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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
BENEFITS Will.

The following is digest of the will
of James Gordon Bennett just filed
in the Surrogate's office. After pro-
viding for the payments of debts and
funeral expen ses, the testator bequeaths
to his wife, provided she accepts the
same lieu of o dowry, the use and &C.
cupation of the house, stable and ap-
purtenances ut Fifth avenue and Thirty
eighth street during her natural life
or w;dowhood, and also an annuity
equal to half the net rental of his resl
estate except the Herald building. II
she will not a. cept this bequest in lien
Of a dover, the will limits her share in
the estate to her dover. To his son
James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the testator
bequeaths the Herald building with
the good will, stock iu trade, etc., of
the Herald and Metropolitan printing
Office. The remainder of the real e.
tates goes to his daughter, Jeanette
Bennett, on obtaining the age of TWEEN
ty-five. Meanwhile the son, who ia
made the sole trustee and executor OF
the will, is to have charge of this por-
tiOn of the eatate, to let in such man
ner as to him shall seem expelient for
any term ont exceeding three years.
Dated June %, 1869.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
FEMININE, Amenities.

If women, perhaps better than men,
know how to do things insolent to each
other, SO they know how to resent i'm.
pertinces. An American lady travelling
in Switzerland tells this dinner table
story. :'-,5'
I had seen enough of travelling En-
glish of whom the party at the table
was principally composed, to know
how to treat them; 20 I entirely il.
nored their presence, placidly gazing
out of the window in the interval of the
courses on long, struggling st. 0oar-
hansen opposite. IL, This had its effect
in the increased respect of al glances,
except those from pair of bold black
served to her husband in q loud tone {:
Zone of the people Of the country, I
suppose" Ny dear" !" murmured the
gentleman, "take care; the lady may
understand English" "Not likely /"
in a tone of infinite disdain. "Oh |!
all one can never be too careful SO
many of our people go to Paris, don't
you know, that the French pick up =
little of our lingo" II don't think
her French" remarked the lady, her
gaze still broadly fixed upon me. She
proceeded with. some very free and inn
pertinent remarks. At the conclusion
Of the meal I wanted some conftures
that stood near this lady; and the wait
ers had all left the room. I looked di-
rectly at her, and said in my best En-
gl,sh: Madame, may I. tTouble you
to hand me those bQnbopsa II. you
could have seen that womans face 7"
It turned white, her jaw dropped, and
she stared blankly, utterly. unable to
comply with my request Her husband
snatched up the plate and handed it to
me with bow, and i; ate my eontec-
tionery with an innocent cir; in the
midst of dead silence. '-' = :.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
The Chelsea Traxedy.
From a Lon don Letter..

Our latest sensation in the criminal
line is the affair known as the Chelsea
tragedy. Two young German gentle
men, of respectable family in Berlin,
I" take 81, 600, and go West" not to
" buy land" but to visit London. Ar.
rived here. they go to the Cremorne
Gardens, make acquaintance with two
OF the frail nymphs who frequent those
shades, and pass four days and nights:
in their company. AT the end of the
fourth day, the $4,000 is all gone,-it
has been gwen to the girls, or spent in
dinners, visits to the theatres, and ex-
cursions: The two young gentlemen
now hold consultation ;>they ask each
other if there is anything left on earth
worth living for, and they decide there
is not. Have they not exhausted every
pleasure and tasted of every joy2 In
their stupid folly they say Eyes," and
they resolve to quit world of which
the fancy they have exhausted the joys.
They agree that one shall shoot the
other, and then kill himself. They
strip for death, lock the door of their
room, and write few lines of farewell
to the wretohed girls. The one stands
up and the other shoots him through
the breost, the ball passin directly
above the heart. As this fool fall the
other places the pistol on his own breast
and shoots himself directly through the
heart. He dies instantly, but the 9th
er one fingers q while, and, I believe,
is not yet dead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Then, seeing that 1 wept, he went

