Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-08-23

they have. appeared in the rooms with 8
generous supply of good things to graft.
~ the palate. The boys Immediately
stopped blowing, and their wives began
not to blowout to distribute the re.
freshments. After the stomachs were
satisfied with cake and the "savage
breasts soothed by the charms of music,
all returned home happy and glad to be
either member of the band, or a wife
of one OF the musical fraternity.
The Minnesota delegates to the Con.
vention of Charities and Corrections, al
Madison, have recommended to Gov.
Hubbard the appointment of q State
Board.-E1.
We strongly favor the recommendation,
and hope that our good Governor will
make the appointment. There is such q
board in Wisconsin, and it is doing good
and much needed work. Among its off.
GERS is A. O. Wright, the husband of Mrs.
D. W. Carpenter, who formerly resided
in Austin. 1t is his duty to visit, without
notice, and at unexpected times. the
charitable societies aud institutions of the
state, and to report their condition and
correct their abuses.
Miss Jean Sherwood has resigned
the position to which she was elected in
the st. Peter schools. Miss Sherwood
left us after a most exhaustive years
work. worn out and greatly debilitated.
Vacation has brought not the hoped for
rest, but rather complete prostration. She
has been obliged to yield to the iend
that has pursued her with relentless
step during the past year. She will
soon 60 to the eastern states for a
change of climate, and will enter water
cure establishment until her health is full
ly restored. Her many Austin friends
will unite in their sincere regrets at this
unexpected change in her plans, and
will be rejoiced to hear of the speedy re-
covery of her health.
We are requested to give notice to the
young men of Austin, and to all others
who may be interested, of a meeting in
Jones hall, this "wednesday evening, at
half past eight o'clock, for the purpose of
organizing company of state militia.
The proposed company will be Company
q, Second Battalion, Minnesota State
Militia. Thirty volunteers are required
for muster of the company, and none
must be less than eighteen years of age.
Such companies are being organized in
the leading cities and towns of the state.
The state furnishes the arms and &C.
coutrements, and appropriates $500 to
each company for the expenses of organ
ization. Let the young men turn out to
this meeting and encourage the enter
prise as it deserves.
County Attorney Goodwin, of Grand
Meadow, made us pleasant call last
Monday. He reports the harvest at an
end, and the yield of wheat light. The
Sea Island" variety was almost totally
ruined by the rust, and much of it was
left uncut. The old varieties. like the
Fife. were little injured, and we'll worth
harvesting. Potatoes. which were so
promising in the early part of the season,
are withered and dead. Some farmers
think small worm is the cause, but Mr..
Goodwin is of the opinion that the pota-
toes and wheat were killed at the same
time and by the same means. This seems
reasonable, for the potatoes appear blight.
ed rather than stung or eaten off. They
withered too suddenly and too uniformly,
to show the effect of worms or insects.
-Misstresses F. King, F. A. Richardson,
j: F. Cook, N. NJ. Holbrook and Miss Ar
minda Smith, have finished the four years
work in the Chatauqua course Of study
prepared by DR.. Vincent. Their sheep.
skins have not yet arrived, and we hope
they will not, until these ladies read their
essays in public and graduate in white
dresses, with music by the band" They
have climbed the hill of science and
thrust their heads among the stars; they
have plunged into the jungles of ortho-
dox theology, and come forth with minds
strong and clear; they have bathed in the
sea of history and know every date; and
best of all, have passed examinations
with an ectat that would make a college
senior glow with shame. We congratu-
late them on the successful completion of
work which strengthens the mind, en-
larges the heart, intensifies the affections,
and adds to the stores of knowledge.
One of our old citizens, whose name
we withhold, was swindled out of thou
sand dollars by some gamblers who fol-
lowed Batcheller & Doris circus to Aus
tin on the I'd inst. The old gentleman is
said to have mortgaged his farm for the
sum, took the money to the circus and
lost it with the ''sharpers." We do not
understand how men of sense can be in.
weighed into such trap. The press is
constantly exposing such swindlers; the
pulpit is ever denounciug the games OF
chance. How conceited and foolish il
the farmer or tradesman who thinks to
win any money from the professional
gambler. The best way to get money i.
to earn it, and the safest rule is to never
never, under any circumstances, to play
At games of chance, or to gamble. in any
way, with friend or stranger. We hop.
the old man may recover his money ani
be benefited by his costly experience.
Our TEAcHERs.-As our public
schools open next week. and the teacher
will return this week, it may not be amis
to speak of those who are to teach GU
children the ensuing year. A. W. Ran
kin, the superintendent of the schools i
well known. He win return to his worl
rested and with the advantage of year
experience and acquaintance with tn
pupils. -.
Miss Fannie Knox, assistant principa
of the high school, comes to Austin 70
the first time to teach. She is residen
of Blue Earth county. After year Q
two of study at Northfleld she went t,
our State University, from which sh
graduated last spring. Miss Knox is ais
agraduate of the Mankato Normal School