Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-04-25

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Friday evening last. Mrs. Zeller was
born in Lehigh county, Penn, April 2,
1927. Was married twice. the last time to
Peter Zeller in 1862. They moved to
Austin July 1S, 1868, where they resided
up to the time of her death. The funeral
services were conducted at the house
Monday afternoon. at ~ o'clock, by Rev.
w. E. Stanley. She leaves one son by
her first husband, and one by her second
husband, Albert Zeller.
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W. d. Howclls; "A Sandless Farmer
''Mr Quincy's "reminiscences" and ''The
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Mrs. Tilda Nelson, living a mile and
a half from Varco station, died suddenly
Wednesday evening, April II, after a
very hard days work. She had done a
large washing and churning, and was re-
turning from doing the evening chores
when she fell insensible. Her husband,
who had Just returned from town. caught
her up and carried her into the house
where she shortly breathed her last. Her
sudden death was doubtless the result of
heart disease. Her funeral services were
held in the Enterprise school-house Satur
day afternoon, April ii, at 2 o'clock, con-
Quoted by Rev: Stanley of this city.
II want everybody in Mower county
to know that am selling the old Reliable
New York Singer, The Royal St. John,
The Popular White, and other sewing
machines. I have lately turned Oft my
old stock Of Singers. and have now an
entirely new and improved machine, supe-
rior to any Singer ever before placed on
the market. The Royal St. John is fast
becoming favorite. Ask your neigh
bors about it. have been in the sewing
machine business here for four years, and
when you buy a machine Of me l keep it
in repair for years. All kinds of old
machines repaired and satisfaction guar
al III, onvNtc
for all machines. w. +. DAY,
Office at Hayes Bro.s' jcwelry store.
CANNING FACTORY NoTEs.-Jce
Adams is fast pushing the building to
completion. The same is all sided up
with planed matched flooring; the first
story floor is down, and the roof-boards
are being put on as we go to press. The
roof is to be of tar and gravel.
The invoice of the machinery for man
ufacturing cans has been received. The
goods were shipped from New Jersey the
18th. They are expected to arrive the lat
ter part of this week. Also the car Of tin
from Chicago and Mr.. Charles from Iowa.
Next week active operations will COM
mence.
The Canning Co. are DESTROYS that the
farmers near Austin should grow little
sweet corn this year for a starter. Each
one can grow from to acres, and if the
Co. cannot purchase all the product this
year, the corn will be Il very profitable
crop to the farmer in any event; he will
lose nothing, as sweet corn will always
sell at much higher rate than common
corn. The variety preferred is "Stowells
Evergreen The Co. will have several
bushels of this corn for sale for seed in
few days, and the farmers should call
upon President Walsh for seed.
A PUBLIC PARK FOR AUsT1N.-The
citizens of Minneapolis are just now seek
ing suitable locations for public parks.
1t will cost them probably half a million
dollars to buy the ground. Time was
when for small sum Nicollet island
could have been secured for that purpose.
That island was itself a park twenty years
ago in it's natural state. The location
was just where park shouldbe. Nature
planned it for that purpose. The golden
opportunity IS gone forever. There is
not rod of ground in Austin dedicated
to the public. 1t is time to think about
u park. The slowcoach people may
laugh at this. But every town needs such
grounds They should be secured while
land is cheap. 1t would cost but few
hundred dollars now to buy land suitable
for park. The time will come when it
will cost thousands instead Of hundreds
The grounds once secured their improve
ment would follow. Slowly at first. but
gradually the people would take such
pride and comfort in the park that the i'm
provement would be carried on more
rapidly and thoroughly. The people of
Minneapolis now have grounds to com
plain of the past generation for their
parsimony. If We do not provide
ground for public park who will do it?
We owe it to our own generation as well
as to the next to do this good work. 1t is
of no use to say there is time enough yet.
There is time enough if we only use it,
but not enough if we allow it to go to
waste. )
Let us have park at once. Every year
it becomes more difficult. There is no
excuse for being without this luxury,
where there IS so much room and land 80
cheap. The Board of Trade should take
this matter up and urge it before the peo-
pie until the necessary steps are taken to
secure the object. What other town of
the size of Austin has no park?
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