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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
A vineGar POlypQs.

It is stated in the Revue Soientifoue
that the aquarium of the Jardin d'Ac.
climation has made a singular acquisi-
tion-a medusa "a sort of umbrella
shaped polypas that swima, with a
stomach, mouth, and number of ten
tacular, under water) that had no
sooner got into the compartment allot-
ted to it than it got rid of all its neigh
bors with wonderful rapidity. On
Analysing the water it was found to be
impregnatsd with vinegar, which had
caused the death Of the inmates. The
nedusa in question therefore belongs
to ono of the rarest species in existence,
which, owing to it's faculty of secreting
the acid in question, is called the
"vinegar pol ypus." The curious point
in the case is that the animal in the
first instance emits alcohol, which is
only afterward acidified, owing to its
becoming diluted in contact with nitro
genized matter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

Josh Billings on IS Dlspepshe.''
DEAR BANKER: I hev been q prak-
tikal dispeptik for ~ years and fore
months, and it would hav been mummy
in my pocket if had been born with.
out emmy stummuck.
I hav prayed upward of ono thousand
times to be on tho inside like an ostrich
OF colporter.
1hav seen travelling oolporters who
could eat az much AZ goose.
hav seen goose eat til they could
not stand up emmy more, and then set
down and eat sum, and then lay down
and eat sum, and then roll over and eat
sum more.
I hsv tried living on filtered water,
and going barefoot for the dispepshe,
and that did not hit the spot.
hav soked at water.cure establish.
ments until waz SO timber that I
couldn't git myself bak agin inside ov
mi Baldwin apparel.
bought saddle.hoss once, who
was got up expressly to kure the dis
pepshy-he was warranted to kure the
disease in 80 days or kill the horse.
He waz warranted to trot harder than
q trip-hammer, pull wusser on the bits,
stumble safer down hill, than emmy
other boss on the futtstool
rode that koss until I waz all ov
jelly, and chen sold him, bride and all,
for sixty-eight dollars, and got sued by
the purchaser, and had to pay him 80
dollars and sum cents dammage, be-
kause the boss had the Nimshys,"
disseaze knu nothing about.
The boss and fixings cost me $50 dol
lars gold.
I kontracted for eleven kords ov
hickory wood, kross grained and AZ
phull ov wrinkles AZ an old cows horn,
and sawed away three months on it,
and the pile seemed to gro bigger
every day.
finally gave away the saw, and what
wood thare waz left, to save mi life,
and sat down discouraged, q square
victim to the everlasting dispepshee.
I hav lived at the sea side, and gam
boiled in the saline food, until waz
az well picked az number one salt
mackerel.
I hav dwelt at Saratoga, and taken
the water like mill, and still had the
dispepshee.
l hav walked 2 miles before break
fast, and then EFT slice ov dri toast,
and half the yelk ov pullet's eg, and
felt all the time az weak az kitten
that had just cum out ov q fit.
I hav laid down more than 2 thou
sand times, and rolled over once q
minnit all mite long, and got up in the
morning like korpse, rand thae didn't
nothing seem to all me emmy where in
partiklar.
I hav red whole ibrary's on the
stummuk and liver, and, when got
thru, knu a CRATE deal less what was
the matter ov me than when begun.
I hav drank whiskee with roots in it
enuff to carry off emmy bridge or saw
mill in the country.
I hav worked on q farm for mi
vittles and board, and diete,l on fride
pork and ri bred until I was az thin az
the sermon ov Z day Baptist preacher.
1 hav dun all theze things and 10
thousand other things just as ridiku-
lus; and have got the old dishpep-
shee yet, just as natral and az thik az
the pimples on 4-year-old goose.
If you git q good hold ov the dispep-
shee once yu kant never looze it
entirely; it will cum arount once in a
while, like ghost, and If it don't scare
yu SO mulch as it did once, and make
yu think yu are goint to die tomorrow,
it will make yu feel just az sorry.
.Yures, JOSH BILLINGS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

First Leveo on the Upper Mississippi.
The first levee on the Upper Missis-
sipPi is now being finished at shy Is
land, in Adams, Calhoun, and Pike
counties, Illinois. The Sny is q sort of
side channel of the Mississippi, sepa-
rating from that river about twelve
miles below Quincy, and joining it
again forty eight miles further down.
It is from four hundred to six hundred
feet wide, sluggish, and in the levee
scheme is expected to act as drain in
the time Of flood, and as an irrieatine
channel in time of draught. The new
levee is to be fifty. two miles long, and
will reclaim one hundred thousand
acres of excellent land hitherto subject
to overflow in seasons of high water.
The levee is on the average forty feet
wide at the bottom, seven feet high.
and five feet wide at the top. Since it
was begun, the land it is to reclaim has
nearly doubled in value. It was to
have been finished in March next, but
will require several months longer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
The Household.

