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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
How Did He Tell Him 7

LII Charlestown, recently, large dog
gave chase to poor little "black and
tam whose hind leg had been injured.
but, failing to overtake him, turned
about and trotted slowly back. In q
short time the small dog returned, fol-
lowed Ivy y large Newfoundland, who.
upon reaching the corner, seemed to
be looking.for something" when the lit
tie dog gave two or three sharp barks.
as much as to say, "sThat's the big dog
who chased me- ut the same time i'm,
dicating by his actions the large black
dog, who was then at some distance,
Whereupon the little dogs ally immc-
diately attacked and severely punished
tho aggressor, who was glad enough to
try the swiftncss Of his feet for safety.
After this little affair the small dog and
his friend returned down the street.
much pleased with their
part of the late transaction. How did
the small dog impart the idea to the
large one?
VII" can doubt that anything which
makes mnn discontinued with his state.
without giving him the certainty of a
better. il a cnrse?
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
A Scotch Lads Idea Of Regeneration.

The following good story which is
tolerably aged on the other side of
the water, is probably new to the read
ers of American literature: 1t is Gus
tomary in Scotland when the minister
visits his congregation pastorally, US it
is called, to gather all the members of
the family around him and catechise or
examine them in reference to their
knowledge of religious truth. On one
Of these occasions little fellow called
Johnnie was asked by his minister in
tho course of the examination he knew
what was meant by regeneration. Being
a dull scholar in the catecllism he hest.
tated and foundened for some time in
hopeless perplexity, and finally had to
be told that it meant to be born again.
or born the second time. "Well. said
the minister, continuing the subject.
Johnnie, would we no like to be born
again?" INA, ma said Johnnie, in his
broadcast accent. "Why, Johnnie?"
said the good man, surprised and hor-
ritied, Nv Why would We no be born
again?" Because" said Johnnie. with
more qnickness than they had given
him credit for, Because then ! might
be born u lassie."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Lead Works in England.

In one of the most important lead
works in England there is in operation
a line of about one thousand yards of
improved wire tramway, driven by q
twcnty-four foot water-wheel. The
plan consists in the employment of an
endless wire rope, supported onpulleys,
which are carried ut a considerable
height from the ground, on twenty-five
strongly framed timber posts. The
water-wheel draws the rope ut about
five miles an hour, and it carries with it
4 series of continuous stream of iron
buckets-one or more being hung be-
tween each post-in which is placed
one hundred weight of dressed lead
ore, The rope being endless, the full
buckets travel on one side of the sup
ports, and the empties return on the
other. The pendants, by which the
buckets are hung, are especially formed
to allow of their passing the points of
support with perfect ease. The ore is,
ut the receiving house, shot into hop
per Of al ore bin, erected at distance
below. It is stated that the delivery of
the dressed ore from this mine has for
many years been attended with much
trouble and expense, on account of
there being a very sharp ascent of two
bundled and fifty feet in less than one
fourth of mile, with like descent on
the other side, down to the road. The
wire tramway obviates this, as by it's
means five tons of dressed ore are now
delivered per hour into the compauy's
warehouse.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Dress.

Abba G. Woolson closed recent lee
ture in Boston on woman's dress, by
declaring that, had she the autocratic
power of the Shah or Gar, she would
command every man in her kingdom to
change his apparel with the woman for
one day only, that both might see how
good it was ! By night the men would
be grooming and Tuning to rid them
selves of the horrors they had consider
ed as the type of beauty in the other
sex, while the poor women would be
wailing over return to their normal
condition of petticoat servitude and
imprisoning bands.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Sonnet.
HY JOHN PAYNE.

Life rtay"i for me within breach of d,v.
smn''"rc.l athwart tho gray and rocky Years:
ABOVE, the day was dim 70 mo for fears
Al! Ana memories "f tho many -clasn,ed ways
through which my feet had Htrive1. At amaze,
A"nhc. stood and listened with wide cars
Az for tho coming Of some Fate that ncars,
A. last Ath"art tho inoOll-inist aud Rmazc,
ihe n"Rgard earth lay speechi.~a al my foot
! ni nv waited. suddenly there came
within INC ~ tho Pickering of fame,
Aud like the mystic bud, that bursts 10 meet
1ts hnm'lredth spring with thunder and acclaim.
Love lowered upon mo, terrible and sweet,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Reduction Of IMMIGRANT Ratrs.

