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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29
The Care of Machines and I'm
DlelNGnfH.

AS rule, machinery in the hands of
farmers is worse used than that belong
ing to any other class of men who en-
plOy this aid to their labor. There are
many reasons why farm machine wears
faster than other machinery, but, if it
was as carfully cared tor as it might be-,
there is no doubt that its average life of
usefulness would be doubled. One of
the reasons for rapid wear is, that, when
in use; farm machines must perforce be
in open air, often in fields re-
mote from shelter. This fact makes it of
the first importance that they be care
fully housed when not in use.
Very few farmers have shelter suf6-
cient for housing the large machines, as
cultivators, reapers, harrows, hay-rakes,
ETC., without taking them apart. This,
however, is So easily done that when
once it is understood, it will thereafter
seldom be omitted. ~y~. .-.s.. .,. :. e..
The polished surface of plows, cultiva-
tors, hoes and other bright implements
after being cleaned, should be rubbed
with cloth saturated with oil, or with
what we have found better, and which
will require no cleaning before putting
in the ground, with lamp: black and kero-
sape, just thick enough so that it will
spread easily with a brush. But if this
be used the surfaces SO covered must not
be handled nor be subject to rubbing,
since it rubs off with the least touch.
rs Every implement and machine on the
farm should haye q good coat of paint, at
least once in two years, and the proper
time to lay it on is in the Fall or carly
Winter. The trouble in years past with
farmers h0S heen that thew found Il diff.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29
Mark Twain On Aecideae IIsu.
roAee.
At rcent insurance dinner In Hart

At recent insurance dinner In Hart.
ford, Mark Twin said:
GENrLEEMEN:-I am glad indeed to
guest OF. this occasion to = city. whose
fame as an insurance center has extended
to all lands and and given 10 the name
Of being quadruple band Of brothers,
working sweetly hand in hand, the Colts
arms company making the destruction Of
our race easy and convenient, our life in
surance citizens paying for the victims
when they pass away, Mr.. Batterson per-
petuating their memory with his stately
monuments, and our fire insurance com.
panies taking care of their hereafter. l
am glad to assist in welcoming our guest
first, because he is an Englishman. and
owe heavy debt of hospitality to Ger
ondly' because he is in sympathy with
king many other men cast their sympa.
thies in the same direction.
Certainly there is no noblcr field for
human effort than the insurance line of
business-especia!lY accident insurance.
Ever since have been director in an
accident insurance company l have felt
that arm better man. Life has seemed
more precious. Accidents have assumed
kindlier aspect. Distressing special
providences have lost half their horror.
I look upon cripple, now, with affec-
tiOnate interest-as an advertisement.
not care for politics; even agriculture
there is q charm about a;railway collision
that is unspeakablc.
There is nothing more benef1cent than
tire family lifted out Of poveaty and into
leg. l have had people come to me on
crutches, with tears in their eyes, to bless
this bencficent institution. In all my ex.
perience of life have seen nothing 20
seraphic as the look that comes into q
freshly ly-mutilated mans face when he
| feels in his vest pocket with his remain.
ing hand and finds his accident ticket all
right. And have seen nothing 80 sad
as the look that came into another splint
cred customers face when he found he
couldn't collect on wooden leg: T..
will remark here by way Of an ad
we have named the Accident Insurance
company ls an institution Wllcn Is Pc
culiarly to be depended upon. A man
is bound to prosper who gives it his Gus
tom. No man can take policy in it and
not get crippled before the year is out
Now there was one INDECENT man who
had been disappointed so often with 9th
er companies that he had grown disheart
ened, his appetite left him, he ceased t.
smile-said life was but weariness.-
Three weeks ago got him to insure with
US, and now he is the brightest, happies
spirit in this land-has good steady in
come and stylish suit of new bandage
every dry, and ttavels around on = shu,
ter,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29
cHAR For
MOWER Q0UNT1 MINNEsoTA THURSDAY ocT 2a 1871
: B. SMITH, i,

