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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-12-09
Remarks on the Etiquette Of Oyster Par


Now that the oyster season has fairly
begun, few remarks to young men
DESTROYS of making themselves solid
with their new girls will not be amiss.
Always go to some saloon where you
have never been before, because If you
have been there before the proprietor
might require you to pay in advance,
and that would very unpleasant.
When you 60 in, fix your eye on the
farthest table, and lead your girl around
all the other tables to get there; if you
cross the room three or four times in
doing so, so much the better. 1t will
give chance to display her new opera
cloak.
Stumble over everybody's feet on the
way, and make them apologize for
being in your road. The girl will
think you Independent if you aren't
clumsy.
Always call the waiter George. Your
girl will think you are familiar with the
place. and don't care for expenses.
Always tell the waiter in giving your
order that you will take half dozen
raw for yourself and three dozen fried
for the lady. OF course she will coun-
termand the order, but it will give the
waiter an idea that you are fine hui
morist.
While you are waiting for your order
to be filled, you may pass the time by
feeling all over the marble-top table to
see whether it is sticky; also examine
your plate very carefully. That will
show her that you are very fastidious,
and moreover it will give her great
confidence in the cleanliness of the
place.
While waiting, you may get impa-
tient and quote from Genesis: II won-
dor If they are making those oysters"
This will always cause side-splitting
laughter on her part.
When your oysters arrive smell them
very cautiously to see how many weeks
they have been on ice; and then excuse
your rudeness by telling heryou thought
you had found pearl.
Oysters must be eaten like peas, with
q knife; it makes you slow about eating
them, and slowness in eating promotes
digestion:
She will consider it very amusing if
you try to season her oysters for her,
especially if the top of the box comes
of. As sort of side remark. we may
say, the top of a pepper-box will al
ways fall off unless it is tied on with q
rope.
Explain to her that the hard part of
the oyster is its eye, and that you are
partiularly fond of eyes as an article Of
diet. She will relish the lunch all the
more.
When you leave, slip an oyster in
your pocket, and place it in her hand
when leaving her at the gate. This is
quite new. good trick; it will create
an undoubtedly good impression of you.
-EUaasvile Argus.
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FAR NJ LAND s /!

We said in former advertisement -" To person of
MEANS land is cheaper today and in the long run, Blue Earth
county at $40 than at 50 So hundred miles
from timber BY the time the settler these prares
made his roads and Bridges got churches bought
rewood and timber until he grow his own, his land will
him than $40 per acre. We repeat again emphasized by
for hundred Of miles to the losses of stock reported
lost largely because there is timber with which utilize the
hay and straw for shelter
We have large of farming lands for sale in Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and suit customer either with
likely keep going up At present prices they will pay bet
ter investment than money interest Parties who
thinking OF buying will better bargains than along towards
spring.
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Good Adptce from a Leading Med
icOk Professor.

The learned doctor says keep some kind
Of tonic medicine always in the house, and
IL anyone feels unwell, make free use of it.
But first be sure that 1t 10 both harmless as
well as meritorious. Put no trust in alcoholic
preparations; their use will lead to intemper-
ance ueither be partial to any remedy the:
produces q severe cathartic effect, for pres
tration of the nervous system and digestive
organs is sure to follow. The mildest and
best medicine ever invented for strengthen
ing every part Of the body and restoring i'm
paired or lost organic functions to their
normal condition, aud one which is having
an unparalleled and rapidly increasing sale
In the Eastern States, Is Browns Iron Bit
tiers. Any druggist will procure 1t for you If
you request him to do so, especially when he
fincs you cannot be persuaded to take some
substitute. 1t does not contain alcohol, and
is the only preparation Of Iron that cures
headache and does not blacken the teeth. 1t
is q sure reviver, true strength9ner, and the
very best medicine ever invented for perma-
nently strengthening the pulmonary, urinary
and digestive organs, and preventing con-
sumption, kidney diseases and chronic dys-
pepsia, often curing these diseases when all
remedies have failed for 1t is truly natures
best assistant "-Gqxette,
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Nelson.


