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Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
Good Roads Meeting,

# The Dexter Road Improvement asso-
citation held very interesting meeting
Saturday afternoon in the village of
Dexter. About sixty interested men
were present. The program was
practical one and the discussions were
valuable Some good ought to come
from these meetings and road improve
=ment ought to be done more intelligent
~ and honestly Every farmer ought
to think the same time that he is work
ing hisroad tax and do more and bet.
tor work. The following was satur.
days. program:
The County Bridges. !. ]. sss1.: -.
Commission D. i. Tanner.
Construction of Culverts
$ -. s. ... Fred Christgau
Drainage of the Road s. s.
:. 81. John Rahilly
Use OF the Road Grader I. J. s. s s. s.
Truman a. Edison, and T. Lane
Use OF Plow and Harrow on the
. Road c. Proeschel
Clearing the Road Sides Of Brush
and Weeds. sssszs31sz
tGeIferaI ITlfEeussinn
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04

Mr.. and Mrs. 3. Capritz of La
Crosse spent Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 5. Young.
Annual town meeting next Tues
day. Send us in returns promptly.
Jack Downey had his right hand
badly cut Saturday at the packing
house.
The Willing Workers will meet
with Mrs. Ed Griffith tomorrow. Pic.
mic dinner. =
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Da)ager of
Corning arrived home Monday from
Sacred Heart where they visited his
brother. 3,
The Presbyterian W.. M. Society
met at the church Friday afternoon
and discussed China and Among the
Indians. The following: officers were
elected: pres, Mrs. G. A. HORNED; vice
pres. Mrs. w. Todd; sec, Mrs. Geo.
! Robertson; treas, Mrs. H. G. Horned.
The Baptist Ladies Mission Circle
will meet with Mrs. A. b. Hunkins
this afternoon. Papers will be read on
Hawaii and the Hebrides.
The b. D s gave a dancing party
for their girl friends at Harmonic hall
Friday evening. About twenty couples
were present.
Stephen Cook informs us that Mrs.
Briggs, wife of Rev. 5. g. Briggs, form
erly Of this city, died recently at her
homo in Duluth. F.
"A roller skating rink opened at
Maurek's hall Saturday evening.
The house Of ] John J. Heintz, a FIRE
man on the Milwaukee road, caugh,
FIRE about II o'clock Monday: forenoon
and was completely gutted with most
Of the contents burned. Mr.. Heint1
was asleep at the time, and the frt
came so close to where he was asleeI
that he was some burned and the smoke
laffected his lungs. He was taken t,
st. Olav hospital. The house is Of
East street and was four blocks ava
from q hydrant which made the worl
of the fire department delayed. lnsul
ance was about $3.50.
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
Austin I own Caucus.

caucus Of the voters Of the town;
.of: Austin will Be held at#the town hall
on Friday Afternoon, March 8, 1905, at
two O'clock for the purpose Of nomin.y
ating town officers to be- voted on at
the election 70 be held March ID. By. 81
order of committed a.'s.
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
Clean Flax Seed

Remember, il you are IN need Of any
clean seed aax-for coming season I
have-oyer 200 bushels which would be
practically what you would wasn't for
that purpose at 81 s225 per bu. Call or
write j Ohm BENEKE, Waltham. .
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
Tabernacle Square for Sale.

sUSsH0Ss0 04O0tS sVs osstSs
This handsome property consisting of
on acres, corner of Bridge and River
streets, one block from Great Western
Depot, three blocks from Mower County
Court house, and midway between the
business portion of Main street and the
c.. M. & st. p. Depot. Will be sold in
part or whole on very easy terms. In
quire of M. E. K. MCKENNA, 101 s..
Main St. Jul
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04

