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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
Mrs. Cobleigh's Hot Potato.

Mr.. Cobleigh had just got down to break
fast. He was standing up to the stove with
his hands clasped behind him, as is his
custom, contemplating the attractively set
table A large platter Of broiled ham, with
fried eggs, was the central feature, and Mr..
Cobleigh is very fond of ham and eggs.
The family cat was lying under the table,
purring to herself: twas strongly mark
ed domestic scene, and Mr. Cobleigh felt
his eyes moisten as he surveyed it. Mrs.
Cobleigh was taking up the potatoes. She
had the last one pierced with the fork, and
was about to deposit it with the rest, when
she espied the upturned palm of her hus-
bands hand What possessed her she can
not tell, but she dropped the steaming vege-
table straight into his unconscious hand.
He didn't ask her what she was doing; he
didn't look around; he simply emitted an
awful scream and sprung madly into the
air. On the descent he struck the table with
his knees with such force as to complete
~ OFcl tt1H ~, StuIt, Will tAC SCAbCAtS Al {
went to the floor with all awful crash. Five
dollars worth Of crockery was smashed,
and carpet, coat, and apair ofpants were
ruined by ham gravy and butter. 1t is
probable Mr.. Goblet gh would have tainted
dead away from the effect of the shock,
had not the cat, across whose back he fell
as she was darting away from the awful
calamity, turned around and fastened both
claws and teeth into his thigh with deadly
ferocity. The house is now shut up. Mrs.
Cobleigh is visiting her mother in Brook
field. and Mr.. Cob'eigh has taken a jaun,
10 Boston on business. We understand
she thinks Mr.. Cobleigh is to blame in the
matter, for, she properly reasons, had he
not jumped 50 like an ALFRED fool, there
would have been no damage done.-Dan
bury News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
Tho Secret of Being Stylish.

From careful and extensive observation
have about come to- the conclusion that
no woman can be really stylish who
apparently knows what to do with her
hands.
She may have wealth and position, she
may paint and powder her face, have ele-
giant clothes and wear the mask veil just
below her nose, but if she appears to know
what to do with her hands she is lost.
They absolutely must hang in listless,
graceful (apparent helplessness; but not
all the time; they must wander aimlessly
aboutas if seeking a resting place and
finding none, and they must come together
occasionally with a touch like melting
snowf1akes.
Ny dear girls, my word for it, there's the
whole secret. Il
You may have everything, do oeverything,
be every thing else, but, ifyou seem to know
what to do with your hands your case
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
Driving Three Abreast.

We have used some complicated ar.
rangements, ard many simple ones, for
driving three horses abreast in plowing.
As rule we have always found the more
simple ones the better. We have done q
good deal of fallplowing with three hors-
es and always found that we had as much
land turned over at night, and as deeply,
as we could have accomplished with four
hitched two before two. The reason is
obvious: The leaders are so far from tho
draft and the attachments SO heavy that
the labor of fully one horse is expended
in overcoming this difficulty.
A great deal of ingenuity has been ex-
pended, first and last in SO arranging tho
several parts of these three horse draught
bars that the power of each horse should
be equalized successfully; so, in consid-
erable measure, in the more complicated
ones, and also in some of the patent clev-
ises. In the Canada Farmer we lately saw
a three-horse-equalizer figured which CON-
mends itself at once as being simple and
effective and which any farmer can make
for himself from any rough blacksmith
iron
To make it take three pieces of tough,
hard wood two inches thick by three inch
es wide; that for the middle horse twenty
two inches long, and those for the outside
horses each twenty seven inches long.
These are joined together in line by one
quarter inch strap-iron, so that they will
have considerable fexibility, and leaving
space OF one inch between each. bar.
Now lay these pieces down beside doub-
le-tree five feet long, two inches thick, four
inches wide at the center and three inches
at the end, and mark where the attachments
of strap-iron, as described for connecting
the draw-bars, should be. Connect, and
the whole will be ready for use. The hors-
es are attached to the ends Of the long
pieces and on the middle of the short piece,
each by common singleree.- Chicago
Tribune
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
stea1ntng Food for Stock.