CREAM CUsTARD.-Three teascups of sweet
cream, two eggs, heaping tablespoon Of
-four. Soald the cream and let It cook.
Mix the -four to . smooth paste with . little
cold cream; then stir in the cream and then
eggs. Sweeten and flavor to suit the taste.
HONE MADE CAND1Es.- Many If our
readers in the country will find that candles
can be made economically by mixing little
melted beeswax with the tallow to give du-
rabiity to tho candles, and to prevent its
"running." The light from tallow can
die can be improved in olearness and bril-.
lancy by using small wioks which have
been dipped in spirits of tuzpentine and
thoroughly dried.
LEMON CHEEsE.-Dissolve an ounce of
gelatin, in pint of water for an hour, add
four ounces, of sugar, the rind and juice of
largo lemon, and simmer over the fire till
the gelatine is entirely dissolved; strain,and.
when nearly cold, beat into il the white of
an egg thoroughly beaten. Wet the molds
with water and put IL into them. When
turned out it will look like snow. This is q
grateful dish to invalids.
To Cook DRIED SWEET CoRN.-Soak
the corn two hours in cold water, and then
boil two hours over q moderate fire. When
it is nearly done add heaping teaspoonful
of salt and the same of sugar to q quart of
corn. Nix tablespoonful of -four with q
cup Of cream and piece of butter the size
Of hens egg. Let It boil minute and it
is done. If boiled too long or too fast, the
corn will be tough.
A NICE LUNcH.-Take slioes of stale
bread, dip them in batter and fry them in
lard after the manner of crullers or dough-
nuts. They should be peeled, cut in slices
one-fourth of an inch thick, dipped in batter
made Ut one egg to one teaspoonful of flour.
and fried like crullere. Little potatoes peel
ed, wiped dry, fried thus, make q delightful
accompaniment to steaks and relishes. This
cold weather we can take more carbon in
the shape of fat into our stOmachs. with
happy results, than In the summer season.
Now, If ever, the season Of doughnuts,
minoemeat, and pastries. 49,.
DEvoNsHIRE "F1xrNos. "-Deyonshire
cream and "]unket" are two dishes rarely
found outside of Devonshire and the Dor.
ders Of the adjacent counties. Devonshire
cream is q thick, clotted cream, from scalded
and slightly sweetened milk, and is used for
ordinary cream in the tea and coffee, and
with tarts and cooked fruit, or in the place
Of butter on bread, toast and biscuits. One
can hardly think how delicious it is.. Jun.
ket Is only soft curd favored to suit the
tasts, and eaten like pudding or custard.
This dish, which tho Devonshire people be-
ieve to have ccme from the Phenicians, be-
cause travellers now find it in these Eastern
countries, is not uncommon on American
tables, but it can by no means take rank as
q delicaoy compared with Devonshire cream.
nice little dishes of which you will find for
sale at all the dairy-shops.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
Origin OF the Term s'Printer's Devil -

Origin OF the Term s'Printer's Devil"
When Aldus Manutius set up in the
business as q printer in Venice, he came
into possession Of q little negro boy.
This boy was soon known all over the
city as " the little black devil" for, at
that time, negroes were not often seen
in Venice, and some of the most igno-
rant people believed him. to be either an
embodiment or an emissary Of Satan,
who aided Aldus in the work Of his pro-
fession. One day. Manutius, desiring. to
dispel this strange and spreading opin-
ion, displayed the young imp publicly
to the poorer classes, making this short
but characteristic speech Be it
known to You, and to all Venice, that
I, Aldus Manutius, printer to the Holy
Church and Doge, have this day made
exposure to all Of the printers devil.
And if any think he is not like us,
flesh and blood, they may come and
pinch him, and they will find that
though he is black, he is human"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
Norwegian SnOW.Sljdes.

