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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
How to Drive a Fast Horse.

From Hiram Woodruff in the Sportsman. II
People talk about a steady, bracing
pull but, in my opinion that is not
the right way to drive trotter.
There's 4 great difference between
letting go of your horses head and in
keeping up one dull, deadening pull
all the time. The pull should be suffi-
cient to feel the mouth and give some
support and assistance, 50 as to give
the horse confidence to get up his
stride. More than this is mischievous.
To keep the mouth alive the bit should
be sifted occasionally. But this is not |
to be done by pull of the hand on the !
rein. A mere half.turn of the wrist,
or less than half a turn, by which the
thumb is elevated and the little finger
lowered, is sufficient to shift the bit,
keep the mouth sensitive and rouse
the horse.
The reins are to be steadily held
with both hands, while this play of
the wrist is made, and it is, of course,
only to be done with one wrist at a
time. The hands should be well
down, and the driver ought to sit all
of heap, with his head forward.
Neither should he lean back with bod
lily weight on the reins, which in that
case, arc made sort of stay for him.
He should be upright, and what pull
ing he has to do should be done with
the muscular force of the arms. The
driver who depends upon the arms has
command of the horse. lie who sub.
stitutes bodily weight with the reins
wrapped around his hands has not half
command Of the horse or of himself,
either, and if the horse is a puller he
will soon take command of the driver.
The reason of it is that there is no in
PERMISSION of the exertion, no let up,
either for the man or horse. Besides,
in that way of driving it is fashionable
to give those movements Of the bit
which seem to refresh and stimulate
the horse 50 much.
When horse has been taught the
significance of the movement-the
shift by turn Of the wrist-he viii
never fail to answer it, even though he
should seem to be at the top Of hi:
speed. The moment he feels this lit
tie move Of the bit in the sensitive
mouth, he will collect himself ant
make another squirt; and the value O.
this way of driving is that the hors'
is not likely to break when called up
on, while high-strung, generou
horse, if called upon for final effor
with whip, is as likely to break tn
moment it falls upon him as not.
have won many a very close hea
by practicing this movement, AND
therefore, have no hesitation in II
commencing it. It is not difficult t
acquire. and horse soon comes t
kdow what it means.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Nine. DemOrest's

grand opening Of patterns of the novel and
beautiful winter styles in polonaises, basques,
cloaks, overskirts, ETC., s Rue de Tracy, Paris;
80 Queen Victoria street, London. E. e., and
II T.. 14th St., N. Y. Agencies everywhere.
Centennial Award tor Patterns over all COM
petitors. See Winter catalogue and splendid
Christmas and New Years numbers OF Dem.
Orest's MONTHLY
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Beautiful Patterns for Dolls.

Is, 90 and 25 inches in height. The set in
cludes thirteen garments-polonaise, basque,
jacket, water proof, hood, chemise, drawers,
overskirt, skirt, apron, petticoat, night ::
and wrapper, with instructions and descrip.
tons. Price 10 cts: per set, post:tree. Ad-
Sold at all Toy stores or at Nine. Demorest's
agencies everywhere.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

DR.. Underwood, a free thinker, is
stirring up the unterrided OF Minneapolis
That city is becoming one Of the best repre-
sentative places for the doctrine of material
ism in the west. In no other city, perhaps,
do 'sfree thinkers'' receive such encourage
ment as there.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

Winter is now fairly upon us. and
the teams are fastening to the lumber woods
in various parts of the country. Our advice
to every man who goes to the woods, be he
captain, cook, teamster, or any other man, is
dyne Liniment and Parsons Purgative Pills
Many months of labor lin the aggregated may
be saved by this precaution
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

A YOUTHS PUBLICATIoN.-For half
a century the YourH's COMPANION, Of Boston.
has been published. 1t was started in 1927,
Vigorous Sers with Which et
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

Pimples on the face, rough skin,
affections cured, the skin made soft and
smooth, by the use Of Juniper Tar Soap
That made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
York, is the only kind that can be relied on,
as there are many limitations, made from com
mon tar, which are worthless.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

J. p. Coats were awarded medal
and diploma at the Centennial Exposition and
commended tor the superior strength and
excellent quality of thei spool cotton"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Information for the Million.

