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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
|CTATE or MINNESOTA CoUN'
~ II or MOWER. u. .--..L..,--


ID psesese eeefs-epse'A t'1 - ....9-:
In shs matter Of Ne Estate Of 3. 4. 0sa1i1
dsssased. .=...-. ...< Ks ->:. :
O, reading sai lli,s he pskitlen Of 4. J,
Hunt, sdninistsator Of GAIA estate sseeine
forth he amount Of psrsonal eetste that Aas
cone 70 bic haads, and Tie dispositioo there.
Of; he snount Of dsb&s outstsodipe sgainst
ssid deeeosea. aad description Of ~ ~ real
estste q vhich said deeeasel di,d sei,el. aad
the condition aad value Of the respective por-
lions thereof: aad praying that license b. e
him gsanted . seu ~ east half q ne eo1ta
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE


M DslAsit bee bssa mad, IN he pav.
NEST Of the sixtssa hundred and nina.
y six dollars which 10 claimed 70 10 due n
ne eses Of th's notice On esrtsin mortgage
ese!'sg date - the 1rst day Of April A. b,
LII, 1sde snd sxseutsd b. 1feensn n.
0foWa Of Tie oouaty Of Mower IN the atsts
g Minnesota, % John White Of The comfy 81
Aowef ioseid state Of Minnesota, and duIy r.
eereed ID The once Of the Register Of Deeds 10
end Tor said. County Of Mower, on The third
dsy OF April, 1871 q nine and half O'clock.
II ehe tsr'noon, n book ~" Of ps,tgases, On
Psee eos, sad no proceedings have bssD n.
said ss.. o. ssy psrt thereof: ''''' ~
NOW, therefore,, notice 10 he1eby eiven.
seae 10 p.rsuancs Of . power Of sole eoStsio.
"a 70 said Aortgstgs and Of ths ststute /,
cssh $3.50, made cad provided The prenieoe
e::e''ssd In. and covered ~ satd .siteeee 70
The .srth ens.bsIf Of The ssueh ,ast s,..-
Ter IN. ! efe: 3. ~ Of seetios No. thsee (3)
10 tewnehip No: one hundred and three (l61}
north OF rsofs No. seventeen (l7) west i, soid
Coonty OF Mower, and stats Of Aiupssota,
containing eighty sssss 6ess Of lsss, texsthss.
With the hersditanents thsrsunto bslengine,
VII b sold 1t Pnb'ie auction, % ths hi ~
bidder, et the 6hssiFs o1ss inths village Of
Austia, II said County Of Mower On tie mr.
Day Of April, 4. D. 1874, ct ten o'clock, n til
forenoon Of ssia day 70 satisfy the aaeun,
then due on said nortsags, priseipsl and II.
forest, tessthsf With On costs and SAesRee
isslo1iss .isst1 deslsss a.torneys ssss, stips.
eaasa 10 said mortgage 70 b paid II eoss d
Dated At Wassee, Mersh "a, 1874: !
JOHN WHITE, Noifgoees
=. 1eaevsss, Atssrssy for Ne Mortgages,
- Waeoeo. Mia
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
MAxkAro, March q 1874.
Editors st. Paul Press;

A coroner's inquest having just besr
held on tho body Of one Christian
Erickson, citizen Of Buttsraut Val
10y Blue Earth county, the iollovius
facts were elected:
The deceased Who vas Z NorVeirjan
aged "a. on the 10th inst. ate biz eur
per Of wheat porridge, while eating b.
said the porridge vas not ~ good n
usual, aud very soon after supper Va.
seized with cramps and spasns, and
was in great agony for about hours,
when he died. Ills wife and ION ste
At the table with him, but from Z diff.
ferent dish Of the porridgs.
A DeiEhbor's dog shortly after died
IN eonvulsions. whose stomach was e.
amincd BY Dr.. Stoddard, Of Lake Crys.
tai, who found strychnine and wheat
porridgs therein. During the inquest
anothor dog licked some mush from 4
spoon AID died in the same maaner.
The eoroner's jury recommended
tho ssrest Of tho son Simon and ,aoth
o.. The evidence seems to implieats
The old woman pretty clearly, The
physicians Of Msnksto will::ass.t in 40.
,nslysis Of tho stomach Of The deceased
Tomorrow, when further svidsuo, u.y
brought to light.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02

