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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09

IN an early day. In personal mention
he said that when he landed here in 1856
his family numbered three-himself, wife
and one little girl Now they number
| fifteen.
Judge Ormanzo Allen, who had quietly
been appointed orator Of the day, was
then announced. He commenced bv
telling a story about little Charley Rob-
inson's show. Charley would often
inyite his young friends in to see his big
monies. After getting them seated
around him he would invariably show
them ten cent piece and inform them
that he would show them his big silver
dollar and gold eagle, but he had lent
| them to his father, who had not returned
them yet. The old settlers, he said, like
little Charley Robinson, would persist in
advertising that the Honorable Daniel
Brainard Johnson. Jr, and Honorable
Aaron Slbley Everest, would address the
| Old Settlers at their annual meeting. and
then invariably show up their ten cent
piece, Ormanzo Allen. However, the ten
cent piece made an excellent exhibition on
this occasion. Mr.. Allen was on the
groun IN an early day, and took al active
part IN building up and making Mower
county what it is today. To those who
know nothing of the trials of the old
settler some of his stories might sound
| little tishy. For instance, he said that
at one time they lived on salt suckers
and milk.
Calvin Decker was then called on and
pleased the old settlers with his able re-
marks. Vice president G. H. Davidson,
W. l. Brown and Jonas Haney spoke
briefly Of their early experiences. MIR.
Huntington refused to talk because the
other fellows had used up all the big
words.
If not the largest it was one of the most
enjoyable meetings the association ever
had. We were invited to dine with Mr..
Bowers, and can assure you that the
basket dinner was success.
The secretary reported that during the
year seven old settlers had died.s as fol-
lows:
c. L. GRANNIS, died Nov. 221SS9.
MRS: JOHN CARTER, Nov 26 1889.
FOSTER B. OWENS, Jan. A-l690.
GI8RnNGET MEN&x H; y4lt X1hc6 FeS: Fsn. $1ssS. 1s
II: B. DEGOOD. Apr l6.1sso. -
MRS. DANIEL Quincy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09

and pulverized the stock will also break
and be intermixed with the seed, thereby
increasing the impurity.
In the inspection analysis of such
broken and pulverized seed much must
be classed as lmpurity, to the detriment
of the shipper. The above being true, the
waste at the threshing floor must~be very
large.
Look on the reverse side. Should rain
fall on the flax exposed on the field while
waiting for the machine or for other
reasons, the straw becomes rotten and
great difficulty is encountered in thresh-
ing, and the seed is unfit for storage and
will not grade number one.
The reason why the Western cultivator
of flax annually breaks down the flax
seed market by throwing thereon in sixty
days one-half of the crop, and that
largely unfit for storage, has been an un-
solved problem, but the reason is found
IN that general but ruinous habit of
threshing from the tield-for to thrcsh is
to sell.
Having described some Of the attend
ant dangers of the matured flax crop, l
will suggest how these dangers may be
easily avoided.
Well dried flax when stacked is reasona-
bly, secure. and is in position to yield a
good return for labor. The sweat Incl
dental to stacking passes the seed to that
indispensable condition necessary to stor.
age. 1t also lmparts toughness to the
seed covering. and straw, which protects
the former from breakage by the machine
and gives the latter desirable plant
tenacity.
With the million acres of flax grown in
the West held we'll in hand, by reason Of
being gathered in barns and stacks, the
owners, in place of breaking down the
market. might control it, or, at least,
they would be in a position to take ad-
vantage of any advance.
The flax having been properly stacked,
it becomes by easy transition, when
threshing day comes, flax-straw stacks,
retaining at least one-half the value it
had before being deprived of the seed.
The coarse, uninviting dax-straw is
true forage, as it is eaten with avldity
and relish by all kinds of stock, giving
vigorous growth to the young; a ahealthy.
thriving condition to the full grown, and
a shining coat to all, which is admirable
proof that its constituents are in harmony
with their organism.
But the above is the least Of its value.
It has impoverished the farmers acres,
but is prepared to repay with interest.
1t IS estimated that each acre of flax
grown takes from the soil fifty pounds of
alkalies and twenty pounds of phosphoric
acid. which shows that it is most ex-
haustive plant. The seed, which is the
only part removed from the farm, con-
tains but small portion Of the mineral
manures taken from the soil, therefore
the flax straw retains nearly all the in
gradients Withdrawn. 1t is a natural
sequence that when it is fed to stock and
returned to the land IN the form of farm.
yard manure, the equilibrium of its
fertility is maintained.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09
Pneum onia and Bronchitis carry Off One
Third of he Human Race.