From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Among the places of popular resort
for sightseeing at the Centennial Ex-
position, none rivalled the glasswork,
except perhaps, Memorial Hall. The
inquisitiveness of the visitors is often
annoying and embarrassing, as we'll to
the workmen as those who have charge
of the objects for sale. One curiosity
is glass bonnet. a real ''love of a bon
net: - too, which is an object of un.
ceasing wonder and admiration, and
provocative of thousands of questions
concerning its construction. The work
people seem at last to have grown wea:
ry of answering questions, and resort
ed to printed placard which is posted
close to the bonnet, and this is the way
it runs:
'.Is it hat! No.
c. els it a bonnet Yes.
sis it glass Yes.
s'Is it silk? No.
care the strings glass? Yes.
SIS the lining glass! No.
''What is it.? Silk.
care the flowers glass? Yes.
''Was it made here? No.
"Where then! Boston.
f''When was it made Last sum-
mer.
70 ..By whom! The Woodruffes.
elbow long did it take? Four
weeks. "a -
"Was it woven when the glass was
hot? No. S
els it flexible ? Yes.
sIS it lovely? Yes.
':Can anyone wear it? Yes.
"Will it break easy! No.
''Can you pack it up? Yes.
''Isn't it the latest style! Yes.
els it sold! Yes.
4 elbow much was it One hundred
and fifty dollars.
''Oh, my!
s'Any other questions pertaining to
the bonnet will be cheerfully answered
by Mr. Brown
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Land Owners Without Pate: IS

Should enclose So, with their re-
ceipts, to Col. L. Bingham & Co., attorneys
for claims, &C., Washington, d. G., and re-
ceive their Land Patents.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

The editor takes pleasure in calling
the attention OF sufferers from rheumatism,
govt. neuralgia and lumlago to Durangs
Rheumatic Remedy. 1t has been before the
public for three years, and, it is said, has
never failed in single case. It is taken i'll
sale ond retail druggists everywhere. Price
81 90 bottle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

Bad enough to look and feel bad
yourself; but no excuse for having your horse
look and feel badly, when for small sum
you can buy Sheridan,s Cavalry Condition
Powders. which given in grain two or three
times week, will make him look and feel
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

Nearly all the postofiices in Texas are
in charge of females. It works so we'll
that the males now arrive and depart
nearly every hour.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

Send for rules for self .measurement
and get goods on approval from the Boston
One Price Clothing Store, Minneapolis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
prnfnctiuO. Crane VINES


There is scarcely a single variety of
grape of good quality, where the Their.
mometer falls beyond IL degees below
zero, that can Withstand our winter
without protection. An easy method
of protecting them latter the vines
are prunned is to tie them in a CON-
pact manner with Irvine, then lay them
down upon the ground, and by means
of stakes secure them in position, and
then cover them about two inches deep
with earth. Refuse hay or straw will
do very we'll for this purpose, but
sometimes mice get into such covering
and gnaw the bark off the vines. In
clayey soils, and where but little snow
falls, straw or hay would be the best
covering, because the rains of winter,
upon soil tenacious of moisture, often
kill the buds, by keeping them too wet.
Happy New Year.
Slendid holiday novelties, New
Years stories, New Years presents, New
Years pictures, New Years music, New Years
cabinet gems, New Years chromos, New
Years poetry, New Years chrome book
marks, New Years household, New Years
fashions, New Years etiquette, New Years
greetings, and other holiday novelties, with
rare literary gems and full-size patterns, in
the splendid holiday January number of Dem
orest's Monthly Magazine, 25 cents, post-tree,
yearly g, with a splendid Premium: Do not
fail to see the January number, with three
beautiful and artistic oil chromos, worth sew
eral times the cost of the magazine. Address
w. JENNINGS DEMOREsT, II E. 18th St., N. Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
| St.Paul Business Directory
Clarendon Hotel.

