Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-07-13
COMMUNICATION.
WOoDLAwN. July ilh;- 1876.

EDITOR TRANSCRIPT;
DEAR SIR Our citizens no: having rs
yet, fully recovered from the effects of their
extraordinary cbulit.on Of patriotism on
the Fourth which, added to the anticipa-
ton, disappointment, and finally rcaliza-.
ton Of the delights of viewing the fire
works on the night of the fifth, hurrahing
for George Washington, our Country, and
the Star Spangled Banner, so exhausted
their forces as to supcrinducc complete
nervous and muscular rrostration of their
whole anatomical aud physiological sys-
tenn, in SO much that they have since been
unable to do anything from which an item
of interest cou'Q possibly be cleaned.
Mr.. Lansing Vanhousc and Miss Maria
Marvel, a young gentleman and lady OF
this vicinity, who have been for the past
year particularly sweet, billing and COOS
ing and SIGH, executed coup d etat on
July LIST, by suddenly launching their
frail bark upon the placid sea of matri.
mony. May favoring breczcs attend a
pleasant and prosperous voyage enabling
them to successfully weather the squalls
that not unfrcqucntly disturb those tram
quill waters, and finally to cast their anch-
or in that port of happiness which is the
goal, sure to be won by every prudent
voyagcr. =, ~.
The late dreadful disaster of the gallant
General Custer, and his command, has
furnished us with a sorrowfnl topic for
discussion. A gentleman, cmigra,ing
from Wisconsin to Dakota, who stayed at
this place over Sunday, and who has spent
four years ut forts Randall, Lincoln and
Beaufort, working for the government, in
tho capacity Of stone mason and p!astcrcr,
eleven months of The time in company
with Custer and the Seventh Cavalry, says
that the Indians are nearly all armed with
Henry rifles, needle guns, and Spencer re-
pcating carbnes, and to suppose that they
would be in the least lntmitlatcd by in
equal number Of U. S. regulars, would bc
to make an cgregious mistake. He says
that they look upon the soldiers with con.
tempt, and have perfect confidence in their
own ability to cope with an equal number
of them at any time, and that he has seen
4 band Of twenty-five Indians chase 4
Whole company Of regulars into the fort,
the latter never stopping to fire 4 shot.
Knowing, as General Custer must have
known, that the 1ndirns were all we'll arm
cd, and that they had SO much the advan-
tagc in numbers, and were probably supc-
rior to their own troops in horsemanship,
is it lot singular that an officer CT his cx-
pericncc, should make so reckless an at
tack: unlcs, rs was the case with Colonel
Hartigan Of the famous light brigade, lie
had imperative orders so to Go. Has not
some one made Il fearful hlunder? We
anxiously await further details.
Since writing the above it has become
our painful duty TO record the death and
burial OF Mrs. Isaac Ta;1derwarker, whose
illness we mentioned some weeks since
She died at ? o'clock Oh the morning Of
the 10th, without severe pain, and retain
ed her consciousness till within Il very
short time Of her death. The funeral ser
vices were lie|l to day at the house Of hci
son, Mr.. \. X. EIardcrwa,|ic-. The ser
,uon was preached ',y the Rev. iIr. Stokes,
and was IN impressive one. The remains
were attended to their final resting place
by III immense concOuIsc orpcoElc, II fargc
proportion OF them from the ranks Of the
carly settlers. The procession WAS nearly
three fuurt!is Of !. mile in length, and Was
conducted without accident, by Mr.. G.
". King.
SUIoo1. GIRL