It was at Yarmouth that Nelson land
ed on his return from the Mediterran-
can, and from Yarmouth that he en-
barked, in 1901, for the Baltic. The
battle off Copenhagen was one of the
most arduous of those won by Nelson,
from the difficulties of the grounds
large shoal lying close to his ships--and
from the courage and endurance of the
Danes, who were subdued with less
relish and more trouble than the French.
No timely negotiation averted the Law
ish bloodshed of that Good Friday eve;
it was left to Nelson to crush the united
scheme of Russia. Sweden and Dem
mark against the naval rights of Eng
land. He won the victory in disobedi-
dience of orders. When Sir Hyde Par
ker, who commanded the fleet, signal
ed to him to stop the action Ito save
Nelson, as he thought. the disgrace of
inevitable defeat), Nelson's remark
was: IL have only one eye, so I have
a right to be blind sometimes. can't
see the signal. - the signal. Keep
mine flying for closer battle.'
Four years elapsed, and there follows
the scene in the cockpit of the Victory,
on the afternoon of Oct. 2l, 1868
scene which is engraven on the heart
Of every Englishman, unequalled as it
is for pathos and dramatic power.
The central figure, the moving cause of
the enormous outburst of human ener-
gy going on around, had given the inn
pulse for the last time-the brilliant
rapidity of mental action and outward
movement which had done so much for
England was about to be arrested. Mid
day was scarcely over. the blue sky
shone above, the din of battle roared
for miles, the great French ships, one
after another, struck their flags, the
English yells of victory pierced the
thunder of tho guns, when Nelson was
laid down to die. The little valiant
face kindled still at the sounds from
without, as lie lay on a midshipman's
mattress, with his back shot through,
and the ominous internal gushes of
blood draining away his life. The de-
spair of those grouped near him, the
awful excitement on the surrounding
sea, added peace and solemnity to the
calm, grand words in which he summed
up the religion, the uses and the sue
cesses of his life: ''Thank God, have
done my duty" At 4:3O, three hours
after the ball of the French rifleman in
the rigging of the Redoubtable had
knocked him over, the soul departed
of him whom his countrymen regarded
with fond prejudice as beloved friend,
with implicit faith as an invincible
champion, and with reverence as one
i'm whom Law stored the priceless re.
sources of genius. Fraser's Magaz,ne
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An Americans Views Of French Peou.
liarities.

