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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08
of time furnish any account


This story is told Of certain Chicago
gentleman closely related by marriage to
the president. He was in New York,
not long since, ON his return from WASH
ington, where he had been to see "Bill"
King. He stopped at the Windsor, and
during the night heard person walking
rapidly up and down in the room over
his own apartment. Thinking that some
fellow mortal was in distress, and being
anxious to relieve him if possible, the
Chicago man rushed up the stairs and
knocked at the door. A voice bad him
enter, and upon doing so he saw young
man apparently in great distress ofmind,
standing in the middle of the room. MY
FRIEND" said the humane caller, "what is
the matter:' ooh, sir" was the reply,
Il am ruined. have $1,000 to pay in
the morning and can't raise dollar. ~
us that all - was the soothing response
"then 80 to bed young man, sleep in
peace, and let the other man do the walk
ing tomorrow night
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08

"See" said sorrowing wife, show
peaceful the cat and dog are" "Yes,"
said the petulent husband. "but just tie
them together and then see how the fur
will fly.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08

There is an old Indian in Kansas who
has been nicknamed "Old Prob" When
asked to prophesy of the coming weather,
he sagely and safely says, "Mebbe snow :;
mebbe heap.hot. Better wait . little, you
hot ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08

It is a stupendous fact that there will
not be a single Washburn in the Forty
fourth Congress. Nora married one eth
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08
Prepared by
4. r. STEVENS, Boston, Mass
VEGETINE
IS SOLD BY
ALL DEALERS AND DRUGGISTS
EVERYWHERE
Dissolution Notice.

We the undersigned, heretofore doing bust.
ness under the style and firm name Of Max.
field 4 Sutherland, have this day dissolved
partnership by mutual consent, ard all &C.
counts with said firm will be settled by and
with A. NJ. Maxaeld.
Dated, April 9th, 1875.
: A. M. manifold, .
..s..... W.T.. SUTHERLAND.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08

The store of A. B. s. L. P. Lyon of Ho.
koh, was burglarlzed last Monday night,
to the damage of the owners about &2OO.
No arrests.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08

THE Connecticut Election held last
Tuesday was q small victory for the De-
mocracy. ..:..s 2"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-04-08

other class, and to realize IS much com
'pensation for his services, as is paid TO
the members of any other profession.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
Buried Alive.

In indianapolis, Ind, during the
months OF January and February, on ac-
count of the unusual severity of the cold,
the dead taken TO the City Cemetery were
deposited in vaults until the ground had
thawed sufficiently to permit the digging
of graves. For the past four weeks,
therefore, the various undertakers have
been busy interring these bodies, and in
many instances curiosity has prompted
them to open such eofiins as were covered
by an inner facing of glass; Among
others so opened was that of an elderly
lady who had died in January. and whose
remains had been carefully deposited IN
its casket and removed with great care to
the vault. When the cover was raised n
few days ago, however, to the horror OF
the bystanders, it was discovered that
the body, instead of lying iu a natural
position, with its face upward, had turned
nearly upon its face, while the shroud was
disarranged Other evidence also revealed
the fact that a struggle had taken place
on the part of the unwilling occupant of
the coffin. The hands were clinched, the
eyes fixed with horrid stare, and the
knees bent. But the strong walnut coffin
with its row of silver~headed screws and
handsome handles, with wrought gripes.
did the work which disease seems to have
left undone. Weakened by sickness and
old age, the poor woman could not break
from her narrow home, or by her muffied
rappings attract the attention of some
passers-by. How dreadful must have
been the sensation of the unfortunate
victim as she awoke to consciousness aud
found herself numbered and living with
the dead. The terrible affair gives rise to
a thousand thoughts as unpleasant as
the air which fills the charnel- house.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
si.spIe Dyspepsia Remedy.

