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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
PLEASANT MOUND

"reminiscences Of the late "unpleas-
antnCss."
We noticed mercury rose l6 degrees
in seven days of the storm without
once falling, day or night, have never
known SO even temperature for so long
II time in the seven years we have kept q
weather record
No mail for eight days or prospect OF
any.
George W. Trimble lost three of his
cattle by being smothered by snow fill
ing his stable.
Mr.. L. l.. Maine had his sheds and
stables filed with snow and was obliged
to turn his cattle in his corn field as the
best place to keep them.
During the storm the house of 8
Bacon caught fire by clothes being hung
near the stove pipe in the chamber
When discovered, the contents of one
bed room was entirely burned, blu,
plenty OF help being at hand, the fire
was extinguishcd Without further dam
age. Loss, $50 to $50.
Mrs. f. o. Marks has been under the
doctors care for several weeks. Abou,
the time the storm commenced, being
much worse, the physician was sent fol
but the storm being SO severe he could
not 80, at the time being called by
other parties, so during that fearful
storm she lay at the point of dealt
without possibility of securing medi
cal assistance. AS soon as the storm
abated, Z. W. Griggs volunteered to e
tor medicine on foot, that being thu
only possible way of going through til,
leep snow. He made the round trip t.
Vernon Center and back, 20 miles, ir
nine hours, probably the best feat o.
pcdestrianism on record in this county
Mary +. Thompson, teaching schoo
in district No. 20, had severe attack
of erysipelas ut the house of J. s
Parks, where she lay during that Ions
storm wanting medical assistance, bu,
home treatment thoroughly applied
overcome the disease and she is nov
convalescing.
Among the late arrivals during thu
storm, was one as the house of William
Harris. 1t isa lady and has come t
stay.
The best judges estimate the depth O
snow Fall during the late "unpleantness,
Gas neighbor terms the storm at q
inches. o. CcAsIoNAL.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
County Correspondence.
STERLING,

STERLING.
promised to add little more, after
hearing why stock raising paid better
than raising wheat. In addition, allow
me TO say that the reasons given are next
to no reasons at all, because stock is as
liable to disease as wheat is to grasshop-
per raids or hail storms; and, besides,
which has the advantage, stock or wheat,
if we can realize, in dollars and cents,
as much from a given quantity of land in
three months or in twelve! Methinks
wheat would, as | would have much
more leisure time in the one than in the
other. But | am not DESTROYS of enter
ing into any controversy in this matter,
for it is my opinion that to make either
stock or wheat raising II success, the two
industries must 90 hand in hand, for the
one will not succeed without the other.
OF course, either of these industries are
liable to failure once in Il while. For in
years ago two weeks before harvest we
had as fine assurances of crop as we
have ever had in Minnesota, and yet it
was almost Il total failure. And on the
other hand, look across the Atlantic a
few years previous. In Great Britain,
where they had rinderpest, their herds
were dccimatcd by disease If you try
hog raising, look mt Illinois and Iowa
with hog cholera, | can't see any rea-
son, if land is properly farmed, why we
should get less than twenty bushels of
wheat per acre. have land that has
been in wheat twelve years and last sea.
son it yielded over twenty bushels per
acre for the simple reason that it has
been getting dressing of manure now
and again.
Nasty has misinformed you in regard
to the existence of the Blue Earth Val
ley Burns Club. Instead of being the
18th anniversary, it could only be the
14th, according to my arithmetic, be-
cause the first anniversary Of said club
was held January Goth, 1857, and the
last election of officers was held Jan'y
25th, 1872; so there is no Burns Club,
although the anniversary of Burns has
been kept each year since the club be-
came defunct. But, if there is no better
sentiment expressed at Burns anniver-
sary than "Tom O'Shanter," it will be of
little moment how soon the anniversary
becomes defunct. These dates are taken
from the minutes of the club and are
correct. j. DoBIE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
BUCKS INSOLVENCY BILL.

