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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
Choate as a Politician.

But he was not only an accomplished
lawyer; he was, at times, an eager poll
tician. will try to recall some SEN
fences in his popular addresses. In
campaign appeal to the Boston Wings,
when Polk, a comparatively unknown
man, was the Democratic candidate for
the presidency, Mr.. Choate gave full
play to his peculiar wit and fancy. "We
WILL" he exclaimed, return James K.
Polk to the convention that discovered
him!" In depicting Folks sure defeat,
he declared that he would disappear
like the lost Plead, where no telescope
could find him." In reading an "open
letter" of the Free-soil Democrats, sur
reptitiously" published in the New York
Euening Post, he paused at the end, as if
overcome by surprise. 81 find, gentle
men, that this letter is marked private
and CONFIDENTIAL and such, trust, you
will consider it," The idea Of confding
secret of that sort to three thousand
people struck every man in the audience
with sense Of its humor, and there was
roar of applause, which for some min
utes prevented the orator from proceed
ing. On another occasion he addressed
a union meeting in Faneuil Hall, COM
posed equally of Wings and Democrats.
I wish types could express the wit of
one passage by indicating the rise, cul-
mination, and sudden fall OF his voice.
You Whig!" he exclaimed, "and YOU
DEMOCRAT WHO ARE JUST AS GOOD
AS A WHICH, your own opinion!'' The
last clause should be printed in the
smallest type which the printer can
command. The laughter which sue
ceeded the qualification was deafening,
and it came from the representatives of
both parties.
When Mr.. Summers first election to
the senate of the United States was in
doubt, Sumner met Choate as he was
entering the courthouse. "Ah, Mr..
Choate," said Sumner, pleasantly,
" marching, suppose, to another loren
sic triump h?" Choate had on his old
camlet cloak-known to all members of
the bar-and drawing it melodramati-
cally up over his weird face, and locking
like one of the witches in Macbeth, he
mockingly answered, in his deepest tones,
"Glamis thou art, and Cawdor! "a and
then disappeared through the door.
Sumner was accused of lacking the per-
ception of humor, but he always told
this incident as.if he had it in a high
degree.
A distinguished Free.soiler, after the
nomination OF Taylor for the presidency,
accosted Mr.. Choate in the street, and
told him that the Free-soil section Of the
Wing party was determined to oppose
the nomination of the polls. "What
can you do?" said Mr.. Choate. "Per-
haps little," was the reply; but at least
Massachusetts, can fire her gun in the
air." EYES," at once retorted Mr..
Choate, and hit her guardian angel in
the eye."-Edacin 2. Whipple, in Har-
per's li1QQzine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
THE SPRAY or THE SsAWEED.

Nestled below the hollow bank,
In the ruggeu northern land.
Where the breakers leap and the Wllu WINS SWEEP
over the long gray sand;
were the Erea, Il,'ts tTaSeleSS epo Auu uOW
leaving curvln, lines rt foam,
Amid rush ana ~',iEt, on rocky ieuge,
The fisherman made his home.
Forever through 4 blaze of MONDAY,
through midniShi's solemn sleep,
Through morn's soft ray aud gloaming gray
Thrilled the music OF the deep;
And the fuam-iakes flew on the breezes.
And rested, " here, sparse and thin,
The grasses shock in the sheltered nook,
rs the hood-ide thandereth in.
She stands In Il 70, is doorway,
The girl with the wild htHe eyes.
The floating hair, N;l the startled air.
And the blush tha; hs,renS and flies,
Whenever n >udicn io"lsi,n
Treads the path OR tie tuvty down,
i'r the bells peal nut. or 'angh OF shout
Kings up from lhr ~ IT soWn.
She goes not with ~, re,I-tlraked girls
To the pier al cvs,lNE iNr,
Nor fingers TO watch Ter the herring catch,
On the aithss at the naruor side;
Nor wanderS among the S:tl,d-hills,
" here the sea- YiNkS creep and cling,
Nor 10 lanes where .hsN know the viOlets blow
AMI the merry r!Et-tti.S ring.
Eat ever she Keeps ne! vigil
Sv father .u., N.v cot,
With i i'>t'hin-, rar--what would it hear"
Tx, II eyes that STRAIT, ior-wh.r"
\nd always the lra>i, soft fingers
y with strange lIvr-toker:
seawec't spray from the rocky BAY.
IS trails all dried aud broken.
Ocy talk sometimes IN whispers
Among the h>her-iotk
~ A stranger who ca,ue with foreign name,
:" Win heart he broke:
And one would tell he AZ, ned them
III the sands react, hi the an
tilu saw MIN TWIST, INtlllt ttlN t:!S ne kissed,
| il" Sea-bluull 5 c,rai wreath.
asst fled thar golden summer.
- many l,uelv yral.
through char,,. aud less. through care and cross
las the pale Siri wasted here.
s"r h:m who wood. and won, and went,
tair promise on his luuslit:
Nor ever returned 10 the f..ith he spurue,i
10 the heart his IAl5tiln II wruug.
ct still she keep: the ssawaed
nat AS his l!tN. hr Sive.
ihat happy night, i'll The sr!; rose light
NJ the margin ot the wave;
And ever sac w.iilS AMI Witches
For him who wiz never more
trace the winding road, too lien trode
ln the Cottage on the shore.
And the Jew lie leaves ~ love her
No longer strive, to win
ne wlljtred brain from The sweet dull rain
II SO long liz wandered III:
setter they think 10 ltI her keep
TER prnr aim dream CT trust
~! ri last At resi-, sac bears u her breast
he seawced and the dust
Al! The Year HouAI
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
Under the Obelisk.

