Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-02
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Columns of advertisements in Spanish
appear in the New Orleaps newspapers.
This means that tile City Is getting trade
from Mexico. ~
A CONVICT name Judson Walcott has
just finished fifteen years of service in
the Eastern Pennsylvania penitent iary,
during which time he kept inviolate an
oath he had made that he would not do
a stroke of work during his iucarcera-
ton. Had he worked he would have
been released over two years agt'.
A. NEWARK paper siugs the heroic
deeds Of big bluebottle fly which, after
accommodating spiders web in house
in that city for while, made sudden
charge upon the under pant OF the web,
and breaking through the aimsy netting
seized the occupant, a good~sized spider
aud scared away witt, the struggling
spider in its grip.
AN observant man. WAT, has been ac-
ct,stomea I'd SLEEP with tho gas turned
down low was awakened twice one night
recently by the gas going out. There
appeared to be no cause, aud having re-
lighted it helay awake for awhile cogitat-
lug. Presently he saw q large ,ojller
fluttcr about the flame, aud with sud-
den plunge extinguish it.
A RUSSIAN Jew who went to Atlanta,
Ga, eight months ago with 81 in his
pocket is now building two neat cottages
on two city lots be has paid for. He has
family of five children, aud each one
OF them is worker, as is also bis wife.
He averages $50 per week as q tailor,
and each member Of the f',nily contrib
utes to the general income. Hence his
prosperity.
MATHEW BARR, citizen of Nashua,
N. H., noted for his. mcthodical habits,
died there recently. After spending
last winter in the South in fruitless
search for health, he retained hoa1e,
settled his affairs in May aud ordered a
munument, experimenting the work,
and even going SO far rs to have the in
scription cut with the date of his death,
"July-1882."
THERE is Prot. Gorini at Lodi who
destroys cadaver in twenty minutes, by
some potent chemical solution at cost
Of $1.60. In fact, the problem, "what
are we to do with our dead p which will
probably trouble the world no little at
the end of another century or two, can
easily, SO far as cheapness, cleanliness
and completeness are concerned, be an
swered by this means.
How many toes bas q cats" is one
OF the questions asked at Il school exam.
ination in Paterson, N. J. No one,
even the principal OF the school could
answer the question. Tue teacher sent
two lads out on fora9ing expedition,
and thereafter it was found that tue fe-
line has eighteen tdes-ten on the front
feet and eight on the hind feet. How
many of us can tell whether it was the
orthodox number?
In Aida Valley, Lyon County, New.
recently, small band Of Indians wa,
camping near some willows where the
mosquitoes were very numerous.
squaw left her pappoose in the shade
while she played Piute poker with bel
companions. The game was rather
high, and became so interesting that sh.
forgot her unfortunate offspring for sew
eral hours. When her attention wal
again directed to the child she discov
cred that it had been almost eaten up b,
mosquitoes. They had collected on thu
little thing in such numbers that it's fac.
and hands were completely raw from
their attacks. So many had bitten tn,
baby that it died next day from the eff
fects of the poison.