There was unusual excitement in
certain railway circles in Now York on
tho 10Th. caused 10y tho following letter,
addressed to tho Commissioners of
Emigration, by tho Now York Central
and Hudson River Railway Company:
"NEw YORK. March 26.-To tho
commissioners of Emigration, Castle
Garden, New York-Gentleman: Our
emigrant agent ut Castle Garden on
yesteriay received notice from the
agent Of the steamship lines which have
been i'll the habit (of sending emigrant
passengers over our road, that MI emf
grants hereafter arriving by those lines
would be sent by the Eric Railway.
This confirms tho rumors current for
some time past, that the Erie Railroad
has made contracts for a very large pro-
portion of the emigrants arriving ut this
port, for tho year 1874; and tho Penn
sylvanla Company, having the transpor-
tation of the Cunartl line, otfcctually
closes the business against this cornpn-
ny. Under these circumstances, it is II
useless waste Of money to pay any pro-
portion of the expense inside the gar
den; and .hlve directed our agent to
withdraw thcrcfrom. I have to request
that You will protect emigrants arriving
ut this port, on and after this date,
destined to all western points, against
the overchargcs that have been made
on the other side for transportation to
this country, rs tho price of emigrant
tickets, on and after this day, will be as
follows: New York Central and Hudson
River Railway Company and connections
New York to Chicago, ~; to St.
Lonis, 80. IS; to Cincinnati, 81; Ito Oma-
ha, SIG; to st. Paul, SIG; to Milwaukee,
IS; to Detroit, So; to Cleveland, IS; to
$3.50; to Quincy, $10.5O; to
Kansas City, $15; other places in pro-
portion. Tickets can be obtained ut
the offices, st. Johns Park, and No. 81
Greenwich street.
Yours, very respectfully,
W. H. VANDERBILT, Vice Prcsitlsnt.
Tho reduction is about forty-tive per
cent. Oh the rates asked heretofore.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Wine Grapes.

Wine Grapes.
The Cincinnati Bulletin says tho Ives
Seeding ia q very thrifty and productive
vine, with berry large, black and pulpy,
and makcsa superior red wine. Norton's
Virginia Seeding, vigorous, healthy
and productivevin with large lunches,
berry rather black and small, but sweet
and rich, makes fine wine similar to
Burgundy, The Concord yields large
quantity of wine, " 1000 gallons to the
acre." says Hussman. The Delaware
is famous vine, truly delicious grape,
very healthy, branches rather short,
but the berry u full medium, dull red,
rich and sweet, and resembles the
choicest Rhenish wines. The still wine
made from the Catawba, vintage of 1870,
is particularly excellent. Where the
quality Of the wine is an especial object,
the vintage is made at two or three diff
ferent times. At first the finest and
ripest punches are gathered, and from
these the fine sparkling wines are made.
The second gathering makes wine of
an inferior quality, and the third still
poorer. Unripe berries, shoots, leaves,
ETC., are not allowed in the basket in
gathering, for if they get into the watts
they injure the quality of the wine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Basket Willow and its Cultiva,,or-

Mr.. A.,V. Wallace, in the New York
Tribune, describes his mode of cult
waiting the Osier Willow, rs follows:
While the willow is very hardy and
will grow almost anywhere, where veg
citation can exist, find the land most
especially adapted to it is muck. or made
soil that has received the drainage and
wash from higher surfaces. Such land
should produce from four to five tons
per acre. AS the soil grows more wet
the product will fall off until one or two
tons would be good yield from sur
face covered with water from one or two
months during the growing season. On
dry billy, and gravelly lands, with little
depth Of soil and good natural drain
age, the product is generally light
without fertilizers-from one to two
tons of green willows.
The land should be deeply plouehed
and pnlverizetl, and the sods and erass
roots should be removed as far as nos
slble. The cuttings should be eipht
inches in length, of we'll ripened wood
and and six inches deep, at an angle Of
20 degrees with the rows, the rows
thirty inches apart, and the sets
six inches in the rows. As the cut
tings are not expensive, it is better to
thus insure n good stand than to be at
the trouble Of re- setting the next sen
son. II the ground is dry enough, I
prefer to cultivate some small crop. like
beans, between the rows the first sen
son, rs it will keep down grass and
weeds until the willows can get start
The first year they will amount to
flf IN ~
Just the same, as they will branch the
second year If not so treated, and spoi
them for peeling, The second year a
light crop Of from one to two tons NAV
be expected, and so ON to the third and
fourth years, when the willow, will be-
come well rooted, and produce as large
crops as ever. Particular care should
be used in cutting them close to the
ground, as they will stool ont better
and facilitate the subsequent cutting.
The cost of cutting is about $l2 Der
acre.
An English writer, quoted in the
Monthly Report of the Department of
Agriculture, for September, 1873. de-
scribes a mode of planting by means of
II frame, which marks the particular
spot at which each cutting is to be
inserted in the ground. This writer
shows the importance of pushing the |
suttings their whole length into the |
coil. Rods so planted, he. says, send
9nt straight shoots, and when the crop
is cut out close to the ground, manure
'an he applied to the land, plowed be-
'wcen the rows and narrowed over, and
Kept as clean rs m ordinary arabic
icld. This, he adds, by many, will be
ooked npon very skeptically, but 1
AVE practiced it tor many years, and
nave every reason to he satisfied with
tue result.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Household Recipes.


