Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-12-01
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thlS place, Out later OF Hampton, 1OWa,lS
in town. e. .4.,.>....... -
Mrs. w. Fl. Parlin OF East Winthrop,
Maine, arrived IN Lel>oy on Friday. She
is 10 spend the winter with her daughter.
Mrs. E. G. Stevens
Mrs. E. n. Raymond, the estimsblc
wife of Rev. Mr.. Raymond, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, is in ST. Paul re.
celving medical aid for some affection Of
her eyes.
Simon McGllivary, who IS in the
employ of 7. j. Henderson, q resident OF
Leroy, but at present running an eleva-
tor at Grafton, Iowa, is spending few
days at home.
Schools closed on the Gath inst. The
vacation will continue until Dec. IS.
Miss Paddock, the teacher Of the b grade,
returned to her home in Grand Meadow
on Thursday morning.
The receipts Of wood for the week
have been very light, few loads having
been offered for sale. The unusual
roughness of the roads deter those who
have wood to sell from bringing the same
to town.
MIR. s. C. Ball, our meat man: has
been quite extensively engaged in buying
turkeys and other fowl for the st. Paul
market. He has also tried tie expert
ment of shipping turkeys direct to Boston,
hoping 10 make the venture prove lucra.
| tive.
Another in the series of Caswell
house parties given by the young folks of
the village occurred on Friday evening.
The. music was furnished by Messrs.
WAitcomb, Brown and Armstrong. A
pleasant time was anticipated and real.
| led
Mrs G. H. Carpenter, who has been
enjoying short visit to her parents, MIR
and Mrs. Ransom Young, returned to her
home on the gath inst. Mr.. Carpenter,
who was formerly station agent al Adams
and later at Bonair, Iowa, is now station
agent at Grove City, a thriving village
some ninety miles northwest of St. Paul
on the St. Paul, Minneapolis s Manitoba
railroad.
Thanksgiving services were held in tho
Presbyterian church, both Presbytcrlans
and Bap,isls uniting in the services. The
sermon was delivered by the pastor of tho
Baptist church, Rev. Mr.. Ure. Text,
Cor, 1921. Subject, the recognition Of
God in our lives, (D AS persons, (2) II
the domestic relations, (3) In social life
~ In civil life. The sermon was apt
eloquent and logical.
Wheat market quiet. Very little
wheat hos been delivered during the week
Prices ranging from 70 TO so cents. Or
the contrary, there has been much activ
ity ir the hog market. Over $4,000 have
been paid to the farmers in this vicinity
for hogs for the week ending Saturday
Nov. 81. The principal buyers were
Messrs. Larrabee, Henderson and Hayes
Prices from $3.50 to $500 per cw,.
| Services in both Presbyteri an and
Baptist churches on the Sabbath. AT the
Presbyterian Rev. MIR. Rayn ond preached
iu the morning from Heb. 5-12. Subject
Importance and advantage of studying
the Scriptures and in the evening from
Heb. 3-l2. Subject: Faith and Unbelief
At the Baptist the pastor discoursed from
the 28th Psalm. Subject: The Silence O.
God. No service at the Baptist churcl
in the evening.
Rev. G.. P. Itch, a returned mission
airy from China will lecture in LeRo,
next Thursday evening at the Presbyte
rian church. Theme: "Chlna and Mis-
sions." Mr.. Fitch has spent ten years il
China and his long residence in the land
of the "Celestials" qualities him to han
die his subject inte]l,gentIy. We are as
sured, by those who know that tie lecture
will be able, entertaining aud instructive
1t is hoped that full house will gree
the gentleman.
The school house in district No. O.
was burned on Saturday morning, TIT
9th inst. It is not known how the firt
originated, but is presumed that it caugb
from the stove. When first seen that por
ton Of the building opposite from thu
chimney was the only part burning. TIL
building was one OF the best of the coun
try school houses in the county, and tn
best in the town Of Leroy outside: Of In
village. The school, under The instruc
ton of Mr.. River OF Cresco, Iowa, ha
been in session two weeks, and, so far a
l have been able to learn, was progress
ing very pleasantly. The loss falls very
heavily on the district.
AT last our school board have 0rdcre'
text books through the machinery Of til
state swinoIe. Our citizens are righteous
~ indignant over the result Of the vote ol
1.-THE "tcxt book act" as declared by tn
officials. The decision may be accordln!
10 the strict letter of the law. but we yer,
much question the equity OF the result
With all due Difference to our law-maker
and hw-interpreters, We look upon til
act as q violation of the true spirit Of tn
constitution. 1t is anything but rleasan
to contemplate the apparent fact that thu
youth Of Minnesota, in our Common
schools at least, are to be compelled 10 use
for number of years, the books Of tn
state series. Were these books the yer!
best in the marketit would be bad enough
for then We would be shut out from fur
Their improvement in text books, but a.
the matter stands, the books taken as d
whole, are far below the present average
both in subject matter and in mechanlca
execution. -.
| NEWS AND NOTIONS.
-"Hon. w. w. Williams, of ALDER
Lea, in Minneapolis" Ha, ha, when die