"Here ars q. thousand flc5lihs; rg6
where you viii. IT you succeed in bust
ness, very we'll; but if you are unfor.
tuna'e, write to me, for do not wish
to sec my fathers partner o beggar.
Come, claeea up, sQd drinkaatbis glass
of gin. UnderS any other rcum:
stpnces, W. should. drink tAdf; .fot
I have caused you much grief, but
Capt. Cromme cannot drink with u
man that has been hanged
I mechanically swallowed the the gin,
and followed him out. He conducted
me- to boat which was to start a& day.
break Tor Afkefa and; having htom-
adeiu. Iwept during the whole voy-
se1 or :d1 MY ,th6Sgtfs ~ 3h5shide:
After redehinksAnv4a I ibekan to' -
coyer iaybMa1s .litt1v by Itde. stWifs
ing to be as Tar from Holland as possf
BILE, I went to Liege, where, with my
thousand forms, l opened u shop Of
groceFieS. was 60 honest agd indus
triopf s1atNV esid psoipsre1: BIT
although 1 procured The most positive
proof Of the decease of my two wives,
I never married again, lest I should
run the chance Of being hanged the
third time.
So, having neither wife, children,
Or Fpes5 {Eelatiyes + , |eeye my wealth r
tails 81 Liege; Lausanne, and Amster
dam, on condition that these three
cities shall furninh q glass of old wine
to any poor f9now who is about t0be
hahgedED 50 - - u ].
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Wonderful il. True.

An account OF wonderful ice cave
comes to us rom Tennessee. If We
could only have read description of
it a week or two ago it would have been
very consoling. The cave was discov-
cred upon farm in Perry county, and
tAe gentlemen who explored it became
numb with cold after penetrating = dis
lance of seventy five feet underground.
The sight which greeted them on en-
terine the ice room il said to have been
Que Of great beauty. The wallis and
ceilings hung with icy drops, which
their torches illuminated until the cave
blaze.l with brilliant light. Finding
it too cold for comfort they broke Of
pieces of the ice and carried them into
the open air. Here they proved to be
Of rocky hardness. After exposing It
to the heat for half an hour, and find
ing it still retained its original hardt
ness, they put it into water, which If
chilled instantly. 1t is wonderful j.
true, and, by the list of names attach
ed as vouchers, it can hardly be other
wiRe
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Making Use OF Caadiaates for Onoo.

Making Uso OF CaAdidates for O0oo.
A Georgia paper tells . good story Of
one of the candidates for County Sher-
iff in that State. The candidate, q
physician, lately stopped, TO talk With
a man, who With his two daughters
was pulling fodder, and the doctor, in
order to keep alongslde ::of him, com:
menced pulling the fodder in the
row he was walking in. When he
got fairly settled down to it, the farmer
says: Excuse me = minute while ]
step oyer to the louse-;you
just knock along with the girls
here" and he left. At this the
girls just made the fodder dy, going
down the rows in doub ble-quick time.
The doctor manfully wcntin, hand over
hand, shucked his coat and did his
level best. He painted, he sweated,
and yet he showed along under the
brolling sun while the farmer was in
his piazza with his pipe Lit, taking it
cool, and laughing IN his sleeves. In
about an hour he went out to the field
and released the doctor. They, say the
doctor never limited "Sheriff " to him,
but jerked up his coat and left; and
now he don't 60 in fodder fields for
votes--he lodges 'em. .... .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Costly Experiments.

The work of repairing the armor-
clad turret. ship Glatton, and making
good the injuries she received when
under fire from the gums of the Hot
spur, during the recent experimental
trials in the English channel, if carried
out will cost much larger sum than
was originally contemplated when the
experiments were decided NJ on. Since
the Glatton has been in the dock at
Chatham thorough survey of her has
been made, and an estimate formed of
the sum to be expended in her repairs,
the result showing that these will in
volve an expenditure of about $65, 600,
which is by no means certain will not
be exceeded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Substitute for Fox Hunting.

They have . new arrangement. in
France. They call it rattle popier. 1t
is like fox hunting, only lacking the
fox element. The company goes
careering aver the country in chase of a
horseman who is given ten minutes
start, and whose track is marked out
by bits of cut paper which his motion
scatters out of a couple of huge bags
with which he is laden. The ''bush "
or trophy of victory is white satin
rosette which he wears ON hls left
shoulder, and which becomes the spoil
of whoever is lucky enough to overtake
and snatch it from him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

A scHooL-MAsrER gave out ono morning
rs a reading lesson 70 his first class tha:
portion If the i" Merchant OF Venire" in
which the pound Of flesh scene OCCURS.
The reoding finished, he asked tho class
what Shylock meant wh>n he said. my
deeds upon my he'd" "Well;" said tho
tailest boy, IL dor't know, unless he car.
ried his papers in bis hat"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
JACOB Sr&llPFLI,
BARON D'ITAJUBA.
Eugenie and Her Son.