8 "A marriage license mas Deen lssueo
to Geo. j Dineson and Clara Torge-
son of Lyle.
Mrs. John Robertson has suffered
from severe attack of heart trouble
during the past week but is better.
The Silver Leaf Club will meet
with H. S. .Boals Thursday for dinner.
"A son was born to Mrs. Ed.
Schiewek, Saturday, Feb. 20.
MIR. and Mrs. Earl Woodward re-
turned Friday evening from their trip
to st. Paul.
viii Day and daughter Of st. Paul
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Parke
Goodwin over Sunday. IN ~.
Chris. Evenson went to Hot Springs
Friday for several weeks treatment.
.sa-Mrs.bG. II: Webber went to Min,
neapoifs saturday to visit a few days.
Mrs. r. John. "a. Thompson went to
Springfield, s. D. Monday, to visit her
sister, Mrs. b. E. Wood, who is quite
i'll. :. V
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Bump visited
their new grandchild in London Sun
day.
j. Lewis Mitchell is expected home
this week from the sanitarium at Battle
Greek, Mich.
Mrs. Fred Fenton returned Mon
day from visit with relatives at Min.
neapolis.
Mrs. Will Brooks had an operation
at St. Olav hospital Monday and is get
ting along favorably.
Rev. Rule will occupy the Metho
dist pulpit Sunday morning and eve
ming.
Mike j. Mayer who was injured at
the roand house over month ago waf
able to attend the boilermakers conven'
tion in st. Paul Wednesday.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid was en-
tertained Thursday afternoon at th'
church by Mrs. H Martin and Mrs. lsa
bel Casey.
This section was visited by vic
lent electric storm Saturday evenin
! about seven O'clock. The lightnin
was vivid and the rain and hail heav,
, It sounded like July storm.
l Rev. f. E. Knopf was in Minn'
apolis Wednesday at q church meetin
Mr.. and Mrs. p. H. Best last wee
}. moved on to the twenty acres recent
= purchased on south River street, a pa
9 of the Fay r. Smith estate.
DIR. w. T.. Hollister returned Fl
day from Wichita, Kas., where
lspent two weeks with his brother.
= daughter was born to 3 Nj
: Datus 3. Reynolds Friday. B E
:. : and Mrs. Fred E. Gleason ]
:, turned Friday evening from 9 visit
:. : Minneapolis. 81 s.=i
s. Mr.. and Mrs. Will M. Crane retnr
/ led Sunday from 9 visit with relativ
il at Minneapolis.
). Miss Mabel Moore returned Satu
g day from her visit at Kansas City Al
Y has resumed her work at Fiester
/. J. Thomas's
ebb was Z guest Of Aust
= friends over Sunday. s.
n Mrs. Howard Wilder of Fort Dod
glcame up last week for 9 visit here b
el was quite iii for several days q
q now 6 the homo OF her sister, Mrs i
. " Roberts.
81 The basket social appointed to-
:. 3 bold at Concord hall last saturday 81
Lining for the benefit of district 10 y
pest poned On account of the storm. &
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rroday is Ash Ssg ednesday s5 81
Henry Waterman went to Chicago
Thursday TO visit relatives.
Very moderate and 6ne winter
weather.
NJ. Tollifson went to Chicago
Saturday on business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Owen Of Lon
don were Austin visitors Friday.
R. E. Shepherd Of Billings, Mont.
arrived yesterday OH q business trip.
Arrived, gents new shape 1908
l.spring and summer hats at the Hub
Clothing Dept.
Drop in and inspect that elegant
line of dishes and fancy ware at
Dalager's grocery.
The b. DIS held a meeting Monday
evening with Miss Iva Pace and enjoy
ed social time. Refreshments were
served. .
For Sale, my house and two lots on
south Main street. Also. a square
piano. j. SOLNER.
One dozen photos for 81 90, postal
photos at the same price at Vos-
BURGH's. If
-FREE-A life size portrait with
every dozen photos Except the $1.0O
size) at NJ. H. VosBURGH's. tt
DIR. and Mrs. A. c. Fawcett of Ro-
chester spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Oh. Simmons.
Il. N. Goetsch of Northwood open
ed the old E. w. Marsh meat market
Thursday with a new stock.
Rev. S. C. Briggs of Duluth was
here yesterday visiting old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John f. Robinson and
children who have been with relatives
here for over two weeks left yesterday
f ,r their home at Steele, n. ID.
Miss Lulu Tompkins entertained
a company of friends Thursday eve
ming at her home near Lafayette Park.
Games and music were enjoyed and re.
freshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Cook and
son who have been visiting relatives
here left Thursday for their home at
Antler, Nd. ;,
Mrs. Chas. e. Pitcher gave party
for company of her friends Wednes-
day evening on her. birthday anniver.
sarY.
Geo. Duffy of Ipswich, s. D. arriv.
ed Wednesday to spend week or two
here among old friends and look after
his business interests. 80.
&C. H. Coats is just getting out from
two weeks attack of pleurisy and
other ailments. Mrs. Goats is improv-.
ing steadily and is about the house.
"A Basket Social will be held in the
Woodland schoolhouse, three miles
northwest of Austin on Wednesday
evening, March 18. All are cordially
invited. #
The interior woodwork on the new
church eaiflce is completed.
The frescoers will take the next sixty
days for decoration. The tiling in the
halls is going in. #
= For sale, a atwo-seated spring wagon
Ia Hayes corn planter, a Monitor double
disc drill and two year old bay colt.
F. G. MILLER, Gil North Fourth St.
Austin. 3
Go G Of this city will be inspected
by Major w. Thede Mollison next Mon
day evening. The regular annual in
spection will be held March 80 by Col.
VIM. Gerlach of the regular army.
Prof. Geo. A. Franklin is expected
home today from his trip to Washing.
ton, D. G. where he participated in the
sessions of the National Educational
association
The w. II. Corps took in about 81
from their dinner at G. A. r. hall Sat
urday netting $40 which was given K
the Varco Cemetery association. Th'
Corps also gave supper receipts being
$3.50.
DIR. and Mrs. Jesse w. Phillip
arrived home Friday from q three week
outing. The doctor was at Hot Springl
Ark and Mrs. Phillips visited relative
Is
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21

