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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12
The Manatee, or Sea.Cow.

A short time after Barnum was burnt
out in this city, last winter, a gentle
man who is interested in the fruit trade
in New York, but whose residence il
in Florida, made an agreement to
furnish the great Snowman q sea-cow.
or manatee, shoals of which frequented
the Indian River, upon the banks of
which this gentleman had plantation.
Preparations were duly made upon his
return, and one evening about three
months ago calf, two years
old and weighing something like
600 pounds, was captured.
This animal arrived in New York, via
the San Jacinto from Savannah, yester-
day morning. It was delivered to the
care of MIR. Henry Relche, No. IS
Chatham street, but was afterward
removed to Central Park, where there
were better facilities for its entertain
ment, and placed in the tank just west
of the buildings containing the other
geological collections. The animal is
q very novel looking creature. having
the appearance of several dissimilar
animals, that of tho seal predominating.
1t is about five and one half feet in
length, of dark gray color, and
covered with sharp, green bristles,
which are not observable when the
animal is under water. Its nose when
it appears above the surface of the
water very much resembles that of q
young calf, except uniformity Of color
and the fact that its large nostrils have
lids which open to admit air, but close
when below the surface. The eyes are
small, and of dark green color. It
has two seal-ike projections several
inches distant from the head about
half foot in length, which it uses
when crawling or swimming. The tail
of this animal is about fifteen inches
broad, and of an indefinite length,
being flat, smooth. edged, and looking
as if it would enable the animal to
move with great speed through the
water. The general outline of the
manatee has an intensely "fatty "
look. It is not carniverous, but eats
marine and other grasses, subsisting
upon a purely vegetable diet. As has
before been stated, this animal is but
about two years old, and is not more
than half grown, those of mature age
weighing about 1000 pounds and be-
ing nine or ten feet in length. There
are several kinds of these animals,
seen in tho coast waters of our own
Southern States, near the mouths
the Orinoco and Amazon, of South
America, and on the west coast of Az
RIGA, but they are never found upon
shores other than those of the Atlantic
Ocean.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12

A TENNESSEE paper of recent date
states that locomotive struck the
wagon of a farmer of that state, and
himself, wife and child were deposited
on the other side Of the fence, some.
what hurt in spirit, but not in body.
The womnn's first act was to knock
John down for running into the "loco-
motive" and to shut up both eyes for
insisting that he didn't.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12
A WILD nUNTRESS.
A Pennsylvania Girl Lost In tho vii.
storness-ller Love OF II uniting Strong.
or than her Love Of Home.

Pennsylvania Girl Lost In the vii.
.ier.ess-Hler Love Of q llanting strosg-
or tAaM her Love Of Homo.
The Wheeling Register OF the Goth
inst. tells the following story on the
authority of Julia Messenger, Of Wind.
ridge, Green county, Pa, for whose
veracity it vouches
A man living near Windridge, Green
county, Pa, had born to him five chill
dren, four girls and one boy. His
name is Daniel Lewis. When quite
young the boy and second dauR6ter.
named Lucinda Lewis, developed quite
q fondness for hunting, and were out
nearly all the time, roaming through
the woods in search of game. They
seemed to delight in nothing 80 much
as the fall life Of q hunter, and would
be gone from home for weeks ct . time.
After some four or five years the boy
quit it, and entered on the more INDUS
trious pursuits of life, but the girl
continued in the chase. Drawing her.
self moro and raoee from human inter-
course and restraint, she has become =
Wild woman, fleeing from the approach
OF her kind with the speed of I deer.
During the early years of her solitary
life she used to approach her fathers
house and entioe the dogs to follow
her, learning almost any breed of dogs
to become good hunters. In the hope
OF bringing her back to her home and
to civilization, her brother followed
her and shot the dog she had taken
away, using every inducement to get
her to 60 back with him. But all in
vain.
For eighteen years, since she was
twelve years of age, she has lived this
Wild life, sleeping in the centres of
straw stacks during the night, and
hiding in them during the summer the
Wild and cultivated fruits she intends
for her winters store of provisions.
She is now thirty years old, and is %
wild as the most untamed denizen of
the forest. ~ ,..-
Mr.. Messenger says he at one time,
while out hunting, met her in the
woods. Her long black hair, covering
her face and eyes, was matted With
burs and leaves, and her black flashinp
eyes made her startling picture. She
remained perfectly still until he got
within twenty feet of her when she
turned and fed with the swiftness NO
man could hope to rival
A few days since she was seen again,
and then had in her hand three pleas.
ants and four rabbits, but although
these encountered her she eluded every
attempt to capture her. She has been
so long in the woods that she has be-
come perfectly wild. Her dress is mado
of the skins of wild animals and
blanket that she has taken somewhere
during some other nocturnal predatory
tours.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12
The Death of Mfnisfar Orr.

