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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29
Voters Read

1t il scarcely more than five years since
the control Of County matters was In the
hands Of men who had abused the conf
dcnco Of the people and prostituted pc
sittons of trust to the purposes of private
gain,-men who forgot to be honest and
remembered only that they might become
rich by fraud and peculation. The offl
cial records show that during q period Of
six years, not less thaa $4,000 was coll
lected from the people as taxes, but never
used for the purposes for
which. they were levied. BY =
gigantic effort you thrust the perpctra.
tors Of this great iniquity from the pla,
ccs which they had so foully disgraced,
and ever since, you have had an honest
and an efficient administration of county
matters. Do you desire aSreturn to the
period Of criminal practices from which
you have 80 recently emerged: 1t can
not be. Then you must not countenance,
either by voice or vote, the opposition
icket now in the field. Although not
precisely the same men who were form.
erly in Office, the nominees are in full
sympathy with the old crowd, and they
have the support of all the old corrupt.
ionists. There is not bad element in
this county, known and recognized as
such, that is not heartily supporting the
Democratic ticket. We urge nothing
against the private character Of the men
asking your votes; it is enough that they
have the sympathy aud the support Of
those whom you have struggled SO long
and so vigorously to dcpose. Aman is
known by the company which he keeps,
that is law of society. A mans cred
it depends, first, upon the fact that he is
doing an honorable business, and second,
that he is doing it in an honorable way.
Parties are measured by the same rule
1fone ticket represents the character and
the intelligence of the masses, and the
other, all those qualities and charactcris-
tics against the effects Of which, society
and the State constantly struggle, is the
part of wisdom to support the latter
Such is the issue to be decided By you
next Tuesday. Two young men are suit
ors for the hand of your daughter. One
is honest, industrious, economical, and
sober. The other is idle, extravagant,
dissipated' and having these charact.ris-
tics he inherits all the rest. To which
would you prefer to have your daughter
united in marriage: Politics should be
made family matter, and votes should
be given with as great care as we bestow
upon matters which are fraught to us
with the deems 7, eraonal concurr
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United States senator,

Republicans, arc you aware that the
Legislature Of this State, ut its next sess-
ION, will elect Senator for the term Of
six years from the fourth of March next
Such is the fact, and in view OF it, what
is your duty: You BELIEVE in the priu-
ciples of the party: Many of you fought
and bled in t..eir defence. There is no
civil war in the land to-day, marshalling
millions Of men in deadly conflict, but
there is q MIGHTY STRUGGLE between
parties, for civil supremacy. The issues
to be settled next Tuesday, by the ballot,
are rs momcntous as those upon which
Grant fought the ''battle of the wilder
ness" and each of you has place in the
grand army, which will march to thepolls
on election day. Once enrolled in the
military tcrvicc OF the country, any ab-
sence from your post without leave, or
satisfactory excuse is TREASON. You
are \ citizen of the government. That
government protects your life and your
property, and in return, claims from you
tue strictest allegiance, and the most de
voted loyalty, and now thst she is fight.
ing her great annual battle of ideas, Can
you desert your colors. and flee from the
post Of duty, without being in every
sense, as cuipablc as the soldier who
sneaks away from camp on the eve of u
great battle; and worse yet, unitess him
self with the enemy's forces. You can
not. Then not only go go to the polls,
but 30 there to vote in the interests of the
party which protects the interests Of the
nation. If Bacon and Case are elected to
the Legislature, they will vote for ITEM
ocrat for United States Senator. Must
Minnesota sustain such disgrace? For.
bid it fellow Republicans, and support
Greening and 1rgens.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

REL1aIous.-Rev E. P. Clfsbee, Of
oherlln, Ohio, isin the city, visiting
friends, and will preach 1t the Congre-
gationsl church next Sabbath, morning
and evening. Itisnot improbable that
Mr.. eli bee may Do induced 70 assume
pastoral duties in connection with
the. church here, which 90 recently on
ioyed. the minis.rations Of tia Rev. a.
Ketcham.
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.issns 81 nlosst. oodut denude,
Ives IF re adice i you.haye any;
exereise that degree of Judgment which
yau employ IN matters q general bust.
neaa. and decide beewesn Tho oppnaing
parties % due onsidsra,ion Of their
respective merits. Then and not an.
I'll then, will y,n Be prepared 70 rsnd-
81 an impartial verdict, and 40 oi,i..n
should exercise tho right Of suffrage
without : consciousness Sc to respon-
ability which the act involves.
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,ThoaEhts for Voters.

