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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
Urged to Go Into Bankruptcy.

"Boggs,:' said Mrs. B., suddenly. the
other evening, looks up from the paper
she was reading, "why don't you 60 into
bankruptcy and have some style about
you?"
go into bankruptcy!' repeated Boggs.
what for!''
because it is the fashion, replied
Mrs. B. Every body who is any body
goes into bankruptcy nowadays Our
nejghbors are all getting the start OF us.
Here's Soggs, who lives across the street,
he ism the list to-day. Now We have
lived in this town great deal longer
than Soggs has. Why couldn't you have
got your name in the paper as we'll as
hep
Il don t want my name in the papers
in that way said Boggs.
"That's the way; always behind every
body else. We never could hold our own
along with the neighbours"
"But we couldn't hold our own if we
went into bankruptcy" persisted boggs
Nonsense" cried Mrs. B. "Don't the
Sq1iggses, who went into bankruptcy
last summer, live just as we'll if not a lit.
tie better than before? Now, Boggs. do
oblige me by buying file
"Buying flea What for2''
$50 that you can file your petition.
Do it this very day, and it Will be in the
morning papers: Then your wife and
children can hold their heads up with the
rest of 'em. Somehow feel that we are
under sort Of cloud now. People look
at US as much as to say, There's something
the matter with the Boggscs' ~
"Mrs. Boggs, never take advantage Of
nothing
II know it. And that's what keeps US
under. But couldn't you put in a peti-
ton? You know there is petition up
stairs that we don't need. You could
take it down and
woman, how foolish you talk You
don't know anything about the business"
But do know that we are getting
left, and it won't be long, you will fluid,
before folks give up inviting US any
where. Haven't you any liabilities?"
II have liabilities" replied Boggs,
"but l haven't any ability to lie"
20, you're too nice for anything where
the welfare Of your family is concerned.
Tell me about your assets.'
II wouldn't have any if I did as neigh
Dor Soggs does across the street."
How is that2" asked Mrs. B.
why, the assets a.ound all day doing
noting, and it is no wonder that he had
to apply to the bankrupt court for re-
lief" Then Eoggs laughed low con-
tented laugh at his little joke.
" Said Mrs. B., tartly, you'll bankrupt
vOur'stOck af wit if YOU keen draw,np on II
after that fashion. Then you won't be-
come bankrupt to maintain our social
position?"
,"No, WON'T" said Boggs bluntly,"
"Then give you due notice that l
shall receive or make no more calls.
shah give up our pew in church and take
the children out of school. I shall
ciouse up the house, give out that
we have gone into the country, and we
will all live in the kitchen. If we can t
40 like the rest of folks and be somebody,
there isno use trying to live"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
A Bold Defense.
From the Youths ompanlop.

From the Youths Companion.
In the oden time Indians did not, as
they sometimes do not now, take kindly
to immigrants who settled upon their
hunting grounds, Like the Anglo. Saxon,
they loved broad acres, revered, .'yested
nights. and defended both against the
encroachment of white men who held to
''The good old rifle and simple plan,
That he should take who has the power,
And he should keep who can"
The relation between the two was not
such as ought to exist Between landlord
and tenant" The Indian looked upon the
settler as ''sYuatter," WHORE it was right
to eject. not only from the land, but from
the earth. The bold 'tenant at will" had
to be constantly on his guard for a sum-
mary "notice Of ejectment'' might be,
served at any moment by posse Of paint
ed savages:
About the first thing done by a band
of immigrants locating in an Indian
country was to build fort or block-hvuse
Then, within mile or less of this refuge,
they scattered their log huts. One Of
these cid forts now remains, though in a
ruined condition, anGs associated with it
is romantic story OF frontier life.
lnthose Indian days to which the
story refers the tort was substantial
building, with brick sides in a wooden
casing. It would haye been taken for
the large dwelling-ho ola prosperous
settler but for the many loopholes cut in
each side. -.
One bright morning, when not a cloud
was to be seen the man left early to work
in the fields, leaving Betty, the woman, to
attend to the tort. For. several hours
nothing disturbed the monotony Of her
work, save her own singing or cheerful
thoughts as she went TO and fro on her
household duties. ~, :r-'H ,...!.uy
l. When scrubbing and washing of dish
il ess had emptied the watcr.pail, she went
to the we'll to fill it. Looking, down the
road she saw afar Of dark Object NOV
ing toward the settlement Thinking it
the loadedsteam of some. farmer, she re-,
i sumed her work and singing.
} In the course ola few minutes, moved
by q natural: impulse, >she poked her
head out Of tbedoor To see how far the
team hid progressed" TO her horror she
saw q band Of 1ndianas" tonnly" d short, dis.
,ance of making straight for IL ffoFtt.", :?
Not White man lwaa in sight, for ev-
cry one, together with the woman and
children Of the settlement. had beeu
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