d ,: SMITH,
$ss Dealer in Us Is
u 6RIULTURAL IMPLEMENTa.:
Farm Machinery and Rrodsces
Anthracite and Bitumicousc Coal
Orders Solicited and Promptly flied
Proprietor Pioneer Coal Yard. ].
l4yl AUsrIIsssleIENRsorA. 8
.JusTsAHK1vfD AT
PRoTHERO'S BoeK DEPOT
OVER $4,000 WORTH or NV BOOKS
AND STATIONERY
Consisting Of, the best selections Of Choice
Standard and Popular Miscellansous J.
> Books, Bibles and Albnms.
A full lias sef ss - q
Blank Books and Writing Material
l4sAllo Of. whieh-..ill b cold Il the Lovsst
81 .-~,-:::..** Figars for Gash.% 2-'%
pe-Remember tho p,aoe-1n store with
J. j. Hayo. l. Bro, jewelers., ono door North
of Hall L West's, Main St., Austin, MINI.
| sAcENre WANrED-male and female-to en-
gago in the sale of several hundred Popular
and Standard Bibles and Miscellaneou.
Books. Exclusive territory given. Liberal
commissions or salary paid.
| Call on or address
| THOs. PRoTHERo,,
v7-n17-ly. General Ag't for Northwest
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

I. Take good papers and read them
2. Keep m account Of farm opera
tions.
8. Do not leave implements scattered
over the farm, exposed to srow, rain, and
heat.
4. Repair tools and buildings at a
proper time, and do not suffer subse-
quent threefold expenditure Of time and
money.
S. Use money judicious}y, and do not
attend auction sales to purchase all kinds
of trumptry because it is cheap.
g. See that fences are well repaired,
and cattle not grazing in the meadows,
or grain fields, or orchards.
Z. Do not refuse to make correct ex-
periments, in small way, Of many new
things.
8. Plant fruit trees we'll, care for
them, and Of course get good crops.
9: Practice economy by giving stock
shelter during the winter, also good food,
taking out all that is unsound, half rot
ten, or mouldy- ,.-.-....
10. Do not keep tribes of cats and
snarlfng dogs around the premises, who
eat more in month than they are worth
in a life time.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

We thou9h sverybo q I'D sflts
knew tbat - ars dcaf. kus enes in s
whils No ind ono Who il not .ssraI Of.
the fact. A 1emaia bouk peddler 6amo
% tho of6ce the other day and Eanted
to sell % I book. She va alons Il.
the world, aud had no ene to.whom she
could turn for sympathy o. sssigtanes,
hence we should buy der book. She
vas summarized, and l,ad % omanjY hesrs
into which she could pour her suffer.
ings, therefore We ought, to invest in
her book. She had received liberal
|education, and could talk French like
: native, We could not, in consequences,
psJ her less than 81. 90 for /. BOOK
We had listeaed attestiyely; and here
broke in with, "What do you nay!
We're deaf" She started in loud
voice and went through her sigm.rolc.
When she had finished we went and
got roll Of paper and m.de it into y
speaking trumpet, placed one end to
our car, and told her to proceed. She
nearly broke blood vessel ia her effort
10 make herself heard. She commenc-
ed:
II am alone in the WORLD
+ ut doesn't make the slightest differ
ence to US. We are Z husband and
father. Bigamy i not SLOWED in th,s
State. We are not eligible to- prcpo-
ais" =
"Oh, what fool the man Is she
said, in = low tone; then Ut tho top Of
her voice, Il dout want 70 marry you;
I want 10 sell book"
This last sentence was howled. eve
don't wsnt ; cook" We remarked bland
y; "eur wife does the cooking, and she
would mt allow as good looking 4 ,wo-
man Is you to stay ir the house five
minutes. She. i. very jealous" She
looked at us in despair. Gathering her
robes about her, giving Us glance Of
contempt, she exclaimed: Il do believe
that if 300 FOUNDER were let off .long
side that deaf iotls head he'd think
somebody was knocking Vt the door,"
You should have heard her 1s1am the
door y hen she went out. We heard
that.-Santa Clara (Cal.) Echo.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29
THE Chinese in California buy thei

