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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
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A young man ID Ottcrvillc, Ill, has nc
5tually married his mother-in-law, and
they are living happily in the old home
stead.
A teetotaller asked Pat. the other day,
ifever he saw a atcetotaller drunk. s.Och!n
replied Paddy, with great carnestncss,
five seen many man drunk, but could
not tell whether he was tcctotaller or
not"
s Charles II is said to have named the
piece Of beef called sirloin. Having
sdined from a loin, and being particularly
pleased with it, he asked its name, and
being told that it was a loin, said jocosely
that it should be knighted for its merit,
and thenceforth called it sirloin.
Cross-examining witness, a New York
attorney asked, Were you not, on the
night on which you say you were robbed,
IN such q state of vineous excitement az
to preclude the possibility Of your com.
pchension of your situation with that
accuracy and precision necessary to de-
inea:iun Of the trlfth?" ~ s,a
AS an instance Of some of the vagaries
Of Parisian life, the following advertise
mcnt from a paper of that city, is rather
suggestive: IA young man of agreeable
presence, and desirous ofgetting married,
would like to make the acquaintance of
an aged and experienced gentleman who
could dissuade him from taking the fatal
STEP" =. .-s
Here's what Butler said without vote
of censure) appropos of his proposition
for a Sunday session: Scripture says"
he remarked, "that when a mans OK or
ass shall fall into pit, he may pull i,
out on the Sabbath; and the only differ.
| ence between my case and that is that l
want to get seventy-three asses out of a
pit"
"Yourhandwriting is very bad, indeed" %
said gentleman to friend more addict
ed to boasting than to study; "you really
ought to learn to write better" "Ay, ay,'
| replied the young man, lit is all very
we'll for you to tell me that, but if were
to write better people would find out how
SPELL"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
IF the heat which huuan bel

IF the heat which 4 human bein:
gives of in ,ven, yfour hours could, !,
conaistently With life, be retained Within.
the body, It's temperature would, at the
end Of that time, havo reached 185
degrees Fab, ! temperature shove tho
point Of oossalalion of albpmen. and
high enough to cook .tAo Ii iisaes
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
ment and fecomn datlon Of tile Ameri-
can Association for the Adyan coment Of
I5cience e.


a. 5yVi1li1mal,Ort, Pm, sensation
ThoS Sgny 20: Treat RoblScra. y
Thursday night, after Il o'clock, thieves
visited = canal boat moored In secluded.
place at IN illiamsport, IN which poor
washerwomnn lived Her husband was
absent, and one Of the fellows entered,
and, taking her BY the throat, threatened
to kill her if she did not give up her mon
ley. She arose, and followed by the rob-
Der, with 9 revolver close to- her head,
went to 9 oking. glass and took out 81 60,
all the money she had in the world.
He then retired and conversed with the
robbers outside, when he returned and de-
Imand led more money. The poor woman,
upon her Blended knees, with q bible nher
hand, told him she had no more, when he
began examiaing the bed clothes. He
again retired outside, and something about
murder was said .a% .... ..s
The unfortunate woman now gathered
her little ones abouther, extinguished the
light, and, seizing shotgun, laid in wait.
Presently the robber entered for the third
time with dark lantern in his hand, and
as soon as he appeared in the doorway,
Mrs Freed fred q terrible load at him.
The robber fell, kicked one or twice, when
his companions pushed open the door,
against which the body had fallen, wrap
ped him in the bed clothes he had re-
'hoved on the occasion of his second visit,
and hurricdly carried him off. It was
thought he was killed, and that the body
was thrown into hole in the ice of the
Susquehanna,s as there was bloody trai
to an opening IN the ice.
| The parties came in a sleigh, and the
robber who entered wore long black whis
kcrs, and had very pretty hands. After
! thcy~had gone a little terrier dog entered
the boat, evidently in search ofits master.
1t had on collar and locket, but Mrs.
Freed could not persuade the canine to
remain, and it left, foil owing the trail
across the river on the ice to the opening
mentioned.
! The shotgun contained handful of
shot, and the conclusion knocked Mrs F.
down. Her older boy, a little fellow,
seized a hatchet, and wanted to so where
the robber was laying and dispatch him,
but Mrs. r. prevailed on him to keep
back, as from the deep mutterings of the
companions of the robber she knew he
would be mardered.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
Chief Justice.