Dr. Graves HEART REGULATOR is for
the cure of Papitation, Enlargement and
Spasms Of the Heart Trembling all over and
about the Heart, and all tendency to Osii
cation Of the Heart: also, rheumatism and
Debility of the Heart, and General Debility
and Sinking Of the System. Also: for Ncrv-
Gus, Siccplcss and Restless Patients and for all
complaints arising from Heart Disease, eth
er organic or sympathetic. DR.. Graves
HEART REGULATOR il recommended for
only the cure Of Heart Disease, and it does its
work. send your name TO +. L. INGALLS,,
Concord N. H., for a pamphlet containing II
list Of testimonials Of cures, &c.
For sale by druggists at ~ cents and 81
pcr bottle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
luted by the beautiful day into the

I Uo4u8
In an instant enc TOOK in the situa.
ton. If she attempted flight, she would
be captured Before she could run hun
drcd rods. TO be captured was death
the surrender Of the fort. She would
stay in the fort and and alone fight the
savagcs until tile men, alarmed by the
bring guns, came to her aid
With bang the oaken door swung
shut and down went the heavy wooden
bar. Gong from loop hole to loop-holc,
She placed a loaded musket by each one
The terrible war-whoop startled her for
a moment. Then her voice rang out,
loud and clear, Here Jim, George,
Henry John, Bill Don't YOU hearl
Bill, stand by that hole! jim, you take
that gun!"
Two guns were fired, and then the
voice called out. "Gcorge, shoot that
chief Two more bullets went whizzing
among the Indians.
They were taken aback. They had
supposed the fort deserted, save bv the
woman. But it was full of men. Auoth-
er shout, another bullet, and this time it
nit one of them. They hesitated to adj
vance. Bullet after bullet whizAed, and
two more men were wounded
Then they turned an fed; and when
the inen came running to the fort,
the brave woman had scarcely
strength to unbat the door
A long time after this brave defence. q
farmer, living near the fort, started one
morning to NOV. AS was usual ia those
days. he carried his musket with him. He
had special reason for being on his
guard, for a certain Indian had become
his personal enemy.
On arriving at the hay field, he leaned
his gun againsta tree, threw off his coat,
sharpened his scythe, and began moving.
AS swinging his scythe, be drew near
the lower end of the tseld, he saw an In
dian crouching behind a row of bushes.
The farmer was cool man, and swung
his scythe as steadily as if he had seen
nothing.
Looking again, he saw that the Indian
was his enemy. In one hand be held
tomahawk. while scalping knife was
stuch in his belt. The farmer knew that
if he attempted to run for his gun, the
swift-footed Indian would he upon him
before he had gone hundred feet. Self
possession was his protection.
He moved up to the bushes, and then
turned, swinging his scythe as If anxious
to reach the end of his swarth.
Waiting until the mower had departed
two or three rods from the bushes, the
Indian moved noiselcssly through the
bushes and crept after the farmer.
But with every swing of the scythc, the
farmer: glancing cautiously over his
shoulder, had taken in the position Of his
cat!ike enemy.
Nearer crept the stealtby savage. One
step more, and he would be upon the
mower. Raising his tumahawk, he braced
himself for the spring, and-fell on the
ground dead.
The farmer, with all his strength, had
swung his scythe, with its point inclined
up, completely around. It wounded the
Indian so that he fell dead
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
Honor TO AMERICAN MANIjFAcrU r FRS

HONOR TO AMERICAN MANUFAcrU RHns
His Majesty Oscar H., King: of. Nor
way and Sweden, has sent to the Mason
& Hamlin Organ Co. the Grand Swedish
Gold Medal in recognition Of the super
iority of their cabinet organs. The
medal is sur1nounted by a crown and
bears on one side the inscription Lit
teris ct sArtibus," and on the other,
around. the bust of the king, ;"Oscar II :,
svec. Norv.. Goth. Wand. Rex" This
honor will be all themore valued by the
Company from the fact that His Majesty
Oscar II. is known to he musical con-
noiseur of highest attainments.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
Dead:Letter ONCE Facts.

