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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23

1t seems impossible for Hotchkiss to
tell the truth. Last week he stated that
Sheriff Halls jailor was knocked down
BY one Of his prisoners, and noted horse
thief escaped. We stated the facts as they
occurred, in the last issue of the TRAN
SCRIPT. The fellow that knocked the
j*ilor down was entitled to his liberty, for
he had that day executed bail for his ap-
pcarancc at court, on charge of having
stolen DR.. Thornhill's surgical instru-
ments. The other man who escaped was
. tramp that was serving out a sentence
Of twenty days, and his term had nearly
expired. Hotchkiss don't like Sheriff
Hall, and he would, if he coulddo it by
lying, create the impression that some
public calamity has been occasioned by
the escape ofsomebody from Jail.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
First publication Nov. 9th.1
FOR ECLOSCRE SALE on DECREE.
NTATE OF MINNESOTA COUN
~ TY OF MOWER.

fSFSt punICntlOn NOV. Hth.j
FOR ECLOSCRE SALE on DECREE.
NTATE OF MINNESOTA COUN-
- TY OF MOWER.
Tenth judicial District.
William II. Yale, Plaintiff, against Caro-
line ]. Stevens, Edward G. Stevens, William
Sco6eld. Augustus Sco6eld, Julia Avery, Fan
ny Mcbride, and - Mcbride her husba al ,
Almira Burton, and David Burton her hus-
band, Martha Cochrane, and -- Cochrane
Ter husband, and all others the unkn own
heirs of Horace Seo6eld deceased, and oil
persons unknown having or claiming to have
any interest in the premises described in the
complaint herein.
Notice is hereby given, that under and by
virtue Of judgement and decree entered on
the above entitled action in favor Of said
plaintiff, on the LIST day Of November, A. D.,
1876, certified copy of which has been to
me delivered with instructions to enforce the
same, tho undersigned, Sheriff Of Mower
comfy, will. on Saturday, the 9th day Of
January, A. D., 1877, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon Of that day, at the front door of
the Court House in tho city of Austin, in
| said county, duly offer for sale, and will sell
At public auction. to the highest bidder for
cash, to satisfy said judgment and expenses
OF such sale, the premises and real estate
mentioned and described in said decree. The
premises are in Mower county, State Of Min
nesota, and described as follows, IT, wit: Tho
North West quarter of Section number
thirty, (3O). in township number one hundred
and two, (lu2), north Of range number sew
entesn n, az, west. containing one hundred
and seveuty-six and G5-i0O acres moro or
less according to government survey.
Dated November 9th, 1875.
81 It R. o. HALL,
Sheriff Of Mower County, Minnesota.
WILLIAM II. YALE, Attorney in person..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23

First insertion November l6:h.1
&TATE OF MINNESOTA, NOW
~ Err COUNTY.
District Court, Tenth Judicial District.
Walter F. Sutherland, Plaintiff. against
The Baraboo Manufacturing Company, d.
PENDANT.
The Mate Of Mi""e'oto, to the De<sne'an. above
named.
You arc hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of the plaintiff in this
action, which has been filed in the Office of tn
Clerk of this Court, in and for said Mover
county, and to serve a copy Of your answer
to the said complaint, on the subso riber at
his office in Austin, in the county of Mower
and State aforesaid, within twenty days after
the service Of this summons on you, exclusive
Of the day Of such service, and if you fail to
answer tho said complaint within the time
aforesaid, the plaintiff will tako Judgment
against You for tho sum Of one hundred SOW
enty-6ve and 67-l00 dollars, with interest
thereon from the first dry Of May, 1876, and
costs Of this action.
Dated at Austin, October goth, A. D., 1876.
D. B. JOHNSON, JR.,
Plaintiffs Attorney. Austin, Mower county,
MINNESOTA. 33-7t
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
ever OF the Hand.