,Th0a8hl8 for Voters.
Mr.. Dunnell or Judge Waite will be
elected to Congress, on the Sd Of Novem.
Der.
" The first is lifelong Republican,
The second 10 Democrat from his boy.
hood, in his later days, q copperhead.
Mr.. Dunnell is known to the whole
District. Judge Waite is stranger.
Mr. Dunnell has served the people
faithfully.
Mr.. Waite has cheated the sufferers by
the Indian outbreak to degree amount.
ing almost to robbery.-taking nearly
'one:half Of their allowances, for his serv.
ices in prosecuting their claims. =,
Mr.. Dunnell believes in a Republican
government. Mr.. Wiate does not.
Mr.. Dunnell fought for his country, un.
der Lincoln. Mr.. Waite did not. H.
Mr.. Dunnell voted to reflect Mr.. Lin
coin. Mr.. Waite did not. "a.
Mr.. Dunnell meets the people assem-
bled for public discussion and gives
them his views upon political, financial
and commercial questions. Mr.. Waite
travels quietly and obscurely through the
district, meeting a few Of the Dem ocratic
leaders In the different cities and villages,
but avoids contact with the great mass of
people whose votes he hopes to win.
Mr.: D~aaell will vote for al measures
necessary to secure Republican form Of
government in in each Of the &ebel stxtes.
Mr.. Waite will not. Mr.. Dunnell can I'D
vocate his views in 40 intelligent and In
duential manner. Nj. Wake has not
during this canvass -shown any, ability
TO do similar work. Nj. Dunnell has
shown himselfto be q statesman. Mr..
Waite. b. not exhibited the qualities OF
. representative man. Nj. Dunnejl Is
called : salary grabber:s: because het took
what the Law SLOWS him.. although Il
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80 =
mnnds u. ne pr est aocrat
lcstfehsnrers % the county d q lslng 10
defeat Howe THO csnd. date for
Registsr, becanss 81 tho ( action which
Howe, as County Commissio ner, took
upon Ingmundson, 4 ofncial bond. As
We understand them, the facts 40 theses:
At the meeting of the Board, last Janua.
~, the Treasurer eject presented his bond
for approval. Upon that bond Vas the
nsMe Of G. s. Henderson, representing
$50 600. By examination itswas ascer.
tanned that Mr. Hende rson WAS taxed Ia
this county upon property amounting TO
but q. coo, or one sixth Of the sum named
ID the bond, and the Board felt that his
estimate was too high, and not safe. They
therefore required Mr.: Ingnundson to
obtain additional indemnity, 70 which he
replied that It would be difacult to
set any more bondsmen in Re 10y. The
Commissioners then suggcsted that he 60
outside Of that town, - had Mr.. lrgens,
and get his sureties from different locall-
ties. This was done, the bond made sat-
isfactory and accepted. We understand
thst Mr.. Ingmundson now goes to the
town Of lie Reroy and tells the people
that the Commissioners Of whom Mr..
Howe was one, insulted that town by re.
fusing to take any additional security
from its citizens, AID compelled him to 60
among strangers for that aid which he
expected from personal acquaintances,
thus embarrassing him, and making i,
difficult to get possession Of the Office to
which he lad been elected, Ind this he
alledges was done because lie represen
ted the opposition party. This statement
the Commissioners wholly deny, and
aver that, they did dot refuse to accept
more security from LIE Roy, but suggest
ed the propriety Of obtaining it else
where: They alledge that instead of put
ting obstacles in the way Of Mr.. Ing
mundson, they facilitated his induction
to office, by allowing him all the time Ii
required to make his bond acceptable.
Now We submit that the Commission
crs acted with the most commendaDl,
fidelity, and that every ne,of them is en-
titled to much credit for aithtully
guarding the interests Of the county, ever
though it Was done ut the expense &nd
Inconvenience Of an incoming officer
Take the Case Of any private banker.
His capital employed in that pursuit
might he clandcstinely removed, o,
swamped in a day BY unfortunate specu
la,ion. Would MIR. Howe have acted
wisely il: accepting transient security fol
50 large an amount?s Certainly not
Then shall the complaints of Mr.. Ing
mundson avail with voters, to defeat the
very man whose vigilant watch1ulness
has made it impossible that the county
should suffer = loss for want proper otiic.
ial indemnity. Not. With The facts fully
before them the people will come up
heartily to the support Of the man who
would not jeopardize their interests by a
neglect of his duty.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

