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Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

height of i'll manners; any child seen to
do It would be sharply reprOved. Prob
ably few things would astonish the rural
Norwegian more than to be told that
among the highly civilized il Is cOnsid-
cred a mark of good breeding, if you
chance to meet a fellow man on the
highway, to 90 by him with no more re-
cognition of his presence than you
would give to a tree or stone wall.
1t is an odd thing that man should
be keeping the Vossevangen Hotel
to-day WHO served in Americas civil
war, was for two years in one OF the
New York regiments, and saw a good
deal of active service He was called
back to NORWAY by the death Of his
father, which made it necessarytor him
to take charge of the family estate IN
VOssevangen. He has married a VoS'
sevangen woman, and is likely to end
his days there, but he hauEerS for
Chicago, and always will. He keeps a
fairly good little hotel, on the shores OF
the lake. with a row Of willOW-trees in
front; dwarf apple-trees, goOseberry
and currant bushes, and thickets OF
rhubarb in his front yard; roses, too,
besides larkspur and phloX, but the
rhubarb has the place of honor. The
dining-room and the parlOr were like
those at Eide, adorned with ivies and
towering plants; oeanders in the win
dows and potted carnations on the table.
In one corner of the dning-room was q
large round table covered with old silver
for sale: tankards, chains, belts, but.
tons, coins, rings, buckles. brooches,
ornaments OF all kinds-hundreds of dol
lars worth of things. There they lay,
day and night, open to all who camei
and they had done this, the landIady
said for years, and not a single article
had ever been stolen, from which it is
plain that not only is the Norwegian
honest himself, there must be conta-
gion in his honesty, which spreads it to
all travellers in his country.-H. H., IN
the atlantic Monthly.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

the contents of yeur satchel or IN
restaurant.
Purchase your ticket the day before
starting, as to be sure OF making no
mistakes. Always have with you about
five or ten dollars more than you want
You may meet with unexpected changes
be delayed upon your journey. change
your plan of travelling, or what not
Never get so far away that you cannot
at a few minutes notice, telegraph
home in case of accident.
Ii you travel alone remember that a
lady can do so with perfect safety from
one end of our great land to the other;
provided, of course. that she conducts
herself with propriety, exercises ord!-
nary care and informs herself intelll-
gently regarding the details of her
Journey. If you have friends along
YOUR proposed route who can advise
YOU more minutely, or with whom you
can make an occasional stay, so much
the better, though don't impose upon
them. And, as a bright young friend
of mine says, " You needn't get lost II
you've got a tongue in your head. -
Cor. DemoreSfS uagaziRe.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18
A Sermon on the Wharf.

'Mv son." said the aged philosopher,
as he got his back braced against bale
of hay on the wharf, 'it's all in know
inc how. For instance, nine, out of ten
people who 90 on a steamboat eXcur-
sion suffer with the crowd and the jam.
What idiots | eat an onion five min
utes before going aboard, and rs re-
suit have two chairs to sit on, while you
have to stand up. l enjoy the same
cool breezes, see the same scenery, and
come home refreshed and serene. One
simple onion does the business.
"YOu chase a street car and then
stand up after you get in. Do ?
Never When | want car l fall lame.
Ihe driver stops short on seeing my
condition and | no sooner enter the
car than some one gives me a seat. It's
only the difference between a walk and
limp, and vet YOU never thought of it.
"MOst men who use tobacco carry
their pouch or box in the cOat-tail
pocket When feeling for it they in
variably feel in the wrong pocket. l
presume there are 100000 tobacco
chewers in this country. Each one
averages ten chews per day, each one
consumes fifteen minutes per day in
feeling in the wrong pocket. Here are
45, ,OOO,OO minutes per. day lost and
gone. Has Yankee genius ever sought
to save these precious hours and days
and weeks :? 1t has. | am the man
My invention or substitute is a glass
box suspended to the neck by a string.
1t is in sight, handy to reach, and if
empty the fact can be seen without
opening it.
"When you want glass of ginger
ale or Soda continued the old man as
he gathered up a rip in the leg of his
pants, 'you have to come down with a
nicllle. Do [? Not much ! [ imbibe
the same as you do enjoy it the same,
and when through tell the man he can
either pump me out or let me 90.
"When you want q lunch you must
pay from thirty to seventy-fve cents.
DO /? Not by a hat full of hornets
| rush in, rattle the keys and nails in
my pocket, Ill up, ana tnen SOItlY re-
mark that I'm ready to be kicked. But
they never do it, 1t would raise row,
drive away custom and give the place
bad name.
"If you rent a house you must pay
the rent. If | rent one | have one of
the children rubbed with croton oil,
and the owner pays me to move out for
fear of the smallpox. If you ride in a
hack you must pay. If ride in one |
become insane and the driver is glad
enough to see me 90 my way. If you
run in debt at the grocery you must pay
or be sued. If | run in debt the grocer
won't throw good money after bad.
When you want clothes you must come
down. When l want EN- | find some
drunkard asleep in an alley. And yet
people are fools enough to believe that
philosophy and broadcloth 90 hand in
hand, and that wit and genius move
only good society. '-DetroH Free Press,
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18
tfar ponng BLENDERS.
MY DOGGY DEAR.

