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

A GOOD word is an easy obligation;
but not to speak i'll, requires only our
silence, which costs us nothing.-Tiltot
son.
VIZ take greater pains to persuade
others that we are happy than in en-
deavo1iu8 to think 80 ourselves.-GOl1-
| smith.
THERE is as much difference between
the counsels that a friend giveth, and
that q man giveth himself as there is
between the counsel of friend and
flatterer.--Bac0n.
ALL censure of others is oblique
praise of self. 1t is uttered in order to
show how much the speaker can bear.
It has oil the individiousness of SELF
praise, ana all the reproach of falsehood.
| -Addison.
ALL men have their frailties, and Who
ever looks for friend without imper-
fections will never find what he seeks
We love ourselves Notwithstanding our
faults, and we ought to love our friends
in like manner Cyrus.
An injury unanswered in time grows
weary of itself, and dies away in VOL
untary remorse. In bad dispositions
capable of no restraint but fear it has a
different effect-the silent digestion O.,
one wrong provokes second. -Sterne
You cannot spend money in luxury
without doing good to the poor. Nay,
you do more good to them by spending
it in luxury than by giving it to them.
You make them exert industry, whereas
by giving it you keep them idle.-Joh's-
son.
HE world is a looking glass, and
gives back to every man the reflection
of his own face. Frown at it and it will
in turn look surly upon you; laugh at it
and with it, and it is a jolly, kind COM
panion, and SO let all young persons
take their choice. -Thackerny.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
Foolish Advice.
From the Boston Herald.

Advice 'to go to farming" is about
the cheapest and most worthless that can
be given to the ordinary wage earners in
cities of any vocation. Those who give
it seem to imagine that anybody can get
land, and can work it profitably.
The fact is that good land near
markets is very dear, and that only
skil]ful and experienced formers can
work it at profit. Successful farming
requires special knowledge and aptitude,
like any other business. It requires
something else, as it's very basis, which
not one IN ten of the city-bred young
men possess-a physical frame and
stamina equal to 800 hard days. work in
a wear.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
HOusehOld Hints.

BARLEY added to pea soup helps to
give it an appetizing flavor, and it adds
to its nutritive qualities also.
A GOOD way to extract the juice of
beef for an invalid is to broil the beef on
q gridlron for q few minutes, and then
squeeze the juice from it with lemon
squee zer; put a little salt with it. This
may be gwen as the sick one prefers,
cold or hot, or it may be frozen and
given in small Jumps.
MUTTON pie makes welcome dish for
the chlldren's dinner; cold roast or
broiled mutton should be used for this
purpose. Trim off nearly ali the fat,
cut the lean meat in small pieces and
put them in a pudding dish; il you have
any gravy or stock pour that over them;
put in little butter. and season with
pepper and salt and a little parsley
chopped fine; cover the top with thick
paste made just as you make baking
powder biscuit; brown nicely in the
oven.
A FAvoR1TE way to cook potatoes now
is to boil them in their jackets until they
are tender, and then dry them off in a
very hot oven. Sweet potatoes are
excellent also cooked in this way. OF
course care must be taken to remove
the potatoes from the boiling water as
soon as they are tender. There is no
vegetable that gains more by being pre-.
pared with due attention than the potato,
and the difference between a soggy,
water. soaked potato and one that is
properly cooked is greater than many
women seem to know.
NICE apple-butter is excellent with
cold meat. Use tart applee, and to
three pecks after they are peeled and
quartered allow nine pounds of brown
sugar and two gallons of water. Let the
water come to a boil, then adj the sugar;
when it is dissolved put in the apples.
Stir them constantly with large wooden
spoon. After they are soft let them
simmer until they are thick and do not
seem at all watery. If you wish to add
any spices you may do SO. Cinnamon,
nutmeg and little ginger are liked by
some people. When it is possible to get
it, boiled cider makes q delicious eddi-
ton; in this case less water should be
used.
|. TAP1ocA CREAM.-Soak a teacupful
of tapioca over night in milk. The next
day stir into it the yolks Of three eggs
we'll beaten and cup of sugar. Place a
quart of milk on the fire; let it come to
the boiling point, and then stir in the
tapioca, and let the whole cook un-
til it has thickened; then take il off the
fire and stir in the whites OF the eggs
beaten to froth. Flavor to taste. A
small portion of the beaten whites Of the
eggs can be saved to decorate the top.
Stir into the water little sugar, put il
into paper iunnel, press it out over the
top of the pudding according to fancy,
and place it in the oven few momnets
to color.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
What Prima DOnneCOst.

