Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-05-18
TRANSCRIPTIONS.

terday.
-."Down with the fences" is the latest
in this city.
The mousquetaires-thls is French
will soon be here.
10. Warner has rented G. W. Aus!in's
house for one year.
Prof. A. H. Tuttle is sojourning "out
west" for short time.
-"Clickety, clickety, click" says the
lawn mower these days.
-"Sweet little butter cup l." The
pastures are covered with them.
Taylor & Ball were on deck with
strawberries, lettuce and radishes, last
week.
Judge D. B. johnson is spending the
most of this week in Albert Lea, on legal
business.
Screen door season and 'skeeter nets.
Get 'em ready. Carpenter Cox will make
good frames.
Prices of rye and barley 60 up, but
their juices go down. we are sorry to say
just the same.
Our highest neighbor, w. A. Richard
son, has lettuce nearly ready for-we
mean the table.
Cheap living nowadays. Dig your
dinner in your own door yard. Dande-
lions, we mean.
Charley Lamb Of Frankford, has
short-horn bull calf, II months old, which
weighs $50 pounds.
Col. Mansfield promises US soon a
new stone walk in front CT his hotel.
Cheaper than plank.
Mcbride shipped 1900 dozen eggs to
St. Paul last week, and this week will
make it 5000 dozen.
A. Loucks, Taylor & Balls genial
book-keeper, made trip to his Spring
Valley home last week.
Mrs. Charles Waterman and little
family are still with father and m other
at the Mansfield House.
Decoration day IS May 90lh, which
comes on Monday this year. Austin
should celebrate the day.
Coffee is called the intellectual bev-
erage. We often wond cred why we had
such laundering after it.
The sch0Olmams are making the
children very happy by occasl onal jaunts
to the woods for flowe rs-and fun.
Frank Rafferty, of frankfort, who
was prisoner at Andersonville 6 months,
has made application for pension.
Cows roam about in our streets
altogether too "permiscus like" when we
have an ordinance prohibiting the same.
Ben. Mason will lay a substantial
walk in front Of his block. Jim Woodson
will furnish the fiat stone for the purpose
We are right between hay and grass,
so our hOuseEecper says-n othin' but
dandelions. How we long for the carly
vegetable.
Mrs. Betty Graves, a beloved aunt of
Mrs. J. N. Wheat, arrived in Austin
Monday from Minneapolis. She will
remain some time
The spring bonnets have strings of
ribbon that may or may not he tied.
For ladies who have plenty of jaw, this
will be very convenient.
MIR. c. w. Austin has bought the
little home which he has occupied for
some time past on Water street, formerly
owned by W. W. Cargill.
Rev. Alfred Morse will preach at the
Baptist church next Sunday morning,
Rev. Belden expecting to be absent at
Farlbault. No evening service.
Geo. NJ. Fish, the father of our
George, was down from Minneapolis last
week. visiting his boy and looking about.
He is very pleasant gentleman
The Western Union has "gobbled up"
our Northwestern Telegraph Co. So we
shall soon send messages over the West
ern Union like unto the rest of the world.
June, the month of roses, will soon
be here. 1t is also called the bridal
month. Unfortu ates, left over from last
year, will hurry up their arrangements.
Fay Smith was physically indispos.
ed for several days last week, and his
assistance was missed in the
bank. If you don't believe it, ask
Wiki.
Miss Jennie Crandall, our excellent
teacher in the third ward, is at her home
in Blooming Prairie sick with mumps
Mrs. Frank Tanner is teaching in her
place.
20. o. Void came down from ST. P aul
last Saturday. Helooks we'll and hearty,
and reports prosperous times in the Saint
ly city. He returns latter part of this
week.
We came near taking coffee with DR..
and Mrs. Wheat last Friday night; the
occasion was the Congregational sociable.
Those present report very pleasant
evening.
The popular F.eck House will soon
be arrayed in bright new dress. Paint.
ing ard repairing is going on both out
side and in, and many Of the rooms being
newly carpeted.
John Clark, living in the third ward,
lost a dear little only daughter, aged
eight or nine years, last week. Berthe
was said to be an unusually bright and
promising child.
Two lads, jimmie Collins and
Tommy MiDnettc, speared pickerel last
near Coon Lake, viii Oh weighed
16 pounds. 1t was baked for desert at
the Fleck House.
Clean out the back yards, we must
yet continue to cry, and the grounds in