A recent number of the Saturday Re-
vie1o says that the proceedings at the
final adjustment of Cleopatra's needle
near the Thames "were not wanting in
humorous elements for the benefit of re-
porters. The mere list of the objects
buried in two jars under the pedestal
must provoke a smile. Nothing typical
of the civilization of our day seems to
have been omitted, except betting
book and willow-pattern plate. There
were Bibles in various languages, pre-
sented by the Bible sciety, who will
probably never be called to account by
the subscribers for such an appropria-
ton of their funds. The sixteenth verse
of the third chapter Of St. John, trans
lated into PIG languages, went in for
the information of posterity, or perhaps
we would say, for their benefit It must
have been very blessed thought to the
members Of the committee that, if one
single soul is able to understand one
single language of the PIG when the
obelisk falls, perhaps thirty generations
hence, he may find under it a better
revelation than that which Mr.. Piazzi
Smyth has discovered in the sacred inches
of the great pyramid. Some Smyth in
the future--if there are Englishmen
there will be Smyths, with or without a
y, but none probably without an adno-
men-some Smyth of the future may,
however, like our own instructor, seek
for ghostly comfort rather in the stand
ard foot and the standard pound than
in the versicles of the Bible society.
The circumference and diameter of the
jar in standard and obel SIX ounces will
no doubt convey profound religious inn
pressions. Should the photographs of a
dozen pretty Englishwomen survive till
then, learned treatises may be composed
on the strange costumes of the pre- his
toric lady, her semi-nudity, her woad of
rouge, as the case may be, her pinched
waist, her brass-colored hair, and her
braZen expression.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
A SoaSOnablo Hint.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin re-
miHding its readers that the next few weeks
give the best season of the year to "plant
fences" supplies some very remarkable fig.
ures as to the use of wire fence, and espec.
tally of the Barb Fence Of the Washburn &
Moen Manufacturing Company. Since the
introduction of wire fence, twenty years
ago, one hundred and fifty thousand miles of
wire fence have been constructed. The
Barb Fence has been before the public only
three seasons, yet already tpentv:tonr thou
s0nd miles OF this fence are in use in this
country and various parts of the world. 1t
is in the highest favor with land owners, for
farm and home protection against depre-
dators of the crop and orchards. The fence
is constructed of Galvanized Steel Wire, and
carries steel barbs firmly attached by the
process Of manufacture patented in this
country and very widely abroad. The Barb
Fence is literally steel thorn hedge with
all the defensive qualities of the most per-
feet hedge, aud all the durability of galvan-
lied steel wire. 1t is cheap as material,
easy in construction, and has almost the
life and tenacity of a stone wall. The Barb
Fence Wire is being extensively used in SIM
gle strands to perfect and give efficiency to
walls and fences of old construction. 1t
will turn the breachiest steer, and is as use
full in the home enclosure as in the out
lying fields.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
Darkness Makes Men Brave.