Am living near t.in .Mairie," which
is the Mayors Office. Every ward in
Paris has Mayor. Principal business
seems that of marrying. Continual
streams of weddings at the Marie. Be.
tween II and IL O'clock daily seems the
regulation time FIR these ceremonies
at the Marie by the Mayor. CHS with
wedding parties are continually driviny
into the court yard Of the Marie.
French houses are generally so built as
to allow carriages to drive inside. En-
tertaininent for man and beast. Also
prevents ladies driving out from get
ting wet when it rains.
Crowd always outside the Marie
peeping throug III iron bars of gate at
wedding show. Strange curiosity, pc
culiar to all civilized nations. that OF
seeing a man and woman swearing
they'll love each other for life. Or
just before they swear they'll love each
other all their days, or just after. It's
q big contract to take in some cases,
isn't itP Don't all speak at once. In
France they have double-ender we'd
dings.
The church marries the couple first,
the republic by the Marie at the Marie
second. ViUe Ia Republique! In law
q marriage won't stick here unless the
republic marries. In religion it won't
stick unless the church marries. Be-
tween courts of heaven and earth the
French knots arc tied pretty fast. Le-
gal and ecclesiastical ceremonies are
entirely independent of each other. To
suit all parties the Church must clinch
the nail at one end, the State at the
other. 1t is well.
Going to Versailles. the other day,
saw wedding procession coming along
the road on foot, bound for the church.
Bride at the head. in white and orange
blossoms. on pas arm, trailing q foot
and half of train in the dust for q
mile and half. From behind, in black,
dusty, uncomfortable and respiratory,
villagers running from all directions to
see the show. Saw two large women
with wooden shoes, running down q
narrow, stony street. Much chatter.
Large women, each holding one hand
of small boy, and as they ran small boy
was yanked over the cutters at the rate
of ten feet to the yank. All to be in
time to see the wedding procession
pass.
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nEFAULT having been made in the cOndi-
~ lions of n certain mortgage made and
executed by Seth 5. Phelps and Eispa T..
Phelps. his wife, mortgagors. To the British
and American Mortgage Company lLimitcdl,
II corporation duly created, organized and ex-
listing under and by virtue OF the laws of Great
Britain, mortgagcc, dated July LIST \. d. 1879,
and recorded In the Office of the Register Of
Deeds in and for the County OF Blue Earth, In
the Stale of Minnesota, on the sth day of No
vcmbcr, a. ID. 1879, at O'Clock in the after
noon, in Book '.g' of Mortgages, on page GA
by which mortgage there was conveyed and
granted the following described real estate
in the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, tO-wit:
The Southwest Quarter tl<) of Section Four
teen II4l, ana the Lots numbered One M,
Two III, Three ~, and Four G4l; and the
Northwest Quarter "a of the Northeast Quar-
ter (ll), all in Section Thirty-iivc 1851, all In
Township One Hundred and Eight [l0Sl, north,
of Range Twenty-Five (z5], west of the fifth
principal meridian, and containing I'm all
Three Hundred and Seyenty-three 1873 acres,
to secure the payment OF the sum OF Twenty.
five Hundred Dollars In gold, with interest
at the rate of Eight per cent. per annilm, nc.
according to the conditions of one coupon bond
bearing same date as said mortgage, made by
said Seth 5. Phelps to said British and Amerl-
can Mortgage Company [Llmited]; and there
being due and unpaid upon said bond and
mortgage ut the date Of this notice the sum
of Two Hundred and Five and 37-lOO Dollars
this End day of November, 1881, as taxes upon
said mortgaged premises the sum Of $79 74-iOO,
which sum II was necessary to pay to protect
this mortgaeee's lien upon said premises, tho
receipts therefor being now In this mort
gagec's possession.
And no action or proceeding at lay or other
wise having been Instituted to recover the
amount of said mortgage debt or any part
thereof Now, therefore notice Is hereby
given that by virtue and In pursuance OF q
power of sale I'm said mortgage contained and
herewith recorded, and Of the statue in such
case made and provided. the above described
premises will be sold ut public auction, at the
| front door of the Office of the Register OF
Deeds I'm and for said county of Blue Earth,
and mt the city OF MankatO therein, on Satur-
day, the 18th day Of December, A. d. 1881, ut
ten o'clock in the forenoon, TO satisfy the
amount of said mortgage debt then due and
unpaid, together with the sum paid as afore-
said for taxes on said mortgaged promises
and entered therein as provided by statute,
together with the costs and expenses OF sucn
foreclosure proceedings, including Seventy
i,ve dollars attorneys fees as stipulated In
said mortgage and tho said mortgage will be
thereby fOrectoASd.
Dated No, ember 2, 1881.
THE BRITISH g. AMERICAN MORTGAGE Con-
pASY UIMITED). Mortgagee.
THOMAS & WAsHBURN,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
lsw5 xaHkats. Nj
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

WHEREAS, default has been made in the
w conditions of n certain mortgage execut-
Cd and delivered 10y Jasper Il. TalcOtt and
Margaret Talcutt his wifo mortgnpors, To
Daniel \. Dickinson mOrtgagee, dated the
3Oth day of December 4. ID. eighteen hundred
aud seventy and recorded In the Office of the
Register nf Deeds Of the county Of Blue Earth
in the state of Minnesota, on the soth day OF
December, 4. ID, 1871, AT Ia o'clock L. NJ, In
book "L' Of mortgages, on page lal, secur-
in" payment Of the sum of Sll1 3c-lOO with IL
per cent. interest thereon from date Of mort
gage, on which there Is claimed to he due. at
The date of this notice, the amount of Nine
Hundred and sevcnty-threc 1O-lOO dollars and
no action or proceeding has been instituted
at law az in equity To recover the debt socur-
al ny said mortgage or any part thereof.
Now, notice Is hereby given, that by virtue
of Il power of sale contained insaid mortgage,
aud uf the statute In such case made and
provided, said mortgage will be forccloscd by
cribcd. nj public auction at the front door of
the office of Register OF Deeds In the city Of
Mankato in the county OF Blue Earth ana
State OF Minnesota. on Saturday the 21th day
Or December. 4. d., eighteen hundred and
ciehty-one, at ten o'clock In the forenoon. tn
satisfy the amount which shall then be due on
said mortgage, with the interest thereon, and
dollars attorneys fees, as stipulated in said
mortgage in case OF foreclosure. The PREM
Uses described In said mortgage. and So to be
sod, are the lot, piece or parcel OF land sitti-
atcd in the county OF Blue Earth and State of
Minnesota, and known and described as fol-
lows tc-wit The west half Of the northwest
quarter of Section Thirteen uSl In Township
one Hundred and i've (lo5) north Range Tween
ry-SiN (sd,wcst Of the nth principal meridian.
DANIEL A. DICKINSON,
THOMAS 4 WASIiEuRN, Mortgage.
Attorneys Of Mortgage.
Dated November loth 1851.
RI" above sale is hereby postponed until
saturday, the 9Th day of January, lsS2. ut III
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MoRTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.

