Mower County transcript., 1902-12-24
OTHER EDITORS OPINIONS

man dropped dead while shoyellng
snow in front of his residence. There
are men in most towns who appear TO
be afraid they might drop dead If they
shoveled off their walks.
F Hayfield Transcript: E. J. Neller, Of
Lansing, was pleasant caller at our
office yesterday, being here on business
connected with his farm. Mr.. Neller
expects to move back here in the spring
and again assume management OF his
farm.
Fairmont News: Turkey is now a
greater luxury than hard coal. They
have got so high that it takes long
pole to reach them and many family
will not eat turkey at Christmas. From
1917 to 131s cents was the common
price on Wednesday for live turkeys
and some sales are reported at Is cents,
while live chickens sold at ten cents.
Mortified News: Mortified has a
church for every 401 people; society
benefit and fraternal-fOr every lO6; a
grocery store for every 291; a saloon
for every 8O2; a meat market for every
8O2; hardware store for every 1910; a
bakery for every 1910; and newspaper
for every 1905 and about four OF the
best girls in the world to every "feller."
Lime Springs Sun: A young doctor
living in neighboring town, desiring
to make a good impression upon a
German farmer, declared that he had
received double education. He had
studied homeopathy and was also q
graduate of irregular" medical school.
"Oh, dat vas nothing" said the farmer.
"I had vonce a calf that sucked two
COWS and it made nodding but COM
mon schteer, after all"
Faribault Journal: People can bo of
great assistance in establishing sale
for home products. Let us patronize
home industries, buy Fairbault made
goods when ever possible. In travelling
over the state, mention Faribault in
dustries and speak a good word for
Faribault products. Let the citizens
pull together as one man and we will
see the city push forward with tremen-
dous strides that will astonish the
most optimistic.
Presbyterian Banner: The being
good where we are is what the world
most needs of us and what we most
need for ourselves. 1t is not people
who are ready to be translated, but
people who are ready to conduct the
affairs of this life on righteous basis,
who are in demand. The persons who
are always anxious about "being good
enough to go to heaven are seldom
the ones who are making little heaven
about them where they are.
Midway News: Bro. Belden says
that lit is good rule to strike when
ever you see boss's head anywhere" :"
SO far as an editor IS concerned, if he
deserves to be recognized as an editor,
that is his duty. What is the use Of
employing sentinels who cOnspire with
the enemy? If a public official owes
his election to a few fair weather
shouters what does he owe to the peo-
pie? And if he owes nothing to the
people why should he not help to get
all he can from them?
Wabasha Herald: AS an evidence OF
falling prices one needs but to observe
the great quantity of dressed beef that
is brought to this city daily and offered
at AZ to 51a cents per quarter. For
the last two years those who wanted
beef by the quarter might prevail
through special friendship on their
farmer friends to bring in a dressed
beef. 1t was always done as an accom-
mediation and the price has been s and
cents.
! Chicago 1nterocean: Spelling reform,
however important it may be regarded,
q RI hn Id iv,o n
or year. 1t is necessarily a matter of
slow evolution. The making of good
spoilers is, however, an urgent question.
The schools are not sending out as
many good spoilers per hundred pupils
as they did thirty years ago. Either
the system in vogue or the teacher is at
fault. In either case the State Teachers
association can exert a remedial in
t1uence, and here is its opportunity.
Minneapolis Tribune; The Minnea-
polls schools put 100 children on half
sessions to prepare one for college.
They crowd more children out of the
primary schools in one year than they
graduate from the high schools in five.
This is the result Of spending % per
cent of the money on per cent of the
students. They must send some of
their bric-a-brac to the auction room,
and use the money saved to give every
primary child full educational meal.
Then if there is any money left for
"higher education" well and good.
Chicago Record Herald: That voting
machines can be perfected to degree
OF certainty beyond anything in the
present system of balloting, and that
will be reasonably safe against break
ing down, no one familiar with the
development of the linotype machine,
by which these words are cast in type,
can for a moment doubt. There are
scores of registering machines that
perform more intricate services for
mankind than the voting machine with
more unerring accuracy than would
any human medium. The apparatus
will make no mistakes, whereas it is
hnmQn t0 orr