TO those Who are going to NOV. 70
would ssy, if you have to get up and
change ysur lo:al habisations, just 10
Of without cleaning house, and leave
it, If possible, in : nastier condition
then when you drst,'we 10. Throw
I'll tao broken bones, shoes, hoopskirts.
ssd bsoken lamp chimneys, just where.
shey can be rsked on Pile-but don't
DO any rakins: The incoming family
won't know what it is to make Eur.
den. 1fs door Or gate il nearly of
its hinges give It : kick and help it 60;
il pleases the proprietor to tx such
things ~ about this time Of the year.
Tel! ;our oldest hopeful To- throw the
old doud cot iato the vel, beesuss Il
imparts delicious taste 70 The vster,
and you know the doctors, can't always
be idle. 1fyou have :s:surfeit Of ru6ey
st"vs pipe, broken bottles. and cabbage
in the cellar, lsavsi it, it;shows . neigh.
borly spirit.-Er.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02

A man named Frank Ivse, formerly
Of the law 1tn Of Ivse l. Skinner, Of
Red Wing, arrived here on Friday, ia
scarce Of bio wife who bad slop11 With
one John 6tevsss. Ives hss BEEN en-
gagged in ths ;seologissl survey Of Wiz
eoosis, Up in The Lake Superior eoun.
try. Stevens VA bis hired man. On
returning home, few days since. Ives
found that bio wife had elopsd Wit b
Stevens, aud carried OF al their valu-
abe household effects. The parties
wses found in this city keeping house.
Stevens xas arrested on the charge Of
adultry, aud held il $500. Mr.. Ives
complains Of neglect. By her husband;
aad. eeye hs Destroyed their n4srrisgs
esttiAoat> .end 'thseitanud 70 issvo her.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Free iLedelogs or ln,n,srs.,s.
by PnOv. J. D. DuTLRI.
l.INooY.n Nshraaks

by Pnov. J. D. 1uTLB1.
=. LINCOLN, Nebraska,
The E.igrant's Home It Lineoln,
the capital Of Nebraska has now been
open 90 year. This institution l. .
building At tho Burlingtos aud Nilsson.
ri River r. Il. atation, provided BY
that company for the gratuitcss accom-
modvtlon Of Stranger. Besides .
spacious day.room, there arc ten cham
kere, 10 which ~ many ium:grant fam
lilies may spread their beds and lodge.
Thers 10 kitchen With oil the con.
veuiences for, them to cook and wash.
Bathing rooms for males s3d lemalss
arc aso provided. The only charge
ever made IL Tho cost If tho fuel used.
During the yoar more than six hun
dred parsons (636) have here found
refuge aud rest. Ofthis number 366
we're: adults (264 males and Ill 70.
males) and I'll children; l54 took up
homesteads on government lssd-lesv.
ing families At The Home while they
obt.ined SorE .;.b.- n ii. .s '. :. , -...
ofil -, w., 90 '~- - ~
o., Old ma, l,t.,v e.n,. f,on s.ot.
land nth three d.n.h,... ..d eh.;-
new husbands-all very poor. III,
wives at once % "hirsd g;rls" obtained
8 and q . wssk with beard, In good
Liueol. families The bu,bend, snd
the netr;areh ~. di.eovarsd ho.,..
eta.ds for e.ab ~ tle,, f.,th.r ~.
and toni ooaIa,.a,.ioo of thoee 0lI arm.
b. workinr for other fsr,naar,s, thev
b;f,d ! f. y. .ers s'' nlo,.d' Ia .o-:}
vith eod.eorn. ,Tbe;r nn;t.a e.,~;...
vill econ n.v far .soh hon..s =. ho,,s
ste.d,r, tuiId: 4 TI,;r elon. NH NJ,
for farming tools, teams, WAGONS, COW
sheen swine, aud better herse in eoed
time. &. - !
Thus verkiur no h.rdar., and fa,-
ing no worse. ti.n they .lxays hsve
they will live hsnosforth absolute own.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02

