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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
Dudes on q Racket.
(From the Philadelphia Record.

George Henderson and James Lowrie,
of this city, are leading members of that
noble and numerous body of young men
known to a jealous world as dudes.
Caught in the draft caused by the rush
Of citizens leaving the city for their
summer vacations, these charming speci-
mems of the gentle army Of dudes were
one day last week waited to the breezy
beaches Of Coney Island, where, find
ing themselves among strangers, they
were struck with the brilliant idea OF
impressipg the wild, antutored natives
of the place with the fact that for u ter
and terocious reckiessness the Phila.
delphis dude knows no rival. In order
to thoroughly play their parts the pair
INDUCED copiously in schooner after
schooner of pink lemonade until at last,
heated by that potent tipple. the hot
blood dubbed through til cir veins like
the surgiug tide OF Niagara's awful
rapids. Then they sought out place
where they could display their reckless
disregard for all the world, and fate led
them to the ce.cream saloon of Mr..
Bobert Murray, situated on the con-
courte. They entered, and, swagger-
ing to the counter, demanded 1.-TWO
settler lemonades in tones calculated
to terrorize the most Iion.hearted OF
mankind. While the beverage was be.
ing coucocted the pair: now half mad
with drink, began poking holes in d
valuable chrome tt at hung on the wall
of the saloon, and when the proprietor
objected the Y told him to be quiet or
they would "clean his place out.
"And so you shall, replied the in
trepid Mr.. Murray. "John, bring in
two buckets and foor-cloths; saying
which Mr.. Murray stepped to the
entrance and locked the doors. The
buckets and cloths were brought by
the grinning Johr.
"Now," said Mr.. Murray, selling o
heavy cane and approaching The dudes,
whose ferocity seemed to instantly van
ish, "git down there and clean the
place out"
The dudes smiled in sick'y way and
told Mr.. Murray that he was q crazy
rufian. Mr.. Murray replied by strik.
ing them on their hats with his stick,
and then he oAed them IN the ribs, hi;
them on the shirs and cracked them
over the hands until they how|ed for
mercy. When he had beaten them
black and blue he repeated his demard
that they should scrub the floor. There
was no help for it, and down the un-
happy dudes went on their hands and
knees and began work. Mr.. Murray
stood over them, and by occasional
whacks prevented any unnecessary loss
of time. In twenty minutes the tack
was completed, and Mr.. Murray took
them next door to the court OF CHIEF
Justice Williams and preferred charge
of drunkenness and disordelly conduct,
for which the chief justice fined them
500 apiece, half of which went to Mr..
Murray as counsel fee. Having settled
the fine, the thoroughly squelched
couple left for the iron pier, took the
first boat for New York, and from there
the first train for Pniladelpbia.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
Was 1t an "Nv or O Gu"
from the Philadelnh;a Timesl

"Do you see that name ?" asked
nervous little man of his neighbor in a
Philadelphia car. The name designated
was inscribed in script letters on plate
glass show window. It ives not a very
unusual name, and the little man was
asked for an explanation. "Well, look
at it again." he said, " and tell me if
that IS as or ~ A hasty glance
showed that the letter was peculiarly
formed. "Well, now you may think
me a crank when assure that that in
fernal little letter has almost driven ME
into mad house, but it's fact, and I'm
not crank either. I've ridden down
this street every morning for years and
I never developed any trace of insanity
until about two months ago, when that
sign was stuck up on that window. At
first was only curious to know if it
read sHaustetter' or tHanstetter.' I
couldn't settle the question and it began
to prey upon my mind. I tried to avoid
lookin' at it, but whenever got within a
block of that corner I became nervous,
and I never..succeeded.in passing it with
out glaring at the name. 1t became a
nightmare that took absolute possession
OF my mind. I am bcokkeeper and all
day long it would glare at me from the
ledger and journal. lost my position.
I tried the country, but found no relief.
Now they are sending me somewhere, I
don't know or care where"
but why didn't you go in the store
and ask what the name was ?" asked his
neighbor.
II never thought of that
"Come on. Here's Eighth Street and
we've got to hustle to make that train, !"
and big burly fellow tapped the little
man on the shoulder, who followed him
meekly out of the car.
Yes" said the big man, "that's
straight young teller. That sign druv
the poor little Teller crazy and I'm TAX
ing him to the Norristown Asylum"
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CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. R.

