Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-07-29

Nv about the head and face. The
house came very near going with the
rest; it got so hot we had to leave, and
| Lucelia was sick and we had. to carry
her out in the wheat field and cover her
up. 1t rained terribly and that was all
that saved the house. All we
have left is 100 sheep and three cows.
heard yesterday that my friends
around here were trying to raise
funds to buy. me a team. l never
was SO terribly cleaned out in my life.
We were getting along finely, but pros
perity does not seem to be my lot.
Yours Truly,
| J. B. ROGERS.
| -HORsE TH1EF.-Last week Tuesday
morning, about o'clock, horse was
ridden into town. from the west The
rider guided the steed through Water
street, crossing the river on the bridge.
The animal was recognized by Andrew
Dalager who informed Sheriff Mollison of
the fact, and that he thought the horse was
stolen. An hour or two later mes
senger arrived in town confirming Mr..
Dalager's suspicious. Sheriff Mollison
and deputy Fenton started in pursuit.
The horse was first found just outside of
the corporation the other side OF Pete
Cratzer's. The thief scented his pursuers,
and abandoned the horse, keeping him
self out Of the way. About 3 p. m.
Sheriff Mollison captured the thief 7miles
south of town on the railroad track. ON
his journey towards Iowa. He
gave his lame as John Johnson. He is
Swede. Said he came up from Mason
City the day before, and as he could not
get work. and was unable to walk, he
simply took the horse to carry him to the
Iowa line The horse WAS stolen from
Andrew Olson, who lives about u miles
northwest of Austin, in Moscow, Free
born county. As the oftense was COM
mitted in our neighborng county, the
Sheriff took the prisoner to Albert Lea
last Thursday, and delivered him to the
authorities there. Mr. Mollison says
there was great excitement when they ar
rived there. and he though at one time
the people would take the prisoner and
lynch him. Their better judgment pre-
vailed, however. johnson had his ex-
animation the same day, and plead
"guilty" Sheriff Molllson says he thinks
this is Johnson's first offense, and that he
does not appear like professional horse
thief.
A drop Of ink renders an idea death
less. which, when thus held may influence
the thought-life of countless multitudes !;
but thought chained by the artists mag
ical skill may affect the soul with even
greater power, appealing as it does to a
kcener sensibility, it excites intense emo
tons, and is "a joy forever" To the ar
list teacher the field is a broad one, beau
tifully yielding sheaves of golden gram.
OF Mrs. Holway's work, with her score
of dillgent art students, we would write:
Mrs. Fish's panel of roses, so crisp and
fresh, you instinctively stoop to catch
their delicate perfume; Mrs. Taylors dog.
a Newfoundland. shaggy and large, with
his great, kind eyes; Mrs. Cranes ebony
panel, decorated with the most delicate
of tea-roses, and Mrs. Woodsum's dog
Brave" you should see him! just as life
like intently listening for the step of his
master. Miss Barnes, with wondrous
skill. has caught the tints Of our own
Minnesota sunsets in her "Sunset" piece,
when the sun, as king draws his royal
robes about him and sinks to rest in bed
of purple and gold. Mrs. Reidnour's work
has been excellent, and what must have
been the feelings of that mother, as, with
vas. growing more and more life-like, the
face and form of her little Geor-
gle, now dear only in memory Gertie
Ellis has finely executed one of Murillo's
mastery pieces, and her Reading Magda-
lcne," when finished, will be great joy
to her mother. Mrs. Avery will never
lose her baby boy, for there he is, upon
the canvas, ready to throw kiss to his
fond mamma Miss Leech will soon hang
upon her home-wall the portrait of her
mother, true to life. Ida Smiths Autumn
Scene" takes us into the depths of the
October GODS, deckcd in golden array,
and we see the cows drinking deep
draughts in the cooling stream. Mrs.
Rice carried to her eastern home some ex-
quisitc floral pieces, roses and water lilies.
50 spotless and pure. Indeed, we are wea-
rying of our task ere the half has been
told. We gladly hail the artist who can
so enthusiastically arouse our feelings,
enthuse our minds with conceptions of
the beautiful, and fill US with the subli-
J nifty of Gods handiwork. Mrs. Holway'
work is deathless. TX