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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
4 CanD.Fii.e Yarn,
from Forest and Stream

from Forest and Strcam.]
The worst racket ever had was with
a wild stag. He shook me up SOS I
thought IA never get over it,
CHOW was that?"
"Why, it was rousin' big buck. Jim
WIS got the horrs now. You see he
was foilerin' doe. I shot the doe with
enc bari, and him with the other, and
thought lie was all right, but when I
stepped over a 'os to look TO: him in
tlc bushes, he lit ON me 80 quick l
cou'du't use nv gnp. He Knocked it
out o. my hand, and then my knife.
$ me W: ~, aud I grabbed his horns. l
thought led utver stop yankin' me
'Ionld
Tlow did y,u got clear Of him?"
ST give his Et rms Il twist and dislccat-
el Lis neck"
s'shaL vas a ,ucky twist"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27

As the days and weeks went BY, Mollie
could not determine whether Certain
plans of hers were to prosper OF not.
Tom spent oil his evenings with them:
but he and Amy were always on the con.
trary sides of every question, and thew
tantal;zed each other so numerically
that poor Mollie sometimes despaired Of
their being friends, not to mention q
nearer relation. OF one thing she was
certain; she Fever tormented her John in
this ridiculous fashion.
They were all together as usual: one
evening, and Tom for the hundredth
time was describing Amy's appearance
on that memorable evening when she 20
nearly Drained him for burglar,
s'And little dill I suspect them he
went on, soberly, t'tbat she would ever
have the privilege of brandishinp
the poker over me for life.''
'tWnat do you mean ?" cried Mollie.
staring first at Toms solemn visage and
then at Amy's flushed cheeks.
''Just what said. Amy and I are
going to sete up housekeeping in the op-
.posite cottage, where I suppose he will
continue to flourish all sorts of murder
GUS weapons at me-"
"John, darling, i!s coming about ex-
actly rs We planned" shouted Mollie,
springipg up in excitement.
Ispare the reader the congratulatory
scene that followed. Tom declares that
it was worse t. an being takep for bur-
glar.
Well, it did come about just as Mollie
desired. Mrs. Amy even made cardinal
the predoninating color in her parlor,
and it harmoni3es charmingly with the
dark beauty of the mistress.
The sisters are inseparable, and as
happy as two mortals can ever expect
to be. Tom is something more than
bookkeeper in the Bolton hardware bus
mess now, and he and John are talking
of buying two handsome properties in
the suburbs of the city. Mrs. Mollie
declares she would rather remain in the
little home on Lake steet, but what
woman was ever proof against hand
eome establishment in an aristocratic
neighborbood ? Not our ambitious lit
tie Mojlie, I am sure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27