Senator Buck, of this county, in.
troduced bill last Saturday, entitled
AN Act to prevent debtors from
giving preference to creditors, and to
secure the equal distribution of the
property of debtors, and for the re.
lief of debts against debtors" The
provisions of the bill are that no in
solvent debtor shall purposely confess
judgment in favor of one creditor to
the detriment of another, and the
punishment of so doing inflicts a fine
of $500, or Imprisonment in Jail for
six months. Section two provides
that in case of one becoming insol.
vent, all his creditors must file their
claims inside of twenty days. Sec
ton twelve provides that the assignee
or receiver of such an estate shall first
pay all taxes and assessments against
the property, and then all wages due
servants, clerks and laborers of not
more than three months prior to the
assignment. and after this, the bal.
ance is divided pro.rata between the
creditors.
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MAPIETON.

We are still blockadcd so that trains
are very scarce, and there is no account
ing for the strange forms and directions
the snow drifts have assumed. They
arise majcstically, crossing streets but
few rods from each other, stopping all
travel for the present.
A young man named Ashley was
tai en- with intlammatory rheumatism
while passing through here on his way
to Owatonna. lie lies quite low at the
Mapleton House. His parents and
aunt are with him.
Another blacksmith has come to
town-has taken up his abode at Fritz
Gerth's to stay until twenty -one years
of age, unless Gcrth refuses to pay
debts of his contracting previous to
that time.
Mr.. John Kempton OF Bcauford, has
received his divorce, sold his property
to Mr.. Finley, and will now depart to
pastures green and widows fair.
The Methodist society will give a
course of six lectures, the proceeds OF
which are TO be applied to pay the debt
on the parsonage and make necessary
repairs. Among the speakers, Prof.
Soaring, of Mankato, has been secured
Our mill company has at last good
supply of water, and are now prepared
to furnish their customers with -four and
feed.
The public schools of this place will
have an old fashioned exhibition at the
close of present term; Rotations, Sc
rious and comic essays, singing, etc
School keeps four weeks longer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
BEAUFORD.

We considered the roads very bad
here all winter, and the snow quite deep
before the last storm; but the storm
that broke upon us Friday night CON-
pictely blocked everything. Yards are
filled full, even with the tops of the
fences, and in II number Of places the
drifts are ten or twelve feet deep, and
wherever you would look you would
see farmers shovcling snow to get out
their cattle To water, getting out hay, or
making roads so they could get about.
Mr.. Charles Kreamer shot wolf in
his cattle yard one day last week.
There was quite an excitement last
Tuesday eve at the Red school house
when writing school closed. One
young man took into his head to fog
another. Well, he tried it and got
caught at it. The Irish cur was good
and led out on the start, but the Scotch
terrier was game and had the grit to
run things his way at last. Result, a
couple of black eyes and faces some
what scratched. NICK.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
LEGAL NOTICES.
PROBATE NOTICE.
cTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth sS-in Probate Court, Special
Term, February H. 1881