To one who never saw them before.
Norwegian SHOWS slides are a decided
curiosity. Made OF strips of ash, or
other light strong timber, from seven
to nine feet long, 81 to 4 inches wide.
and from / to IL inches thick in the
middle, tapering to half inch towards
the ends, slightly turned up at the
front, with q dingus to stay the foot
near tho middle. With strong and
expert man anchored on pair of these
"slides," and q stick in his hand, a
horse il at . discount. The way he
goes off over the trackless prnirie, roll.
ing or level, is a caution to all other
means of locomotion, and q wonder to
greenhorns.-Fer0us Falls (Ainn. J
Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

ONE of the foreign papers gives an &C.
count of the vitality of an orange tree {:
t'Two persons to whom an orange tree
had been bequeathed, not being able
to agree as to their respective shares
in it, resolved at last to divide it into
two equal parts by saving it through
from the top to the bottom. This was
accordingly done; each removed his
part, covered the wounds made by the
saw with q mixture of clay aud cow
dung, and planted it. The result was
that by degrees the bark covered the
exposed surface, and each of the halves
became perfect and healthy tree"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
Tho Canary at Church.

They were singing good old "I.ondon
As tho evening, cool and sweet,
Drifted with purple shadows
AdOwn the city street.
Round every churcll's window
The lusty ivy clung
The rcd, faint sunshine flickercd
Its matchless leaves among.
Tho dim nave, with it, arches
And clustered pillars rare,
Had echoed 10 the cadence
OF the pale rect0rts prayer.
And now, through tonder silence,
The thrilling fluto.nOtes rang !;
And sweet a. angels vOlces
Tho rare old tune they sang.
When sudden. 10 ! appearing
On carving quaint and old,
Like fair estray from heaven,
Fluttered speck Of gold.
On to the lecturn flying,
Up to the bishops chair,
With clear notes soaring, chanting
His wondrous vespers there.
Full rolled tho singing voices,
Yet swecter. richer, higher,
Gods silver .throxted chorister
Outsang tho trained choir.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

We understand that the whoopine-
cough il quite prevalent in the towns around
US but that no cases have proved fatal. Some
families use nothing but .7ohnson's Anodyne
Lintnaent. Our Doctor, however, says little
ipicac. to produce vomiting, would be an ad-
vantage.
THERE are more than one Thousand differ
ent kinds of pills in the United States. some
of them are worthless aud injurious, Others
are good and beneficial. Old DR.. Parsons in
vented the best anti-bilious pill we ever saw
or heard o. They are now sold under the
namo OF Parsons Purgatire PNts.-Com,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
Elephants at Sea.

= The Calcutta Englishman says
" The hosting into the air and lower
ing elephants into the hold of q ship,
is not only an unusual sight to most
men, but also strange experience to
most elephants. They were dashed with
strong ropes, slung as far as practical
bic in sings, hoisted up with cranes
with threefold tackles, and lowered
into the steamers hold like bales of
cotton. When in the hold, they were
placed in pens built of strong teak
timber baulks, bolted to the ships
side to prevent them from breaking
loose. The fear the animals suffered
was the only pain they underwent; and
by watching the eyes of the poor beasts
their terror was very manifest. Tears
trickled down their mild countenances,
and they roared with dread, more
especially when being lowered into
the hold, the bottom of which was
sanded for them to stand upon. We
are told that one timid female elephant
actually tainted, and was brought to
with fan and many gallons of water.
At sea it appears that the animals rot
into a curious habit of occasionally
OVAuOAVAy Will q p1ocO0CoEtel 618u8l-
setting to work rocking the ship from
side to side, by giving themselves,
simultaneously, swinging motion, as
they stood athwart ship, the vessel
rolling heavily, as if in q seaway. This
they would do for spell of an hour or
more, and then desist for several hours
until tho strange freak took them
again. When they reached port they
were hoisted out of the hold and swan
to the shore, thirty-five being thus
safely landed without any accident
whatever. When they were released
from the sings it was q supreme
moment for the mahout, who was al
ways on the elephants neck from the
time of it's touching the water to let
ting go, each of the elephants, either
from the lightness of his heart at being
freed from his floating prison, or from
his own weight, we are not sure which,
-lightness Of heart like ightness OF
head, causes elephants and men to play
pranks,-plungcd down deep into tie
water, the mahout on his neck. TIL
anxiety on the face of the mahout, Just
one second before the plunge, was q
study SO, too, was it when elephant
and man rose to the surface again, the
former blowing water from his trunk
and the latter from his nose"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

A BRIGHT little girl of our city not
long since was urging her mother to
go up stairs and hear her prayers be-
fore retiring. Her mother, not finding
it convenient, told her that Jesus could
hear them just as we'll. "But, moth.
er," responded the little doubter,
"Jesus can't turn of the gas. "-Neso
Bedford Meroury.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
A0FEoWIn4.