The discussions which have taken place
in regard to the best methods Of prepar.
ing food for stock, and the practice Of
selling. stesming food and cutting fodder,
have undoubtedly had the effect to lead
to a general improvement in the care and
feeding Of cattle. In questions OF this
kind, as in most others, the truth is most
commonly found in the middle course.
and however applicable it may be to
special cases it is not universal. Though
the opinions Of practical farmers differ as
to the advantage OF steaming food, fer
example, it is surprising to find that 50
many danymen who are raising milk for
sale are either steaming their food system
atically or doing what amounts to tho
same thing essentially, treating it with
hot water poured upon it in tubs or feed
ing boxes which are. covered and allowed
to stand till the materials are completely
softened, In this way they induce an en-.
ormous flow Of milk, the quality Of which
depends chiefly upon the ingredients
which constitute the mass subjected to this
treatment.
steaming food will undoubtedly pay In
a large milk dairy-that is stcaming orits
equivalent-bu it will not pay, as gen.
eral rule, except where the object is to
produce large quantity. 1t has the ad"
vantage ofenabling the farmer to ccono.
mize many feeding substances, like corr.
stalks, coarse hay and straw, since it soft.
ems and renders them easily digestible.
But though it pays to cut and steam such
materials the same can hardly be said Of
good English hay.
That cooking TODD improves it is per-
fectly well known to most careful feeders
of stock One bushcl OF dry corn, for ex-
ample, made FIVE pounds ten ounces of
pork, while one bushel Of boiled corn
made fourteen pounds seven ounces and
one bushel of boiled meal made sixteen
to eighteen pounds, thus showing the
great advantage Of preparing food for fat.
tening stock 80 as to put it in perfectly
digcstible form. System and regularly in
feeding is quite as important to success
as the condition in which the food is Civ.
cn.-Massachusetts Ploughman.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27

The 81 Louis directory sh.,xs 600 saths,
and BY applying lhe other factor ~ sks
calculation the population IS shown t6sbs
48e,24O. This being published ID ! 20.
Louis paper, : Chicago editor rises q ~
mark the Smith family there maieriali1es
much better than that. He finds ], ,jeo
Smiths, and 48 smyths, smits, Schmidts.
etc, making in al 1,4ls Re multiplies
this by $40, and behold Chicsgo's popula-
ton looms up TO ZIG, $50. As he proclaims
the result, he casts q glance Of mingled
pity and scorn at the insignificant village
over in Missouri. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
Famine and Pestilcnce Raging.

In addition to the famine, which is rag
ing with unabated violence, Turkey is
visited with another national affliction.
A cattle disease is ravaging the herds and
t1ocks all over the empire, from Bagdad
on the Tigris to the Adratic coasts. at
Scala Nova in the province of Smyrna,
and in the vicinity Of the Dardanelles, the
smallpox among the sheep, and pulmon-
ary disease among the cattle, have caused
the loss Of fifty per cent. of the former.
A recent visitor to the plains Of Troy re-
marked the skeletons Of thousands of
sheep lying on the ground. Reports from
Smyrna state that vast focks have been
totally destroyed, and one letter tells Of a
shepherd who, stripped by the murrain
Of his entire flock, has become insane, and
takes out to pasture Il pocketfpll Of white
pebbles, which he fOndly believes to be
the ieecy tribe, in the possession of which
he was a few weeks ago comparatively
rich. In the region around Adrianople,
thirty per cent. of the horned cattle are
swept away by disease which, in some
localities, affects the bowels, in others the
respiratory organs, but which seems to
partake generally Of a typhoid character
In the case of horses the disease affects the
spine, and is very rapid in its action. In
the district of Enos the sheep are affected
oy lung disease, and the sanitary physi-
clan of Varna reports like affection Of
the tlocks in the Dobrudja, between the
Danube and the Black Sea. tits painful
ly evident. says The Levant Herald, that
throughout the whole length and breadth
Of the empire pastoral industry is smitten
by visitation which must tell severely
upon the econimical condition of the
country generally. r.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
AN ICE.NOUND PAIR.

Winter Experience OF a Man and Wife.
Three Months Alone Amid a Sea of Ice.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
How to Take the Census.

The 'sSmith method" of calculating the
population Of cities may be new to some
of our readers. Chicago and st. Louis,
those jealous rivals, have been trying it..
II is claimed that in the United States
there is ono Smith to every $40 persons:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-05-27
AUSTIN MOWER COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY MAY -, 1S7
'sEvEN THIS SHALL PASS AWAY"

