Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10

" But, Miss Johnson" said the little
girl, "my sister says I must say limb,
net leg"
Do NOT Jews write poetry2 The edi.
tor of the Jewish Messenger informs
us that IS during all the years of his
editorship, perhaps not more than q
dozen original poems have been sent
to him from contributors of the Jew
ish faith, and during the past year he
did not receive o single poetical effu.
sion for insertion"
HERE il something new. An inven-
tor has attached to a pair of BARRIERS
shears IN elastic hollow ball, which is
compressed by the operation of cut.
ting; and current of air, forced out
from the ball, is directed along the
edges of the blades and blows away
the fragments of hair a. fast az they
are cut.
ACCORDING to the last statistics, tho
aggregate number of failures during
1872 throughout the United States was
1908, involving liabilities amounting
to $121, O56, 600. The failures in 1871
aggregated 1915, with liabilities
amounting to $85, 252, 600, while for
1870 they were 3,551. with SIS, 242, 600
of liabilities.
MANv1hLE, r. l., has nearly COM
pleted the largest cotton manufacturing
establishment under one roof in the
world. It is 783 feet long, 50 feet wide
and four stories in height, will contain
over 10000 looms, and run 126, 600
spindles, employing nearly or quite
5000 hands. -.
= A GENTLEMAN was surprised to see his
little daughter bring home from the
Sunday school a grave treatise on
"Backsliding." "My child" said he,
"this is too old for you; you can't
make anything of it," 81 know it,
papa; thought it would teach me to
slide backwards"
INVENTIONS steamers and one hnu-
dred and ten sailing vessels sailed from
Newfoundland during the first week in
March, for the seal fields, the steamer
Eagle having arrived at st, Johns,
March II, with 80, 900 young seals, and
the steamer Walrus, March 10, with
II, 200. Seven other steamers are re-
ported loaded. The Eagle was only
fourteen days from time Of sailing un-
til her return with full cargo.
IT is related that at reception given
at Cincinnati to Fredrika Bremen, dur.
ing her visit to this country,a rich par
venu sought an introduction to the dis
tinguished lady, and, bent upon doing
the agreeable. began conversing in this
wise: 6 How do you do, Miss Bre-
mer2 How is your brother Frederick
I'm mighty fond of Fred Bremer's
books Capital books your brother
writes. I am proud to meet his sister. -
The Misses Greeley own an extensive
tract of land in Colorado, q portion of
which is in the town of Greeley. Mr..
Cleveland, of the New York Tribune,
proposes to make q tour through the
Great West this summer, accompanied
by his family and his wards, the Misses
Ida and Gabrielle Greeley. The party
will epend some time in the town
named after their distinguished rela-
tive. .a
ROBERT KETTLE, q temperance mis-.
sionary in Glasgow, left a few tracts
with young lady one morning. Call
ing at the same house q few days after
ward, be was rather disconnected at
observing the tracts doing duty as curl.
papers on the head of the damsel to
whom he had given them :" Weel, ma
lassie," he remarked, see you have
used the tracts I left wi ye; but" he
added, in time to turn cofusion into
merriment, aye heve putten them on
the wrang side O. your head, ma wo-
man."
A MAGNIFICENT present of Peruvian
skulls has lately been received by the
British Archaeological Institute from
Consul Hutchinson, of Callao. This
highly instructive series consist of one
hundred and fifty specimens dug out,
not gathe red from the surface of the
Old aboriginal burying grounds of the
Iassamayo and of Ancon, twenty and
thirty miles north, and from Cerso del
gro. about one hundred miles south of
Caiioa. Twenty four of these were
taken by the Consul himself from the
Huacas of Ancon, and are probably
those of Chinchas, or perhaps Aymaras.
ME1ssoNN1ER, the favorite artist of
the Empire, recently completed pic
ture for the Vienna Exposition, but
sold it as soon as it was finished to
London dealer for $4,000, who in
stantly resold it at considerable ad-
vance to a member of Parliament. It
IS one of the artists largest works,
being 20 by "a inches. It represents
Il village 81 gn-pninter, who has just
given the finishing touches to an ale
house Bacchus showing his handiwork
to mine host.
ST.. PATRIcK's day witnessed the
eightieth birthday Of the well-known
Dartmouth 'washman,"
Uncle Port Rogers. A good story
is told in which his ready Hlbernian
wit proved "one better " than Il too
inquisitive senior, who, meeting the
old gentleman on his accustomed Sun
day route, thus accosted him: "Hal-
loa, Uncle Port, what do you think
will become of you tor collecting your
washing, Sundaya" "Go to the had
place, l s'pose.'' "Very likely. But
what do you expect to do Thereof
"Jist the same as here to be suIe-
wash for students ~