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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
A Cheerful Abode.

Comassie, the Ashantee capital, is in
u beautiful country, and is about a
mile and Il half long by mile broad.
Tho streets are wide, the houses arc
mostly uniform in structure, and built
in blocks or squares. The side next to
tho street is called public seat, the
floor of which is raised two or three
teet above the street level and open to
it so as to afford persons walking
through the town ready protection from
the rain or sun. The front is also Or
namented with rude gcometrical fg-
ures in relief, colored with red and
above the ground floor whitewashed.
At one side of the public seat is door
communicating with the inner square.
The rooms on three sides of this are
open on the inside, and occupied day
and night by the several members of
the household. The open space of the
square is used for cooking and other
domestic purposes. The frame work
OF the house is sapling timber fast
ened together with cordage made from
climbing plants, and matched with
bamboo leaves woven into O kind of
mating.
This is all we'll enough, but a writer
in the London Telegraph maintains
that the town is a literal Aceldama;
and to prove it he makes some san
culinary extracts from his diary:
October Goth, 1847.-This morning
a relative of the King died. Went out
in the afternoon and saw in the street
seven human bodies which had lust
been decapitated.
2lst-Five more persons have been
sacrificed to day, and we fear that this
Is only the beginning of the slaughter.
22d-The town has resounded ali day
with the lamentation of mourners; nm.
other has been sacrificed.
23d-The town is getting very full of
people. Tho king has not yet begun to
make custom for his deceased relative.
oath (Sunday)-A day of confusion
and blood. Deafening reports of fire.
quent volleys of musketry. In the
course of the day fifty-nine persons
have been decapitated and eight club
bed to death in this town, besides four
III tho country.
25th-During tho night forty-tive
more have been sacrificed, and the
work OF destruction is still going on.
26th-Two more nave been sacrificed
today.
27th-Another day of blood. Ten
more victims have been sacrificed two
have fled to the mission house for pro-:
lection; for one of these we have OBJ
tanned q promise from her master that
she shall not be sacrificed; the other is
with us still.
28th-The town is still in confusion,
and more persons have been sacra-
feed"
1t is evident that unless things have
changed since l647 COmassie cannot be
recommended rs a quiet summer re-
treat for nervous folks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
Scotch HumOr.

Here are couple of specimens of
Scotch humor: "How," said an Alb
erdeen philosopher to some young stu.
dents he was examining, "how, for
instance, do astronomers measure the
distance to the sum-" It rather posed
sandy hair, exclaimed: "They calcu-
late one-fourth of the distance, and
then mAitiply by four" An Aberdeen
lad with " very good appetite swal-
lowed small leaden bullet. His
TRENDS were very much alarmed abont
1t. The doctor was found, heard the
dismal tale, and with as much uncon-
Germ rs he would manifest in case of
common headache, wrote the following
laconlc ncte to tho lads father: ''Don't
alarm yourself. II, after three weeks,
the bullet is not removed, give the
BOY a charge Of powder. Yours, etc.
+. S.-Don't shoot the boy at any.
BODY"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Saving and RestOrin4 the Forests


DR.. Hough, in an earnest plea for
saving aud restoring our forest lands,
argues that tho State Government
should interfere, and presents these rs
means by which they may do tho work:
l. by Withholding from sale lands ro-
turning to its possession from nom
payment of taxes. 2. by exempting
from taxation for Il limited period, and
by Offering bountics for lands planted
and inclosed for the growth of forest
trees. 3. BY Offering reward for tho
largest number of trees planted in n
year. 4. BY requiring railroad and
turnpike companies to plant the sides
of their roads with trees. s. by i'm
posing tree tax, payable by planting
trees. 6. by fixing penalties for the
destruction of trees by tho waysile or
in private grounds. 7. by requiring
the clements of forest culture to DO
taught in our public schools.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

