Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-12-25


prima d"nnas If the day; her voice is
extremely beautiful, and her expression
difticult TO excel.
Any farmer desiring a copy of the
Agricultural report for 1878. Can secure
n cory fire., by signity'"g his desire IN a
postal card, directed 10 Hon. NJ. H. Dun.
nell, Washington, D. c., member Of Con.
eress OF this district.
The holiday trade has been excellent,
but the extreme cold has, n" doubt, in
terfered with it somewhat. The farmers
have male the largest and cos'liest pur-
chases this year We are always glad
when the farmer is able t." buy.
Rev. Henry Ketcham and wife ar
rived in town last week Tuesday. aud were
the guests Of r. B. Wheeler. Mr.. K. paid
his respects to some of his old parish
toner's, aud, with Ills wife, started home
to Mcnomince, Wis, on Saturday.
Austin will not be left IN the back
ground. The rext new thing is t" be a
'Shakespeariap Club" formed by few
of our young people. 1t will be profit
able way of spending an evening now
and then, We think. Success to it.
Perry THIEvINa-One day last
| week some sneak.th,ef helped himself to
an ovcr-coat of Eddie S'erIing's and a
pair of over.shoes of Willie Wizards,
that were left, during school hours, in the
hall of the public school building.
DO the Indies know that one week
from to day lrap-year will be with us ?
How handsome We gentlemen expect to
be ,rt ated. The sleigh-ritles, and con-
certs, and lectures, etc. We expect the
l%dies will inausurate leap.year calls in
Austin.
Prof. w. W. Keysor, Principal Of our
public school. Miss Ludlum, assistant.
Miss Alice Shultes and Mrs. E. y. Strong,
t-aclers,' xpect TO attend the session of the
State Teachers convention, to be held at
St. Paul, On the 29lh, 30th and 31st of the
present month.
-N"rdabl Solner arrived home Sun.
day morning from Neb,a ska City, where
he has been attending school. N"rdahl
looks several inches taller than when he
went away. Nebraska climate Is good
for tail corn, but We didnr know it would
have the same effect upon boys.
-"Celeste," the child r;"aiat. appeared
before an Anslin audience, on Tuesday
evening. She certainly plays we'll for a
miss of sixteen, but we did not consider
the performance wonderful, nor "Celeste''
strictly a musical prodigy. We were
we'll pleased, however, and we'll enter.
tanned.
We told you 80. Our Christmas
turkey was we'll worthy the cff''rts Of the
poet-the jolliest. happ,est looking bird
of the season; had such lovely, plump
expression, his bosom just bursting will,
the oil OF fatness. Indeed. he was cut
out for an American Eagle, but Christmas
Came too soon.
The holidays are upon u.s. The days
come and go with a rapidly that can
hardly be realized. The winter will be
past in thought, and with the usheriug in
Of 1880, will come talk Of spring
To The New Year we look forward
with hope that the future may have IN
store f'r US much tina, is pleasant.
The Faribau!t Democrat says B. W.
Lowell. ot Austin, has been buying heav-
lily Of live hogs for the Chicago market,
having already shipped fourteen Car;
loads from that city. The market the
past week has been brisk, the prices
ranging olive weigh') from $3.50 to 81 90,
md (drcssed) from $3.50 t. $4.75.
-F1RE.-Last Saturday morning, be.
tween the hours Of and Q, the leanto
part of MIR. John McCormick's house,
the next house east Of Mr.. Beiseker's
cooper shop, was discovered on fire, in
the roof. Soon after the alarm was given
several citizens were on hand who soon
cxtingulshe.l the flames. Cause Of fire
defective flue.
! christmas is here. Have we done
| all ne cuuld to make the poor Oh ilOreD
about US glad and happy through thi>
holiday season. There may be garments
that our own children have ou'- grown, or
play things, that, with their accustomed
use. our little ones have become tired,
That would make the children of the poor
| glad for many WEEKS
| December thus lar has been very
cold month. The mercury 10 the ther.
! N meters has been low the most Of the
| time for about two weeks We hive had
| good sl+iehing. and every day or 'w" the
stock Of snow is added IL, so that, at this
writing, sufficient snow covers the ground
u furnish IN ample supply Tor I'LL the
runners in Minnesota.
| The lecture on "St. Peters in Rome"
delivered by Rev. Henry Kctcham last
week Wednesday evening, was listened
to with much Interest, by goodIy number
IT Mr.. K-,cha,n's former friends. The
descriptions we're clear and concise. and
we'll aud pleasantly placed before the
audience; and from the marked attention,
it was evident they were carefully and
m nutely followed.
! The accommodation train on the
Southern Minnesota road, which has been
talked about so much, is to be run BE-
tween LIZ Crosse aud Ramsey. 1.-THE G."
know when they are we'll of they will
mske an arrangement with the g., NJ. i 81
p Co. 10 run over their track, 50 that the &C
com modatlon can arrive ut and depart
from the Austin depot.
DIR. Henry Wolf, of St. Paul, who il
now in the city, (at the + leck House, has
with HIM \ large assortment Of the gen.
uiAe Brazilian Pebble and Alaska Crye
tai spectacles. Also gold-bowed and gold
nose gIasses--a very fine stock. Specta