There are 1000, 600 dead letters receiv-
ed annually at the dead letter Office
Three hundred thousand without
stamps.
Fifty thousand partially addressed.
Six thousand, no address.
One and a-half million of money or
dcrs and drafts of money value.
Forty five thousand dollars in money,
n:nc-tcnths Of which is returned
balance remaining IN the treasury, sub
jcct to application fer four years.
One quarter Of million European
letters are returned unopened.
Ouc-tcntl Of all letters received con,
tam property.
Ten thousand applications for letters
reported lost; the great proportion found
and delivered.
Black silk stockings are again worn.
They have bars or dots OF cmbroid derry on
the instcp or are clicked.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
The Children .
BY LON6FELLOw.

All! what woNld the world be to us
1.-THE children were no more!
Washould dread the desert behind ia
Verse than the dark before.
What the leaves are to the forest,
With,.!ght and air for food,
Ere tAyir sweet and tender juices
Have been handed into wood
That, to the world, are children;
Through them it feels the glow
OF Il brighter and SUMMER climate
Than reaches the trunks below.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

Life i: full Of disappointments. We recent
~ offered to cure bad case of Rheumatism
for years subscription in advance, but Just
as we We're on the point OF lifting the snekels,
sympathizi1s friend suggested Johnson's
-4no<lyne Linimt14t, and the money and the
patient vanished instenter
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

Vim. T. Mason, Esq, Of st. Louis, writes
The rtiief JONAS WEJTzoMr's ASTHMA REM
Ely afforded me- W., peri"ct; l have not had
a bsd night sine takiHyit Til: complaint
has troubled ne for long time, and l have
tried many things, but III no case found any
relief until the Remedy 6 me to hand"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

Handy To Have In The House.-Thcre i:
nothing like GRACE's SALvE for the immediate
relief and speedy cure Of Burns, Scalds, Flesh
Wounds, Cuts. F-!ou>, Salt Rheun, Ulcers
Eryaipilas, Did soret, 81. Is cents box
Sold by druggists generally.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

blood, and will completely change the blood
III the entire system in three months. Any
person who will take one pill night from
one to twc.ve weeks may be restored 10 sound
hcaltil if such thing l. possible.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

For upward. Of thirty years Mrs. WINS
for children with ntver-failirg success. Ii
cocrect> acidity Of the stomach, rellcves wind
collie, regulated the towls, cures cvsentcry
and diarrh@a, whether arising from teething
or other CAUSES. An Old and wcll-1ried ZEN
edy. % CT. bottle
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
PERT ctbOM IN COUkerY.

PERI ct,On IN Cookery.
The nearest approach tc perfection in ar
t.cles designed for Kitchen use Is tina, of Doc
LET'S YEAST POWDER. With very little ex
perience the housewife or cook Is always SURE
OF delicious biscuits, rolls, bread, cake, cct.
every time
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

HEARING RESTORED Great invention BY
one who who deaf for 20 years. Send
stamp for particular TENHy & HARFE, Lock
Box So Madison, Ind.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
AZ. PN.F. No. 81.

When writing to Advertisers please say ytu
saw the Advertisement in this paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

At this season Of the the human system Is liable
TO become disorde-ed from IL insufficient efforts Of
the liver discb the OF bile. Ii nature is
not assisted in her efforts, bilious attacks or
prostratng fevers neceesl.ary follow causing great
suifer. ng. and Death A little time precaution
however will prevent all this and may be found in that
favorte household remedy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

Hrve sou weak ey caused by atarrh or
Scrofulous d. eases If have lose no ttme,
Pur fier and our eyes will beco all right. Try it
Complaint. Female weaknesses, ard Nervous Debik
ity, has equal in the civilized world As this
~ Black ord Agent" is bloan in the back Of every
brittle As your dsuEgist for It, and II he does not
FORD. 81 Wahashaw street, St: Paul G-nersi A&en
MOVES b.. OS. CUTLhR. Wholesale Agents, Sc
Paul
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

From the Minneapolis papers,
TO TIE CITIZENS OF MINSEAPOLIS.Uu
perien:e In the hs ding of DR.. b. Hailidnys BIOS
Rn-;fier Is So h tn at We afraid tell you III
- i. The no,t wonderful BLOOD S-a.cher Of The iT
e,t age No medicine went out OF our store ~
ha given such universal cti it i Sivin
day For Catarrh, Kidney and Urinary diseases.
male Weaknesses and Nervous Debility We Ind -
the statement of Dr. Halliday. that it has GO
CRO>SMAN l. PLUMMER. Druggists Minneapolis
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

