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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03
HONESTY'S SMALL REWARD.

The London Telegraph of July 6
says: Leysand, little village in the
department of the Ain, has for some
time past been agitated by small ro-
nance of its own. Its parish priest,
or cure, died suddenly, and sas-yoang
man was appointed in his place. The
new incumbent, soon after entering
upon his cure began to rummage about
the parsonage-if we may so call it
and more particularly explored the
cellars. French priests are, as Il rule,
no mean judges of the good things of
this life, and they are especially noted
c0nnoisseurs of choice vintages. It
may be that the new conner expected
to find hidden in corner some more
than usually precious tiagons of old
Barsac, or few bottles of priceless
Chateau Yquem, or a small but of full
bodied Larose. As it happened, how
ever, among a heap of empty bottles
he alighted on a couple of small oak
chests, or, to speak more exactly, box
es heavily clamped. Forcing these
open, he found them stuffed with gold
pieces amounting to total of $4,000
francs, or, as nearly as may be, f72O.
Nothing would have been easier for
him, of course, than to have held his
peace about the matter.
Instead OF this, however, being a
young man, and consequently we'll bal.
lasted with conscience-a commodity
which is apt to wear away as life ad.
vances-he bet0ok himself to the vii.
lage maire. The deceased cure was
notoriously a person of economical,
not to say miserly, habits, and there
was good ground for the belief that it
had been his practice for many years
to accumulate and secretc his savings.
Such a habit is common enough in out.
of.the-way corners of England. Any
country lawyer in ordinary practice
can tell us of Enthusiastically old men
or women-who have considerable
sums, partly in bank notes and partly
in money Of every conceivable denOmi
nation, slowed away in a teapot, OF
the heel of an old stocking. or beneath
a brick in the floor, or under the thatcl
or in some other equally improbable
hiding place. In France this kind OF
thing is not SO common as universal
With the Partisan, it is true. his mon
ey comes lightly, and goes as lightly
as it came. But in the provinces econ
omy trenches upon penury, and thrift
approaches the border.land of miser
dom. Upon the whole facts of thu
case there could be little doubt. if any
that the money found in the cellar wa!
the property of the outgoing cure, ant
it was accordingly handed over by thu
maire to the personal representative
of the deceased ecclesiastical miser
That gentleman with a liberalit,
worthy of the occasion, took the Il, ,O0l
franks, and, by way of showing hi
gratitude, made the young priest, t.
whose honesty he owed this unexpect
ed windfall, the handsome present o
fl2 English money, or, in French coin
e, 300 francs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03
A Mud Turtle Waddles Around After Lit.
tie Girl.

A lady writing to the Arcadian, re-
lates the following regarding one Of
the oldest pets that ever existed, and
which belonged to little girl of her
acquaintance A visitor met this girl
at the gate last summer with what
she supposed was lunch box under
her arm, TO the lady's surprise, a
snake like head run out Il little way
from the lunch box, and the pet turn
ed out to be a common mud turtle.
Some one had brought the creature
home a year Or so before and let it
loose in the garden.
When the children began to play
there, out from its hole came the tur.
tie, and singing out this child, it
gave evidences of intelligence beyond
belief.
The turtle was called Pedro, and the
little girl had but TO call that name
two OF three times at the back door
too see the old box waddling up from
the bottom of the garden directly.
Any one else approaching or attempt.
ing familiarities, the clumsy feet were
promptly drawn in: and the wise old
head retired within its shell and no
sign of life would Pedro give.
But let tile child tako it, the claws
closed round one of her fingers, and
the head run out to it's fullest extent
of neck, would be waggled against her
with every token of love turtle could
tive.
There came time during the sum-
mer when the little mistress was sick.
The mother, sitting in the dusk,
thought she saw a dark object moving
in the room, and shortly after, hear
ing humping on the stairs, went out
and found Pedro was returning TO his
hole.
Each day for weeks. with the open
ing of the outside door, in would walh
Pedro. The girl generally found him
waiting on the steps.
He would go to the stairs, stand up
right in corner, and setting his little
feet IN the stair above, pull himself
up. This operation he would repea
until he reached the landing if thu
door of the sick child's room wa
, closed he waited patiently to be al
lowed to enter.
When taken up and laid beside it
mistress, it made no effort to move
but Law for hours with it's solemn hea'
wagging from side to side.
At night it waddled off to the stairs
and then the racket commenced. A
it fell off each step in clumsy fashion
it sounded like that famous clock i
the Ingolsby legends that went hol
ping after Mr.. Ap. Jones.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03