-" Owing to the darkness that fills our
deep mining shafts, our miners are less
conscious Of the dangers of their trade
than they would otherwise be. A miner
standing on bit of plank thrown across
a shaft ], 600 to ], 500 feet in depth, sees
little of. the pit yawning beneath his
feet. The darkness rises, up until it al
most seems to form a floor under his
plank, giving place on which his eyes
may rest and preventing any unsteadi-
ness of the head. Place the same shaft
on the surface of the earth, and let it
tower 1900 feet into the air and broad
light of day, and thesminer standing on
his single plank at an elevation three
times as great as the tallest church spire
would be unable to move-would be par
alyzed. Looking down throug Oh the aw-
full depth below he would clutch at the
nearest timbers, afraid to, make move
in any direction. Make for him doors
on each side of this shaft, representing
the openings at the stations, and he
would not be likely to leap from door to
door across the yawning shaft, as he does
underneath the ground, where the dark
rises up and makes seeming floor be-
tween the doors. 1t is undoubtedly the
darkness that benumbs the senses OF the
miner to the danger to which he is ex-
posed when passing to and fro across
shafts and WINES, or when climbing the
interior of their compartments, trusting
to the scanty hold for hands and feet at
forded by the narrow lodges of the tim
bers projecting from the walls Yer.
gisia City (Nev.) Ente1prise. rG + :z.22:.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
How to Avoid Ouackerv.

Sufferers from nervous debility, loss
of vitality and kindred ailments, from what.
ever cause, can now obtain the Recipes for
a certain cure by, the famous gPHYsIoLoG.
1cAL METHOD, by writing to the inventor,
DR.. T. Williams, 4S5 East Water street, Mil
waukee, Wis. He makes no charge for the
recipes until cure is effected. They can
beprepared by any druggist, and have cured
over 10000 cases in his private practice.
. PHYSICIANS recommend DR.. Graves
HEART REGULATOR as cure for Heart
Disease, showing they have confidence in it:
"A lady says: ..,.. ,......-:l
''From q child I have been subject to Palpitatfon
of the Heart, and for the past few years have con-
tinued to grow worse papitation bling followed by
dizziness and sufcation, so! much 30 that il 1 1T.
tempted to lie down my heart would seem to cease
beating entirely, causing great prOstration.
Obliged to have physician in attendance for nearly
year. AT last he advised me to try Dr.. Graves
HFARr REGULATOR, which did, and have not taken
any other medicine since. Am nearly we'll, and
have great reason to believe shall get entirely
cured by continuing to take the HEART REGULATOR.
- ''''*7 MRS. ALONzo MORGAN, Concord. N. H.
Send your name to F. E, INGALLS,, Con.
cord, N. H., for a pamphlet containingsa list
Of testimonials of cures, etc. For sale by
druggists at 80 cents and 81 per bottle. sir
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

5. A-MAK, q good, broad hearted, strong.
limbed Christian mai. may. stand Il,
when he can't run fast. end6gh to, get
away, to have i nine year-.old ram help
him. at short intervals all the way
across q ten-acre field, and over { seven
rail fence, and not eetso.verF4mad. about
it, but it does just make. his soul rise
within him when the shameless goat,
laughing derisively through the fence,
shouts after him in mocking tones,
"Buttin', buttin' who's got the buttin'?' p
HQUkeye.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

IMPORTANT N0TICE.-Farmers. Fam
lilies and others purchase Remedy equal to Or.
TOBIAS VENETIAN IMMINENT for the cure of
Cholera. Diarrhoea Dysentery Group Collie and Sea-
see oath accompanying each botte) and externally
fer Chroaic kheumatism, Headache, Ioothaehe Sore
Bites, Ola Sores, Pains in Limbs, Back and Chest.
The VENETIAN LINIMENr was introduced in
ls47 and no who has used it but continues do
go, many stating, if it was Ten Dollars Bottle they
wcad not be wlshout.it: Thousan ds Of Certificates
curative properties. Sold 10y the Druggists at 10
cts Deput Ia Murray St. New Work
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

PERFECT PURITY is restored to the
circulation when contaminated, if SCOVIL'e
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP is taken. Scro
ulous, syphilitic and mercurial disorders
are CONF letely vanished by it, persistence
in the use of the remedy being alone re-
quired to accomplish a cure. Eruptions OF
all kinds, res, chronic rheumatism, govt
liver complaint and goitre yields to its
remedial action, and it not only puri6es the
blood but vitalizes the system. Sold by all
DRUGGISTS,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

SUDDEN CHANGES in the weather are
productive of Throat Diseases, Coughs and
Colds. There is no more etfectual relief to
be found, than in the use of " Broecn's Bron.
chial Troches." 25 cents box.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

HON. G. R. PARSONS, mayor of Roch-
ester, was radically cured of Bright's Dis
ease by Craig's Kidney Cure. Depot AZ
University Pr, y. Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

! 3FoR upwards Of thirty years Mrs.
WMsLow'sa SoornINat Syrap has been
used for children: within revert iling auoeess.
It corrects acidity of the rstomachs relieves
wind colo, regulates the bowels, cures dys-
EMERY and darrhea, whether arising from
teething or other causes. An old and we'll.
tried remedy. Is cents bottle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
Domestic Recipes.

