Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-05-24
OPINION. Gen

IMPORTANT Observation-Disclosures Gen
eral Hahn, of Minnesota, has given his
opinion that under Sec. III, subdivision
8, laws of Minnesota, relating to public
schools, boards of education of independ-
ent school districts have power and it is
made their duty ''to superintend and
manage in all respects the schools of said
district and from time to time adopt
rules for their government and
instruction, for the reception of pupils,
their suspension, expulsion, etc." and
that under this law may suspend pupils
for hardness or the disobedience of any
rule. 1t will be we'll for unruly scholars
in the Austin schools to take due notice
of this important decision.
Last fall the safe in the Brownsville
post-office was broken open by burglars,
and postmaster Ives was relieved of a
hundred or two dollars worth of stamps.
In addition to this, Ole Hanso:, the pros
porous blacksmith of Brownsville, had a
pocket-book in the safe in which were
about 81 900 worth of notes and few
dollars in money. These were also carried
away by the thieves. Last Friday the
children of s. W. Rice found couple of
notes in an old house near Fay Smiths
farm south of town. Saturday farther
search was made in and about the prem:
Uses. and a dozen or fifteen more were
found-all the property of Ole Hanson; al
so couple of old pocket-books and P. NJ.
Ives Registered Stamp Package Envel-
opes, minus stamps and money however.
Ole Hanson was notified, and Monday
the TRANSCRIPT placed him in possession
of the stolen notes, they having been left
at this office for the owner
The following items from the Howard
(Dak.) Farmer in regard to former fel
low-townsman, we take pleasure in re-
producing:
''Spuck' Hutchins of Herman hotel
fame, and more recently of Madison, has
moved his family on to his claim, adjoin-
northeast. Mr.. Hutchins has put up a
very comfortable and roomy house on his
own land, and when contemplated i'm
provcmcnts are brought about he will
have as fine home as any other nabob in
these parts.
Howard will very shortly boast of the
best cornet band in this region of the ter
ritory. ''Spuck" Hutchins, of band fame,
has moved with his family from Madison
to this place, and already quite number
of the towns boys are footing their
horns" under his instructions and leader.
ship. Mr.. Hutchins is competent and
thorough teacher of band music and one
of the very best cornct players in the
west. The Hutchins family are all music.
They appear to have been born to it. His
three young children, one boy and two
girls, aged respectively four, six and
twelve years, are probably the youngest
cornet players in the United States. And
they fill their parts and handle their horns
with an ease and correctness indeed as.
tonishing. In this brief article we can
not do justice to the musical prodigies,
but shall take occasion soon to refer to
them again. In the meantime we chal.
lengc the world to produce four years
old cornet player who is more perfectly
at ease among the flats and sharps and
variations on horn than is the four year
old of Mr.. Hutchins.
-CREAMERY RULEs.-The following
rules are those adopted and adhered to by
the dairymcn of Iowa. They will prove
of interest to the farmers of this county
who are to patronize Creameries this sea.
son for, the first time:
1. Any patron found selling milk from,
an unhealthy COW or COWS still feverisll
from calving, will be dropped, and the case
reported to the civil authorities. 2. Cream
from milk showing careless and uncleanly
milking, or containing insects or dirt OF
any kind, will not be accepted. 3. Milk
should he kept out of vegetable cellars,
and its surroundings kept free from ali
odors and impurities. a. No tainted OF
frozen cream will be received. 5. No col
lector will, in any case, take any cream
except what he himself skins from the
cans. 6. ANY patron found tampering
with cream in any fraudulent way will
be dropped, and subject to punishment by
law. Z. Cream from milk standing in low
temperature is thin and will not hold out
Such cream will not be taken unless prop.
per reduction be made. The proper TEN.
perature for milk to stand in is from fifty
to sixty degrees, and to make honest
cream milk should stand from fourteen
to twenty -four hours in summer, and from
twenty Jour to thirty-six in winter before
skimming. 8. Ice and snow are detri.
mental to cream, and when used in milk
will not be taken. 8. Two different milk.
ings must not be put into the same can,
nor must the milk or can be disturbed after
the milk is set. 10. The length of time
milk must stand before skimming will de-
pend upon the condition of the cream
which will in all cases be determined by
the collector, who must be judge of his
own route.