NEW IeUVeI'J
Nine. Christine Nilsson is to be paid
~. 600 a performance and to sing ten
times a month; Mn Marcella oem-
brich, 81, 500; Nine. Scalchi's monthly
salary is $4,000 for ten representations;
probably $4,000; and Nine, Valeria's
81 900. A rough estimate of the salaries
of the principals, chorus and orchestra OF
the Metropolitan Opera House monthly,
hows that about 800 900 will be re
nnired
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
Is Our Own.n

tsOur Own.n
IF had known in the morning
How YEARLY oil the day
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind
eaid when you went away,
had been more careful, darling,
Nor gwen you needless pain;
But We vex 'our own
With look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in the quiet evening
A~. ...:! e..oM -. -.-5 - r-c-re,
Yet II might be
That never for me
The pain Of the heart should cease.
How many 60 forth Ut morning
That never come home ut night:
And hearts have been broken
For hareh words spoken
That SORROW can meier set right.
We have careful thoughts for the stranger,
And smiles for the sometime guest,
But oft for our own
The bitter tone
Though We love our own tho best,
All lips with curve impatient.
Ali brow that look Of sc0rn,
'TWere . cruel fate
Were the night too late
To undo tho work Of morn"
e. H. P in the Week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
To Cure Warts ON Cattle.

~ O0A10 " 09SO VA V84tO0o
A correspondent of the Country Gen.
tleman says he has for years cured warts
very easily on all animals, no matter
where located, by applying butyr of an
timony with feather two or three times,
at intervals of two or three days. ae
says: eff the warts are dry .scalded I
scrape them lightly at first. It simply
dries the wart down to the hardness,
when it drops off without leaving Sore
ness or irritation. The best milking COW
which I own purchased out of a drove
of beef cattle on account of her superior
ity in having all the excellent milking
points, and the discovery that her teats
were literally covered with pointed
warts, which I had no doubt was the
reason why she had been fattened and
sold."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
Why He Rang Two Bells.

A somewhat inebriated gentleman
boarded q down car on Yonge Street,
Toronto. Balancing himself against the
door he asked the conductor to let him
off at Oruikshank Street. When VIII
ton Avenue was reached he recognized
his destination, and, stumbling over to
the bell strap, gave tremendous tug.
The conductor was irritated, e7@.,
"What do you mean by jerking the
bell like that--ringing it at both ends %
he said, with rising anger.
Well (hic) -don't I vanish the carsh
to stop hic) at bosh ends 2"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10

charge. Ny companion lAu&neo NJ me
~ I tired to scramble to my feet.
"Your gun kills both ways he said.
81 am sure it doqs one way" an
svered. "But the rabbit, perhaps, is
net so , 1ch hurt a. l am"
As I spoke, We both glanced over the
river to see if we could see anything ct
our game; and there we saw sight that
shall never forget to my dying day:
The dark waters of the river seemed
aeitated in . strange manner, as though
sometning Dc,lo~s:. s..o,.- 80 -
reach the surface. Ina moment more
they parted. and q human face was
thrust up. It was bloated and distorted
by the long time it had remained in the
water. N , companion gave cry that
thrilled me through.
"My brother! my brotheI!"
Here was, indeed, proof of the muir
| der.
The terrific discharge of the old gun
hadlbfought the body of the murdered
man to the surface, and gave the last
link of the chain.
For only few moments did the body
remain stationary, and then it slowly
sank beneath the water again. A few
hurried words passed between us, and
then We went back 10 the inn. Saul
Farmaa was standing in the doorway.
"What luck?" he said, as We came
up.
| "Good!' I answer. d, "we have the
game We sought"
NV hand fell heavily on his shoulder
as I spoke.
"You are my prisoner" said. 81
arrest you for the murder of Nathan
Cleares!"
There was q short struggle. In Less
than a minute we had the irons upon
his wrists. The body vas recovered
from the river, and at the sight OF it the
villain made full confession.
In due time he was tried and convict
ed, and shortly after I Witnessed hls
execution.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10