The ex-Empress of the French, the
Prince Imperial, and q few ladies and
gentlemen of their family, have been
for few days guests of the Royal Ho-
tel in Edinburgh, coming and gong,
as far rs was their power, in the most
quiet way, shopping and sightseeing
like other tourists the recipients, how
ever, as soon as their presence was
known in the streets, of no little star
ing and a good many cheers. As they
are travelling in the strlctest incognito,
no demonstrations are made in their
honor, except the impromptu demon
strations of the somewhat enthusiastic
crowds who gather in front of the ho-
tel to watch for their outgoings and
lncomings. They seem to be highly
popular with the masseA to whose oc-
oasionally uproarious greetings they
respond in the most graciou" and
smiling way. We notice one particu-
lar enthusiast, uncouth in appearance,
uncombed and unwashed, who seized
the hand of the Empress as she passed
out into her carriage one morning, and
not only shook it warmly, but clapped
the young Napoleon most heartily and
encouragingly on the back, to the hor.
ror of accompanying attendants and
the great amusement CT the Royal
party themselves. The young Prince
is slight and delicate in appearance,
looking also younger than his years,
now some II. His face and his moth
er's are too we'll known to need de-
scription, were any such description
possible on my part. The Empress
seems to preserve her marvellous beau.
ty most wonderfully, and appears less
care worn and more contented than
when I last saw her in Paris, three
years ago, in the height of all her
glory and with al the uncertainty of
her position. She is certainly the most
graceful and most queenly woman of
the day-saia by her attendants to be
as affable and amiable in her disposi-
tion "a she is lovely in person. She
certainly carried from Paris the respect
and personal goodwill of all classes of
people and Of all colors of politics.
When We met her by chance IN the
passage-ways or on the stair-ways of
the hotel she invariably acknowledged,
and gracefully, our hat.l;ftings. I
would mention that these salutes were
offered ON our part because they SEEM
ed to be looked for and expected on
that were extended
by all the guests Oi the hotcl.-Edi,-
buyYh Letter to Ncv York Evening
M0ik.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Tricks Of the Frog. .Catchers In Paris.

The frog catchers of Paris are Just
now under cloud, on account of SON
grave charges made against them.
They are accused of not being yer,
delicate in their selection of subjects
for the gourmands of the cafes. A
promenader lately observed one Of
them bnsily engaged in his occupation,
and remarked, my good fellow, these
are not frogs, but toads, you are catch.
ing." The catcher replied. IAN the
wuss for en-" A good many persons
having been made sick from eating
toads hind legs, the police have had
orders to seize them wherever exposed
for sale.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