Apply THE REMEDY.-It appears that
we need no longer be tormented with
Liver, Kidney, Bladder aud Glandular
discusses, Mental and Physical Delhi
ty, PArtial Paralysis. InAammatory and
Chronic Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and
M"rbic llumOrs of the blood. DIR.
WALKEn's VEGETABLE VINEGAR B1rrERs
c't'lncrs tho clllsog of all of the above
irregularities Ivy securing perfect oi.
U'"fi"". IT. 7'rD7'cr EH0,O Of bite, and a
/'n" hi~chf.'y: IF MN aotsstc matter. It
in not u vilo .l"rt.'rcl whisky, gotten
up IT, 'lccoivo tho public md tickle tho
j'alntc. Il tx II medicine to the sick
"t"m"cI', tho rclaxod nervous system,
tho weak circulating blood, and tho
ovcrw"rk"l, prostrntcl brain. An in
fn"t mny tnko it. and to children af-
li'ctol with worms, and oven adults
VIII" suffer from this cause, ignorant of
tho i:tct-and their numbers uro mil.
lions-,t is the greatest remedy of tho
ngo. Take ono bottle and you will be
satisfied that this is no catch penny
n0htrum. tom.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
AM1etipS.

There should be protective societies
for the following purposes:
l: Silly children playing in a public
road thronged with vehicles.
=. Stupid donkeys looking with light
cd candles Tor leakage in gas pipes.
s. Foolish acrobats dancing on tight
ropes or swinging on trapezes at giddy
heights.
4. Reckless men travelling by rail-
way unaccompanied by one director
or two bishops as guarantees against
accident.
8. Hard working ballet girls pursu-
ing their vocations in dresses which a
single spark will wreathe in flames in a
single moment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

camille education to tho farmer that
makes him match for the middlemen,
and enables him to dispense with all
but his really necessary aud useful aid.
This mercantile knowledge, tho knowl-
edge of grades and qualities and cor
responding marketable value is really
essential to success, and would pro-
duco a wonderful aggregate to the far
mers of any state where it is carried
fully into effect,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
- Small Fla ma ii cs'' of Hens.

Make your hen c0mfortable-make a
home for it-and it will conceive
thoughts of maternity and go about it.
With a quiet place Of retreat to 20 to,
it will begin its work. If few hens
arc put together-say twelve or fifteen
they will be little family among
themselves, on intimate footing, vet
having, like other families, their little
quarrels, which gives piquancy to their
otherwise tame lives. It is these small
domestic groups that are the success
full egg producers. They need but be
repeated, group added to group, with
partitions between, SO that each is dis.
tinct, in no way connected, as though
but one existed. Thus you have the
principle of the one in all. You can
increase the number of communities ut
will. Each is by itself, aud oontented.
There is peace and prosperity. But
remove tho partitions, and Babel is
the result. There will be strangencss
introduced, and fear and insecurity
with it, that will be fatal to domesticity
and check the maternal desire. And
though time be given it, the foreign
cast will never be tlispelletl from so
largo \ number; the thought Of iusecu-
rlty will always accompany, especially
with tho more timid. This IS the
secret of tho poor SUCCESS will, largo
communities.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

Tho man who can handle spade
properly does not find it very hard or
laborious to work. He first let's tie
spade fall of its own weight down to
the spot where the spadeful is to be
taken up, taking care that the breadth
on tho surface ground is not more than
four inches; then he draws back the
spade little, which takes Oft much of
the friction Of the descending blade.
One good thrust of the spade with the
foot then sends the blade down to its
full depth. A backward pres sure
makes lever of tho handle and heel
Of the spade, and a dexterous turn of
the wrist sends the spadeful upside
down just where it is wanted. There
is no raking Or "sputtering" needed to
make the ground level. A slight tap
with tho corner Of the spade makes
the work as regular and plane as if
laid off with m nstrument.-zHeneus
Mcehan, in F0raey's Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
TIE HOUSEHOLD PANACEI
AND
FAMILY LINi1lENT

II the best remedy in the world for the follovin
complaints, viz Cramps In the Limbs and Stomach
Pain in the Stomach, Bowels Side, Rheumstism IN
oil It's forms. Bilious Collie. Neuralgia Cholera. Dr..
entery. Gold, Flesh Wounds. Burns, Sore Throat,
Spinal Complaints, Sprains and Bruises, Chills and
Fever. For Internal and External use.
Its operation is not only to relieve tho pstert lint
entirely removes the cause Of the complaint. It nam
etratos and pervades the whole system, restoring
healthy action to al its arts, and quckenins the
blood.
THE HOUsEnoLD PANAoEA IL PURELY VEaErAuLn
and All Healing.
Prepared by CURTIS BROWN
No. 2l5 Fulton Street, Nov York.
For sale by all DruRRists
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
Promotion OF Cream to Milk.