TIE ~. 0sal Osssooo 1ooaAoe.
Last wvsk g. 1aul We In . perfect
maelstron Of excitement growing out
Of IN. sl'edssA i1psopsr intimacy, be.
tween the principal Of one department,
md . lady assistant The matter having
been brought % notice d. the board Of
education, they made . psf,ase invest.
CATION Of the case. upon ae charges pre-
ferred. and found them 10 be wholly base.
les. The sase against the innocent Per.
sons seems 70 have been worked up BY
Mr. Qags. the superintendent Of The ioj11
schools. and under HE showing The
board Of education Wa made to believe
That tho influence d tho principal, was 70
impaired b. the 'seurrilous, although
false reports, - 10 destroy his usefulness
and he was therefore discharged. When
~ action Of The hoard became known,
and tho facts In tho case thoroughly I'M.
dsrstood, The pablio indignation swelled
beyond control. The newspaper unitedly.
but In vain-striving 70 give adequate
expression tn The feeling Of the people!
The board M compelled BY the edict Of
public opiaioa TO reverse their action,
and restore The deca plated poeofessor to
|o@cial life. That act was followed, by .
demand Tor The dismissed Of Gage. TO
this tho board has not yet aocsded. but Il
must ultimately. His usefalness there
10 at IN snd, In ihct Il .evsr began. His
educ alton b perhaps - extensive ~ no
has tAs ability acquire. What he knows
10 has leos1od,- fac& which should On.
tile him 70 some respect were It not that
lbs requirement arc principally Of TIA
character which Ill good men dspeecate.
Wshave known him personally ever since
his importation non Maine, and our eeti.
mate Of him 10 thst he csnnot be relied
upon,-shat he has none OF those we'll rec
osnised qualities which mark tho lives
oftzus men, He employs the guiss Of
Friendship. - . means Of winning conf
dence and then exhibit the qualities Of .
scandal.monger, In working over and ven
ding The dtbt,a Of personal experience
which may have been entrusted 10 his
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Austin, March Aih, 1874.

AUStlu, M3TCo 84lo, 1919.
EDITOR TRANsCRnT:
In looking over some dies Of lettcra
written in 1e50. found ono written by
ny brother, ~ he was going ON ship.
board for three years voyage. They have
eference to our agreement on his return
o emigrate To the valley of Aroostook, In
he state Of Maine, there being consid.
rable excitement ut that time In Comet.
cut where VIC then lived. I send you IN
xtract, and II you think It worthy Of
our nos'e% you may insert e. =
Well, brother! am of.
:, Ceps horn. Tsoqn al,all double,
I hope we shalt get ssfc around,
With very little trouble.
The prudent isall ready,
And no. delay can brook.
Som I must HE myself on board, =
'''''', And think Of Aroostook.
When ! am go.e and; fiji. It ses
-, Pray do not me forget ~-5..D
; But hope that better days and years
80 y, May smile upon ~ yet -
Through coming time with fsucies'
-. glaso, s,.. -, =
iii, Just take = wishfh1 look. ..':' ''t'
And see ~ oil with happy homes
" In the vale Of Aroostook.
,
A lit&le hut Of logs and mud.
+, >: With Gown and pigs to boot,
"a With trees Ill scattered here and
-. f'.i ~ there, ''*rE II 49,.
And loaded down with fruit. ,:f..
The geese and ducks are gobbllne
IL, round,
81 Orplaying In the brook,
While health and comfort reign
throughout 49,
The yale Of Aroostook. ..
Our happy wives too, free ftom carr
Now greet Us With smile,
surrounded with the. sapplings (chil'
!, f. ~ T drenJ
49, To cheer our homes the while.
And In their kind embrace, ns1
=" And loving cheerful look; - $500. -,
Wen bless our gracious stars! broth.
That we're In Aroostook. a. -
But look little farther
In your perspective glass, Il
And see the mighty. changes,
- Ere many years shall pass. ~
II We've field. and gardens rich with
-; IT, - fruit, i; 90 g.. j
-. 4. That most delicious look, ':..,t
Besides stately mansion each
In the vale Of Aroostook..s, y >
We're not the proud Ari..ocr...,,
l.,S But Yankees good and true,a4, 40 u
d We know no rank by birth a. deed,
reg But what is:ours to- "a" ~
The naked clothed, the hungry: fed,
The poor are not o'erlooked, ;sr
il Oh the bliss! the peace! the happi-
Il" N! ! ness! 49,.
In the vale Of Aroostook. .......
. 49, - 'T'st : 49,: W. &c..
=. ,<<t};t r i ?: =. -;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
UD,,1PHo, March, slit 1874