Once in Persia reigned a King, .
4 Who upon his signct-ring !,
.7 Carved . ma Kim true and wise, =
Which, il hold before his eyes, !.
Gave him counsel, at . glance, s
Fit for every change and chance; =
Solemn words, md these are they:
Gwen this shall pass away"
Trains Of canels through'the sand
Brought him gems from samarcand; :
Fleets Of galleys through the sens
Brought him pearls to match With these
But he counted not as gain
Treasures Of the mine or main.
s"What is wealth." the King would say;
Given this will pass way"
In tho revels Of his court,
At the zenith Of the sport,
When the palms Of all his guests -
: Burned with clappiag at his jests,
+ He, amid his 6g, and wine,
Cried: ooh, loving friends Of mine!
Pleasure comes, but not to stay
Even this shall pass away:'"
Fighting on furious field,
One n javelin pierced his shield;
Soldiers with loud lament,
Bore hin, bleeding to his tent.
Groaning from his tortured side, 49,
d: "Pain is lard to bear" he cried;
"But with patience, day by day,
Even this shall pass away"
Towering in the public square,
Twenty cubits in the air,
Rose his statute carved in stone.
Then the King, disguised, unknown,
Musiog meek]y: "What is fame7
Fame is but a slow decay;
'Gven th:s shall pass away"
Struck with palsy, sere and old,
wait;ng'at the gates of Gold,
spaks he with bis dying breath:>
"Liro is done; but what is death?"
Then in answer to the King
Fell a sunbeam on his ring,
Showing by a heavenly ray
"Even this shall pass away"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-24
THE NEWS.

The Nebraska Democracy have decar-
ed in favor of hard money.
Heavy frosts occurred in Minnesota and
other northern points last Saturday night
Snow fell at Mount Washington on Saturday.
On Tuesday night of last week the wag-
on house and hay shed of George w. Old
ham, in Cecil county, were burned to the
ground, and with the latter thirteen tons of
hay. The fire was the work of tramps or
incendiaries.
The Oxford Press states that the Texas
cattle disease has broken out with considera-
: BILE virulence in East Marlborough township
Isaac Worth has lost three head of cattle
from it, Isaac Martin two, and several others
are SICK These cattle came from the west
and were recently purchased by their owners.
Hon. John Lee Carroll last week paid
visit to Hagerstown, the home of Senator
Hamilton, and was warmly received by that
gentleman. The people were quite enthusi-
astic, and many of Mr. Hamilton's warmest
friends were the fret to pay their respects to
Mr.. Carroll.
Some forty years ago Thomas Emerson,
president of the Windsor (Vt) bank, was
tried on the charge of robbing the bank of
$4,000 found guilty and confined in Jail for
many years. Recently the occupant of the
house in which had lived one Kittrdge the
former cashier of the bank in tearing down
an oven discovered between SAC, 900 and $780,
600 in bills of the bank. 1t is supposed that
Kttridge robbed the bank and hid the money.
Both Emerson and Kittridge are dead.
"A terrible cyclone swept over portion
ofTexas last week, forcing the waters of the
Gulf far up over the land. Whole towns
were destroyed by the floods, and many lives
were lost. The city of Galveston was en-
tirely submerged, houses were lifted from
their foundations and fioated promiscuously
into the thoroughfares. AT Indianola, town
1000 inhabitants, nearly every house was
swept away, and $50 lives were lost The
towns of Saluria, Sabine Pass, San Bernardo
no, Matagorda and Velasco were utterly de-
stroyed. Great restitution exists, and the
suffering is terrible.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-24
Religious Services in Bel Air and Vicinity
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER goth, 1875.

Methodist Episcopdt.-Bel Air, 1917 a. M, Mt.
Zion, p. M, Rev. H. R. Savage.
Dublin, 1919 a. m, Mt Vernon, p. m., Rev.
e. Buhrman.
Protestant Episcopal.-S Mary near Emmor-
ton, II a. m, Rev. ". +. Brand. Trinity, Church
willie, II a. m. and Z p. m. Rev. L A. Colburn
Grace Church, Darlington, 81 p. m, Rev. E. A.
Colburn. Christ Church Crock Spring,) II a.
M; Emmanuel, Bel Air, ~ p. m. Rev. s. IL.
8. Gallaudet.
Presbyterian Air, II a. m. and ~ p. m,
and Fallston, p. m, every Sabbath day. Rev.
ED. Finney, Pastor. Sunday School at the
Fallston, Church at 3 p. m, every Sabbath day
Roman Cathottc.-St Ignatius, Hickory, every
other Sunday at 1014 a. IN.
Christian Church.-Dr. j. B. Crane, PASTOR
Services every first day at 101& q. m.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-24
Baltimore Cattle Markets.
[By Telegraph for Tile -lEgis.]

CATTLE SCALES, Sept. 32d, 1876.
BEEF CATTLE--3,673 Head.-very best, 1928
9 $3.50. Medium to first quality, $500 "a 5000.
Ordinary thin Steers, SO. IS 90 S4.75. Sheep fair
s555 "a $50. Lambs $500 90 s4's5 Hogs,
stillers, $1,000 % 5000. Corn fed 1850 a H. 80.
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01
The Donaldson Rape Case.