the yard. and told him that if he ad-
vanced another step he would kill him.
The movement was so sudden that tht
leader was thrown of ll1s guard. The
ne'ghbors, hearing the noise. came to
the door with lights, and Young es-
capped assassination
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03
Potato Bugs

A few years since, throughout the
whole breadth of the northwest fears
were entertained that the days of the
potatoes were numbered. The accurs.
ed Colorado bug came down upon the
potato crop to such an extent, that it
seemed for a while that they were to
be masters of the potato fields. But
thanks to poison, such as Paris Green,
and other kindred remedies, for the
past year or two their ravages have in
a measure been suspended, and we
hear but little complaint in this State
this season from their depredations.
We rather conclude that the days of
the bugs are about over, but it will
not do to be too sure. 1t is consola-
tion however, that remedies have been
found which makes their visitation
harmless.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03
NO.. t8.

he should stand as nearly as possible in
the middle, 50 rs not to move the out
side courses. The third course is
drawn in a little, and each succeeding
course little more rapidly. until the
job is finished. Have Il few small
sheaves for finishing, and have stick
five or six feet long, made very sharp
at one end. Thrusts this down the
centre of the stack, taking care to
have it perpendicular. Fix a band O..
two around the tops of the last course,
and your stack is topped out.
Next morning, when the dew is on,
is the best time to rake it off. Pull
the butts where there arc unsightly
holes, and beat down protuberances.
Stacks built in this way will stand for
months in the wettest seasons. and
sustain no injury.
Long stacks or racks are built on
two or moro seauel Is Ur rails placed to-
gether. Where there is large quan.
tity of grain to stack, racks are eco-
nomical. The chief objection to this
kind of stack is the long row of heads
exposed to the weather on the top,
unless you tiatch or cover with boards.
Kicks should always be built with their
length running east and west. The
east sides of stacks and shocks are al
ways more liable to be damaged by
rain than any other parts.
The main points to be observed in
stacking are:
First. Keep your centres full, there
by giving your outside courses il steep
pitch.
Second. Always have the tops of
your sheaves point to the centre.
Third. 4 symmetrical form of stack.
inexperienced stackers are apt to
build too high, and run their stack up
to spire-like point. This is unneces-
sary and unsightly, and the tops are
liable to be blown off. 1t is the pitch
Of the sheaf. and not the pitch of the
top, that makes it waterproof. An
egg shape is the best form for stack.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03
Rape Plant.


We remember at Washington Lake,
i'll Sibley Co., Mimi, a few years since,
of seeing large field of the rape plant
in full bloom, upon asking what use
was made of it we were answered that
it was sowed for pasturage for bees ;
that the honey produced from it was
fully equal to that obtained from the
linden trees, but in addition to this
we find it is profitable crop to grass
apart from it's relation to agriculture.
Says an exchange: It let's no weeds
grow after it is fairly started, growing
very dense, and it's leaves completely
shade the ground, therefore it does
not suffer from drought like other
grains. The seed has a good cash mar
ket at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where
oil IS extracted from it, and brings
from $3.50 to So per bushel. From ten
to eighteen bushels are generally pro
duced per acre, but it is oftener ovcl
than under this estimate. Two quart:
are sufficient to SOW an acre. Thous
ands of bushels are annually raised il
Calumet county, Wisconsin, and it i.
just as staple crop as wheat. Thos,
doubling my statement I refer to re
| p.,rt of agriculture for 1870.
That excellent and enterprising citi
zen Of Minneapolis, G. Scheitlin, Esq.
of the Minnesota Linseed Oil Company
introduced good deal of the seed in
to the State, which he purchased fo1
manufacturing into oil, but some wa!
or other it has never Ieen cultivated
to any extent, but we expect it is
very profitable crop, and could b'
raised with good deal of profit.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03
Cutting Hay.

