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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-19
Forty DAvS' Drinks.

In the General Term of the Supreme
Court, at Buffalo, q case has been re-
Gently reported which may be interest
ing to drinking men, who seek to recov-
or money thrown away while they are
on spree. The case originated in
Watertown, N Y. One Hayes, a man
of wealth, of Incorporate habits, was
subject to spreee, which sometimes
lasted for weeks and months. In May
he got on one of his tantrums, drinking
and carousing, inviting everybody to
drink, sometimes twenty-five to thirty
at time. This "spree " continued
until the last of July. His bill ut the
tavern where he had thus carried on
was 1905, and Hayes gave checks and
notes in payment. When he got over
his drunken frolic he sued the hotel
keeper to recover back the money
which the latter had drawn on the
notes and checks. In the course of the
trial it came out how much drink the
plaintiff had consumed during the
forty days he was thus in the "wilder.
ness" Of maudlin insanity. The evil
dence showed that he consumed in that
time as follows: 176 bottles of Hen
messy brandy, Is bottles of whiskey,
31A drinks of whiskey, and 487 drinks
:. :. ..: porter. The Court decided
he could not recover back the money.
lnasmuch as 1t appeared the checks and
notes were given mornings when Hayes
was sober.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-19
Rats 40 an Article OF FeotI,

The utilization of rats as an article
of human food having been suggested
by writer in The Sun, there promises
to be an interesting discussion If the
qualities of the too familiar rodent as
an article of diet. An old United
States naval officer gives his expert.
ence in China. He first tasted rat at
Canton, and found it a decided relish,
and one of his brother officers, who
tested it at the same time with him, be-
came so enthusiastic over his first rat
meal that ever after, when ashore, he
invariably had his rat stew, with curry
sauce. Apropos of this subject, we
may say here that Canton and
New York are not the only places
where savory rats can be found. In the
East Indies, in the old slavery time,
that variety Of the rodentia known az
the cane-piece rat'-so called from
its feeding principally upon the sugar
cane-was very generally eaten by the
Africans, who brought the taste for it
with them from their native land: and
an aged planter who had once been in
duced to share in q rat broil assured
the writer of these lines that it was as
Dice morsel as he had ever tasted,
the flesh being remarkably tender,
with the piquant flavor of game. Un-
like our naval friend, however, he never
asked for "more." Perhaps he was not
such an epicure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-19
Air Belts.

The French have a system of bells.
lately patented, which work by air. A
series of small leaden tubes proceed
from the kitchen to each room, one to
the setting room, ono to the drawing.
room, and one to each bedroom. At
tached to these tubes in each room are
q few feet of India-ruhber tubing,
suited in color to the paper of the
room. To the end of the tube syringe
is fixed alright, and this hangs SINH
lar to an ordinary bell.rope. In the
Kitchen is q case containing the bell.
which serves for all the rooms, the dis
tinction being effected by tickets with
the names of their respective rooms
printed on them, held down by springs.
They work in this manner: The India
rubber syringe is pressed, and the air
by this means is forced through the
tube into corresponding Iudia-rub-
Der syringe or ball in the case in the
kitchen. This, of course, expands,
and forces up small rod which moves
q cog-whcel and rings the bell, and at
the same time sets free the spring which
retains the ticket of the room in which
the bell 10 rung: this starts up into q
square place in the glass door, and at
once indicates in simple manner the
room. These ingenious bells act as
effectively az electric bells, which thew
resemble exceedingly in sound, with
out their trouble and expense, and not
getting out of order like our wire bells
and cranks.
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SENAT(~R BRUCE.
A Few lncidcMts In the Life OF Altsslo'
siupi's New Colorosl Senator.

A Few lncidcMts In tho Life OF Nlissis'
. siupi's New Colorosl Senator.
A correspondent Of the st. Louis
Globe, writing from Brunswick, NO.,
gives the following interesting particu.
lars of the life of Mr.. Il. K. Bruce, re-
Gently elected United States Senator
from Mississippi:
''Our c0lOred citizens are very jubi-
liant over the election of b. K. Bruce as
United States Senator from Mississippi.
Bruce was formerly . slave, and was
owned by Mr.. Pel1is Parkinson, who
resided in this county for number Of
years. He brought large family OF
negroes here with him. ! think Bruce
has five brothers in the county. Two
of them, James and Sandy Bruce, are
very reliable men and good citizens.
Branch X. Bruce, when q slave,
hired hie time, as did several
of his brothers, and were consid.
cred smart aud reliable. Since the
war b. X. Bruce was employed as a
porter on the steamer Columbia for
several years, and until she sunk in
sight of this place. He then went to
school ut Oberlin, Ohio, and finally
worked his way to Mississippi: was
appointed Sheriff BY Governor Alcorn,
and served two terms with honor.
Previous to this he was Sergeant-at.
Arms of the House of Representatives
of Mississippi His many friends, both
colored and white, are pleased to hear
of his good luck.
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A Dancing Horse.
From the LexinRton. Ky.. Berald.


