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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
! THE GREAT CONNECTING II

IS THE GREAT CONNECTING LINK
Its main line runs from Chicago to COUNCIL
Bluffs, passing through Joliet Ottawa, "a Sa n
Geneseo Moline, Rock Island Dav,enp9Ec; MeS'
Des MONIES (the capital of Iowa.. stuart Atian-
tic. and Avoca; with branches from bn 1iSan
Junction to Peoria; wilton 9nne don e ESap
Centreville. Princeton. Trenton. Gallatin, Came
ron, Leavenworth Atchison: and Kansas City;
Washington to Sgourney Oskaloosa and KNOX
tonsport Independent, Eld0n, Ottumwa Eddy
vile. OskalOosa. Pella, Monroe and Des MONIES;
Newton to Monroe; Des Moines to lndlanoia ana a
se IS
line from Chicago into the State of Kansas
Through Express Passenger Trains, with f xvi.
between CHICAGO and PEORIA. KANSAS CITY CIT,
COUNCIL. BLUFFS, LEAvENWORTH ana AIChi-
SON. Through cars are a! so run between M!a"nu,
Zee and Kan sas, Gty: via the "M''"aokee ano
She Great Rock island" is magnfcentiy
equipped. Its road bed is simply per1ect' auo ats
track is laid with steel rails ;,, IN Tho ,,oos,-o
of enjoying your meals. while passing over inc ne
beautiful praries of Illinois and Iowa IN one q
our magnificent Dining Cars that accompany an
Through Express Trains You get an entire
~ AnnreciatinG the fact that a majority OF the
people prefer separate tor be;nea
Of this line warrantinG lt), we are pieaseo 70 ans
nounce that this Company runs Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes and pulace
Hg 1h1MAAiXu FAx4 { kN SAss ci crs r
Tickets via this Line, known as the
AL Ticket Agents In the United States
For information not Obtninable at y
Genl Superintendent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Cheap suits,

Anumber Of years ago fellow who had
driven some stock to Cincinnati formed
q scheme to get a new suit of clothes
from one Of the energetic dealers who
so urgently solicit the man from the
country to buy. He went into the store,
after stationing several of bis rascal]y
companions where they could look in,
and ordered the finest suit in the entire
stock. just as he had got fairly into
them, the gang outside, in accordance
with their instructions, rushed into the
store. brandishing pistols and bowling,
"Shoot the son of sea cook! Kill the
blank scoundrel! XIII him! Kill
him !" Tie man in the new clothes,
affecting great terror, broke for the door
the gang following in hot pursuit, arc
in very short time the entire party was
safe on the Kentucky side. The cloth
ing dealer is till waiting for the sea
cooks son to return and pay for thu
clothes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Manure and Mauuring.

Every season the inquiry is made:
What manure is most suitable for the
garden? I prefer good stable manure
that has been turned once or twice to
any other, and if some bone-dust has
been mixed with 1t in turning, so much
the better. If good ashes can be- OBJ.
tanned, SO much the better, as handful
or so, applied to the hill or spread along
the row and worked into the coil when
hoeing, will prove of great benefit to the
crop. Commercial fertilizers are much
praised by some, but my experience
with them has been rather variable. In
wet seasons, on good ground, they pro-
duce very satisfactory RESULTS, but in
the event of severe drought the result
is quite variable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
An AuctiOneer'S Miss.
(From the Detroit Free Press. 7