The proportion OF cream to milk
yielded by COWS of the various breeds
used in the dairy, was ascertained by
experiment in England some time
since to be as follows: Brittany COWS.
1927 to 22.00 per cent. Of cream {;
Jerseys, 1866 to 1000 per cent;
cross of Jersey and short-horn. 1895
to 1905 per cent; short horn or Dur
ham, 1892 to 1886 per cent; Devon,
1887 to 1900 per cent; and Ayrshire,
49, Al to 14.84 per cent. The variations
depended on the feed, which for the
lowest yield was grass or hay only, and
for the highest was the most abundant
food of the richest character that could
be procured. As a general thing, how
ever, cream is yielded in larger proper
ton in our diaries than in those Of
England. Mr.. Crozier, of Northport,
L. l., writes that he has taken one
quart of cream from three quarts OF
milk from one of his Jersey cows.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
CIlILDREN'S CORNER.
-
" Ink.
By MIS-. T.. d. KENDALL.

By MES E. D. KENDALL.
have a kitty, and, what do you think
Her namo is Pnss, but call her Wink"
And the reason why call hor so
Is this Oh, ever 80 long ago,
My mother brought her homo ono day
In little basket, all the wav
From-dcar mo! whore WAS it FL can't re.
member,
1t was 40 long-thc namc of tho town,
But tho month, I'm sure, was Juno or Dccem'
ber;
And when mother set the basket down
On the kitchen floor, she said. Little Grace,
Just peep in here. but take caro- OF your faco,
For it's something 1.-Two. and it may jump up
/ thought, much as could be, it must be pup,
For brother Jcm had boon .'Nsing hard
For black one, all tuz.;t, and full Of his
Like tho ono that lives in Joc Cassidy's yard !;
He rolls over and ovcr-hc's too fat to run.
Int, no ! whom looked in, there lay kitty
\ blue cat-Aunt Eleanor says she's Maltese {;
don't know what that is, it may DO her
fleece,
Cause it shines go but soon as my now kitty
That the basket was opon, she stretched out
her paw
To shake hands with her mistress, and just
seemed to know
She had come to a good homo where people
would treat her
L'Ao one ot GOdS creatures, anu Hooouy
throw
Stones and brickbats to hurt her. or cruelty
boat her.
So she 1 looked lo up at mo and sa' SOFTLY
nd winked just as hard as ever she know.
Yes, it's l, little Gracie," l answered hcr
And, oh, don't you think, sho began wiuking
Jenny laushed-so did but sho didn't get
cross
At our fun, like May Fisher and Lillian Morse.
But was just as sood-natuzed ~ could be, and
lay
As stil as mouse, with nothing to say.
caught her up then, and Rugged her and
kissed her
They were little soft hugs, and she ,iked
them, guess
But Johnny screamed out, " You are choking
her, Sister,"
And frightened her 80 she hid in my dress.
She's got used to him now, and don't care for
For she's found out he's like the rest of tho
boys.
Jem says she's stupid, and can't tell a rat
From a rose-bush, but know better than
that.
And she isn't afraid of them either, but thinks
SO she lies on tho mat in tho wood.shed and
Winks
At their pranKs, and they never get caught.
don't care, am sure, for rats like to 1.-Two
just rs we'll Is We do. and If people would
give
Them their food every day in littlo tin dish,
Ihc'd learn to be honest, perhaps, and cat
And pick bones, like tho cats, and behave
very well,
As POOR Wink does. That's all. Two no more
10 tell.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
Sad Ending or aBeautifu, Life.

Among the first who fastened to the
relief OF the Shreveport sufferers was q
beautiful young lady Of this city. She
was willing to brave even the terror of
death TO give MD and comfort to the
helpless victims of a terrible scourgc.
She was Agnes, the daughter Of s. aud
Agnes Arnold. of this city, having
been adopted by them when she was
scarcely three years old. She left this
city some time ago as volunteer nurse,
and ut Shreveport her noble bravery
and devotion gained for her the tile Of
"Angel Agnes" One night, being
completely wearied out, Agnes, while
walking with sick child in her arms,
fell down q stairway, ut the foot OF
which was pail of water. On this
she struck and fractured her spine,
and died in great agony. Only a few
days previous her intended husband,
who had followed her to Shreveport.
died with fever.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
Murder and Lynciiing in Tennessee.
From the Brownsville (Tenn,A Bee. Nov. z.