1t may be going too fur to say that man
may Judge the character Of his fellow man
by the manner in which he "shakes
hands," But thexe is certainly signid.
canoe In those busy members Of the body
which The who runs may read" Tue
creator Of "Uriah Heep' has taught US
not to trust the owners Of limp, moist
hands, which close cordially on nothing
save their own possessions. Says a CON-
mentator on this subject: 1T is the
touch of the hand ut greeting which warns
or chills my heart, and makes me know
how TO ascertain how much or how little
I shall like the person before me. If the
fingers close about my own with short,
quick, convulsive grasp, know that he
will snap, snarl, and finally quarrel, and
til at the least have to do with the owner
Of those wiry digits the better off shall
be. If a nervous, cold hand glides into
my own, and seems disposed to lie there,
without life, know at once that I'LL my
happiness would be as nothing in that
awful PALM" But if the hand grasps
yours and holds it firmly, in strong, warm
fingers, you are safe in cultivating the
friendship Of the owner. These human
hands? From the beginning Of life they
play an important part.
All the greatness on earth has laid in
the hollow Of the hand. The books, the
music, the pictures, the wonders Of arcli.
lecture, the intricacies of mechanism, the
mysteries OF science and the government
of the countries, with all their god.like
beauties of color, sound. symmetry, useful
ness, progression and wisdom, have lain
within human hand. The highest aspi-
rations and realizat,ons of the brain are
brought to light through the hand, and
the tendercst love and charity of the heart
makes the hand their despcnsator. They
can be tender ministers of comfort and
peace, yet as cruel and full of venom as
the bite Of an asp.
And with all their power, with their
charities, their crulties, their tender
touches, their mischicf-they are folded
at last, and those who speak Of US, tell Of
the closing OF eyes and the folding of
hands as the part Of our going away.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
First publication October 10TH
M ORTiAGE SALE.

AVA
Default has been made in.the payment
Of sum Of ninety-six dollars interest, which
Is claimed to 10 due at the date Of
executed and delivered BY Augustus Rose
and Mary A. Rose, his wife, and J. ".
Rose, to Erastus NJ. Woolley, bearing
dats> tho 10th day Of juno, A. D., 1874,
and duly recorded 10 the office of the Register
Of Deeds, IN and for the Comfy of Mower,
and state Of Minnesota, ON the Sth day Of July,
A. D. 1874, 1t o'clock, p. M, in Book 20"
OF Mortgages, on page AZ. Said mortgage il
conditioned that if default be made in any Of
the provisions therein contained. it shall be
law iu' FOR said mortgsgeu, his assigns, or At
be due, and pursuant to said condi tons. the
whole amount secured BY said mortgage re-
nainng unpaid, to-wit: the sum Of nine
hundred and twenty eight and S1-l0O dollars,
Is hereby declared to be due, and the said sum
10 claimed to be due at the date Of this no.
tice; and no action or proceeding at law or
otherwise having been Instituted to rec.vcr
the debt secured by said mortgage, or auv
part thereof, now therefore, notice is hereby
given, that by virtue Of power of sale con-
tanned in said mortgage, and pursuant to the
statute In such case tnade and provided. the
said mortgage will be forccloscd, and the
promises described in and covered by said
mortgage, viz: Tho northeast quarter Of sec
ton number twenty five (25}, in township
number ono hundred and two (lo2). north OF
range number eighteen QS) west, in Mower
county, and State of Minnesota, with the
Entertainments and appurtenan"es, will be sold
ut public auction, to the highest bidder, for
cash, to pay said debt and interest, and tho
taxes, IT any, On said premises, and fifty dol
lars attorneys fec, as stipulated in aad by
said mortgage, in case Of foreclosure, and the
disbursements allowed by law: which sale will!
DO made by the Sheriff Of said Mower county,
at the front door Of the Court house in the
city Of Austin. in said county and state, On
the second day Of December. A. D. 1875, at
~ o'clock a. NJ, of that day, subject to re-
dcmption at any time within one year from
the day Of sale, as provided by law.
Dated October 18th, a. D. 1876.
ERASTUS n. WOOLLEY.
d. B. JOHNSON, Jr, Mortgage
Attorney for Mortgaeoe. 29t7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
First publication Nov. OH 1871

First publication Nov. 9th, 1851
0TA1E OF MINNESOTA NOW
- Err COUNTY.
District Court, Tenth Judicial District.
j. q. Easton. Plaintiff, against i. Frisbie
Henderson, Defendant.
The State IF Minnesota, to the Defendant Adore
namel:
You arc hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of the Plaintiff in this
action, which has been filed in the Office of
the Clerk Of this Court, in and for said Now
er county, and to serve a copy OF yomr an
aver to tho said complaint. on the subscriber
at ais office in Austin, in the county Of Now
er and State aforesaid, within twenty days
atte: the service Of this summons on you, cx
elusive Of the day Of such service, and if You
fail to answer the said complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintif will apply to tho
Court for the relief demanded in said COM
plant.
Dated at Austin, Oct. 18th. A. D., 1879.
S2-7t d. 3. JOHNSON In
Plaintiffs Attorney, Austin, N over Co., Mimi.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
First publication October l2th1
NJ OkrGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