CHxs= ltRpAwlcH,. editor Of the
Cannon Falls Edo, called uppn us>tos
Day
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

Rsru1LicAxs, the opposition have
no hops Of success. q the next elect ion,
unless they can dsesivs hoasse 1ossrs.
They have no principles e work Tor, 20
reputation = psrty, 70 su..ais; .o.h-
INK to:setuate them IL the struggle
hut personal motives. Shall ! ticket
embodying nothing but individual 10
tsrest, draw the support tia, belongs
to character, intslliRsnes and o6eial
integrity! Answer q the polls.
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The election 10 the seseD1, ward,
will e hsla 50 the ofiee. of M.yor
Smith. .s5 &; IS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-29

Worms Of the county. Il there .
uan on the Repsblieas ticket whose
character il not spotles, and whose
ability and ftnsss are unehallengsdl
NOT ONEl Support the. With
voies and ballot.
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Colonel Fssd D.G r,1t, elds.t %. q
The President. - married atC h,sago,
last Ts.sd.y. Is ! Mis- Hesosp. Ca
eral aud Mn. Giant vitaslDsd IL 81.
smonv.
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know how I hare cried, 1t seenedao-
so,n and Nellie's head went down
again.
"Why, Nelllel why, darlingl never
thought-why, did you feel like that ?
But It's different, you know, with you.
Women never-why they crpect to ask
their husbands
ut isn't one bit different, eitherrI
cried Nellie, dashing the tears away.
L am as sensitive as you are; and there
Is nothing l dread worse than ask ing
for money. Hundreds of women feel
just so, too, only it's the custom for them
to be domestic beggars, and they dislike
to make fuss; but I'd like to hear one
say she admires the custom.
"Why haven't we n right to use 4 mart
Of our earnings after, as wei as before
we are marTied?' ....-rr
"Well, you have. But ] supposed
you would ask for what you wanted.
My mother always
'But you see how hard il is to ask for
what you feel ought to be freely given"
interrupted his wife. ''Of course / feel
as anxious to pay off our debt as you do,
so would not be extravagant; but If
could have ever so little, and feel that
it was Hljue-freely and rightfully mine
don't you see how much more pleas
ant IL WOulu De Iueuf II WauLeU 10
give dollar to the Missionary cause,
could calculate my expenses just rs I
used to, and practice a little self-denial,
and do it. Don't you see that, as it is,
women can't know much about the lux
ury of qiriDg? Just put yourself in my
place, and think how ridiculous itwould
make you feel, to be obliged to come to
my pocket every time you wanted to be
charitable"
''Oh, my! / can't imagine such a
thing! l lOoHlolI't do it, you see"
laughed Chester.
Nor would any man. Now do you
think ought ?" asked Nellie.
mo, / do not, and you shan't be
obliged to suffer so again, promise you;
but really, never thought but it vas
natural, and all right for you TO-"
"YOu will know better after this" said
Nellie, "but | suppose you are anxious
To 90 TO Mr.. Goldthwaits, so l will not
detain you" She stood at the window
and watched him rs he rode away, with
light heart; for she felt that what
had so threatened to mar her domestic
happiness was banished forever.
Nellie never taught again, save when
she established an infant school in her
own kitehen; but no subscription paper
ever gave her sinking feelings, nor did
she ever resume the trade of cObbler;
/ for in her own little purse was punetu-
ally deposited what Chester laughingly
called her "monthly dividends =
lPCOd's Magazine.
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RoMAxs woRk.

BV FLORENCE BURLEICH.
Upin the morning twilight, 'Jusi at the break
OF day"
Gets the breakfast FOR the husband she must
"honor and obey
Making lis lordship's coffee, baking his "dally
bread
Suffers the painfal throbbing Of her weary,
~ woman's Work.
Next the children wake from slumber, 10 be
washed ana dressed and fed;
They are four or five in number, as they serain-
bic ont Of bed;
For school they must be ready ere the clock
shall "token" nine,
Toiling firm and steady, losing not a moments
woman's Work.
Washing the breakfast dishes, sweeping and
making beds,
Wishing "A thousand wishes for the future she
almost breads,
Dustng the furniture over, sweeping the cob
Smoothing the table cover, forbidding her
woman's Work.
Dinner must be prepared, aud nlayhap little 10
cook;
No labor must be spared, no time for paper or
book.
The routine OF The morning is gone through
cree again.
Tire ature gives her warning by many an
woman's Work
Thus day by day She toiieth, without one word
OF praise,
And her youthful beauty spoileth ere she mum
berS half her days;
She is wearied all her life with all this house
hold bother
But she's an excellent wife, paragon Of
mother
No respite comes TO cheer her while able to Iin
a hand,
Yet she knows that rest is near her, over In the
other land;
She hears the Savior calling. from the realms of
the blest,
"COme TO me, all ye that labor, and VIII give
ye rest 1
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CHATTER Y.
-. rIL.Es, pINNER PARrY.