| lFrOm the Detroit Free Press.J
Soon after an auction store on Monroe
Avenue had opened for business the
other morning an old farmer and his wifi
dropped in and began inspecting goods
The auctioneer therefore mounted hi
box and began:
'Ladies and gentlemen, desire tt
call your attention to this sample pail
of suspenders. Who starts them at fif
teen cents %
"Did you hear him call me a lady ?
whispered the woman to her old man.
| "And he called me gentleman" re-
piled the husband as he grinned his de-
light.
"Who says fifteen cents to start EN-
going? Vino says? Who says? You
can't buy 'em anywhere else in the
world for half dollar! Don't want 'em
Ell? Very we'll; here's hat which wal
never made for less than seventy cents.
| Who starts it at q quarter-a quarter
a quarter? Ladies and gentlemen, who
bids ?"
"Called me lady again" cackled the
woman as she nudged her husband.
"Yes, but he bore on pretty heavy
when he said gentlemen" replied the
man.
II guess he knows lady when he
sees her!" she tartly remarked.
"Perhaps he does, and perhaps it's all
soft soap. Don't be stuck up"
"Or, perhaps you want a WATCH" con-
tinued the auctioneer. "Let me show
you reliable time-keeper which cost So
by the dozen. Who starts it at 81
Ladies and gentlemen, let me hear a
bid ?"
"That's three times he's called me a
lady," grinued the woman. Give allus
told yer was just as much lady as if
] lived in the CITY,"
He's soft-soaping."
81 don't believe it,
"Of course he is. Have you got silks
and jewelry and white hands and gay
bonnet? You amt no lady, and you
orter know it!'
"Then you amt no gentleman!''
Yes, l am! He bore on when he
said it. He said ladies just because that
begins the sentence"
$50 you don't want a watch p quer-
led the man on the box. "All right
all right. What you don't want don't
buy. Here's a bankrupt stock of table
linen, and over there is a box of cow
hide boots at your own price. Will the
lady step this way while the man exam
ines the boots ?"
"There, there" gasped the woman.
" He means me, and he called me a
lady"
Eyes, and bust his pictur' he called
me a man!' erowled the husband.
Susan, come along!'
{" Where to-"
"Out Of this!'
sob, mol!
"You jog! If you don't come along
you'll foot it home! When an auctioneer
begins to soft-soap a gentleman's old
woman and insult the gentleman him
self it's time to 60, towels or no towels"
my dear friends-ladies and gentle
man" called the auctioneer, but be
was too late. The man marched out,
head erect and shoulders up, and the
wife followed with her finger in her
mouth and coy, pleased look on her
face.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME
The Old Homestead

All, here 1t 1s, the dear old place,
Unchanged through all these years;
How like some sweet, familiar face.
My childhood's home appears
The grand old trees behind the door
Still spread their branches wide;
TIE river wanders as Of yore,
With sweetly running tide;
The distant hills look green and gay,
The flowers are blooming wild;
And everything looks glad to-day,
AS when / was child.
Regardless how the years have down,
Half wcndering]y l stand;
I.catch no fond, endearing tone,
clasp no friendly hand;
think my mothers smile to meet,
I LIST my fathers call,
Ipause to fear my brothers. feet
Come bounding through the hall;
But silence all around me reigns,
A chill creeps throu III my heart;
No trace Of those love remains,
And tears unbidden start.
What though the sunbeams fall as fair,
What though the budding flowers
Shed their fragrance on the air
Within llfe's golden hours;
The loving ones that clustered here
These walls may not restore;
Voices that filed my youthful ear
Will greet my soul no mere.
And yet quit the dear old place
With slow and lingering tread,
As when We kiss clay cold face
And leave it with the dead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Cure for q Vicious Horse.

A friend of mine went to Tattersall's,
and bought horse for SIS, but it had
been SO cruelty trained by careless per-
sons, and SO i'll treated in the stable and
in harness by thoughtless grooms, that
its temper became sullen and savage; it
destroyed many carriages. and conse-
quently was sent to b. sold for any
money it would fetch. Originally worth
perhaps 81, 900, it's value had gone down
to $75. My friend who purchased it,
felt persuaded that if he only applied
to this horse those principles of training
which he had read of as being applied
to Arabian horses, and of which Mr.. Ra-
rey has given us many striking exam
pies, he might develop the good quail.
tiles of the animal so long dormant, SUBJ
due his terrible wrath, and eventually
drive him in harness from his country
residence to town. He set to work. He
attempted the difficult task; he fed the
horse himself, and took the greatest care
of him. He gently led him with his
hands and voice, exercising over him q
sort of mesmeric influence. At first the
horse looked at him with blootshot eye
and angry countenance; his nostrA
were dilated, his whole frame shook with
nervous irritability. By degrees all this
passed away; the animal grew fond of
his master; my friend was just as much
attached to him. I confess that when
he proposed to drive me to London with
that horse, I mounted the chaise with
some trepidation. Here was this mighty
stepping animal, going in and out
among the cabs, omnibuses, and the
multifarious vehicles of our metropoli-
tan streets, and we had, above all, to
pass over London bridge at its busiest
hour of traffic; up went the ears of the
noble steed, and the result appeared
hazardous; but the master gently whis-
pered words Of encouragement, and re-.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. R.

