Illustrated by
two idols once worshipped by the heathen.
He is a missionary lecturer. On Monday night
he will lecture on "The History of Creation !:
or. Genesis and Geology" on Tuesday night
on "Man's Creation and Darwinism," !" for the
benefit of the church. These lectures are
highly commended by all who have heard
them.
HOUSES FOR TIE PEoPLE.-As houses are
not being erected fast enough to accommo-
date our increasing population, it is pro-
posed to have manufactured or imported
number of portable houses. These are in
yery general use in the northern and west
ern States, and very comfortable. The Dan
vile Railroad Company had two in use at the
Manchester terminus soon after the eVaclla-
tion, and they served their purpose very
we'll. Houses for the people must be bad,
and we are glatified to know that our most
public spirited citizens are determined to sup
ply the want if possible.
CogREoTIoN.-We were mistaken in saying
that the Manchester corn-mil was vacant. 1t
is leased by Mr.. K. d. Hogan, who expects III
short time to have it in full operation. In
by-gone days the Manchester corn-mill was
one of our most thriving establishments.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-27

PM KAPPA SIGMA FRATERSITy.-Ac charter
has been granted for the establishment Of Il
chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
at Randolph Macon College. This college
order, generally called the Skulland Bones"
was well and ftvorably known throughout
the South before the war. Some Of our best
citizens were members Of the University Of
Virginia Chapter, chartered nearly twenty
years ago. The. work of rce,tablishing the
old and organizing new chapters has been
very successful. The committee Of institn-
tion in this case is composed of Mr.. l.. S.
Edwards. Captain Henry Hudnall, and L. w.
MahoOd Esq.