Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-14
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If their other name be Rrown.
General Items.
"LErr1Na OFF SLEEP" IL q little boys
definition of snoring.
The defects of the mind, ike those of
the face, grow worse ~, we grow old.
To have ideas isto gather. Te think
is to weave them into garlands.
A MAINE man is out With atemperance
lecture, the taking title of which is,
Glow Goliah was killed with . sling"
THE Indictment against Ex-Governor
James, Of Nebraska, for embezzling
public money, has been quashed.
A sCHoo1cDo1 il said to be like .
postage stamp when he gets stuck ON
letters.
ASr. LOUIS paper inquiries Why the
portrait painters of that city do not go
to sailing fat boats and make . reputa-
tion.
THERE are 3, ,453, ,6sl unmaxried wom-
en- in Egland above the age of Is, who
are engaged in specific occupations,
and are earning money thereby.
"A NEW YoRx tailor hasinvented some
patent pants With m attachment for
letting out the waistband after big
dinner with ease and dispatch.
HKRkAFrxH places lio6aseas 70 sell
liquor in Illinois will be known -
"dram shops" insetad Of groceries, -
heretofore. ~
DOUGLASS JERDoLD, speaking Of Miss
Martineeu's religious opinioas, said,
There is no God, and Miss Hatinesu
is His prophet" '5@ -
JONES, who il q brute, having heard
that little girl who jumped rope 351
times never spoke another word, has
bought his vile whole clothes line.
A DAnBuRY man, whose wife recently
died, subsequently confessed to friend
that " nobody could pull down IN un-
der::coat q neatly - Jane did.
A L1sDoH ooE7esPo0dent, writing of
the king of Portugal, and not wiahing
to spoil him by hattery, says he il IN
ugly likeness Of chunk of beeswax.
IT has been said that il IL better for
q woman to be laughed ut for not being
married than to be unable TO laugh be-
cause she il married. -
GnNo11's Twenty second Regiment
Band IL understood to hsye been en-
gagged for the season at the now United
States H0tel, Safato9A lAndeTs Band
goes to the Grand Union. 4,s
Or late years Virginias White Sui
lar and fashionable lesummerresoft We
hear that = new and very fne hotel has
been built there. 20 81. s1-=1
UxRuIr Harvard students blow up
the reservoir in the college yard With
gunpowder on tho night tha* tho faculty
meet, and "watch 'em. jump" q tho
noise.
BAnEY's farewell to Danbury and
the world ip general is, Goodbye.
Owing to press Of advertising matter
We have been compelled TO crowd Mr..
Bailey out of this county,"
A xExBER of the Mississippi legisla-
brick in his pocket to hit another mem
Der with, but he says he IL not able to
buy shot gun. -. =. ,......-.
In 1910, William Writ said, ''Young
men are everywhere turned loose in tho
various professions With minds half
awake, and the surface merely little
disturbed with science" "s .,3E=s.-
A FAcEr1ous citizen In o paxt;oulax1y
playful humor the other day, having
occasion to repFove his better. hall,
Knocked her down with .: bible, 10
marking, ''O1eroome evil with good"
A P1ArrsBu1a paper speaks Of . gen.
tleman Of that vicinity Who reosntly
sold his wife and children to ono Of his
neighbors for coat. pair Of second
hand pants and 5 in cash. =
WMxEvxR you SEQ . small boy
coming out of the house with ono hand
on his eyes and the other over the base
ment of his pants, you can come to the
conclusion that he and tho old gentle
man have been having slight misun-
derstanding.
A MOREoN bridegroom Was simul-
taneously married to three blushing
brides in Sart Lake City. recently.
Some confusion was created after the
ceremony by each bride persisting ON
her individual rights to the hrse Hiss.
TIE vitality Of some people il simply
astounding. There il , hog-haired
youth who has written seven hundred
verses, the refrain to which u, Sc am
dying, mother, dying - and withal he
isn't dead. - -, = = =
WHAT do those mean p said Spioers
friend, pointing to tho three gold balls
in front of shop, the other day. "1n-
dians," was tho reply. I" Indians I"
said his friend. "Yes, Pxwn-ees," re-
torted Spicer. ...,... ..
4 HFLoR1DA correspondent says that
although many persons suffering from
consumption in other states have gone
there and been restored to health,
there are old established families fast
diving of the same disease. zstsz
MUCH of the most valuable Land in
Georgia was originally distributed by
lottery, and many owners of real estate
have abstracts of title going back to
lottery tickets. The system 10 TO be
revived. The legisla*ure has author-
lied scheme for the sale of lands by
lottery, and IN Office IL to be opened in
Augusta. II IL expected that the Own
ers Of large plantations win subscribe.
TIE manufacture Of . riAed gun
weighing eighty-one to0s, has bean BE-
gun at the Woolwich arsenal, Eng. It
will throw . shot of about ], 600 pounds
weight, and is intended for tho iron
clad Inhexible, which will carry four
guns of this kind in its turret. They
will be:the largest pieces of ordnance in
the world. The Indexible 10 building
ut Portsmouth, and will have twenty
four inches of solid iron plating, and
be constructed %. o 70 carry guns
weighing $50 tons. She il meant for .
sea-going vessel z;..70
IT is said that tho simplest method
of sharpening = razor i to put It for
half an hour in hot water to which
one-twentieth of ito weight Of nuristic
or sulphuric acid has bean addsd, then
lightly wipe it of, and after few
hours set in on . hone. The acid here
supplies the place of . whetsto0s by
coTroding the whole surface uniformly,
SO that nothing further than smooth
polish is necessary. The process newer
Injuries good blades, while badly hard
ened ones are frequently improved BY
it, although the cause OF this improve
ment remains unexplained.
BISHOP SIXTH, of Kentucky, thinks
that the schism headed by Dr.: Cum
minis will not reach such proportions -
seriously to affect the stability Of tho
Protestant Episcopal church. He says
that no important reformation has ever
been effected outside tho church.
Luther and Calvin never left tho Roman
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