BETWEEN THE EAST Y HE VCoi
Dini,q Cars for eating purposes only. O ne 9IRsI
great feature of our Palace Cars IS faegsns1
at all hours Of the day: A.. ,s;..;..;rr,
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the Mississi i!.
and Missouri rivers at all points crossed q Inis
Kansas City, Leavenworth: and Atchison' con-
nections being made in Union Dep9ts. r,o,,e M,
$Hf AAhHh6dSh SisS 2RS Is
A cnieAeo, with all diversine lines for the
II II i y Sss. with the L. s. S. and F.
AsH1NGToN HEIGHTS. with p. c. 4 st.
ALA SALE, with II. Gent. BRR.r.,p.
"; iii. Mid: ana I. P. ! ": Rds
At ROCK ISLAND, with "Mi!waukee q Kock
Island Short Line" and Rock 1sl'd PEG Kds.
n 9A 81 y e. + with the Davenport n''son
At WEST l1BERTY, with theB c. r. + N. r. R.
At GRINNELL. with Central Iowa R.R
At DEs MONIES with D. NJ = :; y aa r. r. RR
At OMAHA with B. l. Mo. r. T. K IN Ne92
AtCoLuMBUs UNcTIoN with B. C. X: q n kh
At OrTuMWA, with Centrai io"an H. ; W.
At KEoKUK, with 1ol.. Peo i War.; Wa 1: st.
At CAMERON with II. St. J: T. r.
A{sb NaS and T cen BE- Tcpsk&s
At I.EAvESwoRrH. with Kan. Pac'' ana Kan
'e AsKASsAs CITY, with all lines for the West
N through to PEORIA. DES MONIES,
ATCHIS0N, and LEAYENWORTH:
- Great Rock Island Route,'' are sold by
nr home ticket Office, address,
Gen'' rkt. and Pass' ;5, A.; 4.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Saving and Sowing Glover Seed.

In securing clover seed it is best to
cnt it as soon as the beads become
brown, some time in September. If cut
later the heavy dews and reduced heat
OF the sun y ill cause dampness and the
hull to cling very tightly to the heads.
When cut it is recommended to De at
once put under cover to secure dryness:
some put in stacks or covered with straw.
If the ground is dry and the sun hot it
may he hauled in the same day it is cut.
Some farmers cut it and stir it, and put
it in winnows. the same as making hay.
but this is waste of seed, as the stir
ring rattles off the ripest and best of the
seed. In moving it to the barn it can
be stored on the barn floor until ready
to thresh. If there is no huller in the
neighborhood enough can be threshed
out for ones own sowing; and as it will
not be very clean, it should be sown in
February or earlier, so that the hulls
and seeds may settle in the ground and
terminate as soon as the soil is warm.
giving it good start, which is almost
certain to produce a good crop.-Ger-
naant0u1a Telegraph.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Che Gleal BeefSteak.


Any one can cook beefsteak-in bis
mind. AS natter of fact it requires
au artist to dot; and this view is shared
by correspondent, who writes: "a
member of my own family has brought
the cooking of this article of food to
perfection. The first requirement is not
SO much tender and juicy stake, though
this is always aevoutly to be desired,
but a glowing led of Goals, q wire grid
iron, a stout o1e with good sized wires,
a double one SC that YOU can turn the
steak without touching it. The steak
should be pounded only in extreme cases,
when it is too thick and is 'stringy.
Attempt nothing else when cooking the
steak, and havseverything ready for the
table, the roasted potatoes and vegeta.
bles all being il their respective dishes
in the warning closet or oven, with
doors left open little way. From ten
minutes onwau is needed to cook the
steak. The tine must depend upon the
size, and YOU tan easily tell by the colo,
of the gravy, which runs from the steak
when gently pressed with knife, as te
it's condition, If the master of thu
house likes it rare DONE when there il
suspicious brown gravy with the rec
it will lie safe to infer that it is done
enough for him. If, as is generally thu
case, the ne1tstage is the favorite one
remove the steak from the gridiron the
Instant the gravy is of light brown
Remove it to hot platter, pepper anl
salt it to suit your taste, put ON small
Jumps of butter and then for two brie
moments cover it with hot plate, tn
two moments being sufficient to carry i
to the table. One absolutely essentia
factor in the preparation Of good beef
steak is that it must he served at once
If you can impress it upon your cool
that he is not to let the steak stand aui
steam while he is doing other things
you will be likely to receive your re
ward for so dolng."-London Hote
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
Hubbard Squashes.