Dyspepsia arises from great variety
OF causes, and different persons are re-
licved by different remedies, according to
the nature Of the disease and condition OF
the stomach. We know a lady who has
derived great benaft from drinking y
tumbler of sweet milk-the richer and
fresber the better-whenever a burning
sensation is experienced in the stomach.
An elderly gentleman OF our acquaintance,
who was afflicted for many years with
great distress after eating. has effected
cure by mixing teasPOon 'ul Of wheat
bran in half a tumbler of water, and drink
ing it half an hour after his meals. Ii is
necessary to stir quickly and drink in.-
mediately or the bran viii adhere to the
glass and become pastry. Coffee and
tobacco are probably the worst substsn-
ees persons troubled with dyspepsia are
in the habit of using, and should be avoid
ell. Regular eating of nourishing plain
food and the use of some simple remedies
like the above, viii cticct, in m"-t c7~c>,
quicker cure than m'iicilr
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
T.c Dark Day.

May 10, lISD, is known in the history
of New England as the dark day. Be-
tween the hours Of 10 and ii in the
morning the sky became obscured with
dense clouds of smoky hue that driitsd
from the southwest In most parts Of
New England the gloom that ensued was
so great that it was impossible to read
common print, to determine the time OF
day by watches and clocks, or to pursue
any sort of work indoors without the aid
of artificial light. In some PAGES COM
mon print could not be read out OF doors
for several hours in succession The
fowls wens TO roost, the birds sang their
evening songs and settled themselves to
sleep in their hidden retreats, candles
were lighted in all the houses, while a
silence and dimness as Of night rested
upon the face of Nature For several
days preceding this time the atmosphere
had been unusually thick and hazy, and
the sun and moon looked dull and red as
they rode through the heavens On the
morning of the 18th there were slight
showers in certain localities, accompanied
with thunder. while at different intervals
through the day there was rain in various
places The water that fell was thick,
dark and sooty, and scum as of ashes
appeared on the surface OF rivers and
reservoirs, while, when the tide went out.
it left a line of smut along the shore at
the width of four or five inches. On ex-
animation this surface matter seemed to
be nothing more than ashes of burnt
leaves. This extraordinary darkness
lasted for a period Of about fourteen
hours
In the transactions of the Philosophical
Society of Philadelphia, printed prior to
l7S5, there is comment on a similar
darkness that was experienced Oct 81,
ZIG, o. S. On this occasion "The day
was so dark that people were forced to
light candles to eat their dinners BY.
Which could not have been from. any
eclipse, the solar eclipse being the 4th of
that mouth" Nothing is said in this ac-
count Of the cause of the darkness, nor
are any particulars given. On Oct. l?.
lT62, a remarkable dark day was observed
at Detroit, and described in the Philadel-
phia Transactions for 1868. An officer
stationed at Detroit described the day in
letter to a friend. In his words: "The
10Th of this month [October, 1902 was
the most extraordinary dark day, perhaps
ever seen in the world" The cause of the
unnatural darkness prevailing on these
several days was probably the extensive
burning OF Western prarie and woodlands.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
All for a ?urp.



\ misguided young man of our ac-
quaintance presented landlady's daugh-
ter with a four weeks old pup a few days
ago, under the delusion that a pup was a
nice thing to have, and that he was con-
ferring q favor. But this was the most
unreasonable, ill-conditioned, querulous
pup we ever remembered to have heard
Of He had arrived at the teeth-cutting
period Of his existence, and the hired girl
at the boarding house, in order to solace
him. has to arise from her bed at the
most unreasonable hours, and give him
paregoric and soothing syrup, and put
mustard plasters on him, until he con>
templates the silent tomb as a happy re-
lease. And the pup objects strenuously
to being left alone in the dark, and as a
consequence the landlady's daughter has
to sit up with him, and has thereby shat
tered her constitution by losing sleep un-
til she is mere wreck. In fact the pup
has made things so warm that the board
ers are leaving gradually and now only
two remain, an old codger who is as deaf
as a post, and enjoys perfect bliss in not
knowing that anything is wrong, and the
miserable man who donated the pup, and
whose hcart-strings are torn with re
morse
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
An InGcniOus Robin.
From the Milwaukee Wisconsin. I

Auc -hliN W lscOlSin.
A curious sight was afforded by a robin
yesterday in yard on the west side of
the city. The little fellow was busily en-
gagged in gathering material for the con,
struction OF nest. In flying around he
discovered an old nest fastened to tree,
and entertained in this nest was a long
string, just what he wanted. One end of
the string fioated loosely, while the other
was fastened in the nest Robin seized
the string and endeavored to pull it out,
1t was too tightly fastened for an ordina>
ry pull, and he accordingly took short
hold and violently threw his head back.
Still it wouldn't come. After apparently
thinking a moment he tried a new plan.
Seizing the end of the string firmly in his
bill he tumbled heavily from the limb,
and allowed his full weight to pull upon
the coveted article. This he tried over
and over again, but without avail. At
last he entered the nest and diligently
tugged at the fastened end of the string,
until he succeeded in loosening it. Then
he drew it through and sped away to
make use of it in his new home.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
The Study Of Natural History Kinder
Difficulties.