Gov Davis sent to the Senate yesterday
the nomination of james Gilfillan as Chief
Justice of the State, in place udge Nc
MILAN, elected United States Senator. 1t
is needless to say that the nomination
was unanimously confirmed. He will
hold the position until successor, to be
elected next fall, shall be qualified, which
will DC at the beginning of next year.
There IS noroom to doubt that he will
receive the nomination of the Republican
party next fall for the full term Of seven
years, and there is a fair prospect that the
Democratic organization, recognizing the
judicial abilities and bipartisan charac.
ter Of the man, may not deem it cxpcdi.
ent to nominate an opposing candidate.
The members Of the legal fraternity in
the Legislature, and the lawyers Of Ram.
sey and Hennepin counties, and those
present from various parts of the statc
are greatly pleased with the appoint OF
Judge Gilfillan. For the benefit of those
who are not acquainted with him we sub
join biographical sketch. 4
"Sames Gilfilla1 was born in Scotland
in 1929, and his parents removed to this
country when he was about one year. old
and settled in the State ofNew York He
studied law, and graduated at the State
National Law School, of Balston, Spa,
when he removed to Buffalo, n. Y, where
he studied two years more, practicing law
in that city for four years. Hc removed
to St. Paul in the spring Of 1859, and
practiced his profession in company with
his brother, c: D.. Gilfllan, Esq, until
August, 1862, when he entered the army
as Captain Of Co. H, Seventh Regimen
MINI. Vols. In ga, he was commissioned
Colonel Of the Eleventh Regiment, arc
served with it until the close Of the war
being mustered out in July, 1865, HI
was appointed Chief Justice Of the Su
prcmc Court in July, 1859, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation o
Hon Thomas Wilson, of Winona. H.
served until January 1st, 1870, when Ii
was succeeded by Judge Ripley Since
that time Judge G.ltillan has practicet
law in this city.-[Ex.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
A Parable.

I held in my hand little dry tree, IN
infant hemlock. Had it lived century
it might have lowered up aboye all the
forest, and held up its head in majesty.
But it grew on sort of u bog, and musk
rat, digging his hole under it, bit off its
roots, and it was dead. 1t was full of
limbs and knots and gnarls, and I felt
curious TO know ha~it happened that it
was so.
"Peor fellow! If you had ali these
limbs and knots to support, don't won.
der YOU died"
"And with my roots which were my
mouths with which to feed, all cut off,
! tOO!"
Eyes, but where do all these ugly limbs
come from?" said |.
,"Just where all ugly things come from,
said he: II am pretty much like yor
men! Find out where my limbs come
from, and you will find where all human
sins come from"
"I'll take you at your word, sir"
So I took out my knife and peeled of
all the bark. But climbs and the knot:
were left.
"You must so deeper than that, sir"
So I began to split and take off layer o
wood after layer. But all the knots were
there.
Deeper still," said the dry stick.
Then split it all down to the heart
taking it all off and separating it. The
heart was laid bare; it looked like small
rod, about six feet long, and perhaps al
inch through the end. All! and I wa!
now surprised to see that every limb ant
knot, and gnarl started in the heart
Every one was there, and every one grew
out of the heart. The germ of the start
ing point of each one was the centre o
the heart.-Selected.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
Disasters at Sea.

New YORK, March "a dispatch from
St. Johns, N. F., says Tuesday, March 2,
the ship Violetta, from France to Dan
pierre, laden with salt and sugar, was
abandoned in tie ice IN St. Mary's Bay.
The captain and crew were saved. Peo-
pie from the shore went to save the ship,
but northwest gale scattered the ice,
and twenty Of them were lost and twenty
two others are missing.
BosToN, March 5-The Italian bark
=Gervanni has been wrecked on Cape Cod
and all on toerd, with the exception Of
the steward. being fifteen persons, perish
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
Carl Schur1' Wife.

