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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12
BLOWING OUT GAS.
Not Such an Easy Thing for q Gree
COuntryman to DO.

| Not Such an Easy Thing for q Greeu
| COuntryman to DO.
''Did you ever see man blow out
GASP" asked one Clark-street business
man of another. ''You can't do it.
sither," he added after short pause.
The friend was not so sure abou,
that, so the twain experimental upon
L flame of gas in the Off ice of the first
speaker until both were weary. Their
efforts were Intellectual.
Every few days we hear that some
jury has returned a verdict that this
| man or that woman blew out the gas,
jumped into bed and was found dead,
suffocated, you know. There's that
Ease yesterday; the same story went
out about him."
But he was asphyxiated by gas, y
said the friend. IL -
Ito be sure; but he did not blow it
out, simply and purely because he
couldn't. I've been or three cOrOner's
iuries in my life where the subject
came to his death by gas poisoning. In
avery case I found that the man
,urned off the gas and acct
1entally turned it on again. Usually
the jet is above ones head. He
intends to turn it short off and does so,
but in releasing his hold upon the key
his fingers unconscious]y give it turn
TO one side. I've been accustomed to
the use of gas all my life, but one night
did precisely the Same thing. The
chandelier was SO high above my head
that I had to tiptoe to reach the key,
which my fourth finger knocked nearly
nalf- way round after my thumb and
fore finger had shut out the light
Fortunately, I was not downright
sleepy, and I smelled the escaping
gas.
why are not accidents Of this kind
more frequent. thenp''
That is due largely to the fact that
one is not likely to turn the key back
except where it is very loose. One that
TURNS hard would not be very likely to
move for the light tap given it by the
fourth and little fingers. And then
many people have the transoms and
windows open, while others discover
their blunder, Us I did, before falling
asleep
Couldn't very we'll find it out after
ward, !" said the friend, with an attempt
1t smile.
Scarcely. In any event, I will not
believe that any man who has sense
enough to travel is such fool as not
to know that gas must be turned off.
But If he did not know this he couldn't
blow it out If he had the lungs Of Go.
liah Of Cath. = Chicago Herald.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12
THE TIME TO LOVE.

4 watched . youth and maiden by the sea;
The white foam dashed upon the rocks In
spray, n s 5s vi .E..
As sporttve as FUR children ut their play:
1T kissed her cheek and brow, from care as free
AS birds In summer; SIN ling, tenderly.
He took her hand In his in manly way.
The picture fingered with me many day;
'''Youth is the time to love-" it said to me.
/ watched them later when tho youth had
r. grown 4ggG:
To mans estate, and little ones were led
BY gentle hands; her face with gladness shone:
"Ah! manhood Is the time to love-" said.
Sweet love 1 without thee age itself were lone;
Lilo and eternity by love are we'd. ss1# u
s-&drah X. Bolton, in NJ r Independent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

OYSTER PATr1Es.-Put a quart Of oysters
with just enough liquor to cover them on
the stove. with salt, pepper: butter and
three spoonfuls of sweet cream. When
just boiling thicken slightly with very
little corn-starch. Have ready some small,
round tins, lined with good pie-paste- the
paste should extend over the edges Of the
tins slightly. Put into a quick oven and
lightly brown. Remove, fill two-thirds
with the oyster mixture, cover with a cir.
cular piece of paste and return to the oven
until tAis is cooked. Serve at once in the
tina
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

his finger 50 that the thumb and fore.
finger are together, and the second,
third, and little finger The latter
press but lightly on the arm, while the.
former two grip It lightly. When his
right hand Is brought up to complete
the circle, 1t is brought down with 9
thump on the three connected fingers,
which extend further up the inves-
tigator's arm. and are at that moment
pressed into 1t, while the right hand
itself rests SO lightly that it can be
scarcely felt. .8. .
In this position the performer can
remove his right hand at pleasure
without the investigator covering it.
and is thus enabled to write, ring
bells, and Ego through the motions
as required. The manifestations"
over, the hand is replaceds and the
pressure Of the left fingers gradually
lightened. Harper's Young People.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12
PiTH AND POINT.