OUT tGU III O3E k1ttt CE1NCkEfH, H00htN1tO7lS ~ T.
3 June 9, 1883.
By BENJAMIN r. TAYLOR.
Oh deys and flowers Of splendid June
with pearls and garlands grace his tomb
VINO taught Milan's dear n raid the tune
That times the whole worlds loving feet
To which all golden hearts shall beat,
Where'er they wait or weep or roam,
OF 'Home, Sweet Homes forever.
Our matiner on the Spanish main,
The tattered miner In bis tent,
The wanderer on the throbbinf plain,
where yellow moons by simoohs wheeled
Smite Desolation's ninty shield,
In "Home, Sweet Home" forever.
And when to bugle and the blast
Where battle turns tho lilies red,
Through flashing columns standing fast
The soldier cuts bis narrow lane
That let's him through to QIory's fame,
He hears An angel overhead
Sing 'tHome, Sweet Home" forever.
The weary traveller who waits
In tWiight's dim and drear abode
The opening Of the Pcarly Gates
That some faint ray or friendly star
May shine abroad through doors ajar
And show lis fading eyes the road.
Signs Home, Sweet Home" forever.
camp of Blue, a camp OF Gray,
A peaceful river rolled between,
We're pitched two ride-shots away;
The sun had Set the west aglow,
The evening clouds were crimson snow,
The twlnking camp-ires family seen
Across tho dark'ning river.
Then doated from the Federal band
The 'Spang]ed Banners starry strain,
The Grays struck up their "Dixie Land"
And "Raiiy Round" and "Bonny Blue"
And ''Red and Whit" alternate few
Alb, no such flights shall cross again
The Rappahannock Rlverl
And then, above tho g!ancing "beam
Of song," bugle warblcd low,
Like some bird Startled from q dream,
'Home, Homo, Sweet Home" and voices rang
Ana Gray and Blue harmonious sang
All other songs were like the snow
among the pines when winds are stilled,
And hearts and voices throbbcd and thrilled
With "Homc, Sweet Home" forever
No matter what the flag unfrrled.
All, DULcE DoMUM rules the world!
Sweet Singer of the Song of men,
Thou contest late to claim thine own,
Arrayed IN al thy borrowed dust.
The world will hold thy words in trust
And ages chant from zone to zone
Thy "Homc, Sweet Home' forever.
The Memnon murme-ed song, they thought,
When dawning day his lips impressed
And flushing marble warmed and caught
The sweet Ionic of the Gretb;-
All. truer far thy lips shall speak
Nor wait the touch of sun or stars
For lice the night time has no bars
Welcome, dear heart, and take thy rest
At "Home, Sweet Home" forever
-Ne,0 York Tritun..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
Nu,ri,nent in Grain and uav

Com is fat producing food. It's fat
giving elemt nls predominant SO largely
that 1t Is net fitted for constant feeding,
except to lay on fat at the cost OF suff sr-
ing loss to the general animal system.
1t is hardly worth while to take it into
considt ration as nutritious food and il
wholly unfit to feed exclusively or in any
great quantity to colts. 1t is in no sense
what tue developing system of young
animal needs. The value of food for
this class of animals and for animals that
are heavily worked is in the protein they
contain, and common corn contains only
from 8 to IA per cent. of that. In y
thousand pounds, therefore, corn may
be fairly considered as possessing a hun
dred pounds of nutriment. OF course we
cannot wholly throw away the other ele
ments as being useless, but they are so
subordinate to the one named in point of
nutrition that, in noticing subject like
the one under consideration, it is not
worth while to attempt to determine
their value. Oats will average larger in
protein than corn will, and are a pre-
emlnently nutritious food, as every one
of experience knows. They vary very
much in proportions of their elements,
but an average lot of cats is worth dou
BILE for feed for horses and colts that
corn is, and that is stating it quite mild
~. Timothy averages about 6 per cent.
Of protein, but is valuable also as fur
nisbiog bulk, the value Of which cannot
be accurately estimated. 49, Western Ru-
fUZ
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
Tue Ridge of Death.

II
The Ridge of Death is high aud very
steep hill, over which the road from the
City OF Mexico to Garcip, one of the
principal mining towns, leads. The
road consists of mere track up one
side and down the other, winding around
stones and trees that might be easily be
moved. The freight wagons are strong,
heavy. two wheeled concerns, to which
two mules are attached, with as high
as sixteen others bitched in front in pla-
.toons Of four. In going up the hill two
or three teams will be hitched to SIN
gle, wagon--from twenty-four to thirty
SIX mules and even with this much
dragging power the ascent is tho work
of hours. In going up there is no dan
ger, but serious accidents are frequent
in coming down, when the brakes are
liable to break, and the wagon runs in
on tie stock and makes general average
of mules and load. q.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27