-
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth sS-in Probate Court, Special
Term, February Ii, 1881.
Tn the mottcr of IN. ,ni,or hahn, ~ Mar,
Ann StrunV DECEASED viz. Ioscnh W
and Ernest : hnpcI F Wv
mn, ,
In, ne oluer heret'gre maze IN the above en-
.itioi iiit'eI, nn uht'h Jiiliiary 23tn, 1901.
wherein ~ ~ oiucrGu tHHt the next or KIN or
sa!n warns una an persons inte'r 'iei IN the
e ,, oi sun wards shali appear before SAIL
froDate Iourt. ~ inc iroDato Office IN the city
OF MinKatn, IN snli county OF Blue Earth, on
Monday, lhe iith nay or March, A. d. 1881, at
~ CLOCK III me FORENOON, 10 Si'" chisc why
iicchse Sloulu NOT w ffit5I'eh TT tEc saie oi
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ngmatter, if he expects them to become
reading men and women. 1t is also n
sacred duty TO see that they get the
right kind-that which will give the
ever active minds something to digest.
We will venture the assertion that the
light, trashy reading matter spread broad
cast DER the land has ruined more GOOD
memories, and led more young minds into
hayward channels Of thought than any
other influence in existence. When our
land is so repletc with reading matter of
IA valuable sort, such us good newspapers,
biographies and histories, there is no OK
cuse for the deficiency so often found in
the minds store-room.
Your correspondent seems to think his
method will restore memory. The mem
orY is never lost, unless the mind is dc
throned. If there is n lack of memory,
it is certain that it never existed. I'm
less observation and perception have been
developed, there can be no memory. To
avoid an effect, the cause must be climi-
mated. So, the only way to avoid the
lack Of memory and appetite for read
ing, we must supply ourselves with
good literature to read, and cultivate
observation. Now, the question arises,
when is this to be done To be sue
ccsstully done, it must be commenced
in childhood. The greatest failure our
school teachers make in starting the
little ones up lcarning's river, is in not
leading them on to be very close OBJ
servers. They are allowed to proceed in
an unobscrvant, superficial manner Of
thought and study, that the habit soon
becomes so deep-scatcd that it is almost
impossible to overcome. The conse-
qucncc is the lack of memory and appc-
tite for reading, referred TO by Little
Cobb. We have referred to the manner
of teaching children {; and right here let
lis put in plea for Normal Schools and
Normal methods. They are aiming at
the very error our teachers too often
make, of which / have spoken. The
supreme design of Normal work is to
lead the student INTO such thoughtful
and observing habits that when they
go out to teach they will WELD II similar
Influence. We hope that every one will
give this matter an equitable amount of
thought. TRANSIENT.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
GOOD THUNDER.

In your last issue we were greatly in
terestcd in the County Correspondence"
Our rural brethren are waking up to the
fact that newspapers are among our best
civilizers and educators, and weld IN
influence where they are read. They
have come to the conclusion that editors
are something more than poor "quill
pushers," striving to exc out their living
by drawing sustenance from the poor
burdened laborcr. We draw this infer
cnce from seeing that they are calling
upon "ye editor" to enliShtcn them on
certain parts of their business. We see
that the much agitated question of wheat
and stock raising has been taken up ;
the lawyers are handled with horny
hands ungloved the County Board has
been criticised fertilizers have received
attention the social circle is reported;
the length and breadth of the snow drifts
have been reported, and the U. s. mail
contractors have been held up to the I'M
merciful gaze of the public. But there
is a subject that should receive little
more attention from them. 1t is that
referred to by your Little Cobb scribe.
He asks, Why don't young men read
and study more" (He might have justly
included young women) He suggests
a remedy for the deficiency mentioned,
1. e., lack of memory. While we are
glad that our Little Cobb friend has
brought up the matter, we must say that
the remedy suggested will not remove
the evil. To do anything in life, we
must have taste for that particular &C.
and taste must be acquired to
a great extent. To read, a man must
have taste for reading. This taste must
be acquired by constant indulgence.
we assert that our farmers
should give the matter more attention.
All tastes and habits, to be beneficial,
must be acquired in childhood and it is
the duty of every parent to see that his
children are properly supplied with read.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
PROBATE NOTICE.
cTATE OF MlNNESOTA-Countyo Of Blue
- Earth-sS-ln Probate Court. Special