The cross examination Of the girl, Josey
Donaldson, the grand niece Of Garrett
Donaldson. who was charged with commit
ting a rape on her person, developed the
fact, under Mr.. Fosters questioning this
morning, that the prosecution had no case,
and they were compelled to withdraw the
original charge, and consented to accept
a plea of common assault This ends
the Tempest in q teapot, raised at Val
ley City last fall. The testimony, as far
as it went, was very entertaining and high
" interesting to persons Of morbid tastes.
He did and he didn't Twas so, and il
wasn't He could, if he would, but be
thought it too bold to do anything wrong
as she was not very old. He just merely
hugged and squeezed the young miss, anc
once or twice in three years gave her
a paroxysmal kiss. Sentence has not We
been passed upon Donaldson. .-Davenpor
Democrat. april 3Oth.
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01

WEAK LUNGS AND CONSUMPTION
The following is from the pen of an
eminent Physician. I have seen Pc
RUvIAN Alternative repeatedly used
with marked and beneficial effect, for weak
Lungs and Consumption. From its wonder.
full effect on the blood 1t appears to remove
the Scrofulous humor, which is the origin
of Tubercle in the Lungs, so strengthening
and invigorating the system that a dispo
sition to recovery is at once established
CRUMBS PERUVIAN Alternative is sole
by all Druggists,
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01
The Bowling Poisoning Case.

In TIE DAILY ARGUS. of yesterday, was
published the outlines of what is believed
to be poisoning case in Bowling To-day
we give the case more in detail One
Frank G johnson bought farm out in the
southern part Tor johnson corner)of Bowl
ing, some or 10 miles southwest of this
city, of Abraham Allfraa, who now lives in
Newton. Jasper county, Iowa, for $4,5OO.
johnson paid $500 down, and gave his
notes secured by mortgage on the pro-
perty for the balance. johnson did not
live in very amicable relations with his
neighbors, who complained Of losing stock
by poisoning, and he was under suspicion
of being a dangerous and unprinciplsd
man. He did not meet his notes when
they became due, and the mortgage on the
place was fcreclosed, and writ of posses
sion placed in the sheriff's hands. The
farm was sold again, by Allfraa, to Henry
and Joseph Mcknight and james R. John.
son, all of Bowling. Frank G. johnson, il
is said, moved to or near Brooklyn, in
Poweshiek county, Iowa, and it is also said
that he took away all the doors and win.
dows from the house and either sold them
/ or carried them to Iowa. Also that he
had made threats that if he had to leave
the farm somebody would suffer.
On Friday 1.-THE 3Oth inst.) Joseph Nc
knight and hired man named PhiliI
Swift were at the place, and wateree
their horses at sluggish spring in
slough near the house. and also dranl
themselves. In few minutes they wer'
both deathly sick and felt sure that tn
water had been poisoned. They hurried
to the house and took an emetlc which
partially relieved Smith, Mcknight di'
: not find relief. and sent for DR.. Mathews
: of Milan, who arrived there few hour
after the sickness came on and found Nc
Knight very low and in danger of losin
: his life.
d The two horses, soon after. drink
), ing, were also taken down, suferin
! horribly. One of them died in fe
' hours, and the other was living at la'
5. accounts. Six hogs belonging to james
johnson, one of the purchasers of tt
D, farm, died suddenly within few days.
" The general belief in the neighborhoc
" is that Frank johnson is the guilty part
= and the excitement in that vicinity is i
n tense. We hear that it is the intention
Sc those interested to ferret out and punis
G. the guilty party whoever it may be.
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01

Peoria is getting to be very large
grain market. Her numerous and exten-
sive distilleries and Touring mills, and her
excellent facilities for freight east or south
gives her business men large advantages
over many other towns in this state fol
the sale of grain and other farm produce
Her business men are pushing out fol
trade from the surrounding country, ant
Messrs. Kleinschmidt & Walter take ad
vantage of The ARGUS circulation to so
licit consignments See card.
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01
Land Buyers Excursion,

The first grand excursion of the season
from Joliet, Ills, to Leavenworth, Kan
sas, over the G. R, l, & P. R. r., will leav,
Joliet May llth, 1875, at IL o'clock NJ
Leave Rock Island at 6. SO P, NJ, same day
Fare for the round trip from Rock Islanc
to Leavenworth and return $500. Re
turn tickets good for 20 days on any regu
lar train. Tickets for sale by A. M.Guild
proprietor Rock Island House.
P. W. Wilcox, Manager.
Joliet, Ills. lO-deod3w
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01
Church.

