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

Barley, anil not very good quality
either, brings 40 cents.
Our Xmas Tree was-well-we will
say something about that next week.
BEER -Farmers are bringing go"d
deal OF beef into town, aud selling It fol
4 10 cents Ivy the quarter
-Sleighing keeps good. As fast as i
gets thin half-sole is put on. aud consc
quently the man who travels on wheel:
does so because he has no sleigh or CAM
borrow one.
-WHEAT.--Wheat still commands
$1.06, aud those who have the article are
c"rrespond'ngly happy, Notwithstanding
the cold weather through which they have
to come to m,,ket it.
-Wciscr s. Short are running goot
many suits lately for the large machine
coz: panles they represent. It is fine tur
for The officers and courts, but hard fo
the poor faru.e1s who went into debt fol
their machines, and counted on g0Ot
CTOpS ~ paw lot lneM.
Doc POISONING. There have beer
quite a mum Der OF dogs poisoned in towr
within the las, month or two. Some o
them were really valuable, while other.
were pr,z. d. not on account Of intrinsic
worth, but simply rs pets, and in some
instances, it would have required more
casl, t, purchase the latter than any on.
would ever dream Of giving. The las
one /" suft;r the loss of dog was J. NJ
We,scr, and we think it wouldn't b.
healthy for the man who administered
t:'e dose 10 little "Jess." to let Jim know
about it.
(ueleyed 1tems.)
Why will y.," freez- when Lawrence
sells coats. caps, mittens, scnrfs, and over
shoes, 8" cheap?
PLEASE THE LITTLE ONEs.-Go t.
A. l.. Sleeper & Sons for toys and pres
-n,s. of all kinds, for the children, and
grown up people, too, tor that matter.
--Cn1.D.-The column Of mercury in
,htrm. meters grew quite short on Sunday
(14,b,) md again on Tuesday night, indi
eating 24o and 227 below Zero on Mon
day anu "Wednesday mornings respect.
lively.
No LONGER NECESSARY We mean
wheeled vehicles. Tue roads were in
terrible condition until Monday nigh'
(l5h,) when enough SHOW fell t. c"vti
over ,he hubs, and now sIeighs AMI M"b'
II lie have supplan,rd buyeirs and lun'
her wagons, and everyb"dy seems to bt
hApry on account Of the change.
Mrs. James Stokes, IF this place,
lef, on Tuesday l16'h) for Vermont, h+'
native State, on a visit to her sister and
other friends, resident there. She expect:
to remain ill spring. Mr.. Joseph Leon.
ard, Of WaI'han,, accompanied her. He
will z" to Maine or u visit to his mother
I, is no, certain whether lie will return t.
Minnesota or not.
We see that Capt. Hunt, OF our place,
was "ne OF those appointed by the ex.
Dictator t" 20 into cold room, wiih"u'
light. pen. ink, paper, or table, and resolve
why Page was no, elected. We think
the bricks thus produced without straw,
highly creditable as \ work OF pure I'm.
nvinatiur. But the true reason, aside
lTVIu NClIsVIs Was, NVN"OSV NS VIM wv n"'S
votes enough. And there WAS weeping
and w~iling, and gnashing Of teeth.
Holiday goods in great variety, al
Sleeper & Sons.
Too CoyMnN The cx,ent 10 which
horse stealing prevails hcreab"uts Is real
" alarming. Scarcely n fortnight, passes
without some one suffering the loss Of Il
horse. T. E Thomson is the last victim
wl,n went 10 lis barn on Tuesday morn
ing IT, find that fue mare Was missing
The thlrt seems tu have found it u cold
world. The horse turned up At the San
born farm, where Tom used I" live, and
he (Tom) is only out birdie and some
EXPENSE f"r search. Every one dom!
come out so well. however, rs Tom. and
i is \ grea, pity some IT the scoun'irr's
who pcrpe'ra,e these crimes can't have !
halter placed around their necks, and be
swung up between heaven III earth as
warning I" others.
Bibles aud Testaments, beautiful,
bound, y, Sleeper & SONS.