Mr. NILES DISNER PARTY.
'I seen them thar railroad fellers /
a-surveyin' over on the Spedden ranch |
yesterday" Mr.. Miles said to his daugh-
ter, a few days after Boone's departure. /
he spoke in the suppressed triumphant
tone in which people who desire an evil
to fall on an enemy announce the real
ization Of their wishes. The route hith-
erto marked out as the probable one
which the railroad was to take ran
along TO the west of the Spedden rancho,
though it was expected to cross the
grain-lands Of the Yankee farmers, and
by following the course IF the valley on
as near an airline as possible to cut
through the middle OF Miles land,
which formed a wedge with its base to-
ward the Coast Range, and could only
be avoided by making a curve to the
east that would carry it over more grain
farms and finally across the great rancho
Of the Speddens.
The owners of this magnificent estate
were not themselves in favor Of rail-
road; and so far they agreed with Jack
Miles They desired no transportation
for cattle and horses, and they opposed
settlement as interfering with unlimited
range for their herds on land still be-
longing to the Government. Their pol
icy was to keep out settlers, even by
buying them out, when by squatting on
piece Of land the small farmers were
able to secure it by pre-emption until il
came into market; for settlers deprived
them of whole townships of grass, as
well as access to streams and springs OF
water.
For the first few years Of Miles resi-
denee on the land he claimed, it had not
appeared of much consequence his being
in the neighborhood. But when on the
the land coming into market he had pur-
chased it, and when the other settlers
fiocked in, taking up miles Of the besi
locations which they were turning into
grain-produoing farms, requiring privi-
leges of market, the Spedden brother,
instructed their agent to spare no means
not ruinous, to extend their limits to tn
rive On the west, which in their prineel,
imi nation they assumed to be nat
ural boundaries of the estate Thu
while il was true that the railroad an
the small farming was as Obnoxiou
to them as to the Texan bordeE-man
they used the hatred Of these things i
his mind as an engine TO compel the re
linquishment of a tract that alone stoo
between them and the grain farms, tb
possession of which in that fenceles
country-cursed with q fence law
would favor the encroachment on th
small farmers. And now, as Miles be
ieved, he beheld the danger to himsel
averted while the evil he dreaded wa
about to descend OH an enemy.
Judith looked up from the examina
tion of box Of pencils, which she foun
to have been smuggled in among Boone
purchases at the store-she could nc
doubt by whom-and replied. with
smile, that she tried to make symp:
thetic:
II shall be very glad, Pap, if they d
take the road over that way. twill /
quite near enough for our convepienc,
then"
'T dunno but 1 mout think o stavi,
in the dogoned country ei I could 5,
the railroad travelin' right through Il
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pleted the visiting costume of The Texan
Californian cattle-raiser. Tall, guant
and addressed as he was, slouching and
rude as his gait and speech undeniably
were, there was yet in the fire of his
great black eyes and firm set Of his
square jaw that suggestion of purpose
which forbade trifling and Inspired eau
tion, if not respect. He wore his pistols
in his belt, too; another means Of en-
forcing these sentiments when the first
had failed-and one more in keeping
with his class. ..,.
I1,o Ln nnfirnnf
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The Widow,s Fight at the Wood-Fae