49,. ,|,.., UDo1PHo, March, 21st 1914.
EDITOR TRAxscRRr. IVA !.
i viii you please submit tho following
70 the numerous readers Of your paper;, :
= In the TRANSCRIPT Of March 10Th,
ind in item-said. to have have been
written by, one Isac Dennis, stating that
on Monday last. I sh.nsefully whipped
and beat ! son of said Dennis, with, a
leather BRAIDED bow top whip, with aknot
in the lash about two inches from the end
because the boy simply threw snow.
ball before school called in the morning,
which accidently struck me on the hand,
and that postponed the punishment un:
til school was dismissed 1t noon, when
went to the honse Of Burr Maxwell, took
the whip without leave, and struck the
boy upwards Of fifty blows without any
explanation. III
Fifty blows without explanation for
being accidently hit with q SNOWFALL be.
fore school time!! =,
That I whipped the boy with bow top
whip-and rather severly to, lis true;
but that the whip had = knot in 1t, and
was procured without the consent Of Max
well-director Of the district-is utterly
false. Also the statement that the snow.
ball was thrown before school called in
the morning, and that punished him
without an explanation. I had been
ringing the bell for several minutes, q Ii
my custom in the morning, and stopped
just - the ball struck me. stood in
side the door and held my hand out
The boy stood in front, and = little to the
right Of the door, within three rods, Of
the house all the time was ringing The
bell, and ~ there was no other person
near the door, I did not then, neither do
I now, see my reason Why he threw
The ball except to hit me. :>S. -. = ,.'':.~
TIL whipping was reserved until noon
ftom the fact that make it rule never
to punish pupil when I am the least
out OF humor. And the boy would
not have been punished one third ~ 10.
verely, had he not used disrespectful Ian.
guase, while receiving the punishment
Judging from the repeated injuries I
have received during the winter, nom the
children Of 1sac Dennis, It is my honest
convictions that. he has not only upheld
them, but urged them to acts Of the mean.
eft nature-one Of which was the greas-
ing Of the blackboard, by son Of his
sixteen years Of age, whom, I am sorry 70
say, I did not punish, simply because his
father promised to do so,-which prom.
ise have every reason to believe he did
not fulfill.
:. Under these circumstances I do not
censurs the boy I whipped, but simply
wish to teach him to not be duped, even
By "a indulgent parent. a:.:.- 800:
r.: ., Very Respectfully. -. .sa3
r.. D. G. TIFFANY, Jr.
From oil that can be learned, W.. the
undersigned believe the above statement
to be true.
O. A. Tiffany, Dist Clerk.
Joseph heller.
William Neller, and Albert Neller,
scholars.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02

