Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-06-20
-TuE FOURTH IN Atsr1N-Tbe n

THE FOURTH IN AUsT1N.-The man
agement promise a very fine entertain
ment for the people who come to Austin
on the coming Fourth. We hope the
folks from the country will give up labor
on that day and all come to town, leaving
not one member of the family behind.
Mr.. Shaw will deliver the grafton, and it
will be strange if it alone is not worth the
coming to Austin. Then there will be
amusements in the afternoon, -something
after the rag-a:muftin order,-sack,
evening a fine display of fireworks is
promised. Everything will lie given as
promised, and we hope for big crowd.
Rev. Mr.. Wright's sermon to the
graduating class last Sunday evening was
a worthy defense of the charge that the
scholars of the country were deserving
Christianity. Mr. Wright proved beyond
doubt that the finest educated men of the
country were religious. Nearly all of the
educational institutions of the country
are strongly religious, and statistics proves
that the purely UNCONVENTIONAL schools
are the best of all. There are no prosper
Gus infidel schools. The Christian rcli
gion is every year growing in favor with
the scholars of the country. 1t is ignor-
ance the church has to fear, not education.
There was large attendance, and every
one was highly interested.
School REPonT-Thc following
names are of scholars attending school in
Dist. No. 81. who had IN average stand
ing of 80 for the first examination:
George Padelford 80, *Lairy Gahagan
SO, *Harlan Smith 80, *Emma Rice 81,
Walter Rice 81, *Arthur French 50. SLOW
ard Thompson So. *Bertha French 50,
*Sylvester Thompson 81. Myrtle Hille- 80,
*T'haddeus Thompson 93, Emily Thomp-
son S6,Aggic Mitchell So *Eddie Gahagan
80, Arthur Rice 50, Lille Mills SO, Alice
Perkins SO, BERTHE Perkins 50, Alexander
Mitchell 50, *Etta Smith SO.
The names marked with star are those
who were 80 or above in department.; also.
Katie Bcckle, Maggie Gahagan, Eddie
Stuart, Myrtle Padelford and Julia
Stuart IDA GRIMsHAW, Teacher.
Capt. Hunt has sent in his esignation
as postmaster of Brownsville, and the
strife for the succession has commenced.
The only prominent candidate seems to be
John Nelson, so long the able deputy of
Ives and now acting in the same capacity
for Hunt The enthusiasm in his behalf
is bounded only by the limits3 OF the de-
livery of the Office. A petition of between
two and three hundred names has already
been mailed to Congressman White, and
it is said that no other man who ever
lived in Brownsville could have obtained
so f1attering an endorsement His friends
are among all classes, the business men.
the politicians, the farmers, the mechanics.
It seems as though Mr.. Nelson must win.
It will give us much pleasure to hear that
he has Succeeded, as he is thoroughly
| Il md will ri
universal satisfaction.
The Sunday School picnic, which
took place on the bank of the Cedar, near
Lansing, last Saturday, was very sue
cessful affair." The picnic was first pro-
posed by the Waltham school, but the
Sunday School workers of Brownsville,
Lansing, Austin and other places, were
invited. Austin schools were represented
by G. L. Case, E. J. Phillips and wife and
Rev. C. D. Belden and wife. The intel
lectual exercises were in the forenoon,
and were very enjoyable. The Waltham
choir did some fine singing, Rev. Satter-
lee made the opening prayer, and inter-
esting 15-minute addresses were made by
Revs. Belden, Satterlee and Billings. Il.
F. Sulzcr, the Sunday School missionary,
was also present.. and addressed the as
sembly. In the afternoon the refresh
ments. such as swinging, boat-riding,
ball playing, &c. Between three and
four hundred persons were present, and
all seemed to enjoy themselves.
-tEssE Guam V1DERI. is the
motto of the essay that won the $50 cash
prize at the commencement of the St..
Louis Law School last week Thursday
evening. We take great pleasure in say
ing that this essay was written by Prof.
VIM. w. Keyser, who for the tive years
prior to his entering the law institute.
was principal of the Austin public schools.
Mr. Keysor has taken the full course at
this fine institution, and his many friends
in Austin are proud of his achievements.
1t will also be seen that he stood second
in the examinations. The following ex-
tract from a long account of the COM
mencement exercises we take from the st.
Louis Republican,: ~--
"The honor men of the class, or those
who attained the highest per cent. in the
examinations, were, first, Alfred n. Cos
sett; second, W. w. Keysor; third, Her
bert J. Davis; fourth, David Castleman
Webb. The dean of the law school, W.
G. Hammond, LII. D., who announced
the names of those receiving the honors.
spoke in the highest terms of the record
of the class, and his regret at now separa-
ting from those in whom he had become
so Interested. The prize of $50 for the
best thesis upon legal topic was award
ed to the thesis having for its signature
opening the envelope enclosed with the
thesis it was discovered to have been
written by VIM. w. Keysor. The motto
ought to have been enough to insure sue
cess to it's chooser, and Dr. Elliot, who
opened the envelope, spoke of the excel
lence of the desire TO be rather than to
SEEM"
The Alumni of the Austin High school
held their seventh anniversary at the resi-
dence of Miss Ida Smith, valedicterian,
of the class 81, on Monday evening of
this week. The beautiful night without,
and the prospect of delightful time
within the hospitable home of the fail
hostess, induced large attendance of the
alumni and friends of the school. AS we
entered, we discovered the. genial coun-
tenance of Mayor Dorr. The clergy were
represented by Elders Wright and Stan
ley. The law was Represented by two
young limbs, Day and Richardson.
Just then. At least none of that class
deemed the emergency urgent enough to
impell their attendance: President Schleu.
der well represented the School board
and Prof. Rankin the faculty. The
rooms were filled to rcpletion with alumni,
young ladies and gentlemen OF culture.
with refinement and intelligence manifest
on every face and movement. 1t was q
company, which as the product of on,
school system, the citizens of Austin do
well to be proud of. The literary feature
of the evening was the reading of the
History of the Alumni" by Miss Lora
p. Vaughn of the class of 1880, terse,
spicy chronicle, which was much enjoyed
by all, unless we except those whose mat
rimonial prospects were ventilated. Re-
freshments were then spread, after par
taking of which the guests departed fol
their homes at late hour, well pleased
with the pleasant evening they had pas
sed at the alumni reception. The follow
ing were the alumni representatives pres
ent: Miss Olive Crane, Miss Hattie E.
Lambert, F. A. Day, w. E. Richardson
Miss Eta Barnes, MISS Mabel Patterson
Miss Margaret NJ. Shaw, Mrs. Charlotte
E. Leslie, Miss Lora Vaughn, Miss Ida A.