The day wheeled on; immense prep.
arations were going on for the ball at
night, which was to he the crowaine
success of the season, but at three
everything stopped; courier had ar-
rived bringing the sad intelligence that
Sheriff Alsabrooks had been shot down
in cold blood. If the sun had left its
meridian, or the moon reversed it's
course and moved from west to east.
more excitement could not have pre-.
vailed. 1t was terrible thing; muir
der most foul, cool, unprovoked, de-
liberate. The soulless wretch who
committed the crime gave his name as
jeff. Baker, formerly of Nashville, and
has been engaged for some time past
on the Ripley railroad. He was stand
ing in front of Affords saloon brandisn-
ing pistol around his head and be-
having in a boisterous manner when
tho sheriff approached him. took his
pistol. told him to keep quiet, then
took him by the arm and both started
toward the court house, but had not
gone over twenty steps when Baker
drew another pistol, presented it at
the sheriff, and, with the exclamation,
"What right have you to bother me r.
fired, the ball striking the collar but
ton and burying it deep in his throat.
Mr.: Ed. Felsenthal was standing near
and sprang on the murderous villain,
bore him to the earth, and held him
securely till the proper officers came
up and took charge of HIM. Skillful
medical aid hurried to the relief of the
wounded man, but it was of no avail
he spoke but two words as trem-
bling hands lifted him from the
blood stained pave-they were, " Be
| easy !"-then expired. His remains
were borne to the Ferguson House,
where large crowd gathered to take q
last look OF their esteemed friend and
tellow-citizen. 1t is sad pictue,
and one which would have moved q
heart of adamant to tears. As we
stood and gazed upon his placid fea-
lures, paled by deaths damp dews, it
was hard to realize that but an hour
ago they were flushed with the rosy
hues of life and health. He wore u
calm and peaceful look, and we'll might
those who grouped around, with faces
that spoke unutterable sorrow and
eyes dimmed with pltying tears, have
| said
He is not dead, but sleepeth.
The news of his murder spread far
and wide, swift as flames on q level
plain driven before tempestuous winds,
and by II o'clock that night the town
was thronged with excited men clamor-
ing for revenge; the Jail door was
forced, and the poor wretch who, but a
few hours before, defied man and
laughed ut death, was dragged forth,
suspended from limb. and pierced with
sixty-three bullets. We tender our
heartfelt sympathy to the griof-stricken
family OF the murdered man, and hope
they find solace in the comforting
thought that his spirit has heavenwari
winged it's fight and entered in at the
peariy gates OF the celestial city to Join
with angel bands in their feasts and
songs, and is forever free from the ills
and wrongs of this vale of tears.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
HAVE You a severe wrench or snrain

HAVE you a severe wrench or sprain
Have you rheumatism in any form A? Have you
stiff neck. or punches caused by rheumatic
Pa'nsf II 80, Johns0n's Anodyne Lininaenl
terDally.
We often sec large stock of tie which do
not seem to thrive, and como out "spring
poor" oil for tho want Of something to start
them in tho right direction. Ono dollar q
worth OF Stesidan's Cavalry Condition Po,o.
de':s, given to such a stock occasionally dur
ing the winter, would he worth moro than an
extra half ton of hay.--Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
LAyel.is,: Shrubs.