Mary Clemnler writes to the Cincinnas
II journal Carl Schurz has always been,
his wife's hero. a little girl id Hum
burg, abe wnrshiped the pictured image.
IS the reyolutlo lonist WHOM, she had never
seen. Aftsr leaving school she Visited
KvDdo1, and ! friend said ou must
come g my hotisc tlis5c evening and zee
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11

"a is for Advocate, Alpha. Amen; .s
All titles Of Jesus, the Saviour Of men.
wis for Bridegroom, for Rish op, for Brsa,i;
The soul that receives Him with manna Il
fed.
c is for Captain, for Chief Corner stone.
And safe 10 the man that baildsth thereon
u Is for Day-star, Deliverer, Door;
Who enters this way shall have life ever
more. ss. Is44.
E's the Everla.ting Father, who stands
inviting His creature With vide, open
r is for Faithful, and true is the name,
For He who doth bear il ID ever the same.
g is for Governor, God over III, s# So
Who oilers salvation to great and TO small.
III is the Holy and Harmless High Priest,
Who bids us by faith On his Aesh and blood
| least. *:l#
1 is 1mmaA aAuel bringing God near:
II. Son whom We worship and servo with
f. out fear. & ~. Z Z @
J is fer Jesus, for Judge, and for Just; i :.
Happy are those who in Him put their trust.
k is for King; aid as such He shall reign,
When death is destroyed, and Ills enemies
! slain. 2-' = st -
| l. is for Lamb, for Lord, and for Lion,
The meek 0aIlean, the Ruler of Zion.
80 h.
BY good men expected, by prophets fozetold.
| y is for Nazarene; humble the Name;
But glory shall crown it, and scatter its
O is Omega, the lind and tho Last,
| For He shall endure when ages are past.
| II is for Passover, Prophet, and Priest;
May peace the world DER and goodwill be
increased.
| @ is Vuickening Spirit, we read,
The Second Man Adam, the woman's pure
seed.
Il is our Refnge, our Rock of defence;
| Not sorrow nor Satan shall drive US frcm
thence. .s~.
s is for Saviour. for Shepherd, for Shield,
| With the Sword Of the Spirit the sal It takes
! the field.
II is for Teacher, whose lessons are Truth,
Unto Him let us cry as. the duile Of ou1
| youth.
u is that Unspeakable Gift from above,
The Father sent down in His infinite love
v is for Vine, andsit branches we are;
| Ifubiding in Him, much fruit VIC shall bear
vs. for Wonderful, Cor Witness, for Word;
The Way to be saved, but from which we've
! erred. = -~.r.
X our example in trial or pain;
With Him if VIC suffer, with Him we shal
reign.
| Y is the Toke that His followers wear,
BY His help We ure ab'e the burden to bear
Z was His Zeal, and it wrapped Him around
May We put it on aud in goodness abound
-Eariy Days. t. ~ ~ - t--,--.-,.,.....,. :
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11


the wonderful Carl Schurz.'' The maid.
ca came, and il q remote corner worship.
ed from afar the young lion Of the occa-
sion. The friend said TO Carl. There is
q little Hamburg girl here who adores
you as q far.off hero. You must know
her. He was introduced, q said the
sweet voice, "ana what do you tliiat lle
said Of me when my friend asked
What do you think Of her 8 Why all he
thought was, sshe seems . good, healthy
girl" He didn't admire me at all-not
them Hemust have managed to dos
pretty soon after, however, for they were
married within year, before he was q
and she was II. They came to this coun
try to begin their united fortune. "You
will hand me the bricks" he said, "and ]
will build.n z .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
Executive Appointments

Executive Appointments
The following appointments were sent
to the Senate by the Governor and in ex.
ecutive session were confrmed:
For Chief Justice of the Supreme court
James Gilfillan of st. Paul.
Commissioners to distribute aid to FROM
tier settlers, Gen. H. ". Johnson, David
Day and William Lindeke, all of St.
Paul.
Director of Deal, Dumb and Blind In-
stitute, Hon T. B. Clement of Faribault,
in place of Horace Thompson, Esq.
Surveyor General of Logs and Lumber.
for Duluth District, A. C. Perkins of Du-
luth.
Trustees of the Soldiers Orphan Home,
Henry G. Wicks, Ara Barton, o. B Gould
and J. E. West.
Inspector of State Prison, David Day.
Regents of State University, A. A. Har.
wood and W. r. Marshall.
State Librarian, j. G. Shaw.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
The Widow to the Emperor.

