Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
!, temperance Column.
mo license and total abstinence"
MRS. c. j. sHORTT AND MRS. E. b. CRANE,
EDITORS.


MRS. c. j. sHORTT AND MRS. E. b. CRANE,
EDITORS.
No Band of Hope meeting Friday.
The district convention Of the w. G. r.
Uawill not be held till July % and %
The gold medal contest will take place
July -, the first evening of the conven.
'tlon.@ '." %F-
Early in July there will be gold
medal contest at Austin and Us no one
can participate in this contest without
first having won a silver medal, we anic-
lpate rare treat by way Of choice selec-
tions, and good elocntion.
Contestants for the gold medal must
have first received silver medal ANY
who may wish to enter either of the sill
yer medal contests will please be at the
Band OF Hope next Friday afternoon,
held at the G. A. r. hall 1t o'clock, aad
there give their names and subjects.
The sixth Demorest medal contest
IN Austin Will be he'd at the Cougrega-
tional church Friday. June 6. The. com.
mittee are endeay0ring to make the exer.
cises connected with the speaking new
and interesting, and hope to have the
house filled with an appreciative and in
terested audience. No one is expected
to be present who will show the least
disrespect to the place or the object of
| the contest.
The w. G. 4. U. of Rose Creek
| through its committee have passed the
| following resolutions on the death of
Lillian Lacy.
esteemed sister Lillian Lacy has been called
from us in our earthly work; therefore be it
Reso1yed y That = foa7 members Of the Rose
idence especially afflicted.
| Resolved. That with mighty sorrow for the
parting. and JOY in hope that she has entered
upon brighter scenes than earthly life offers,
we bow to the decree Of Him who doeth ali
! things well. and that to the family Of our sis
| ter our hearts go out in the most earnest SYM
| pathy.
The following bill has been introduced
! by the Senate Judiciary Committee: A
bill to limit the effect of the regulations
OF commerce between the several states
and foreign countries IN certain cases.
| That no state shall be held to be limited
or restrained in its power to prohibit.
| regulate. control or tax the sale, keeping
for sale, or the transportation as an arti-
Gle of commerce, to be delivered within
Its own limits of any fermented, distilled
or other intoxicating liquors by reason of
the fact that the same have been imported
into such state from beyond its limits,
whether there shall or shall not have been
PAID thereon any tax, duty or impost or
| excise to the United States" We see
| by this that the work has already become
national; and the decision of the SUI
preme court in the "original package"
case will probably result in the passage
OF this bill, or some other equally rs good,
that shall give each state in this grand
Union of States the right to control
as 1t may be deemed best this traffic
The manufacturing city of Lowell,
Mass, voted no license. Here was a
chance for saloon keeper in Dracut,
near by, to amass fortune by selling
the poison to the drinking portion of the
citizens OF Lowell. For this privilege
treasury, What followed we will tell IN
the words of another: '"The crowd fol-
lowing the opening of the saloon was
very great; there were fights and acci-
dents; one man was nearly murdered;
| the planted land in the vicinity was
| trampled over, and the neighbOrhOod Of
saloon become intolerable. The Lowell
ceief of police refused to send his men
into Dracut for duty, but arrested and
handcutfed the intoxicated as fast as
they came over the line. The saloon
keeper himself could not endure the car
nival of evil and closed his saloon the
second day at dusk, surrcnderlng his
license and his license.fee was refunded"
Another version of this story given in'
the Associated Press dispatches is that
the town revoked the license and re-
funded the money. But however it may
this instance worked itself out. T..
= HOW TO DECLINE A TREAT +
The following conversation was heard
between two collegians, who were dis
| cussing a class dinner:
"Of course" said one. with conse-
quential touch of self-complacency and
patronage which students call "fresh,"
and which only length of days can cure,)
when to stop, he'd better be careful at
first Some heads are built weak. Won
know" .. ;, -
careful IN what?" lnterpolated I, and
| both laughed.
| why, drinking, of course" said the
| first speaker. "A fellow has to take his
| seasoning sooner or later. Some can
stand it. Some can not, at least for
| awhile"
He was. as I have intimated, fresh
man. His friend, a bearded senior, the
only son OF rich man, slapped him good
humOrediy on the shoulder.
| When / was your age, old fellow, nay
father said to me, If had my life to live
over again, | would never take glass of
wine ora cigar. answered, It would
be foolish not to profit by what such
sensible man says. | have never tasted
VINE or touched tobacco, and ] am clad
! of it-gladder every day / live. might
have been built with strong head-and
then, again might not. !,
What do you say when you are offered
| treat, IS. 5ss,.5 . . IS.
ii say, No, thank you,I never take.
IT,. Generally that settles the matter
quietly d.
And if they poke fun at your" 8.
Il LET them poke, and then stand ready