STATE OF MiNNESOTA-County Of Blue
Term, February llth, 1881.
In the matter Of the Minor heirs of Merritt
=! BrpnghtOn, deceased.
The order heretofore made in the above
entitled matter and dated February LIST, 1881,
wherein 1t Is ordered that the next of kin OF
SAID heirs aud all persons interested in the
estate OF said wards, shall appear before said
Probate Court at the Probate Office in the
city Ut MaukatO III said County OF Blue Earth
on Monday the 18th day Of March, \. ID. 1851,
at III O'Clock III the forenoon To show cause
why license should not be granted f.r the
sale Of SAID estate. by the order If this court
the same Is hereby vacated and SET aside by
reason Of insufficient time therein given for
SAID parties therein mentioned 10 appear as
therein ordered.
And it is hereby further ordered, upon the
reading and Ming the verified petition OF
Simeon l.. Fclch, Of Wyoming County and
State Of New YORK, Guardian Of the person
and property of Jonah IL. BrOughton, Katie
i. BrJughtun and Merritt ". Broughtor
minors for license To sell the. real estate Of
his said wards and IL appearing from said
petition that II Is necessary aud would be
beneficial 10 said wards that said real estate
or Il part thereof should he sold.
:, IL i ordered that the next Of kin Of said
-. and al persons interested in the estate
OF s'f'd|as-S snail appear before said Pro-
bate Court at Inc PROBATE Office in the city OF
ManliatO III the County OF Blue Earth afore-
said ON Monday the 18th day of April, A. ID.
1881, ut II O'Clock in the forenoon to show
cause why license should not be granted for
the sale Of said estate.
And II is further ordered that a copy Of this
order be served on the next 81 kin Of said
wards, and on all persons interested in said
estate III least fourteen days before the hear
ing of said petition rs aforesaid and by the
publication thereof for four successive weeks
IN the MANKATO FREE Press, Il weekly news
paper printed and published ut the city Of
Mankato in said Blue Earth County. the last
Of which publications shall be ut least four
teen days before sad day If hearing and all
other persons interested, according TO law.
Dated February llth, 1881.
BY the Court, q. W. MEAD,
3iw5 Judge of Probate.
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EAGLE LAKE.

Thought / would drop line to the
PRESS, although news is scarce.
Our town people all carry rather long
faces. There is but little work going
on, on account OF the depth of snow in
the woods. They can not chop or haul
wood to advantage. Our saw mills are
not doing n very driving business; can
not get cars to ship lumber on or wood
either. There are forty-iive cars of
wood, coal, and merchandise, standing
on the side track ut this station waiting
transportation west. Some of the wood
was loaded on Christmas day. The
road is open to Sleepy Eye again. We
are in hopes to sec things move soon.
Here is valentine, | am afraid, will
not reach destination on account of the
blockades delaying the mails, so Mr..
Editor, please publish it in Eagle Lake
scraps, as | think it belongs in that
neighborhOod.
There is man who does desire
A seat with wise men to acquire
This honor he thinks to obtain
BY vile ridicule, IL Is plain.
This self-same man did aspire,
To that Office of government hire;
But like many things that are vain,
II is gone-he must wait four years again.
Quoth this man ii is awful,
And wish it were unlawful,
For scholars of the present day
To spirit all the school-mams away.
Rut he must have patience and wait,
There ne'cr was a goose but what found a
mate.
Never give up I'll you've been through the
mill;
Perhaps If tho 'school-mams won't, some of
the old piaids will
ST. VALENTINE.
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dinners ready for them, and each and
all did ample justice to it.
Daniel Schmidt broke the first road
through to the Lake after the big
storm.
News is scarce, but there is talk of a
wedding to come off before Lent, which
will furnish an item for future number
Of your paper. w.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
DANYILLE.

Last week party consisting OF
Mcssrs. Barber, Kremer, Foster, Patros,
and Schultz, from Minnesota Lake, met
at J. P. Kremers, from whence they
started for the woods along Cobb river,
to hunt rabbits. After few hour
spent they returned with fourteen bun
MES, one of which was a beautiful white
one. Mrs. Kremer had one of her good
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
PARODY ON THE LAST p. p. BLISS EDITIO

PARODY ON THE LAST p. p. BLISS EDITION.
We love long Johnny Haggard
And his "pard" anon,
Who dish us up the personals
To be read by the bon-ton!
They're brace OF worthy buckles"
And their songs float thro' the ais
One halls from Old Kentucky,
The "tother" the Lord knows wherel
The stranded on our woody shore
Some dozen years agonc-
When digging "shang" no longer paid,
They strove to live by song.
slab" deals in wood and sings Of Mike
For "cheek he does not lack;
"Anon" eats crackers 'lohg the line
And shovels on the track!
Oh, they're pair Of daisies"
or all feelings bereft,-
And when the country settles up
These poor fellows'n move further west.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
LERAY.
~ -

