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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

A NEW feature Of the Postal Money
Order system enables parties to send ten
dollars or less to any part of the Uni
ted States for five cents.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

Little Mary had u lamb,
It's flcccc was black as jet,
She called him Horace Greeley.
Tho Democratic pct.
Everywhere that Mary roomcd,
Tho lamb was seen to stray,
Until ono timo they both got lost.
And ever after staid away.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01
1QAlelal.

The Spring Valley Rrcgre.. has !,
half column article upon tho judicial
question, the main purpose Of which
seems to be to furnish an excuse fos
bringing out J. Q. Farmer a. candidate
Of the opposition. This will be found
a very Difficult. task, for many reasons,
some Of which VIC may properly assign.
He is the man whose efforts and
whose influence created the new Dis
trict. He was not discouraged by even
an executive veto. Last winter, in the
last quarter Of thesession, he introduced
the measure into the Senate, Tor 4 second
test Of the Governors temper. The bin
passed and received an approval. i, Il
would not be flattering to Mr.. Farmer
to have it said that he created the place
for himself. On the contrary, he, IL
the ,i~c, distinctly dieavov<d any
purpose Of being = candidate
subsequently he n. eonsiaered his de-
ci.iou. aud suffered his name to be used
in connection With, tho: Office Of Dr..
trict judge Il ,Is1s' 1i.'H
A lively canvas. enn.ued between hiis
friends aud those Of; Colonel Colburn,
Tor the home delegation, resulting id:
zerse'y to Mr.. Farmer. 10 .thersupo.
publicly declined being candidate Be-
fore tho Convention. In the. mean
time al the other counties in tho Dis.
trict had elected delegates favorable 10
the nomination Of Mr.: Page, Who short
" AFTER was made the nominee, and We
have no doubt that Mr.. Farmer feels
bound BY the action of tho Convention
to support the candidate. Were; this
otherwise, We DO not see how, with the
record Mr.. Farmer has msde, he can
consent u Le boilers ca1didate."'' ,.
Always strong party man, aud one
for whom the party has done much, he
cannot now recede from The ranks aud
become seeker for place at,tho hands
Of those against whom he has ai1aJs'
labored. 80 ...t,;.
The Proyress says "on the ev," If
the Convention, Mr.. Farmer was in
formed that Mr.. Page won]d bea candi.
date only upon the condition ,I,hal Mr..
Farmer was such, and that upon learn.
ing this, he" withdrew fronithe fleld."'
7hi. is wholly untrue. ,,Mr:; Farmer
was candidate until the County Con-
ventions had all been held: fl" When: IL:
found that tho delegates ,vtss,re all favor
able to others, he, .ak<,s 4 fSrnsaiy''
withdrew. II is very; y'fthiE W.,
Page would aao,sthayes haze, beep1 4 candidate
had Mr.. Farmer kept ,ost Of Tho H..
vass rs such, and his hiedds's 10 stated,
bnt none ever intended to convey tho
idea, that, having secured the defeat Of
Nj: Farmer, ~. Page would retire.
When bis friends begaa the canvass It
vas with the purpose Of: making him
the nominee. They did, not wish. n a.
ccmpiish the negative purpose of''neu-1
Trailing Mr.. Farmer. .:,:3,.: ~ NJ
In view Of these facts, Il would hard
" seem p'ssible far''M H., Farmer Q p'at.
candidate Of everything which be- has
fought against during bis whole politi-
cal career. ......... ~;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

TN PROBATE COURT.-STATE
l. OF MINNESOTA, MOWER COUNTY 80.
In tho matter Of the e.tate of Lcandcr D..
Smith, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition Of L. H.
Smith, Of Austin, Minnesota, representing,
among other things, that Leander D. Smith
late Of Austin, Minnesota, on the 3Oth day Of
July, A. D. 1867, At Austin, Minnesota, died
inlestate, and being resident Of this county
At the time Of his death, leaving goods, chat
tells and estate within this county, and that
the said petitioner is father Of said deceas-
cd, and praying that administration Of said
estate Ie to said l.. III. Smith granted, it is or
dercl that said petition he heard before the
Judge Of this court, on Monday the 5ih day of
August, A. D. 1872, at 10 o'clock, a. ~, ct the
Probate Office, in said county. T.,
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs Of said deceased. and to all persons
interested, by publishing copy Of this order
for three successive weeks prior to said day Of
hearing, in the Mower County Tra"ser;pi, .
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Austin,in said county. Dated Austin, tho 18th
day Of July, A. D., 1872.
Isl By the Court,
JESSE ROSE,
l4t4 Judge Of Probate.
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DROBATE NOTICE.-STATE OF
l. MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF MOWER. 81.