BETWEEN THE EAST u THE MESI!
Dintno cars for eating purposes only: One 9fnsf
Great feature Of our Palace Cars Is SMOk!Ni3
ut hSSss o. 1ros Bridges span the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers ut all points crossed py .ais
Kansas City, Leavenworth. and Atchison. con-
THIS SKSEAT THROUGH LINE ARE AS
Al cHicAeo. with all diversing lines for tho
At At ENGLEwoop. with the L. s. &M.s.. and p.
ftxtWSsa1NG TO-: HEIGHTS. with p. c. 4 st.
ALA SALE, with II. Cent. B.R.
N ~ IT, MAJ with snd E \; hds - e.
At ROCK ISLAND, with 'Milwaukee ROCK
Island Short Line" and Rock Isrd PEG. Kds.
Al D ;. y. y 7; with the Davenport ''''s''n
AtGRINNELI. with Central Iowa RR.
At DIES MONIES. with D. A. r. ~ r. 4.
At GSuTE. with RiH g. Mo. r. r. il; in Neb.l
AtCOLUMBUsJ JUNCTION, with 3. C. Il: n. R;R
AZ OTTUMwA, with Central Iowa II. r.: W.,
St. l. SH Ell; an With Toi Peo War wab St.
At CAMERON, with H: St. J. Il. r.
At ATCHIsoN. With Atch Topeka 3 santa rel
At LEAvENwoRTH, with Kan. Pac., and Kan.
.S xsk 4 CITY. with all lines for the West
:SsSsss 70 .5 .H2E 11XhH2% Es MSaNhs
. Great Rock Island Route,' are sold o.
S nr hoao ticket once, address,
e. ST. JOHN.
Gent TIKI. and Pass ts, AZ; IL
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05

"MA," said Jennie Palvenu, at New
port, "they said those Smiths who have
got the Jones cottage are awful stylish
and have got pedigree" SCOT the
pedigree, have they?" said Mrs.
Parvenu, excitedly. "Well, you keep
away from them, for I don't want you to
catch it."--Er.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
Bill Nye,S Hornets.

Last fall I decided to add to my rare
collection large hornets nest. I had
an embalmed tarantula and her porce-
lian.liued nest, and I desired to add to
these the gray and airy home of the
hornet. I procured one of the large
size after cold weather and hung it in
my cabinet by string. forgot about
it until this spring. When warm
weather came, something reminded me
of it. 1 think it was hornet. He
logged my memory in some way, and
called my attention to it. Memory is
not located where thought it was. It
seemed as though whenever he touched
me he awakened memory-a warm
memory with red place ali around it.
Then some more hornets came and be-
gan to rake up old personalities. I re-
member that one of them lit on nv up
per lip. BE thought it was rosebud.
When he went away it looked like a
gladiolus bulb, I wrapped wet sheet
around it to take out the warmth and
reduce the swelling so that could 20
through the folding-doors and tell my
wife about it.
Hornets lit all over me and walked
around on my person. did not dare to
scrape them off because they are. so
sensitive. You have to be very guarded
in your conduct toward hornet.
I remember once while I was watch.
ing the little busy hornet gathering
honey and June bugs from the bosom of
a rose, years ago, I stirred him up with
a club, more as practical joke than
anything else, and he came and lit in my
sunny hair-that was when wore my
own hair-and he walked around
through my cleaning tresses quite a
while, making tracks as large as a water
melon all over my head. If he hadn't
run out of tracks my head would have
looked like load Of summer squashes.
I remember I had to thump my head
against the smoke-house in order to
smash him, and I had to comb him out
with fine comb and wear waste paper
basket two weeks for hat.
Much has been said of the hornet, but
he has an odd, quaint way after all that
is forever new.
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A Morning Scene.