Narrowing is Of great advantage In
spreading the compost moro evenly and
finely than it could possibly be done BY
hand; also, it has the effect of spreading
the surface and incorporating the manure
with it in such . way that the roots Of tho
grass may at onoe reach II and appropriate
it. Narrowing meadows early in spring il
always advisable and beneficial, even when
NO manure 10 spread tho stirring Of the
surface seems to invigorate tho plants great
~. Having pzaotised it for years we 70.
commend it.
How to Bald . Black Martin House.
I have had much experience in this mat
ter, and tried many experiments during my
boyiah days, especially - to position and
color. The most successful one in this line
leads me to conclude that . martin house
may be built three stories high, the back, ends,
and roof should be tight and with close
joints; each apartment should be made
about ten inches deep from front to rear and
four and one-half inches wide in the clear,
with ceiling five inches high; these apart
ments should be less in dimension rather
than greater. The opening should be three
inches in height. arching over the top, and
two inches wide. In front and on q level
with each floor, piazza two inches wide
should extend from end to end, with rail.
ing made of wire, the top rail of . good
sized galvanized telegraph wire, and the
meshes worked with . smaller wire, but -
suficintly close as to prevent the young
birds from getting fastened in or crawling
through the spaces. This railing should
stand two inches from the 'front.'
and extend from tho corners OF the
house, with height Of ono and one-haH
inches. This will be somewhat Of . barrier
against the untimely falling Of tho young to
the ground. The house should be invaria-
bly, painted red, and occupy q positively
safe position from cats, etc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
Death from the Bite OF q Polecat.

Last summer a Swede girl was, while
going to a neighbours house, bitten by
. polecat. No immediate result fol-
lowing, the circumstance was nearly
forgotten. Last Tuesday, the girl COM
planning OF pain in the chest, a
physician was called in, who pronounce
ed it simple "ailment that would
pass off in few days." On Wednes-
day she was seized with fearful parox-
ysms, it requiring three strong men to
hold her. It was then evident that
hydrophobia was doing its horrid
work. Morphine was administered to
relieve the suffering girls agony, who
died the next day.-K1nsas City
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
THIRTY YEARS. EXPERIENCE or AN
OLD NURSE.

Mrs. WINDOWS SOOTHING SYRUP THE PRE-.
soR1PTIoN OF Of tho best Female Physicians and
rses in the Unitod Ststes, and has been used for
wtththirty years neverfsing safety and soocess by
Of mothers and children from tho foeble in
FAINT of week old to the adult It oorrects acidty
Of tho stomach. relieves wind colio regulates the
BOWELS and gives rest health and comfort to mother
and child We believe 1t to be the Best and surest
Remedy In the World In all cases OF OYSENTERY
and DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether it
rises from TeethinR from any other cause. Fun
directions for using will accompany each bottle.
None Genuine unless the fac smile Of CURTIS
PERKINS 10 on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
Hack, Hack f! Cough. Cough F!

Cough is q symptom by which vari-
GUS diseased conditions of the throat, bron-
chial tubes and lungs manifest themselves
But whether it arisee from the irritation pro-
cold, from an attack Of Bronchitis, from in.
cipient Consumption, or from various other
causes. nothing will allay it more speedily n"r
cure it more permanently than DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t docs not matter
whether it be a recent attack, or q lingo ring
cough, the discovery is in either caee equally
we'll adapted for its relief and permanent cure.
In fact, it will cure a cough in onc,half the
time necessary to cure it with any other med
icine. and it does it, not by drying it up, but
by removing the cause, subduing the irrita-
ton, and healing the affected parts. No time
should be lost in commencing the use of q
unless this course is pursued, serious and
disease Of the lungs is liable to
result.
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l,aO,ooo,oo
Total.
I3,o00,OOO,OOO

A NUMBER of prominent citizens of
Boston propose to make the Museum
of Zoology at Cambridge, to which
Professor Agassix devoted tho best
years Of his life, memorial monument
in his honor. In order to do this they
have resolved to raise the sum of $780,.
600 to complete tho endowment,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
How The ScaIpers Live.