DROlATE NOTICE.-STATE OF
l. MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF MOWER, 81.
In PROBATE CoURr.
In the matter Of the estate Of Samuel II. Smith,
Deceased.
On reading and fling thsRctition of Emma
Smith, Administrative Of said estate, repre-
senting that the time limited for tho payment
Of the debts duo the creditors thereof OK
pircs on the 9Th day Of August, A. D. 1872,
and that there are not sufficient funds in the
hands Of said petitioner 10 pay said debts,
and praying that the time for the payment
thereof may DO extended six months from said
9Th day Of August, A. D. 1872, it is ordered
that said petition be heard before the Judge
of this Court on Monday, the 5th day Of Au-
gust, A, D. 1872, At III o'clock A. NJ. at the
Office Of the Probate Judge in the village Of
Austin, in snid county.
Ordered further that notice thereof DO given
to u! persons interested by publishing a copy
of this order for three successive weeks in the
MowER COUNTY TRANSCRIPT, a weekly news
paper printed and published At Austin, MINI.
Dated, July 18th, A. 3. 1872.
BY tho Court, JESSE ROSE,
L. ST. - Judge Of Probate Of
l5t4 Mower county. Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01
Furnishing Goods.

The aelseeisas vsss 16As BY Mr.. D~pkle
0aA u tn 6asess. 0ashst, aad he 10 sure of
stviagiaaisl.seseaa = LID Oh Customer, aud
sil:sss, - ueo nay nver him With call.
I SUITS 49, Z erdas. in the latest style
asdhy H. most sxPcrt Tailors.
sto.s' il o. H..dqs.rter, Building. corner
Main and Bridss Streets, Austin, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

Sss3's~SSe NAs sAh~Nf9N0 Acs
supplying them with proper training.
Not many Of the teachers are familiar
with approved methods Of teaching this
delica:c science to the younger classes
found in school. I think that more
than ordinary effort has been given to
the work Of spelling, and considerable
proficiency has been made. Writing
has been systematically conducted in
only few instances.
l have noticed, with pleasure, that q
great deal Of miscellaneous instruction
has been impaired, and I congratulate
the teachers, that, while there has been
carefully excluded from their teaching,
everything Of a scctarian character,
there has been inculcated, nevertheless,
a great deal of sound Christian priaci
pie, and this more by the force Of exam.
pie than by mere precept. There arc
tTo de6cie..ces, CT which l must speak.
The first is 'cant Of energy. While
many Of the teachers labor faithfully,
there is a large majority who do not
appreciate the value of cork in the
school room. Some have accomplished
but 1.-THE Of what they ought. They
were not lazy, but they were listless-
knew something was the matter, but
could not tell what had never dream
ed that the school was nodding under
the sopori6c influence of the Teachers
example! Such must be made to feel
that the sources ofsuccc$s arc in them
selves. Then they will succeed.
The second is a lack of what may be
termed. technical q"al;dcation-ski in
imparting, and ability to manage. We
want in our teachers more of culture,
and higher appreciation Of the d.
ties and responsibilities Of the position.
These come by experience, and, of
course, come slowly, but VIC ought to
realize them moro rapidly than we do.
A largo majority Of our teachers have
just closed their first term and they
hare, 10 most instances, given entire
salts faction in their respective Districts,
but there is too little discrimination in
school matters, and Districts are too
easily satisfied. I am grati6ed in being
able to say that, in only one instance,
has there reached me my report espe.
cially unfavorablo to the teacher, and
in that case, I feel compelled to say
that, in my Judgment, the District was
mainly at fault.
:; cannot close this summary without
an expression Of my deep regret at the
great indifference which the public gen.
orally, and especially school officers,
manifest in the schools which they
have provided for the education Of their
children, but T willnot forbear an cx-
preston Of the hope that this neglect
may be reasonably attributed to local
causes incident, to the work Of getting
= living in = new country, and that, in
q short time, society will have
merged into the opposite extreme, and
the schools receive the benefit which
always results from q manifestation Of
lively interest in their welfare.
A. A. HARDWOOD,
". Sxpt.
AUSTIN, MIMI, july 81. 1872.
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TOR sALE:

