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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
All Sorts Of ParagraDhs,

SWITZERLAND is overrun with mice.
ANaoRA cats are coming into fashion
again.
A TERRE HAUrR base ballist caught
coal oil lamp on the fly, hot from the
hands of his Infatuated wife.
JOSH BILLINGS say that mosquitoes
have in their veins some Of the best
blood in the country.
A WESTERN editor says of a neighbor-
ing editor with quivering eyelid
"that he shutters in the left eye!"
DELAWARE and Maryland basket
makers are already actively at work,
anticipating great demand when the
peach season open.
A MONTREAL dentist has recovered
$500 in suit of breach of promise of
marriage, against the fair and false
daughter of vell-to do farmer.
BROAD and Market streets, Philadel-
phia, have. been ordered to be paved
with stone.
An Omaha bride was married bare
foot because her lovers kinfolks
dressed that way, and she did not wish
to seem proud.
PETER CUR1EY, of Saratoga, accused
of implication in the Waterford, N.
Y, bank robbery, has been imprisoned
in default of 800, 900 bail.
The Oswego Commercial Advertiser
and Oswego Daily Press havebeen con-
solidated, under the name of the
Oswego Daily Times.
The Northern Pacific Railway Com
Ppany is offered ever so many square
miles of land at Bellingham Bay,
Washington Territory. It will make
the terminus of the road there.
SMOKING cars were invented to ena-
bic gentlemen to crafty masculine
habit without offense to the ladies. It
- proposed to add swearing coaches
for the same purpose.
IT took $50 columns of the Chicago
Evening Post to advertise the property
to be sold in that city for unpaid taxes.
There is evidently new deal in land
lords all around.
AN editor of German newspaper
has been sentenced to four months
imprisonment for publishing an article
entitled "The Battle with Gods
Church."
A CONNECTICUT newspaper solemnly
asserts that Danbury man fractured
the ceiling just above chair, in which
there had been placed burning hot
poker.
AN ingenious Yankee proposes to
warm Boston on the plan of building
enormous furnaces somewhere under
the pavements, and conducting steam
through the streets by means of iron
mains.
As the Philadelphia Courts have de-
cided that steam whistles must not be
blowed within the corporation limits,
some of the workshops are putting in
gongs that can be heard two miles,
thus removing the nuisance.
MIDDLE PARK, Colorado, which is
now exciting much attention, is de-
scribed as q valley about so miles long
and perhap b As miles wide, giving an
area of 2, $50 square miles, or I, 40 600
acres, being larger than Rhode Island.
IT is reported that Portland (Me.
gentleman, who had heard unfavorable
reports of the mischlevous proclivities
of the boys at an adjacent village, had
occasion to visit the village IN question,
and, after making tour of it in safety,
met an acquaintance, to whom he re-
lated his ill founded suspicious, adding
that he had not even seen bow.
"Ah, said his friend, "that's because
all the boys are at the other end of the
village, stOning funeral"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
ClIILDREN'S CORNER,
The Sleepy Little Sister.
ny GKoR01ANA MCNEIL,