Each effort OF the mind. eee-y act + the o'!
extract a volume Of D. rvou al-ne,f in prorort -
the m enitul OF ,h- tho .ght action, Hud inc
lows Hypophosohites really will supply the v1s " +
cae. attn ~ the yiSor of Youth IL past
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

TOWNSVILLE. Hich. Dec. =. ls7'.-Hess-. FoIie.
you - cen,s for boxes of Grac 8 Sal~e.
have had TWO arc have ueed them 81 ulcer OF u
foot. and it j. mos: vel Rs. ec:fu!. yours.
c. = ;Ar EEsI.
Price Is cents bog ct al druggists .e11 b7 "a
receipt Of IS rel,s Prepared ty >EEA
POW i.E& Sons. 6 6 Harrison Av- Els. "a.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01

AS an evidence of what an erroneous
statement will do in blasting the char
actef and reputation of an individual,
can be learned by the following. In
his address before the Ohio Editors,
at Cleveland, General Garfield referred
to this fact:
During the late war General Nc
Dowell, one of the noblest, the most
accomplished soldiers of the Union,
was most unjustly assaulted by q
group OF war Correspondents, who rep.
resented him to the country as incom-
petent, drunken and disloyal. 1t was
circumstantially stated that on one oc.
casiOn he was so drunk that he nearly
reeled from his horse. AZ q conse-
quence he rested for long time under
this clond of cruel and unjust suspi-
ciOn. He is almost the only adult
man ever knew of whom it can be
said with truth that he never tasted
spirituOus liquors, tea, coffee or tobac-
co, and yet several millions of his
cOuntrymen were made to believe,
and perhaps many of them still be-
lieve, that he lost the battle of Bull
Run in consequences of intoxication.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01

GARFIELD has been before the Potter
Committee, and denied all knowledge
of fraud connected with the counting
Of the Louisiana vote. He was just as
ignorant of any wrong doing in refer
'ence to the matter as he repeatedly de-
clared himself to be of even the ex.
istence of the Credit Mobilier arrange.
ment, aud with which he swore he
never bad any connection, when the
testimony of Okes .Ames and the fig
ures he produced in Gariield's own
hand SO clearly proved the falsity of
his statements that the whitewashimg
committee were forced to say SO in
their report. The crot K ID course of
the piOus statesman in reference to
Credit Mobilier and DeGolyer pave.
ment are not calculated to inspire q
great degree of confidence in his tes.
timony in any matter where either he
or his party is concerned.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01
Evening Post.

The following silver coins shall he
of legal value, and shall pass current
as money within the United States. bv
tale, for the payment Of all debts and
demands of the rate of one hundred
cents: the dollar, that is to say, the
dollars of Mexico, Peru, Chilli and
Central America, Of not less weight
than 4l5 grains each, and those re-
stamped in Brazil of the like weight,
of not less than 10 ounces, Is penny
weights of pure silver, in the Troy
pound of II ounces of standard silver.
Il Brightley's Digest, VOL. /, u. 155.
Laws of the United States; act Of 10th
of June, 1884.
The aforesaid act of Congress has
never been repealed, and the Mexican
dollar of AS grains is legal tender in
the United States. The Mexican dol
lar weighs from one to two grains
more than is required by the law.
They should be at premium instead
of discount. It is a swindling trans
action to discount them. 1t il an Op-
preston of the weak by the strong
bankers which should not he tolerated.
ISAAC III. TRABUE. !
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01

A bill for the punishment of tramps
passed the New Hampshire House of
Representatives on the oath ult. 1t
provides that any person going from
place to place to beg shall be
deemed q tramp, and shall be
punished by imprisonment at hard
labor for not more than fifteen months.
IF any tramp enters q dwelling house,
sion Of the owner or occupant. or car
ries any firearms, he may be sent to
the State Prison for not more than five
years. A reward Of $40 Ia given upon
to the person apprehending
the accused. The act does not apply.
to any female or minor under the age
of seventeen years, nor to any blind
person. a s slaF
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01

i The subcommittee at New Orleans,
investigating the election frauds have
signified their readiness to subpoena
the ninety-three witnesses appended
to the request of ohnSherman to prove
thai there was actually intimidation
practiced in that State. Ifthey should
prove all that he claims, it would not
tend to show that Sherman did not
wrote the letter to Weber and Ander-
SON, and that the Republican "visiting
were not guilty of all with
which they star d charged. Indeed, If
they were guilty of bribing public Of
ficials to make false protests and re.
turns to defraud the people, how easy
aud natural that they should bribe
men to swear te acts Of Intimidation
to furnish an excuse for robbing the
people of their rights.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01