WHEREAS, default has been made In the
w conditions of II certain mortgage exccut-
ed and delivered by Cephas ;. Terry and Susie
l.. Terry, his wife, mortgagors, tn The British
and American Mortgage Company lLimitcdl,
Il corporation duly created, organiZed ana en-
istng under and by virtue of the laws of
Great Britain, mortgagee, dated the first day
of january, A. ID. eighteen hundred and
eighty, and recorded in the Office of the Reg
lister of Deeds of the county of Blue Earth, in
the State OF Minnesota, on the nth day of
January, a. ID. 1880, at l. o'clock NJ, in Book
III" of Mortgages, on page Us, on which there
Il claimed To be due at the date Of this notice
the amount Of Thirty-two and SirlOO dollars,
and no action or proceeding has been institil-
ted at law or in equity tn recover the debt Sc
cured by said mortgage or any part thereof:
Now, notice is hereby given that by virtue Of
n power of sale contained in said mortgage,
and of the statute in such case made ana pro-
vidcd, said mortgage will bc fOreclOsedb by sale
uf the mortgugcd premises therein described,
nj public auction at the front door of the Office
Of the Register of Deeds in and for the coun-
ty of Blue Earth and state OF Minnesota, and
at the city Of Mankato therein, on Saturday,
the 18th day OF December, \. ID. eighteen hun
drcd and eighty one, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon, to satisfy the amount which shall then
he due on said mortgage. with the interest
thereon, and costs and expenses of sale, and
Fifty dollars attorneys fees, as stipulated In
said mortgage in case Of foreclosure. The
premises described i'll said mortgage. and 81
10 In sold, il the lot, piece or parcel Of land
situated in the county of Blue Earth and
State of Minnesota, and known and described
as follows. tO-wit: The East Half IIsl of the
southeast Quarter IA of Section Twenty-Five
l22l, In Township One Hundred and Eight
llUSl, north, Range Twcnty-eight l2sl, west of
The fifth [5thl principal meridian, except one
and 36-lO0 acres in the Southeast Quarter Ia
of said Section Twenty-Five l22lhcretOfore
conveyed to the Saint Paul & Sioux City Rail-
road Company by decd dated December 10Th
| 1869.
THE BRITISH 4 AMERICAN MORTG AGE
COMPANY LIMITED.
Mortgagec.
| THOMAS l. WAsHBURN,
Attorneys for Mortgagec
| Dated November =, 1881.
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4 an,,tst Minister'S Experience.

A BUDItSG vi thtSfST0 ALpCEscuccs
Inn Baptist Minister, and before even
Thought of being clergyman, graduated In
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mi II with the Oil, and then place the end of
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of the spoon into the head BY smiling as hard
as they can, until the Oil falls over into the
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clean 1t out and cure their catarrh. For
INV own knowledge. 1t is the only medicine
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nothing relieves me Ike Thomas Electric
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NOTICE