Il
Its main line runs from Chicago to COUNCIL
Bluffs. passing through Joliet, ottawa u S1iIe :
Geneseo. Moline, Rock Island, DavenporG WeSt
Liberty. Iowa City. Marengo. Broo6iyn Ht1nnei,
Des MONIES the capital Of 1o% 9 from BnIesa
junction to Peoria; Wilton Junction 70 MSssn
tine, Washington. Fairfield Eld0n: beTlxna s,
Centreville, Princeton. Trenton, Ga1atn C1 NE
rom LeavenwoEth Atcns@9n a;ka aH1 and Knoxx
vile; KeokuK to Farmington, BonaParte, Ben
toisport, Independent Eldon, OttumMa Eddy.
yilie. Oska'oosa Pen %nnea to 1nsnoIa 1nd
Xvoca to Harlan This is positively the only
Railroad. which owns, ana opefatee tnsousn
'' IhroMch Express Passenger Trains, with Pull
man Palace Cars attached, are run each way daily
hetween CHICAGO and PEORIA, KANSAS City,
COUNCIL BLTFrs ano iVan-
ROCK Island Short Line - -.
The Great Rock Island" is m:gnineent!y
track Is laid with steel rails:
What will please you most will be the pleasure
of enjoying your meals while passing over the
beautiful prairies of Illinois and Iowa, In one OK
Dining Cars that a
meal rs good as is served in any nrst-class hotel
for seventy-fve cents. sz.@.stI .st
I'D Approaching the fact that .: majority q ehe
people prefer separate apartments ZOE SnGr
of this line warranting it,, we are pleased % 81.
nounce that this Company runs feon f naseee
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes, ana Fdsdes
PULLMAN PALACE CO. = nEe =
COUNCIL BLUFFe. KAN1Ao. C1H11E..
an TscEet X9enss In the Taite@ stesss.!
a For Information mot obtaanooso ~ -
5f y 4 KIMBALL, n -, IL ~
$50. !. 60 D GSp'l Superintendent
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
What You DO Not Need for Fishing.

From tho Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Did We not go fishing it would not be
summer. Conversely, If it were not
summer We would not 60 a-fshing.
I'VE are going fishing rext week, "
sail MIR. Oldboy, land I want to be
sure we've got all our things together -
"Got a tent p asked his partner.
eyes, I've got tent"
"Au1 boat"
yes; that's engaged"
"Whisky,''
Lots OF it,"
"Some pilot Iiscuitf"
Eyes, a whole box"
''Five or six IL zen OF beer ?"
eyes"
"Cigars?"
Hundreds of 'em?"
PLENTY Of whisky?"
" Ham and canned meats o.
eyes"
"a good lot Of beer2''
eyes"
"You'll want some ice.''
II have that, and have lots of canned
goods, plenty OF beer and cigars, no end
of whisky and bread, and everything l
can possibly think of, and, yet. it seems
to me I've left something out"
SCOT your tackle, haven't you?''
SPY George" shouted Mr.. Oldboy,
"you've hit it. That's just it--fsh.
hooks and lines, we'll need some of them,
won't We? L knew I had forgotten
something"
l do not know why it is, but for some
reason nearly every fishing party carries
with it a lot of hooks and lines which
are only good to tangle up aud catch in
the dropping branches of the whispering
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
Baiy's Eyes.

Baby eyes Of, SUMMER blue:
No one yet his sung Of Vol: .
" the soft; bink lids that Close
Like the petals 81 tie rose: 0'o
!{ them; sweet; that t MAY SEE
What they will reveas to me-
iH;o eiaSs z " Or o,,i G''fooping down.
What ! world Of mystery lieh - ''
In the depth Of baby's eyes:
Little mirrors, clear and deep.
VINO doth Dill your secrets keep?
from their surface who can know
Soundless depths that lie bel0w7
searching, who Can understand
Al the pains Of babyland7
Gan you ne'er reveal to me
Hail the glorious things you see7
AZ 1 question; mute replies
Come to me through baby's eyes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. d.