It is not generally known that Pneumonia
and Bronchitis carry off one third Of the
human race, 5nt such are the facts, and
what is more surprising, both of the
above diseases result from neglecting a
common ordinary cold A cold should
never be neglected. If it is every time
you catch cold you cough harder, and it
sticks by you longer. Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup is the best remedy IN the
world for pneumonia, Bronchitis and
all Throat and Lung troubles. If you
have any throat trouble call for Ballard 8
Horehound Syrup and take no other
Giles g. TrYon, Ager ts. /
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09

Lue 1Ofma aL1On OF
dandruf; makes the
hair soft and silken;
and imparts a deli
cate but lasting per-
fulne.
" Several months
ago my hair COM
menced falling out,
and in a few weeks
my head was almost
bald. I tried many
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09
Trv DAYLIGHT PILLS for human ills
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.

An important discovery. They act on
the liver, stomach and bowels through
the nerves. A new prlnclple., Ihey
speedily cure biliousness, bad taste,
torpid liver, piles and constlPatlon
Splendid for men, women ana cn1ldren'
Smallest. mildest and surest. 80 doses
for rs cents. Sample free at Giles &
Tryon's. Ge~g =. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09

remedies, but they did no good. I final
ly bought bottle of Ayers Hair Vigor,
and, after using only a part of the con-
tents, my head was covered with a
heavy growth of hair. l recommend
your preparation as the best in the
world. IT. Munday, Sharon Grove, KY.
II have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
number of years, and it has always given
me satisfaction. tits an excellent dress
ing, prevents the hair from turning
gray, insures its vigorous growth, and
Keeps the scalp white and clean" -
Mary A. Jackson, Salem, Mass.
II have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
promoting the growth of the hair, and
think it unequaled. For restoring the
hair to. its original color, and for Dress
ing, it cannot be surpassed. Mrs. Geo.
La Fever, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
ayers Hair Vigor is most excel
lent preparation for the hair. / speak
of it from my own experience. Its use
promotes the growth of new hair and
makes it glossy and soft. The Vigor is
also cure for dandruff. .'-J. W. Bowen,
Editor Enquirer, Macarthur, Ohio.
II have used Ayers Hair Vigoe for
the past two years, and found it all it is
represented to be. It restores the natu-
raj color to gray hair, causes the hair
to grow freely, and keeps it soft and
plant. Mrs. NJ. V. Day, Cohoes, N. Y.
"My father, at abont the age of fifty:
lost all the hair from the top Of his head.
After one months trial of Ayers Hair
Vigor the hair began coming, and, in
three months, he had fine growth of
hair of the natural color" ."--P. J. Cullen,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Ayers Hair Vigor,
o.. J. 6. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass
Sold BY Druggists and Perfumers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED.
Albert. Leaites Think the Census
s. is a. Sham.

Under the above option a special cor
respondent from Albert Lea to the ST.
Paul Globe, dated July 2, has the follow
ing:
Supervisor Miller reports the census of
the city OF 3.4OO, gain of thirty five in
five years. Since 1855 much territory
containing many families has been an
nexed; over two hundred dwellings, have
been erected. the births have largely eX-
ceeded the deaths; Thrice the number of
Families have come in that have gone
away, and the vote and number of school
children make 1t certain that at a cOnser-
vative estimate Of the population is over
1000. The enumeration is a fragrant
sham, and citizens are thoroughly
aroused and indignant over it. A new
official enumeration, or if that is refused.
one by the citizens will be made.
That's easily accounted for. Five years
ago Albert Lea imagined they were going
to outdo St. Paul and Minneapolis, and
padded their census up big like the twins
did. Now that they are getting some
where near the actual count. they are
mad and say it's a sham. Considering
the fact that they have annexed consider
able territory containing many families,
and the increase of births over deaths,
they must have had their figures several
hundred too high five years ago.
For the benefit of those who may not
be posted we would say that Albert Lea
is y station On the SOnthprn Minnesota
road, about II miles west of Oakland.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09

DIR. WINCHELLS TEETHING SY-
RUP is the best for the general ailments
of children, Sold by all druggists. j
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09
Ayers Hair vigor

rs the "ideal' Hair-dressing. It re-
} stores the color to gray hair promotes
a fresh and vigorous growth; prevents
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09

A 0. U. w.
Austin Lodge, A. 0. U. W., No. 81, meets on
the second and fourth Fridays Of every month,
in their hall. Brothers visiting in the city are
cordially invited to attend.
L. .DETTLEBACH, NJ. w.
JAMES CRONON Recorder.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09
MCINTYRE POST, G. A. r.