The Berlin correspondent of the Cln-
cinnati Gazette writes: "Among the
many beautiful articles sent to the En-
pcror during the holidays was an album.
containing the events of the last war and
the conflict between the Emperor and the
Vatican. The contents were written In
such an extraordinarily fine, clear pearl
script, ornamented with pen drawings,
that it excited the curiosity of the Empe.
ror, and he caused the name of the per-
son of the donor to be hunted up and sent
to him. When the authoress was dis
covered, she was found to be the widow
Of a former civil officer, who, being re-
duced to poverty, supported herself by
sewing in different houses by day, and
employed her evenings in composing and
writing verse in this admirable style.
clearer even than printing. 1t is needless
to add that the poor widow received u
generous gift from the good-hcarted En-
DerOr,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11

B Shat gl,csp efhIrle is the WY the De.
5troit Free Press spells tie immo ortal vii.
liam name
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-03-11
THE CHRIST ALrHABET.

a IS Tor advocate, Alpha. Amen;
All titles If Jesus, the Saviour Of men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-11
The Railroads.

The State Journal says the subject
of transportation was not discussed
q. the recent State Agricultural Con-
ventiou, except incidentally, but as
an evidence of their position on this
snbjact, the convention passed the
following resolutions without debate:
RESOLVED, That the Legislature Of Wis.,
consln has the right to pass such law as the
ssPotter law"
RESOLVED, That one of the ways TO regu
late tolls OH our railroads is by the results
brought about By public opinion after thorough
discussion.
Tnat is the point. Thoroughly
discuss the questions The HERALD
presumed to discuss the question and
was accused therefor by some prom
ineut Changers in this County of
"selling out to the railroads" We
are not so mean, now that the Gran
gers themselves have resolved to do
the same thing, to charge them of
being bought up by the railroads.
We now agree with the farmers.
Let the subject be thoroughly dis
oussed, and theH act.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-11

PERSONAL AND SENATORIAL Hon.
B. NJ Coates, Member of Assembly
from the Boscobel district, seems to
have the hearty approval of his constit
uents in his determined and conepiou
Gus oppos tion to Matt FL. Carpenter.
Returning home last Saturday evening.
he was met at the depot by hundreds
Of admIring friends accompanied by
a brass band, and escorted with great
eclat to the Central house, where con
gratulations and concentrations were
showered upon him in such protusion
as must have been trying to a modest
man like Ben. To test the sentiment
of Old Grant county on the United
States Senatorial question, let Mr..
Coates be the Republican candidate
for the State Senate next fall. We
should like to buy pools on him in
case he runs, and would give 1900
odds. The Lancaster HERALD and
Senator Holloway should make note
hereof. -Mineral FONT Tribune
The honorable member doubtless
blushed TO think that in the procession
which met and escorted him from the
dept no Republican element existed,
unless it was iG the music which &C
coinpanied the procession. The
sources from which those congratula-
tons emanated must have been pc
culinlly Aattering to the "modesl
man." and a consciousness that his
course might meet the approval ofthe
Tribune and other outside journal,
doubtless overpowered him, rejecting
that "a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country" As to the
selection of Republican candidate
for the State Senate next tall from thi>
county: The Republicans of Old
Grant will doubtless be abundantly
able to settle that matter satisfactorily
to them without any outside pressure,
Notwithstanding the heavy odds in
pools offered by the Tribune man.
But we assure the author of the above
article that Hon. B. NJ Coates is not
the political renegade that the TriJ-
uae hoped he would be. The last sew
eral votes cast by him for United
States Senator were for George C.
Hazelton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-11


SURVEYOR GENERAL DEWEY The
following from the Dakota Herald
AN anti-administration paper pub
lished at neutrality-suspicious.
Surveyor General Dewey for his
faithful ADMINISTRATION of the duties
of his Office. We are pleased to copy,
for the reason that certain envious
politicians hereabout declared, when
Mr.. Dewey was appointed to the
Surveyor Generalship of Dakota,
that he woul within twelve-month
steal the whole Territory. The Da-
kota Herald says.
1--WE feel it is our duty to ask D
egate Armstrong to use his best en-
deavors, during the present session
of Congress, to induce liberal APP
preparation to be devoted to survey
ing the public lands 10 Dokota dur
ing the coming summer. We have
taken some pains to ascertain the
manner in which this fund has been
disbursed under the present admin
istration of our local Office, and have
been convinced, not without first
overcoming some prejudice IN the
matter, that Surveyor General Dew
ey has performed all the require,
ments OF his Office with strict facility
to the Government and with benefi
to the present and future Of Dakota
and its people. During the past
season but two small contracts were
given to deputies who were NOT
actual and bnna fde residents of DA-
kota, and considering this fact it
must be acknowledged that we have
an improved condition of affairs over
the practices of past local admins
trations. The principal admonition
urged By Gen. Dewey upon biz dep
uties when granting contracts is to
do their work well. We have known
of several instances of his refusal to
accept and pass upon work not mp
to the requirements in alt regards.
Stakes and mounds must Eow be
erected with a view to their utility
and durability, and not with the
single intent of having the work
squeezed through the local Office,
that the pay might not be Interrupt
ted"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-11
Interest Law.