SPONGE CAKE.-Three eggs beaten
separately, one cup of sifted flour, one
teaspoonful of cream tartar, half tea
spoonful of soda. Bake in a deep pan.
OAr MEAL GRUEL.-Mix dessert
spoonful of fine oat meal or patent
greats with two tablespoonfuls Of cold
water; add one pint Of boiling water
and boil for ten minutes, stirring fire.
quently. For richer Cruel, boil two
tablespoonfuls of greats in quart Of
water for an hour. Strain through
sieve; stir in piece of butter large as
walnut and some sugar nutmeg or
ginger.
BROTH Fer THE S1cK.-Take two
pounds of lean beef, one pound
of scrag veal and one pound of
forequarter of mutton put them
with ton peppercorns and spoon
full of salt, into five quarts of
water, and boil slowly for five hours.
Strain and set away to cool skim off
all the fat and if there be any left, lay a
clean bit of blotting paper on the broth
when little warm and it will absorb all
the grease.
PRESERVING FRUIT WITH HONEY
Fruit may be preserved with honey by
putting the fruit first in the can, then
pouring honey over it, and seal mir
tight when the honey is poured from
the fruit it will have the flavor and ap-
pearance of jelly. making a delicious
dessert.
MACCARoN1.-This is very suitable
winter dish and is prepared as follows !:
Break into pieces an inch long the best
italian maccaroni; stew till it is soft,
then lay in dish with alternate layers
of butter and cheese, cut into small
pieces. Add pepper and salt to taste,
cup of milk and bake in q moderate
oven until it is we'll stewed.
RICE PUDD1Na.-Take two quarts of
milk, o quarter of a pound of rice,
sugar to taste, half a grated nut
meg, piece of butter, pick and
wash the rice, add the ingredients and
boil the whole till the rice is perfectly
soft. If the budding is too thin, let It
boil away little longer.
To MAKE Coon RusK.-One pint
warm milk half a pint yeast, and flour
enough to make thick batter when
light add three-quarters of pound of
sugar, half pound of butter; add
cinnamon or nutmeg according to the
taste, and flour to make them stiff as
biscuit dough. Let them remain till of
. spongy lightness, then mold them
into cakes of the size youmold biscuits:
lay them on buttered tins let them
remain half an hour in a warm place
before placing in the oven. They
should be baked quick. Mix half cub
of sweet milk with q large teaspoonful
of'sugar, and rub over the top as soon
as baked with cloth tied en- the end of
stick.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Why Will You Su6er1

TO all persons suffering from
Reclamation, Neuralgia, Cramps
in the limbs or stomach, Bilious
Cholic, Pain in the back, bowels
or side, We would say THE
HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA AND FAN-
ILY LINlNENT IL Of all others the
remedy you want for internal
and external use. It has cured
the above complaints in thous-
ands Of cases. There 10 no mis-
take about IL. Try 1t. Sold by
all Druggists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
THIRTY YEARS. EXPERIENCE OF An
OLD NURSE.

