Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-02
Danburyfsnis,

T1ot0 the Oanoury QoWs.
HE wife Of . carpenter loses more
time IN trying to make tho door shut
than any other woman.
If there are any more cough remedies
invented We will have to 70 to work
inventlng coughs for them.
TIE question now arises amonr bovs
whether they or the manaoers Of tie
school should furnish cigars at pionics.
A DANBURY boy wants to know il it il
right Tor his folks to pay $500 for a
piano for his sister, and make him pick
berries Tor circus money.
AT the fire on Sunday morning n
Danbury man, in the excitement of The
hour, shouted "Keno" instead of
" fire." and his wife wants to know
where he was the night before.
TO A NAN who applied to Colonel
be1ry tor vietuals, the colonel said,
"aavent you got any money {"
NO" said the man. "Advertise
Them said the colonel; "that is the
way p. T. Barnum made his money"
A HORSE ran away on Liberty street
on Saturday afternoon, and q man on
the sidewalk. with wonderful presence
OF mind, threw his hat at the animal,
screamed fire, and Immediately jumped
over fence and disappeared in eel.
lar-way.
MEN whose shirts are made at home
are rejolced that the hot term is almost
over. A woman never attempts to fit q
shirt to her husband only on a hot day
and when to make move almost
stiles him.
PEOPLE may talk and write as they
please against the habit of early rising,
but in the bracing atmosphere of this
season, we know of nothing more in
vigorating than getting up at four
o'clock in the morning, and going forth,
With lantern in hand, to meet the
rising sun.
ANoTHaR and very sure indication of
the departure of city boarders, is the
reappearance of the family cat at the
house, with coat that looks as if it
had been used to hold down q buzz
say. hnt witha hopeful expression in
heSeH&
AersBs on ono of the Pullman
sleeping cars running on the New Ha
ven road, was asked by rustic-look-
ing passenger in shirt sleeves if he had
nail handy. He said he found place
for his coat, but he wanted q nail TO
hang up his pants. The porter tainted
dead away.
A FRANK11N-sTRERT boy found q
pocketbook belonging to Mill Plain
man, on Saturday, and restored it ia
the owner, who gave him q five cent
piece. The boy looked at the coin an
instant, and handing it reluctantly
back, audibly sighed as he said, II
can't change It. "
A BIRD few into the window of 9
house on Spring street on Saturday
and SO frightened tho lady that she
swooned away and was quite ill during
the night. In the morning she waf
strengthened by the broth and one
wing of the harbinger of death, which
her practical husband had prepared
for her.
A DIVISION street man got up before
dawn on Sunday morning, to see the
sun rise, and was shot at by the exas
perated owner of melon patch, next
door. In May last he made q simila,
effort, and was bitten on the heel by 8
strange dog. He thinks of hiring 9
boy to do the early rising tor his fam.
lily.
Mr.. RYLANDs, of Slawson, was in
Danbury, yesterday, canvassing for 9
society for the prevention of cruelty tc
animals. He drove about until noon,
and then hitched his horse in front Of
restaurant while he ate his Dime,
and smoked cigar. Then he jumped
in and drove around till night, and
then went home, very much disappoint
ed in his humane undertaking. It il
not known how the hose felt.
An absent-minded smoker named
Yancy undertook to whisper sometime
of importance in the ear of old Mr.
Reynolds, Saturday, but in his absent
mindedness neglected to remove hi
cigar, the fire end of which was driver
| right into the old gentleman's ear
Mr.. Reynolds jumped straight up in th,
air about six feet, and on coming dow,
split Yancy's nose by we'll directed
blow. Yancy picked himself up ant
started for home, declaring in q rag
that he'd be hanged before he'd tel
old Reynolds what he was going to.
THIS is the season Of preparation TO
fairs. The honest yeomen are pickinl
out the best grain from several acres t,
exhibit as the average yield. The it'll
girl, twelve years old, who shows suol
clear, handsome bread, has been to se
her grandmother about having it made
and the advantages of agriculture ar