Dining Cars for eating purposes only: Vne 2fne!
great feature Of our Palace Cars is SMOkiMG
SALOON where you can enjoy your "aa7aha
at a nS%ss 81 1roa span the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers at all points crossed q LIVE
line and transfers are avoided at Council BimHs:
Kansas City, Leayenw991r ,inn ' nenots A'
gE EHr $ $k!HSff44hh k e e Line ARE As
ft At eH!exce with oil divereins lines for tue
At ESSEEyoSp. with the L. s. Ms and r.
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At WEST Liberty, With theB:: cry MR.
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T Tith Ateh Topeka Santa Fe;
Atch. Neb and Ger. BIZ; {; P: r.: Rds.
"a LE4yESwoRTH' with Kan Pac.' and han'
es xsk1Sszs CITY, with all lines for the West
1cr sSsfsss 70 and IE199iENWoRTa:
50 Great Rock Island Route" are sold by
a.; =: h s:s ticket onee, address,
II. ST ST: ~: JOHN Of H. ..t
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
Diggiug Wells.

In some portions of New England the
springs are very low and many wells are
dry. in such localities it is q good
time to take up old wells and dig them
deeper, and dig such new ones as may
be wanted. It is too much the custom
to dig we'll when it is wanted, without
regard to the height of the springs, so
that many wells are dug when the
springs arr SO high that it is impossible
to get the we'll deep enough to furnish
water in dry time.
The old way Of digging well and
stoning it up SO as to have it about three
feet in diameter, is a very good one if
the water is to be drawn up with buck
cts; but if only with pump it is very
poor way; for if, as is the usual custom,
the we'll be covered at the top, it leaves
q very large space for dead air, which
often become so bad that it affects the
quality of the water, and also makes it
unsafe to enter the we'll. When . we'll
thus stoned has only pump in it, the
covering should be under water, or very
near it; but if it is known that only q
pump. is to be used, the expense of ston-
ing may be saved, and the water kept in
much better condition. This is done
by digging the well in dry time and
when dug as low as possible, cement
pipe some two feet in diameter, and two
or three feet long, is sunk at the bot
tom and worked down as low as possible
by digging out the inside; the pipe
should be covered over with q fiat stone,
through the middle of which q two-inch
hole has been drilled; directly over this
hole stand up drain pipe, then begin to
All in the hole, when filed as high as the
top of the first piece of drain pipe, put
on another, being careful to have it
straight with the other, and the line
perpendicular; continue filling and add
Ing drain pipe until il is as high as the
surrounding ground, or if the pump is
not TO stand directly over the we'll, then
when il Is filed within four feet Of the
surface put in the pump pipe, and lead
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
Garden Herbs,

The Germantown Telegraph has it
that "every well-kept garden should
have due proportion of garden herbs,
but with the exception of some coarse
fellows, which know how to take care of
themselves, such as catnip and chamo.
mile, there are seldom any to be found.
Sage, thyme and parsley are seldom
grown except for market. OF parsley
we have frequently given hints. It
must be sown very early and on cool,
rich ground, and, if the seeds do not ap-
pear for q month, one must have pa
tience, for it often takes long time to
decide what it intends to do about it.
In regard to sage, many have it for q
year or so, when it disappears. To have
sage continually it is best to take it up
every second year, split it apart and set
it in the ground much deeper than it
was before. Roots then come out from
the vigorous young wood, and the plants
seem better adapted to stand extremes
of heat and cold than when the branches
are exposed on long stalks. Sage is not
so liable to get killed out in the winter
when it il cut back in the fall. Many
cut back some of it for drying. Indeed,
dried sage is the form in which it il
chiefly used. Thyme usually manages
to. live, though nothing be done to it;
but it is also better cut back every fall
and for an occasional replanting."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
He Was Such q Fresh Young Man.

ne Was SUCH u ETesu .1OuHg MdDs
e." "Aw, yes, Miss Eveline, you knaw. I
came to the seashoah because. you knaw,
felt that I needed such trip, you
knaw." ..--s...~
"Ah, indeed, Mr.. Du Dee p !,
Yes, Miss Eveline." J,
"No doubt you will be benefited.
Some people need salt air more than
anything else. FL. i
Then every body snickered, and Mr.. D.
wondered what was funny In simple
health report like that. gs. f
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
PATIENCE.