COR WABASHAW AND SIXTH STREETS, ST. PAUL. MINI.
Fare for the winter reduced to g per day.
Bv1LD1SG-Brick halls and rooms large, light and as
good as the best.
observation-disclosures ana entirely new.
TABLE-Supplied with the best the market affords.
LoCATIoN-Central; one square from Post Office and
United States Courts two squares from Opera House
three squares from Capital.
II. BAKER. Proprietor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

List of the Law Makers for 1877.
The following are the divisions of
the Senatorial and Representative Dis
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

1879 1880 2?5a3 20727
Stewwrt (Rep.) majority, 2,096.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
CATARRH
Sneezing catarrh, Chronic Ca
tarrh, Ulcerative catarrh,
permanently cured by
SANFoRD'S
RADICAL
CURE.

sASroHp's RADICAL CURE FOR CArARRH is safe,
certain and cure for Catarrh FORM
purely vegetable dstillation, and is applied LOCALLY
by insufation, and constituttonaly by internal adj
ii soothcs heals and cleanses the passages Of
every feeling OF heaytness, obstrnetion dnness or
the blood purhes Ct the acid poison With Which it
liver and Kidneys, perfects digestion. makes new
blood, and permits the formation Of sound healthy
disease. The remarkable curative powers, when all
other remedies utterly fail, OF SANFoRD's RADICAL.
ommcnd to fellowsutferers. No statement Is made
a1
good medicine. and worthy all CONFIDENCE; Each
lords Improved Inhaling Tube and full directions for
Its use In all cases. 49,
and retail druggists throughout tho United States
Price 81. Depot, WEEKS POTTER, Boston.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Minneapolis Business Directory

SMITI 4 SCR!BNEE 5sS Washington Ave, s., Job
Pressed Ware, Paints Oils Coopers tools speciality
(NlARK HOUSE, most popular house in Minncapo-
~ lis new and newly furnished frst.class in all res
poets. Terms, u per day. II. G. BRACKET, Pro
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07
Second District.

Total -. .... 1912 1881 1890 1890 1919
Strait (Rep) majority over Wilder, 4,740.
Over Wilder and Donnelly, 1861.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-12-07

Before he meddled wi5h it, it used to
talk back like q mother.in.law, but
now it is only. fit for the deaf and
dumb asylum. Well, next he bought
a lot of duble barreled echoes, scattered
over various states and territories
he got them at 20 per cent. off by tax.
ing the lot. Next he bought a perfect
Gattling gun of an echo in Oregon and
it cost a fortune, can tell you. You
may know, sir, that in the echo market
the scale of prices is cumulative, like
the carat-scale in diamonds; in fact,
the same phraseology is used. A single.
carat echo is worth but $40 over and
above the value the land it is on; a
twO.carat or duble-barreled echo is
worth $50 J.; a dve.carat is worth $3.50;
a ten.carat is worth $4,000. My
uncle's Oregon echo, which he called
the Great Pitt echo, was 2O.carat
gem, and cost $2l6, O0-they threw the
land in, for it.was 400 miles from a
settlement.
Well, in the mean time my path was
a path of roses. I was the accepted
suffer of the only and lovely daughter
of an English earl, and was beloved to
abstraction. In that dear presence l
swan in seas of bliss. The family
were content, for it was known that
was sole heir to all uncle held to be
worth FIVE millions of dollars. How.
ever, none of us knew that my uncle
had become 4 collector, at least in any.
thing more than a small way. for es.
thesic amusement.
Now gathered the clouds above my
Unconscious head. That divine echo.
since known throughout the world a
the Great Koh.i-noor, or Mountain OF
Expeditions, was discovered. 1t was {
sixty .fve.carat gem. You could utter
a word aud it would talk back at you
flor fifteen minutes, when the day wa!
Iotherwise quiet. But behold, another
discovery was made at the same time
|another echo collector was in the field
70 hoc 20
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29
DOW Liro ON EngIlsh CnnaIs.

The Liverpool Courier Of June
22d says: A case of violence inyes-
tigated in the Preston police court
Yesterday shows that Mr.. Coalville
Smiths pictures of life on the
canal boats have not been over
drawn, and that a very low state of
civilization prevails, the boaters
and their women being little re-
moved above savages against whose
customs we send corps of mission
aries. OF course all the boaters
are not alike. There are numbers
who have some regard for the COM
mon decencies of life, Among the
toilers over the canals there are
many God-fearing men, who live
sober and honest lives, and to the
best Of their power bring up their
children in the way they should go,
not on the barges, but in dwellings
ashore. But the exemplary, after
all, form but a small proportion of
the people engaged in this inland
navigation. The great bulk of the
boaters and their " women they
don't often call them wives-and
their families pig together in the
wretched holes called cabins, and
spend in drink the money which
might render present life more
comfortable and future prospects
much brighter. Men, women and
even children drink to excess, use
the most blasphemoHs and obscene
language, without the remotest idea
that they thereby do wrong, and
when they fight, which is often, il
is after the manner of wild beast:
who do not care how much they
disfgure or hurt each other. The
case heard yesterday at Preston
gives some notion Of the low NOR
ality of the women on the canals
According to the statements made
in court one boatwoman was seated
on the canal bank with her baby
when another went up to her, On.
after some preliminary swords
took the baby frem her and flung |
Idown. Then she seized the mothe
by the hair, at which she tore lik
a tigress. and having thrown he
on the ground, kicked ner in th
most merciless fashion about tn
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29

