Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-03

Dust are the bride and bridegroom.
The proud guests lowly lie;
The costly gifts have crumbled-
The song can never die!
MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS.
= If the French soldiers are afraid of
malaria they ought to take some sort of
Tonquinine medicine.
HALF the population is debating as to
where they shall spend their money.
The other half wonder when they vii
get any to spend.
"PERsoNs and events" said Emer-
son, ''may stand for time between you
and justice, but it is only postponement.
You must pay at last your own debt"
Mr.. WoLoH1N, of Albany, Fla, set
hen on hens eggs. Mr.. Wolohin Lifted
her up the other day and found her
keeping warm three young kittens, a
powder gourd and door knob; and he's
putting in his time now wondering how
it occurred, instead of laying for his
neighbor's boy.-Bos. Post.
"DRtNK MAP" of Oxford, England.
has just been issued, from which it ap-
pears that the inhabitants Of that classic
town must drink fully as much as they
study. Oxford has population Of only
81, 600, and yet there are in it 319 places
licensed to sell liquors. They are we'll
patroniZed, and lntemperance is very
common.
A RESPECTABLE colored man in Wind
sor, Ontario, has raised a commotion
among the equally respectable white
people of that conservative town, by in
sisting upon sending his child to the
white school instead of the colored.
The negroes never had such rights in
Canada as they now enjoy in many of
the states in this union.
CRIMINALS in Anam who are condemn
ed to death are impaled on an iron spike.
The machine used is complicated one,
and strange to say it bears the stamp eff
a French iron-worker. We may next
hear of Gallo patent on O gridiron for
use in the cannibal islands, or an i'm
proved head. basket for the convenience CO
of the Dyaks.-Bos. Adv.
"DoN'r you forget" exclaimeda man,
arising during discussion, "that I lay
over the DECK ''Do you mean that
you can whip me?" replied long
haired Arkansas man, also arising. "No,
sir" said the first speaker. "Then
what do you mean when you say that
you lay over the deck" ct mean that
am steamboat man, and sleep in the
pilot.house.'
The late David Dallup, ex-governor
of Connecticut, left fifth part
| of his estate to the town of
Plain6eld, another to Yale College,
another to the city of Hartford,
and another to the city of Cincinnati.
The remaining fifth is left to son in
law. The value OF the estate is not
mentioned in the Connecticut papers,
AN exchange says an Arkansas preach.
er recently "paused in his sermon,
reached a revolver from his desk, shot
through the window and killed SOUR.
rel that was sporting on the fence near
by, sent boy out to scure the game,
and calmly proceeded with his dis.
course" Preachers don't always hi,
the mark from the pu'pit.-J. II. VIZ
lianas.
A NEW building at Cambridge, Nd.
is theater and church combined
There is stage, with scenery and foot
lights, for dramatic use, and III the cen.
ter is large trap, out of which an alta]
is raised on Sundays and other holy
days. If the minister and q 1!instrel
show wanted it the same night, we don'l
krow which would be entitled to il. -
Boston Post.
A WOMAN OF Quincy, Mass, to crafty
| ho, fAofn 0,,I I,or health 1>,,;1
a small greenhouse and took the care o.
it and garden. Now she has foul
forcing houses, a fern house and gar
den crowded with flowers, herbs anc
fruit. She has three young women in
training, and they need the help of only
one small boy in the busy season. She
has gained not only health but a conpe
tence.
AN amusing sceno occurred On New
York Central train the other day. A
gentleman and his wife, and lit
tie daughter about two years old, were
addressed by friend who had not seer
them for six years. Among the Inquiries
he asked if the little girl were all the
family, when the child, like a flash
thrust a large, iup lo'l towards The
gentleman's face, and held it there with
out O word.
The Comte de Paris, although he as,
sumed no new appellation since the
death of the Comte de Chambord, sign
ing himself simply " Philippe, Comte
de Paris" has modified his arms, tax.
ing what is known as "les armes
franches." The label which character.
ICES the arms Of younger branch dis
appears from his escutcheoD, which nov
bears simply the three golden feurs dc
lis upon an azure field.
AN Apache Indian complained to the
agent that the people called him 6
bad Indian. said: "They say kill
ed my mother. Yes. did: but did
that because she was too old to work.
They say killed my wife. 1 did that
because she was too sicz to work. They
talk about my killing my papoose
Well, I di1 that, too, but It cried toe
much and couldn't sleep. I'm 'good
Indian, not bad Indian
THEN you are getting on nicely in
school, my little man? Can you tell
me how many pecks there are in a gal
! lou ClhL udIl u peCh, BIZ. LOU Set
there are eight quarts in a pec4 an6
four quarts IN II gallon. That jasi
fetchts it," t'Your logic is good. Now
tell me how many yards in foot?' 81
should think there was about \ yard an.j
a half in your foot" and then tho boy
skinned" around the corner fo1
fear the foot might swing in his dlrec
tion.-Hartford Post.
A New ENGLAND lady Was asking bel
cook the other day about waitress she
proposed to hire. and SAID: "iNa,y. is
she Irish ?" No man," said May,
"she's American" "Nhat is lei
name, Mary ?" Bridget O'Connor,
man." 'Why the Of course she is
Irish, Mary" No nam; she wat
born in Lynn" ''Oh, but that makes
no difference. Mary; she is not. all
American, "Well. in faith, perhaps
she amt nam. They tell me The real
ones is red."
In answer 10 the silly screed printed