Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-09-30
The sEaanseript.
! The CgtntY has no 20 Official Paper.
Sense and Nonsense.


'Asl money is hard money these times
=, hard TO get. :,... -"
PAY up is what they call y silver mine
In Idaho.
= There are 100000 wagcs-carning Ia
borcrs in the United States.
The tailor is the poor mans best friend
inasmuch rs he settles the rents.
- ANcv Haven boy would have been
killed by the kick Of a horse had it moi
been for stolen apples in lis pocket,
~Nhat do you take for your cold 2
said Indy to MIR. --. -Four pocket
handkerchiefs a day, madam was the
. answer.
Thousands Of people in Arkansas, says
the Helena (Ark.) World will be out OF
debt this fall who haven't been in sim
liar condition Of freedom fer many years
Schroeder and his balloon are things
uf the past The money for constructing
his air ships to travel $50 rallies an hour
right against the wind was hot ior,hcon,-
ing.
Since 1870 the number COT sailing YES
sells has greatly diminished, steamers
ut that time having taken the seas as new
er before. England, the United States
and Italy are now the great sailing pow
CTS.
VI. Rohing, il French chcmis:a, insists
that buttern,ilk will rvolony life. The
tactic acid in it clears the carriages, ar
terics, and valves OF thc heart Of the de-
tctus, corresponding to SCOT, found in CID
p rsons.
In Woonsockst, r. l., they have "n:os-
quitocs Of Tie genuine DemcIra (Nest
Indics) species, striped like zebra, with
ears the size of a mules, anu with bill
two and hall, or two and three quarters:
or three and Il quarter inches long or
thercabouts.'
\ late issue OF the S;in Francisco
Chronicle contains this Ncnl: ~ man
possessed Of presence Of mind, crossing
Market street at the corner Of kcarncy,
on Saturday, induced the driver Of a beer
truck to refrain from running ovcrhim by
the prompt presentation Of Formidable
looking pistol"
A Tennessee railway company has had
to pay $3.50 damages for running over a
bulldog which was in the habit Of rush
ing at and Selling hold Of every passing
train. If it had been a boy engaged in
the same kind Of practice the the plea Of
contributing negliyence' would have
saved the company tvcn The lesser value
Of the human ANIMAL
\ Toronto (Canad;) merchant sCvcr-
tised a Fl W days ego for o boy to run e.
rand$. Besides large number Of boys,
no less than eighteen mid6lc-ayed men
were applicants for the vacant situation;
on being told that {; boy was required,
the men offered to take the job 1T the
same wages that would be paid to the
youth,
Speaking Of the fast mail train the Dc
troit News says that it twill be composed
Of III engine and tender and four postal
cards, or more if the present or growing
demands Of the service require it, Now
who hereafter will say that postal cards
arc insignificant things. The greater
part Of the correspondence Of the country
will only require four Of them Chicago
Times.
4 Norristow;, man has invented a shell
which deserves the Immediate ATTENTION OF
Secretary Robcsou. 1t is flied with SINAI!
shells, and when il burst, amorg 10000
soldiers these smul!cr SlciI, are scattered
in all directions, and bursting in turn,
send cut still smaller shells, which travel
arnand rcck!css!y, and BY the time the
minia,nrc shells contained in the third
size explode The army Is nearly wiped out
and the few n:gn remaining want to go
home
\ good tramp story comes from Brook
ticld, Mass. \ tramp stopped at Widow
lis Il few days ago and asked for food
She replied that she had none. Mr.. Tramp
asked if they were aware the woman liv-
ing on the other side was starving He
then requested the loan Of fishing rod
lying close by, which was granted. Will
it he went to Il pond a short distance of,
Gshed for several hours catching good
string, returned to the Widow II. and
made her present Of them.
\ merchant in indianapolis having
long been annoyed by loafcrs WHO per-
sisted in loun:y ing on the iron railing in
front ofhis store, recently hit upon hap
py means of driving them away. Having
Obtained strong electric b;tttry, lie wait
cd until he had the railing fully occupied
by the champion loatcis Of the city and
he connected the circuit and turned on tic
battery full force. He kept them bowling
for about five minutes and then allowed
them to let go and make off. They think
the devil is in that ruling nov and not ono
Of them will touch it.
We have found out what is tie matte,
with Ticc, the St Louis weather prophet
1t is the neural ia-a disease which Lc;.t<
any barometer ever patented for predict
ing the weather. When lie feels peace
full, and pain seems thing most forcie L
he appears on the streets and smilingl,
remark; to the first man he meets: prob
abilities splendid, sir; coed growing
Notwithstanding baromctcr-hcaltl
full temperatures" When he begins t
feel slight tw;;ching in his face he as
sumcs moro serious look and you ma
hear him telling friend that there is
prospect of slight storm. But when til
neuralgia opens up its Batteries in cal
nest: when it begins to play on the OF