Old keyser found Cooley's boy, the
other day, standing in very suspicious
position under his best apple tree, with a
stick in his hand, and certain bulgy ap-
pearance about his pockets. Having Sc
cured him firmly by the collar, Keyser
shook him up bit, and then asked him
sternly what he was doing there "Ain't
doin,. nothin',' said Cooley. IL come
over yer to study" That's entirely too
thin,'" exclaimed Keyser Yes, did:
l como over yer to study about Sir
Isaac-"Sir Isaacl What in the thunder
DO you mean, anyhow?'-"Why, Sir
Isaac Newton. We had it in our lesson.
He was in an orchard and saw an apple
fall, and that made MIN invent the 'trac-
ton of gravitation; and | come yer to see
if it vas so."-"It won't do, sonny"
said Keyser. you're too enthusiastic
about Sir Isaac; and, besides, what were
you going to do with that stick?' with
this stick This yer stick What was
| goin' to do with this yer stick Why.
boy gave me this yer stick to hold for
him while he went on an errand for his
aunt" where did that apple core
come from there on the ground?" THAT
apple core. That one lying there! The
birds is awful on apples this season. l
saw a black bird drop that there, and 1
says to myself, them birds afe just ruinin
Mr.. Keysers apples, and won't Mr.. Key
ser be awful mad when "What makes
your pockets bulge out that way?-
Mother made them pants and they new
er did set right. Oh, that bulging place !,
Well, as | couldn't find out much about
Sir Isaac here, was just takin' two or
three apples home, to see if l couldn' t
discover somethin' and to ask father to
help me. Mr.. Keyser, what are you goin'
to do? I'll never take another apple as
long as | live. Pom my word | WON'T!
Then Keyser fogged him. And Mr..
Cooley's boy has knocked off on Sir Isaac
Newton and natural philosophy, and is
devoting himself to other branches of
| knowledge.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
Punstual to the Last.

Mr.. Higgins was very punctual man
in all his transactions through life. He
amassed large property by untiring in
dustry and punctuality, and at the ad-
vanced age of ninety years was resting
quietly upon his bed, and calmly await
ing to be called away. He had deliber-
ately made almost every arrangement for
his decease and burial. His pulse grew
fainter and the light of life seemed just
flickering in its socket, when one of his
sons observed, Father, you will probably
live but day or two; is it not we'll for
you to name your bearers" ITO be
sure" said the dying man. at is well
thought OF, and will do it now" He
gave a list of six, the usual number, and
sank back exhausted upon his pillow. A
gleam of thought passed over his with
cred face like ray of light, and he ral-
lied once more, my son, read me that
list. Is the name of Mr.. Virgins there?"
at is, my father" ''Then strike it of, +"
he said, emphatically. 'for he was never
punctual; was never anywhere in season
and he mil ght hinder the procession a
whole hourr'
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
II LOVE, yoU LOVE"

Old Jones, the village pedagoguc,
The grammar lesson called one day;
Young Bess, a maid of sweet sixteen,
Began the well-known words to say:
"First person, love-" frat she said.
Sly Tom, beside her, whispered, Mo-"
Second perscn, you love-" Bess went on.
AYE, thatI do" said Tom,-"love thee. -
Third person, he loves" still said Besa.
Ton whispered, "Wbo is he?"
"oh, Tcm," said Bessy, pleading low,
"Do hold your peace and let me be!'
"No whispering" called the master loud,
And frowned upon the forward youth.
First person, we love-" Bessie said.
"By George,' Tom whispered, CHATS the
TRUTH
The lesson Ger at last, poo- Bess,
With cheeko all crimson, took her seat,
While Tom, sly fellow, tried in vain
The maiden's soft blue eyes TO meet,
And when the recess hour had come,
Tom begged a walk with coaxing tone,
And meath the trees Bess said again
The lesson o'er-,tor him alone.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
How n Woman Make. "a bed.