1 sat. ono evening, watching
A little golden head
That was nodding DER picture book
And pretty soon said,
Tome, darling, you arc sleepy,
Don't You want to go to bcd?"
No." she said, II isn't sleepy,
But can't hold up my head"
Just now. it feels 80 heavy,
There isn't any use
Do let mo lay it down to rest
On dear old Mother Goose!
sha ut shut up my eyes at all,
And so you need not fear:
I'll keep 'tm open, all tho while,
TO sec this picture herc.'
And then, as said nothing,
She settled for a nap
One curl was resting on the frill
or the old Iady's cap;
Her arms embraced the children small
lnhablting the shoe -
% dear" thought l, "w what shall say?
For this will never do"
l eat a while in silence,
Till tho clock struck its ding, ding"
And then went around aud kissed
The cunning little thing.
The violcts unfrlded
A l kissed her, and she said,
81 isn't sleepy, sister,
But guess III 80 to bed
Our Young Folks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Experiments i'm Stoaming stalks.
A Duchess County correspondent Of
the New York Tribune says
Some years since, being short of fodder,
and having on hand about twenty head of
cattle. I thought would Try to econo-
mise by cutting and cooking feed. was
able 10 procure \ lot of cornstalks at four
cents a bundle. These / cut up with Il
Daniels cutter. / procured n large kettle
and six hogshead tubs, at 4 cost Of about
twenty dollars. I stamped tho tubs full
Of cut stalks, mixed with bran, and pour
cd over each tub full twenty gallons of
boiling water, spreading IN inch Of bran
over the top to keep down tho steam. The
cows ate the mixture clean, and throve
upon ii, preferring it to hay should
think it went twice rs far rs long stalks.
In order to economist on labor the next
winter procured a steamer, which plac-
cd several rods from tho stable, connect.
ing it with gas pipes laid underground to
box in the stable holding seventy bush
els. This l filed with stalks and bran,
thoroughly wetting it, and turned ON tho
steam. l kept on the steam fvo or six
hours, and thon it was not as savory a
mass IA the scalded stuff In neither case
did discover that tho COWS other gavo
moro milk or kept in hotter condition then
they did upon uncooked food. Tho only
gain was III their eating the fodder clean
er. The experiment satisfied mo that tho
butts of the stalks were worth full as
much as the leaves for fodder if enc could
only soften them so as to got the COWS to
cat them. To steam good hay or fodder
which COWS will eat up clean without
being starved to it is worse than labor
thrown away. One.half of the saving Oh
the corn stalks can be obtained by simply
cutting, with one tenth as much expense
Us it takes 20 steam. Then tue unea.en
portion of the stalks makes splendid
bedding and lightens up the manure fine
": III fact, for the sake of the manure it
pays to cut Stake, for every farmer knows
what nuisanc &c long STALKS are in manure.
1t ia proper to state that did not have
water convenient to the barn, but had 10
bring it in milk cans On a sleig h from
spring some twenty rods distant.
save about ten bundles OF stalks per
dav, e.half to be credited 20 cutting and
one.half to steaming. Could I have pro-
cured more stalks the saving would have
amounted to but twenty cents day, but
as could not do % it saved me about ono
dollars worth of hay. Since that time I
have been able to procure more stalks
than l needed. From this experiment /
have arrived ut the following conclusions:
l. 1t does not pay to steam unless one
has every convenience Of waser and
labor.saving apparatus, and then only
for large amount Of stock.
2. Is does not pay to steam good hay
or any fodder which COWS in good conai-
ton will eat up clean.
3. 1t does not pay at all where labor
is hi Oh and fodder cheap.
4. For tho ordinary farmer it will not
pay to 60 to tho expense Of fitting up a
steaming apparatus.
S. Who're it pays at all it is only in
exceptional cases, and will not do to
depend upon as q general rule
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
Fountains OF Decentralization.

The demoralizing influences of impure
literatare and of the outpouring fren.
zies of the disciples of the French
school of destructive social doctrinair-
es, was painfully illustrated in a MUIR
der case recently tried in the Paris
Court of Assizes. Some of the devel-
opments are unfit for publication here.
Alexandra Dumas, Jr., the notorious
novelist, was a principal parsonage at
the trial. The prisoner, who was n
man of loose morality, was dissatisfied
with the relations between his wife,
and one of his workmen, and consulted
Dumas about the matter, and asked
Dumas advice as to whether he should
kill the wife or workman. A plan was
LAID to entrap the woman into some
improperly, and the prisoner shot her,
left her to bleed to death in garden,
and told the workman to go back to
his work. What was said about this
during the trial may be given in the
words of Dumas, who was a witness,
and in the language Of the Judge. The
Court having asked Dumas whether it
would not have been better to advise
Rupert to have recourse to justice, he
replied 81 have said in many of my
works what I think of the law which
regulates the relations between hus-
band and wife. That law is execrabie.
and contrary to morality and in oppo-
sition to the Divine Law" "And you
would substitute for it murder, SIM
ply?" Eyes" 'tAnd you thiuk that
this man, who returned to his work after
having constituted himself at one and
at the same time Judge and execution
er, obeyed the Divine Law" shave
the MOST profound conviction of it,"
The Judge then said: eve cannot
tolerate that any ono should sustain
such theories in the sanctuaries of
justice. You are, sir, one of the most
distinguished wits of your time, but
the more considerable the influence of
your talent is over your contempora-
ries the more we deplore that you
should make such use of it," Dumas
thereupon exclaimed, cit is necessary
to regenerate the family by assassina-
ton; that is my conviction" The
Court ordered him to sit down. The
defence was the usual ono OF lunacy,
and the prisoner was sentenced to five
years hard labor in q lunatic asylum.
1t is the sort of lunacy that the adhe-
rents of two notorious women in New
York are trying to introduce into the
United States.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
The Finest Geological Museum In the
World.

