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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18
FLOWERS ON THE TABLE.

In summer, boquet of flowers set in
a vase, or few sprigs of some handsome
plants, no matter whether they are rare
or otherwise-let something Of this kind
be used to make the table look cheerful
and inviting in addition to the food
placed before the family. The arrange
ment of few leaves will soon become a
study for the whole household; each
and every member will sooner or later
want hand in this matter, and excel
lent, refined, artistic taste will soon
grow out of so small thing as bunch
Of flowers or a handful of leaves.
In winter sprigs of evergreens, dried
grasses, or immortelles may be used.
A few plants of creeping myrtle or ivy
can be placed in the cellar, or left out
side, where they can be reached any
time during cold weather, and few
t"lgs OF these brought into use whenever
required.
Those who keep hOuse-plants always
have the materials at hand for table dec
oratiOns, and they should be used lib
orally and constantly, varying the ar.
rangement as often and widely as posi-.
bic. If we could only impress upon
mothers and housewives in general the
Importance Of placing food before theil
household IN an attractive dress, as vel
as making it wholesome, we shonld fee
well paid for giving daily or weekly
lectures on this subject. 1t is not cost
ly dishes, or their number, that make g
table look inviting, but it consists NOR,
In the arrangement, with the little in
describable touches which a.. woman O
taste gives without knowing why O.
wherefore. 1t is these little things tina
make home attractive, and stamp tn,
character of men and women.-Ruro
Ne'o Yorker.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18

GooD MoTHERs.-No great man ever
had fool for a mother. In the history
of men of all departments of society dis
tinguished for intellectual power, bril-
Ilaney and extraordinary mental capac-
ity, their mothers. and not their fathers.
as tar as ascertained by philosophical
investigations, were invariably superior
IN brain force. If women are physically
feeble, the mind cannot be developed as
when all the system is fully and health
fully In perfection. To have great men
there must first be excellent women !:
their deterioration by the facilitating
frlvOlties CT fashionable life is perpe-
tuated IN pany children, incapable of
sustaining themselves prominently when
their inheritance is gone.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18

MISUNDERSTANDING how few
Poetlcal friendships there are, it is re-
markable that 50 many are married. 1t
would seem as if men yielded too easy
an obedience TO nature without consult
ing their genius. One may be drunk
with love without being any nearer to
hndlng his mate. There is more of
good nature than Of good sense at the
bottom Of most marriages. But the good
nature must have the counsel of the good
splrt Of Intelligence. If common sense
had been consulted, how many marriages
would never have taken place; if IN.
common or divine sense. how few mar
images such as we witness would ever
have taken place - Izoreqz.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18

a family now in the business-Burns.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18

Dr. j. walkers Calif0rni. Y.
egar BitterS are purely Ter.. u. u
preparation, made chiefly from II 'a'a
tive herbs found on the lower ra NV a.
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Crgl Y
MIA, the medicinal properties Of NUE., ~.
are extracted therefrom witbont w. a"'
of Alcohol. The question L u. v
daily asked. "What is the cansa ~ ~ |,
unparalleled success of ViNEGbp' = n y.
TERS?' Our answer is. that tbev No., ~ d
the cause of disease, and the patian. I
covers his health. They are fbo Y
blood purifier and a life giving n,ins ~
Il perfect Renovation and Inyiuo..
of the system. Never before n y
history of the world has mediein a. 4 u
compounded possessing the rems,s5
qualities of VINEGAR BITTRRs in heaIin.'s
sick of every disease man is heir n +.
are a gentle Purgative as well as ! NJ ~
relieving Congestion or Infiammafa,
the Liver and Visceral Organs. in P;t.
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WAIrr
VINEGAR BITrERS are Aperient, DigubD,.
Carminative, Nutritious. Laxative hi,rat
Sedative, -Irritamt. Sudoriic AIT
tive, and Anti-BiliOus
II. III. MCDONALD a. c.
Druggists and Gen. ACTS San Francisco ,sr+
and cor. of Washington and Charlton 81 y I,
Sold by all Druggists and Dealer
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-05-18

REMEDY FOB CRoUP.-A lady CORES
pOndent of the Maine Farmer SAYS the
following Is an effective remedy for eroup.
half teaspOOnful Of pulyerized alum
IN little mOlasses- 1t is simple rem
edy, one almost always at hand. and
one dose seldom fails to give relief. If
1t should. repeat it after one hour
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