"My half days work is done,
And this is all my part;
give a patient God
My patient heart,
"And grasp his banner still,
Though all the blue be dim;
For stripes no less than stars
Lead after him."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
Sti0R 7
Line.
CHlcAco,
MILWAUKEE
Axp ST paul:

It owns aud operates over 1, 500 miles of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and!
Dakota; and as its main lines, branches and con-
necons reach al the great business centers OF the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers.
tho description of Short Line, and Best Route
between
chicago. Milwaukee, st. Paul aud
Minneapolis.
Chicago. milwaukee. La Crosse an"
Chicago. Milwaukee, Aberdeen ard
chicseo. milwaukee, Ea" Claire a""
chiSS:zS, , milwaukee, "au'"" an"
Chicago: H1ilwaukee, Beaver Da"
Chicago, M,Ixs au,<ee, Madison AND
Prairie du Chen.
Chicago: issioit, GAINESVILLE and Min
Chicaao. Eisin, Rockford and D"-
Chicago, Clinton. Rock Island and
Cedar Rapids.
Chicago, sioux City, Sioux Fails aud
Cbica$o. milwaukee,, Mitchell and
Rock island, Dubuque, St. Paul and
Davenport, Calmar. st. Paul aud
Pullman Sleepevs and the Fsnest
Dining Cars IL. re !Eo,'a . ars I'm IN
KEE 4 ST. PAUL 7eAlL!VAY, and
every attention IL paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
GENT Manager Genl Pass. Agent
J.T. Clark, Geo. II. Heafford,
GEM upt Asst Gent Pass. Agt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
II Is The
FoFUhAR LINE
Fer Omaha. Lincoln.
DENVER
lad e. Fsssf> n NEe vfIEa. lgIseEA NaSTiS,.
CALIFORNIA!
wEENHnNrTfSES

TIKI LINE COGTEI>ES
SrX~x go y<le< >e.,s S-Tz7 ,eA S.eAl Track Al
sz7rt,Sr57-e az made = TNEON DEPnTS- 1t has
NES1Cztl sse-a-ztScz q beng TIE GREAT
TEErTEsE CaG lime All Is universally con-
s--ss-z - ~ Tax FINEST EpTIpEED Railroad n
- Nr-Hs EO- 81 Cases C I-<vel
Try II a., vcz VII fra tSsSo-lae la1Rrs in
SOD II : 5ESc5zEf III
Eh-uzcA rscS4.e se.s Celebrated line Ior safe
Al 51rsEuN-s1z about rates .. fare, sleeping car
s1r5SzxSS rs tine sAsles- etc. vi To- caee5fu Ill
;. S-ssszs - zSTseysec ~ TER-FyiI LOWELL.
tseue-al Px.stnser Ast, Chicago.
l. J. PvTTEx 81 AID General Msn-
&Ss- CHICAGO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10
1t IL the Same i'm Farming.

The manufacturer who understands
his business knows that it is by having
the best material, the best designers,
and the best workmen, that his goods
can be made attractive and saleable.
Only the best chemist can prepare the
best dyes for bright and lasting colors.
By the most scientific and practical en-.
gineer can the track of q railroad be
skillfully laid or the machinery of mills
be placed so as to execute good work.
An ignorant, careless and Indifferent
farmer is always failure even in the
simplest plans or enterprises They are
as injurious to farm as q drouth or
flood. And it is time farmers learned
the scientific lessons which have worked
out successfully the modes and prob
lens by which the earth responds to
the labor and thought of man. 1t is
that class of farmers who study to know
why thing is done this way or that,
who have improved the breeds of do
nestle animals, developed every variety
of fruit, evolved the grasses for forage,
and made agriculture different from
what it was when the pioneer was 9
slave. Let science, thought and prac.
tice perfect their work.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10

CONGRESSMAN ROBINSON, of New
York, favors one-cent postage on letters.
"a penny for bis Thoughts. Louell
GOttrier.i = ~ . ,sszs z, s%#ss|
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-10

Tho uSs Of the term.
- Short Iine~ in connection
with the corporate name :
Of . great road, conveys
an idea Of Just what Is re.
quired by the travelling
yublic-a Short Line. Quick
Time and the Best of Ac---
commodations-all of which
are furnished by the great :
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
Susiti cn Deaths