Meets Oh the first and third Saturday of
each month, at 1880 y. N. at Grand Army
Hall. c., MILLER, Com.
6. w, MERRICK, Adjt.
WILSON BEACH, Quartermaster.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-07-09

c. L. GRANNIS. died Nov. 2+1SS9.
MRS. JOHN CARTER, Nov 26 1889.
FOSTER B. OWENS, Jan. A-lS9O.
HENRY H. VAIL, Feb. $3.50.
MRS. DANIEL Quincy.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22

Assemblyman is allowed for each PA, 600
inhabitants. No county shall be without
representation, and if there are not 24,000
inhabitants one representative at least is
allowed. Theapportionmeut on that basis
makes only filty-three Assemblymen, but
the State constitution fixes the number at
sixty, leaving seven Assemblymen to be dis
tributed. Under the apportionment Bergen
has %, 900 citizens unrepresented; Cum
berland %, 900; Morris, 81 1000; Essex, 49,
600; Camden, Il, 000; Warren, 10, 900; and
Middlesex, 10, 900. The other ountie
range down to Salem County, which has
all overplus of only 1000. The Legisla-
ture has the power of apportioning the
State, and the Assemblymen may 90 to the
counties having the greatest number oil
unrepresented citizens. or may go to the
counties having the smallest number.
Whichever party elects amajority OF the
Legislature will take advantage of the
opportunity to distribute the representa-
tives for their own interest. If the Repub-
lieans win, Camden, Cumberland, Burling-
ton, Salem, Middlesex, Essex, and Mercer
will probably be the lucky counties. If the
Democrats win, Bergen, Hnnterdon, Mon
mouth Warren, Essex, Hudson, and Nor
rs may get the extra men.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22

District Lodge No. VII Of salem and
Gloucester counties met in quarterly ser
sion on Tuesday at PaulsboIo. Members
were present. & ON five Lodges of the district
and the attendance was good. All the of
ficers but three were ON hand and at their
posts. The district degree was conferred
on s candidates. The afternoon session
was lengthy and very interesting. compris-
ing a literary programme a question box
thai led to animated discussion, and re-
ports from the various lodges James f.
Stratton ofMullica Hill, was elected repre-
sentative 10 the Grand Lodge aud Robert
Preston of PaulSboro alternate. The place
of next meeting was left to the executive
committee. The visitors were kindly
entertained By the Paulsboro Good TEN
plars at their homes.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
w. a. II. u. NOTES.

|
Among men of success who are total alb
stainers are: Stanley the explorer, Edison,
John Rurns and Il. V. Powderly.
When Susan L. Anthony was asked if
there would be wine at her birthday ban
quet she replied: II would as soon have
a~rscnic!"
Frances Willard is one of those gener-
Gus souls whose friends nave to stand
guard to see that she retains enough of
her earnings to do justice to herself. Her
latest gift is 500 to a fund for prohibition
literature TO be sent TO Nebraska. She
alludes to this state as the storm centre
for the temperance work in 1850
A Denver paper makes a good point on
the question of Interstate m as
touching the liquor traffic. 1t draws at
tention to the commonly exercised right
of states to quarantine cattle on the bor-
ders, examine them. and exclude them if
diseased. But 1t points out that the gov
ernor would not dare to prevent one quart
of whisky. bottled and corked, or a car
load of the stuff from entering Colorado
under the decision Of the Supreme court
of the United States. The Inference it
draws is that dealers in diseased cattle
have not as much political power as have
those who deal in that which not only
poisons the body but destroys mind and
character.
There is among Woman's Christian
Temperance Union leaders that sort of a
belief in their work which seems in itself
to clear the way before a reformer as by
ma lie. They remind an observer of what
used to be said during the rebellion about
the raw recruits. They made surprising
good fighters because they, unlike the
West Pointers, '.neyer knew when they
were whipped" Every department. ofthe
National Woman's Christian Temperance
Union work has for leader a happy combi-
nation of the method of West Point and
the grit of the "raw recruit Among
Mary. II. Hunt. She is the national super
intendent of the department of scientific
temperance instruction and has been for
many years. She was its foster-mothe
and now has cause to be proud OF ter
grown-up child. This instruction is to day
required by law in many states, and, sc
valuable has the approval Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union become that
III
place on the title pages of their physiolo-
gies the Endorsement of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. Hunt
desires that the Massachusetts women
shall this year work for the enforcement
of the temperance-instruction law, as she
puts it, first, middle, last, and all the
time until it is accomplished"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
IhisiIes.