AL things are for the best, !" and
hat is probably the reason why the
really hard-up man never gets any
thing. #s5 Al ,5s8
There is no greater mistake than
that made by the man who Is selfshly
seeking any kind Of happiness at the.
expense OF others.
here Is no calling that is not
made better by brains. No matter
what o mans work is, he is a better
man for having thorough mind
drilling. Beecher. 81
A man of strong character always
makes enemies, but because man has
many enemies you can not be quite
sure that he is man of strong char
acter.
There are lots OF people who. mix
their religion with business, but forget
to stir It. up we'll. AS a result, the
business invariably rises to the top. -
Methodist Advance.
With every exertion, the best of
men can do but moderate amount of
good; but it seems in the power of the
most contemplate individual to do in
calculable mischief. Washington lrv-
ing.
1T is impossible to make people I'M
derstand their ignorance; for it re-
CURED knowledge to perceive it, and,
therefore, he that can perceive it hath
it-1nylor. q, vs.
i. The most trivial circumstances are
able to put an end to our qualifications;
they are like beds of roses, where it is
very unlikely all the leaves should be
smooth, and even one that is doubled
suftices to make us uncomfortable.
The assumption of virtue is COM
mon to mankind, but none assume it so
loudly as those who have the least
right to it. BY such people any short
coming on the part of others is made
subject of complaint.-Quiver.
There are two ways (says Frank
Tiny of being happy-we may either
| diminish our wants or augment our
means. Either will do-the result is
the same; and it is for each man to de-
| eide for himself, and do that which
happens to be the easier.
I'm truth, it is often more praise
worthy in us to praise another worthily
than it would be for us to have done
the very thing which is deserving of
praise in that other: To praise worth
lily is one of the best ways of being
praiseworthy.-S. S. Times.
TO dread no eye. and to suspect no
tongue, is the greatest prerogative of
innocence, an exemption granted only
to invariable virtue. But guilt has al
ways its horrors and solicitudes; and,
to make it yet more shameful and de-
,estable, it is doomed often to stand in
awe of those to whom nothing could
give influence or weight, but their
oower of betraying.-Dr. S. Johnson.
"A painter can not finish his pict-
ure if he stands close to the canvas.
He walks back, stands off, and thus
sees the whole at once. Many man
whose affairs were in snarl has gone
to sea, and in a few weeks has seen the
whole tangle, and in few more has
seen how to get the tangle out. If he
had stayed he would have died in his
net Stand back from your picture
Dr. Deems.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12
PROMINENT PEOPLE

EllxA ABBOTT has real estate in Denver
that nets her an annual income OF &75 600.
INsoMNIA torrents the troubled and the
nervous General Wolseley Is one Of it,
victims. s% III B 0 @5s 81 zsss #s
6 MRs. JULIA WARD HOWE has learned to
speak French, ltalinn and modern Greek
since her marriage.
Mrs. CLEVELAND is worth 500, 600 in her
own name, and the President has accumu-
lated about 1850 600 more.
J0sErH JEFFERSON is said to have more
than 2, GOO head Of cattle, mostly thorough
breds, on his big Louisiana plantation.
MME. PATTI, being unable to find pur-
chaser for her Welsh castle, has decided to
turn it into school for the musical training
Of poor girls with good voices.
MRS. LAEorRY told an Omaha reporter
that she loved nothing better than to attend
TO her household duties, and that she de-
lights in doing her own clothes-mending.
MRS. BLAIR, wife of Senator Blair, has
been elected o trustee Of the New Hamp-
shire Normal School, the first instance Of q
woman being chosen to such position in
that State.
SENATOR HEARsr, Of California, is said to
have at least one mine to every mining
State and Territory in the country. He be-
gan his mining adventures as day laborer
In the mountains.
GENERAL SHERMAN was passenger in q
crowded horse-car in New York the other
day. and carried q buxom young colored
girl, who couldn't get seat, on his knees
for five blocks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

The truth Is always antagonistio
to the evil-disposed, and is often un
palatable to the we'll Disposed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

DEC. 18th. 1883, Jan. 18th, 10Th and 29th
and Feb 18th and 26th, 1889. the Evansville
Route &C. & E. /. R. r. will sell excursion
tickets to certain points in the States of
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Flori-
da at unusually low rates. For further in
formation address William Hill, General
Passenger and Ticket Agent e. & E. 1. R..
go. Chicago City Ticket Office, 81 Clark st.
A DRUNKEN man is sad to walk with
ooI
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

j. We gratefully acknowledge the receipt,
of q bound set Of their Almanacs for 1889,
making handsome and valuable presents
ton volume. Besides various editions in
English, there are editions in French, Span
ish. German, Portuguese, Swedish, Nor,
wegian-Danish, Dutch, Bohemian, and
Welsh; also, specimen pages Of pamphlets
issued by the firm in eleven other Ian
guages. Nothing could better illustrate the
extent Of the business done by the COM
pany than such collection of its advertis-
ing issues. For ourselves, we confess we
should often be lost without Ayers Alma
nae accustomed TON as we nave Long been, to
and we have no doubt that Ayers Sarsa-
parilla is equally trustworthy as medicine
The familiar yellow-covered pamphlet can
now be had at all drug stores.-zne En-
dGaUOr. 7-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12
BUSINESS CARDS.
~ 3. JOHNSON, X. D., Q. 4,

