Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-04-27
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especially delight her grandchildren last
Christmas day, ordered some toys from
New York. In due time the bill Of goods
arrived, and for several weeks the good
lady continued to enquire or send to tie
Austin post-office for the beautiful Christ
mas toys, but as often as she came to
enquire, as often was she told no package
had arrived to her address, until impa.
thence had her perfect work, and hope
was dead, and the lady had ceased to en-.
quire. and we had ceased to look All
Unexpectedly last Tuesday the "animals,"
with their wrapping looking little the
worse for wear, arrived, they having
spent the winter, they tell us, at Fulda in
snow-drlft.
e. Paul Smiths entertainment last
Friday evening was we'll attended, but
not so we'll as it deserved. AS reader
and impersonator few can excel him in
our opinion. What could be nearer per.
lection than his "Miss Tabitha Primrose
on Women's Rights" "Pretty as a Pic.
ture," and "Zachariah Spicer''? In our
admiration and delight in the rendering
Of the MAD Scene' from that great
French drama OF "Article A." we could
scarcely realize that we were listening
only to personation, and not the living
artist. The slender, graceful, fair-haired
Sara Bernhard seemed a living presence,
and we drank from the wine Of the feast
prepared, and were more than satisfied
Miss Nettie Louise Hewitt, is indeed a
fine vocalist Her voice is Of excellent
volume, sweetness and purity. She can
but give satisfaction and pleasure to her
listeners.
Miss Armstrong, the accomplished
whistler, Is indeed an entertaining phe-
ncmena, and one would think whole
aviary of singing birds were pouring
forth their sweetest notes.
We say, success to this troupe of enter
tainers.
THOSE REPAIR SHoPs.-Our con-
temporaries have had several articles
recently on the c., M. & ST. P. repair
shops. We have not before referred to
the subject, because, by the most diligent
search after knowledge, we could ascer-
tain nothing definite. AS soon as favora-
BILE news is TO be obtained, the TRANSCRIPT
will give it to the public. AS yet it is all
surmise and guess-work, except that the
Co. are to build shops this season, with
a strong probability, from the information
at hand, that they will be located either
at Austin or Minneapolis. We can guess
az we'll as any one, and our guess IS that
Austin will win, if she Will assist the en-
tcrprise to the extent Of twenty or twenty
five thousand dollars. We do not think,
however, a bonus Of few thousand will
affect the result one way or the other
1t is reasonable to suppose that the shops
are to be located where they will best
serve the interests Of the road, without
regard to bonuses. Experienced railroad
men say this location is far preferable to
Minneapolis, and that they have no doubt
that the "powers that be" have decided
upon this point in their own minds. We
are in favor, however, of liberal policy
toward the Co., and the voting OF a mod.
crate bonus, one that we can stand with
out distressing US. Negotiations are in
progress, and as soon as anything definite
is known, we shall lose no time in post
ing our readers.
SILVER WEDD1NG.-Our good Meth
odlst friends Of the parsonage were made
very happy last week Monday evening by
one of the most perfect surprises of the
season. They arrived home from "tea.
drinking" about TX in the evening, to
find their home in the possession of
relatives and a goodly number ofin,imate
friends, who to excuse themselves for
this invasion, reminded this husband and
wife of twenty-five years, that they too
remembered that Sunday, April 18th, was
the anniversary of their wedding day, and
on this Monday evening, would help
them to celebrate it. About this stage of
the proceedings, a rap at the door, not
too gentle, was heard, and in poured an
avalanche Of friends, until there was
naught but standing room left-and the
second surprise was fully as great as the
first. Soon after Rev. A. c. Reynolds, Of
Austin circuit, made very appropriate
presentation speech, over table laden
with useful and beautiful articles of
silver, which these loving friends had
brought with them 10 mem orize the occa-
sion.
From relatives: Silver butter dish,
silver pickle castor and tongs, knives,
call,bell, butter knife, mustard spoon.
From the church and other friends:
Silver crcamer, sugar bowl, fruit dish,
berry spoon, dessert spoons, fruit knives,
and q set of solid silver tablespoons. An
elegant card.receiver from Hayes Bros.
Rev. Cressey's big heart was full, yet
he replied to Rev. Reynolds in very
happy manner, referring to his marriage
in Burlington, Wis, and in about a year
afterward coming to Austin, which was
"a years ago last October. 1t is no wsn-
der that Rev. Cressey and wife have 80
many warm friends among US, as many
of US have grown to man and woman's
day under his very eye. And how could
he forget or cease to love Austin? II was
In Austin he was converted and became
a Methodist, in Austin he received his
license to preach, and with so many inter.
esting memories clustering in and about
this community, it is not strange that he
should have attachments for this place
which will last through life itself; neither
is it strange that so many in this commu.
nifty, who having known Rev. Cressey and
family so many years, should entertain
and cherish for them this high regard and
personal esteem which only time and
length of years can give.
GRAND MEADOW.