REFERRING to the Potter Investiga-
ton, Senator Thurman says, "if it
hasn't don't anything more 1t has
shown the public what kind Of cattle
had control down there in Louisiana,
and while every body knew before
that the Electoral votes of Louisiana
and Florida were stolen for Hayes,
the investigation is bringing to light
the proof" And further he says ssthe
Republicans knew of all the rotteness
at the time the Commission was in ses-
sion; hone knew 1t better than the Re.
publican members of the Commission
Themselves, and that knowledge and
certainty that it would be brought to
light by investigation was the reason
for their persistent unanimity in 4.e-
fasing to go behind the returns."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01
TAe OpPestsien Party.

The Republicans oppose further
financial agitation" which means thst
they do not wish the fevolntion inau.
gurated by the Democrats, by which
financial legislation he1lceforth Il to be
in the intereset Of thS people; to pro-
ceed- 8 - X p
Opposition to "further financial agi-
tation, is what the money grabbers
have been demanding all the time.
Opposition to s'further financial agi-
tation" would have defeated the re-
monetzati0n of silver, aud the BIZ, re-
Gently passed. prohibiting further con.
traction of the currency and recogniz-
ing the blessed grsenback - perma.
nent feature Of our monetary system.
Opposition to "further financial agi-
tation" msans, In plain English, oppo.
sition to the repeal Of the Resumption
Act and to all measures that " III stay
the march of bankruptcy and ruin.
Opposition to "further financial agi.
tstion" means adhering to the Ma
ti0nal Bank law, aud is an emphatic
approval of that iniquitous system by
which the masses are compelled to toll
day after day for the benefit of . priv
ileged class. 3
Opposition to s'further financial agi-
tation" means . contin ustion of the
grinding hard times that have cast
four millions of willing workers ON
the streets. - ..,.-.,
Opposition to "further financial agi.
tation" means the enslavement of the
masses to the rich.
The issue betwean the two great par.
ties 10 thus fairly Joined. The Repub.
licans take the side of the few against
the many, of the rich against the poor
and middle classes, of the money grab-
bers against those who produce wealth.
The Democracy place themselves be-
side the many aud hurl definance at
the few. They demand agitation, agi-
tatlon, agitation Of the financial ques-
ton until Justice is meted out to all
the people; until the monopoly of
furnishing . circulating medium 10
taken from tho banks and placed
in the hands of the government,
where the Constitution rightfully
places it; until money sufficient for
the wants of trade shall be issued,
without compelling the people to pay
tribute to their middle men, popularity
styled the banks.-TEx. e.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-01
I The Greenhaekers.


The Na..onal Greenbackers of Ohio
held their State Convention at Colum-
bus on Tuesday OF. last week and made
the fo''owing nominations: sad sa1 !,
For Secretary of State-Andrew Roy
For Supreme Judge - Clinton A..
White. s.E. ...,..s.+5. .,e.s5..
For Member Of Board of Public
Works-E.. p. Fal,'s. fsa.sf, -
The resolutions adopted are q reitera-
ti0n of the doctrines proclaimed by the
Nationals in their Convention. held at
Toledo on the I'D of February last.
The Enquirer, commenting upon the
action of the Columbes Convention,
says: 1t wss q Convention of we'll
mean 'sg but misguided and mistaken
men. Their opportunity lies within
the Depocraic organization. They
might labor in their separate capacity
for generation without accomplish
ing 2, much in the direction they pur-
sue as the Democratic party has accom-
plished within one year. There is not
q shadow Of an excuse for the existence
of . Observation-Disclosures party in Ohio
outside of the Democratic party. The
platform adopted yesterday at Colum-
bus is proof Of the fact. The Ohio
idea is afloat. The Nationals yes
terday at the Ohio Capitol favored the
policy of king the idea off from q
great, spleudid ship, and putting it in
a skiff IN mid ocean and starting it for
harbor. Enough of the crew may
leave the ship to retard its progress,
but the skiff is absolutely hopeless of
Shore"