Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-25
All Sorts Of f'aragraDl,s.

you never head of i great tnn cury
I1tREE' PENNY readings are the nightly
dIs:|l H':'u 1T Hamilton, Ont.
Th' rvarl boys have raised *I.-
800 hon '''Nt Seasons urw bnat-luls,.
M'Sr VINE |;;@ the boss potato: ~
ln''rS Long, - inches in..ircumItrr,..,,
/ j i"''i"'~ III weight, and ,nu,r eyes
than Argus.
ROW does that took, ch 2" said a
blG-1sted Wall street man TO another
man, holding: NY his fist. .Fhut"
sgd his irl''"i, '!"ol,S as if you'd gone
short on '"'Hr.'
= ''";,"uN'; man, who spent $500 at
'.o ,. ,, '"'f, hoping to get II prize of
port AIT OF Gcnrgc Washington.
Il NEW sly lie OF wall paper for dining.
rooms has medallions of game u,,,,
hIrlS, real skin and real feathers being
1scu. The figures are raised on y light
background, which is very effective.
f"'NCrs OF wax and linen are also in
trnd'lced, tied together with colored
ribbons.
"A rARsoN and lawyer were talking
about the direction of the wind. ssWe
go 10y the Court House vanc." said tho
lawyer ; and the parson replied. " W.
go by The church vane." :sWen." re
tortcd the lawyer, lin the matter If
wind that is tile best authority
HE corner stone for the PougL-
keepsie bridge is now being prepared
in Albany. It is of Maine granite.
weighing six tons, and is seven feet
long, .four feet wide, aud three feet SIX
inches thick. 1t will lie cut so as to
receive a box twelve by sixteen, and
twelve inches deep.
An enraged traveller writing home
from the far West says: descend
ing to the barroom took my turn at o
tin wasll~basin with cake of yellow
soap, ard dried myself on q mustv
towel hung on q broom. A bootiack
and lean dog lie in the middle of the
floor, the chairs long ceased to he
quaIrupe1ls, discomfort is king. and
dirt is prime minister.
TEA is now extensively raised in
Hindostan, the exports 20 Engiana in
1872 exceeding sixteen millions Of
pounds. The Indian teas are of rare
flavor, and are used by English shop
keepers to mix with the Chinese. The
culture in India is now carried on bv
four stock companies, which are now
raylng from ten to twenty per cent.
dividends.
The New York Sun says that John
c. Heenan died worth $10O, 600. This
was made keeping a gambling-house.
He was put into the business in
1870 by Mr.. William NJ. Tweed.
He had three partners, William
Crilge, John J. Keiso and Big Mur.
ray. The four often divided $50, 600 il
month profits between them. MIR.
Kelso ceased to be a partner when he
left the police.
GRAPE seeds are recommended as an
excellent substitute for chicory, of
which our coffee is sometimes made
nowadays. The grape seeds, when
roasted and ground, are said to have an
aroma like thai of East India coffee.
and the taste OF the coffee made from
them is said to lie similar. The only
objection to Thea! general use seems to
be that it would be more difficult to oct
enough OF them than to send to the
East Indies for them.
MASSIVE monumental shaft of Nova
Scotia freestOne has been erected at
Mt. Auburn i'll memory of the Rev.
John Plerport, by his loving and
greatiul children. One side contains
the usual record Of his birth, death.
and services in tho ministry and army.
On the other side are these words:
Poet.
Patriot.
Preacher.
Philn*cplc
Phl:,nthrOp;yt
CONE, mother, give me some med
icinc,' said an ailing boy, "I don't
wanh to die yet, for I've no acquaint-
ancc III heaven" Why, YES, nv
boy,'' said l,is mother, " there's your
dear OLD grandfather, and little Lainy,
the gardeners daughter, and Harry
Stone, too, died only last week"
Well, said the little fellow, 's Harry
and always did quarrel, and the gar
dcner's girl speaks nothing but Dutch,
ana l have grown SO since grandpa died
he would not know me when l got
| there"
TIE tamphor tree perfumes the mir,
and it's leaves yield the finest honey.
1t often reaches a hundred feet in
heighth, with II girth of fifty feet. The
precious gup is found sometimes in
layers as large as a mans arm, but
more frequently il. s:tai, fragments,
extracted with sharp pointed instru-
1ncnts. The wood is excellent for
house, sA'ip-timbcr and furniture, and,
excepting tue teak and calambucco, is
the on y wood never attacked BY the
myrials of yoracious insects in the
East Indies. The common kinds of
camphor are ryecartd by distillation.
Influence q; i dream.
I, The Troy Press says that the site of
the State Street NJ. r. Church, in that
/; city, was selected through the instru-
mentality OF y dream. DR.. john Lou
! Con, Il prominent physician, who died
upward OF fifty year: ;i2;,:. was lead
! ing member and worker Of the Metho-
di: t denomination, and about the time
it WAS proposed tn erect an eliGcc in
the vicinity OF State street. tho good
doctor dreamed that he saw flock of
white doves slight on the lots at the
corner Of State and Fifth streets. The
imprcss IN ct the vision was SO vivid
that the doctor could not shake it off.
He Insisted that 1t was i. good omen.
AMI that the church should be erected
OH the lots above banned. So strenuous
was he in this that lie carried his point,
and the old State street sanctuary was
erected, to give was i'll due time TO the
beautiful ediflce now located on the
site OF tie old brick structure.
WIFI WONDERS NEVER zxe5:r9-
When DR., Walker proclaimed that he
h"d I":"lccd from the medicinal herbs
OF Ca!.iorni. an Elixir that woull re-
generate the sinking system and v.sre
every form Of disease nos organic, the
lncrcdllloUS shook their heads. Yet his
VINEGAR BirrERs ia now the Standai&
Restorative Of the Western World. Un-
der the operation OF the new remedy,
! D'yspeptics regain their health; the
Bilious amt CorstipatcI are relieved Of
every distressing symptom the Con-
snmE@,vr aol Rheumatic rapidly re-
cover: intermittent and Rcmittent Fe.
vcrs are broken: the hercdit.,y faint
OF Srroi'.l;. is tr;.2icatcd! Skepticism
: Is routed, and this wonderful prepare
, t','A is to-day the most popular Tonic
AL ":ative end BLOOD Depurent ever
~ ':t:3'l IN Amcricn. We don't sell