A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker asks: Why don't farmers all
grow supply Of Hubbard squashes for
winter l suppose it is because they
do not know how. Up to five years ago
1 could never raise them, but now I
never miss. The secret of my success
is, late planting and planting among po.
tat0es. do not know whether potato
vines are distasteful to the striped bugs,
or whether the pests do not find the
squasnes amo"g the vines, but the fact
rem sins that have never had the latter
disturbed when planted in this way.
manure Il strip about a rod wide, in the
garden, for my earliest potatoes, and
about the middle Of June I make row
OF hills through the center and plant
Hubbard squashes. I turn the vines
away from the hills, and the first pota-
toes we use are dug nearest the hills.
I planted single row seven rods long
this year on the 26th day Of June, and
they have covered q strip on which eight
rows of potatoes grew, and the crop is
matured now, September Goth, go that
frost would not injure it. One Of
these vines grew in three weeks, four
teen feet.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
assured him; it w avoice he had heard

assured him; it VI avoice he had heard
in the stable as the voice of TREND.
ship; the intelligt animal seemed to
own the power Q his humane driver.
and took us with an inch of this wheel
and that wheel WITH beautiful precision.
and at last landelus exactly where we
would be, withat the slightest acci-
dent. And l sg to you, $50 We in
this course, and o likewise"
Cbbages.
Mr.. Robert Rch has a farm in the
vicinity of Rocbster, N. Y. which is
entirely devote' to raising cabbsges.
A local paper ses the farm consists of
only twenty-sevo acres, and the occu-
pant, after renng it come years for
$500 year, bught it for Sc, 500, or
about $24O per lcre. Fifteen acres are
occupied with erly cabbages, which ore
more profitable ethan late ones. The
latest cabbagesare of in September,
when the owne sows rye for green
crops, spreads manure in winter. and in
spring all Is pl@ed thoroughly under
for the benefit the coming cabbages.
The cabbage sed is sown in a fine
heated green-hose in January, the
plants removed boxes, and set out in
the open grouh in April, fertilizers
having been coEously applied and thor
oughly harrowe in. BY horse cultiva.
ton, the Jersey Wakefield cabbage is
ready for marke by the middle of June,
and brings $500r 5000 an acre, having
stood in rows aioot and half by three
feet. Hendersa's early summer comes
next, and is redy early in July. These
do not bring cite so much per acre,
standing on tb ground two by three
feet. Fottler's Brunswick is the latest,
is ready for mrket by the middle of
August, and b,ngs 5000 per acre. Be.
side cabbages there lis some orchard,
and tomatoes aB planted between some
of the rows of abbages. The gross in.
come Of the fam is about S., 400. Two
men are emploed through the season,
besides some dy hands. This farm we
regard az god illustration of the truth
which some god cult1vators have laid
down, that themore labor there is wise.
~ expended o, good land the create,
will be the potts, and that to save
money by reducing labor is mistaken
management.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
THE LINE COMPEISES
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,

AGbENI LEA EVJ ! e
From ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO.
V thout change, connecting with all lines
EAST and SOUTHEAST.
The only line running Through Cars between
MINNEAPOLIS and DES MONIES, Iowa.
Through Trains between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
onnec+ing in Union Depot for all Points Sout., and,
o.'lihwcst. Close connections made with ST. T.. w.
y and St I: Duluth Railroads. from and 10 al.
,)ints North and North West.
KEMEMsEik! PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING
CABS on all night Trains. Through Tie kets aud ba
~ 70 checked TO destination. For time tables ratn u.
lc, ETC., call upon nearest Ticket Agent, address
s. +. BDYD.
Gen'l Tkt. & Pass. Ay't, Minneapolis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
CENl! 7 r,R!Al
n.MEG suRe\cAL
III

- SUCCESSORS TO OFFICE ROOMS,
Or. BUTTS DISPENSARY. No. $50 IoCUST St.
cHAs T. iasARaE, Nd, P.es't Physician in CHARGE.
NELSON cEEsIAN. Treas. Business Manager.
This Institute has ample facilities and an ex.
Perienced Faculty. Willie it succeeds to. a large
business, which has been established for wears il
viii aim to extend its medical and surgical Drac.
nce, giving skillful and scientific treatment to
CHRONIC DISEASES f fnn the H akS Spine,
sages, Heart, LIVER Stomach and Bowels, Rheum-
atism, Dyspepsia, Consump ton and Asthma.
BLOOD IMPURITIES f by mpnre Or .ssSsis
ton. scrofula, Fever Sores. Ulcers. etc.
DEFCRMiTIES Of the Himbss Spinal Curva-
OF the Joints, Piles, Fistula, Rupture, etc.
WEGkNEcc and wasting diseases in old and
M.SatNIOO young men, also all diseases OF
!ne gcMto-urinary organs.
EeMhle irregularities and weaknesses caus-
SGWv7IE ing pain in the back or side, etc.
PERSONAL interviews with patients are always
preferred. Those unable to visit the Institute will
De furnished wit! blank lists of questions that will
ald them IN max Ing full staten ent OF their cases
IN II not requiring surgical operation they can
De successfully treated by correspondence and
10 send proper list OF questions applicants should
The Treasurer of the corporation is of Nelson,
the publishes Of this any other newspaper in the
United States Canadas regarding responsibility
Sonsuitation sf Office or by mail free and invited
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14