She's washed the dishes, cleared off the
table. swept out the sitting-room, and she
stands in the bedroom door for mo-
ment, arms akimbo and surveys the bed.
The pillows are skewed around, the
quilts rolled up in a heap, one end of the
sheet down almost to the floor, and she
wonders how them young ones" managed
to tumble up the bed so.
She approaches the bed, seizes the pill.
lows and deposits them on chair, hauls
the quilts off and drops them in the door,
way, draws the sheets over the stand, and
she finds the feather>ticl full of Jumps
and dents and hills and hollows. She
makes lunge for it. rolls it to the foot of
the bed, and dives down among the
straw
Her hands are lost to sight, and she
bends over until it seems as if her back
would break. The straw is pnlled this
way, pushed that, dragged around
and torn apart, and her fingers reach
clean to the bottom and into each
corner
There! ha." she says, as she straightens
up 10 rest her back, and after moment
she grabs the feather-tick, yanks it around
gives it flop and rolls it against the
head-board that she may get into the
foot of the straw-tick She dives into the
straw once more, and her face gets as red
as paint as her nose almost touches the
tick. The straw is finally stirred enough
and she rests her back, looks up at the
ceiling and wonders where she can borrow
whte-wash brush. Then it would do
your heart good to see her grab the feather
bed She hauls it around, filings it up,
mauls great dents in it with her fists, jams
1t against the wall, and finally tlattens it
out. Then she seizes the foot. shakes the
feathers toward the head, smooths them
along further with her hand, and each
corner is patted down and made to stand
out distinctly. That hollow in the center
is patted out of existence, and at last the
bed is a true slant from head to foot
The top sheet is switched off the stand,
held up before her until she sees the
seam, then she flies it across the bed. 1t
settles down just as true and square as a
rule, and after the front side has been
tucked down behind the rail the other
sheet follows.
The pillows are then grabbed up,
mauled and beaten and cnffed around
until they swell with indignation, and
they are dropped on to the bed so gently
that they don't make dent, but seem to
float in the air above the sheets. The
ends where the cases button are placed to
go outside, according to long-establised
rule, and the quilts are swung over, tuck
ed behind the rail, pulled down at the
foot, smoothed at the head, and she stands
back and says:
"Therel those children will sleep like
bugs Tonight
A few weeks ago, as l stood in the Post
office, heard one female say to another:
Did you hear about poor Mrs.
Gleason|
mo. Sick?" was the query.
Poor thing-died last night"
ais that so?" was the exclamation.
well. I'm sorry, though she's better off.
She was good wife, but she could never
make up bed as it ought to be mader'
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
Singing Men into Heaven.

DR.. Talmage says IN the Christian at
Work:
We are glad at the increasing effort
everywhere being made to sing the race
into heaven. There are tens of thousands
of people who cannot be touched by argu-
ments of facts or rhetoric, who immediate
ly surrender to sacred song. Mr.. Sankey
in England, Mr.. Bliss at the West and
Philip Philips everywhere, and many
other Christian men whose names DO not
this moment occur TO US, are with the
silver wedge of music splitting open the
barred dungeons of the soul to let God
and heaven go in and take full possession.
Let us band together the sweet singers OF
our churches and Sunday schools, not into
stinted ard formal choirs, but into crusa-
ding parties, whose business it shall be to
rouse prayer meetings, and visit sick
rooms, md serenade with sacred carols
the homes of the unbelieving,
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16

When at a dinner emotional insanity
was being discussed, a guest remarked, Il
admit the right OF the injured husband to
yindicste his marriage bed by numbering
right aud left, but after such vindication
he should come out and be hanged like
Il gentleman, for society has a right to
vindicate the law. We must harmonic
between the rights of husbands and hang
men,
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
He Would Come Better Prepared.