~ =. JOHNSON, y. y, q. h
eradaats o. Ncaiu College, Montreal, lats A.
n0cs over clsmnsr 4 Foolsrs dlss store. Calls
attended day and night
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

T .YNAN b. BAIRD,
ATTORNEY 1T LAW.
Real Estate, 1naurancS snd Collection Agent
Once, front room, second dooR, over Hall = Vests
store, Austin, Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

n B. CRANE. .:...- .s-...>
. lZTORNEY IT LAM
Real Estate and Collection Agent. Taxes pa3a
or non-residents. ~ Once. second door 6
olnkelmann's new block, Main street. 1SL2
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12

Pure California Wines direct from the Vineyard
made from choicest grapes, sent by express on re-
ceipt Of price: 3-1&s as sFs esS& a
Port, Sherry, Angelica, Catawba, - per gallon,
d cents extra per gallon for box and Jug
~ All kinds Of Liquors for medicinal purposes
send Price List. a. N. SMITH, 840 HennepH
Avenue. California Wine Depot, Mime. polls, MINI
0eNAME THIS PAPER sv~1 vzsA e
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19

Now in the parlor meet the pair,
When the golden day il done,
Two forms with but one rocking
chair,
Two hearts that beat as one.
The Webster Roller Mill is en-
gagged in building = brick chimney.
IA soon as that job is completed
they will resume operations on all
tours.
"A young fellow in town per-
sists in calling his sweetheart
"beeswax." Young man, unless
you mean business, let up on such
sweetness,
AL the prophets who arc try
ing their hands on weathrr predlc.
tions think that 1883 will be- u yea,
of heavy rainfall.
"A contemporary has a long and
laborious article on the art Of book
keeping, We would have put it in
a very few words-borrowinga book
and not returning it.
We don't care how much a
man says Goods will be done" or
"honesty is the best policy" It's the
fact that he gives down weight in
his business that counts.
-Murcury. the winged messing
er OF the Gods, has been very low
Tor several days, and it is thought
that he will not be able to get as
far up as Carrie before spring.
"A scarcity of coal is reported
all along the Milwaukee road in Da-
kota. 1t is to be hoped that the
company will shove along some coal
trains now that the road is open.
The ladies of the W. G. It. Z.
will meet with Mrs. Sharretts We'd
nesday. Jan. 25th, at 3 o'clock p.
NJ. All members are earnestly re-
quested to be present.
Mrs. l.. L. POTTER, Sec'y.
B. IL. Egeland was in town
Tuesday, he reports everything snug
in Egeland township. No losses Of
life or property from the effects Of
the big storm that he can hear Of.
The G. A. r, boys are talking
about a big camp fire and a grand
blow ont about the first Of March,
and they want everybody and his
wife to make calculations to come.
We hope our farmers will be in
y position TO reap a benefit from our
creamery in the spring. II you can
sell cream from a couple of COWS,
the proceeds will keep you in grocs-
ries.
There + various guesses and
opinions as to the depth of snow on
the level. Some would guess pref
ty high. Judging from the piles of
snow they have shoyeled from their
front doors.
Head the report from the one
state committee now in Washington
Its a good thing aud obtained at
great expense. The REPORTER is
bound to get to the front il it only
has Il chance.
See call for special meeting OF
the board Of supervisors for Monday
Jan. 23d, to consider the feasibility
of extending the time Of paying the
taxes for 1887. This in view of the
unusually stormy and cold weather
that has prevailed, would be 3 most
sensible thing to do.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19