The Widows Fight at the Pile.
One night at late hour, DR.. Bsntly,
well known among the clergy of the
olden time, was disturbed at his studies
by q rattling sound among some wood
which, sawed and split for his study fire,
had been left by the teamsters the after
noon previOus-too late to be properly
housed. He rose, went cautiously TO the
window, and saw \ woman filling her
apron with wood, which she hastily
carried away. He resumed his seat and
recommended his study. Shortly after
the same noise occurred, and on looking
out second time he saw 4 similar op-
Grafton, the woman filling her apron to
the utmost capacity. When she had
gone he returned to his book with q
tender pity in his heart for destitution
which sought relief in this lonely,
dreary, not to say sinful manner. BY
and-by he was startled by crashOf fall
ing wood, and hurrying to the window,
beheld the poor woman casting the very
dust of the wood from her apron. He
remained motionless, his gentle heart
filled with commiseratiOn.
Sheswiftly departed and soon returned
heavily laden with wood which she
threw upon the pile as if it were in
deed the "accursed thing" The DOCTORS
compassion and curiosity were now in
tensely excited. He followed her re-
treating figure until he discovered her
residence, and thus ascertaiued who she
was. What she was, was no mystery
to him. The last hour had plainly
shown him her virtues lofty height.
He called early the next morning on
Mr.. B., the wood-dealer, and directed
him to send half-cOrd of his best
wood, sawed and split, TO Mrs. -, but
by no means to let her know from
whence it came, which was readily
promised. Mr.. B. teamster, who hap
pened TO be within ear-shot, though out
of sight, was not so bound, and when
he tipped the wood into the widows
yard, replied to her eager inquiry who
sent it, by relating the conversation he
had overheard.
The conscience-striken woman, feeling
that her sin and her repentance in the
lonely darkness of the midnight hour
were known and understood by another
heart besides her own, fastened without
delay to the benevolent man to express
her gratitude and her sorrow, and with
deep humility and bitterness told him
the temptation to which her extreme
poverty had reduced her of breaking the
eighth commandment.
"Sir,u she said, Though my house
was dark and cold, though my heart was
wrung with anguish at the sight Of my
poor shivering little one, ! could not
keep it, I could not keep il. Ny con-
science would not let me, "
"Say no more, my good madam" P" said
the good man. ''I saw it ALL saw you
you conquer the devil in two fair tghtl."
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LADY PHYsICIANS.-In the summer
of 1852, in Haverhill, y. H., we were
astonished one day TO hear that wOm-
an was to preach in the Court House.
Every lady rushed to see the strange
sight She did not pleach, however,
but gave very Interesting lecture on
the Roman Empire. But now we nre
astonished at the stupidity and obsti-
macy of the powers that be, in not allow
ing women equal privileges with men
in obtaining medical knowledge.
It IS not that the gentlemen of the
medical profession are ignorant of their
business, unskillful, or unworthy of con-
iidence, but the majority of women pre-
Ter to suffer everything bat death, rather
than consult male practitioner in rela-
ton to diseases peosliar to their sex.
Aud as Professor Tyndal says ''man is
not bundle of chemical properties to
be acted upon chemically; but his mind
is affected by surroundings" and as
every one knows women are more 81 m
lpathizing and self-sacrifeing than hen'
it follows that q woman VINO uhu' ur,.-
stands the intricacies Of the human 80 -
tenn and the peculiar sutferings OIL ., ne -
own sex, is better fitted Dy Nature ~ ~
attend upon woman in slehns9S, - ~
when performing the duties oi hi"''l-
Unity.
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JUDITH MILES;
what Shall be Done with Herr
BY MRS. F. F. VICTOR.

Entered, according 10 the Act OF Congress,
IN the year $50, by Mrs. +. +. Victor, in the
ONCE fthe Librarian OF Congress, NJ Washing
ton Glty1
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Correspondents writing overassumed signa-
lures must make known their names TO the
Editor, or no attention viii be given 10 heir
communications.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-11-28
Robbery OH the Rio Grande.

An Austin special to tho Galveston Nc,rs
gives intelligence Of the arrival at the TcXa,
capital Of DR.. Carother, Of Slltillo, Mexico,
who comes in semi-olhcinl manner to con-
preston of outawry and irregularities on
the Rio Grande.
lie regrets the public reply Of the goyor-
nor to Consul Morales, Oh the part of the
Mexican Government, who will aid the
United States and Texas ia arre~ting crimi-
na!s and preventing inclr>ions For this
purpose brigade of their finest yAiry,
the flower of the Mexican army, has been
ordered to the Rio Grande to cooperate with
Cen Augur of the United States army
The Briyadier-General of the Mexican army, j.,
under the circumstances, is II the opinion
that Mackcn>ic's mcursiun INTO die Mexican
territory was not uuwurrantable, :lthough
he thinks that such an occasion will not
arise again Dir. Carothers says that Strick-
ling, the Texas stock man, was positively
drowned and not murdered, aud that the
Governor of the State Of Coahuila has sus-
pended the ucalde who refused to aid Strick-
ling in the recovery Of stock stolen from
him. Dir. Carothcrs says it would be better
to cultivate friendly feelings with Mexico,
and especially as she is disposed to meet us
more than half way.