Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-08
lie ROY.
Neutrality-suspicious..

! neutrality-suspicious.
! Dance Friday evening at Aliens
hall. A full company and good time
reported.
Miss Ida Brown, LeRoy's favori,e
dress maker, will spend the next two
weeks in Taopi.
C. E. Bidwell, formerly clerk in Ran
som Young's grocery store, but later of
Dakota, is in town.
"A fair amount Of wheat has been
received during the week. Prices paid,
from IS to 80 cents.
Miss Lizzie Wheeler, of Wentworth,
Iowa, has been visiting her friends in
Leroy. Miss Wheeler is a very pleasant
young lady, and her village friends always
greet her with pleasure.
MIR Warren Sheffield, one of the boys
Of Leroy, is spending a short time in his
old home. tie has been absent about
-four years. AT present is in the employ
of the C., NJ. & S.. P. R. r. Co.
The Lodge Of Good Templars is in
very thriving condition. Believing that
call work and no play makes Jack dull
boy" the Lodge, through its committee,
| furnish an entertainment tor each meet
ing. These entertainments are varied in
character, consisting Of essays, readings,
recitations, Charadcs, ETC., and prove to
be very pleasant factor in the Lodge
| work.
The lecture. previously minated,
was delivered on Thursday evening to a
full house. In the absence Of the pastor,
Rev E. N. Raymond, Bro. Bishop, Of the
Independent, introduced the speaker, Rev.
Mr.. Fitch. The lecture was rambling
talk on the peculiar experiences Of Mis-
scenarios, the superstition of the Chinese,
and The mission work done and to be done
in China. Although the manner of the
speaker was not so pleasing as some, the
lecture was interesting, and the audience
dispersed, feeling well pleased and un-
doubleday kindly towards Chinese mis-
sions.
The usual qui etud e Of our streets was
disturbed on Friday by two runaways.
The first, farmers team, left Its anchor
age ut one Of the elevators, and without
leave or license of its owner, pursued its
unguided way on our principal streets in
q raanner that was anything but cautious.
1t finally came to a halt in front of J. D.
Aliens hardware store, and had it not
been for the very high sidewalk at that
point, would undoubtedly have smashed
The glass front Of said store The only
damage dcnc was the smashing of a
buggy belonging to- Mr.. barrow. The
team was left unhitcl,ed and hence no
blame can be attached to any one save
the Careless owner. A Fnlsom's delivery
team formed the principal subject in the
second episode. 1t wal,zed about the
streets in wrcckless manner, but finally
came to halt without much damage
Il notice that the corresponds from
Rose Creek mentions an incident occur.
ring al Usage during one of Prof. Fer,ie's
"funny" lectures. We can sympathize
with the Usage audience, and perfectly
understand their osilion, but we claim.
precedence over them, lnasmuch as we
'etrained from INDUCING in any attempts
TO mar the fun IN those exceedingly funny
lectures" We very soon realized tho
torce OF the old adage that "a tool and his
money is soon parted" but wisely kept
our counsel, and therefore the "PrUf" LEFT
L., Roy the greatest f'ol-pardon me-thc
most fooled of all. Seriously, it is mat
ter of deep regre, that the lecture market
is SO ovcr>!ocked with such cheap mate
rial. What makes the matter still worse
Is the fac, that the small towns suffer
from these imposi,ions 10 lar greater ex-
.cnt than the large ones The people have
been cheated SO many times that 1t is hard
10 get out paying audience, and lectur
FRS aud travelling ,roupes of merit, know
! Ing This, seldom visit tue small towns
-No:hing definite has been ascertained
in regard to Tie origin Of the fire which
destroyed the school house IN District
No. GO. A private house in the district
has been fitted up, and school will reopen
on Monday, tho 9th inst. One fact has
been brought to light, viz: That some Of
! The younger Inhabitants of the distric
have been in the habit of meeting at the
school house IN the evenings for the sup
posed dtsign of card playing or similar
amusement. II is inima,ed that such q
company spent the evening there previ
Gus TO the fire in the morning. Whether
The fire had any connection with such
meeting or not is merely matter of con
ijccture. Que thing, however, is certain
Such use of school house is altogether
foreign to its design and legitimate o.
ljec,, and should never, usder any circum
stances, receive the countenance of ci,i
zens. School houses are altogether toe
common property. 1t is generally con
coded that they can serve for ali purposes
of public meeting in the district, bul
although such may be greatly to the con.
venience Of the district, it always results
in damage to school building and to ap
paratus.
"A scarcity OF coal exists in our ma k
ct, but I apprehend that every city and
village in this section of the country
knows how II is itself: In land where
The resources for fuel--both wood and
coal-are unlimited, as they arc in ours,
it IS scandalously wicked that people
should suffer from the want of it. Some
one is TO blame for this dearth of fuel
As we contemplate the suffering of the
western settlers along the line OF X. r.
like the H. & D. extension, this blame
rises in magnitude until it becomes an
actual crime. If I understand the mat
Ter correctly, the railroads are party &c
'his crime. I am aware that railways
are lnestimable blessings to our land, bu
that fact does not warrant them to bt
SOulleSS. TheV are TODAY the embOdi