Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-22

tof them. There are those with US now,
who are IN need ofjust such garments.
Charlie Poorer keeps piling tn,
Christmas goods upon Old Santa Claus.
He has them there in abundance too
enough to make all the children of tn,
city happy. Don't forget to look throug'
his fiue store and make your selections
from the many countless attractions thai
iii. his counters. Everybody looks hap
ny who Comes out of this store, for the,
have received the full value ortheir money.
MIR. aud Mrs. Benjamin Mason lcf
the CITY Tuesday for 4 short visit t,
Rochester, Mich, the home Of MR.. Mason.
They will return in a few weeks, and We
hope for u permanent residence. Mrs
Mason, during her short stay with US, has
won to herself many friends, who will
gladly welcome her tack to Austin, and
upon Mr.. Mason Austin has claim as Il
resident which she will not willingly re-
iinQulsh.
| MASONIC BURIAL--The remains o!
John G. Mitchell were brought to this
city last Thursday by the brethren OF
Lyle, and buri.d with Masonic ceremn-
mics, in lakewood cemetery. The de
ceased died in Colorado we uu erst md.
! His remains were taken from there to
| Chicago where lie used 10 reside, and
from Chicago 10 this point, where he re.
questcd his remains to be buried, he
having relatives residing ut Lyle.
-Minneso,a atmosphere is wonderfully
exliierating, AID good deal more so.
when well mixed with whiskcy, as for in
| stance those two fellows that started Lam
singward just ut dusk that bitter cold
night about week ago, appeared very
much as though oxygen and whiskey
were each trying to ou,.do the other.
We wondered ifthe deviltry would freeze
out Of them before they reached their
destination. Whiskcy, thou art indeed
demon
The Registers suggestion that a
cheese factory should be established in
Austin is good one. A cheese and but
ter factory combined, located in the city
Of Austin, would accommodate more pa.
irons shan anywhere else in the county.
There is money in it rightly conducted,
both for the farmer and stockholder-and
the farmers shonld be stockholders, and
the stockholders farmers. The agitation
should not be allowed to die out. This
winter is the time for action.
"A telegram was received from Still
water FRIDAY, by Mrs. W. NJ. Leach of
this CITY, stating that her sister, Mrs.
Holcomb, also her sisters husband, were
very i'll. Mrs. Leach left on the nigh,
train for the home Of tn is sister, her only
living family relative. Mr.. Holcomb of
Saltwater was son of Lleut.-Gov. Hol.
comb. who died in that city in 1870, and
Il step son of Mrs. Henrietta Hocomb,
whose remains were brought from Toledo,
Ohio, 10 Saltwater for burial last week.
We learn from a private letter that
Mr.. William Wheat, Of Oberlin, Ohio,
whose sudden death we noticed last week,
was Ill but two hours and half, and
they were hours Of the greatest agony
His disease was rheumatism Of the heart
Mr.. Wheat had quite an extensive &C.
quaintancc in Austin for one who had
never resided here, and his frequent Wis.,
its had made HIM many friends. The
Oherlin paper il referring to linn says be
"had kind WORD for everybody, cspe-
cially the poor"
Eugene Lambert returned last Friday
evening from Grnncll, Iowa, where lie
has been attending college. His many
friends are pleased to greet him again
and congratulate him upon thu success.
tul c!nse of the first term in college. H.
speaks very highly OF the college and lis
f,cu|ty; aud, If we may Judge by his Wy
orous health, he is either proof ag,ins,
The insidious influence OF Latin, Greek.
and Chemistry, or the faculty knows hos
Mr.. Lambert will return in two weeks.
Next Sunday. December 26'h, 1880, ut
The Methodist Episcopal church in Ans |
tin: There will be preaching at 1890 A
NJ. Ivy the pastor. Evening, at P NJ, /
will be review service of 5 S. lessons
with singing and speaking by the schol-
airs. Programme: Part 6r>t-1 Singing
by the School; 2 Prayer by Pastor;
3. Review Of lessons. Part srcond-1 |
First Christmas; 2. His birhday;3. The
beautiful song; 4. Song by school; 5. I'm
portance Of Christmas; g. Christmas
T. Two pictures; 8. Christmas in Heaven.
If woman pulls half her hair down
over her forehead and eyes and pecks gu,
through the tangles, and thus reminds ev-
cry man who sees her of \ wild buffalo,
she has no one to blame but herself |
Such woman can remind one Of nothing |
else, because there Is no other creature |
OIL earth she resembles, unless it be bar.
NUNS What is It," But there are not
many such women hcreabouts Most
women prefer to look like sensible human |
beings, instead OF wild beasts or idiots.
H. NJ. Allen has been superseded as
Station Agent at Wor;hington by E. K
Fluke, formerly at Lake Crystal. The
Advance has the following kind words
tor our old friend:
The business men generally will regre,
the departure Of H. NJ Allen from the |
Worthlng,on depot. We believe no one
ut this point has ever given such general |
satisfaction. He has attended to business |
promptly, treated all classes alike, has |
not "taken sides" with any Of the little
social or political mischief makers OF the !
place, and we find, on inquiry, that his
departure is very generally regretted.
Last week some of our young misses
took it into their youthful heads to make
some Of the young lads Of the city su-
premely happy by just, for once, invit-
ing them out, and showing them bow 10