Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-26

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ostimation thew were rant,amar ~ an.
truast sart ! q S. s. -
.That,a ali ripht non,t vnr .crr,+
about PAWN. ma,am. We're : sort.. rc,,ah
set an, ye need 4 woman aronn d :, l,,nde.
pare us down. an, Of vou,l sinr =. ! Van, sone
onct In awhile Read sa,d vc,, So. = ~ -
love and ,Mdhia . iit%la u,a,i, oaI1 a. .a,,a -.
We've ali On =. had hnnna. an, :. 1870.
rough on US, this Kind "a life wear = an,
year cut. an, II you,ll live amnn0 y. an,
make home fur IA tar kinder lnnI 81 =.
,twere, we shell feel wen naid. -
She couldn't refuse auoh = renna.t con,.
Ing % Il did from thoso who had haar
her husbands friends and oomnanions for
the two years mast. and Al Il waa aattlad
and the few things she had brouvht ,vith
hcr were moved into Dan Voorhees,, .hantv.
and with her woman,s skill aha mai1e
such homelike nlana AZ 4 that Rradiav
would have thourht 4 an aarthiv ~ = AZ.
could he have liveI to see T. { :. 80 : 3
The children tools - tina Kindly m;rar.
wondertullv. ana White ana ooldsn. n irad
Katie were "A contented "A KITTEN. wher
Sam Collins or Dick govdv antarts,rad
them with storiea or "varns =. Hhev
called them, Of their earlier DAYS. or whit
tied out the curious wooden tovs which
they were experts in fashionino ,s...,s ~
Baby Nell's preference was Tor R,ac,r
Wash. and Il waa m Uncommon s;oht -
SOC her little pink hood neeninp nn ovar
his battered old hat aa she ne rchad m
his shoulder her chnhhv arma cl;n -
close around hia neck "A he went to the
spring for water or ont tn tha timher IN
farpots for his cnlinarv onarot,ono -
Burt Macomber had nm o,d violin which
had scen ito haat dave on1 ho ofto, hr",, :.
il over to thu wi9ow,s cabin and os he
was unite a oreditah,e nerforner nanv On
evening which wonld otherwise have hacn
snent in bringing nnd dice nlavinr ,uoa
whiled awav in listenine to the soneakv
fiddle and the widow,s really f1ne VOICE ~
she sang church music and the Gosnel
hymns which had been sung in her Illinois
home until they were old and thraadhare
but which were entirely new in the mount'
aims.
II tell YOU, BOYS. that air tears me all ter
pieces" said Dick Gowdy. as Mrs. Newell
sang 1.-THE Ninety and Mine" to her audi
ence; Their haint no shepherd poin' ter
take better keer of ourselves" and it was
nearly a week. and in manv WAYS the pres
enoe of the little family. 30 HELPLESS in
their bereavement, was refining and soft
eping influence
"Sho. now. follahs. Christmas am comm,
in about TO- weeks,'' said Wash jackson,
as he was lighting the evening lamps.
"I'd clean done fo'got till dat ar little
Katie war q tellin' whatter fine Christmas
tree dey had las yeah. Tell pou 1t mus'
be- mighty dull TO- dem chil,ens up heah.
wild nottin' but US grown folkses ter muse
en-" -
"That's sou and Dick Gowdy drummed
on the table thourhtfullv. ..Taint one WOMB
an in thonsand that,d coma nm here an,
be IA nleaaed an, ohinner "a That little
wilder ia with her trouhla to hear an,
move that" and the sneakers voice was
lowered. and consultation followed which
was strictly CONFIDENTIAL.
There we're mona If these man uho ala
not have a memory Of Innocent MEASURED.
at Chr;stmas time IN their chiidhood vet
the sweetest and best Of holidavs fad
been snent the year nrevious in nnusnal
conv;v;alitv wh;ch had ended IN tina
nearest annroach In a ronrh and fumhIe
f,oht that the Damn had ever known
Thee was somethin q IN the nresenca ~
the widow tho tonch ~ the innocent
childish hands which had mot the;ra 9th
confidino, trust which made snch a ceIa.
brat on Of the dav renngnant tn them and
Sam Coli ma broupht his fat down IN the
table WITH whacl< a. he .aid. ~ tail
Won. bovs monev,s M ohio an, 81 tha
things did at all it,. cot to be did nm
brown. an, them little 1<,ds an, ther mn
shelI hev a chr;stmas worth hav;n, At +hau
air m IN the monntin ga -, aiarn;nn 49,,
do,,ara, worth ~ cold dn.t unon the 70 ~
~ 10 s,ot,a ~|O- '~ '''Ao
st;nrv miner "a an anoma,v .a,don,
.een. ana tho n,le randy Increased a
each addad his contrihnt, IN
There were sounds Of hammerfnp and
Saving poinr on in a spot far enouoh from
the camn tn Re sheltered from its rnilana..
vat near enough for nnrnoaes If nrotac'
t;or Ont eoma ma wae ev;dant,v oo;ns, ~
have a nav cabin and huilt in a stvle No.
ficeahiv snnerior to the rest If the .han.
ties in size and convenienca
Nelly Newell stitched awav at her scantv
preparations for the fast-cominQ winter
with scarcalv a thoupht of the matter and