Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-12-28

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was very interesting.
Our new Clerk Of the Court, s. Sven
ninssen, takes the chair made vacant by
A. W. Kimball next Monday.
ID B. johnson, Jr., spent Sunday in
Farlbault with his mother, Mrs. u. B.
Johnson, who Is seriously i'll.
Mrs. Matte Bridge spent Thursday
night last week in Austin. We wish her
stay in our city had been longer.
We ave on hand several packs of
New Years cards which we will print
cheap. Leave your orders at once.
Harry Griswold heard Monday of the
very serious illness of his sister, Mrs
George Battcy, who lives near Spring
Valley.
Mrs. George Cairns Of Charles City
and very pleasant lady, was the guest
of Miss Kate Wilcox for day and night
last week.
An "honest count" governs the
mathematics of the oyster stews served
up by Mrs. Fisher at her restaurant, east
of the post Office.
Prof. A. w. Rankin will spend his
vacation with his parents, who live about
five miles from ST. Peter. We wish him
happy New Year.
Ole Finhart, jaller, and deputy Au.
ditor, Isaac Patchin, went over to Frank
ford Saturday TO eat Christmas turkey
with the home friends.
Married, in this city, Tuesday, Dec.
81, by Rev. =. D. Be:den, Mr.. G. Harold
Nichols of Charles City, Iowa, and Miss
Annie Colby Of this city.
Mrs. DR.. Berry, of Des Moines, Iowa,
is again making glad the hearts of her
friends in this city. She Is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. D. A. Lord.
Hon. s. Bostwick of Grand Meadow,
was caller at the TRANSCRIPT office last
week. Mr.. Bostwick represented Now
er county in our legislature in 1862.
There is in the Austin post-oftice a
piece Of fancy striped worsted goods
without any address. The question is, to
whom does it belong? 1t must soon be
sent 10 Chicago.
The Christmas tree budded, bios
soned, and bore fruit, in many home in
Austin last Saturday evening, to the grea:
delight of the little ones and the evident
satisfaction of the Older ones.
The story of Uncle TOMS Cabin will
he revived IN the fine drama which will
be presented in Jones' hall, Wednesday
night. Do not forge, to 60, you will not
fail to get your moneys worth.
"A letter written and dated last week
Wednesday at Jacksonville, Florida, by
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer, states that they were
to join yachting party, to be out severa!
weeks, and were to start that day.
Mrs. Job Engle is very sick and her
husband and children are very anxious
in regard to her condition. she is quite
advanced in years, and old age has but
little power left TO meet and resist the foe.
The NJ E. church was filed to over.
flowing Sunday evening. The exercises
by the Sunday school were very interest
ing. Mrs. Rev. Lathrop delighted the
audience by the singing of a beautiful
solo.
Italian skies and mid balmy wealth
er welcomed the Christmas morning of
Minnesota. and made the day all the
more delightful. Doors and windows
open while we ate our savory turkey and
Christmas pudding.
MIR. Allen Mollison, We are sorry to
learn, has been quite ill for three or four
weeks. Allen is always so active it must
be doubly hard for him to be confined to
his home and bed. We hope soon to hear
Of his perfect recovery.
Otto Kuna,h Is still doing we'll, and
though the limb is still painful yet he
feels that he is on the road to recovery.
He took dinner Christmas with his
mother Mrs. KOthe, and we doubt not the
day was one of the happiest in his life.
Green is not the color of the ribbon
for the Order of St. Patrick, but sky blue.
Why Ireland should not have its national
color for its order it is hard to see, but
still it is fact that the green ribbon be-
longs to the Order of.the Thistle of Scot.
land.
Mrs. William Crane was enjoying a
visit at Spring Valley last week with her
sister, Mrs. ]. Sharp. Thursday after.
noon they celebrated the golden wedding
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp, and it was said
to have been golden occasion to all
present.
"A small fire at Dexter recently re-
lieved Mr.. E. B. Crane of a farm resi-.
pence near that burg. The house at the
time of the fire was occupied by Mr.. Van.
Epps and family, who were turned out,
we believe, just before bedtime. The
building was insured.
/. All the @coarser part OF the celery
stalk that is unfit for the glass should be
cut IN small pieces and prepared for the
table In precisely the same manner as
asparagus. 1t is delicious, beside.
you know, it is most excellen,
remedy for your rheumatic.
The Boston Ideals blood hounds got
hungry while en- route to jackson and
called Tor "blud." They got it by chew.
ing up the donkey, mutilating him so
badly that he died in two hours. The
managem ent have replaced him with a
genuine imported Mexican Burro.
Miss Clara Palmer is spending the
week Of holidays with Mrs. Minnie Scott
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