state of Minnesota tn all persons interested
in the estate of Leonard &. Shoemaker, late
Of Blue Earth County, deceased,
Greeting: You and each of you are hereby
cited and required personally to he and appear
before the Judge of Probate for the county of
Blu" Earth, at his office In the city of Manka-
Ia, in said county, on Monday, the 10Th day of
December, A. ID. lssl, AT one o'clock I'm the
afternoon of that day, then and there To at
tend the final settlement of the account of
Edwin Rogers and Harden Garrett. executors
of the last will and testament of the said
Leonard {. Shoemaker, deceased, and the dis
triuutiOn of said estate.
In testimony whereof. have hcreunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court of said Blue Earth county this 18th day
Of November. a. ID. 1851.
- q. w. MEAD,
SEAL Judge of Probate.
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PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth -sS.-In Probate Court.
Ia the matter Of the estate of Mary Crane,
deceased.
The State of Minnesota and the Probate Court,
to all persons interested In the estate of
Mary Crane. deceased,
Greeting Whereas, Daniel +. Crane. of the
county of Blue Earth, State Of Minnesota, has
filed his petition I'm the Probate Court of the
county Of Blue Earth for letters Of admins
tration to issue tn said petitioner, Daniel +.
Crane. upon the estate OF Mary Crane, late
of said county. deceased;
Therefore you and each of you are cited
and required To appear at the office Of the
Judge Of Probate in the city of MankatO, I'm
said county, on Monday the 10Th day of
December, 1881, at two O'Clock In the after
noon of that day, tn show cause why letters of
administration upon said estate should not
issue ~ the said Daniel f. Crane as prayed
for in said petition.
In testimony whereof have hcreunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court. this 2.ndtlay of November, A. ID. 1881.
(Scul.J &. W. MEAD,
Judge of Probate.
LORIS CRAY,
Attorney for petitioner.
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nEFAULT having been made in the condi-
j y lions of II certain mortgage executed 10y
Ccphas :. Terry and Susie l.. Terry, his wife,
mort gagors, Ia Tine British and American
Mortgage Company lLimitedl, II corporation
duly created, organized and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of Great Britain,
mortgage, dated January list, \. ID. 1850, and
recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds
i'm and for the county of Blue Earth. in the
State of Minnesota, on the 10Th day of Janii-
AIRY. \. ID. 1850. at II o'clock noon, in Book
III Of Mortgages, on page IL by which
mortgage there was conveyed and granted
the following described real estate situate in
the county of Blue Earth aforesaid, tO-wit:
The South Half al of the Northwest Quarter
r. Of Section Twenty l2Ul, in Township One
Hundred and Eight llOel, north, Of Range
Twenty-cight l2sl, west of the fifth l5thl prin-
cipul meridian. to secure the payment of the
sum OF Seven Hundred dollars, with interest
at the rate of eight per cent per annum, pay
able scmi-aunIally, according to the condi-
tionS az one certain coupon bond bearing
same date as said mortgage, made by said
Ccphas :. Terry To said British and American
Mortgage Company ll.imitedl: and there be-
ing due and unpaid upon said bond and mort
gage al the date of this notice the sum of
Twenty-cight and I5lOO dollars and nc
action or proceeding at law or otherwise hav-
ing been instituted 10 recover the amount of
said mortgage debt or any part thereof ;
Now therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue and i'm pursuance of power OF sale In
said mortgage contained and Herewith re-
corded, and of the statute in such case made
and provided, the above described premises
will bc sold ut public auction, at the front
door of the office of the Register of Deeds In
and for said county of Blue Earth, and at the
city of MankatO therein, on saturday, the 18th
day of December, A. ID. 1881, AT 10 o'clock In
the forenoon, tn satisfy the amount of said
mortgage debt then due and unpaid, together
with the costs and expenses of such foreclos
ure proceeding, including fifty dollars attor.
ncy's fees as stipulated in said mortgage; and
the said mortgage will be thereby forcclosed.
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Col. A. Wood Merryweather, whom ever.
body in Scranton, Pa, knows, writes and
says 81 had long suffered from a derange-
ment of the bladder and kidneys; 1t had made
my general health very poor. / also was
troubled with severe indigestion pills gave
me only temporary relief, and Inexperienced
distress. friend recommended Browns
Iron Bitters. have used 1t with most graft
flying results, and Just now my health never
was better, and feel that the cure is perma'
nent."
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Kidney Complaint Cured,

B. Turner, N. Y, writes ~ have been for
over year subject to serious disorder of the
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ness procured your BURDoCK BLOOD BIT
TIERS, and was relieved before half bottle
was used. intend to continue, as I feel
confident that they will entirely cure me-"
Price $l.00, trial size 10 cents Sold by Collins
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