81 80
THE Chinese in California buy their
wives. My Celestial, !lh.Sam, who
dusts out my Office. has recently i'm
ported one. Sam sent money to his
mother, and in due course Of time the
purchase arrived, md Sam brought her
down for my inspection. She was as
ngly Chinese woman as / ever xaw.
! said, Sam, not handsome, eli p
Sam saya, !" No, no handsome much !;
Handsome gal cost heap money, and al
time kick bobbery 2 Sam had
tho correct idea Of il, and was wisely
oontept with : plain article that was
most likely to stay with him. Sam in
formed No that tho original cost, with
freight ard charges, was $500 a! 1 il
was worth. l'sor. San Francisco ia.
pr.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29
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JOY, haat thor A shape Z 5. i: nj
8 A6us e hfsathd ]!
f ystk6a fss IS hndisss, air Z: b
TslI 4s.ths PillI u of Try houss !! S ).
hat re1t5 thss- -opf Do they sssape -
The yiotory Of death ~
And Are tbsy fair IS. Z. s.
s.1s I E:4fpsll Who sntcr ia thy house
S 5by, thu yiewlesEsp hit, oAns't thon dare
To telithe pil!sss ofz zthy house
lensDt Of pain, tsc 5s5
Before the earth s.s<@- =.
Was born Of sea. befors the sses,
Yea, and before the light, my house
Wassbui:t Mono know what loss, what gaiu
sf Attends each traSxii bilth.
%=. At peace. When ik had: entered In my house
Which stsy the pillevs Of my houss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

WE are willing to admit that, ~ the
New York Arcanion says, French wo-
men are more industrious than those of
this beloved country !; but .ws greatly
doubt if they know how to chew gum
without making their jaws aehe.-De-
sr0il Fres Press. -: 1a7s5s ss5s::.sS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29
Total. l..........s2, $50 s1,43717 s4oo 1874, ,43

The above list of thirty-onc names the
amount of Claims is $2,560, Of which the
poor settlers received but a trifle over
one-half. Waite's fees as attorney was
$400, and the "steal" divided between
him and the bank, $734,4S. OF the claims
OF the. seves ty-two persons whose names
are on the list, as transcribed by Major
Smith, the 'steal," to say nothing of
Waite's which exceed $1,000, amounts to
over $4,000, within fraction of the
"back pay' taken by Dunnell.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

A NAN at Cape May Who received
fifty cents from gentleman he had
saved from drowning, handed back
forty,nine cents because he didn't want
to take more than the mans life was
worth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

AZ YANKEE editor throws up the
sponge with the e:ramark that " II dom {
pay 70 run paper in town whore
tusiness men read almanacs aud pick
their tecth with the tail Of 4 herring .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

A SECRET Is too Etti6 for one,
enough for two, and too much for three,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

AMERICAN sewing machines are ex-
tensivsly used ia Jerusalem, Damas-
cu., Aleppo and other cities Of the
Orient. 81.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

CowARDs lalter, but danger il often
'verco,ne 81 those who noblY dare.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

LrrE is but dream, but sometimes
g dose Of medicine will prolong it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

TIE sensation of hunger Is not in
the stomach, but in the brsin.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16
NO. AZ.
The Carolina Central Railway.

The Charlotte Observer says: The
vigor i'll the prosecution of the work
on this road in the suburbs of. and
short distance out from Charlotte is
greater than since work was COM
menced on the road. The trestle over
Town Greek, near Phifer's mill, has
been completed, and is an excellent
job. The timbers for the trestle oyer
Briar Greek, two and a half miles from
the city, have all been prepared, and
work is now in progress on the trestle.
1t will be completed, we are told, by
Saturday week. A quantity Of iron
has already arrived and is daily arriv-
ing, and track laying will begin from
the depot here either to-day or to-
morrow. The crossing of the track
over the North Carolina Railroad was
finished last evening.
The unusual vigor which has char
acterized the work on this road of late,
is due to the we'll directed efforts of
Captain V. Q. Johnson, the Assistant
superintendent of the road.
The grading on the road is just
about finished, and two or three tres
ties yet to be built is all that is now
delaying the road. In very short
time these will be finished, and track
laying will begin and go on at rapid
rate, the iron, implements, and force
for this all being ready, until the last
rail is laid, and the Seaboard and
Piedmont cities shall clasp hands over
| a direct and solid line of iron. Speed
| the day.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16