MRS. WINDOWS SOOTHING SYRUP Is THE Pre-
scRIPTIoN OF one OF tho best Female Physicians and
Nurses in tho Unttod States and has been used for
thirty years with everfailing safety and success
by millions Of mothers and children, from the fec
Bile infant Of one week old to tho adult It oorrocs
atedity Of the stomach, relieves wind choic, regu
lates tho bowels, and gives rest, health and com
fort to mother and child. We believe 1t to be the
Best and surest Remedy In the World in all cases
Of DYsENTERY and DIARRHGA IN CHILDREN,
whether 1t arises from Teethtng or from any other
caubc. Full directions for using will accompany
each bottle. Nome genuine unless the fac simil6o
CURTIS PERKINS is on tho outside wrapper.
BOLD ny ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
q NOTHlNG BETTER Cutler Bros. Boston
DR.. John Ware. celebrated VEGETABLE
PULMONARY BALsA1, for Colds and Consumption
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Relative vn1oH Of MIX.

The question of tho value Of milk
made into butter AMI cheese, compared
with that sold i'll the market, is inter-
esting to those within reach of nmarkct
for milk. Comparisons arc frequently
instituted from estimates and exact sta
tistics, both very properly brought into
tho arguments. Tho general testimony
Of the comparisons seems to be TINT
milk sent in the cities brings more
money than dairy of butter or cheese
OF the samo number Of COWS. At the
January meeting Of tho Butter makers
of Western New York, it was stated by
several dairymen TINT their income WIS
$40 to $57. BIB per COW, and $40 cstimn-
ten value Of the skinned milk. This
is less than the income from milk sold
from All average dairy, and below tho
average of good butter dairies. There
Is much greater difference in tho in
come Of butter dairies than of milk tlai-
rics. Good feeding, skill in making,
and good market may surely make
difference of two to one. In tho milk
business there is difference i'll the i'll
come often rs three is totwO. There il
MI occasional butter dairy which makes
n gross receipt of 500 per COW, and
there are some milk diaries TINT roach
that, 1t requires higher degree of
skill and good management i'll the but
ter dairy, but it is Us sure. 1t is diff
cult to bring statistics enough to settle
the question, rs there arc SO many I'M
measured circumstances to be brought
III. It must be determined very much
by the help Of good Judgment.
IL
which is sometimes left out. That is
the difference in the cost of keeping
COWS for milk and for butter. 1t is we'll
understood that the producers of milk
make nearly as much milk i'll winter us
in summer, and the COWS must be fclin
the best manner through the winter
with the best forage and grain, making
the cost of milk in winter much greater
than in summer, while the butter and
cheese makers give their COWS rest two
or three months in the winter, consum-
ing much less food when dry. The diff
ference in cost of sending milk to mar
ket and manufacturing it, depends on
the distance from the railroadand many
other circumstances. In n great num-
ber of cases there is not much differ
ence. There is no question but that
Il careful manager, who makes the best
quaity~of butter or cheese, can get rs
much clear profit from hundred acres
of land as the seller of milk, and the
market is certain not to fail.-Cor.
Country Gentleman.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
The Chocolate Man.

M. Menlcr, the chocolate manufac-
turer, is one of the wealthiest men in
France, and his newly erected palace
in the Pare Monceau, Paris, is one of
the costliest private residences in Eu-
rope. The style of it's architecture is
fiorid, sculptures of the cocoa plant
being artistically displayed in the orna-
mentation. The interior has been fitted
up under the supervision of the eminent
architect, Parent, each room possessing
distinct character, and being a
museum mot a curiosity shop) in itself
Many of the ceilings were made by
Boucher, or famous Dutch Artists.
having been carefully transferred from
the houses they originally adorned, and
the dlnlng-room has carved wooden
panels and massive sideboartls, display
ing the best imitation of choice old
models which modern art can achieve.
NJ. Menier invited 1900 guests to his
house-warming, which took place re-
Gently, and fully four-fifths of that
number were present. fact that Illus
trates the size and resources of the
place better than dozen pages of mere
description. It is interesting to learn.
as trait of n,trurs, Puriienncs of to-
day, that son of this merchant prince.
nineteen years old, is by his own choice
q VOtOntgiTc tl'un On. in the armv-thot
is, he serves for one year as q private
soldier, and, if he passes Il test examin-
atloh, the government exempts him
from further military duty except in
case OF war. Young Menier is Obliged
to 60 through all the tlrudgery inc1m-
bent on the poorest member of his regi-
ment, and he could obtain only a few
hours leave from his colonel in ortlerto
attend the ball which closed his fathers
grand entertainment.
Oysters Growing on Trees.
MIR. G: Fl. Williams, a Fellow Of the
Geographical Society Of England, tells
us, IN the Hartford Times, how oysters
lnhabit the mangrove woods in Cuba.
For several years." he says, 81 re-
sided in that island, and travelled there
more than the ordinary run of foreign
ers, and have several times come across
scenes which many people wonld con-
slder great curiosities-o in particu-
lar. No doubt the reader will open
his eyes Mt oysters growing on trees.
Often have seen the sneer of unbelief
on the face of the ignorant when the
fact had been mentioned; but grow
they do, and i'll immense quantities.
especially in the southern part of the
island. have seen miles of trees. the
lower stems and branches of which were
literally covered with them, and many
q good meal have enjoyed with very
little trouble of procuring. and not |
quite so expensive as they are in Lon
aon ut the present time. I simply
placed the branches over the fire. and.
when opened, picked them out with a
Fork or pointed stick. These peculiar
'hell-tish are Indigenous in lagoons and
'wamPs on the coast, and as far us the
idle will rise and the spray fly, SO will
hey cling to the lower parts of the
trees, sometimes four or five
leep, the mangrove being one OF the
'ery few trees that flourish in salt
yater."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Propa9ating EvergreenS.