The school exhibition to-mor-
row night.
viii your new leaf for 1885
stay turned.
News from Mr.. Leetch says he
is improving.
Already are candidates begin
ming to loom.
Remember the schoo entertain
ment Friday.
Quick sales and small profits at
John Norton's.
The last week has been a stun
ner for business.
We want to hear from every
part of the county.
Great reduction in prices at
JoHS NoRrON's.
The frame for the creamery
was raised this week.
Tuesday over fifty teams took
coal into the country.
We taks all kinds Of farm pro-
duee on subscription.
20, tempord, o, tngit, oh thun-
der, send us an item,
John Norton's Que price store is
the place to buy goods.
There a be no cordplain of
a want Of the beautiful.
Just as many dogs in Webs er
as there was before the storm.
DO you plant broom corn this
year-it is 4 crop that will pay.
tIANTED:-Beef cattle at
wv PALMER & BAKERS.
Call and look at the immense
stock of John Norton. No trouble
to show goods.
All wool imported dress goods
worth ninety cents for fifty cents at
JOHN NoRToN's.
I'VE will pay cash and tho high
est market price for beef cattle.
PALMER & BAKER.
Call aud examine my stock be-
fore buying, as | defy coinpetition4
JOHN NoRToN.
Go to John Norton's for clothing
and secure the finest goods and low
est prices ever offered IA Dakota.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19

1t is greatly feared that the
storm Of the 18th has completely
knocked out the banana and oran-
ge crop of this section, save, per-
haps at WaubaY-tho BOYS have not
indicated the condition down there
this week.
What about that theatrical
that the militia boys were going to
get up: Now would be a good time
to present a good play to our peo-
pie. and q good crowd could be
brought ont. "Git thar" bows. and
have some style shout you.
Our public school Is running
in good shape this winter aud the
pupils ought to be encouraged. To
do this, buy a ticket to the enter
tainment to be given by the schol-
ars at the armory tomorrow night:
60 and e the performance.
1t is to be hoped that some eff
fort will be made TO secure the Ioca
ton Of arope, oil and Irvine mill IN
Webster. That there will always
be a demand for Irvine here every
n knows, and its manufacture
would surely pay the investor.
LosT:-My full blooded water
spanel-"Sport." Left last Satur-
day night week--had on a collar
and tax tag No. Z, village of Web
ster. | will pay a liberal reward
for his return to the residence of j.
&. Bush. Mrs. j. G.. Bush.
"A plan has been invented to
dispense with dish washing. 1t is
prophsed to manufacture paper
dishes so cheap that one can make
fuel of them after each meal. They
can be made as handsome n, china,
as strong as iron and will be light
and noisele ss.
Hope deferred maketh the
heart sick, aud makes a fellow feel
than he would sooner hsye given
four dollars than have turned out
IN response to the whistle Of the
snow-plow engine fondly hoping it
was a mail train. How many of our
citizens haue been fooled that way
during the past week.
The Andovcr Gazette had a
splendid write up OF that burg in
its first of January edition. Bro.
Raynes exhibited a commendable
degree of enterprise, and if the bus
mess men Of that town don't sup
port him literally it win be because
they can't appreciate energy, snap
and ability.
Joe Burus was in town Tues
day and dropped in to tender his
congratulations" for 1888. Joe is
one of the oldest settlers in the
county has a fne farm comprising
hslf a section of Day couuty's best
land and has most of it under iue
provement, with plenty of st6ok
round him, Joe is one Of onr best
farmers.
When speaking of the recent
constitutional convention the Aber-
deem News can't tell the truth to
save it. Re careful, boy. Don't
let the crpitol bee in your bonnet
run away with your good seuse am
more. Even il Dakota could be
admitted as a whole you would
stand no more show for the capitol
than Big Stone-you have acted too
much the dog in the manager IN this
diyision-statehood matter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19
SPECIAL MEETING.

