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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Perfect Men.

The counsel of Rev. DR.. Ta1madge
to manageable women is unique. Il
counsel you." he says, ''to unite your
self with man who is fortune in
himself. Lands, money and the like
are all well enough, but two or three
unluckv investments may upturn them.
There are men who are fortunes in
themselves. who are always genial
and large-hearted. But would also
charge you don't look fora perfect
man. If yon find q man who is per-
feet. who is incapable of mistakes,
don't unite yourself with hima what a
wife you would make for him. In
other words, there is no perfect man.
The only perfect pair slid down the
banks Of Pardise together Laugh
ter When 4 man tells Us be never
sins, We know he lies. had dealings
with two perfect men and they cheated
me-"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
THE MAkkET
ST. PAUL.

NV Wns1.-FG saa i}d NJ. harq AortSs,n sss BID q,
lid; lid? No. s'; NorsheTn, @ ae' 7sa75c sn'n biS SIC
Flour-Patent, $5OO@5.25; straights
@4.5o(@4.75: bakers, a 25@4.5d asked; rye
g. 325@3.5O.
Corn No. 2, SOC asked. May, 3sc bid.
Oats No. 2 mixed, Soc bid, Bic asker:
No. 2 white, 31c bid.
Rye No. 2, 47c. bid,
Flax Seed-95
Baled hay, $3.50 asked; timorhy 1880.
veal, 1850.
Cheese, 10 @ 12c.
Eggs, extra 11]zc. asked.
Potatoes, 42c per bushel bid.
Live Stock--Sales of steers ranged 1885.
@ $4.OO per 100 lbs. Sheep sold At
3.75@s4 50 per 100. Hogs &8.S594.oo.
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAr.-No. l hard cash, sc. bid for
March; May, 67@<c; No: Northern, cash
sc; No. Northern, 7Qc bid.
foTSste1t' y z % h,.. IN .:sk e ~ ssld ss
$3.50 delivered at New England points
s. 35@5 so delivered New York and Penn.
sylvsnia points; bakers $3.6093.75
Wheat, March 7s1l. May 81. e-l6
Corn, March a54: May, ss16c. =,
Oats, cash 26slc; May Bi11.
Flax seed No l, e1.G8. 49, ) ,a &c.: 49,.
Pork, cash, e0.66; May $9.7046o.
Live Stock, Cattle e4O046 10, HoKl
f430944O: Sheep, $27t15. IS.
/ MILWAUKEE,
WHEAr-Casb &c; My. s1Hc.
DuLUHH.
WHKA1-Cash, 55k May sS4S; no. !
Northern. cash. 311<c.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
EVENTS OF THE DAY.
Money for Rivers and Harbors.

The river and harbor hill proposes .
total appropriation Of SIS, ,164, 900; tho
GLOWING amounts are designated for
Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin:
Minnesota-Harbors: Duluth, $4,000;
Grand Marais, $4,000. Rivers; Red, s46,-
947 (reappropriated). Montana-Yellow-
stone (below Glendive), ?s5, ,@; Wis
consin-Harbors: Ahnapee $l5, 600; Green
Bay. 1000; Kenosha, 5000; Kewannee,
$4,000; Manitowac, 5000; Milwaukee, bay
and harbor, $4,000; oconto, $500; Pert @
Superior bay, ao,Oo; sheboygan, 5000;
Sturgeon bay, 5000. Rivers: Chippewa,
Mississippi River-Reservoirs at head
waters, S5e,ooo;. snag boat, 5000; st:
Paul to Des Moines rapids, $780, 600; ct
Des Moines rapids, ss5,0OO; dry dock at
Rapids. 7s65 900; Rapids to Illinois river,
SAX, Goo; Illinois 20 Ohio river 100000.
acknowledgements river, $500;
Usage, $4,000; Missouri river, from mouth:
to sioux City, $500, 600; Sioux City to
Fort Benton. 5000; removing obstruc-
tions, q, 900. :" =" y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Singular Reminder of Libby Prison.