Oh, who has seen my doggy dear-he OF the
He of the SOFT and liquid eyes, and melancholy
wall! -.
No more hear his gentle step, nor see his
When TgEi licking of his dinner-pate, or running
on race
He was as ugly as they grow upon the Isle ol
Skye
And that's what makes his loss so great, and
made his price so high.
So tell me now, "ye winged WINDS LnaC Iouuu
my pathway roar c,.ur
Will my dear doggy ne'er come back! Shall
ne'er see him mOreE
He was a brown and curly thing, who ran
about the house, ,,,
And uD and down the stairs he'd 20, as still
as any mouse; .;,,r, -,
I've Deyor seen dog so small so horrIO'e "
see!
And will that darling, precious thing come
never back TO me?
Oh. no! he's goue My heart will break! That
terrier from Skye
Has left me for some other home! The tears
fall from my eye
Alas! If | should search the world, kho" II
That should lind another dog as ugly as was
he.
And so l mourn my doggy lost. Good people
Join my wall:
He was the dearest little dog that ever wagged
q tail H.,
He lcas so ugly! Precious dear! So blest l
cannot be
As ever to possess dog as ugly as was ne!
t"U-r-r-r-r-r-r-r, O1C, Or, OlC')
But stay! What's that melliduOus sound that
breaks upon my ear?
1t is! Oh, can it then be true! IL Is his voice
hear,
And now, duh Time, bring all thy woes-I care
not what they be-
since my delightful ugly pet has been restored
st. Nicholas.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18
Why He Wanted to Buy the Dog.

The window of Thornbury's drug
store at Communipaw Avenue and
Grand Street, Jersey City, is fitted up
as miniature flower garden. On a
pedestal turned by a miniature watel-
wheel the druggist had placed a small
plaster dog. In a direct line with this
window are the apartments of Mr..
George Kidder. A few days ago Mr..
Kidder hurried into the drugstore and
asked Mr.. Thornbury if he would sell
the dog. The druggist declined to sell,
and asked his visitor why he wished TO
purchase. Mr.. Kidder replied that he
wanted to take it into the street and
smash it. In answer to further qucs-
tions he said that his wife had been biz
ten by dog two weeks previous, and
that every time she looked from the
window aud saw the plaster dog in the
druggists window, she fell into convul-
sions. The druggist then took II e
counterfeit dog from the pedestal and
put it under the counter. .-NeW YOr5
Sun.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18
A Norwegian Village.

Vossevangen is little farming ham
let on the west shore of a beautiful lake.
The region is one of the best agricultu-
raj districts in Western Norway; the
"Vos" farmers are held to be fortu-
nate and well to do, and their butter
and cheese always bring high prices in
market.
- rs VT drove 7ntU inc YIIIage We met
the peasants going home from church;
the women in short green or black
gowns, with gay jackets and white
handkerchiefs made into llying-but-
tress sort of head dress on their heads;
the men with knee hreeches, short
vests. and jackets thick trimmed with
silver buttons. Every man bowed and
every woman courtesied as we passed
To pass any human being on the high
way without sign or token of greeting
would be considered in Norway the
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18
The Progress OF CheMiStrI