EGG BREAD.-Ohe pint corn meal, one
egg, buttermilk to make q thick batter.
Be sure to get the rightquantity of soda
and you will have a delicious loaf. LII 81
Brown BREAD.-One pint corn-meal,
pour over it one pint boiling water, q
teacupful molasses, shorts or Graham
-four enough to make stiff batter, two
eggs; one teasp oonful Of soda dissolved
in a little boiling water; steam three
hours by puttingHins a: pan ina steamer
over a pot of hot water; keep the water;
boiling all the time asEo.a, , sAt a,:tas4.
3 GRAPE MARMALADE--Pickg the
grapes from the stem, put them into q
preserving kettle, covering them with.
water. Boil them until perfectly soft,
5thenspour them into,a colander and rub
themuntil all the pulp passes through:
then to each pint Of pulp add one pound
of clarified sugar and boil until the con-.
sistency Of marmalade., Put it into jars
and cover as preserves .,,,yesi -. s,.'s1s@.;
'STEwED OYsTERs.-Take each oyster
out separately from liquid; strain juice
to get out any piece of shells there may
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES

NEWSPAPERS ana rs
at club rates. Time, trouble and expense saved by
subscri bling through the Rocky Mountain Subscrip.
ton Agency which furnishes any paper except locaD
Sewing Machines of all kinds, Chromos, Frames. Sew
ing Machine Needles and Attachments at reduced
prices. will also furnish Books of all kinds at low
est prices.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN sTEREOscOP1C VIEWS
a specially. Don't fair TO write at once for cir
culars. Agents can make big money. Address
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
PRICE Is CENTS A BOX. BY MAIL s. CENTS.

Three dozen Boxes ID gross, will be
sent TO PEDDLERS, STOREkEEPERS,
DRUGGISTS, (expressage paid, OH receipt
of 94.OO-ab0ut eleven cents a box.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

i FAMILIARITY with, the writings of the
great poets is o necessity to any one who
wishes to appear wellin company. !, For 1Oc.
we will send book of 100 selections from
the beautiful melodies of Moore, the grand
poems of Byron, and the ,unequaled songs
Of Burns, and 80 popular songs. Desmond
& Co., 915 Race st., PhiIa. Sly
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to
sweeten the breath, use Browns Campher.
ated Saponaceous Dentifrice. Twenty-Five
cents bottle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

A MISSIONARY just returned says he
regards Johnson's Anody,,e Liaaiment as be-
yond all price, and eficacious beyond any
other medicine. It is adapted to a great
variety of special cases, and is the best pain
killer in the world.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

The Antidote 10 Alcohol Found mt Last
The Father Mathew Remedy
Is cert ALL and SPEEDY cure for intemperanca. It
destroys all appetite for alcoholic liquors and builds
up the nervous system. after deba.ch any in
Temperate indulgence single teaspoonfui aeiN
al eena1 and physical depression also every
kind Of FEVER. DYSPEPSIA and ToRPIDITT OF THE
Liver. Sold 10y all druggists. 81 per bottle
pamphlet on ''Alcohol its Effects on the Human
Body, and lntemperance q Disease free.
FATHER MATHEW TEMPERANCE AND MANUFACTURE
% - RorSS Non VorC
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCHLEss" -.
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO,
THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York. Boston, and Chicago.