Chemists, as well rs the best farm
ers of the land, have decided that hay
made from grasses OF forage plants, is
much better when cut before the seed
began to mature. It is a great deal
more nutritious, better liked by stock,
and worth more than that cut at a
later period when the grasses are full.
ly matured. A distinguished writer
says:
Often us the subject Of cutting and
curing hay has been discussed in the
agricultural press, it seems to have
had very little effect upon the minds
of our farmers. A few, perhaps, heed
the advice of those who have given
the most attention to the subject, bu:
the masses still adhere to their Cd
ideas and prejudices, cutting hay just
when they get ready without regard to
the condition of tie grasses or other
kinds of plants cultivated for forage.
Now the amount Of nutritive matter
lost during the drying of heritage OF
all kinds is considerable even under
the most favorable conditions, but the
amount is greatly increased by per
mitting the plants to mature naturally
Grasses, clovers, and similar plants
when severed from their roots in {
green and succulent state contain ;
comparatively larger proportion OF
starch, sugar, and gum, than when cut
in ripening condition, for in the lat
ter much of these valuable properties
are converted into wood fiber which is
neither nutritious nor digestible
Meadows of mixed grasses require
more attention in regard to cutting
early than those composed mainly OF
one species.
We consider that stock will winter
better on early cut hay without grain
than they will on late cut hay with ;
liberal allowance of grain. At leas
this is our experience, and we hav,
tried it thoroughly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03
Busted, Egad.

Special Correspondence Chicago Times.
If you think times are not hard in
that locality, read the following, is
sued recently by one of our business
men to his debtors.
New Carlisle, Ind, July 15.-My
Dear Sir want to ask you a plain
question in all kindness and sincerity,
and would like to have you answer it
honestly and candidly not in two or
three years or months, but now, this
week. Supposing you were AS poor as
Jobs turkey, and had invested two or
three thousand dollars in an enterprise
which you designed to make an ex.
clusively cash business !; suppOsing, as
a matter of accommodation and good
mature, you had trusted it out all over
the country, from dash to Jericho;
supposing you had kept adding your
means ard still putting il on the books
for a few days until your funds were
played ou1 like old Foot prayer meet
ing supposing you had claims coming
against you in the hands of business
men who had accommodated you in
good faith and needed their money;
supposing you had pride in you and
meant to be square.toed and punctual,
and hated to see a man whom YOU owed
when you didn't have the legal tender
in your trousers to yay his just and
lawful demands worse than you would
to see an Indian or the devil, and sup.
posing those you had accommodated
felt perfectly easy and contented,
SHE'D the track when you went to see
them, and told the wife of their bosom
to answer 'snot at home - or, came
into town and left without even pay.
ing 4 part, supposing they held your
money and waited patiently for wheat
to come up to ninety cents or dollar,
or pork to bring tive or SIX dollars a
hundred, what would you do! Would
you let them debts 90 on, and smile and
smile and be a william, or would
YOU sue every mothers son of them
that didn' t pay, if it was the last thing
you transacted in town! If you were
en- honest man you would do the lat
ter, and that's just what I'll be COM
PEELED to do if the Lord is God or there
is q king in Israel. l don twant money
! to look at !; I can earn enough for that !;
don't want any to salt down Il never
could make it keep; but out of several
! thousand trusted out humbly want a
f+.w hundreds, and L II be dashed if I
| won't have it OF an execution return
ed, nolia bona. l love YOU myself
! as mother loveth her tirst-bOrn, but
! love to pay my debts better than I
love any man; moman, or child on the
face of dash s green earth, and by the
Great dash and the continental congress
l propose to do it, if l have to make
costs for every man in Olive township
or in St. Josheph county owing me.
Now let us have the .sspondulix'' and
see how sweet and pretty eau smile
mon YOU, Yours cOurteOuSly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03

Several prominent men of the north
western part of Iowa, have lately been
in Des Moines in the interest of an ex-
tension of the Keokuk & Fort Dodge
Road to Emmett county, and a junction
with the Sioux City & St. Paul Road.
They desire a connection with the
coal.mines of this section, and a mar
ket for produce. It is somewhat sing
ular that such step should be neces-
sary after this magnificent land'grant
which was given by Congress and the
State for the construction of the old
Des Moines Valley Road, of which the
KeOkuk & Des Moines is the northern
half.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-08-03

1t weakens your confidence in a
physician to discover that he is paid a
percentage on all the business he
} diverts to an undertaken.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
REPAIRS.