Ga Sunday erea.u. l.s,, M. O.wsll Coz
VA, found ~ Roht. Allen yin. en- 10. in the
woods a short distance from Ms C,rpg,ler's
store, completely parslyzel uuzt.e to help
himself aud scarcely able to speak. Tie man
aged. however, TO make known his gund ton
to Mr.. AUeu " ho Immediately wen, l. procure
assistance to have him taken to Mr.. Edward
Wslchs on whose farm Connell resided. Allen
went 10 the store of Mrs. Carpenter and related
the condition Of the man TO Mr.. Thos II Car
penter, who Immediately got his horse and
stricken man They succeeded in placing Com
neil in the wagon and started for mis- home
about two miles distant bat he died before il
was reached. Mr.. COnnell was about % years
of age and leaves wife and one grown SON
The deceased has always been temperate and
moral man and consistent member of the
Methodist church. This WAS his first storke OF
paralysis
Ga Monday last about 8 O'Clock while Mr.
John w ClemsnIs was ~ his stable superil-
tending the care of his horses, and while bend
ing over TO examine the front foot Of one Of
them he thought TO he lame, he was suddenly
seized with great djzzin"ss aud pain in the
head, he Immediately raise up, call TO his son
" lille. no vas present to help him, staggered
and fell limp aud licltss in The arms of his sou
Mr.. Clements WIS good farmer, and one Of
our oldest and most respected citizens.-He
was seemingly in good he ,IDh up to the
hour Of his death. His remains we're buried a.
the Roman Catholic Church near GIymont on
Wednesday the 7lh il st, and WAS attended Y
large concou Sc If people.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
Still In proving.

Judge Crane was still improving at latest
accounts, which were direct from his premises,
he was walking about his house, was able to
at.ead TO the lighter duties of his office, such as
examining and signing egl papers, etc, was
in very excellent spirits and hopeful of being
able to be ont in time to draw the jury and
probably to preside at the ensuing term of our
March Court-St. Marv's Beacon.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
CHNdicnias Day.

Last Friday being bright, clear day We
may expect, according to the old legend, SIX
weeks more OF winter weather, for their Is no
doubt that ifhis 10 rdship, the grounding, came
from his hole on that day he was hastily fright
-ned back by his shadow which We are sure
was plainly defined. This week thus FAR has
certainly been a decided change from last,
which WAS mild and spring like, while now
we are having it cold, damp and disagr-eable
The old Scotch ada.e of CandIemas day RAYS ::
II CandemsS day be dry and fair
The half O winter to come and MALI.
If Cand iemas day he wet and foul,
The half o win <rs gone at lule.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
RelIyious Services.

The following notice of religious services
10 be held at the different Catholic Churches in
this parish ha. been given us by the Rev. Father
Heating:
Until further notice Services will be held al
Pomfret on the LIST. Sd and 9Th Sundays OF
each month and on all Holy-days falling with
in the week At Hill Top on The End Sunday,
and al CORVALLIS on the 18th Sunday OF each
month.
Notice of services at Other places will lie given
in he churches
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
The lncOnsistenc of Men.

Scheming, diverse, and manifold advertise
ments of worthless goods will never attract
profitable customers, only meritorious articles
such as Swayne's Ointment for skin Gi eases
are recognized and sought after by the people.
Real worth always receives its just ne it, A
man may profit for while by imposing upon
the public, but it is only question of tin e
when he will reach the end of his rope. Man
has never dared to doubt the efficacy of this
great vegetable Ointment
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
Shooting Match.

The expected pigeon and glass ball shoot
ing match which we netic.d some time since
was to take place at or near La Plata, will
come off at that thriving burgh on the 22nd
inst Several valuable prizes are offered by
the management and some good shooting may
be looked for. All the crack shots Of the
county have entered and several from other
places The advertisement of the affair appears
clseM here in this issue.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
Bargains in Dry Goods.

Coored Cashmers all wool 25 Blankets
I75, 200, 25o. 300 to 10000. ShAwls immense
assortment. Ladies c!oaks and Jackets Dress
goods immense assor ment. Black silks 10
100 1875, $50, lT5, 200. Coored Silks 80, 90
% 10 Coored silk Velvets $50, 10 200
Black Silk Velvet 100, l25, $50, l75. I'm
fold 80, 10, 200, $50. Sheeting cotton,
Canton flannel etc, etc, all very cheap i'm
mense assortment CARRIERS,
I'll Market Space, Washington, D. C..
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-09
The River.

The river presents a placid and serene ap-
pearance, and no ice is visible on its surface
Both steam and suiing vessels are now arriv-
ing and departing as usual, in Alexandria and
Washington, and the wharves present more
active appearance than they have for the past
few weeks The steamer City of Alexandria
arrived at the above named places on Sunday
night, from the lower Potomac, with quite
large freight and number of passengers