singular Reminder of Libby Prison.
A few days ago, while an old gray
haired man was sitting in one of our
hotels, passenger got off the train
which has just arrived and passed
through the waiting-room. He eyed the
old man closely, and over the face Of
the latter there flashed look of recog~
milton.
''Pardon me,' said the stranger,
"your face is familiar to me, yet can
not place you. Perhaps I'm mis-
taken '~.
"Oh, no." answered the elderly gen.
tleman, II knowyou are not mistaken.
I know you like book
"lndeed!'
"Yes sir. You used to board with
me-"
"Is it possible?''' said the stranger.
"Yes sir; and left without paying your
board.'
THAT cannot be- sold the new
conner, very much confused.
''Oh, but it can. l say you left with
out paying, your board and you left in
the night -
By this time the stranger was furious.
He grew red with anger, and intimated
that only the gray hairs of the tor
mentor saved him from violent treat
ment.
''You need not get mad,' said the
old man, enjoying the strangers dis
comtiture. ''You did all these things
and left your baggage behind you.''
''See here. old man, who are you, and
where are you from?' :..-<x
Il am, sir, Capt. Jack Warner, and
you are quartermaster Murphy, and
You escaped from prison at Libby while
1 was Commissary of that institution. :"
MY God!' was the strangers ejacu-
lation, as he warmly clasped the hand
of the old ex-Rebel, 'are you indeed
the old commissaryp Well, you are
right. I did board with you. aud gave
you the slip, too," he consinued, laugh
ing
Quartermaster Murphy belonged to
a New York regiment, and was captur-
ed and sent to Libby. It was the
practice of the rebels to allow those
who were practitioners of medicine to
attend the sick in the hospital They
were allowed the freedom of the
grounds, to 60 and come at will. One
day a green sentry would not allow
these men to pass, when he was sharply
reprimanded by Capt. Gibbs, and told
that those men who wore red ribbons
on their coat lapels (this was the in
sigma of the doctors) should pass un-
nolested. Murphy overheard this and
profted by it. In the inside of his vest
he had some red flannel, and tearing off
a. strip, he pinned it to his coat, and
watching his opportunity, he got past
the guards and reached the Union lines
in safety.
The meeting described herein is the
first since those days when, n captor
and captive, they dwelt within the
walls OF the famous Southern prison
St. Louis Republican.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
The Now York Plsa.

The Springfield, Mass, Republican
says there seems to be something very
lucky in the number 1900 as connect
ed with the salaries of New York City
employees. Capt. Williams, Of the po-
lice force, receiving 1900 year, Il
building a yacht at Newport, while
Alderman Dempsey, on similar pay,
was able to acquire @a3, 900 Of property
in less than three years. Far be It
from US TO in any way associate such
examples Of metropo1lton thrift With
the outrageous violations Of the Excise
law in the. same b5R : Municipality
where fully 20 per cent. Sof the 2roS-
shops ire unlicensed, Or With the JAKE
Sharp incident.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
WATER EVERYWHERE.
Maud Nuller's brother Ben one day
Grew dry a. dust while rakinR hay.

Maud Muller brother Ben one day !
Grew dry a. dust while raking hay. ...r'
Down on the ground his rake he threw
And said, t.By lingo, wish knew.
He walked tfour mild" that afternoon
And paused before closed saloon.
And then, as no one noticed him, ,'-'... .-
With stealthy steps he entered In.
He said, with sundry dreadful winks,
~ see you sell but temperance drinks "
ssYes,'' said the nan behind the bar,
Sayed Ben, IA little cold wa-tar.'
And then, to make it tart aud thin, "'.
He squeezed little lemon In. w.. = d. .
And then, to make it rather sweet,
He stirred some sugar in the treat.
And then, to make it strong and tough,
he poured In whisky, quantum stuff. a.,
He tossed it down, he said with glee,
Gold water is the drink for me."- Robe
Burdstts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31

is to ship by express, prepay charges,
and send draft for same by same train.
Again add keep collections close.
". The best market for any man.
provided he has one, is the home mar
ket. He who .'.:is near to his market is
better than he s.who is. far off," s8S
V. Keep yearly supply of butter SO
far as practicable. Have cows drop
calves in the fall and make your yearly
contract at the commencement of your
season when butter is firm of price in
the market, viz: early winter.
vi. A visit with your consignee
does great good. A courteous and
kindly acquaintance "helps things
wonderfully. : J. : / : !. 80
VII. While you so attend to selling.
never fail to mind the making, 80 that
you will ever furnish an evenly good
pr ade ofbutter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Hints and HOLDS.