Boarding House and Grounds best known
- THE HL.OCCNl HOUSE. Good
buildings, and good location. IL will arranged
for q boarding house or hotel. Can DO bought
very reasonable. Situated just South Of
Fleck's hotel, Austin, Minnesota.
Apply to
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

10 o.
'promineatie4oeptions that time has been
R1PoSr.t 'thaa lo.t.' So broad statement
may need to,be explained, but not modi-
fed: =" 'z'''''r -, H.. w..
Nearly all TINT. is learned in school
comes through the process Of reading.
Pupils read the composition Of others.
in: accordance With their understanding
Of it;1 sud ever! deviation from strict nc
clracy, i evidence, to that extent, Of
their: failure properly. to comprehend
What they, attempt to vocalize. The
consciousness Of the child must en-
brace fully the thoughts to which
the author gives expression in language;
nor Is : this sufficient. The child will
not fully understand until the thought
be y !..ils b. .! feeling somewhat
akin t. THAT which evoked it. Thought
is the prod1ct Of an excited state Of the
nerves Of the brain,-that condition
which is technically called sympathy;
and unless children be thrown into Vi
|}al communion with the author, they
cannot properly vocalize his ideas, for
this very adequate son,-t'ry do not
comprehend them. Preliminary to this,
IS an Intelligent: knowledge Of the
meaning Of words, i. e: the capability
Of defining in simple, although correct
Language, the evident meaning of the
tcrms employed, aud also, a complete
fe1ibility Of the voice acquired in the
correct INSTRUMENTATION Of the different
sounds Of :.the, language. This knowl-
ledge and this power in effective combi-
nation, will produce in the mind of the
pupil, by a reflex influence, the original
feeling with Which the author was him.
self inspired. This done, there is but
little remaining for the teacher to
accomplish.
The work IL not performed in this
way. Onlya few Of the teachers know
anything Of this method. They use
words us abstract things, each having a
name, but beyond that, no significance
whatever. Sentences they consider AZ
mechanical constructions, held together
by grammatical articulation, and val
liable, chiefly, as inventions. In this
view Of the case children are taught to
read very much as parrots are, to talk,
by a process. which requires no thought
and but little power Of imitation. 1t
thus becomes work in which is involv-
ed no Thought, no feeling, no progress,
and! consequently, no value.
Teachers are not wholly to blame for
this. Many Of them have had no ad.
vantages beyond those afforded by the
common school. With such, reading,
and study are processes wholly dissimi-
lar. How few there are, comparatively,
who can read thesis, and, by reading,
understand it! The great mass must
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

EB ARKANSAS LANDs.-N. p. AUS.
TIN has few pieces Of Selected Lands in Ar
kansas, within 20 miles Of Little Rock, that he
will sell cheap or exchange for property in
Austin ..>,' /. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01
BRIDGE.

The undersigned County Commissioners
hereby give notice that sealed proposals will
be received for building bridge over the
Turtle, plans and specifications Of which can
be seen vt tho Office Of tho County Auditor
All material will be furnished. The bids to
bo only on hauling the timber aud plank from
tho depot in Austin, framing and building the
bridge. The bridge to be completed by Sep
TENDER 20, 1872. Tho undersigned reserve
the right to reject my and al bids. Bids
must be fled with the County Auditor, and
will be opened August 20, next. =
Dated, Austin, Mimi, July goth, 1872.
WM. NJ. HOWE,
II. E. TANNER,
A.C. BISDEE,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

DhODAlE NOllCE.-OlAlEO t
l. MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF MOWER, St.
In Probate Court.
In the matter Of tho Proof and Probate Of
the last will md testament of Mark Green,
deceased, late Of the county Of Mower.
Whereas, IN instrument in writing, pur.
porting to be the last will and testament Of
Mark Green, deceased, late 0: the county Of
Mower, has been filed in this office; and where
rs, application has been made by Henry Bag
ley, praying that the same be proven On
admitted to Probate, according to the laws Of
this State Therefore, 1t is ordered that said
application be heard before me at the Prot atc
Ofhoc, in the Village Of Austin, in said county,
on the 9Th day Of August, A. D. 1872, At 10
O'Clock 4. NJ.
And It is further ordered that notice shall
be given to al persons interested in said will,
Of che time and place Of said hearing, by pub
LEGATION in the MowER COUNTY TRANscR1rr =
newspaper printed in said county, for three
successive weeks, once each week, prior to the
time Of such hearing.
Dated, Austin July 10th A. D. 1870.
BY the Court,
r.. ST. JESSE ROSE,
l4t4 Judge Of Probate.
TOR SALE.
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This Institution is open to students 1T both
soxcs. 1t Offers new and improved accommo-
cations to all. At the lowest possible expense.
Send for Catalogue or Circular. Correspon-
dcncc may be directed to
JAS. W. STRONG, President,
l6t4 Mortified, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