Frederick Wohler, the em'nenI
ist of Goltingen University,
ejghtieth birthday has recent!
celebrated by the striking Of 3
medal, has many firm friends ani
in this county, Prof. Chand
New York, says:
MY old master, WohIer' Is
celebrated among chemists IS
been the first to make an organ
stance. 1t was held before hS'
cry that chemists could take VI
and animal substances to pee
could not reconstruct them. l,'
lists achievements were all in the
ton of analysis; nothing had Oet
in the way of synthesis. A gre
was heard about the vital force
thing which was looked upon &I
a large part in nature; no orsil
ter could be formed without 'l'
this vital force. g.
Wohler was the first to ds2
delusion in 1928. Since then
ganic compounds which chell~ l.'.
produced are numbered BY wv.
Among the late triumphS ID u. !,
ton have been artificial lnd1O :.
fetal madder. Both OF these 'uy'
are now made from the relu'Sl \
oil, and are more perfect tnall u. u
colors made by nature. l 40 VI II
what is to become OF the Pew
depend upon making these u!% 4
living; chemists arc making N, =
half their former cost. In !"
and madder found in comnyl@
are impurities, while the chen''
are perfectly pure. .,,
"Quinine is another suD''" ,.l
chemists have almost sue or
making artiGcia'ly; they eau l5lnti,, Tc
a substance chemically iden,%c .n,s
quinine and possessing the + );
able of its medical proper, ia;,r
higher degree than nat'l.al !. 4s !, HI
cording to delicate tests u !. .bo % ID
nine vet, but it answers al Wv liOa |
of that drug. The producIilOiI. nj !
nine not to be distinguished ulr = Al
furnished BY the bark IS On,; n;rs
of time. The artificial quln nolI
chearer than that which We - n
In fact there is no limlt " h, 4
stances which may be MADE =, vi
try, and Wohier was the ii.
opened the door. The meua, .Sa 4
| have here, were sent oy Wv Wv nj
tee having the matter OF ". u. I!
ton in hand to all the PGPIji
tributed to the memorial luDO
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18
What Two Little Girls ma

A long time ago, in the India,
try, two little girls slipped awa,. au 9ln- n,
the fort, and went down into c0n E
to pick berries. 1t was Emm"r "I,oR =
of seven years, with Bessie Gaa,,SI. ,c0a
not vet six. N
All at once, the sun flashed On Iapdfs
thing bright, and Emmy knew II - gag dc er1o 90
pretty painted things She had '5' bold,
craving among the bushes m,, a 4 he e : s%s va
hostile indians, with gleamino%v1 MY uIdn't III dn q
in their hands, She did not oo.4'n hie
nor in any way let them know Il. VIII graiol q
had seen them. But she loor-i i gather
about, saw that some of the cr' the wo
Indians already were between So, father
the fort, and went on picking b,,., 1T t wid s
as before. '''1 he hs rr sr
Soon she called aloud to Bessia keen,
steady voice: Don't you tb5' '.t ,Tar ne co, 8e
going to ramp So they both % @.n 'Si Sisi ia I
and walked toward the fort NJ the VII
reached the tall grass, and SNAIL 'Ti,1 tbe vS5 wo
Emmy dropped to the ground nr
Jou,n Rassia too u' plS grain s
uo"n DO''iO' wv clatt
What are you looking for9n a., stabble
the little sister IN surprise. stacker
Emmy whispered to Bessie, and Ie I, hills aiiH
of them stole silently and oucE', hiel '
hands and knees through tbs = the saye yel
grass, until thev came to tbe,, the wo
when they started up, ran swit, from "a
the fort, dashed through the eptg, :
and had the gate safely closed b
them.
Those girls are quite old now unt .notar -
they remember very well the dars t"ttc' ~
saved themselves, the tort which H.. - ~. :,
father commanded and the glI' " 1T ar y
and other people in it, beside = exc.
NlchJluS. .i,Iad
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18
Be Accurate.