IT is demonstrated that America
makes the best Cabinet or Parlor Organs in
the world. At all worlds exhibitions in
recent years Mason & Hamlin have obtained
highest honors, having received the gold
medal at the Paris exposition of 1878.
THEmostd dangerous fevers are typhoid,
originate in the stomach, liver or bowels,
and may be easily prevented. One of Par
sons Puryatire Pills every night for week
will drive disease from the system
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

OA0V NO0OA yOu :" III AAu q UudA yOu AdAu@
ly expected to see. Goand look" With
that Mrs. Bland famed herself quite
composedly, and went to her room.
I went to the coach, not understand
ing what the woman meant. Some three
women got out of the vehicle, followed
by an old gentleman who had to be
helped out-evidently an invalid. On the
box by the driver was a man, who, as I
approached, lit fuze, and with it his
cigar. His face / did not recognize. l
then felt some curiosity to find out what
Mrs: Bland meant about the man II
hardly expected to see."' l did peer
into the coach. I was aided by David,
who, with lantern, was looking for a
parcel one of the lady passengers had
left. There, was man, apparently
asleep. Though it was summer, hand
kerchief was thrown partially over his
face. One glimpse was enough. Though
his whiskers had been cut, and his red
dish hair stained black it was the face
of George Harland, the assistantsteller
Of our bank! He looked at me in an
agoDized way, then put his finger to his
lips, and said in low, broken voice
% My God! Henry, am q thief, trying
TO escape-to escape. I know they are
after me-" Then he shuddered.f clam
mad-crazed-have lostmy, head. You
herel DO not betray me!''
@sI'eTos Dickerson's," cried the driver.
and off went the coach. From Dicker-
sons knew that small fshing-boats ran
to Martha's. Vineyard and the Massa-
chusetts coast / stood appalled,, dazed,
and specchless. .,.o.., ,,,. ..,-.,...l,
Mrs. Bland met me ON the veranda
with some flower IN her hand which ex-
hailed a deep, lucious perfume. The odor
quite sickened me. Ladies and gents y
cried the good-natured, familiar land
lord in his shirt-sleeves, cit isn't down
on the bill of fare, but we have been
quite short of fruit, peaches and SIGH, for
the last three days, and nary a boarder has
grumbled. l come across fine lot of
fruit this afternoon, and they is sot in
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-10-24

U4OuOAC w AdAC n CdIc1u I'll cSIluldI0 VI
the amount Of unutilized land on their
farms? There may be several acres oyer
grown with brush and each year becom-
ing more difficult to clear off and put in
productive condition, or there is a con-
siderable area from which the timber
has been removed but which has not
been suitably cleared of the brush and
resulting rubbish. IT is left to produce
berry bushes, and great variety of
weeds, until the soil is SO abundantly
supplied with the enemies to profitable
culture that it will require years of
patient toll to eradicate OF subdue them.
There are on many farms acres of valua-
bic land rendered utterly worthless by
permitting the water from springs to run
over and leach through it. A small out
lay in draining would put the land in a
productive condition, and in many cases
the spring water might be conveyed to
distant pasture fields, or the house or
barn, where it's presence would be worth
more than the cost of the improvement
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-11-21

While looking at the eclipse of the
sun, July 20, handed the glass to one
of the mill " heaters" He at once told
me he could see as well with the naked
eye as with the smoked glass. then
tried another "heater" and he at once
repeated the same statement. I then
went to the rolling mill and testsd every
"heater'' " at his furnace. They all told
the same story. l hunted up every
" heater in the town except two (who
were not found) over twenty in all, and
every one declared he could see the phe-
nomenon, and all its phases, as well, or
better, with the eye unshaded. l took
the precaution to test each one by HIM
self, told him nothing of what l expect
ed, or Of the testimony of others. I
made no suggestions to any of them, but
let each tell his own story. All told the
same tale; one popularity all agreed to
the image in the glass was upside
down from what they saw with the
naked eye. They would describe many
pecuharities of color which could not be
seen 10y others with the aid of the glass.
It should be remembered that the ''heat-
CA Ado W oCC LIS HUI LII tuC luiA AdCO
while it is enveloped in flame whose
intense glare prevents unskilled eyes
from seeing any thing, an education OF
the eye peculiar to this class of workers,
as no other class of workmen is exposed
to the same degree of heat OF light. In
accordance with your request, I re-
peated the experiment of Ericsson, and
subjected a spherical piece of iron eight
inches in diameter to heat of over
5000 degrees Fahrenheit. 1t had the
appearance of a disk at all distances
tried, up to over 100 feet. AS seen by
the chief engineer of the mill, myself
and others, it was perfectly flat. The
convexity did not appear; it was, while
in this state, to all appearance no long
er a sphere, but disk. As the iron
cooled off it resumed its original appear
ance Of sphere.-Dr. Thorne, IN the
Kansas Citu ReriesU. {Ai}5