1t is often to us subject of surprise
to find 40 few persons, especially those
residing in the country q distance from
nurseries, who attempt to increase
their stock of shrubbery by layering
the branches. Almost every variety Of
shrub can be thus multiplied. Even
among those who do this it is not often
that the queen of flowers, the Rose, is
thus treated. It is usually propagated
by sticking cuttings from the new wood
in August, and nursing carefully
through the winter. By layering the
growing branches, however, it is by
the succeeding season a bloomer; and
this too can be done easily, that is,
without the use of sash or hot bed,
usually resorted to with the cutting.
ln laying down, slit the part of the
branch that enters the ground, from
one joint to another, then cover with
two inches of soil, and fasten down
with forked stick. Not only roses,
but almost every kind of shrub can be
Thus prcpagated. And the person who
does not know how to do this should
go without them all the days of his
life.-Gcr. Telegraph.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

ONE of the most ingenious devices of
modern times is that of young lady
in Troy, who, when she has occasion to
travel in street car, always carries q
sawdust baby. All the men, who were
babies themselves once, hasten to offer
hor q seat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

The most popular collars of the day
are the Elmwood and Warwick, because
they are made out of finer stock, look
and tit better than any others.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
THIRTY YEARS. EXPERIENCES on An
OLD NURSE.

MRS. WlNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP 10 THE Pre-
EcRiPTIoN OF ono Of tho best Female PHYSICIANS and
Nurses In tho United States, and has been used TO,
thirty years With failing safety and success b,
millions OF mothers and children from the feeble IN,
FAINT Of week old to the adult Il correct. aa,d,tx
Of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulate. the
bowels and gives rest health and comfort tn motha,
and child. We believe 1t to DO tho sest md Sure.
Remedy in the World in all cases of DYSENrERv
and DIARRHEA IN ChILDEN. whether n
arises from Teethius from any other cause. Full
directions fer using will accompany each bottle.
None Genuine unless the fac-si n lie of CIIRTrs =
PERKINS Is the outside wrapper
SOLD ny ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALk AND
SICK
from no other cause than having worms in the stom.
aeh.
BROWNS vERMIFUQE COMFrTs
will d'str worm Without injury to the e,d boine
perfectly WHITE. AMI FREQ from all coloriux or 9th
or injurious ingredients usually uss, in worm pren.r
ations.
CURTIS BROWN. PuopR1EroRs,
No. 2l5 Fulton Street, New York
Slid BY Druggists and Ckemisfs and dealer, 4, x.,;
ciues, at TwENrY-FrvE CENTS Box
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

We see by the Chicago papers that
their long established and popular brand Nor
TIED GERMAN SOAP its present price and sn.
perior quality makes it tho cheapest as well as
the best soap for consumers.-Coni,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

An ESTABLISHED ReMEDY.-"Bro,On's
bronchial 7'oches" arc widely known as an
established remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bro:-
chnis, Ho0rseaess and other troubles of the
Throat AID ZAxnqs.- Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
H1aH 11yERs. those indulp,nn in eaal

HleH LINERS, those indulg,ng in ease
and pleasure, and those Of sedentary habits.
Skin, Eruptions, Pimples, Constipation, Piles.
Drowsness, Bi'iousncss, and other conditions
induced by such habits, by taking from fonr
to six of DR.. Picrcc's Pleasant Pursa.ivc Pei
let's once u week, Or, better still, on. or two
each night. Twenty-Five cents Vial, by nI,
Druggists. GG3
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

The NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE Com.
PANY OF TIE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
chartered by Congress-issued in DC
tober 81, lit, 600 of new insurance, a
larger amount than in any previous
month, save one, since July, 1869.
This shows the public appreciation of
this strong stock company. ICON.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
A Good Use for u Nuts:a nee.

Tho nuisance is old tin cans fruit,
vegetable or oyster cans. Throw them
in the fro and let them unsolder,
punch holes through each of the four
corners, large enough-take piece of
tw'ne, put through the holes, and tie
the can together. Set it on q piece of
board or shingle, cut just large enough
for it to rest upon. Fill up the can
with prepared soil, and you have SUI
perb pot, or can, to start flowers or 9th
er plants in.
When your plants are large enough
to put out, dig hole large enough to
set the can in, take away the bottom,
set the can, cut the strings, and the
can flies open, slip it up over tho plant,
fill up with dirt, and your plant won't
know it has been disturbed. The old
way, We sometimes ruin the plants by
Earring the plants to loosen the dirt ga
that it will come ont. With the cans
have never lost any, nor even check.
ed their growth in the least. I even
start Puppy, larkspurs, &c., in them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

In consequence of the Chinese troub-
les at North Adams, Mass, fourteen Of
tho Celcstials lett for San Francisco
last friday
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
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