: The editor Of IN lllisois paper thiaks
that 6shing, - general rule. doesn't
pay. He Gays. I'VE stood il Ill day in
the river l.st weak, but caught notiiue
-ssas;l sos got hosse." ...::,.I
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02

99A1a % NsnnDes4A
County Of Mower,
I, HasIsn ". Pap, CasAtse Of ths yisst Ne.
tional Bs1k Of A1sti., Nina, Do solsoaly
swear that the above statement 10 true, % th0
best Of ny knowledge aud belief.
(stgasd) HARLAN v. PAGE, Cashier,
Subscribed aad sworn 70 betore ~ this 1lst
day Of March, 1874.
(esgned1 8. L. HoWDLL,
Rotary Psbiie.
Cossset, Attest,
Z. o. Wau1zss,
o. ". 6aAw, 0tseetoeo.
HA.tAa Y. Fan,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
Austin Nursery.

The psass - by
Fruit Trees, Small Fruits
EvERoREEN8,
ead osasns1tsl Dssidusus Tssss, 10 at tn
Austin Nusssey.
aeed I years cd Trees. >ee.ee pr 100
e.; is,ss 100
Small Fruits, orasasstal Trees, sud ohrub
isry, eorrsspo1diagly low. Liberal discount.
from these Pr Ices o 0saagss sad iodividuall
buying IN lssgs quantities.
Yes eaa save The expense Of ~ agent een.
vsssisg, BY buying a& The Nursery and making
yeuf own selections, o. BY sending year order
1o ALBA MILLER,
00oo With Crsadall Frsneh.
01fsesy / nile from town, o. Tie Laasi1l
soal.
Asstis, March ", 1874. too3
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02
>DEFEREEs sALE.-sTATE OF
IL kINN1soTA, COUNTY OF NoW11
Diet,iet 0e.rt--loth Jaaioial Dist,3e&.

~sOoASOO ~V04S.-~AVSo - 04OsOS A1SotkSVto
Hsoaa Was,se sad Anssds l.. Wesase,
Plsiati1s, aSsiast J. L. Ssyneur, Lydia osy-
near. n. Il. Smith sad Mary Smith, Detso.
0Ants.
Notice 10 hs.sby give. that p1ssuast - ..
srdss Of The ssid District Cses., nads snd
entered n The shove sntitlsd estion. On the
3lst day Of Jaaasey, 1874, directing the sale
Of ~ lsaa hsesisaftsr described, a9a sR-
poiDti1g To undsssigned rssssss - make ssjs
tbssseG. I shall, o. IL 37th Day Of kassb,
1874. q 10 o'clock 4: u. II sail Day, st the
frent door Of ths Court HOSES, In The city Of
Austin, i. he County Of Mower, Aforesaid
sasr for sale, and ell st publis sse4ieo,
- The highsst biddsr for cash, H. following
dossfibs1 lasl, lyisg and bsiDs In ths Cesaty
Of Newer; aad 6tsto Of Minnesota, ts-wit
Ths nerth half slthe north-wsst qusrtss; sad
TIE northwest quarter Of he nerth-east
quarter, Of section nunbse four, IN township
s.nbsr one hundrsd and one, north u zsses
1unbsR eighteen, west.
Dated fob l3th, 1874.
0t0RGH BAIRD, Rstsese.
a. r. CAHRaon Atksv hop plalnti1a L6if
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-02