The weight of a lamb at its birth Is to
it's dam as to 10 or II. The lambs of
smaller breeds weigh to 10 pounds
and upwards; Of larger breeds, ~ to ls
pounds; ram lambs slightly the
heaviest; twin lambs do not always
weigh less. but usually do. Some
lambs increase to pounds in weight
per week, some nearly l pound per
day.
During the last year a dozen eggs
have brought as much on an average
in all our large markets as a pound of
butter or ten quarts of milk. and this
fall pound of chicken sells for as much
az three pounds of pork, and pound
of turkey for more than two pounds of
beef. Is it not easier for farmer to
make dozen eggs than = pound Of
butter; a pound Of chicken than two
pounds of pork; pound of turkey than
two pounds of beefp We think 50.
Many wonder what causes white
specks in butter. When milk sets in a
warm room or dry place without
skimming till the cream gets tough and
l.athery, and the milk is sour, small
fakes of curd will adhere to the cream,
and come off with it. and will not
dissolve in churning. Then if the but
ter is not washed in the churn be-
fore it collects, these specks become
imbedded in the mass, and cannot be
got out. sf.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
SllO Food.

John Gould in his talks at the Wis.,
consin farm institutes states that the
milk making capacity of three tons Of
ensilage that contained only 900
pounds of dry solids is equal to 1900
pounds Of dry solids in meadow hay.
This was confirmed by Dr.. Bowman OF
Sheboygan, who explained that it was
due to the fact that the silo food in
consequence of fermentation was al
ready prepared for digestion, while it
took an extra amount of what he call
ed force in the animal economy to
prepare the food for assimilation, and
that thus part of It was lost The silo
saved the expenditure of this force,
and so made plain what had been
deemed absurd by those who take no
cognizance of the facts. What the
doctor called force, in common par
lance. is the gastric juices of the mouth
and stomach, which unite to digest the
food.-Hoard's Dairvn,an.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Making ana Selling Butte,

In paper published in Hoard's
Dairymen, y. G. Gregg, of Lyon
county, Minnesota, gives his views as
follows:
Dairying is divided like ancient Gaul
wide Caesar) into two parts. The
first part is to make good butter, and
the second part is to sell it.
Butter well made. like "goods well
bought" is half sold, but we must sell
the other half. - -:.
At present writing the dairyman who
attends only to part first, the making,
and fails to attend to part second, the
ceiling, is in bad way. The top
prices quoted are only fair, but it not
only takes good butter, but with it 20
man with head on" to get there. The
The selling of butter with me, owing
possibly to my remotsness from Iuar-
ket, has caused me more care than the
making. 30 =. ..... .,.,. ,.-... "
1apPend herewith items of value,
which are gems of experience in the
matter of selling butter. ,,.., ;>.-.,.
/. Deal only with" com mission mon
in consignments. As q rule they are
honorable and reliable, and they will
do the best they can with goods re-
ceived. Il III :: II =, IT.. = ~: ..i.
II. As opposed to foregoing, never
consign to Z grocer. You will suffer
losses az follows . "..''
I, Goods will be kept until damaged
II their custom is variable.
2. All the petty annoyances Of the
retail grocer trade will be charged to
you. ,..s:s. r .:..t .r." :,
3.,jIThe iniquities of the retail
grocerB' ice chest, onion basket and
delivery wagon will be visited upon
you. -" '.::.'
4. Your pay will be as irregular a.
the moods Of your retailer. You will
always have something coming to
you, and good chance of some fail
ing to materialize. ,...>,
III. Hit does appear best to sell to
a retail grocer do SO only upon contract
that is signed in, duplicate with the fol
lowing points carefully made and
specifically written out: ,.... -; j..
l. State price per pound for winter
and price for summer. t:~ .,;.>s*s45
2, Give size and kind Of package
that the butter is to be delivered in. =.
=, 8. Amount to be furnished and fol
what time. d" Ii: ,i't'' 2@'t's%.@ 2@' - =
4. When butter is to be paid for. ~. >.
f.. s. Make provision that in case any
fault is found with butter BY consignee
you are to be notified at once.
s. Make payments as. frequent -
eonsistent, Small bills are easier to
collect than Large Ones 4 good vsy
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
XLKth. CONGRESS.
Monday March 22.


SEEATE-Mr. Logan introduced q resolu-
ion that executive session be hereafter
held with open doors. The urgent deficiency
bill was sent to q committee of conference.
The army bill was considered and Mr..
Hale opposed increasing the force to $780,
600 men, Debate on the judiciary COM
mittee resolutions occupied the remainder
of the day.
Houss-Mrs. Haneock's pension bill for
$4,000 year, was passed by the vote Of
160 to II. Mr.. Anderson introduced q bill
to create . commission to arbitrate in
case Of: labor strikes: also, prohibiting
public officials which have been increased
by congress since 1880; for the issue Of
United States coin notes; to define the
unit of value and regulate coins; for the
appointment Of none but soldiers
descendants to West Point military
academy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
She Ought 20 be Thank1ul.

