Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-25
All Sorts Of fSaragranl,s.

TUE last born-An hereditary cob;
|! a'laE ~~. .. =
"a COED name for u troupe OF con-
! tPrtlonlsts-An India rubber band.
ID" DOGS think To be sure have
you never heard of = great tn,n cure
.; III tREE- PENNY readings are the nightly
dlssl''''"n ut Hamilton, Ont.
iH': '''nvar,l boys have raised ST.
800 ''r nrxt srn:nn', new buut-housc.
| MUstVrlAE has the boss potato: II
inches long, IL inches in ,.rcumirrcncc
4 i"'uiid, III weight, aud no,e ewes
than Argus.
how does that look, Ell 2" said a
blS-!1sted Wall street man to another
man, holding: ny Iris fist. "Tbut'
sad his lri'''d, "looiis as if you'd gone
| short rn So:,p."
- >""',huhG man, who spent $500 at
church fair, hoping to get prize OF
S3, 900 in gold, drew q brass chain and
! port ait of George Washington.
Il NEW sly lc of all-pupcr for dining.
rooms has medallions of game and
''fis' real skin and real feathers being
used. The figures are raised on q Light
background, which is very effective.
Flowers OF wax and linen are also in
tr'd'lced, tied together with colored
ribbons.
"A rARsoN and a lawyer were talking
about the direction of the winl. eve
go by the Court House vane." said the
lawyer and the parson replied, I'VE
go by the church vane." . Well" re-
torted the lawyer, Sin the matter of
wind that is the best authority
The corner stone for the Pouph.
hrePsle bridge is now being prepared
in Albany. 1t is of Maine granite,
weighing six tons, and is seven feet
long, four feet wide, and three feet SIX
inches thick. It will lie cut so as to
receive a box twelve by sixteen, and
twelve inches deep.
AN enragcd traveller writing home
from the far West says: Descend
ing to the barroom l took my turn at a
tin wasll-basin with u cake of yellow
soap, ard dried myself on q musty
towel hung on q broom. A bootiack
and a lean dog lie in the middle of the
floor, the, chairs long ceased to he
quadrupetls, discomfort is king. and
dirt is prime minister.
TEA is now extensively raised in
Hindostan, the exports 70 England in
1872 exceeding sixteen millions Of
pounds. The Indian teas are of rare
favor, and are used by English shop
keepers to mix with the Chinese. The
culture i'll India is now carried on by
four stock companies, which are now
raging from ten to twenty per cent.
dividends.
The New York Sun says that John
G. Heenan died worth 800, 600. This
was made keeping a gambling house.
He was put into the business in
1870 by Mr.. William NJ. Tweed.
He had three partners, William
Cridge, John j. Kelso and Big Muir
ray. The four often divided $40, 600 Il
month profits between them. Mr..
Kelso ceased to be a partner when he
left the police.
GRAPE seeds are recommended as an
| excellent substitute for chicory, of
| which our coffee is sometimes made
| nowadays. The grape seeds, when
roasted and ground, are said to have an
aroma like that of East Iudia coffee,
and the taste of the coffee made from
them is said to he similar. The only
objection to then general use seems to
be that 1t would be more difficult to get
enough of them than to send to tho
East Indies for them.
A MASSIVE monumental shaft of Nova
Scotia freestone has been erected at
Mt. Auburn in memory of the Rev.
John Pierpont, by his loving and
greatiul children. One side contains
the usual record Of his birth, death,
and services in the ministry and army.
On the other side are these words:
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