source, and to see if it were as he
suspected it to be the case that
they all had a common parentage.
1t was as he suspected, for he found
them to have proceeded four gene
rations back from one persona
woman, of a notoriously bad char
acter in every way. Out of four
hundred names that constituted the
vicious and criminal classes of that
locality, two hundred and ninety
were descendants Of this woman.
Here was a community Of more
than one hundred souls, owing
nearly ree-fourths of all its vice
and crime to the improper parent
age of one person.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29

head, face and breast with her iron
clogs. At length some
men interfered, otherwise the infu-
rated creature might have kicked
her victim to death. The assail-
ant was yesterday taken before the
magistrates, when to her fellow
boatwomen she appeared in heroic
light, some Of them saying the
fight was a perfectly fair and chal-
lenged one, which should have
taken place in a field, as there were
bets on the result. The magistrates
did not view the matter so pleas
antly, and sent the victor to Jail for
a month with hard labor.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29
A Lion story.

A story is told of a lion which
was brought from India, and which
on the passage grew very fond Of a
sailor who had charge Of him. His
name was Nero. On being shut
up in a cage in London, he grew
sulky, and was very fierce when
any one came near him, so that it
was dangerous even for his keeper
to approach him. One day, a few
weeks after Nero had been shut up
in his new prison, a party Of sailors
visited the menagerie, and were
warned by the keeper not to 60
near the lion, who every now and
then growled sayagely at those who
we're looking at him. All at once
one of these sailors ran up to the
cage, and thrusting in his hand,
cried out, "Whatl old shipmatel
don't you know me? What cheer,
old Nero, my lad?" The lion in-
stantly left off feeding and growl-
ing, sprang up to the bars Of the
cage, and put out his nose between
them. Jack patted him on the
head, and the lion rubbed his hand
with his whiskers like q cat, show
ing evident signs of pleasure,
"Ah !" said Jack, turning to the
keeper and spectators, who stood
frightened and in astonishmept,
g Nero and ! were once shipmates,
and you see he isn't like some folks
he don't forget an old friend"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29

scouts replying seldom, in order to
save ammunition, when suddenly
there was a lull, seeming to portend
some new mischief, the guides de-
claring that death was certain, and
swore to end their own lives rather
than suffer capture and torture.
Sibley delivered a harrangue Of
twenty words to his men, to which
they responded stoutly. He told
them there were two alternatives
to die honorably or to escape hon
orably. Gruard declared that if
there was coward among them he
would be shot rather than the
enemy.
A brief council was held, and, by
the advice of the guides, they de-
termined to attempt to escape fur
thre into the mountains, leaving
their horses, to engage the atten-
ton of the Sioux, tied to trees. All
the ammunition was taken from the
saddles. The party then moved
stealthily from the ground and
dashed behind the projecting rocks.
The Sioux did not see them, and
they climb up and up, over slip
perry precipices until exhausted,
While resting they heard firing re-
commence louder than ever, and
knew all their horses would prob
ably be killed, and be a sorry prize
for their captors. The volleys were
terrific, the Sioux thinking they
still had them in their clutches
The scouts resumed their Chamber.
ing; the carbines were handed NJ
the rocks from hand to hand.
Had the Sioux pursued them on
the grim nights that frowned upor
them they could have crushed then
with powders which were poiseC
ready to fall. They continued t.
hear the sound of rifles until i
died away in the distance. The,
toiled over mountains until dawl
of July 9Th, resting under tn,
cliffs. They once more abandoned
hope when they saw a large band o
Sioux among the foothills, moyin!
as if to intercept them. 1t, how
ever, turned toward the Tongu
river, and they supposed it to b
the rear guard of the larger fore
which had been advancing to attacl
either camp or a wagon train.
Their hunger was great, as the
had abandoned all their rations
From dusk they scrambled alon
the sides of the mountains all tn
T night. About dawn on the ct
they reached the bank of Tongu
river. Two men were so worn ou
that they could not ford the swil
and deep current. They therefor
hid themselves in the thickets an
f were left. One of them was craze
by exhaustion and fear. A fe'
miles further south till Sioux wei
seen, but luckily the fugitive
escaped observation.
Four miles from camp a packe
? who was hauling, loaned his muI
: to one Of the scouts, and news W;
? carried to Colonel Royal, who WI
0 commanding during Gen. Crook
a absence on the hunt. Two con
e panies of cavalry were sent OIL
e with horses to bring them in. b
+. fore meeting the relief they'were
e fatigued they could only marc
g one hundred yards without drol
{. ping on the ground. The me
4 sent upon the reconnaissance ha
y been chosen for bravery and exp
: rience.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29