hold 10 after contempt = sneakfog spy
that while in time of var or teaee Tie
professional spy may render valuable
services and command high pecuniary
compensation, he II universally de
spised BY oil honorable men and women,
and, consequently, unified for positions
Of trust OF ooufdesee.
I now therefore freely state, that had
I no other ,sasos for disshareink Pow
ell, / should Do il hr that. reason, fsel.
ing that ny business would b unsafe
in 1his hands. And, ~ 10 has lost his
situation and i = sufferer; having besn
the dups Of others, who openly avov
that the business u too low aud mean
for them to perform personally, yet
have urged and instigatsd him to it,
performance, I think they might, With
grest propriety, raise . purse and
repair, q far - 10 possible, the injury
they have done him aud his young
wife.
Regrsttiug that I have bssn unwit.
tiagly forced With my private matters
before tho public; aud distinctly sta-
ting that l ~ BOW, and hope over to
b found, heart and hand With oil
good citizens, ready to uss oil fair and
honorable means in this and every
cause which has for its object the sup
preston Of crime, tie alienation Of
suffering, and the the advancement Of
mankind, "':. ="
I remain, Youf's truly,
B.J. VAKV.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-11-07
Learning to Talk English,

An honest German who had recently
arrived in this country invented an
original system of mnemonics to use for
improving his imperfect knowledge of
the English language. When he heard
a new English word he would couple
it in his mind with a word already
familiar to him having somewhat
similar Specification, and thus by the
association of ideas fix it in his men,
DRY. Sometimes, however, his system
failed to work with entire success. For
instance, one day his attention was
attracted by bloated batrachian, which
was croaking Justify on the edge of
marsh, and he asked his employer the
English name of the creature. "That
is bull frog" was the answer. "Yaw,
bool, oxen ; frog, toad remembers
him." said the man. A few days after
he came across another frog, and his
employer being with him, and wishing
to test the efficacy of his mnemonics,
asked him if he could tell the name of
he reptile. "Yaw," he answered,
riump hantly, "dot ees un oxen toad"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-11-07

A tonic and alternative medicine, the
invigorating and regulating properties
OF which actually lengthen life, and
add to the capacity for its enjoyment,
is within the reach of every member OF
the community. No invalid who has
had recourse to DR.. Walkers Vinegar
Bitters will hesitate to concede to it
these invaluable qualities. It is a stom-
achic and corrective of unrivaled eff,
cacy, yet being free from alcohol, it is
not an excitant. Its anti-bilious oper-
alton is more direct, speedy, and GER
tain than that of any of the dangerous
mineral salivants, and as an aperient, it
gently removes any distractions that
may have accumulated in the lower in
testine, without producing either irri-
tation or pain. In fact, its wonderful
remedial effects are unaccompanied by
any drawback. OF all medicines, it is
the most harmless and salubrious. As
an appetizer, it is far ahead of any OF
the alcoholic nostrums that momentari-
ly stimulate the palate while as q
means of renovating weak and torpid
stomach, it stands alone among modern
remedies. Com.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1874-11-07
The Sanitary Condition Of Water.

There is no more prolific source of
disease than bad water but to dis
tinguish whether the fluid is unfit for
consumption ornot is somewhat diff
cult. Water from certain river,
spring, or well, may be repulsive to the
senses, and yet harmless to the
stomach, in comparison with other
water which has more attractive ap-
pearance. Perhaps the best mode of
deter mining the question is to examine
he condition of the organisms dwell
ing in the proposed source to be utiliz-
ed. If, for example, an industrial es-
tablishment or collection of dwellings
empties refuse into the stream, and as o
result fish disappear or are found dead
upon the surface, it is certain that
the water is strongly and injuriously
affected. The gradual infection may
be noted by the fish first rising to the
top, apparently i'll at ease, and subse-
quently dying. In Initiated water also
mollusks perish and their bodies de-
compose rapidly. In the air they
merely seem to dry up and retain life,
though torpid for some time, becoming
revivified by return to water. Crosses
cannot live in corrupt water, and their
existence is sign of purity in the
fluid, while alg@ deprived of their
green color indicate absolute corrup-
ton. M. Gerardin, in reference to this
subject, in recent note to the French
Academy, states that the best method
of measuring the degree of purity or
of infection in the water is by deter
mining the amount of oxygen in a
given quantity. Water containing q
large percentage of the gas is pure and
good but when little of the latter is
present, the water is decidedly deleteri'
ot1a IN health