H. or NJ. B. SLOCUM.
Avsrls, MIMI, Juno II, 1872, linz
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study sentence until the words arc
memorized, bcforeathey begin to assim-
ila|c tho ideas represented. Until
teachers shall acquire ths power TO
understand what they read without
studying it. VIC need not expect them
to teach children to read correctly.
As rule, better progress is made in
Arithmetic than in any other study.
This is true for two reasons. There is Il
degree Of absolutcncss, Of pc. lection, to
which they may attain in this branch
which is beyond their reach in any
other.-they can prove their work, step
BY step, and thus have the satisfaction
Of knowing that they aro right. Again,
it is so easiIy applicable to the ordinary
business operations Of life as to be in
vested with unusual interest to the
student. In this department there
have been great activity and reasonable
success. Geography has been taught
mainly in the use Of the old methods,
and with the ordinary results. Gram
mar has received but little attention,
the uniform statement of the teachers
having been, 1.-THE scholars arc all too
young to study it probably" to
which, Of course, was obliged to dis
sent. Children who are old enough to
attend school, are usually capable Of
receiving instruction in language, but
We have very limited advantages for
supplying them with proper training.
Not many Of the teachers are familiar
with approved methods Of teaching this
delicate science to the younger classes
found in school. think that more
than ordinary effort has been given to
the work Of spelling, and considerable
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-16
SAM CLARKE ENTERETH A GARRI-
SON,

Our incOrruptible contemporary of the
Salem Statesman intrenched himself
within Garrison and, metaphorically
speaking, went out to hear our last lee
ture in Salem. But the Garrison's eyes
and ears were in bad running order, and
Samuel could neither see nor hear cor
rectly through them. When he counted
the audience he omitted the cipher at
the right hand of his row of figures,
which made a ludicrous blunder in his
calculations; and when the applause be-
came so general over n few mild hits at
the shrewd editor OF the Statesman as
to cause the speaker TO pause for full
minute before she could proceed, he
couldn't hear a sound of it. His Garri-
sons walls were too thick to be pene-
trated.
Now, Samuel! Samuel thou that
misrepresentest the prophets and heark-
eneth not unto them that are sent unto
thee, the day of reckoning is coming
upon thee as thief in the night, and
when We warn thee to flee from political
wrath, to come, and thou heedest not
our admonitions, thou dOSt but rivet the
chains which fetter thee. Repent re-
pentl we pray thee! Go right speedily
to the Clerks Office and sign that fifteen
hundred dollar note and make it legal,
that the State may thereby be secured
from loss. Do not, we pray thee, cause
such Odium to rest upon thy political
friends of the State Department as shall
cause everybody to Lnor that they have
successfully piled thee with hush money!
Then mayst thou be able to hold up thy
stricken head, and, coming out from be-
hind thy Garrison walls, both see and
hear of those facts which shall rebound
to thine especial benefit. Don't be
frightened, Samuel, don't! We won't
hurt you if you'll just be honest.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-16
GOOD LOGIC"

Is human soul any more to be
blamed for being born in a mans body
than for being born with a black in
stead Of white skin Puget Sound
Courier.
The logic is good. Let us apply it to
woman. Is human soul to be debarred
OF Its natural, inalienable right to q
voice in the Government under which
It lives because it was born in woman's
body instead of a mans, no matter
whether the mans skin be white OF
black ?-NEw NORTHWEST.
Is il simply ''a voice." or to s'do all
the talking" that some "human souls
born in "women's bodies" regard as
their natural, inalienable rights ?''-
Puget Sound Courier.
Women certainly regard it as theil
inalienable right to do half of the talk
ing and to have ha!f the sag in the Gov
ernment under which they live. They
do not believe in an aristocracy of sex
which assumes to manage affairs entire.
ly its own way. Is our brother an,
swered?
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-16
SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION.

