Mower County transcript., 1898-01-19
Notes From Exchanges.

NOIeS from EXS00n&SSs
Dodge Centre Record: Let every
farmer turn deaf ear upon the repre-
sentatiyes of hail INSURANCE COM
panies that he knows nothing about
and it will be a good plan to treat ped
dlers and other fakirs in the same
way.
!. Alden Advance: Donnelly 4 has Sc
cured the consent of one of his type
writer girls to marry him, and he is so
jubilant over the event that he feels
confident he could have beaten Nc
Kinley for president, had he been
nominated on the populist ticket.
Dexterlte: It is reported that John
Dessler, who went to Arkansas a
couple of years ago, IS in ''hard cow
of stumps." 1t is almost universally
admitted that all those who left
Minnesota and went south of Mason
and Dixon's line have good cause to
sorely regret the move.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: Why not do
away with the state normal schools
entirely and divide the annual appro'
priations of those schools among the
high schools of the state? The high
schools would III that way be able to
have teachers training department
and the result would be far more satis-
factory. Why not try it?
Slayton Gazette: The annual meet
ing of the state farmers alliance was
held in St. Paul last week. The
magnificent organizat tion that existed
in 1889 has dwindled down until but a
handful of delegates attended the
meeting last week. Too much poll
tics killed an organization that might
have resulted in great good to the
farmers.
'Moorhead Independent: If there
was Kindergarten class in parlla-
mentary practice there is one man in
Moorhead who would always be at the
foot. This person labors under the
hallucination that, as a presiding
officer, he is it, and yawps and swears,
while in the chair, in instead Of main
tanning order-which.it is hisIduty to
do.
Hayfeld Herald: H. P. Nelson
visited the packing house at Austin
Monday and informs us that very
large number of hogs are being ship
ped there. L. P. Larson, living three
miles south of Kasson, he says, sold 40
one day at $3.15. These hogs are nearly
all shipped from Haytield, and large
per cent. of the receipts are, OF course,
spent here.
Faribault Journal: The same ele-
ment that now howls about 'pension
frauds" is the same unpatriotic ele-
ment that declared the war a failure
before the boys had licked the enemy
half enough. There are few news
paper frauds still alive who could be
purged from where old glory waves
and-they'd never be missed.
! Preston Times: They say thai
Hacker was imported from Wisconsin
only few years ago and Immediately
given a job at the state agricultural
; school, besides the secretaryship OF
the association ia question. 1t is
, about time that Minnesota discon.
tinued the contemplate practice OF
, giving positions Of emoluments and
trust to people from other states. II
, we havn't enough brains and char.
; acter within our own state to take
care of the offices let US move else
where and give outsiders undisputed
possession.
! St. Peter Herald: An amicable ar
: rangement was made by the county
commissioners with the various papers
, of Nicollet county by which each is tt
} print the financial statement, delin
, quent tax list and commissioners pro
: ceedings and receive compensation fo
such service as follows: St. Pete
Herald, 1925; St. Peter Tribune, 1925
St. Peter Free Press, $1o5; St. Pete
Journal, s100; Nicollet Leader, $40
, The Herald was gain designated a
} the official paper, said designation bt
ing because the Herald was recognized
as the paper of the largest circulation
. Chicago Interoceau: The presen
; civil service law has done away witt
the frequent radical changes, but i
] rapidly building up an oftice-holdin