A Young lPhysieian Fails Heir To-
o1OO, ,OOtI: stSrtlinx Result u ~ A.
cane of BeinE Ki1a g = scotch Baby.
n'' From the Chicago I1tee-ossin. -,
The old saw that .s.''Tis better to be
born lucky than born rich >, finds Q re-
markab1e illustration in the else Of q
youag physician Of this atatd, 'who,.
unless report bellies him, has, stumbled
accidentally into the possession Of such
a fortune as put rarely falls :to' one
man iq ageperatiol. ~ Has name is IT.
l.. Matchett, and he resides somewhere
IN the tceltral part 'of Illinois," Tho:
story of his good luck is, to say tho
least. Q marvellous one. Our informa-
tion is derived from gentleman who
is travelling through this section in the
interest Of Q business, house, aud who
was in the city yesterday. He is q
friend of the fortunate physician, who
it-appears, is not yet aware of. his :un-
S4peeted eleyssiQn te Xealth: We give
the tale as it len h5m tie tiSSelefy !
Gps!': 3 - sE.,I- ~; .,, ; > e7t.>,..i
In the month of September, 1865,
Mr.. 'Matchett, then. 4 resident Of
Springfield, nl., was passing through
Chicago, and while :waitirg for the
train at the Burlington and Quincy de-
pot he saw lady With child in her
arms, also waiting for the train. The
lady was appearently = stranger in the
land, and seemed to have no escort,
While still in the depot the child 4 lit
tie girl, was seized with . sudden and
violent sickness, and the mother was
seriously alarmed. MI. Matcbett gal
lantly rushed to her assistance, took
care of the child, and happening to be
we'll informed in regard to infantile
complaints, he succeeded in restoring
it to health before the train started.
His timely act of assistance. coupled
with the tender and friendly manner IN IN
which it was rendered, completely won
the lady,s heaEt, and she Yae pFofase
in her;' expressions Of gratitude" But
as this moment ne train eaznsy sapd the
young MANI bidding her .hasty, adieu,
jumped into 9 car, and was o6. The
lady, before depAttiin oh atiotaief train,
made inquiries: concerning him, aud
found out all about Mr.. Matchett, and
where he lived. And then she Jumped
into q Car and was off, II. II: u :.;it, f.,
Here endetA-tae-6 first ehaPtes of the
romance: Passing over the intervening
pages which are perfect blank ne rnsh
at once to the denonement. 7!''. Ri
A few months ago the lady died in
the town of Aberdeen, Scotland, and in
her will she bequeathed to her bene
factor the handsome fortune of e10, 900.
It is said that the money is already
deposited in some Eastern bank
awaiting it's claimant: i /. '''''|::.'''@ =
Such is, in substance, the st1.nge
story related by the commercial
gentleman. Should it prove to be
founded on fact, Dn Matchett wherever
he is, has reason to- be grateful fol
encounterng that blessed baby. If he
is married, and is the father of i
promising boy, he had better send the
lad at once. to Mareschal College
Aberdeen, to be educated. There {
new romance might naturally grow ou1
Of the old: one. The little girl wonld
now be about seven years old.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

THE widow of Nicholas Moore, a we'll
known Harlem builder, who was in the
enjoyment of $500, 600 left her by her
husband, has married her cnachman,
mn individual who has hitherto managed
to subsist on $8 q week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Branly Rr6Auction In Rrlace.

Some useful information respecting
last years French brandy is furnished
in Consul Vereker's report on the trade
and commerce of the ports of Roche
fort and Tonnay Charente for the year
1871, tlst published,, Speaking of the
prospects 81 the brandy trade, Mr.
Vereker observes that the grapes IN
1871 were slow in development in coll
sequence of long drought; but under
the effect If rain, in August end Sep
tember, they rapidly arrived at maturi-
tyr and rendered necessary a,.vintage
earlier than usual, as they commenced
to rot on the vines ; the weather was,
however, unfavorable for the vintage,
and on it's produce being collected it
was found that the spoiled grapes were
numerous : and, sthoughsthe whole pro-
duce slightly exceeded the average of
past years the grape juice was deficient
in alcoholic force, result, no doubt,
due to their having ripened too
rapidly under the influence of
the rains and heat. Under these cir
cumstances larger amount of wine Is
required from winch to distill a given
quantity of brandy, so that it is not
likely that the produce of the latter
will reach full average, and this may
affect expectation. already unfavorably
influenced by the large stocks in Eng
land, and the circumstance that it may
be desired to replenish the stores in
France, the reserves having been much
reduced by the large shipments in the
past three years. The quality of bran.
dy in any one year depends materially
upon the proportion it bears to the
wine from which it is distilled; the
lesser that proportion the better in
general may be consideredt the brandy !;
in the past year it is estimated that On
an average nine parts of wine will lie
necessary to make one of brandy; IN
specially good years the proportion is
much less, becoming as low as five or
nix parts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

The lionization of Mr.. Stanley ha
made an English aeronaut desirous O
"going for' DR.. Livingstone in bal
loon.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

Mr.. SEwARD's "Travels Round the
World" will shortly he published by
subscription from the press Of the
Messrs. Appleton.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
.;,'ytklt0 0ersa New Poem.