A st. Petersburg letter, written un-
der date of the 8th inst, sends the
following sketch of the sickness, death
and funeral of the late United States
Minister to the Court of the Car:
"The diplomatic career of Gov. Orr
came to painful end before it was
fairly begun. It is not quite two
months since he arrived in st. Peters,
bug and presented his credentials to
the Emperor. He was suffering at the
time from = severe cold, contracted
during the Atlantic passage, and
about week after his formal in
stallation into his new Office he was
forced to his bed. From that day he
did not leave his apartments. The cold
settled on his lungs, and afterward
passed to his liver, so that his blood
became seriously affected. No serious
result was apprehended, however, and
on Friday morning, four days before
he died, his friends thought he was
slowly yet steadily improving but on
Monday last there was q change, and
he died quite suddenly at 2 O'Clock.
The funeral services were celebrated
to-day in the chapel of the English
American Society. There was no dis
course, and the pastor simply read the
impressive ritual of the Church of
England and closed with short pray
er. The gloomy little chapel was by
no!means full. There were some dozen
ladies, English and American, half =
dozen gentlemen in black, and thirty
or forty diplomats in their brilliant yet
sombre costume. The Austrian Am
bassador was there, the Ministers of
Brazil, Italy, Greece, and the attaches
of other legations, as we'll as of the for
eign Office. MIR. J. L. Orr, ,Jr., the only
family mourner, stood by the side Of
Gen. Pomputs, the consul, who wore
the familiar uniform of . Brigadier in
the American army. The scene was
indescribably sad. After the rector had
finished the service, the diplomatists
walked around the coffin and dropped
each upon it q little sand. The civil.
ians present did the same, and as the
mellow Russian sun broke through the
windows of the humble church, the
cortege took up it, march and passed
mournfully away. The few Americans
in st. Petersburg-they are not above
half dozen families-Were very atten-
tive to the unfortunate Minister, and
since his death have taken entire
charge of the funeral arrangements.
The English friends of the Legation
have also been very kind and sad. The
circumstances surrounding the case
have awakened generalsympathy in di
plomatic corps"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12

JACK CARTER, a counterfeiter who
has spent about twenty nine years in
Sing Sing Prison, but whose last SEN
tence of ten years expired last Satur-
day, bewailed the loss of his situation.
His good behavior while in prison had
gained him the confidence of the keep
err, and he had for some time been
clerk in charge of the time-books OF
the convicts, and, it is stated, had
made something handsome by shorten
inp terms of service at 800 each. The
average shortening was half the sen
|tence.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12
An Aneclote or Chief Justice Chase.

An old friend of the late Chief JUS
tice tells m anecdote showing Mr..
Chase's cleverness ut repartee. While
on visit to the Southern States, after
the war, Mr.. Chase was introduced to a
very beautiful woman, who prided her.
self on her devotion to the ''lost cause. "
Anxious that the Chief Justice should
know her sentiments, she remarked, as
she gave her hand: "Mr. Chase, you
see before you rebel who has not been
reconstructed. ''Mndame," replied he,
with profound bow, "you are so per.
fectly constructed that any reconstruc.
tion is impossible"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12
4 Hard Crop, Boss, to Make Money Ut,