The cones of all evergreens are gath
cred when ripe and allowed to dry,
after which the seeds should be beaten
out and cleaned. Mix the seeds with
Mt least ten times their bulk of sand in
boxes having so thorough drainage that
water will pass freely therefrom. Water
thoroughly and place them where they
may freeze and thaw slightly. In the
spring SOW thickly in beds, lightly
shaded from the sun keep free from
weeds. and when one ortwo years old,
pick ont into rows one foot apart by
four inches in the rows. When large
enough, transplant into nursery rows,
until large enough to finally transplant
to the place where they are to stand.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
A sroRM-scENrEn- Probabilities,

CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK
from no other cause than having worms in the
stomach.
BROWNS VERMIFU0E COMFITS
will destroy worms without injury to the child
being perfectly WHITE, and free from all c0loring
or other Injurious ingredients usually used in
worm preparations.
CURTIS BROWN, PRopRIEroas,
No. 2lS Fulton Street, New York
Sod by Drug9tsts and Chemists, and dealers in
4edicines, at TWENTY-F1vE CENTS Box.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Washing Butter,


During the past year, several of your
correspondents have strongly advised
never to wash butter. I have not been
beguiled by them, having before exper-
imented sufficiently; and as I am
anxiousto learn and adopt any improve
ment, would like to learn how, during
June, July and August butter can be
manufactured without washing to keep
sweet for SIX or eight months. Ny cat
tie breath the purest air, have a sweeter
and more nutritious heritage than found
in moister climate no swamp grass
and abundance of pure spring water.
and the cleanliness of milk house and
utensils is evinced by the fact that
with the thermometer ranging through
the day at from 80 to 1000. in the
shade, milk kept perfectly sweet for
forty eight hours. I cannot make but
ter that will keep without washing, no
matter how we'll worked, but made kept
under the same conditions, but well
washed, have no difficulty in protluc-
ing a good article. It has seemed to
me that the loss of flavor and aroma.
said to be due to washing, is attribut-
able rather to the salt. I can never
discover the nutty flavor and aroma rs
plain after sailing; but it seems to
me to be palmer after washing than
before. Merico IN Rural New
Yorker.
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Mare with Cough and swe.t..

For cough give her upon the tongue
twice a day, two teaspoonfuls of the
following: r, fluid extract gelseminum
l o., fluid extract lobelia ozs., mix.
Repeat this for week, more or less. If
the cough does not get better, then you
must wait three or four days, and if the
cough is not quite gone, resume treat
ment.
For sweating too easily, and apparent
weakness give her as follows: Fluid
extract of golden seal, tincture of gen.
tian, do. Of ginger equal parts; one OF.
every morning for two or three weeks.
This will materially stimulate and
strengthen the digestive organs, and
through them the whole system, and
thus be likely to prevent the sweating
you complain of. If there is any run
ming at the nose, wash the nostrils with
Tilden's Bromo Chloralum, one to ten
of water Grain water). Feed generously,
and when You work the mare be careful
not to overwork her, as this would be
wrong and materially interfere with the
chances of cure, in fact, undue work
will so debilitate the animal that she
will be more likely to get worse than
better.