What may have been the result of
the recent Hassler expedition, in which
Professor Agassiz embarked in scien-
titic search of unknown denizens of the
"vasty deep" it is yet certain that
from this voyage and others, contribu-
tiOns have flowed in from every source
and has given Harvard College the
finest and most complete museum of
comparative zoology in the world, i'm
the specially for which Prof. Agassiz
is famous. The collection of fishes is
greater than that in the Jardin des
Plantes, ut Paris and that In the Brit
ish Museum put together: Professor
Agassiz has devoted to it his life, and
it will be his monument after death.
The Museum is rich, however, in other
departments besides that of icltly-
0lOgy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

The general impression in Clarks.
burg, Mass, IS that certain old
woodman is Il solid Democrat. He
was observed last fall cutting away
brush for roads through his wood lots,
and, being asked what he WAS doing
the job for, replied: elf we don't gel
six feet of snow in the woods next
Winter, / amt no Democrat"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

AN immense canal is being built
through the San Joaquin Valley, in
California, for the double purpose of
irrigation and navigation. The canal
will extend from Tulare Lake, at the
upper end Of the valley, to tide water
at Antioch, near San Francisco-a dis.
lance of 200 miles. It will have various
branches and feeders, and will supply
water for manufacturing, domestic and
irrigating purposes to the towns along
the line. Forty miles are already
completed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
Ashes in tho Orchard.

D. W. Kaufman Of Des Moines, Ia,
writes to the Iowa Homestead, that ashes
are worth one dollar per bushel to put
about fruit trees, and that he would not
sell his ashes at that price, and do with.
out their use in the orchard. lie has
used ashes about fruit trees for fifteen
years, and during all that time has never
seen borer where ashes were used. Tho
torer is terrible pest to the fruit grower,
and if all other impediments to the sue
cessful growing were as easily overcome,
and completely controlled as is
the borer, then fruit growing would
be vor7 successfully practised. At the
recent meeting Of the Fruit Growers
Association of Ontario, Mr.. Noodle stated
that he had ben in the habit OF using
unleached ashes as manure for his fruit
trees and that he values them more highly
for this purpose than barn yard manure
If our farmers knew the value Of wood
ashes for the garden, orchard and farm
they would not sell them for fow cents
per bushel. The ashes that they barter
for few pounds of soap would, if ap'
piled to the soil, SO increase their crops Of
fruit and grain as to yield them ten times
the value they now get for them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
Tnnl1n ~ Cn1fH.

A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
thus gives his practice:
I give colts as many oats as they can
at once eat up clean, feeding three times a
day. They manage to take good care Of
about the following quantities in a day.
Lbs. oats. Lbs. hay.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

Once week they receive q warm mash
of bran and oats, and once week they
also have three or four pounds of pota-
toes each in lieu OF q usual feed. They
would get other ro0ts-preferably carrots
If had them. Of course these quaint.
ties very slightly with the animals, but
they show the average feed. My farmer
neig hbors look at my colts and wonder ut
their size, power, and spirit when there is
no cause for wonder at all. They not only
have warm, clean, and ample boxes to
move in, but they are carded and exercis.
ed every day. To this end the youngsters
are daily compelled to half an hours
gallop in large yard, while two or three
year olds receive regular work upon the
road.
They are all handled from their birth
1t may be objected that the farmer can
not Oxford to feed so highly I reply that
he cannot afford to do otherwise. He
does not keep his growing boy upon
short allowance, Lut, on the contrary, is
the quantity Of provender the urchin car
stow away under his jacket. We all
know that ceildren eat moro than grown
people. why should not the sanle truth
hold good with other animals?
1 have not attempted to give any physi.
illogical reasons for this system, although
there are many. A common belief
obtains that colts are often spoilt by
granting too much. Indeed have been
advised by well.meaning friends to that
effect. I would rather have my own
exnerience. however. than anvhodv's
advice. That experience tells me that
extra colts may be raised with extra care.
If fastened yearlfng in box or II
stall, and kept him without exercise all
winter, l should expect his legs to fill
and stock )" but should attribute the
disease to its proper cause, and not to the
oats. In conclusion l would say, that at
intervals we give sheaf oats in lieu Of
hay; and during very cold weather IN
occasional feed Of corn meal
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
Cooked Meat for Fowls.