fects in that instrument, sure TO be
developed by time, were to be made.
Therefore, VI hen the necessity came,
the means to alter the Constitution
had not been provided for. The Re
corder continues
The Legislature Of 1884 took the ini-
tiatlve i'll relief, and, " hlle disclaimiIig
all night and power themselves to alter
the fundamental law. they adopted
measures to ascertain th,. will of the
people and to carry it into effect hey
ordered au election to beheld to ascer-
tain the will Of the peope in calling a
Convention. This Convention, we all
know, met in 1885, aud amended the
Constitution SO much to their satisfac-
ton, that they, too, like the fathers of
'76, thought itperfect, and ne yer after
ward to be touched. They did go a
little farther, it is true-they gave a
power of Legislative amendment, and
a mode by which Convention of the
people might be called by the Legis-
lature-both methods SO trammeled
by contingencies, as scarcely ever to
be available.
The Convention of 1868 cannot be
! called a Convention of the people of
North Carolina. It was called into ex-
istence by military power. Its work
was not the work of the people of
North Carolina. It was done by ex-
soldiers of the United States army; by
hangers on of that army when in a
state of war, dropped when peace
came or where plunder or political
preferment seemed most promising;
by negroes, lately liberated from the
chains OF slavery, ignorant Of the
meaning of the words they uttered and
blindly unconscious of the trust they
held; and lastly, by a few native
whites, whose Indifference to their
mother State III the hour of her peril
| had rendered them competent 10 the
oaths they took.
But this Cohvention, in the Consti-
tuition it framed, did not entirely cut
! off the means of relief, should it. too,
prove oppressive. 1t left the methods
| of amendment and the mode of calling
a Convention as they found it in the
Constitution of 1885. They reaffirmed
| it tOti0cnl rCTdis.
Thus we have seen what constitutes
a convention of the people; we have
seen the impediments thrown III the
way of calling one for light and tran
| sient causes; we have seen the forms
given to cali one when necessity arises;
and we see the sovereign power of the
people interposed to guard themselves
against the abuse of trust by their
deputies.
Now. every Conservative, without
exception, admits the need OF Consti-
| tutional reform. Why then should
there be longer doubt or hesitation,
when necessity, right, power, opportu-
nifty all combine to invite and urge to
| immediate action?
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16

A recent travel over this rail road
enables the writer to state that tins
great work is being pushed with the
utmost speed to completion. The evi-
dence of progress and of efficiency
which meets the observing traveller on
all sides, united to the impartial opin-
ion of others who are fully competent
TO Judge. shows that the work Is in
good hands. From all sources the i'll
formal on comes further that the Chief
Engineer and Superl. tendcnt, Colonel
Fremont, everywhere acknowledged 10
be one Of the very best rail road man
ayers in cur whole Southern land, Is
working with his characteristic energy
and efficiency. While he throws his
time and soul so nobiy into the man
agement and completion OF this great
enterprise, one of the most valuable
of the superior qualifications of this
able administrative officer, is bis ca
pacity to ensure proper attention to
duty on the part OF his subordlnates.
Neglect of duty he will tolerate innOne
of those around and under him. With
ali fOrtiter IN re, which has always
made him SO useful. time and contact
with the world has gwen him more OF
| the suaUiter IN naOGO, and herein con-
sists an explanation of his increase OF
popularity as well as his increase i'll
usefulness. While he is no politician,
and heartily despises the tricks and
arts of the demagogue, it is remarked
all along the road which he SO often
traverses, that Col. Fremont nova
davs is seldom out Of humor.
The trains will soon reach Monroe
already thriving place and destined
to be one of our most thrifty anc
popuIous railroad t. Sns. Indeed it ]:
manifest that This entire road Is des
tined to be dotted at almost ever.
station with growing. enterprisirg III q
populous towns, and in very few years
They have the back country TO sustain
them as we'll as the road, which l!
already enhancing greatly the value o
real estate and developing finely The
material resourceso of the fertile and od
mirable country through which ]
passes. Having reached Monro", w
were informed that the track-lay-r
will then commence at Charlotte ansi
working east, will meet about the mia
die or at McAlpin Creek.
What may we of Wilmington Loo!
for on the completion OF this er';,
railroad? An impetus viii be given
not alone to our city, but 10 the ada
cent sections and surrounding couiI
ties. which will make glad the hope
and hearts of all our citizens, am
verify the predictions of its most san
ouipe and devoted friends. 1t wi
; be the great artery and life sustainin
source of Our growth, prosperity
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16
OWEN gEGS.

Tie Hiiisboro' TCcordtT, IL a very
able article urging upon the Legisla-
ture the absolute necessity for Con
stitutional Convention, refers to the
popular misconception as to the true
idea Of what q Convention really is
body supposed to be entirely dis
tlnct from, and above the people, in
dependent Of them, having plenary
and irresponsible powers; body COM
ing into existence by legislative will,
lei loose TO prey upon laws and Con-
stlfutions without restraint, and to
taSten upon the people inst such a
frame Of government as chance or
caprice OF hasty passion may suggest.
The Hlc0rt{cr says that the Difficult
ties which have been thrown around
tbs exercise Of popular ma
je7ty have had much 10 do with the
lear that now attends the call of a
Convention. Obstacles almost amount
ing 70 prohibitions have been the
'4arac cristlcs Of all our Constitute OBS.
HE Constitution Of 1916 seemed so per.
lect to our fathers, that there j. not the
slightest lntimation given by which de-
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16
BIaden Court.