A'~.
Default has been made in tho conditions Of
mortgage executed by William Holz and
"ilhclm'oe li"'z, m"rtgag"rs, t" Thomas IL.
Of December, year 1873, and duly recorded
in tho Office of Register Of Deeds, in and for
Mower county, State Of Minnesota. on the
l3th day Of March, yenr 1874, at 1 "'clock r.
H., in Book co." Of Mortgages, on page 2il.
The la2d md premises conveyed by said
mortgage are situated in said county Of Now
or, State Of Minnesota, and described rs fol-
lows, to-wit:
Tho South East quarter Of Section number
Eighteen, QS), il Township number One
Hundred and four, (l04}. North OF Range
Fourteen, ND, West.
Which mortgage vas for . valuable consid
Grafton duly assigned by said Thomas IL.
Armstrong to Eva Il. Bates, and said assign
ment duly recorded in the Office of Register
of Deeds aforesaid, on tho tenth day Of June.
year 1875. in Book R, of Mortgages on pages
1866 and 1857.
There is claimed to be due, and is due on
said mortgage At the date of this no tice, the
sum Of Six Hundred and fifteen dollors (x6lj)
and no action or proceeding Mt law has been
instituted to recover the same or any part
thereof;
Now therefore, notice is he reby given that
BY virtue Of power Of sale contained in said
mortgage, which has become operative b.
reason Of the default afo rcsai,, and pursuant
to the Statutes ia such case made and provid-
ed, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale
| of the mortgaged premises and land above
| described at public vcndue by the Sheriff OF
! said Mower county, at the front door Of the
Court Hou in Austin, in said county oil
Mower, On saturday, the 25:h day Of Noven,-
Der, year 1876, at one o'clock in the afternoon
to satisfy the amount that shall! then be due or
said mortgage debt, together " it'll the sum OF
One Hundred dollars stipulated in said mort
gage, to be paid rs an attorney fec in case o.
foreclosure thereof, which is claimed to +,
duo as part of the debt secured by sale
mortgage, besides the costs and expenses nj
lowed by law.
Dated October 5. 1876.
| EVA E. BATES, Assignee.
! 90
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lie Time to 70 70 Ded,

It's strange how pa does act somstimes,
When have Kot beau; .. -
He seems 70 think It just the time
Authority TO show. Il
He never thinks himself opee young,
But thinks me old instead;
Then raps upon the door and shouts,
ITS time to 30 to bed"
Now all was silent when at last
HE sadde1od heart to cheer,
said:you must not mind papa,
Hes getting old aud queer.
Be sat - still % any post,
And not word be said
When 10, another rap and shoat--
''1t's time to 60 to bed"
Said poor George. "May, now must 90,
And let folks 70 to bed
Hes knocked upon the door now twice,
He'll next knock on my head"
"But you must come again, dear George,
Remember, pa 10 old;
II he was young like you and I,
I'm sure he would not ssold.''
Bat poor George never came again,
The knocking scared him out;
And always when I've got beau,
Ps's got to bang and shout.
But have got another nov,
And Johnny 10 bis name;
IT'S true papa yet bangs and shouts,
But Johnny he 10 game.
NJ think your papa has RETIRED
It was no sooner said,
When instantly the rap and shout,
"It's time to 70 to bed"
quickly babe dear John good night,
Up to ny room did 30,
And what happened quite soon after
You very soon shall know.
orept quite silent down the stairs,
While John outside did wait
threw my shawl about myself
And joined him Ut the gate.
Hours 1t the gate glide pleasantly
Between dear John and /,
I could not now enumerate,
No, not II I should try.
Pa says dear John has common sense
In not staying 50 late;
But knows not half tho sparkling done
By 40 down ut the gate.
Dear papa NO more raps and shouts
For us to 90 to bed;
There isn't 30 mach sitting up
Since John and were we'd.
&C. oxgkk<eps;e Prsss.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
first publication November 23d.1