Btf1nuda, growing III many house
yards in mississippi, always green
and growing under the hottest sun
light and heaviest tramping9 .t'at
Who has tried the new grass
called Japan clover, which has aps
pearea in some of the cotton States
since the war? Who among South
crn planters have tried the miracu-
lous powers Of gypsum in growing
clover and grassq Admitting that
red clover will not stand the pro.
longed heat Of Southern Summer,
there is a plant of the same family,
and far more nobler one, which
villa. plant which fourishes iD
perennial. |er,lure on the bleak
MOUNTAINS Of Auvergne- in France,
and all around the Mediterranean,
as far south as the Cataracts ofthe
Nile, uutier the tervid sunOf Egypt.
This is the Wedicago saliua,. the lu-
ccrne Of Europe, and the alfalfa OF
California and South America. But
Southern farmers and planters neg
lected this, the most valuable of all
the forage plants, because in the
days OF slavery they think. OF moth.
ing but tobaecoor cotton; and they
neglect it now, and are deferred
from It's cultivation, under the er-
roneous impression that it must be
drilled and cultivated with the hoe.
The Traveller between Alexandria
and Cairo end Suez, III Egypt, will
sce thousands OF acres knee deep in
lneerne which, was never put III with
Ifhe drill or touched with the hoe.
why should he not see tho same in
our Southern States In conclu-
sion, we wiIlssay purchase nothing
you can do without, make your own
bread and meat, and do this sue
cesstnlly you must N'ozo grass
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25
'E'fauf aeafl i alIglcEsseen- that
zalay bliss aane Prince.

There was one incident connected
with the ieto at Chiselhurst which is
worth recalling. In tho tent near
tho spot occupied by the prince,
was q, very old woman, drsssou in
anoant'qao costume, and looking
Ike Il peasant woman of other dayfs
As tho Prince began to read, she
vas greatly moved, That's SO, my
son.' she cried that's true Mon
eoisneur, every word Of it! inst
listen to that p And when The
speech onded size swing hor bonnet
nd cried gioe Vlo'nperefr. Then
she wanted to kiss tho Prince, and,
wh,n stopped, she pushed every one
asi1e and said II was her right.
Let me CO. she sad, "ram Mime
Lebon, dean Of the womoa of les
Halles." This was enough, and her
rights were Immediately recognized.
s5ta kissed the Prince and embraced
tie llp1re5s, and was loudly APP
plauded. Nine Leb5n is now the
Oldest huckst9r Of the Central
-lrarfets, ana tic .doychhc Of the
association. On The return Of Napo-
bon [ from T1ba sire was charged
with tho presentation of the bouquet
ia the midst Of the denoisoile Of the
IIailes, q traditional ceremony with
tAis powerful corporation.
To-day she is the Oldest living,
and finds herself at the head Of a
fortune Of two millions. She owns
three houses in the Rue De Turbigo.
she hay always believed ia the star
OF the Napoleons. and called her son
Napoleon Lebone After the fall oi
the first Emperor, she. was greatly
Interested in Napoleon II, and
visited him several times when il
exile. When he died she. put or
nourging. It was Nine 1bbon who
organized the fanious' ball Of the
Halles after The I'd Of December, =,
lie coap de'stat, for which 5000 invi-
tationds we're issued. The Emperor
did not come to the ball, but his
representative embraced her publicly
on entering, and took her hand to
open tho dancing. On the birth o.
Napoleon ~ She presented The ira
! slsa-f, y =. a.al. -
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25
NO. s.,
!! m "A al

ditional bouquet, and claimed her
right Of kissisg the child when
Baptized in Mny, 1866, inths"chusoh
Of Notre Dame, q ceremony which I
saw, and which i ! 7 shah never i'fgef.
One ran now understand why Nine.
Leboh was warmly embraced when
her name was heard She said that
she hoped to present bouquet to =
son Of the Prince, but at any rate
she should not think Of dying before
she Had presented one with q kiss on
his coronatiop.--LN. Y Ifmes. =.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25
A Modern Kip Van Wrinkle
Minus the Sleep. f.a