Fowls, as we'll as dogs, become quarrel
some if fed on raw meat. Besides, cook
ing makesit more nutritious. When raw,
it is rather harsh and crude, compared
with the mild natural diet of worms and
CUBS, which are for the most part soft,
and easily dissolved by digestion.
Occasionally, for variety, a little meat
may be given raw. Fish, when plenty, is
most conveniently given boiled, because in
that state the fowls easily pick every
morael from the bones, and no mincing is
required Chambers scraps have the
advantage Of being already cooked, and
ON that account, US we'll as many others,
they are excelleut-The Poultry World.
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MASON E. HAmLIN
CABINET ORGANS.

TQs nv Y American Musical Instruments
] III VNSU of such extraordinary and recOg.
niZed excellence to command wide sale in Eu-
rope, uotwithsta ndng competition there with pro-
ducts Of cheap labor.
III vAvR awarded highest premiums, includ-
~ u ing the Mccall At the Paris EXPOSE
ton. Of hundreds of Industrial Exhibitions, tneve
have not been six in all where other organs have
been preferred to these.
OVuv 6VohAu musicians possessing ex-
cellencies not attained III any others See OPTIONS
OF ONE THOUSAND. in Testimonial Circular
fxe1 I12lve1 Y employing several impor-
SNV6OOUvb6U tant Inventions and en-
bracinE every real improvement.
THE MOST EXTENSIVE e;:,. s ;:s:
tories In the world, producing better work at less
cost than otherwise possible.
PRICES Fixed and a. low :. consistent
s.ovSV 80 ~ with scrupulous employ
ment OF only best material and workman ship.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND TEs.
Tl1ONlAL CIRCULAR, with Important
Information about OrGs 91Dvhich Baay save
pmrc!.asers from tlisappo5 III Intent In purchase
OI snvcrlor or worthless struMcNts or my .
nse0t Oh high prices, sent free.
MASON a HAMI,IN ORGAN m
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

A SINGULAR explanation is given of
an apparent case Of spontaneous COM
bustion in New Hampshire. The fire,
which was discovered in an unoccupied
room, was traced to astereoscopic glass
lying upon the table exposed to the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

The following record of female avo-
cations in tho United States is taken
from the recent census returns: In
dependent Of woman farmers there arc
Is female stock herders, 6 apprentices
to BARRIERS, "a dentists, 2 hostlers, 2
professional hunters and trappers, s
lawyers, 525 physicians and surgeons,
81 clergymcn, 2 scavcngers, 7 sections,
10 "canal men," 1876 "draymen,
pilot, 6 guano iaborers, gas-stokers,
33 gunsmiths, gunpowder makers,
and 16 ship-riggers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

The Prince of Wales took the chair
at a grand Masonic festival in London
the other day.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
Wake I'm the Eystem,

ARMoR1A1 bearings of the ocean,
The crests of the waves.
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"~Ac Up inc EyStcms
When the physical energies droop and the mind
becomes lethargc It may be taken for granted that
the digestion Is impaired and the liver derelict in
its duty. Upon the condition Of the stomach and
| liver depend the condition of the blood, and upon
the quality OF that fluid depends the vigor Of the
BODY and the capacity for brain labor. 1t il, there
lore, OF the utmost importance to men engaged in
active pursuits who subject to attacks of bodily
weakness and mental stupor indifference, to
know from what source they can obtain immediate
and permanent relief. The tonic and anti.bilious
stimulating elements combined in Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, peculiarly adapt that genial prcpa-
faaon to cases of this kind. The rapidly with
which 1t rouses the dormant powers Of the muscu.
Lar and nervous system, is marvellous. Acting first
upon the digestive organs, and through them upon
the nuids OF the body, the nerves and the BRAIN it
renovates, refreshes and regulates, not only the
corporal powers, but the mind itself. As debility
and Its usual concomitant mental torpor or depres-
sion are often caused. and whore they already ex-
list, arc always aggravated by tho damp and varia-
bic weather prevalent in the spring months, per-
sons of feeble stamina and weak nerves, should 20
through course Of this agreeable stmuant at this
season. and indeed would derive great advantage
from taking 1t At least once day throughout the
year.
Rest and Oldest Family Iedicine.-sa.|orr.
H fG::s Y;Rs SRs Ssss! SIC?
tx
| It. Be.eore Of limitations.
IT IL WELL TO GIT CLEAR of Bad Cough or Cold
the first week. but 1t is safer to rid yourself Of 1t the
! first fcrtyeisht hours-the proper remedy for the
purpose being DR.. Jayne's Expectorant.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

