Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Opera House block is nearly finished

Opera House block is nearly finished
so far as its exterior is concerned, anC
everybody prononnces it the boss BLOCK
of the city. W. II. Witham has his jot
of painting and sanding completed, anc
!. we are free to say it is a good and salts
factory job in-every way. All of the gal
vanzed iron work has received three
coats of paint and two of sand. All OF
the brick work has two coats Of vermillion
red. Mr.. Whitman also papered the
TRANSCRIPT office, and the work done in
this line by himself and his Minneapolis
assistant, cannot well be cxcelled. When
Billy Witham takes a job in hand, if per-
severance, personal supervision, and a
get-up -and-go -at-it-yourselfa attention will
make success, he is the man. Further,
more, he lives up to the letter of his con-
tract. without any back talk or grumb-
ling, and with work well done, and con-
slant desire to please employers, who
could ask more? The syndicate of Opera
House block are we'll satisfied with the
work.
Our new drug store is fully equipped
and ready for business, and Julius John
son, courteous, agreeable, and always to
be trusted, stands at the helm First, as
the store is styled drug store, we should
remember he keeps drugs. They are all
fresh, latest patterns and newest styles.
His patent medicines are of the improved
patents and the latest. Paints and oils,
every color, both the new and the old in
paints, and in the oils boiled and the TN
boiled from the oil of the Gods liver to
the whales oil, including l1nseed aud lard
oils, dyes, glass, putty, paint brushes.
A fine assortment of hair, tooth, nail and
lather brushes and with the last named
you may shave yourself Or somebody
else, also full line of perfumes, fancy
soaps, cigars, stationery, inks, mucilagc.
photo and autograph albums, pocket
books, hand bags, card cases, toys, fancy
goods, lamps and lamp goods, lanterns,
bird cages, oil paintings, sc. &C., until
to try to enumerate all the useful and
beautiful things we find in this store
bewilders us, and we give up in despair.
To know what he has one must go there
and look over this elegant new store,
| with its full fresh stock of goods.
"A newspaper man is constantly max
ing cnemics-and he cannot help it. And
the more fearless, and firm, and conscien-
tious he u.s. the more enemies he makes
because this man oftener than others gets
in the way of selfish men and will not
yield either to their advantaging" PROPOSE
tions or to their opportunities. But re-
member this: The editor does not recip-
rocate the resentments that are felt to-
ward him. He can't do it. It is impossi-
bic. Here's man who gets offended at
something that has appeared in the TRAN
SCRIPT. He may be ever so angry. But
where is the chance for us to be angry?
Don't you see that there is none? The
| hatred is on the other side-not on this.
The offense-real Or imaginary-has
como from US and the other fellow is
the angry one-we are not. So the editor
IS hated thousand times where he. hates
once. We made somebody angry 10y
merely writing up the police news a week
or two ago. Now, who was the offender!
We, for publishing the news of the police
court, or the offenders Of law and order?
We have just this much to say, friends !:
Keep out of the police courts, or you will
just as like as not get your name in the
TRANSCRIPT, and getting angry will not
help the matter any.
FALL In !"-And spend next Fri
day evening. with the Grand Army men,
at the Roller Skating Rink. 1t will do
you good, as well as them, to meet with
| and hear the old heroes who bore our flag
| through the battle storm to victory.
From what we can learn of the program,
it will be one calculated to stir the blood
of those who long ago worked for and
sympathiZed with the boys at the front.
The national airs will be played by the
| band; the old patriotic songs will be sung
by chorus of our best singers; and the
survivors of battles and prison pens in
the South will give recltals of their per
sonM experiences. In connection with
this will be the banquet provided by the
ladies' The whole affair has been plan
ned for a grand time for the old army
men, and who more worthy than they of
the popular favor and patronage? lions.
O. w. Shaw and L. A. Pierce will add to
the interest of the occasion with stirring
patriotic addresses. No effort will be
spared to make the First Annual Supper
of the Veterans, the event of the season.
The following program has been arrang-
ed for the Banquet.
Promenade Concert-7:30 to O'clock.
Supper-S to O'Clock.
Song-"Glory, Glory Hallelujah." Chorus
Address-The First Gun at sumpter. Hon. O. W.
Shaw.
song-'Tenting Tonight On the Old Camp Ground.
Solo ahd Chorus, ...
Speech--Army Of the Potomac. W. T. Sutherland
Song-'Just before the Battle.'' Solo and Chorus
Speech-Fair Oaks and Libby Prison. A. e.
Christie.
smg-':Kingdom Coming" Solo and Chorus.
Speech-Army of the West. Abe Newell.
| Song-'Rally Round the Flag.'' Chorus.
| Speech-Battle of Lookout Mountain. NJ. NJ.
| Trowbridge. ...
| song-"Lay me Down and Save the Flag Solo
| and Chorus. ~.
| Speech-Eeven Months in Andersonvlle. J. S.
| Anderson.
Song-'Tramp Tramp Tramp, the Boys are
| Marching Solo and Chorus. -..'.
| EMBELLISHMENTS March to the Sea. Seymour
Johnson. ..:.'-
! ng--"Marching Through Georgia.: Solo and
Chorus - ..-.
Speech-The Nations Debt to the Soldiers. L. 4.
Pierce.
Song-"When Johnnie Comes Marching Home.''
Solo and Chorus s.-- ....-.. ST
song-'sAmerca.n Chorus.
| PERSONALITIES. !"
! Dell French of St. Paul, was thankful
| with Austin friends last week..
Mrs e. D. Fenton has returned to her