The Fall Term of Bladen County
Superior Court has been in session
this week. It was the first Court in
Bladen of our new Judge and Solicitor,
and we are pleased to learn that they
have already made an excellent i'm
preston on the minds of our country
neighbors. 1t was thought that the
business would all be dispatched and
that the Court would adjourn yes
terday.
A friend who was present in the
early part Of the week says that the
Judge and Solicitor were on the
ground early, but could not open
Court for want of Sheriff, Mr.. Skies
| having failed to make his bond. Finally
the Commissioners got together and
elelected Mr.. VIM. j. Sutton, who
filed his bonds, qualified and proceed
| ed to open Court in due form about 2
o'clock p. NJ. A good many cases of
| minor importance were disposed of in
rapid succession. The case of the
Buies, Councils and Hobbs, indicted
for assault and battery upon John A.
Edwards, which has attracted consid-
| erable attention heretofore, was decid
ed on Tuesday. The two Buies were
convicted of assault and battery, and
the other defendants were acquitted.
l. was understood that Riley SUIT
ton, the negro who was indicted for
killing a colored woman some time
last winter, would be put upon trial
Thursday. The Twiggs case was be-
fore the Grand Jury when our friend
left about noon on Wednesday.
Matters about Elizabethtown wore
about the usual appearance at Court
times, except that instead of five or
six hundred negroes as heretofore,
there were scarcely fifty on the Court
yard at any one time.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-10-16
From the St. Louis Republican.
SQUILLS.
Nr. SquilIs has been Running TOR
office and Got Left.

When l got home last night, said
Squills, the old lady was up waiting
for me. 1 knew there was something
in soak. There.always is when she
sits propped mp in bed reading, and I
knew it.
/ wasn't feeling pretty good. said
Squills, for had been whitewashed
in the convention, sold out body, boots
and breeches, and I felt like q board
yard he-cat with his back hair curled
the wrong side up.
''Have you got the nomination.
Squills, dear?'
knew she had seen the evening
paper, but I said "No, love-" as mildly
as if conventions and all such snares
were beneath my notice.
Not got the nomination, Mr..
Squills %
mo, Mrs. Squiils, not that the
court is aware of at this present wri-
ting. Certainly not
Then what do you expect to get
| for all the whiskey you've been pour
ing down those fellows throats ?''
"What fellows throats?"
"Your friends who have been tramp
ng in and out of my house, Mr.. SquilIs,
and borrowing your poor children's s
money, and running You into all kinds
of disreputable places to huntup votes,
aid sneaking you off into the country
to barbeceus and other Infamous resorts
paying for buggies, and making ridic-
ulous remarks which know you paid
the reporters to work up into a
speech. A nice thing you have done
for yourself and me and the poor chill
dren, and then, after all, not to get
anything for your pains. Tn ashamed
of you, Mr.. Squills; l would blush for
you. but I can't, and what's more,
won't. Don't tell me, Squills, that
you don't want me to blush for you
and you sitting there just as mad as 6
hat full of h ornets. After you telling
me, too, and the dear child that sh.
should have new silk when you got
the nomination. A nice nomination
you've got and those fellows who tooE
your money and your whiskey JUS
laughing at you and thinking what
fool for believing them. That's wha,
hurts me in the tenderest point
Squills." I put out the light, tum
bled into bed and prepared to go tc
sleep. but Mrs. Squills still kept at i
with fortySquills power.
after time exhausted nature gav'
way and she was silent. Then I fel
singular juggling of the bed, and
turned round and said: Mrs. Squills
, 10 that you? what in the world are yol
doing that for? If you want to laugh
laugh, but don't shake as if you ha'
: the buckague.
ooh what a politician you are
Squills," said she Two weeks can
J vassing, and then to be skunhed by
tadpole -
ITO keep peace in the family" sait
!. Squills, 81 had to promise that dress
r or something else, and as for the tad
j pole business. what can you explain t
2 woman ?"