EIOM Su0 DctIC4t + Io0 xT06S
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning a
man smoking plug tobacco in an old clay
pipe. walked out Of a Michigan Avenue
saloon with rat in trap. He looked
neither to the right or the left until he
had reached the middle of the street.
Then he placed the trap on the grouud
and whistled for the dog. If he had dog,
the animal did not respond, but the
public did. In less than two minutes
thirty men were rushing to the spot.
"H,!' there! "Don't let him out till I
get my dog" shouted one.
'sHoldon! Wait for the dogs!" yelled
half a dozen voices at once.
"Keep cool and form ci1cle!' COM
manded a policeman, as he took firmer
grip of his baton.
The man with the trap spread a large
handkerchief over it and waited He
was not bit excited. On the contrary
he was as placid as ship sailing in the
wash-dish.
"Whar' did ye ketch him !" inquired
= newsboy.
Tho placid man did not deign to re-
ply: 49,,
What'll ye take fur him? asked an
other, but his inquiry was treated with
the same silent contempt.
Then four or five men came running
up with dogs under their arms, and ten
or fifteen dogs followed on foot behind.
There was fight between a bulldog
and Newfoundland, and there would
have been q row between owners had
not o second policeman appeared. Order
was finally restored. The dogs we're ar
ranged in circle and held by their COL
lars, and the placid man slowly knocked
the ashes from his pipe, looked careful
~ around, and then raised the trap and
shook the rat out. All the dogs made q
rush, but in ten seconds each and every
canine walked off on his ear and seemed
to be hurt in his feelings. A boy stepped
forward and held the rat up to view.
"1t's crockery rat!" he yelled as he
whirled it around.
Yes, it vhas a GROCERY radt, und he
cost me den cents!" calmly replied the
placid man as he walked off with his
trap.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05

Gorham homestead. He agreed 10 do
it. He had liked that young woman
from the first time he saw her. And so,
to tell the truth, had his master.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05

"WHEN you are in Chicago you must
do as the Chicagoans do said the
stranger, as he strolled into drug store
and winked significantly at the clerk
-BOs, Post.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05

"THE difference" said Twistem, as
he thumped bis glass on the bar, 6 be-
tween this glass and the locust is simply
that one is 9 beer mug and the others :
mere bug."-E1.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
Sorghum Seed.

A correspondent of Colman's Rural
World tells how he saves sorghum cane
seed: When the cane is fully ripe, 1
select my seed in the field from large
heads with heavy large seed, rejecting
all chaffy small eee;ltd heads. String
them in dry, siiy loft, that one head
will not lay on the other, thus avoiding
mould or heating which will injure the
seed. When perfectly dry, pack them
away secure from rats, mice and crick-
cts. The damage from crickets is not
easy to detect until it is too late. The
top of the head blooms and gets ripe
first, therefore have supposed it was
the earliest. Iscrape off the top half of
the head and reject the remainder.
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A BIG BAH FOR BOSTON.

was little Boston boy sat on his fathers knee,
And looked up in his fathers face and said, Psps,
Why $S a., IL bells in Boston town ring out so
I hear the sharp torpedo snap, hear the horn OF
see the peoples faces all a-nght with gladstone
And Uncle Zenas cries aloud, 'I'm hfty dollars in
, The Old South Church and Funnel Hall are detked
with streamers gay;
My sister leaves her culture talks and hears the or
Oh, father, tell me, father what may be this holi-
day?
1t is not the day Of June, nor the thir
Christmas is eone and Fast Day exc, and old Eleo-
And on the Fourth shot, alas, my right hand
thumb away.
Oh, whom have we licked on land, papa, or whom
have We licked at sea?
Or, in the port are Mohocks bold a-spiling OF the
Or for Concord fight or Lexington do men make
jubies?
Oh, what the sights see papa, or what are the
sounds hear?
Or is it feast of Adams (sam> the feast of Paul
Or do the happy folk fare out to the lectures at
Walden Mere?
Oh, father, hear the cannon boom, and the snare
drum sharper roll,
And see the mayor on lively steed, steed AZ
black as coal,
And his smile is wide and he wears sprig Of green
at his buttonhole.
Oh, father, coach with six white steeds is bowl
ing down the street.
It that the governor? What hat! But his claw
hammer coat is neat
And SO is Lis buttonhole bouquet, but where bis
cloven feet7
" Oh, why about the bulletin boards are heard such
wild huzzae,
And why do the throng OF men block up the pas
sage of the cars
And why does Uncle Zenas have to inspect so many
bars?
OBJ at some heros shrine to-day is grateful honor
paid,
Or for some famous fight of old is due thanksgiving
made %
" My son, J. lawrence Sullivan has bastcd fatty
Slade." -Ne1c York Sun.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
THE ERRAND.