There is class of dealers in railroad
tickets in the West who thrive BY SELL
ing tickets at low rates. A scalper
thus explains the na0dus 0perandi :
F" For instance,a person in New York
coming to Cincinnati will buy q ticket
to st. Louis, Chicago, or some other
point further west, and when he gets
here, not wishing to go any further,
he brings his ticket to us, for which
we pay hima fair price, and he thus
gets his ride from New York at a saw
ing of perhaps twenty-five per cent. To
make this more plain, let me illustrate:
Suppose you were in Chicago and
wanted to come to Cincinnati. A few
weeks ago, before the present cut
between the railroads, the regular fare
from Chicago to Boston was 324. We'll,
you would buy a ticket in Chicago to
Boston for $24, and ride on it to Gin
cinnati ; not Wishing to go any further,
you bring the balance of your tick
ct to me, for which I pay you SIS. You
thus get your ride from Chicago for
Sc, the regular fare being $19. In
comes Mr.. B. and wants to 20 to New
York. I produce the Boston ticket
which I bought of you, and sch it for
$21 to Mr.. B., who rides on it to New
York, and there sells the Boston cou-
pom for IS. Thus Mr.. B. gets to New
York for SIG, the regular fare being
$40. The purchaser of the Boston
coupon makes 81, and the railroad
company have received their full rate.
The courts have decided thata railroad
ticket represents an agreement between
the holder or purchaser and the rail-
road company selling the ticket.
Thus, ticket regularly issued is good
on it, no matter whose hands it is in,
nor when it was used. We do not
claim to be able to furnish tickets to
all points at all times, but most gener-
ally We have tickets to the principal
points at a discount of ten to thirty
per cent"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

National Grange Circular for January.
Warrington {Feb. 81 Correspondence Of the New
York Graphic.
The National Grange circular for
January shows an increase, since the
18th Of December, when the Last circu-
lar was issued, of 1866 oranges. The
total at that date was 1895; the total
ut that of the last circular was 1852.
The membership is only approx
mately stated at about 78O, 1000. The
increase is largely in the South and
Valley States, as will be seen by the
following table:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

The New York WEEKLY WITNESS, al
One Dollar per dnnnna, is the best Weekly
newspaper in america. 1t has Increased n,
circulation ten fold ,cithin gear.
The Ne,o York DAILY WITNESS, at Three
Dollars, is best for business men. Send (by
postal cdrd) for sample copies. Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
DOCTORS SOON LEARN IT'S VALUE.

BUFFALo, N. y, Dec. IL, 1870.
DR. PlERoE-For the past six months have
used your Golden Medical Discovery in my
practice, and in that time have tested its
merits in severe coughs. both acute and
chronic, in chronic disease of the throat, Sc
Of the system, constipated condition of tie
bowels, and wherever a thorough Alternative
has been indicated. In all cases have found
it to act gently yet thoroughly and effectualiy
in removing the various diseased conditions,
and bringing about a healthy action through
out the system. Yours fraternally,
III. L. HALL, n. D.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26

A Mn. JOHN LINDSAY, of Griffin, Gu,
takes Confederate currency at par q
proceeding only to be accounted for on
the hypothesis that he contemplates
committing suicide and advancing the
plea OF insanity,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
WESTERN STATES.

The only States into which the Or
der has not yet penetrated are Della.
ware, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Since the circular, of which the fore.
going is an analysis, there has been an
increase of 800 or 400 Oranges.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-26
The Step on the Stair.

The hours are late-I wait, wait,
10 hesr in the air the step on the stair.
10 cometh not tits woman's lot
10 watch and wait, alas | till how latel
Through ieweled oars another hears
III the fragrant air the step on tho stair.
Lured by glance, in feverish dance,
His soul will flee every thought OF mo.
Yet he will sec, where'er he DO.
Past mirth's mad pace, his wife's sad lace.
The hours aro late-I wait, wait.
o plying fate, give back my mate!
Oh, listl It comes his step, how near!
Ills passingl On? 1t goes, It's gone!
No; near-how clearl IT'S here, it's herel
Love, can it DO? IT'S he. It's he!