tEIWEEN lnL 1AO4 - 2AAA " A0A
areat feature Of our Palace Cars is a SMOKING!
SALOON where you can enjoy your Havana
at All hours Of the day.
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the mississippi
iin line and transfers are avoided at Council buns,
Konsos City, LeavenwOrth, and Atchison, con"
nections being made in Union Depots; ~,
rH HHr ekR%T & fo GSE HkE As
.,xt caieAee: with all divergins lines for the
=; = 81 y "a. with the L. s. and r'
-1tw4sniNaroN HEIGHTS. with r. c. q st.
7ss r il r. H. es 5 B.
vi II; Ma; ard E,s6 W; M EGs; Rock
Island Short Line" ana RoSs 1ero 6v;sion
AZ e. WEsT Liberty 81 With theB., c.R.& MR.
M6ISns x' 1it Ge B. g. soEa
+ At COUNCIL BLUFFS, with Union racine Il; b.
f 1tCoLUNBUs FUNCTIONS with B. C. Il: 4 n. R;R.
ST. L. & Pec., and G 5: -. Il. Rds;
At KEOKUK, with Toll. PEG. Il War; Wab.. 81.
Louis Rss and H 81 H L ZEE e NV R. Rd'
+Atcb. 4 Neb. and Cen. Br. U. r. r. Kds.
7 Al I4E1yENw0RTH. with Kan. Pac.' ana Man.
s xsKAHszs crrr, With oil lines for the West
l:TSGaHsEs6n, and IEA1ENWoETH:
. Great Roek 1slaAd Route, are sofa ~
q heno tieket oAee. address.
! dsa;t M. sad F.:''xE si 80 u
So "a ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
Gone SOlltG.

:What has necOne OF Josiah
Spraggs p a>ke.i i; man who reian'd mp
bis horse in front OF Il rarnshackle fam.
house III Northern Ju,alara.
"Moved away" replied % c at'ess ma
tive who was seated on Il fence chewing
Il straw.
"WMre has he moved to?'~. .,
down south somewhar, J. reckon"
"Why did hs leave bere." :.
oval JOSIAH he kiDder took 4 notion
he'd marry Squire Rummers darter
L;za, II Squire Rummei ho took a no.
ton that Josiah shouldn't do it. Pears
like Josiab's notion was the strongest,
N SO hen Liza run off ii got marrit, II
Josiah n the squire didn't hitch HOSES
AFTER that =."s., ;
"But why did he go south ?"
oval, SOUR Rummel he sorter got. a
new double. bar'l shot gun, n ez Josiah's
equirl rifle bad been borrert by long
legged Junk who never brought it back,
he got kinder tiled, Of sneakin 'roun."
What makes you think he has gone
south r. IS. S., .*..z+ 3 .S. .s:*z I,
wal, arter Josiah selled out he sent
word to Squire Rummel, to ak him whar
he'd better go to, n. the. old squire he
told him to go to h-.l.
And SO he went south ?"
"Wa-al---ya-as. TWAS tho clostest he
cud GIT thar" ss.z.s5 a
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
the Why i'm Vegetable Cookery

why oAOuAu Oob! uefGI NC put 10IO
cold water to solk, ~ is often recon-
mended? Because all the nutritious
portion of the ban is extracted by the
process. They should be washed III
| warm water, then in cold, be tied loose.
~ in cloth, be put into boiling water,
with spoonful of dripping and little
salt in it, and be kept boiling for four
hours. They are then excellent to serve
with gravy, and not with melted butter.
| They serve as garnish around roast NUT
ton or beef, and ale excellent eating
served whole or as u PURGE. To make
the latter when tho beans are done
throw them instantly into cold water,
when tue skins will slip off. R1b the
beans through colander, and mix a
lump Of butter With them. A title
stock, or milk, or cream, is excellent
mixed in.
Why should plenty Of fast boiling
water be used in boiling vegetables.
potatoes excepted? Because the great
er the body OF boiling water the greater
the heat. If only little water be used
the whole affair soon cools, and the
vegetables become tough, SO much so
that no length Of time in boiling them
will render them otherwise. Broccoli
sprouts in April, if properly cooked by
| boiling them for eight minutes in boil
ing water, will be tender as marrow, but
if not properly done. hours will not
cook them.
Why should onions be always cut In
round and very thin. rings? Because
the fibre is thus cut across, and III so
cutting them, whether for frying or for
making sauce, they are rendered very
tender when cooked. With turnips and
carrots it is just the same; neither of the
three should be split or cut in any other
way.
Why should parsley never be boiled
with eoda-only boiling water and salt ?
Because parsley, having no oil in it,
would be spoiled with soda, and all
flavor would be extracted. All parsley
| should be picked fr. 6 from the stem, be
put into plenty Of boiling water with
salt, and in summer be boiled only one
minute, nj in winter two minutes, aud
be strained and chopped on the back oil
a plate. If only little water is used III
boiling it, the water becomes brown, ani
tue parsley tough and i'll. favored.
Why should vinegar for picking with
never be boiled? Because boiling takes
all tue str myth from it. Whatever veg
etables are to be picked should fist be
made sote with boiling wafer strong with
salt, and then be we'll drained and vine.
gar poured over.
| Why should two ounces Of salt and 8
bit Of washing soda always he put III tho
water to boil green's with? because the
salt crisps the green's aud havors them,
and The soda extracts the oil, which il
greatly il jurious to the digestion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27