What she said at home:
=" The color of your mustache," said she,
" Is just the same shade as my hair!
So please 60 down to the store for me,
And purchase net for me there"
What the shop girl said:
You wanted a net like your mustache?
Oh! yes. Your idea get"
And then to the window she went with dash
And brought-an invisible net.
Life.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
TO Get Rid OF Red Ants,

A correspondent of the New York
Times says: "There is one way, and
only one, of Kidding the house, close 3,
cake pals, sugar barrels, etc.. of TED
ants or black, big or little. When you
find them on your premises get ready
tea kettles of boiling water-plenty of it.
Go out of doors, look carefully all over
the paths and walks, if in the country; il
in the city look over the tagging in the
areas, both front and back. Scald every
little hole you see with mold of little pei
let's around it; it is the home of the ant
On sunny day those pellets are brought
out of the nests to dry. When the
weather is damp, or coon will be, you
will see nothing but little holes in the
ground. The ants are at home Scald
them. Ii your cellar is not cemented,
haunt the pests there; very likely you
will find lots of them. When the work
here recommended has been done, clean
out your closets, sugar pals, Every
thing in the closets; rub fine salt on your
shelves, lay clean yellow paper on them,
and put back the dishes. In the cracks
of the floor and around the surface of
said closets should be placed ground red
pepper. When they again make raid,
as they may in few months, give them
a second eca]dlpg."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
GkaY,s SPECIFIC MEDICINE

Ot1UIe Z sth1HSS Pa1n IN the BacK, Hffer TcEI1r,
DiElness of Wis.,
ion, Premature Old Age and many other Diseases
that lead 10 Insanity or Consumption and q Prcma-
ture Grave
sD=Ful particulars in our pamphlet, which re
Specific Medicine is sold by all druggists at per
BY mail on receipt Of the money by addressing
THE GRAY MEDICINE 90
No. JOG Main St., Buffalo, n. I.
For sale in Austin By DORR d. ROLD, DrugGss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
Improving the Grain Crops.

Ao sA.uu ~ uatto1 VI d CeA-
fury ago, Mr.. Hallett, Of Brighton. Eng
land, began his worldwide known ex
pe1iments in improving wheat by selec-
tion. The standard he adopted en-
braced hardness, t1ueness to type.
quality of sample, productiveness,
power Of tllle1ing, stiffness and tough
Dess OF straw and earliness of ripening.
From his long experience Mr.. Hallett
feels justified in announcing the follow.
ing conclusions:
l. Every fully developed plant of a
cereal presents an ear superior in pro-
ductive power to any of the rest on that
plant.
2. Every such plant contains one
productive than any other.
3. The best grain on given plant is
found in the best ear.
4. The superior vigor of this grain is
tranemissible, in different degrees. to
it's progeny.
S. By repeated careful selections the
superiority is accumulated.
g. The improvement, which is at first
rapid, gradually after Il losg series of
years Is diminished in amount, and
eventually so far arrested that, practi-
cally, limit to improvement in the de-
sired quality is reached.
z. BY still continuing to select, the
Improvement is maintained, and, prac
tica]ly, fixed type is the result.
Prof. Sturtevant, of the New York
Experiment Station, 10 experimenting
in the same direction. In a late report
he says that $50 far as the station work
has gone, these claims of Mr.. .Hallett
have received confirm alton. 1t is par
ticularly noticeable that when each
kernel of the ear of wheat is planted by
itself one kernel has invariably PROV ed
far more productive than any other one,
not per !9ra1us, bat per- sattu977, j. e. :,
not regularly, but at at jump"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
Care Of.COltS, Feet.

For the past two years, says an east
ern horseman, l have been in the habit
of inspecting my young stock every
month; and when zee colt with the
feet out of normal shape. with one quar-
ter longer than the Other, or the toes
growing too long, at once have the feet
put in proper shape by the use of rasps
both coarse and fine. The outside
quarter of most colts feet is thicker
than the inside, and seems to grow
faster; therefore the toe and outside
quarter generally need more rasping to
keep the feet level than the inside.
There is ne doubt but that ringbones
are produced and the tendons are in
jured by the STRAIN that is caused by al
lowing the toes and quarters to grow to
an unsightly length, as is sometimes
seen during the winter in many stables.
Another source of trouble is caused by
allowing colts to stand in manure and
fifth until thrush gets into the cleft of
the frog, which is liable to result in con-
traction at the heels. To keep the feet
healthy, the colts should have yard to
run in when the weather is pleasant.
The box stalls should be kept dry, clean,
we'll lighted and ventilated, and should
be we'll bedded, so that the feet will not
stand on the hard floor. If it pays to
breed colts it pays to keep them sound
and healthy, and it cannot be done with
out the best of care, with plenty Of good
food, the first two years especially.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05
A Strawberry Red.