Every boy and girl should deter
to be accurate. In studying lesso
sure to get the exact meaning; in
ing, state the truth OF the thin
working, do everything just rid
have lately heard OF two boH
worked in the same store, They
named John and James. Their a
were alike, and thev were requir:
be at the store at half-past seven i
morning. John was always then
the minute, OF few minutes beiOF
time; James came the same numb
minutes after. When John ARA
the goods in the windows they ser
curatejy marked and priced; Jsna
got to put the number on, or p,
them incorrectly.
These are only two of the d
which marked the distinction betl
the two boys. But every day andT
they grew further apart-JOhu d
his work accurately, and thea
well; James sighting all he col
iently could. Soon John was
noted for careiuiness in bis da
James was warned to alter his MAJ
and finally dis CHARGED. The acc1
boy grew to be a wealthy, se.tn
man. Men liked to deal with
they were sure OF being treated ID
James tried several positions, but
them on account OF his inaccung
little details, and, though he
through The world somehow, be.
not the happiness and success :,
with the same opportunities !
achieved.
There are many things that ted,
make a noble character. Place 4
racy high inthe list.-Seaoo. J''",,
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

An observer of human nature de-
clares that man whogoes to the circus
Is as -hnnnlaSslz-Ia4. | ! III ! = ;77 a
boy. He does not, it is true, perform
any wonderful gymnastic fcats, but ne
tells stories the production Of which re-
quires tremendous mental activity.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

-"When l was a young man," SAYS
the nhilnsnnha.. Ri Y y i Il 8
in a hurry to hold the big end of the log
and do all the lifting now l am older,
| seize hold of the small end and do all
the grunting."
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

The drouth prevails to such an ex-
tent in Kansas that many persons have
to step across the border to irrigate
their crops. Huntington HaUb-Eye.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

The Young man who gave up drink
ing to propitiate his girl wisely con-
cluded that a miss is as good as smile.
Philadelphia Ciroa!cie.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

In a mill, pond at Hne''in N
summer duck made u nesI !"
tree twenty feet above ., wv
viii n she deposited heregg.iS,s r.
lutte duckling5 appeared a., =; i
troubled the mother due 5sr
get her oung brood ir9pb ne
hest. She finally solved dne,I Lps
by bringing out eacn ,ust3 u
letting it fall upon the woT WI,
the whole number had rVa' IA
ter they made knowE theH y
ciferous quaGkinG.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

There is a kitten in Providence
which has succumbed to the charms of
modern civilization. 1t chews tobacco.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

And, sure enough, after dinnSS
found the forceps under tba .}en 4
Golden Days. '''' 2
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

An unpleasant trip-down two
flights of stairs.
Sharp County record., 1881-08-18

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.ide exceed
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t Hannah
on t look
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.eteni hands II
es;oue thought
; being. ser
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riga Car. +
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,ir i.ged to the
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anai'Twould
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m,-eminded {
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but! will not
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Where Did Potatoes Come From 2

Nobody knows precisely where the
potato came from orr gina,ly. 1t has
been found, apparently Indigenous, in
many parts of the wOr,i. Mr.. Darwin,
for instance, found it wild in the Chon-
os Archipelago. Sir W. J. Hooker says
that it is common at Valparaiso. where
it grows abundantIy on the sandy hills
near the sea. In Peru, and other paris
OF South America. il appears to be at
home; and il is a noteworthy fact that
Mr.. Darwin should have noted it both
in the humid forests of the ChonoS
Archipelago and among the central
Gillian mountains. where sometimes
rain does not fall for six months at q
stretch.
1t was to the colonists whom Sir
Walter Raleigh sent out in Elizabrth's
reign that we are indebted for our po-
tatOcs. Herriot, who went out with
these colonists, anil wnO wrote an ac-
count of his travels, makes what may,
perhaps. he regarded the earliest
mention of this negotiable.
Uuder tho heading Of Roots" he
mentions what he calls the 'Openawk."
''Thcse roots" he says, 'are round,
some as largo rs n walnut, others much
larger. They grow on damp soils,
many hanging together as if fixed on
ropes. They are good food, either
boiled or roasted"
At the beginning of the seventeenth
century this root was planted, as a
curious exotic, in the gardens of the
nobility; but it was long ore it came in
to general use. Many held them to be
poisonous, and it would seem not alto
gether unreasonably so, either The
potato is closely related to the daily
nightshads and the mandrake. and
from its stems and leaves may be ex-
tracted a very powerful narcotic. In
England prejudice against it was for
long timo very strong. especially
among the poor.-Lo don Farmers
Chronicle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Not the Cat but Oopperhead.