!. On last Saturday an old gentle
man entered the cars, at Sabula, Of
the train Coming north, and ina
conversation with fellow. .passeil-
ger, confded to him an Interesting
portion ofhis history, which ia as
follows: Some time previous tostho
late war he purchased a farm near
Green Island, paying half the pur.
chase money down, and marrieda
widow, who was also his second
wife. When the war began he en-
tered the army, ana, in one Of the
Iiotly contested battles, lost;a leg,
Tor which, upon returning home, no
substituted i cork limb. His last
union was blessed with several
children, and all went along smooth
ly until the year 1866, when he and
his wife began discussing tho vir-
tues of their former spous6s, which
produced a serious quarrel, ending
by bis wife driving him from home.
Like Rip Van Winkle, he kissed
his children and departed without
one word Of complaint or reproof.
From his own threshold he wander
Cd over almost every portion of the
world, and for assiiSsAt years his fami.
y never received eitlieralette or
message from him. ., ~ '''W
On Saturday, when he took tho
cars at Sabula, he was witalin q few
miles of his old homo, from which
he, too, had never heard word
since tue day he left. On the train
he met an old acquaintahcG, who
informed hum that his wife, suppo-
sing he had died, had married again
and had two children by her, last
union; that she was living On the
same old farm, and, as Enoch AR
den was toldof Annie, 1was hap
py.' The old man replied that he
was not grieyed at. that but that
he returned to see his children, of
whom he spoke very affectionately.
At the third station the train stop
ped and q young lady entered, who,
aupon percejving the old gentleman,
examined him very closely, sftcr
which she asked his name. Hetold
her, aud exclainlins, " Then you
are ny tather!7 she threw herself
into the old mans arms. Both shed
tears ofjoy at the reunion, and our
Informant described the scene as
very affecting. THAT old gentle
man had accumulated 'qldtttbcbaa heat
sum of money in his wahdcrfngs,
(which he says he intcrids himself
and children to enjoy, and that he
viii leave his wife and her now
husband to them5ayetss' on the. old
farm, adding that he will be happy
in company with his daughter, who
is married, and that he feels flo de-
sirest to inteNDe with the happiness
Of his wife,
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

-
Moytticy. lie started at this, be-
came excited. and Violently declared
he would do 10 such thing. "Ihat.
said he, "is treason; that would
make me agree to the bred Scott
case.R In vain / told him that he
was not required to admit the cor
reciness Of any particular case, but
merely to submit to it rs the decis-
ION of Tie highest tribunal. from
which there could be no appeal eX-
cept 10 the sword.
You will see that if such pledge
as this had been given and kept
the war could net have taken place;
it would nave left nothing to fight
about; and the decent men Of thc
Anti Slavery party would have lost
nothing by it which they pretended
to want, for even the bred Scott
case had enure,l TO their practical
benefit But Mr.. Seward mnst have
given up tho Higher Law and dem
led himself the pleasure OF kidhap-
ping Democrats.
| had never before heard that
treason was obedience to the Con.
stitution as construed by the courts;
I,nt this prepared me to learn, as |
did some time .altnrward, that the
corrtIatiye virtue Of ioHaity consis-
ted in trampliDg tho laws lander
foot. What should the world think
Of tho craftsmanship which intro
dnced these notions | do not
know, bnt / believe, that Dir. Sew
ard, in consequence" Of the conyer-
aation above mentjouesl-got Mr..
Lincoln to commit himself in the in
auguraI by the absurd and mis-
chievous declaration tnat Il, would
n9t take his law from the Supreme
Court, but,wou13 taoo it from The
Chicago Convention. ....a.
Your address has undoubtedly y
uone much to diminish what little
confidence was left in the Govern
mcnt as q protection to o1r person
al rights. We cannot help LIT feel
shat the security oi life, liberty. ana
property must be Itartully slei.t'ei
in country "Iicttr6 u citizen 0!
your standing can openly say that
the owner and timber Of The Little
Bell was q Statesman whose cHa'n-
pln ought to he universally copie'G
You are a leader Of the party cal
ling isself @Iibera! Republican,
whose platform is o protest against
iuiquity ii high places, whose move
ments are q struggle for the Testo-
ration Of honest government. lAlf
compatriots know. il YOU do not
'that the evils they deplore were in
tfoducea by the man you advise
them to initiate. The party you op-
pose for its hidoOu3 corruption has
but fashioned its moral and n0liti
ca principles upon t II nodei
Nhicleyou now declare to be full oi
beauty and goodness. Your per
soma! consistency is nothing; bu6 tc
80 back il this way, not only on
yarr&cif, but o. Your friends &nd
your country, Is too bad.
j. $. BLACK.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25
SECOND DAY.

