Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-20
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AUSTIN, MINNESOTA:
THuRsDAY MORNING. FEB. 70, 1879.
OUR HARVEST FIELD.

OUR HARVEST FIELD.
Fish were never more plentiful In the
Cedar than this season, says the Usage Ne'rs.
The Owatonna Baptist church received
II new members into its fold. on Sunday, Feb.
"u.
In St. Paul the tramps are put to useful
and healthful work. such As saving wood,
breaking stones, SC.
The Lake City Leader, i'll speaking about
them bonds" says: I'VE owe nothing that We
cannot be forced to pay: and if that isn't 'bu-
siness,' what is it?''
A. F. Booth has retired from the ownersn1p
of the Houston County Journal. o. 4. Comstock
is his successor. He can improve the papor
without half trying.
r. i. Murray, of Rushford, and Judge
Hayden, Of Grand Rapids, Mich, talk OF going
into partnership, aud locating in Minneapolis
for the practice Of law.
They pay taxes in Houston county this
year better than last for the corresponding
time. Since January lst, over $lo,5o0 has
been collected by the county treasurer.
Geo. A. Sexton, of Northteld. hardware
merchant. suicided February 10th. He was
engaged to young lady in Yaribault, and was
TO have been married the following day.
Hon. Gordon E. Cole is in St. Louis, attend
ing to the great Middlings Purifier Patent
Suit for Minnesota milers. The case is in the
e. 5. Circuit court, Judges Nelson, of Mime
sofa, Dillon of Iowa, and Treat OF Missouri, on
the bench.
Cole Younger, q few days ago, sent very
handsome cushion, made by himself OF RIBBONS
and pins, to Miss Caddie Wiley, of St Paul
a miss Of about II years, who resided.at Iari'
bault when the Youngers were in Jail there,
and showed them many little kindnesses while
they were sick.
An Owatonna gallant inrited young lady
to attend the theatre with him. But when you
say he inrited her, you've said it all. He at
tended the theatre with another lady. he
broke his engagement: just as Lewis, OF tho
Reriew, wants the people of Minnesota TO 90
with the owners of the X. r. bonds.
The smallest child on record, at least IN
Minnesota, was born in Minneapolis on feo'
ID. The Tribune says: 1T was a girl, had nVe
teeth, a heavy head Of black hair, perfect IN
form and features, and weighed, including the
blanket in which it was wrapped Immediately
after its birth, just ono and done-fourth POUNDS!
The mothers wedding ring was easily slipped
over the little one hand and up to its elboW?"
The foolish father put the wee one ON puohc
exhibition the next day after it was born' and
it survived but few days.
The Commissioner of Pensions advises
pensioners not to intrust their CLAIMS unoe1
the pension arrearages bill to claim agents or
art0rnevs bllf to aDDlY directly to the pension
ofice.-Erchdn0e.
All that is required is to send to the TRAN
SCRIPT oface for blank application MI 1t OUT
take it and your pension certificate to mag
istrate who will make proper certihcat1on,
place it in An envelope directed to "Commas-
sioner of Pensions, Washington, D. c., and
your work is all properly done, just as wen
done as any attorney or claim agent can do 1t,
at an expense not exceeding IS cents.
An eminent physician, having had great
experience and extensive observation, says
that person whose head is thoroughly wash
ed WI ssfsX Ely q
dirty and matted it is hardly possible 70 escape APE
injection. Many persons ind speedy renef
from nervous headache by washing the halr
severe cases almost cured in ten minutes by
this simple remedy. A friend hnds It the
greatest relief in case of rare coid,' the
and nose after one thorough washing Of the
hair. The head should be thoroognlv 9@Ileo @
afterwards, and avoid drafts of air for little
while.-EEchdn0e.
In Iowa, $50 miles west of Dubuque, lies
water Is coverine So and the Of
than the ground about it. In some places the
oS Sss 1sst IS
Is confined by q wall of stone, in some places
ten feet high and fifteen feet thick 1t the
base. The stones used IN on1la1ng u tot xeK m
tons. In the country around about tne iake
there are no other stones within circuit OF
i've or ten miles, but belt OF woodia9a ;,9ae con,
Of it. 1t is thought that the trees were plan,
ted there at the time the wall was built, ana
for that reason the wall cannot be OF great
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Now, kind reader, they say the above is all
aho-ax.
Tell Us not in mournful numbers that this
life is but dream waen gri t tnaF "a veann we,9ns
is real, life is earnest, and the girls know what
1t teea
core.~Neo York Ne,cs. Let us, then, be up
and doinR. With a heart for any fate; but
let Us g eE;s tRst nTes
Of such girls all remind us, as we hoat adoWn
the stream, that the boys who come behind
us win have to pay for lots of cream. N.e:x-t!
-Yorkers Gdzette. Be not like dumb driven
CATTLE be hero in the strife; never with her
mother battle, save the ice-cream for your
wife, Proceed!-Fra1lk Leslie.
This world is all fleeting show for mans
delusion given: let the girl have all the cream
she wants, and these punnists put in prison.
Eh7
The Rochester Record and Union has the
following sensible remarks: The man who
keeps his expenditures inside OF his income,
is, SO far as his business operations 10 concern
ed, a prosperous and happy man; ON the con.
trary, the man who spends his income and
some of his credit each year, Is laying foun-
dation for misery and ruin: It is the priv
ilege and duty of every man to live according
to his means. If q man is possessed of prtn-
cipal which yields him an income OF 200
per year, the nearer he comes to spending all
Of it in a legitimate way, the better 1t Is for
the community in which he lives. As Bob
Ingerson has it ''the extravaganza OF the rich
is the salvation of the poor" A gentleman
who has acquired q handsome fortune. and Is
noted as q Keen observer Of men aud things,
expressed himself upon this subject to the
Writer, as follows. '.ft is almost the unvary'
ing custom among lab0ring men to buy artt'
cles Of food and clothing which costmo1e than