Says tho gainesville (Ohio) 1ele-
graph: Quite an unwelcomc, and GER
tainly unusual, visior ttappeared in the
house of Mr.. Joel Crofoot, in Leroy, on
Saturday night. Mrs. Crofoot had been
ironing during the evening, and, having
a hot fire, left the outside kitchen door
open. The kitchen floor is on the level
with the ground. the sitting-room floor
one step higher. About nine o'clock
she stepped down from the sitting-room
to the kitchen for the purpose Of hang.
ing some towels by the stove. and as
her foot struck the floor she felt what
she supposed was the cat, at the same
time feeling scratch on her ankle;
but noticing that the cat made no out
CRY, she looked to see what it was, and
the reader can imigine her cOnsterna-
ton at discerning a monster copper
head snake and realizing that she had
been bitten by it. She at once called
to her husband. WHO soon dispatched
the snake and applying camphor and
saleratus to the wound, eame tOPaines-
willie as soon as he could hitch up his
team and drive here. Going to the
residence of his brother, Mr.. A. d. Gro
foot, on St. Clair Street, DR.. A. L.
Gardner was summoned. who admins.
tered the usual antidotes. The foot was
swollen to an unusual size, turned
purple. and caused some pain during
the night Sunday afternoon the pain
began to decrease and the swellings
to subside, so that she rode home Sum
day evening. Mr.. Crofoot measured
his snakeship on Sunday. and found
him to be thirty-nine inches long and
and as large round as his wrist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Living by Rule.

Man IS not machine, that must be
turned in certain direction or it will
be destroyed; nor like locomotive,
which must run on one fixed track or
not run at all. The Architect of all
worlds made rs for acting under d
great variety of circumstances. and in
infinite wisdom and benevoence has
given to man mechanism of wonder
full adaptability. by which he can live
beautifully on land or sea, in the val.
leys or on the mountain tops, in the
tropics or at the poles, on the barren
rocks or in the rich savannas. Our
modes of life must be adapted to our
ages, our occupations, and the pecu.
liarties of our constitutions. There are
certain general principles which are
applicable to all. Every man should
be regular in the habits of eating;
should have all the sound sleep which
nature will take; should be in the open
air an hour or two every day. when
practicable, and should have pleasur-
able and an encouraging remunerative
occupation; and they are the happiest
who are in this last category. At the
same time, if a man accustoms himself
to 60 to bed at nine o'clock, he need
not break his neck or make himself
miserable, if circumstances occur to
keep him up an hour or two later now
and then; and so with eating, exercise,
and many other things. No one ought
to make himself galley-slave to any
observance; occasional deviations from
all habits are actually beneficial.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
What WA Liva for

''What is lifep" some one asked
Montford. His answer is one OF the
most charming things ever written:
1.-THE present life is sleeping and wax
ing; it is goodnight on going to
bed, and 'good-morning' on getting
up; it is to wonder what the day will
bring forth; it is rain on tho window
when one sits by the lire; it is to walk
In the garden and see the flowers and
hear news from east. west, north and
south; it is to read old books and new
books; it is to see pictures and hear
music; it is to have Sundays; it is to
have breakfast and dinner and tea; it
is to belong to a town, and have neigh.
bors, and to become one in circle OF
acquaintances; it is to have friends and
love; it is to have sight of dear old
faces; and it is to know themselves
thought of many times day, in many
places, by many children and grand
children, and many friends"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
A Telescope Story.

An extraordinary story is told re-
spectiny a monster telescope made by
Professors Lefevre and Longt0ur,
French scientists, erected at San Fran
cisco. Tho lenses are twenty feet in
diameter, and this is what happened
when the astronomers and their friends
turned the instrument to the heavens:
IN Dufrere was the first to apply his
eye to the eye-piece of the telescope.
For fully five minutes he looked Oh its
speeches. amazement. then, without a
word, turned away to hide his emotion.
One by Que those present tested the tel
escopc, exhibiting their establishment
in various ways. The planet which
happened to cast its beams upon the
great speculum was Mars, and the rev.
elarion is too wonderful for credit. The
eye-piece of the lowest magnifying
power was first placed on, when the
planet presented most astounding
sight. Tho powerful lens brought the
surface of tho planet nearer than that
of the moon has ever been brought by
the most powerful Telescope. The
green of the sea was brought out in
unmistakable color, and one could nj
most imagine he could SEQ the waves
upon the surface. There before the
eye was spread out splendid panora-
ma Of hill and dale, dark patches that
must be covered by forests, great vel
low patches that looked like autumn
fields, silvery threads that must be riv-
ers, and several unmistakable volcanoes
in action