MAY .1sT--F'ilst Race, Hurdle
Race, one mile over three hur,llsB.
Purse $4,000. Entrance $1,000.
:" Second Race-Mile heats for all
ages. Purse s5O.0o. Entrance slc.
Il All races to be run under tbe
rules of the Louisiana Jockey Club,
and be, conducted by the officers oi
the Rapides Agricultural Fair AS
sociation. In the above races three
or more to Ill., l' '.,z' '''.''.5 .5z n.
n ;a CULLEN &iFRFNCH,
.-"f. I,essees.
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

u "A negro boy was driving rlile,
when the animal stopped and refused
tofbudge. gTo n - >.es4 a
Ia nWon't you CO. eh ~ said the boy.
Feel grand, do, yon9 Is'poso you
forgit your fadder 'sas jackass y
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

~ Sir Fletcher Norton, who
was somewhat ill-mannered, when
pleading before Lord Mansfield on
questions of manorial tights, chanc-
ed unfortunately to :say,,s' Ny lord,
T can illustrate tho point by an in
.stahce IN my own person I myself
have two little manors.''c The Judge
Immediately eAt erpesed with one of
his biant!rst smf'es, We all know
it, Sir Fiatcher.y ~ ~ea
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25
RACES /! RACES! RACES !!
a. -;
rAi q y ssssss q ssa
---:OOO:--,.
FIRST DAY.

FIRST DAY.
APRIL BOTH - First Race, lhoo
yards for all ages. Purse S25.GV, :
Entrance $500.
Second Race--Dash Of orc mile
for three year olds. Tnrse 5000.
Entranee $1,000. . adi ir9a
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

a,tTy7 loseaiitq Valley has met it's
superior Is tho pat5ter IS of bic trees
in the region Of tic River John
stSne, il Australia. Tho Eughah
Government botaaisaa recently to'ind
there a hago Gg treo which, tsteo
feet from The ogronnd, measured
$50 feet IN eirenm ference; at fifty
FIVE feet, where it sent orth giant
branches, the stem vas nearly so
fee6 in circumference. .-4..
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

~ The dearest object to a mar
ried man should be his wife, but it
is not 'nfredaehtly LEI clothes
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

=: Punch says: "Beauty and
basLfnluess arc often united !; yet
the loyellcst maiden is admired ior
her cheek -. s.,a ,.-ez
The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-04-25

- 4 yonng lady uporaiaea al
admir1r lor his flirtations dnriag q
long absence. "Tou are too bal to
100 paatonea," slo said &" bu5 il
/ discard You, / shall pnoish my
self most, and 50 Twill Ignore what
is past, and enjoy your society as
muoh as I can while [ live for
when / die I shall never see sou
any more-I an gong TO heaven y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
MINNESOTA AND KANSAS,

Letter from Ct Correspondent Ans,ccred-
Why the National Colony Company
Selected Southeastern Minnesota-Ad-
cantages CT Kansas and minnesota
Compared Minnesota has greatly the
advantage an. Climate, IN Nearness to
Market and in Man'Jacturang and
General ACKNOWLEDGMENT Pivot
ol-Kansas Tributary.
A correspondent at Eagle Harbor,
New York, sends lis the following let
ter:
EAGLE HARBoR, n. Y.,)
September II, 1874.
EDITOR ADvANcE-Sir: I enclose
ten cents for which would be obliged
for two numbers of your paper.
Yot:r paper being devoted largely to
the building up of yourlocality, any in
formation bearing upon your advanta-
ges will be of value and interest to all
concerned, and particularly those who
are looking that way for Il home, Of
whom am one. When I CAN make
it expedient to leave here, which Hope
will be within a twelve month, l want
to make my home in some part of the
West, and while have had a strong
partiality for your place ever since
your settlement, l am not unmindful
of the attractions Of other places, and
just now l am eager for full informa-
ton concerning the Arkansas valley
in southern Kansas. AS I understand
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
FIGURES FOE DAIR YMEN,
baskerville VindjcatOr.]


After the past experience in grain
raising it is plain to most OF our farm
ers that their prosperity in the future
depends upon the quantity and quality
Of stock they keep. This is more APP
parent now, than at any previous Pc
Rod i'll the history of our county, for
although our grain crops have been de-
stroyed for two successive seasons, our
crop of grass is abundant. In con-
nection with cattle raising, the manu-
facture of butter and cheese should en-
gage the attention of the people to a
greater extent than at present. 1t may
not be generally known that cheese
factory is in successful operation at
Spirit Lake, using the milk of sixty
COWS. The factory and machinery
enough to use the milk of three hun
dred COWS cost about twelve hundred
dollars. The quality of the cheese
is pronounced first class by good Judges.
and sells rapidly at 124 cents per pound.
green. The milk is bought of farmers
and the whey returned to feed calves.
pigs &c. Flom careful experiments
made it is found that IT takes 81 to 9
pounds of milk to make pound of
cheese. and that milk from an average
COW will bring twenty cents per day
This is in q country where pasturage
costs nothing, and hay can be had for
the cutting,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
BURNING THE PRAIRIE
S25 P.Ew ARD

THE CouImissioner of MOBILES County will nav
j TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD for such
information as-Will lead to the apprehension and
CONVICTION Of any person or persons who may
wlfully OF carelessly, by any means, set fire to
this Autumn. and allowing tie same to run be,
You'd his own premises contrary to the statutes
OF Minnesota. BY order of Commissioners,
WM NJ. BEAR,
August 15f lS14.-lo3n Auditor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
GROCERIES
ID Err ED
FREE OF CHARGE !.