One Of the college newspaper exchan>
ges says that clergyman in a certain
church, on a recent occasion, discovered
after beginning the service that he had
forgotten his notes. As it was too late TO
send for them, he said to his audience, by
way Of apology, that this morning he
would have to depend upon the Lord for
what he might say, b1t in the afternoon
he wcula come better prepare.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16

Henry Ward Beecher at prayer-meet-
ing And if die and am buried in
Greenwood, let nobody stand there and
say, Here lies Henry Ward Beechcr"
for God knows | won't lie there. Prob
ably not death .eucra'ly cures tlks Of
rhcig had habits
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
Siserinan's Opinion.

The New York Sun tells this story of
Gen. Sherman: "One night, while sitting
before his campfire, SO the story goes, he
remarked to an officer with whom he
was conversing; L am much brighter
man than Grant; | can see things quicker
than he can, and know more about books
than he does, but I'll tell you where he
beats me, and where he beats the world:
he don't care a cent FOR what be don't see
the enemy doing, but it scares nc like
hel'""
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
The Sewing Machine Agent.

A sewing machine agent who has been
in the business long can subdue the most
ferocious bulldog by simply looking at
him. Nothing short of a needle gun will
move him, and then you don't want to
aim at his cheek, or he will put on casto
iron smile at your seeming disinclination
to buy "noiscless" lock-stitcher.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
They Started Too High.

Chuck-the boys called him Chuck for
short-was hardly what you could call
hard case, but he was fond ofa joke, and
seldom cared at whose expense it was per-
petrated Returning to New Bedford on
the steamer was large party who had
been over to attend the camp-meeting at
Martha's Vineyard. 1t was Sunday even>
ing. and, naturally enough, number of
passengers gathered in the ladies cabin
for divine service. In this crowd Chuck
insinuatel himself Just as the hymn, Ny
soul, be on thy guard" was given out.
The crowd joined in with will, and had
sung to the end OF the second line, Ten
thousand foes arise" when a shrill fc-
male voice was heard. Hold on you We
started it too highr' There was pause
for few seconds, broken at length by the
gooI-natured suggestion Of Chuck. Sup
pose YOU start her at five thousand !"
Amid the general laughter that followed
Chuck retired, and the meeting came to
an end.
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
Siugufar Coincidence.

A curious coincidence is noted by the
Paris Moniteur-that the steamship
Schiller was wrecked on the very anni~
versary Of the death, in 1906, Of the Ger
man poet whcse name It torc
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16

When Mississippi radical orator grows
eloquent over his husky auditory, says the
Glasgow Tgurs, he talks OF the ''rrc1,
Black ~ra 80 ur;urucd face
The Hartford herald., 1875-06-16
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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-21
THE MARROW GAUGE,

Through inadvcrtence CHATS about as
polite term as can be used in this in
stancc) of our local editor, who has a
happy faculty Of believing one-half of the
stories told him, it has been reported that
the trains on the Narrow Gauge had
ceased running into Cairo, owing to the
caving in of the river bank adjacent to
the levee. We are happy to make the
correction and say that the trains con-
tinue to visit the city. In the future
We will closely scan our youthful
local editors railroad items, and
take a malicious pleasure in destroy
ing some Of his architectural literary al
titudes-commonly called blunders.
Modern local editors seldom ever strain
their muscles In climbing stairs after facts.
1t would be the apex of courtesy to at
tribute spontaneous outburst OF truth
to local editor of 1875. and extending
back into a vortex of years, as it were
and so to speak. As they grow older the
desire to ''prevaricate" and "dgress"
grows stronger on them, until they sink
into the grave in sheer disgust for lack
of inventive material to work upon.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-10-21
Royal Arch Nasons in sessIou.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Oct. l9.--Thc Grand
Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons con-
yened ia the Masonic Temple on Monday
evening, Grand High Priest Joseph p.
Forcc IN the Oriental Chair presiding,
being the iify-ninth annual communica-
ton. The other officers elected were
as follows; Jas. A. Beattie, of Louis
vile. u. II. Priest; James w. station of
brooksvllle, ID. G. IL. Priest; Jas. b.
Blue, OF Morganiield, Grand King; q. ID.
Buckner. OF Lexington, Grand Scribe !:
Albert G.. Hodges. of Louisville, Grand
treasurer; tor Grand Secretary, Joseph
ii. Branham, of Greensboro,