L hard Crop, Boss, to Make Money Ut.
Texas, it seems, among it's other ad-
vantages is we'll adapted to the raising
Of tobacco, but even there it costs
much labor, as the following story of
an ancient African cultivator will show ::
" Ye sec, boss, ye can't plant it right
out like corn it's got to start early {;
aud back in Virginny, whar I come
from, We had to be mighty particlar
about the start, but heah it's got more
time. Ye first make the bed; burn q
big brush heap on a spot O. good
ground, an dig It all up loose I'M nice =;
SOW y'r seed and pile loose brush over
it. Den git y'r land ready, loose an
nice, and throw it up in rows like this.
(About three feet apart.) Den ye draw
your plants an set 'em out !; stob
down a stick, like this, as deep
as y'r hand set the plant ciar down
and let the dirt come in on it real easy.
# it's biazin' hot ye've got to cover the
plant two days and one night ; soon as
it begins to grow an spread out ye've
got to plow it out and skim down the
hill all around it. Den ye got to look
out an keep all de weeds an grass out,
nm be shure an pull off dem little
leaves dat lay ON de ground, or deyll
make de whole leaf fiat down an be
musty. When it gets just az high as
de bend below the knee. den YOU cot
to look outagin an be lively to chip it
off little below, an top it, leaving
only ten or twelve leaves.
"Den y'r trouble comes, an den ye
got to look out again for suckers an
worms. De sucker come right under
the leaf, like little knobs, an every ono
OF 'em got to be pulled off, or tue dov'll
take all the strength o'y'r terbacca.
Den de worms keep comm, an keen
q comm. Ye mustn't knock 'em OH
either; mus catch 'em an mash 'em.
An den you got to keep wormin an
suckerin, an wormin and suckerin.
right along till it's done ripo,
"Den ye got to look out agin', for
ye got to cut it, an' split it, an hang
it, an dry it 'zack]y right, or yell lose
all your work, sure. Ye lay it on de
hill to wilt, den hang it up on split
sticks; den watch it two weeks in dc
sun, an dom let a drop o. rain touch
it, or it'll make it all fab down an bc
musty agin, an then it'll gag in q
mans throat, an make too much spit
when he's chawin' on it. But if q
leetle rain does strike it, ye got tt
open de sticks an let de ar through, an
dat helps it again.
"Den y0u take it in an heat it, tt
dry the stems, an dar ye got to loo}
out agin an not smoke it with q bai
kind o wood, an give it a fusty smell
Den ye strip it, an divide it an PACK
it for market, an y're done ut last, an
it's about time to go to work on anothe
crop. Mighty hard crop, boss, to mek'
money outen.'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12

A CASE Of spontaneous combustion
took place among lot Of rags slowed
away in the hustle Of Il Marquette wo-
man last Monday. Shc sat down in a
wash tub, nnd escaped injury.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12

Sing me that song no mofel
Ny lost life I deplore;;

Sing me that song no mofel
Ny lost life deplore;'
/ hoat along the shore
OF the far lands Of memory. :.
The Wild and sad refrain ~
Pulses with bygone pain;
Ny tears fail down like rain,
Ny struggles are all vain,
/ beat along the shores Of memoky.
Thy wind-harp's wailing spell, 4:
With tides that rose and fell,
Has borne me on its swell
To the far lands of memory. i.-js
Ny eyes with tears are Wet,
Ny heart doth idly fret, 7t4,zS
I vex with vain regret;
All, might / once forget - '''~
The purple light on shores OF memofyI
For can never land = -
Upon their golden strand,
Nor step upon the sand ="
OF the far lands of memory. -:s..
For mists and fogs arc met
And ragged rocks beset -.
Each harbor Ut regret,
And sails are never set - -. &
Which 6nd the silvery shores of memory
by Emily e. Ford, In June GalGxy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12

PHILADELPHIA has now more houses
to let and for sale than ever before.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12