Why not let well enough alone !?
The law ofinterest in this State as it
pow exists has proven itself beneficial
to the financial condition of the State
The fact is, money, like everything
else, would soon find and fix its own
value as general rule, and were it
not for occasional cases of oppression
by money loaners, would need to have
no restrictions OF law as to its use.
The law allowing I per cent. per
annum as the legal rate, where no
rate is expressed or agreed on, and a
higher rate not exceeding 10 per cent
by express agreement, has for some
years worked we'll and the State has
financially prospered. Persons having
securities to give can always procure
loans at from to 10 per cent. interest,
and for any length of time while the
interest is promptly paid. Now then,
let the law be changed and restrict
the rate to per cent. and the result
probably would be money capitalists
would seek other places tor their in
yestments. The business man who
sought to borrow and invest for the
benefit of those around him would be
unable to obtain the money, and the
community in which he sought to ex-
ercise his skill and invest his capital
would be deprived of both, and he
would seek other and more favorable
places for his avocation. Again, limit
the rate of interest to per cent. and
the farmer who with the last payment
for his farm becoming due finds
through failure in crops or otherwise
that he cannot meet it without Dor
rowing, discovers that he cannot bor-
row upon the terms prescribed by law
He becomes desperate and the result
is that he and the loaner resort to some
one Of the many subterfuges known TO
usurers whereby he temporarily saves
his farm and the loaner gets q per
cent for the money advanced, instead
Of or 10. Such a rate of interest
should be allowed as will draw mon
ey from foreign capitalists instead of
sending it abroad The nearer law
COMFORTS with the wants and necessi
ties of the people the easier it will be
enforced.
Stringent usury laws have been en-
acted in many States but have failed
invaribly in benefting that class of
borrowers which they were designed
to relieve. Their operations have been
to make loans difficult to the one par
ty and hazardous to the other And
the result has been that the needy
have had to pay the risk which the
lender run in furnishing the money.
There are other more important mat
tiers which demand the attention OF
the Legislature, and as the session is
short, the lawmakers of Wisconsin
should not fritter away their time in
discussing bills of uncertain merit or
doubtful Importance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-11

PENsIoNs.-The House Committee
on Invalid Pensions have decided to
report adversely upon the bill pro-
viding that the widows, during their
wldoyhood, and children under Is
years of age of said invalid pension
ers as have been, are now, or may
hereafter be entitled to receive a con-
tinuance of pensions at the rate of So
per month, without reference to the
cause ofthe decease of the pensioner
The bill was designed to continue
large number of pension ers upon the
list with an annual expenditure OF
money which the committee were
not wiling to indorse.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-11

WISCONSIN DAIRYMEN AssoCIA-
rIoN.-The annual meeting of the
Wisconsin Dairy mems Association
opened at Fort Atkinson, on Wednes-
day, with small attendance, owing
to the storm. The question of advis-
ability of hol ling dairy fair in con-
nectlon with the State Fair was dis
cussed, and resulted in the adoption
of the following resolution offered by
Mr.. II ard
Resolved, By his Association, that a DAIRY
fair be held under the auspices OF the State
Agricultural Society at The next State Far,
provided The State Society will agree to the
same, and that a committee OF five be appoint
ed by the President to confer with the execu-
tive committee of the State Socisty, and make
all necessary arrangements IN the matter.
The President appointed the FL.
lowing committee r. r Huxley,
Oconomowoc; w G. White. Kenosha;
Hiram Smith, Sheboygan Falls /;
Chester HAGEN, Braanon; D, ".
Curtis, Fort Atkinsoa The ooDven.
lion then adjourned % meet again
on the 17lh and 18TH Of February.