A lady clerk In tho treasury department
went to Register Rosecrans the other day
and said: .... ... ..,. .a...- -.
's0eneral, / wonder Why I am not pro-
noted. Ihavs been kept ia the same grade
for years. Ny work II performed satis-
factori1y. and Others with poor records arc
promoted al around me-" ~., ~
'sWhat's your salaryl" inquired old
Rosy. .-.r ....e ... .
'sfwelye hundred" :" replied tho lady.
''Good gracious exclaimed tho old man ;
you ought TO bs thankful. you get that and
never ask for . promotion. Why, we arr,
raising money every day to send good
all parts Of the country TO get places and
who have not succeeded d-"-zndadaApoi
Journal. ...g... g.t:. .-.-.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
sc. TERMS: Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance

luton Of the series. Upon tho first resolu-
tion the vote stood 50 yeas to % nays. The
Senate then adjourned until Monday. - 90, ~
HousE-Two sessions were held, the pri-
vate calendar being considered, and At the
evening session forty pension bills were
passed. .<...a 80. 4 -, -, ..n,t -,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Burned at Fargo.

The Daily Argus ONCE at Fargo, burned
on the morning of the a6th destroying the
entire establishment, with loss Of 345, 200,
and only $500 insurance. The issue Of
the paper was not suspended, an new Of
fiee viii be immediately provided. The
bindery Of Nugent and Brown, were also
destroyed. TO-.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
DAKOTA.
Dakota fee GorRe

A telegram from Yankton. Marca q,
says: The latest from Elk Point Is that al
trains were suspended to-day between that
point and Sioux City, aud it may be sever
al days before travel and traffic are re-
sumed. The railroad track Of the Milwau-
kee company Is under water for miles, and
washed out. Superintendent Underwood
is at the scene OF the trouble, and helping
those In distress as we'll as directing re-
pairs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Advancfn1 Waees.

Brown, Bonnel & Co.. the large iron
manufacturers of Youngstown, O., have
notified their laborers that their wages
will be advanced 10 per cent Three of the
largest manufacturing establishments Of
Detroit, the Detroit, the Michigan and the
Peninsula Stone works, have voluntarily
announced 10 per cent. advance in wages
to take effect April !. Over 900 men are
affected by the advance. The board of
arbitration to fix the wages Of street rail
way employees, at Columbus, o., reported
giving the men 81 20, $50 aud 31.35 ac-
cording to the grade of service. The sche-
dule makes an Increase of 20 cents q day to
drivers and conductors.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31

Prince Bismarck is accredited with de-
sign to sustain Mexican finance with view
Of extending German Colonial influence.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
; - iE-.g:. -
Chamberlain Rotires.

The Queen having accepted the ressigna-
ttonof Mr.. Chamberlain IS president of the
local government board, Right Hon. James
stansfeld, Radical member of parliament,
has been appointed TO the place, and the
Earl Of Dollhouse has been appointed Sec
retaTy Tor Scotland, to succeed G. p. Trev-
elyan, also resigned No new emergency
is likely to arise, it is said.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Views of Karl Blind.

Karl Blind,in a letter to friend, strongly
denounced home rule. He says it would en-
tail upon England constant vigilance end
expense, and danger of a foreign invasion
would subject the loyal Irish to the yoke
of popery, and would imperil religious
equality and civil inR Rtitutions.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Spring Cleaning

The season of spring cleaning ap-
proaches. Dreadful and dreaded it Is
to many household. Yet with lit
tie care and abundant GOODNESS of tenn
per it can be all done successfully and
without a panic or revolution. To see
some houses, during the spring clean
ing period, one would suppose that
either deluge or volcanic eruption
or an earthquake had been. At work.
Everything Is at skies and sevens, every
body is uncomfortable, and the agony
is prolonged beyond endurance. Such
state of affairs need not be. Let tho
annual campaign be we'll planned be-
forehand. Let the work be done by
instalments, say one room at q time.
A general overhauling of closets and
storerooms rs a commencement of the
housecleaning will be wise stop.
Let, all unnecessary articles be dis
posed OF, and if this plan is carried out
from the uppermost attic to the .ex-.
treme corners of the cellar, so much
the better. There are houses in which
the usual cleaning is done so quietly
and Systematically, so entirely without
excitement or worry, that no one is tho
worse for 1t. 1t might be so In many
more households.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
French Capitol Notes.