II is stated that Mr.. Hiram Berry.
the popular distiller at Frankfort and
q humorist of no little note, has a
horse that has been taught to dance to
music Tho performance of the ami
NAL IN the difficult evolutions of the
Highland Fling are pronounced quite
thrilling, while in the Old virginia
Reel and in the more exciting Money
Musk he is enchanting to an extraor-
binary degree. Lately this celebrated
steed has been taking lessons in the
Lancers, aud within q fortnight Mr..
Berry IS quite confident he will be
fully able to lead the set among the
equine race.
The requirements of the animal are
not by any means of an artificial ma
ture, but manifest the clear develop
ment of natural talent. This propen-
sity was first noticed on the appear
ance of Dan Rice's circus in Frankfort,
when the steed unexpectedly began to
waltz to tho sound Of the music in the
chariot. He has been known to begin
a gallop at such discordant music even
as the squealing of pigs at the distil-
lery pens. Mr.. Berry, it is said, re-
fuses to part with the animal at any
Drice.
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Drinking Warm Blood. .

Mention was made recently of q gen
tleman in q very feeble state OF health,
who had been for some time at the
Butohers' Abattoir in Brighton for
medical treatment, simply drinking
half tumblerful of warm blood twice a
day. This course the gentleman, Mr..
G. a. Stickney, who is willing that his
name shall appear, has followed until
q week ago, having been there ten
weeks, and during that time gained ten
pounds in weight, and, to use his own
words, My appetite is good sleep
well and feel like q new man, and /
am soon to commence business again
in Boston," He also says chat
there are ten or twelve others
there, drinking the blood, all of whom
are gaining under this treatment. One
gentleman from Boston, aconsumptive,
so feeble that it was with difficulty he
could get to this abattoir, is now able
to handle an axe skilfully enough to
g knock down a bullock" A lady
'from the city who has been sick six
years, stricken with paralysis, is i'm
proving wonderfully by this g blood
cure" A gratifying feature of this
cure is that it is without money and
without price," and Mr.. Stickney
speaks in praise of the gentlemen in
charge of this establishment, and says
strangers visiting the place will find
courteous treatment-Boston Journal.
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A S0mnambuliSiic surgeon.

DIR. Jones' wife was awakened by q
noise in her room, the other night.
and when she sat up in bed she saw
the doctor standing over the armchair
in the room. He had towel tied
around one of the legs of the chair,
and with q handsaw was cutting it in
half. Mrs. Jones exclaimed:
'Henry, what in the name of com.
mon sense are you doing2 ~
"H-s-s.h," replied the doctor, 'tyou'll
wake the patient. You hold the chlo-
form to his nose while take his leg
of: I'm about half through the bone
now.
Then Mrs. Jones got ont of bed and
shook him and pinched him until he
woke. Then he exclaimed:
SLOWS the patient2"
Mrs. Jones merely said, "Oome to
bed, you idiot, and stop hacking up
the furniture"
Gracious, Maria" said the doctor,
as he collected his scattered senses,
edo you know thought was in the
hospital, saving off leg that had a
compound fracture2 There's a fifty
dollar fee gone."'
And Jones went to bed, feeling as if
he was an injured man at having lost
that money.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-19
A Simple Cover for Hives.

I make cover for each hive-nail
five clap boards, each about six inches
wide and thirty long, on two cleats,
two of the boards covering the cracks
between the three others, in the style
of an ordinary board roof. The cleats
are placed close enough together to
rest on the hive, raising the boards
from one to two inches above tho TOP
of the hive. An air passage is thus
formed between the cover upon which
the rays of the sun fall, and the top of
the hive, which has no little effect in
reducing the temperature of the upper
part of the hive. One of the. cleats
make thicker than the other, to give to
the cover pitch to run off the rain.
The cost Of such q cover would not
exceed ten cents, and any one that can
drive nail can make one in five min
utes. The whole cover is light and
easily handled. When it is desirable
to open the hive, it can readily. be
lifted off entire and laidon the ground,
or set up against the side of the hive.
and when the hive is closed it can as
easily be replaced.
Such a cover not only defends the
bees against the heat of the sun, but
also affords very effectual protection
for the hive against tho weather. A
hive thus covered will last and retain
its neat appearance about as long ae it
would under IN ordinary shed or roof.
Cor: Am. Bee Journal.
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Selling Milk in Glass Bottles.

A milkman in Elrira, N. T., has in
PRODUCED q new plan of delivering
milk. In his wagon are arranged side
racks, containing quart and pint bot
ties filed with pure, fresh milk, full
measure. These bottles are delivered
as required. The customer returns
the bottles left the day before and no
pitchers, pals, bowls or dishes are
necessary. Another advantage of this
system, especially in warm weather, is
that each bottle is tightly corked, and
can be laid in q pail or pan of cold
water, keeping it fresh and sweet, or
put away in q cooler, taking up but
little room. His improvement is a
most unselfish one, as It will acconmo-
date his customers much more than
himself. He will have all these bot
ties to handle and wash, but it must be
great convenience to his customers,
who can afford to pay q little extra.