There Will be q special nesting
o. the Board OF County Commits
siouers, at the Court House, on
Monday, January BID, at O'Clock
p. M, for the purpose Of extending
the time for paying taxes for the
year 1887.
i. BRIGHRM, Auditor.
If anybody doubts that Eng
land his a claim to be still called
the tight little isle" he will find
OF consulting the documents that
three hundred thousand English
men were arrested for drunkenness
last year.
Alcohol was invented $50 years
ago, in Arabia, and was used by
ladies with powder for painting
their faces. Since that time il has
been used by gentlemen for paint
ing their noses, but without powder.
as that was not considered neces-
ssry to produce a '.shine."
4 -only one man reported frozen
ITO death IN Day county so far. In
nearly every county in western and
northern Minnesota, from vne to
i've men we're frozen to death in
last Thursdays storm. Dakota
seems to havo escaped with less
casulties than most Of the states and
territories in the northwest.
Not long since a young lady
not far from hero loaded her
stomach with wedding cake and
went to bed early to dream of her
future husband. She dreamed that
a cock-eyed man, with ears like a
Jackass and q mouth under each
ole of them, and worse than all
the rooster had no teeth. She is
now IN the deepest melancholy.
The man that makes s. charac-
ter, is bound TO make enemies. No
man q be a positive man. a man
OF character, q man whose opinion
IS werth a copper, without getting
the envy OF some sneaking whelp,
who cant appreciate or understand
the difference between q true man
and a knot hole, and who has no
more conception of good morals
than a pig.
~ young lady. not long since,
mlstook tooth powders for lilly
white, and rubbed it plentifully on
her damask c~heeks--they amt near
as damask as they were, and an
yon We got to do ia to remark in her
presence, soto voice, that liHy
white isa good thing, to start the
dear little angel to foolin' around
IN your top hair, and play rings
rogad-a-rosy with your nose. Cur
l9sfs how some folks will bile owe
4 nothing.
-0n Thursday last at half past
eleven a fierce storm opened out IN
this section. The morning was
bright and mild with the wind IN
the south. At about nine o'clock
snow began to fall. Near twelve
the wind suddenly changed to the
northwest and one OF the worst
6ilzzards we ever witnessed came
down upon the town, shutting it IN
completely. During the afternoon
1t was with difficulty h~ousessou
either side OF the street ever 8 '
distinguished by pedesVrs
s aae &C. ci3e ao u had grqdite sick inrin,
oie u TWO OIL onyis now bsttar
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19

make three or four efforts before
they could reach home, 500 Yards
to the northwest of Main street.
and Others did not get home at all
that night. The driver of the Sis
seton mail stage, Mr.. Chas. Davis,
was caught AT four mile Hill, this
side OF the Fort, and at once got
out, unhitchsd his team from the
sleigh, took off their harness and
turned them loose. He then turned
his sleigh up side down in the now
and wrapping the blankets and
buffalo robes around him. quietly
laid himself down to weather the
storm, with the bowling, ~shrieking
winds and eddying snow holding
high carnival around him. During
the night, wolves came to the sleigh
and commenced munching aud
lighting yer a quarter of beef in
the sleigh, he was taking to the
Fort. Think what a trial il must
have been to a mans nerve to hear
these beasts fighting and snarling
over the beef not three feet away
from him, and expecting an attack
every moment-how he could lie
there and make no sign by which
his presence could be discovered is
more than W are able to compre-
bend. When the storm let up on
Friday. he crawlsd out and taking
the mail sack on his shoulder.
struck ont for the Fort where
he arrived safe and sound about
twelve o'clock, saved by his in
domitable nerve and will power.
The boys at the post, as an evidences
OF their appreciation of his bravery,
made up "a purse of $40 which they
presented him with a fur cap and q
pair of gloves. Our people were
moss anxious about him. Mr..
Chas. Russell started In search of
HIM Saturday, and on Monday
money was raised and Mr.. Hart, OF
the livery, went out in search OF
him, finding him at Mr.. Russellis
all right. The stage from the south
stopped 1t the half way house and
the driver made his way home the
next day. A great many cattle
were frozen to death. The morn
aug was so mild and bright that
numbers of them were turned ont
to exercise-the sudden coming Of
the storm, caught them and blind,
ing them, many wandered O. and
were frozen to death. We have
heard of a number of losses in thus
way but are unable to obtain par.
ticulars.
The storm was tie most terrific
that ever visited the northwest.
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota. ILL.,
noIs, Nebraska and Dakota we're
visited and the railroads were
blocked in all of them, not a wheel
moving for several DAYS. A large
number of men are reported as
frozen IN various parts of the coun-
try.
The human heart is like a mill
stone IN a mill; when yoa put wheat
under 1T, it turns aud grinds. AMI
bruises the wheat into flour; il Won
put no wneat in, it still grmds, an
slowly wears away.-Luther.
DIR. and Mrs. Brooks cet
resterdav n>~.a .~~,;
minnesota is <noacs sasry passss
i'ry 0 SHOW block,asadIdly ms.sr.,sd NJ
At &20f.
90 the be<t pabert
u inventions enc
barker ha~-partments Of y
Tile pa stPatlAtees endtiF
Sold by al new
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-19

CoTEAU LODGE

NO. 50. A. r. & A. VI.
Sailed cossmanicatioas cpergfrst aud died Tsesiay
sfeach nnsnfh. A. ID. HASH, See.
=. c. ADAMS, ". NJ.
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RABBoNI cHApTER

u d. A. NJ RegsEar coaroctfios at The Ma
sonic Hal erery second and fourth Mondays IN each
II. sHARRErrs ii. p.