Eor, Slj,OOO; miscellaneous $50 900. Total
outside OF Boston, 500, 900.
NEW YORK insurance companies lose by tho
Eoston fire $4,000. The highest amount lost
by any single company is $4,000.
MAMMOTH tin ledge has boen discovered
orty-hve miles from Los Angeles, Cal.
1T is believed tho steamer George Cromwell,
bound from New York to New Orleans, has
been lost.
CArT. MCNEIL, ofthc bark Maverton, reports
at Quclcc, that May -, off the cast end OF
Ant'costi, hc saw a heavy field OF ice, extend.
ing as far as the eye could reach, and from
there to the southwest end saw very heavy
'ccbergs Ten miles west ho saw the hulls OF
two vessels and a tent on shore,
YOUNG man supposed to bc young Bender.
son Of tho wcl-known Kansas murderer. was
arrested at West Liberty, Iowa, and a woman,
thought to he Mrs. Bender, was arrested at
Oxford, Iowa. There seems to bc little doubt
as to thoir identity. Both parties urc being
held for further developments.
SOME time since tho officers Of tho Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad discovered they wore be-
ing systematically swindlcd out OF passenger
tickets ON the branches Of their road, and a
San Francisco, N,w York and other polntr
An nvestiy alton discovered that the clerks in
their employ had been guilty OF spoilation, ant
that the loss to the company, SO far as known
will reach fully $4,000.
TiE messenger OF the Revere Nationa
IanS, at Boston, named Allen, disappeared
last Thursday with checks and drafts amount
llg t" S3O 900, on which he raised $500
cash. What he did with the remainder is un
kiI ,wn.
FIRE in Baltimore, Sunday morning, d,
"tr"ycd the chemical works OF Frank slim. rir
Go. Loss $G0,'H)O insurance $4,000.
JOSIAH N. STAnIN, cashier ut the Cayug
Comfy National Bank, at Auburn, N. u, ap
p.opriated $4,000 iu bonds belonging to Bcr,
iamin Gould. Upon the discovery OF the dc
Iinquency, Mr.. starin made restitution OF $50,
900 in cash, and his friends secured to Nj
Gould the balance, $4,000.
THKEE HUNDRED THOUSAND D0LLARs' wort
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-12
WAS SIZE EQUAL TO THE TASK.

Every respectable family should have
cousin John. I will proceed to say /
have a cousin John. wish might add
that he has always been IN ornament to
society an honor to himself and the flow
Or of tho iamily.' A still regard for
veracity-it answers my purpose upon the
present occasion-forbids any such obser.
vation on my part. am obliged to say
this masculine specimen of our ancient
race was absolutely the tag-end of our
chdrasters. Seemingly, ho was: the re-
cipieDt Of what was loft after furnishing
the heads and hearts Of all tho others.
Whenever the granddames, ,aunts or unclss
desire to illustrate any particular vice,
John was hold up as the frightful ex.
ample. Net that he was an assassin, a
highwayman, Or politician. He was
simply maelstrom Of impulsiveness, care
lessness and generosity. 1fit had not becn
for the good luck which always followed
h,m, he would have made first class
vagab6nd. Asit was he made out to be
we'll dressed, handsome, good fellow"
That was the entire truth, -" good fello,v."
Beyond that!he could not be trusted, and
then only when ones eyes were on him.
was sitting in NY solitary parlor one
morning, in momentary expectation Of re-.
ceiving an appeal from sister Jane to
hasten to "The Naples" US the tw,us
were down with measles; summons
from Aunt Hannah to bid her last linger-
ing rewell,-lingering is the proper
word as had been through the ceremo-
ny seven times, and an Invitation from
cousin Susan to run over and turn her
black silk. Besides ttat, had my own scr
row. My Tabby had been Cultivated for
two days. The evening bofore she disap-
peared she had refused the fifth saucer of
milk for her supper, and appeared. pen.
sive. I feared she had committed suicide
or wandered out into this unfeeling
world, because neighbor Browns Tom
had Tilted her for Mrs.. Rey's green.eyed
black ugly feline she had the audacity to
call Beauty"
J,st a. 7 vuaa h;tt torlx, roor.&%;rn, %ho% 7
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-07-11
Miss lie logE's operate Company-taossIp
GOncernlDg il,