DIR. SHALLENBERaER's pills are not a
Purgative. They euro every form of Foycr
aud Ague immediately, without any sickness
Or discomfOrt.-COm
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

The Best Locations for Colonies.
MOTHERS! MOTHERS

MOTHERS! MOTHERS !!
MOTHERS!!
non't fail to procure MRS. WINS
IL LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP FOR
CHILDREN TEETHING.
HkVkRsFAILING SUCCESS IN THoUsAKDisss
nnot only relieves the child from pain. but invig:
crates tho stomach and bowels acidity and
give: tone and energy to the whole system. It VIII
also instantly relieve
Gripping in the Bowels and Wind Collie,
y, We bslieye i tho BEST and SUREsT REMEDY
AND DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN. whether aris.
Ing from teethtng or any other cause.
Depend upon It, mothers, 1t will give rest to your
selves, and
Relief and Health to Your Infants.
Be sure and call for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
Having the facsimile of COURTS PERKINS
Sold BY DruGGist1 throughout the world.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

AN empty ceremonial string of pri-
vate carriages, with nobody inside
them, following funeral.-Punch.
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The public arc hereby assured.

The public arc hereby assured,
tl'ronsn the columns OF this paper, that Par.
principle, but that they may be administered
to children and tho most weak and shattered
constitutions in small doses, with great Ger
tainty OF success.
DR. A. JOHNSON, ono Of the most succc ssful
practitioners OF his time, invented what is
now called Johnsons Anodync Liniment. The
Bronchitis and all diseases OF throat and
lungs, will mako the name OF Johnson not lc IS
favorabiy, il less widely known, than that Of
INnja NanOlcOn-(hm
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

IT Is WELL TO GIT CLEAR of Bad Cough or Cold
rst week. but 1t is safer to rid yourself Of 1t the
first forty.eisht hours-the proper remedy for the
purpose being Or. Jayne's Expectorant.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
CHApPED HANDS. face. rough skin.

CIAPPED HANDS, lace, rough skin,
pimplcs, ring-wornl, salt-rhcum and other Gu
tancous. affections, cured, and tho skin made
soft and smooth, by using the JUMPER TAR
SOAP, made by CAswELL, HAZARD Il Co., New
made by us, as there are many limitations
| mado with common Tar which arc worthless.
Com
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IL, 900, 900 ACRES!
CHEAP FARMS!
THE CHEAPEST LAND IN MARKET for sale By the
UNION PACIFIC RAIL ROAD COMPANY
In tho GREAT PLATTE VALLEY.
5000, 900 Acres in Central Nebr,sk,

5000, 900 Acres in Central Nebraska
Now for sale in tracts of ferty and upwards on
ADVANCE INTEREST REQUIRED.
MILD AND HEALTHFUL CLIMATE. FERTILE SOIL, An
NuNDANCE OF GOOD WATER.
THE BEST MARKET IN THE WEST! Tho
great Mining regions of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah
md Nevada, being supplied by the farmers in the
The Best Locations for Colonies.
FREE HOMES FOR ALL! MILLIONS OF ACRE
Of choice Government Lands open for entry undo,
the HOMESTEAD LAW, near this GREAT RAILROAD
with good markets and al tho convenienees of an
old settled country.
Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Land
Sectional Maps, showing the Land also new edition
EREE EvERyWHERE,
Address,
= o. r. DAVIS
Land Commissioner u. r. r. H.,
OMAHA. HE1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

Rest and Oldest Family forrs
Liver knUtgorster-a purely vegetable CaihorHc and
Headache. Bilious Alta *. and I'll dersneement Of
LAYER. stomach and Bowels. Ask your Dfuggtst fol-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03
MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO..

"a fremont ST.. BOSTON; . UNION SQUARE NV
YORK; 81 AND 81 ADAMS ST.. CRfcAGO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

eases By lock Of hale enclose No. ouree
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THEA. NECTAR

For any case Of Blind
Bleeding, Itching, or VI
cerated Plies that DE
RISG's PILE REMEDY
faiiDto cure. 1t is prepared
expressly to cure tho PILES
aud nothing else. Sold by
all Druegists. Price Sl.0J
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-03

FRENCH CREAM CAKE-Is q delicious
supper table delicacy, made thus: Boat