Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-25
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EpFfaohists-An India rubber band:
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|z aRn4 PENEY readings are the nightly
dissipation at Hamilton, Ont. =,
The Harvard boys have raised 81
ooo loI next season., new boat-house.
MusoArlNE has the boss potato: q
inches long, Ii inches in circumference,
4 pounds IN weight, and mo,c eyes
than Argus. ]
!" How does, that look eh I" aaid' a
D1g-hSted Wall street MAJ. to another
man, holding up his fist. ..'rhnt y
said his friend, "looks rs if you'd gone
short on soap"
VIcKsbuRa man, who spent $500 At
q church fair, hoping to get n prize of
So, 600 insg gold, drew brass chain and
portrait of George Washington.
r A. NEW style of wallpaper for dining.
rooms has medallions of game ana
BIRDS, real skin and real feathers being
used. The figures are raised on = light
background, (which is very effective.
Floyyers OF wax and linen are also in
troduced, tied together with oolored
ribbons.
A pARsoN and a lawyer were talking
about the direction of the wind. eve
go by the Court House vane," said the
lawyer !; and the parson replied, I'VE
60 by the church vane." Well" re
torted the lawyer, S. in the matter of
Wind that is the best authority"
TIE corner stone for the POUCH
keepsie bridge is now being prepared
in Albany. It is of Maine granite,
weighing six tons, and is seven feet
long, four feet wide, and three feet SIX
Inches thick. twill be cutfso a. to
receive a box twelve by sixteen, and
twelve inches deep.
An enraged traveller writing home
from the far West says: Descend
ing to the barroom I took my turn at 9
tin wash-basin with a cake of yellow
soap, ard dried myself on musty
towel hung on a broom. A bootiack
and lean dog lie in the middle of the
floor, the, chairs long ceased to be
quadrupetls, discomfort is king, and
dirt is prime minister.
TEA is now extensively raised in
Hindostan, the exports to 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'm India is now carried on bv
four stock companies, which are now
paying from ten to twenty per cent.
dividends.
The New York Sun says that John
G. Heenan died worth $10O,OOO Thie
was made keeping a gambling-house.
1870 by Mr.. William NJ. Tweed,
He had three partners, William
Cridge, John J. Kelso and Big Muir
ray. The four'oft divided $50, 600 q
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 India coffee.
and the taste of the coffee made from
them is said to he similar. The only
objection to their general use seems to
be that it would be more difficult to get
enough of them than to send to the
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
greatful children. One side contains
the usual record Of his birth, death,
and services in the ministry and army.
On the other side are these wordsz:sa
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