GTATE OF MINNESOTA, NOW.
y ER COUNTY.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter Of tho estate Of William
Pitcher, deceased. @
On reading aud fling the petition Of r. A.
Elder. Of Austin, Ninnssots,s representing.
among ether things that william Pitcher,
late Of Mower county, on or about the 9Th
day Of November, A. D., 1875, ct Santa Bar
bars, California, died interstate, and being an
inhabitant Of this county 1t the time Of bis
death, leaving goods, chsttels. and estate
within this county, and that the said peti-
tioner is . brother-in-l.w Of said deceased,
and praying that administration of said e.
tate Be to Mary +. Pitcher, granted, It il
ordered that said petition be heard before
the Judge of this Court, on Saturday, tho 2ad
day Of December, A. D., 1876, At 2 o'clock P.
H.. 1t the Probate ONCE, in said county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be
given to the heirs Of said deceased, and to
oil persons interested, BY publishing . copy
Of this order for three successive weeks prior
to ssid day Of hearing, in the MowsR Couxrr
TRAn.csIrr, . weekly newspaper printed and
published 1t tho city Of Austin. in said
county.
Dated At Austin, the 23d day Of November,
A. D., 1876.
by the Court,
SAMUEL HARTEk,
sat- Judge of Probate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
n Mistake O3EeW 1Atop

Bbysan6 young men sometimes start
out in life with the idea that ones sue
cess,d'epends on sharpness and chicanery.
They imagine, ii Z man 10 able always TO
"get the best Of bargain" no matter by
what deceit and meanness he carries his
point that his prosperity ID assured. This
IL great mistake. Enduring prosperity
cannot be founded on cunning and dis.
honesty. Tho tricky and lecei,fol man 10
sure 70 fall Z victim, soon or late, to the
influences which arc forever working
against him. His house IL built upon
the sand, and It's foundation will be ces-
tain to give way." Young, people esanot
give these truths too much weight: The
future OF that young man Il safe who
cschews every phase ot double:dealing
dishonesty, and lays the foundation Of h,s
career in the enduring principles fever.
listing truth. &
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
11ke o1asshopper a. a Tightening Calcu.
1at0r.

1ator.
Venerable authority informs US that be
fore the era of states and lackboards,
men developed the mathematical instinct
by multiplying-upon the face Of the
earth. The mode is popular 10 this day.
But the grasshoppcr asa champion mnl-
tiplyist has no equal. he lays Speaking
generically and not to put too fine a
point upon iD an egg, which is about the
size and shape Of long primer 0. In
fact he lays several Of them. From Au-
gust the first until winter, he is actuatcd
by a restless ambition to bore holes in the
ground, of the size Of a pipe stem, and
then to Ill these holes with cream colored
90. And though be is small he attends to
his biz and is a triumphant success. In
statue he is about a match for a sixpenny
stub nail. In form he is like unto lynch
pin, aud he wears a green sealing wax
head on Rim and pair Of glass eyes, so
that with his long tailed duster on, he
looks like an unsophisticatcd end near.
sighted school master. But unsophisticated
isn't what's the matter with him. And
Enumeration is his best mathematical hold.
He will stand himself bolt upright like a
peg in one Of those holes aforesaid, and
view the heavens with an air of sublime
serenity and woodcn-hcadcd unconcious-
ness.
Don't you fool yoursclf-he knows Just
what he 10 about He prefixcs himself
like figure 1 in the business, and adopt.
ing the decimal system of notation calm.
ly places a 0 where it will do the most
good. That stands for 10, and before you
can dot aud carry one, he has added an.
other cipher to that, and hc now reads
100: About this time you begin to d:scov-
er what sort Of rooster he is, and you
entertain degree Of awe for him not in.
spired by front view of his green cog.
gles. Reasoning = posteriori you discov.
er that he Is dangerous neighbor. But
while you stand amazed, he rapidly sui.
axcs fifteen or twenty more 600, carrying
his problem into the million millions, and
has sealed and ccmcnted it up ready to be
fired off at you next spring. In two min.
utes and quarter he has given you a
problem that with all your manly powers
Ut multiplication cannot be solved or
equated. He compounds his interest ut 4
hundred per cent every i've seconds, puts
snap Judgement on your corn6eld, and
iorecloses before you can say Jack Rob.
inson. 5sf. - -
And when you observe that every square
inch Of your ground is occupied by one
of those impassive' figure Is, each indust.
rouly'puttins down ! row Of ciphers,
you win admit with me that the hopper.
grass Is the tightening calculator Of the
west, and that for multiplying-on the
es1tb-ho hes no cqual--F ergus Falls,
Jouynosi .s..= f4s 81 z8
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
Consumption Cured!

An old physician, retired from active prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands BY an
East India Missionary tie formula Of = sim
pic Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and
permanent Cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Affections, also Positive and Radical Cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having thoroughly tested its
wonderful curative powers in Thousands Of
cases, feels it bis duty to make it known to
hia suffering fellows. Aetuated by this mo-
tive, and conscientious desire TO relieve hu-
man suffering, he will sead FREQ of charge to
all who desire it. this receipt, with full direc-
tiors for preparing and successfully using.
Sent by return mail by addressing xith stamp,
naming this paper.
Dr.. ". c. STEVENS
Silly Monroe Block. Syracuse, n, Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-23
Lincol q ~ q LAWYER.