Detroit Free Pressl
Friday night, about half an hour
before midnight, a very respectable
Detroiter living on Dufiield street
was heard feeling all over the front
door to find the knob. His wife
suddenly pulled the door open,
CONFRONTED him, and in a file-like
voice inquired:
Isn't this a nice state of affairs
you not home since morningw
Softly, darling, softly" he re-
piled, trying to take her hand.
"Tve zhust got back firm zhe
races"
What races ?" she demanded.
"H-o-r.s-e races" he slowly re-
piled. "Had big time an made
flever hundred dollars. Coin to
get you fourteen silk dresses"
"Well, you should have sent me
word" she remarked as she hung
up his hat. The promises Of the
dresses acted like magic on her
imagination.
eyes, but didn't have time" he
replied. "FeFr come long In
buggy, an off went. Ju ever see
horse race, Mary?"
"No, | never did"
"Well, she's big thing, tell you.
l never saw such'r magniferous
sight my life. Now, jus'r magin l
am a horse, and you are the
string"
81 won't do it-Im no string!"
she exclaimed.
"Well, alzer right. Sposen both
of us are horses, then?"
81 won't do that, either; l never
saw you look and talk as you do to-
night. l believe you have beer
drinking"
"Zhats SO, Mary-drank shixty
four glasses lomonyade. Well, al
the horses got away in fine style
Noble sight, | tell you. / bet fiv,
hun'er'd dollars on head horse"
"That was sharp in you," she re
piled, mentally planning to have
four blue, five brown and five greer
silks.
"You bez it was," he went on
"Well, the head horse kept ahead
and l won five hun'erd dollars"
, "Half of which, my ducke,
, dear, you intend to give me?"
"Noz hardly, my dear"
"Why%
"You doan' understand er rule
: Of er race course, my darling" h
explained. GER rulesis if you viii
: five hun'er'd dollars on first rae
} you lose it all and two hun'er'C
more on next one"
: "And do you mean that you ar
! J two hundred dollars out of pocket?
| she Squeaked.
"Zaas whas I mean, my darling.
"Don't darling me, you oil
drunkardw she howled, and pc
liceman under a tree across the wa,
e says the hat rack went over, tn
: door was kicked shut, and amids
{ the groans and howls he could hea
e a voice crying out:
"Lez up on me, darling; lez 6
. F. my hairl l gave the felr my not
for the two hun'er'd dollars, an h
can't git a cent"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29
wTTuOUT CHAN GLE.
OuRINo the CENTENNIAL

Exhibition at philadelphia. this line Will Will sell
Excursion Tickets at greatly TeHpPfeqI ISNp
.rj1E h1EEA SHORT LINE. the only line running
IL.d,,sh cars to Eastern Cities. For safe AZ
sII IIt me Ticket Offices in the South and South
"V' mo MacLEOb, sen. suP
e.S. PARKER Gen. Pass. ana ~ sicko; iSP
T,ouisvslle. Ky .1s- = - .iiau-Iss.ua
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-29

In the report of the Vital Statis-
tics of the State of New York, by
DIR. Harris, for the year 1874, he
mentions that in a certain locality
of the State he found the same
name constantly recurring among
the criminal, yicious and diseased
classes. This was SO striking that
be determined to trace it to its