Those who mediate setting strawber-
ries this summer should sec to it at once
that the ground is prepared. We once
delivered some strawberry plants to a
purchaser upon a certain agreed-upon
day in August. The plants were lifted
in the ensuing twilight and carefully
packed in basket with damp moss, set
in the cellar, and the next morning ia
ken to their destination, where I found
the hired man spading up some ground
in the corner of a rough timothy mead
ow as a place for planting them. The
plants had been ordered six weeks pre-
vious. and had the ground been spaded
at that time and kept hoed. filing up
the interstices and mellowing the sur
face until time to plant, the prospect
for berries another year would have been
at least SO per cent. higher than it was.
The idea Of putting the tender roots of
strawberry runners in freshly turned
sod to contend with an August sun, is a
striking commentary on the horticul-
tural knowledge and practice of the far
mer who did it. A rich, thoroughly
mellow soil is absolutely necessary to
the successful planting of strawberries
in midsummer.-Ohio Farmer.
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:: EzORTEST LINE
CALIFORNIA!
THE LINE COMPRISES

THE LINE COMPRISES
Ne RI 4Oh Mills Solid smo h Steel Track. All
come. are mad IN UNION DEPOTS. Ithas
! N :tion Reputation of being THE GREAT
THROUGH CAR LINE. and il universally con-
ceded to be THE FINEST EQUIPPED Railroad in
the Wor d for all class. of travel
T. it, and you will fpd travelling a luxury in
stead of discomfort.
hroa sh tickets via this celebrated line for eale
ct al Offices IN the Wet.
All information about rates of fare, sleeping car
accommodations. time tables etc., will be cheerful-
ly giveu b, applying to PER1EvAL LOWELL,
General Passenger agt., Chicago.
T. J. POTTER. Sd Vice-President and General Man
aQ-r. chicago
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05

OVER SOO,OO0 doz=n Of eggs have boon
imported into the district Of Oswegatch-
lie, N. Y, during the last two months.
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Dccencv i'm the, Dairv.


There are many persons who are in
tensely clearly and careful in their
kitchen and dining room of all utensils
and cloths, who permit the dirtiest and
most slovenly practices in their stable
yards and pastures, with their COWS in
milking and milking vessels. This is
owing to dirty and careless practices in
herited and which have been permitted
to grow. In order to let our readers see
by comparison, if they ere careful and
clearly in their practices, they can COM
pare their conduct with that of others.
The Indiana Farmer says the following
is from the diary of au Iowa farmer, as
to his clean and careful method, in the
care of his COWS in milking, and care Of
his milk. Reader, see where you come
short:
"At 5 o'clock am in the COW stables.
The feed prepared the night before is
put into the feed boxes, which are first
cleared out of all remnants of former
feed, and, if sour, they are secured out
with water and broom. While the
cows are eating, they are thoroughly
carded and brushed, as we'll as any we'll
kept horse is-and all ever, from head to
switch. The udder is sponged if neces.
sary, and wiped with q clean towel, and
not duugy lag. The cutters are then
cleaned out, and the stalls, common
road broom being used, to finish after a
broad scraper which draws the manure
down to the trap doors and into the Gel
lar. The floor and gutter are then lit.
tered well with sawdust, when we have
no straw. For fifteen cows this takes an
hour. Then go to breakfast. At $50
the COWS are MIXED, and each milker
has overalls and an apron made of striped
ticking, with which he can milk in his
Sunday clothes and slippers, if he likes;
and any lady may go in with q silk dress
on and not hurt it. As the milk is drawn
it is strained at once into the deep pals
which stand on the platform and are
kept covered; the milk pals have strain
ers, and . double strainer is kept in the
deep cans, 10 that the milk goes through
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-09-05

three strainers. But this is not really
necessary, as would cheerfuliy drink a
glass of the milk direct from the COW as
milk it. But ont of consideration for
my customers who buy my butter and
milk, 1 put the milk through three
strainers. AS soon as the deep pals are
full, they are closed and carried to the
mllk-house and handed to the person
who sets the milk in the pool or in the
creamery, or, if it is put into the shallow
pans, strains it once more. Nov, there
is othing hard to do about this. It is
easy otter having begun it and got into
the way of it, that it would be hard to
stop it. And I don't see how it is easy
to be cleaner than we are in our dairy.
If you can show us the way, we will Ger.
tainly walk in it,