Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-09-02

Last week Wednesday evening the
old Katie Brown house in the Sd ward,
was entirely consumed by fire. The
alarm was given about 1890 in the even
| ing, and inside of 80 minutes the build
| ing was IN ashes. John Minnette owned
the house, and it was occupied by the
families of John, ST., and John, Jr.
There was an insurance of 500 on the
house. and $500 on furniture. the latter
insurance beng divided equally on
the household effects of both families.
The loss is said to be fully covered by
the insurance. Tue fire is said to have
caught from defective flue
"A farmer of Blue Earth county writ
ing about the chinch bug, says: "By SOW
! ing red clover, at the rate of about three
pounds per acre, the bug did not damage
the grain where it was sown. They like
dry loose soil to work in, and the clover
tends to keep the ground moist. We
used to SOW it for fall feed for COWS, for
which it more than paid the outlay for
the seed. We continued sowing in that
way and blowing it under every fall, by
which means We greatly enriched our soil !;
so you see we derived three benefits from
one outlay. Try it brother farmers;
you will find that you will not lose any
thing by so doing"
The Peoples Popular Theatre Co. il
creating quite furore in this city. They
put upon the boards at the Austin Opera
House Monday evening the popular dra-
ma, Fate Divorce" The company is u
superior one, aud the play was we'll acted.
Last evening, "Black Diamonds" was
played to u good audi ence, and the parts
| we'll sustained by this excellent company.
The people ought to fill the house the re-
naming nights of the week, at the I'm.
usually low price of IS cents general ad-
mission. We arc promised Ten Nights
in Bar-Room," 1.-THE Planters Wife, "
| and other fine plays for the remainder of
the week. There will be a family mat
inee Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
when the admission will be only 10
cents
This is the way the editor of the
Kasson Republican does up the circus
which visited that city Aug. 9th:
The circus that visited Kasson last Sat
urday was very much like honey in the
comb-yery sweet to those who believed
the flaming postcrs-but when examined
found to be full of c(s)ells. The majority
of the rare features advertised were in
Utopia, and if the rest of it had been in
ETHIOPIA it would have been just as we'll
tor the town. The menagerie consisted
of six cages of cheap and common ami
mails, with one elephant and a couple of
camels. The circus performance was alb
solutely void of anything that could i'm
prove, elevate or humaniZe man. The
ribaldry of the ring, within the tent, and
the herd of petty gamblers and pickpock-
cts around it, were its leading features.
The ribald jests Of the clown will not be
likely to elevate the morals of the boys
very much, as the night that followed,
the highway resounded with drunken ech-
oes of the jlbes and riotings of the clown
until late hour. In the morning the
circus had folded its tent and stolen
away, Arab like. carrying away box of
coin which this community needed for
better purposes. and leaving in exchange
something that was worse than nothing.
THE MOWER COUNTY FAIR.-Farmers
should make it as much part of their
business to attend our annual county
fairs. as merchants do their periodical
visits to the markets. These fairs are
certain to prove of profit to them. as they
afford them opportunities to learn of i'm.
prcvements in machinery, and they will
find themselves in contact with their
brethren of the same profession, with
whom the interchange of ideas will he
mutually advantageous. They will gain
valuable ideas as to diversified farming.
will discover new and desirable varieties
of seeds and plants, and can inspect the
best breeds of stock. In Mower county
stock-raisers are becoming numerous,
and the farmers cannot give that subject
: too much attention. In hundred ways
will these visits be of advantage to the
farmer and stock-breedcr, besides the
good that trip and vacation from hard
labor will do him physically and mental
ly. There is not much expense attached
to these visits, and they should not be
looked upon as pleasure trips but as
duties; and every farmer should aid in
making these fairs successful by attend
ing them and by contributing to the ex
hlbitions from his farm or stock. The
Mower County Fair will he held at Aus
tin, Sept. Is, 16 and II.
The follwing from the Owatonns
Journal of recent date will be OF inter
est to our readers, as the patentee of the
Cotton Seed Huller, David j. Ames IS
an old resident of Austin:
During last spring the Journal gave ar
account of the Diamond Cotton Seed
Huller, invented by Mr. D. J. Ames OF
Austin, at Memphis Tenn. The tria
showed the adaptability of the machine
for the work, but suggested several i'm
provements which would render it still
more serviceable, and also demonstrated
the fact that machine of greater capac.
ity was needed than the one placed or
trlal. Inc money necessary 10 construct
the first machine and conduct the expert
ments thus far had been furnished by
Mclaughlin, Sheldon & Co., of the Dia
mond Feed Mill. After the trial this
company did not desire to invest any
more money in it, and the senior partner
Mr.. c. n. Mclaughlin. having full faith
in the ultimate result, fully aware of its
great value. purchased their interest in
it, and Mr. Ames went to work to remOde
and increase the capacity of the huller.
Last Saturday thorough and severe
trial was given the new machine at Mem
bhis, Tenn, in the presence of the repre-
sentatives of over fifty cotton oil mills
The Memphis Appenl gives full account
Of the trial and declares that the Dia
mond huller is the best machine ever in.
vented for the work it has to do. 1,
says: The last lingering doubts OF the
skeptics has vanished before the severest
test to which huller can possibly be