The donation for Elder Kelly, held at
James Turner's, amounted to $27.
Mr.. A. Romack lost horse last week.
Mr.. c. Ryle has been very sick, but is
now much better, and will be around in
few days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-02-17
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.

ssTATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
- Earth-ss-District Court, Sixth Judicial
District.
John George Stein and John Gottfield Stein,
AGAINST
Frederick Ernst Pracl. Theresa +. Prael, his
wife, Herman Dul3uisson and Laura E. Du.
BuissOn, his wife, Laura DuBuisson, Angus
IN Hockey, Theresa Prael Franz Prael, Will
helmina Dornberg, Ellen B. Dornberg,
Rudolph Androwski. \. l.. Dornberg,
DOathea Prael. Anna NJ. Rykert, The First
National Bank Of Mankato, Il corporation
created and existing under the laws Of the
United States and the State Of Minnesota,
Joseph Rausch, Phillip Hodapp, Henry L.
Guide, Frederick GUIDE, John Dreher, ST.,
Edward Zeiglcr, John w. Guide, II. Ritter,
John Janda, Christian Postelo, Edward
Koch.
Tho State of Minnesota to the above-named
defendants:
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of the Plaintiffs In the
above entitled action, which Is on file In the
Office of the clerk of said court, In Mankato
In said county, and To serve n copy OF your
answer To said complaint on the subscribers,
at their office I'm the city Of Saint Paul, I'm the
the service Of this summons upon you, eXclu.
sive of the day of such service; and II you
fail To answer the said complaint within tho
time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action
will apply 10 the Court for the relief demand.
ed In the complaint.
Dated December lTth 1880.
WILLIAMS & DAVIDSON,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, st. Paul, MINI.
3iw7
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jeff. Davis book of "memoirs" Is
ont, and receives the cold shoulder
even from such extreme radicals as
the st. Paul Globe.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-19
Tho nlNlslnn of Tcxns.

As the Republicans are preparing Ia
bring Dakota into the Union as u State, II
is proposed as counter movement, to di.
vide Texas into two States. The act of 1915
admitting Texas expressly authorizes this
and the great era of the State indicates the
necessity for it. The act of admission pro-
vides that four States may reformed out OF
the Territory o. Texas, with its consent. 1t
has an.acrea of pa $50 squarcmlcs-sufli.
cient to, make four States larger than Illinois
and II has population of l,h97, 600
enough to supply to each of the four States
u population more than thrice as large as
that of Dakota. The people of Texas
would not probably consent to have their
State cut up into four parts, but there is a
growing opinion in favor of its division
into two, each of which would have large
area and n large population, The argu-
nent in favor of the admission of Dakota
that II is rapidly growing in population
applies equally to Texas for II isa marvel
ofgrowth in population, railroads, wealth
and business, and the rcmotcness of the
northwestern region from the seat of
government and It's diverse interests plead
strongly for the organization ofahis region
into a separate Statc.-[St. Louis Republi.
nm
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-19

DR.. S., the prominent Eastern medi-
cal lecturer, says: Every day sensible
people come to me complaining of their
health being broken down. The answers To
my inquiries always are-what | surmise-
natures laws have been totally disregardcd;
consequently the blood, the stream of life,
becomes northumberland as result of
this blood poisoning, find dyspepsia and
'disordcred functions of the heart lungs,
liver and kdueys, accompanied by head
ache, nervous debility and other impaired
organic portions, often ycrging ON paraly-
sis. In ord or to keep the digestive organs
in proper health and strength and my
friends in the profession have recom-
mcndcd Browns Iron Bitters-they act so
mildly and soothingly, never leaving any
unpleasant atter.eilccts, strengthening the
organs of digestion, and permanently re-
moving every symptom of ill-hculth, Ian
guor and debility, No remedy in the East
gives such good satisfaction rs Browns Iron
Biters, aud all druggists can procure it for
You. Don't be persuaded to use a substi.
tute. This remedy contains no alcohol, and
is the only preparation of Iron that does not
blacken the teeth. '-[Sun.