Society In the French capital is singular
ly dull The American colony shares in
the general stagnatfon. Minor artists are
without orders. The demi-monde COM
plain that starvation threatens them.
N. de Freycinet will probably preside at
the semi-ofhcial banquet in Paris which Is
being arranged in honor Of NJ. de Lesseps
on his return from America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.
EARLY Enxlish Agriculture.

Nothing is more characteristic of the
infancy of farming than the violence of
it's alterations. When roots and grass
es were unknown there was no middle
course between incessant cropping and
and baroness. The fallow was ''un
veritable Dimanche accorde a la terrc."
AS with the land, so with the products.
Feasting trod on the heels of famine.
In the graphic language of ancient
chronicles, parents in 1870 ate their
own children when wheat rose to 1865.
quarter at the present value of mon
ey. Except in monast:c oranges no
quantity of grain was stored; a corn
dealer was the " capt. lupinum" of the
legislature. Few remember to eat
within their tether or to spare at the
brink and not at the bottom.
. In August, 1917, wheat was 80s.
quarter; in September following it fell
to IS. Sd. Equally variable were the
employments of agriculture. Months
of Incidence passed suddenly into in
tense labor. Harvesting in the middle
ages meant the return Of plenty. On
25O acres in Suffolk, toward the close
Of the fourteenth century, were grown
wheat, oats, peas, barley, and bolom-
ong, a mixture of peas or tares and
oats. The crops were cut and housed
in two days. On the first day appear
ID %e, %o fhnSr
"bederepes' and PA reapers. On the
second the thirty tenants and 239 reap
ers, pitchers, and stackers. Many of
this assembly were the smaller peasant
ry on the manor. The rost were wan
dering bands of ''cockers,' or harvest
ers. A cook, brewer, and baker were
hired to supply dinner at nine and sup
per at five. Barley and oats, as we'll
as peas and beans, were generally
mown; rye and wheat were reaped.
But the harvest, as in Roman times,
consisted of two operations. The first
was to cut the ears, the second to re-
move part of the straw for thatching;
tho rest of the stubble was either
grazed, or burned, or plowed in. The
crops were wheat, rye, oats, barley,
beans, peas, and in smaller quantities,
flax and hemp. OF grain crops, rye
was the chief; it is the hardest, grows
on the poorest soils, makes the tough
est straw. Rye was then the breadstufi
of the peasantry. It was generally
mixed with wheat -four. Bread 50
made was called maslin. Wheat and
rye were often sown together. Tusser
condemns the practice, ''lest rye tarry
wheat till it shed as it stand,'' but It
prevailed in Yorkshire in 1897 as q
cure for mildew. BY itself wheat was
seldom sown. Barley was the drink
corn, as rye the bread-corn. of the
middle ages; drage was the common
est and best sort for mailing. Oats
were extensively cultivated in the
north, but they were grayawned, thin,
and poor. Little manure was used.
In inclosed farms all the dung produced
was thrown on the ''infield;'' the "out-
field" was neglected. Horses were
scarcely used In agriculture. Oxen
cost less, are shod only on their fore
feet, do more on hilly ground; their
gear and winter keep is less expensive;
they are "mannes meat when dead
while the horse is carrion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Jules Verne.

M. Jules Verne is still quite weak from
the effects of the pistol shot wound
inflicted by bis crazy nephew, but Is
gradually recovering.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31

As Queen Victoria was returning from
the laying of the corner stone of . college
Of surgeons, accompanied by Princess
Beatrice, demented man threw petition
into her carriage asking for a. pension,
Quite 4 sensation prevailed among those
who witnessed the act, nnder the
impression deadly assault was intended.
At first the Queen was frightened
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
:. Secretary Manning.

Symptoms Of apoplexy are said to have
appeared In Secretary Manning's case and
the fall he sustained at the department
Tuesday was due to this condition. Late
Wednesday night his physician said. "(t
will be several days yet before all danger
is passed, and several weeks before he can
critical.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
rAn S4r%A, ruAotApn 0<wlkxn

Inexcusable acts Of violence transpired
upon the grounds, of the Missouri Pacific
r. H. at St. Louis, on the Ath, to prevent
the movement Of trains, but the outbreak
was quelled by the police, and several per-
sons were hurt. At Kansas City compro-
mise with the switchmen has set them at
work again. Jay Gould is in New York
and will insist on legal relief and remedies
against I'll strikers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-03-31
Father and Son Drowned.

Jacob Hoffman and his sou, aged eigh-
teen, were both drowned in the race of
their Touring mill at Elba, near Winona.
They were in the race making repair, when
the gates suddenly opened, and the food
swallowed them up.