Az trial lawyer Abraham Lincoln had
few equals, and no superiors. He was as
hard man to beat in closely contested
case as ever met. He was wise in know.
Ing what to attempt, and Whist to let alone.
He was fair to the court, the jury, and his
adversary, but candor compels me to say
that he by practice learned there was
power IN this. As he entered the trial
where most lawyers object, he would say
he 'reconed' il would be fair to let this in
or that; and sometimes, when his advers.
ary could not prove what Mr.. Lincoln
knew to be truth, he would say he recon.
ed it would be fair to admit tho truth to
be 80 and SO. When he did object to the
court after he heard the objection answer
ed, he would often say, "Well, I reckon I
must be wrong" Now about the time he
had practlced this thrcequarters through
= case, if his adversary didn't understand
him he would wahe up in few minutes
finding that he had feared the Greeks too
late, and wake up to find himself beat.
He was wise as q serpent in the trial Of a
cause, but I tell you have got too many
scars from his blows to certify that he was
harmless ~ dove. When the whole
thing is unraveled, the adversary begins
to see that what he has 30 blandly given
away was simply what he couldn't get and
keep. By giving away six points aud
carrying the seventh he carried his case,
and the whole case hanging on the
seventh, he traded everything of which
would give him the least aid in carrying
that. Any man who took Mr.. Lincoln for
= simple.mlnded man would very soon
wake up on his back in q ditch. ~.
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Hotchki.. makes the success Of Howe

Hotchkiss makes the success Of Howe
the occasion for lonG.winded imbecile
article upon the "official canvass Of the
vote Of Mower County" in which he has
much to NY about corruption, caucus
packing, Harwood rlug &c., concerning
which We take but little notes. The man
does not 1--we that Can honestly accuse us
Of packing, or in any way Improperly in
fluensing caucus; nor 10 there living or
dead . man whom We have ever sought to
control, except through his convictions Of
duty, and no man but Hotchkiss lard he
Il not man, hut nnu,let) will assert to
the contrary.
We sought 10 defeat Howe. He was de.
feated In convention as fair, and as fair
~ conducted 40 any that was ever
held. We sought to defeat him At
the polls, but 90 great was the feeling Of
security pervading the minds Of the can.
didates that We were unab lie to dispel 1t,
or to convince them there was any danger.
We sounded the alarm but didn't alarm
anybody to an alarming extent. All con.
fided in The loyalty Of the party. They
seemed 10 forget that there are about 200
men in this county protesting to be re.
publicans that usually vote ~ they are told
and who are never told to vote with Us.
The candidates did not remember that the
democrats hoped for nothing except what
might be obtained by trading, and hence
they feared nothing from them. They for.
got that a large part Of the foreign voters
do not read English we'll and that they
might be deceived by such Christians a.
Hotchkiss, and such nice ;men a. Howe.
Therefore they were not prepared to resist
the opposing forces-to successfully de-
fend their rights. On the other hand,
knowing all these things, Howe had the
200 instructed to vote for him; he traded
with the democrats and got "boot;" he
hired men to deceive the voters who could
not read, and in that way he obtained
their ballots, and because By these repre-
hensible practices-these outrages upon
the confidence OF men-this political rene.
gade procured his election. Hotchkiss
rejoices, and dances in his insane glec,
seeking as usual, by falsehoods, to mis-.
lead the people and make them think that
a bolt made successful by deceit and
corruption and money basely used, il a
victory over which they ought to rejoice.
How shameful!
The republican party in this county has
achieved q splendid success, but it has
not been all.successful. Perhaps it did
not deserve to be. 1t certainly was not
active, nor vigilant, nor cautions, and be-
cause it was not it may be that it did not
deserve a complete victory. Humbled
therefore for its lack of faithfulness and
its neglect Of duty the party accepts its
chastisement and will profit by it. If
Egypt was compelled to suffer from the
frogs, snd the lice, and the flies, and the
murrain, and the boile, and the blains,
and the hail and the fire, before she would
do the will the Of Lord, surely We can &C.
cept Hotchkiss and Howe as like dispense
tons of an angry Providence, and loath-
some and nauseous as they may be to us,
bear the ,nfiction with humility and for
titude.