Concerning it.
Miss Kellogg having wisely come to the con-
clusion that English opera is an eminently pro-
per field for her, has at last closed an en-
gagement with an energetic young American
Manager, O. g. Hess, of Chicago with whom
Parapa Rosa made her first successful English
Opera season. The terms of Miss Kellogp's en-
gagement include the choice Of her associate ar.
lists, aud Stanley Foil, and Castle are the names
first spoken of. Messrs Castle and Stanley are
positively engaged by Parepa in England how
ever, for season Of English opera in the com
ing Fall and Winter for although the Madame
may not sing herself, she like prudent gen
eral upon hearing Of the strenuous effort
brought to bear upon Miss Kellogg to persuade
her to accept OF an engagement, Immediately
engaged all OF the available artists in England
80 that they could not come here until she came
with them herself and will send them through
the province to keep them employed in case of
her efforts to secure one Of the leading Lon
don theatres-the Strand-proye urgne-
cessful S. c. Campbell the baritone whose
health has been very bad for the past year il
unable 10 Hlng- and short time ago was 80 sick
as 10 make hl5 friends III Europe fear he Would
never reach his native land again alive Hia
health OF late has improved, however bur
whether he will ever sing much more il exceed
lngly doubtful To insure the engagement Of
Mr. Foil, the fine bassO of the Italian opera in
London for the past seven years and an exceed
~ popular artist in oratorio and concert will
necessltate the payment OF a heavy salary even
supposing he can be tempted to withdraw from
his present lucrative tield of operations. MIR
aud Ars. Ed. Seguin, who refused parepas
tempting oilers to go over to England this com
ing season, are available, however and posaihlv
Mr. Hess, who took his departure for Europe on
Saturday may succeed in finding some English
artist of sufficient ability to complete Iirzt
class combination competent to support Miss
kellogg in her new field Of labor Ii ia 10 ha
hoped. il Mr., Tess cannot bring over better
material than Parepa-Rosa imported in her Eng
llHh opera, that he will show his good sense 6y
engaging competent American artists.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-07-11
THE PENINSULA.


The State il due the county school fund Ell,
254. 49, which is wanted, OF course.
The Denton NJ. E. choir has indefinitely post
poned (moderate expression for fallen through
its concert.
The Union is still hammering away at the
court house green, but it don't seem to do any
good. Even a thunder clap would hardly awake
to consciousness the Commissioners on that sub
ject.
Ohilton's camp-meetng will be held notwith-
standing the report that it wouldn't.
The 4th at Denton was spent in picnic at
Wesleys they also pic-niced, but at Harmony they
held regular celebration, az usual
Mr.. West has given great satisfaction to the
people of Denton as principal of the Academy
there.
At fredericksburg they say there will be a
change in postmasters. OF course the office is
not likely to be closed for the want Of a person
to fill the succession.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-07-11

The Newport correspondent OF the Bost on
journal writes as follows of a cost of a season at
that watering place
1.-The price Of board at the Ocean House is IS
per day $40 additional for private parlor At
the Atlantic and Aquidneck 81, either permanent
or transient. At the private boarding places OF
which there is countless number, SIG to $50
per week is charged. Some of the residents
take a whole family to board OF rather the
guests take charge and allow the owners, who
are at all times subject to tn; formers orders to
remain. There are about twenty houses taken
in this way, and it will be seen that the guests
enjoy life without its responsibilities and at less
than half the price for the luxury of Newport
cottage Many single gentlemen take apart
ments at private houses and have their meals
served at the hotels. In the vicinity of that
portion Of the city inhabited principally by the
summer population hardly residents house
eau be found but what has all its spare rooms
let
:" There are cosy cottages, with spacious
grounds, that rent for 5000 minus stables how
ever tha latter can be rented for $3.50 for the
season. The ma inrity Of the cottages however
rent for from 81 900 to $4,000 for the season.
six months II you wish-although Alden b
StOckwell, eX-Presldent OF the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, pays IS 900 for the Bar
reda mansion on Bellevue avenue. Pierre Loril-
lard paid $4,000 for Z. b. Bolts residence last
year, which was the largest amount ever paid
for cottage up to that year. ',hen it is taken
into consideration that the former estate is val.
ued at s25O,0OO and that the latter sl2j 900
these amounts, which almost seem fabulous
will not appear exorbltant for a SIX mouths
lease.
- Carriage hire, for some unaceountable req-
son, is unusually high, and has been so for
many years past, For single turnout in the
morning. it will cost you Sc phiuton for a
single hour will cost you - in the morning and
u IN the afternoon. BY the afternoon is meant
from . to o'clock. II you Wish to rent pony
pbeton by the month you can do so for Sl5j
For landeau, driver and horses, $500 per
month is charged. Many of the finest equip
ages upon the avenues which have the appear
ance of private establishment. are in reality
only hired and driven to the cottages at certain
hours each day Boating Is very reasonable
large sail boats, capable OF carrying twenty peo-
pie, can be hired for an afternoons sail MP tile
bay or out toward Beaver Tail for 81 so per
hour, lncIudins an experienced boatman Row
boats for the same length Of time can be pro-
cured for Is to ~ cents.
The hotels are all doing a fair bushes, their
receipts however, up to the present time not
being considered very fattering.