Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
LIE ROY.
"A Christmas tree Dec. Gath.
No school Christmas week.

"A Christmas tree Dec Gath.
NO school Christmas week.
City election Tuesday, Jan. 7th.
-Representative j. u. Allen leaves
for the Capt. toll Jan. I'd.
j. s. Bishop has opened large stock
of furs and other goods in the old De
Cue store.
Judging from the last number of the
Independent, Mr.. Burdick means to get
up spicy sheet.
The Temperance party are to hold
caucus on Jan. 4th, to put in men who
will not countcnance King Alcohol.
j. NJ. Wyckoff is about to resign the
Office of city justice, in view Of his re-
moval to Austin tn assume the duties of
Auditor.
The weather of the past week has
been a tritle too cold for certain parties
to enjoy "swinging on the garden gate"
at II 80 p. NJ, as heretofore.
The meat market of s. G. Ball, en-
joyed a call from an unknown party,
lately He did not leave his card, but in
advertantly carried away several dollars
worth Of grub.
In the language of the Le Roy Intle-
pendent, 1T is little thin to copy verba-
tim from the columns of" that paper We
plead not guilty; but If we should do so
in future, we shall make due apology to
the public for it.
The Dramatic Club presented the
"Tlcket-of-Leave- Man, on Friday even
ing, to good house. The play was we'll
rendered and appreciated. Mrs. E. c.
Stevens, Mrs. G. B. Kennedy, and Mrs. H
A. Henderson and Messrs. Roy and
Palmer, are especially worthy of mention,
for the able manner IN which they car
riei their parts. The acting Of Mrs
Stevens was perfectly easy and natural,
in the role of May Edwards, though it is
a difficult one to play. The other char
acters we're fairly represented.
"A laughable incident occurred abou
Christmas time. A Mr.. B., feeling frisky
got himself up in fantastic shape to re-
present Santa Claus. This he accom-
plished with the aid Of a trestle and buf
talo robes, and finally, he loomed up 6
hairy giant of fearful altitude. HI
raped on the door of certain attorney
not thousand miles from LIE Roy. The
legal gentleman aforesaid, on going t
the door, was little austered by be
holding in the uncertain light Of the pale
moon, bear Of huge proportions. His
first impulse was to kick it in thu
stomach. (de followed his first i'm
pulse.) Bruin, not appearing to contem
plate retreat, the representative of tht
law sent his boy for an ak, and was about
to cleave the skull of the monster, whe,
it proceeded to sue for peace in a won
derfully human tone of voice. It is
matter Of dispute as to who the joke is
on, as both bruin and the attorney wer,
pretty we'll scared. Mir. b. does not env
the sort of life which Santa Claus mus
lead, % much as formerly. He think
his host dealt him a welcome on tina
portion of his map where Turkey ougb
to be located at this time of year.
The Temperance societies were fol
tunate in securing Mrs. J. Ellen Foste
to deliver course of three lect Sh
lectured on Friday and Saturday ever
, ings, Dec. 18th and 10Th, to large aud
ences, and left good impression. Sh
is thorough lawyer in the handling G
her subject, though perhaps tritle ram
}. bling. She does not 60 much outside tn
beaten track of temperance lecturers il
general for ideas, but has a pleasing an
forcible way of presenting old idea
. which makes them seem as good as new
and which is the secret of her success a
lecturer. She had intended to give
lecture on Sunday evening, exclusively
young men, but certain ladies, aided al
, abetted by some of the male grandmotf
3 ers of the place, being either afraid tina
: Mrs. Foster would say something improl
2 er to the boys, or else too selfish to foreg
hearing her themselves, prevailed upo
the lecture committee to change the pre-
gramme, so Mrs. F. preached in til
Presbyterian church on Sunday evening
She is an earnest, cOnscien tious lahore
in the temperance cause, and speaks NJ
only with earnestness, but often with
degree OF eloquence, and has besides
f fine personal appearance. We hope
hear her again. OCCASIONAL.