Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-02-21

TAKE NOT1cE.-The Austin Choral
Union Society, assisted by the Bohemian
and Wilbour bands, will give grand con-
cert, Wednesday evening, March 18th, at
Jones hall. This society is made up of
the best musical talent of the city, and
has practiced especially for this con-
cert the whole winter, and, with the assis-
lance OF fine orchestra, cannot fail to
give the public the best musical enter
tainment of the season. The program
will be full of variety-sparkling glees,
grand choruses, comic male quartets,
with solos and duets from our best sing
ers-the orchestra will assist the chorus,
and give some of their best music in be-
tween. Do not fail to patronize your
own musical institution. Tickets, Is and
50 cents.
Nor TOO FAsr-The Common Coun-
Gil, at its last meeting, appointed COM
mittee to see about purchasing one or
two fire engines. Now, we hope the
council will not act too hastily in this mat
ter. Steam fire engines cost considerable
money, and only in large cities where
they have paid fire departments to run
them are they of much value. In Austin
where we have fire once in six months
or year, the building would be burned,
or the fire extinguished, before the engine
could be got into good working order.
In Albert Lea they had big fire last
year, and the steam engine worked very
unsatisfactory. They expended $780, 900
for engine, hose and building, and still
they had a destructive fire, which would
have been about as etfectually served by
a good bucket brigade. Dig few deep
wells, and provide them with good strong
pumping apparatus, and if an engine is
purchased get one of the latest improved
hand engines, which are better adapted to
small towns, and will not cost exceeding
$500
When will that man. who spends the
money for liquor that he ought to spend
for food and clothing for his family, quit
his unwise course, and by so doing make
himself happy and his wife and children
happy? There is not man in Austin
who thus foolishly spends his money that
does not himself regret it, and also con-
denim himself for it. Perhaps all will not
admit this, but nevertheless it is true. The
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fallen into the habit Of drinking, is to
keep away from the temptation, and from
his associates in his folly. There is no
such thing as reform, and continue in the
old way. And it is astonishing how
quickly old habits can be broken and new
ones formed, when one goes earnestly
about it. A man who spends his even
ings with gossiping, drinking companions,
can never, no never reform, but he can
almost entirely forget them in three
months by spending his evenings at home
with his family. And there is no better or
safer place in all the world for any man
than at home with his wife and children.
-DExTERENA.-Who is "Dexterenaw
Well. she is little maiden who first op-
ened her eyes upon this strange world
last Saturday morning at Dexter. The
circumstances are these: A lady with
two little children took the train at
Spring Valley Friday, and after much
pulling, and Juggling, and blowing, and
snorting, and fighting snow, the train
reached Dexter with its belated and snow
bound travellers. Here all hands were
obliged to put up for the night, seeking
rest and repose with mine host" of the
Swami House-among them Judge D. B.
johnson, of Austin, Harry Upman, a
travelling man, and several other travel
ing statesmen. The next morning the
guests at the ''Swann" learned, to their
surprise and great amaZement, that dur
ing the still hours of the night an extra
passenger had arrived that hadn't been
counted inland that the lady with the
two children was the mother of little
baby girl. The snow-bound passengers
proposed making up purse for the little
lady on condition that they have the hon
or Of giving her a name. AS this propos-
al was agreeable, purse was made up,
and the genial Harry Cpman designated
to choose the name, and he said it shall
be "Dexterena." Quite a pretty name,
and may the little lady live to honor it,
To give our readers something Of an
idea of the operations of Mr.. E. B.
Crane in the Superior country, we
quote the following from the Superior
City Inter Ocean of Feb. 8:
THE SUPERIOR sIIINGLE MILL.
The interior Of the single mill is being
remodeled and new machinery placed in
it. A large engine room is in course
of erection on the west corner, in which
will be placed the engine and boilers, in
Guiding the additional boiler just pur-
chased, giving a power equal to sixty hor-
ses. The firm expect to have the mill
running sometime in March and will turn
out 600, 900 SHINGLES PER DAY, which
will require the services of about
thirty men in and about the mill. Crane
& Maxim have an opportunity now OF
making contract to dispose of every
single they make during the season at a
price which would leave them hand
some margin, but we are not informed
whether they will accept this proposition
or not. The original intention of Mr..
Crane was to dispose of them himself by
establishing system of lumber yards
along the line of the Northern Pacific
and>other western roads. He is now a
half owner of several lumber yards loca:
ted at different points in Minnesota.
Another proof that these gentlemen
mean business is the fact that Messrs.
Crane s. Maxim Tin order to enlighten
our readers in regard to the matter we
will say that Crane, Maxim g. Harding
are owners of the mill, and Crane & Max
i'm are to stock the mill and hire the first
named firm to saw the shingles) have pur-
chased snug little tug Oneida" of
Saginaw, paying $4,000 for it. This tug
is new throughout, engine 16x18, and
draws only six feet Of water She will
be used about the mill, and also for gen.
cral harbor work.
Another firm has just organized, COM
posed of Messrs. A. A. Maxim, Wilson
LeMay and f. B. Crane, under the style
Of Maxim, LeMay & Crane, who have
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