A great many OF our people have forgot
ten that there is a lay ON our statute books,
%forbidding letting Canada thistles go to
seed on lands oaned or occupied by them.
The penalty is tw enty five cents for each
stalk or branch allowed to stand until the
seeds get ripe, the penalty to go TO any
II who Will prosecute for the same. The
plant is on the increase in the country, and
many farmers are complaining that those
having them on their lands do not cut OF
destroy them as they should, and as the
law directs. Two suits have been brought
in Warren county, and considerable inter
est is being manifested in these cases, as
upon their result may depend whether
other suits will be commenced, as severa
complaints have been made from different
parts of the county.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
How Suicides Are Made.

1t is commonly believed that the ten
deney to suicide, like the tendency to mad
ness, runs in families, and tina is no doubt
true. But the strongest-minded and clear
est-headed man in the world has the posi-
bility of suicide in him. On the other
hand, the disposition to madness and sui
eide, which is so decided a characteristic
of some families, is, in many cases, easily
to be kept at bay by resolution and intelli-
gence on the part of particular individuals.
SO that, in most cases, if the story of a
suicide be read from the very beginning,
the very responsibility must be placed up
on the victim himself. In our own time
the pressure of highly civilized environ
ment urges mea in the direction of brain
WEAKNESS and so of disgust with life. But
it is to be borne in mind that no man is
compelled TO enter into the keenest compe-
titions of his age. The BRAN is fairly
mature before the age of %; and before
that age few educated men are married,
and fewer still are irrevocably committed
to a particular calling or way Of life. A
young man of average intelligence is then
quite able to judge his W intellectual
force and staying power, and he is also
| able to take into consideration the history
of his family and his Owl inherited ten
denotes. 1t is incumbent upon him at
that stage to takes stock of his capital. If
his available money amount to no more
than one or two thousand pounds, he
would consider himself a mailman were he
to embark in a business requiring a CAPT
tai of half a million. Blu is he not just as
much of a mailman If will 4 mind of
merely average powers, he enters upon
a line of life requiring an intellect of the
strongest al d c~learest order and mental
endurance Of the most persistent kind? A
young man acting thus invites brain wor-
ry, invites chronic dyspepsia, invites sleep
lessness, throws the door wide open for
the entrance of all the physiological foes
that destroy health and drive sanity ont OF
the home.-L0nd0n Hospital.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
soutn serscy Nores.

Labor day VIII be celebrated ON the first
Monday in september by n convention i'm
Nineland, composed of representatives of the
Farmers Alliance, Patrons of Husbandry,
BrieklayeTs and Masons and Knights OF
Labor.
Camden county rrohibitionists on Saturday
held the first convention under the new bal.
lot law and named a ticket. They then got
up their petition with lis of The 200 sigma
lures required. The following is the ticket
State senator, Charles Bowden; Assembly
First district, W. +. Townsend: Second, b. L.
Boulton: Third, Hiram Budd; County Clerk
James Freeman: Sheriff, William :. Capern'
Register of Deeds, George Lippincott.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
The PrOnIbiGiOuIsts.