Sunday and the church are the checks
upon this great money-making nation, and
as Saturday light comes around the busy
feet of the crowds hurrying along the
walks attest the fact that they are closing
up the business of the week preparatory
to doning religious apparel. To chris
tians, church is the word that dismisses all
worldly thoughts; to themit has pleasant
ound, soothing influence on disturbed
feelings. 1t quells rebellious thoughts,
it's the oil on the troubled Galilee of every
day life. The brethren and sisters, in the
management of church affairs. are never
oficious, dictatorial or .meddlesome, ,-oi
course not. Strong minded women may be
oficious in their husbands worldly affairs,
may dictate his hours of coming and going
until he is known as Mrs. So-and- Sos hus
band they may even NEEDLE with their
neighbors' ways, but in church what diff
fernce none of these things thereof
course not. Rebellious men contending fol
homo r, for power. or wealth, and may in thu
outer world compete land strive against eacl
other, go to law and even traduce each 9th
er. They may quarrel with their partners
agree to separate, each going into the sam
business, and then order each other ou
of their places of business, but in tn
church there are no such contentious. Be
lieving these things of the church, TIL
ARGUS looks with pleasure upon the grow
ing influence of the church and the organ
ization of new churches. What is NOR
pleasant than to see the infant church ste
out of the overgrown organization an
start out for itself, while the elder organize
ton bids them god-speed. with good word
of cheer, and holds its great doors oper
, and the old deep-toned bell with its fami
lar tones calls them to worship at the oil
!. altar till they can build unto themselves
tabernacle, instead of forcing them to hir
some second-rate place as would be done
among the great mass Of heathens in tn
outside world? Such action always leave
kindlier feeling, nobler sentiment tha
permeates away out into the great worl
and into their every day affairs smoothing
soothing and clearing the clouds of confer
ton from families, and societies. May nc
the world 1--WE mean, Of course, unbt
iieyers) take lesson from the liberality an
, and high toned action of the church pei
pie of this and other cities?
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01

Ladies, do you want a handsome com
plexion? Of course you all do. Well
then send for box of A. J. Pozzoni'
"Medicated Complexion Powder" 1t vii
remove freckles and sunburn, will allay al
irritation and impart to the skin beauti
full transparent whiteness. 1t is sold a
wholesale and retail by A. j. Pozzoni, ST
Louis, Mo-, and by E. Breunert, Emi
Kehler, G. Speidel, and Benser & Thorn
as, Rock Island 11-14dly.
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01
ROSSMAN'S CURE

ROSSMAN'S CURE.
ITCHING PILES is generally preceded by
a moisture like perspiration producing a
very disagreeable and distressing itching,
particularly at night. after getting warm
in bed. No humbug-as a trial will prove
For sale by all respectable druggists.
RossMAN & MCKINsTRY, Hudson, N Y,
Proprietors.
Sent by mail for so cents.
IF YOU HAVE A COUGH,
Cold, Asthma, raising of Blood or any af:
feetions of the Breast or Lungs, leading to
Consumption, use
DR.. HOUSEMAN'S GERMAN COUGH
.- DROPS,
as prepared for over thirty years by j. J.
Davis(now deceasedl and you will be sure
to find relief. Address ROSSMAN 4
MCKINSTRY, who have succeeded to the
Proprietorship, and sold by all druggists
and dealers in Medicines. For sale by all
Druggists in Rock Island.
Sold by Avery & Tyler, Lafayette, In.
diana Fuller & Fuller, Chica go, whole
sale agents.
The daily Argus., 1875-05-01

EARLY Thursday morning, the chemi-
cal works of Fred Lehrkind, in the west
part of Davenport (called Black Hawk !,
took fire, and, together with small dwell
ling occupied by Mr.. Lehrkind, were en-
tirely consumed Both buildings were one
story frames and very small. The works
were used for the manufacture of grease
for axles and machinery in which rosin,
tar and coal oil we're employed. Six bar
rels of rosin and large lot of tar aud coal
oil were consumed, and made very hot
FIRE while it lasted. The fire was caused
by the blaze from under reducing kettle
striking some coal oil in the immediate
vicinity. and were it not discovered as soon
as it was by Mr.. Lehrkind, his loss would
have been much heavier, as there was
some 200 barrels of rosin, besides num-
Der of barrels of coal oil and tar piled close
to the buildings burned, which, with the
help Of some of his neighbors, were rolled
away before the flames could communicate
to them. HIS loss is about 81 ,2O0-no in
surance. he will rebuild without delay,