Mr., AUBERoN HRRDERrs says that both
English political parties fail to lay down
clear principles Of right and wrong
which i is possible to follow, q
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
AND CONNECTIONS.
the 600Ve 70 COffect map OF the
AL bert LEA ROUTE.

3Ho SU0VeW y COIKeCs U1V Oh JUG
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
and its immediate connections Through Trains daily
From ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS 70 CHICAGO,
without change, connecting with all lines
EAST and SOUTHEAST III
Tho only line running Through Cars between
,seS sINlAHEAP0ihS and DES MONIES, iowa. sss@
Through Trains between s.
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS, - !:
connecting in Union Depot for all Points South and
S0uthwesF Close connections made with st. p, M.& Nj
N r.. and ct. p. Duluth Railroads, from andsto ali
p0ints North and Northwest.
REMEMBEisi PuLLnAN .PALAoE SLEEPING
Cans on all night Trains Through Tickets. and bag
Eaae checked 70 destination For time tables rate q
o.. r. BOYD,
Qsal Tkt. 4 Pass. As't, NinnsaDslis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
Crushing an Unbeliever.

From tOC Detroit Free PrcSE.l
While the steamer was lying at Wa
terpro If, La on the way down the riv-
or, a little baid.headed. hook .nosed man
from Tennessee got into a religious dis.
cussion with tall, long wasted mau
from Arkansas. They had it hot and
heavy for awhile, the little man doubt
ing that the whale ever swallowed Jo-
nah or that Daniel was cast into the
lions den. We expected to see the big
man reach out for him every minute, but
he was man who always went by the
programme. After the boat started out
he went to the captain and asked:
"Tlow far is it to the next landing P"
1--WE shall stop at plantation twelve
miles down.
"What would be the expense of stop.
ping this steamer andsending out boat
to pick up MANI"
II wouldn't want to lose the time
for less than SIS. Why do you aek?"
"Because," replied the man as he
pulled out roll Of bills aud hunted for
a five, "there's little linch of man
back hero who's got to own up that the
ravens fed Elijah or I'm going to heave
him overheard! Hers your cash and
You can get your small boat ready"
Several passengers combined to argue
him out of the idea, aud though he
finally concluded to abandon it he
blougbt his fist down hard on the rail
and said:
Swell. thop, T won's, but I'll slip
around there after while and If he de-
Lies that VIC whipped ,le British at
Bunker Hill LII have Lis car- or never
show my face again in old Arkausaw! "
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27
HOME no THE AUrHOR
OF AtSWEEr HOW E.,,
By BENJAMIN r. TAYLOR,

Burtcd tn Ok Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. e.,
June 9, 1883.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-27