We would call the attention Of
purchasers to the fact that we keep
an immense stock of repair-parts on
hand mt convenient points Ia the
country, so that in case Of breallage,
which will occur sometime with the
best machines, the farmer can get
the broken part duplicated near
home, without being subjected to the
vexations and expensive delays
caused by having to send to the
shops hundreds of miles away for
the broken piece,
This is point of great Importance,
and one that viii be highly appreci-
ated by the farmer who has harvest
hands waiting at great expense
while his machine is repairing.
Il. PRATT.
- Geul Agent for McComick Machines
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

SAYS a paper from beyond the
Handicapped peaks of the Rocky
Mountains:
"Ile had come into Virginia City
from the Hulnboldt-bronzed, dirty,
and generally diapitated. The boys
were jubilant over the Cincinnati
nominees, and were gambling on the
result. When our humboldt friend
rounded the corner, one Of the party
bet s. and the drinks that the man
approaching was a democrat. The
stakeholder put the query thus My
friend, we have just made wager
on you, and in order to decide it, it
is necessary to ask you if you are a
republican or n democrat lie
Strengthened the bend of his back,
with n look of pity and disgust in his
conntenmce, and said: Gentlemen,
| know ! am dirty and ragged, aud
won't deny being a little alkalied,
and mebbe a grayback or so can he
found on me, but by the great hockey,
did not think it possible to be taken
Tor democrat, gentlemen And lie
passed on with a sigh"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
Sensible AdNiCc.I

You are asked every day through
the columns of newspapers and 10y
your Druggist 10 use something for
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that
YOU know nothing about. you get
discouraged spending money with
but little success. Now to give You
satisfactory proof that GREENS
AUGuSr FLOWER win cure you Of
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with
all its effects, such aS Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, Habitual CostivenesS,
palpitation of the Heart, HEARTBURN,
Water hrash, coming up of food af-
ter eating, low spirits &c, we ask
You TO go to your Druggist, Vivian,
Motrett or pu.ford, and get a SAM
pie Bottle of GREENS AUGUSr Flow
rR for 10 cents and try il. or q Reg
uiar size for - cents, TWO doses will
relieve YOU.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

THE Servian Turkish war news
continues to be "badly mixed. No
reliance can at present be placed
upon any of the many wild and CON
Trajectory reports, and our only
wonder is that the papers of London,
Paris, Berlin and Vienna should con
tinue from day to day to give place
to so many absurd rumors, or that
the news agents of the Atlantic cah'e
should transmit them to this side.
We challenge any sane man, who is
ut all posted upon the Servian-
Turkish situation, to make head or
tau OF ono-half of the reports sent.
They contradict each other so COM
pletely that it is utterly impossible
TO gain anything like definite or in
tolligent idea Of the real course of
events at the scat of war.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
TEE CENTENNIAL,
THE FARMERS TINE FOR RECREATION.

Now, that the summer crops will
soon be gathered, and our farmers
everywhere are happy over the album
dant harvest, together with the fact
that the demand for agricultural
products will be great enough to
realize a good return in the market,
it is well that those Of our friends
who intend visiting the Centennial
have their attention brought to the
best and most economical means of
reaching the Exhibition now being
held to commemorate our Tooth an
niversary as nation.
Undoubtedly greater facilities are
now afforded by the great Ft.Wayne
u Pennsylvania Limo for reaching the
Gateway Of the Centennial Grounds,
than is In the power Of any rival to
offer; while for convenience, com
Tort and economy, none can dispute
the fact that it is the most desirable,
shortest and quickest route to the
Centennial Depot; in the immediate
neighborhood of good hotels whose
prices range from two to four dol
lars per day, and within five minutes
walk of the Main Entrance, thus
saving to the visitor The cost and an
noyance Of transfer incident to other
lines.
Not the least attractive to our
farmer friends will be the Encamp-
ment Of the National Grange of the
Patrons OF Husbandry, at Elm Sta
ton, near the Centennial Grounds,
on the line Of this road, where ample
accommodation have been provided
for agricuturists, at the moderate
price of two dollars per day. Ar
rangements have been perfected by
this line by which Centennial tickets
to Philadelphia or New York and
return, good COR sixty days, can be
obtained at any coupon ticket office
in the West.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