] ne uoo q - tsaD
!" Short Linos In connection
with the corporate name
Of . great road, conveys
an idea Of Just what 10 ~
Quired by the travelling
rubhc-s Short Line. Quick
Time and the Best of Ac-
commodations-alI Of which
are furnished by the great
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-14
SHORTEST LINE


x q M . AS CITY
ST. JOSEPH, ATCHIsON, TOPEKA,
DENIsOE. DALLAS and
GALVESTON.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-08-01
Returned Thanks.

The disposition Of some men to look
on the bright side Of everything was
Illustrated on far western road Tie
Other day. An old gentleman had
been an attentive listener 10 the sone'
what remarkable experiences Ut his
f.lloy lravelrrs, breaking into the cul'
mination Of each auccdoie viii a p'ois
ejaculation Of praise Tor some redeem-
lng incident IN he subject under us
cu.s!on. F.ually tiey got 10 setting
it 90 on lie man aud telling stories IN
which it was hard for him 10 dad any"
Thug 10 be grateful for. But he mana
eed to get there each trip, until Tie
bows were nearly at their wits ENDS.
But one Of Tie worst ] eyer heard
off, commenced one ~lnking at his
compan ious 10 lock fo'a smasher.
Really tue worst was on the Savannah
and Pensacola road 10 1852. We run
toto a coal Train, aud not soul escap-
ed. No Lot soul! Ever ono was
killedv
There was momeuPs plu'e, aud
everyone looked at The old man 10 see
now he would take it.
.Thank God = he exclaimed icrYent-
ly. Thank God!
.,vhat forv demanded the relaior Of
the story. What are you thanking
God for now?
To think you were killed Oh that
trsin!' CALCULATED the old gentleman,
ronog up his eyes. III you had been
SHARED, what liar you would haYe
been before you reached your present
ayel Thauk God for the disaster!
And alter that they let him alone
for be was an old man and they knew
he meant 90 harm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-08-01

'FRAID HE MIGHT BE A GIRL
Dave Pulsfer has a very interesting
group Of children, but he has one boy
10 particular, a chip OF Of the old
block, that is more Of thoroughbred
than any of the others. He goes Ia
sunday school just as his pious pa used
to do IN Boston many long, weary years
ago. The minister said 10 the class
last Sunday, "unless ye be born again
We can never enter the kingdom of hea-
ven."
The son was observed CRYING as
though his heart would break when | q
arrived home.
"WhY, what's up, nv son. Any
body licked you"
No sir"
"Well, what is it then?
"Why, pa, boo hoo-ho0, the preacher
-hoo-oo-says that we must be borned
again to 60 to heayen aud | don'I
want To- be boIned again cause | might
be a girl next time 5oo-hO0-J-o."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-08-01
poetiral,
The Sweet Country Cousins

How dear to the hearts are the sweet country
cousins
When dog days of summer begin to draw near
When bricks have grown hot and when sun
strokes by dozens
Fill body with anguish and bosom with iear!
The green waving field and the sweet smeiiins
breezes,
The 'scaping from turmoil to quiet and calm,
The rich, creamy milk, which the ready manu-
ssizes,
And cen the brown cousins who live on the
farm--
The plain country cousins, the uncultured cou
sins,
The sweet ountry cousins that live on the farm
The sweet country cousins oh, aren't they
treasured
How handy to have them at the vacation time
And paying ones board is too costly pleasure
When all can be had without spending dime'
How pleasant to live on rich cream and ripe
berries,
Fresh golden huod butter and cakes light and
warm,
Free use of the horses, the carts and the
wherries,
Of the sweet country cousins who live on the
farm
How dear are the sweet country cousins in Fufn-
mer
How fragrant the meadow, romantic the down
put straightway your faces begin to grow glum-
mer
At thoughts Of their visit next winter to town
The theater, the concert, the lecture, the money
Expended in tickets the thought gives
qualm;
The sequel Of summer is not quite so funny
Why don't the sweet cousins remain on theii
farm?
The brown-yissg cd cousins, the great awkward
cousins
The clod-hopper cousins should stay on thei
farm.