Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-15

found the place out at last, ..but it was
at the top Of the house, and he had to
open half quire of doors before he got
to it.
"A Scotch boy injured his leg severely.
The cure progressed slowly, and the
mother who was very anxious, conclud-
ed to consult a sbone-setter.' The
latter worked hard over the leg, and at
last 'got the bone in to the music of
the boys lusty screams. Didn't the
setter do it well?'' asked the mother
after it was all over. Eyes, he did,
MOTHER" said the lad, s'but was ma
sic fool as to gle him the sair Leg
A Strange Wooer.
Pitts is sharp man, a man of bust
ness tact; and when Pitts goes into
shop he always gets the lowest cash
price, and says
''Well, I'll look about, and if I don t
find anything that suits me better, I'll
call and take this.''
Pitts, like all sharp men, is partial to
women, and young ones in particular.
Now, quite lately, Pitts said to him.
self
II am getting rather along in years,
and think I'll get married.
His business qualities would not let
him wait, so off he travels and calls on
lady friend, opening the conversation
by remarking that he would like to
know what she thought about his get
ting married.
''Oh, MIR. Pitts, that is an affair in
which | am not SO very greatly inter-
ested, and prefer to leave it with
YOURSELF
''But,' says Pitts, ''you are inter-
ested, and, my dear girl, will you mar
ry me?"
The young lady blushed very red,
hesitated, and finally, as Pitts was very
we'll to do in the world, and morally,
financially, and politically of good
standing in society, she accepted him.
Whereupon the matter-of-fact Pitts
said
"Well, we'll, I'll look about, and if I
don't find anybody that suits me better
than you, I'll come back.
Theodore Thomas Account of the Cow
Boy Incident.
GAS to that cowboy incident,' said
Mr.. Thomas, sit afforded us consider
able excitement at the time, and was
regarded by the ladies as quite an ad-
venture. We had stopped at Coolidge,
in New Mexico, for dinner. I had gone
into store to make a small purchase,
when one of the orchestra told cow
boy, clothed in full cowboy costume,
that we were musicians.
''He told his friends, and, after a
brief consultation, they asked for the
director. was just coming out of the
store, and was pointed out to them.
About twenty of them surrounded me
at once, and said they wanted to have
some music, but they didn't want to
pay for it. I saw it would be best to
humor them little, so | said: Show
me the man who told you we were
musicians, and I'll make him play to
you. He pointed out Stowasser, who
plays bassoon, and told him to get
his instrument, and also to get me a
violin, and l would accompany him.
"The cowboys had not been aware
that there were ladies in the train, and
they set up a cry that they would have
a song. One of their number was
appointed to enter the ladies' car.
"While he was gone l asked them
what they wanted, Home, Sweet
Home or dance music. After a long
conversation they decided in favor of
the latter, so we struck up the ARKANSAS
Traveller and they began shutting
sort of dance on the platform. This
attracted the attention of the ladies'
who poked their heads out of the
windows.
"He approached Miss Juch and told
her that he wanted her to sing. She
said that she was forbidden by her con-
tract to sing except at the written re-
quest of the manager. He pretended
to get mad at this, and put his hand on
his pistol She was very much fright
cned at this, and putting her head out
of the window began to sing for dear
life. Before this had happened, how
ever, I had concluded it had gone far
enough, and told the conductor to pull
out.
''The engine whistlcd, our party
jumped aboard, and amid cheers and
cracking of revolvers we moved on ouI
way. No one was hurt, and l think
every one enjoyed the affair.
Nervous DibiIitated Men