ANOTHER member OF Congress has
succnmhed 10 the terrible heat of
Washington. This time death en-
tered the Senate, instead of the
House, The victim was Hon. Allan
Taylor Capertou. of West Virginia.
Mr.. Capcrton was in the 66th year
OF his age, and entered the Senate a
year ago last March. Those who
knew him unite in pronouncing him
an honorable and able gentleman.
he was thorough Nirginiau, and
ms place will be tillud, no doubt. bv
thorough sympathizer with the old
rebe! spirit, for the State is largely
Democratic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

Having the facilities of buying for
cash and the disposition to sell cheap,
Deller invites the public to call, ex-
anime his stock, which is complete
in every line, and judge for them
selves, as he guarantees to quote the
lowest prices at all times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

TILDEN is bat 5 feet = inches in
height, aud weighs only liz pounds
Light weight. Aud yet the Louis
Courier .Jaynal speaks of his "hor-
ny-handed gloveless fist" and SAYS
he stands like an uucouth black
smith, begrimmed 10y real work. his
hand upliIted and ready to strike, "
Suppose he should strike Who
would know It'll
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

If you are in want of boots or
shoes, for men or boys; CATERS, slip
pers or shoes for ladies, misses or
children, call and see my stock be-
fore purchasing, and | will convince
you that you cannot buy the same
anywhere else as cheap as of me by
Is per cent. j. DELLER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

Cartwright IL James have secured
the services of a first class Sewing
Machine Repairer, and Musical In
strument Tuner. All work intrusted
to them guaranteed to give satisfac-
ton or money refunded. 4tf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

BE PRoMpT.--Ilaving been com
pletely demoralized 10y fire recently,
| find it necessary to demand of
those Indebted to me prompt set
Element. All accounts must be paid
at once, so as to enable me to pro-
cecd with business.
VIM TkEWEEK
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
LENA1lAN,> HALL.

Parties desiring to rent said hall
will call upon Mrs. Catharine f..
Lenahan at her residence on Foun-
tain Street.
CATuARINE T.. LENAIlAN.
March Goth. lS,6.-- l3tf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
Notice..

ALL say that Hughes & leagues
Boots and Shoes are the best and
cheapest in the city, call and buy.
They have more Of the same for
sale.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

! will give - cents per pound in
trade, for unwashed wool, to be de-
livered at the factory in Mifilin.
2itf J. B. MoFFETT.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

ALL those having butter for sale
would do well to call on II. L. Osborne,
who is paying the highest figure.
10000 lbs. wanted Immediately.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

80" Notices under this head will be charged
for ut the rate Of s cents per line each nscr.
ton. Nothing estimated less than 5 lines,
when published only once.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

CAUTIoN.-All parties are hereby
warned that they should see the
stock Of Schneberger & Branger, be-
fore making purchases elsewhere. 20
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

Deller has purchased an extensive
stock of clothing, hats and caps, car
pets, oil-cloths, &C., which he will
sell at prices that defy competition.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
DENTISTRY,
Or. /. SURETTE,

Resident Dentist of Darlington, Vii visit Mineral
Ie,a every wccN oa Monday and remain
AT the United States Hotel,
tuREE DAYS each vc,k commanding Mon hay.
NSS lst 1915
ss-ALL MONK WARRANTED, lsQ
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

Mrs. WHITTLESEY will sell for
one week White Goods for ladies,
children and infant dresses at cost.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

HIRED GIRL wANTED.--Inquire at
Marble Shop.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

! will sell cheap for cash two new
two-horse wagons. also one span OF
good mVles snd harness and wagon
u SANIEI. WHITE.