Orders for Groceries left at my store will re-
liyered AT ANY PLACE DESIGNATED FREE
OF CHARGE We invite all our friends to come
and test our Stock of Groceries and Provisions
for themselves, and be convinced we are selling
them at bottom prices.
We intend to sell only the best Of everything
IN our line-and at the same time only ask mod
crate prices.
We quote the prices Of a few staple goods:
9eI1ow e 9. & 81 poa'0S: y i@ %
Coffee A. (White)8 s. 1OO
Standard " TX" 90
NlOlasses y gallon, 70
Molasses Syrup q 81 20
Teas, Coffees, and other goods at correspond
ing prices.
Groceries and Provisions given in exchange
for Country Produce.
sstf] C.C.LUCKEY.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL1sM'

There is no more humiliating spec
tacle on earth than that of public
journalist, after having protested
against the nomination of q gambling
political triclzster all through his pre-
liminary canvass because Of his innate
Worthlessncss and derravity, coming
gushingly and glowingly to his support
the moment the convention Of his par
ty has been prOstituted into his endors-
ment. The PIONEER has, in obedience
TO the common fashion of partisan
journalism, been accustomed to this
sort of thing in tile past, but it has,
thank heaven, come to Il realizing sense
of the degradation it involves, and will
be guilty Of it no more.-St. Paul Pr
OnecT.
The Pioneer is right. We can easily
understand how a public journal can
support a candidate whose nomination
1t had opposed, and do SO under protest
and as choice between two evils, but
we hope the day is gone by when pub
lie journals will come 'gushingly and
glowingly' to the support of bad men,
under the party lash. What we want
above all things in this country is an
independent and uncorrupt press.
The St. Paul Pioneer has now an OBJ
portunity, by becoming thoroughly in.
dependent, to become the leading paper
in the Northwest, outside of Chicago.
But it is impossible, in reading the Pr
0nccr, not to sec the old Democratic
claws sticking from under the new garb
The paper has vastly improved under
Mr.. Blakeley's management, but it il
still far from being thoroughly indie
pendent and on-partizan journal. The
Pioneer is anti-Beecher, anti-adminis
tration and anti-Republicanism, bu
we look i'll vain for Indications that il
is anti-Democracy. Until it becomes
that also, we cannot accept the Pioneer
rs thoroughly independent journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
Estray OK.

GTRAYED from the subscriber, living on &c.,
- 20, Town 1G5 Range 80, near Talbot Lake, in
Path day of July, large RED STEER years old
with star in forehead. Any one that will return
him or give information leading to his recovery,
will be paid for the same. OLEY RUED,
5Ztf. Heron Lake. Mimi.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
100000 ACRES
PRAIRIE e. MEADOW LANDS,

western Iowa,
FOR SALE
at moderate prices with easy terms Of payment.
ALSO TOWN LOTS,
in towns at rairoad stations. Land bonds of the
Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad to be taken at
par In exchange for land within their limits
For particulars address: LAND Department
St: Z. S. G. and S. c. & St. P. H. Il. Co., St. Paul
MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1874-09-26
Republican Ticket.

REP UBLICAN DISTRICT CONVENTION.
The Republican Assembly District Convention
for the Thirty eighth Assembly District will meet
at the village OF Heron Lake OH THURSDAY, &C.
TOBER !, 1874, at o'clock +. NJ, for the purpose
OF nominating candidate to be supported at the
next general election.
Each county in tho District will be entitled to
one delegate and one for every one hundred votes
cast for Hon. E. =. Freeman for Senator at the
last general election, as follows:
Jackson Murray
Cottonwood 4 Rock 3
Mobiles 6 PiDeStOne
NJ. A. STRONG,
J. w. BENJAMIN.,
S. T. HARRIS,
C. +. CROSBY,
District Committee
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State Normal School
MANKATO, MINI.

FFA AI;: coTm aent St4 August 70 1s74
3. Applicants for admission to the Normal De-
Partment will he examined in Spelling, Reading,
"rlt r Geography; Grammar and Aritl.metic:
two years in the Common Schools Of the state
AL others will be charged EIGHT DOLLARS
PER TERM.
s. Special facilities for those who wish to learn
how to teach.
For further Information apply to the Princf-
pal. u. G. JOHN,
4GA~3w* Mankato, Mimi.