It was 80 pleasant to be ct home once
more and mistress of all she surveyed; q
note from Amy saying she would come
on the following Saturday get her mind
completely at rest. She Was really FRY
to hear John say, one morning:
II think we had better take that run
down to Camden's to-day. We must go
some day this month, aud OF course yoil
won't want to 60 after your sister
comes.:'
"John; you know We cannot stay
away all night; I gave Jenny leave of alb
sence until Friday, and it won't do to
leave the house alone:"
"l'!l get Tom to come and sleep
here"
Mollie had no other reason able obiec.
ton to offer after this so che prepared
to 20.
There are three keys" said she, as
they left the house. "you can G i've one
to Tom, and I will leave one with Mrs.
Gates, next door. The house might get
on fire. and then it would be better to
have key handy, SO they could get in
tho house and bring out the things.
eyes," said John, sarcastically; cor
[ might hire squad of policemen to
watch the house day and night"
About IL o'clock that evening Miss
Amy Arden alighted from an express and
locke d about the depot as if expecting
come one.
"They could not have received my
second postal" she concluded, after
waiting nearly half an hour in the ladies'
I roo an. "W.'eIl' l can very easily find
A hack soon deposited her in front of
the pretty cottage on Lake Street; all
was dark, and Amy pulled the bell sew
eral times without heating a sound from
within. Where could Mollie and John
have gone? There was a bright light in
the next house, and Any remembered
hearing her sister speak of her kind
neighbor, Mrs. Gates! perhaps they were
spending the evening with her, or at any
rate, she might know of their where
abouts. Amy ran across the small grass
plot which separated the two cottages
and rang the bell. Mrs. Gates soon ex.
planned matters.
"You do look little like Mrs. Acker-
man when you laugh" she said in con-
clusioD, $50 suppose its all right to
let you have the key; but she wasn't
looking for you until Saturday."
"She probably did not receive my
second postal. which mailed yesterday
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-06-16
FACTS AND FIGURES.


The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany uses one million blanks in three
MIR. Harris, Florida orange-grow-
er, is said to have cleared sos, 900 on his
crop this year. '.'
Arkansas. is 270 miles long, 240
miles wide, and has an area of "a, 4O6,-
10 acres, containing 52,19S square
miles.
The wire in the four great cables of
the Brooklyn bridge would reach from
New York to China, or more than A.
600 miles.-N Y. san.
Georgia will this year produce
crop of watermelons worth on the
ground one and half million of dol
lars.-AtldntG Constitution.
The production of rolled iron in
Pennsylvania in 1882 decreased 100, $50
tons, while in Ohio an increase of TO-
S81 tons is recorded. Philadelphia
Press.
An authority says there are ST.
900, 100000 invested in the 5000, 900
miles of fences in the United States,
and that they have to be renewed ON
an average once in fifteen years.
Canadian statistics show that since
March last 451 French Canadian. fam
lilies have left with their goods and chat
tells for the New England States over
the different railroad lines leading from
Montreal.
The waves of the Atlantic Ocean at
tain the various heights of "a, 32 and
43 feet; those of the Pacific are some
times as much as 80 feet high; in the
Mediterranean they are 141 feet, and in
the North Sea 131 feet.
The postal cards are made at
Holyoke, Mass, by forty men, who turn
out about a million daily. They have
diminished the consumption of writing
paper by from 100000 to $4,000
600 a year.-BoSt0n Post. sf,
So many logs have been cut and
hauled this season in Maine that it is
thought the mills will not be able to
saw more than half of them. In the
Machias basin alone 30.000,000 feet
of logs have been cut.-BoSton Journal.
"A pine floor laid in gold workers
shop in ten years becomes worth $3.50
per foot. A Syracuse jeweler once
bought for less than $50 some sweep
ings that gave S20S worth of gold. A
tub in his cellar into which is blown
the dust from a polishing lathe, accu-
mulates $50 year. A workman in his
employ carried off on the tip of his
moistened finger $50 of filings in few
weeks. Workmen sometimes oil their
hair and then run their fingers through
it, leaving a deposit of gold particles.
which they afterward wash out.-Syrd-
clse. (M ~ Journal. a.''I"