The Prohibition State Committee has is
su d an address to their supporters in ref
erencc to the new ballot law. They de-
clare in favor of the fullest reform and
purity and the prevention Of bribery aud
corruption. They recommend the calling
of conventions in every Congressional,
County aud Assembly district in the State
Congressional conventions should be held
not later than September list, County and
Assembly conventions not later than Sep
TENDER 30th. Under the new law they can
nominate by conventions for Congress only
in the Fonrth Congressional district; fol
Senator i'll Warren county; and for Assem-
bly, in Cape May, Cumberland (both dis.
~tricts), Morris (Third district, and War
rem CFirst DISTRICT. All other nomina-
tions must be made by petition signed by
not less than five per cent. Of the entire
vote cast for Assemblymen at the election
of 1889. But in no case will more thar
200 names of qualified voters be necessary.
In those districts where the necessary
number of qualified voters cannot be OBJ
tanned To the petitions, it is recommended
that the names of the candidates be pri Mt
ed on ''pasters," the same to be pasted on
an official ballot and voted in the manner
required by the law.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22

A short time ago there lived in Phila-
delphia a lady whom the papers claimed
to be the Oldest in the city. Her name was
Rebecea Applegate and her age was 104.
AT about the same time there lived in
Coffee county, Georgia, a Mr.. Stafford
Davis, aged 1906 years, who had been a
soldier of the warof1S12, and who, strange
to say, had never asked for or received a
pension. The lot of Mr.. Davis after the
age of % Cat which time he married a Miss
Lott if not a hard one was at least prolific.
and in 1872 he was able to show as a part
of the crop from this lot, children, grand
children and great-graudchildren to the
number Of 27j. lie should have been con
tented with his lot.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22
0Uatta1naker's
PHILADELPHIA. Monday, August j., 1890.
Closed Saturdays during the
Summer at 7. NJ.

The magnetism of the EHr7ll-
tire z5ude Sale thrills the house
daily. The public interest in it
is undated. 1t is very difficult
to have a great Geis of Furniture
Sales and preserve the stock in
perfect order. The bare spots
and gaps are filled rapidly, but
sometimes the exodus is ahead
of the influx. If you find ranks
broken take it as evidence that
buyers are about.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22

Thu follow ing official census figures for
the State have been compiled. Tie pop
ulatiom Of the State is 1,456, 33G. The big
gest city in the State is Newark. The
biggest county is Hudson, which has 30,
1913. The smallest county is Cape May,
which has only II 22G population. Tive
counties in the State, Hunterdon and Sus
sex, bave smaller populations than they
had twenty years ago. Hudson county
shows the largest actual increase over the
census of 1870: the increase is 81, 159. Els.
sex county comes next with 69, 1877. The
largest propOrtionate increase is in PassaiC
county, 52.2 per cent. In twenty years
the population Of Warren county has in.
creased only fifty-seven. The counties
rank in size in the follow ing order: Hud
son, Essex. p~assaic, Camden, Mercer,
Union, Monmouth. Middlesex, Burlington,
Morris, Bergen, Cumberland, Warren,
Hunterdon, Atlantic, Gloucester, Somer-
set, Salem, Sussex, Ocean, and Cape May.
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Ziied.

JORDAN-Near Auburn, Aug. u, Hannah,
daughter of Josiah and Annie Jordan, aged
is months.
BELI-At Alloway, Aug il, verna May,
daughter of Joseph and sallie Bell, aged :
years.
T~OMLIN-Near Woodstown, Ang. 18th,
Elmer Tomlin, aged 81 years.
FLOW ERS-At Billingsport, ON Aug. I'd.
George W. Flowers, aged 80 yerrs.
PAUL-In Woodbury., Aug. 18th, Mary Ann,
widow of George NJ. Paul, in her 18th year.
LIyERMORE-At Biack wood, August 9TH,
Anna H., wife of Jonas Livermore, aged Is
years.
s%TokEs-In Woodbury.. Aug. 18th, Edwin
stokes, aged 90 years.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-22

1t is quite the fashion now for
travellers to bring Silk Blankets
from Italy, which is a waste OF
time, trouble and money. For
this purpose Italy is here.
One OF our Globe-trotters
went to Milan especially for
them a short time since, and
here is the first batch-275-I3
styles and colors. The size is
57x7S inches, or nearly "a
yards long, by over ~ yards
wide. The average weight is
81 ounces, of which rs ounces
are silk. Price, s2.a5. You'd
pay more in Rome or Florence.
They used to be 81, These
Silk Blankets, so handy for
lounge, or extra bed covering,
come from near the Lago di
Como. Dreams of the perfect
atmosphere and the blue waters,
the mountains and villas, and all
the sentiment of the beautiful
lake will come naturally as you
nap meath a Como Blanket.
john WANAMAKER.