The dapper fingered little darling who
does the telegrams for our mans rights
dailies in san Francisco says:
The Woman Suffragists, generally
designated as the "Hen Convention" /"
met this morning at Pacific Hall. and
organized by electing Mrs. Snow Presi-
dent and Mrs. Collins Secretary. About
forty delegates We're in attendance
Mrs. De Wolfe, Mrs. :. Lee, Mrs. Water
house, Mrs. Highly and Mrs. Whitney
were appointed a committee for the
nomination of officers for the ensuing
year; and a small gentleman with hair
parted in the middle, name not heard
distinctly, then made speech.
No wonder that many men who oeeu-
py telegraph offices are opposed TO
Woman Suffrage They fear, and lust
ly-the seft-handed, shallow-brained.
infinitessimal popinjays-that women
will assume these light employments in
the good time coming and send them
forth to earn their bread in the sweat OF
their brow.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-16
SENSIBLE SUGGESTION.

"GOvernOr GratZ Brown of Missouri
sensibly and pertinently suggests that
all murderers acquitted because Of in
sanity should at once be inearcerated in
lunatic asylums, and that the Judges
trying such cases be required by law to
see TO il that the acquitted and murder
Gus mailman is at once consigned TO a
place where he will be harmless to his
fellows. Certainly it is perversion OF
justice to let loose upon society being
whose hands have been imbrued in the
blood of one of his fellows The insane
and, perhaps, uncomfortable desire to
kill may return at any moment, and
cause the sacrifice of more innocent peo-
pie. .n-Er.
The above, which we heartily endorse
has the ring of true statesmanship. The
plea of insanity generally avails naught
when the poor are brought before the
bar of justice. 1t is the rich and powerful
who escape punishment by the insanity
dodge. Let them be taken at their
word, by all means, and confined where
their insane paroxysms Of passion will
not endanger the lives of their fellow
mortals.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-16
BRINGING HUSBANDS TO TERMS

M, Eo,s XVax-ne woman who sued
l,ar bpeband for nav for fourteen years
ofser,-ice in his household, on the ground
tl,of fbere was a flaw in the marriage
ceremony. has been awarded 81, 16S by
fbe Allen Circuit Court.-AH the papers.
What a lesson may be learned from
the above, Marriage, which should be
the freest institution under the sun fol
the exercise of the individual rights oi
man and woman, under our present
statutes so degrades the woman that she
works all her life for the wages of {
slave. We know many women who
would rejoice could they but find a flaw
in the marriage deed of masculine own
ership which would insure them pecun
iary independence; and these womeI
are wives Of wealthy men, to whom /;
few dollars are as nothing. What cal
we expect of women under such strait
ened circumstances but that they shall
be, when they have liberty, idle spend
thrifts? or, when that liberty is denied
them, that they shall be penurious and
mean? Many a woman whose raiment
is fine and expensive, and whose out
ward show Of wealth is grand, is in real
ity so rigidly poverty-strieken as to get
the name of 3 clOse-fisted niggard, when,
had she but an opportunity to manage
the earnings which a man would un-
grudgingly grant to any cOurtesan, she
would be a model Of generosity and fair
dealing All this grows out Of our pres
ent marriage laws, which recognize the
husband and wife rs one, and that one
the husband, every time.
Search the records, We poverty-strick-
en- wives of rich husbands, and see if you
can't find legal grounds for complaint
that you have no pecuniary rights, and
thus bring your husbands to terms.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-16
BRO. BROWNS BEEN HoAxBD.

Our very facetious, but remarkably
toltchg brother of the Albany Democrat,
has learned that we, sin private conver-
sation while at Albany gave the edi-
tors of that thriving city particular
fits" and so on. We gave our brother
credit for more guDlptioa than he exhib-
its il believing any such nonsense
Brother Brown was particularly 'rever-
ent' and all that, and we're very much
Obliged to him. We left Albany before
the newspapers ''came out" saw them
in Eugene, where we scribbled off our
sag about them for the NEW NoRTH-
WEST Of last week, and had no oppor-
tunity to ''give 'em fits for treating us
irreverently," even if they had riled us,
which they didn't. If our contemporary
believes every yarn with which 'pri-
vate conversationalists" hoax him, he'll
have a merry time Of it. Certainly,
brother, "give cackling hens and crow
ing roosters" such countenanee as suit.
eth YOU. It's none of our funeral.