Z =
8 AtouAxkn MEEr1Ea N TaE o1DEx TINE.
The following il an extract from John g.
Whattier's now poem. "The Pennsylvania
Pilgrim" to be published lin Boston this
ubontK:--sThe seine 10 laid two hundred Years
80 be Dre ths Apo*ers Of william Penn had
Luilt meeting houses: -
There, through tAc gathered stiffness multi
( 4us fs:s s:as. s.,s,s...As !, A,I.ymp,thy. ou.,ia.
The sparrows sang, md the gold robin cried.
1 s~ibs vpsa his eluj 4 faint perfume
Brcathed through tie open windows Of the
From locust ;recs, heavy with clustered bloom.
perchauce. ;*.ore-tried professors
Whose tervor Jail nor pil,ory could tame.
rroud Of the croepe4 cam meent to be their
Msa s ~ = : = + . . = 8 4 s.; s.;
Id1ndi61 illks, Mo hid tlsda -.
unsar tas hanslsAi end btas,'y said
God, mesSase through s theiF iron prison b.r,s
1nd gray 6ld S6a1diedf converts sethed WIN
From every stricken neld OF England's wars.
Lowly before the U lseen Presence knelt I,
Each waiting heart It'll happy some one felt :
On his moved lips the seal Of silence melt;
o.. Without spoken words, low Breathing ss6is
OF diviner life from soul to soul,
Bsptixing IN one tender thought the whole.
Unvexed the sweet air seemed. Without q
Tho ear Of silence heard, and every sound
Its place in Natures fine accordance found.
And solemn meeting, summer sky and wood,
Old kindly faces, youth and maidenhood,
Seemed, like Gods, psw creation, very good!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
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NUMBER: 25.
A MAGNIFICENT FEE

A Young ,Physlctan Fails Heir 10
o1OO, ,OOlNStaftlinx Result 81 IN A1.l
venture In = Chicago DeP0t-What
Came 0I Being kid e = scotch Baby.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
NE ~ ENl6s.
At Home.
SUITs are entered into the United States Dis

At laonae.
SUITs are entered into the United States Dis
trict Court, against White, Brown / c., im--
porters Of )fy9o0dS, "a B0Bl6n, i6f 'defisdds
ing the Gq1ernment ef custom leee duties to
the ape1nt Of one hundred 1sthoGahd dollars.
Tho hlegcd frauds extend hon August, 1867,
TaslarSe T; aisca i md b,.sasnithssh of.
H. Robertson, at Downs Station, M, was de-
stroyed by fire Thursday nosnans. No insur-
'n6c; D.,,D Moco..ur, "a; 3bu.inc.. - OF De-
troit, hune himself the other daysalt y now
asccrtsinc that he was . forger- OF indOs1eS
mcntss to his notes for various ssums ran9in6s
from llOO to 5000 aRereeAtina S2O, 600; pos.
silly 6ore. - banker disc overed one 1sseesy,
and threatened AcCormic with arrs1t2 a1hsi
tue nafc wastakenup. This waa psohehl1 S6s
ncen i've to his suicide, % hs:we.t imilsdlats
ly and hung himeelf. % s.s,...: | :Ss. .
Tu1 VIZ Department has issued an order
aunoanciug tho DEATH Of Gen. Thayer and
directing tho ususl salutes 10 be fred, end tho
observance Of other ceremonies.
EAxrreuAxEs,acc accdmPanied hy mdefaroqpd
exposions. have occurred sins OGsns County
Valley, California.
R.ns fPErrasoS SCALES, Of Mound. m.,
whilc ON her way TO Gelena, Friday morning,
in company with sosna companions, To- attend
the ID Davies County Fair, was run over and
instantly killed by the northern bou1d morn
ing express ons the Illinois Centrafr road. =
THl New York Times saysa a petition is,in
circuhtien in Germany praying the Uosefn.
ment 4o;|aeluire tsrrAoayyon this side Of the
grafton ~ bs diverteds and the. .tatherasad
thus aAve the annual less Of thousauds Of her
PM Asnrssos, : :Matst .aseer> ~
late rate Army, disdaA eseiR.
ns.. e,s Esia., ne'rar - y
Tn2Nls6sidssable ~ O -
Rapids, 1duter the ). :.