Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-30

Thy pardon be the pillow Tor my head,
30 shall my sleep be sweet.
At peace with all tho world, dear Lord and
Thee,
No fears my souls unwavcring faith can
shake;
Alps we'll! whichever side the grave for nc
The morning hight may break!
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Al Sorts Of Paragraphs.
Tie KANSAS MAGAZINE has yusuendc,i
publication.
THE Pennsylvania ounce crop has
failed.
PEAoH-sroNEs are worn as earrings
in Indiana
NJ. TIlALBERa has been embalmcd by
! order OF his widow, and is preserved
Sin the fresh state in her salon.
A PUBLIC NOTICE which must be
great hardship to the birds about
town-"No bills allowed"
THERE are four tribes of Indians re-
naming i'll Delaware, and the aggre-
gate number of the four is only sixteen
persons.
LIN the southwestern portion of Kan
sas considerable bands Of wild horses
arc said to roam. They are matchlesa
IN speed and beauty.
FREDERICK LEEr, a prominent citizen
Of Scranton, Penn, fell between the
cars on the Lehigh and Susquehanna
Railroad, ON Tuesday evening, and was
killed. He leaves a wife and six
children.
THERE are 1O8 Democratic papers
printed i'll Texas II Republican 6
neutral 4 religious, and two devoted
to agricultural interests.
TIE Tooth anniversary of the de-
struction of the tea in Boston harbor
comes on the 18th of December. and
will probably be noticed in quiet
way.
AN exampIe-Old Lady-"Be care
full of nay umbrella, cabman; it's Il
precious one!" Cabby (gallantly)-
"Not so precious as what's walking
underneath it, mum! "-Punch.
A GENTLEMAN, who takes q business
view of most things, when recently
asked concerning a person Of poetic
temperament, replied: ooh, he is
one of those men who have soarines
after the infinite, and divings after the
unfathomable, but who never pay
cash."
A NEW new saloon car for freieht
trains, just finished at the Maine Cen
trail shops in Augusta, has O turret
from which the conductor can see the
! whole of his train at once, and COM
municate with the engineer and train
hands. The brakes can be applied
from the turret.
The Shreveport Times of the 9th
says: "Last evening the fifth Catho.
lie priest was throwing up black vomit
and no hopes were entertained for his
recovery. Two more priests arrived
yesterday from New Orleans, to fill up
| the ranks depleted by the death OF five
| soldiers Of the cross"
ALTHOUGH Dukes county, Mass. has
probably been in existence for 200
! years, It never sent convict to the
state prison until last Monday. It
wants it distinctly understood, how
ever, that the two men "sent up" on
that day were outcasts from the aban-
doned and profigate state of Vermont.
THE terms OF Nast's Encouragement
with the Harpers are said to be $1O,-
which will amount to $4,000 or IS, 600
more. Their disagreement last year,
it is reported, was one of merely
pecuniary nature.
Mrs. CHARLES DICKENS had an ex-
plosion in her house the other morn
ing, Green chambermaid having
blown out the gas over night The
victim received serious injuries, and
windows and doors were blown out. At
the early hour at which it happened
) Mrs. Dickens was arranging flowers on
balcony, and was shocked, but not
! injured.
A WIFE asked her husband for new
dress. He replied: .."Times are hard.
my dear-so hard I can hardly keep
my nose above water" Whereupon
she retorted: "You can keep your
nose above water easy enough, if you
have a mind to; but the trouble is,
that you keep it too much above
brandy"
| ONE BRANToN of Yolo county, CAL,
: on a bet of $50 rode race on horseback
against the California Railroad train.
bound from Sacramento to Wooalawn.
The agreement was that lie was to have
! three minutes start fron, the Sacra-
mento and Yolo bridge, and to race to
! Davisville, fifteen miles. He rode the
horse Honest John bareback, and ar
rived in Davisville four minutes ahead
of the train.
A NEW way OF preserving autumn
leaves is given as follows: Iron them
with warm (not hot) iron, Oh which
some spermaceti has been lightly rub
bed. This method reserves perfectly
their lovely ti1ts, aud gives waxy
gloss which no other one secures. The
process is very rapid and very agree
able, and no lady who has ever tried
+; the tedious and uncertain experiment
OF pressing will ever again resort to it
after once trying this new aud better
way.
The state of education in France is
discouraging. There has been no i'm
provement of late years. Over 200, 900
children, from seven to thirteen years
of age, receive no instruction whatever.
Twenty-tGree per cent. of the young
soldiers cannot read or write, and
thirty-four per cent. of the married
men and women cannot sign their mar
riage act The most ignorant depart
ments are Brittany, some of the central
ones, and those adjoining Spain and
the Mediterranean.
A NEwBURYPoRT (Mass.) paper SAYS
that hundred and eight years ago q
meeting was held ut the Wolf Tavern,
on State street, to consult on "the
create Tumult and Uneasiness on o.
casion OF the Stamp Act" Mr.. William
Davenport, who kept the tavern,
charged the guests with seventy mine
bowls of punch, which at Il quart each
would seen, to be a liberal supply. The
company staid till morning, and took
supper and breakfast. There is diff
ference between the customs of 1765
and 1873.
A GOOD joke is told on one of our
citizens, whom we will call Mr.. B., who
has a very slow horse, which some
times he let's to people who can't get
accommodated at tie livery stables.
Last Wednesday morning a gentleman
applied to Mr.. Il. to get the horse to
go to Sandy Greek. He was accommo-
dated, and went on his way. About 6
P: NJ. he came back, and, driving up to
the door Of Mr.. b., alighted, hitched
the beast, went into the house, and the
following conversation ensued: Stran-
GER" Well, sir, it won't do! B.
{" What won't do 2" S." Why, amt