NJ. Paquin. the famous modist,
started in life as a bank clerk. 1t was
his marriage to a saleswOman in one
Of the big dressmaking houses of Par
is which led him to leave the bank and,
with a very meager capital, open a
small costumier's shop known as the
Maison Malanne. That shop has long
ceased to exist, but from it sprang the
huge business house of Paquin, which
in 1896 the founder sold to a company
with a capital of about $2,500,000
Shortly afterward he was decorated
with the Legion Of Honor NJ. Paquin
was only forty-fve years old when he
died, and his huge business was built
up in twenty years. While other ia
nous French costumiers let the Eng
lishwomen come to them, NJ. Paquin
opened an establishment in Hanover
square, with a stage on which is reg
ularly enacted a most entertaining per-
Torrance. Society ladies' sit round sip
ping tea and gossiping, while across
the stage glide NJ. Paquin's assistants
rObed in enthralling creations Of the
art.-London Tit-Bits.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
A VILLAGES aHourIx Nurse

The village Of Leicester, Mass, estab-
lished an hourly nurse in February,
1907 At a recent meeting of interest
ed citizens the report of the work and
the financial statement were so en-
couraging that the vote was unanimous
to continue the services Of the nurse
another year.
Her duties are to give skilled as
sistance to all classes throughout the
village. In emergency she does night
work, which otherwise is not expected.
Massage, care Of surgical cases. OBJ
stetrics, daily attention to the sick and
feeble who do not require the constant
care Of a nurse, are the directions in
which her work chiefly lies. Contagious
cases she does not attend.
The nurse goes from house to house.
spending an hour or more with her pa
tients as the case needs, and each one
pays from 10 to 90 cents an hour, ac-
cOrdlng to ability, although the care is
not denied to those unable to pay.
A salary is assured the nurse, the
money she receives from patients going
to swell the funds of the association
Boston Transcript.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
How Do Wireless Waves rraveI7

As the result of a study of the vari-
Gus types Of receiving systems en-
ployed in wireless telegraphy, Charles
A. Culver of the University of Pennsyl-
vania concludes that the resistance of
the earth between the sending and re-
ceiVing stations is of prime Importance.
He thinks that the theory that the
waves are propagated through the sur
face Of the earth accounts for more Of
the observed facts than does the other
theory that they pass through the free
ether. At the same time he finds that
the earth theory does not at present ex-
plain some Of the phenomena that are
noticed in the practical working of the
system.-Youth's Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
nj i~L n Duhl

pie there know this danger Of the on
rushing sea and guard against it, but
these little children forgot the time OF
the tide. They were playing in a little
pool OF water. Suddenly a horseman
dashed down from the mountain side.
Without a word he came up on a run,
grabbed the two children, flung them
across the saddle and starteG for the
hills. Faster and faster followed the
rising tide but at last the horseman
and his precious load were saved.
Then the uncle saw that he had saved
his own brothers. children, who had
come out to meet him. So it is with
Christ. 1t matters not who the sinner
may be nor whether he has sinned
seventy times seven. If you go out
to meet Christ, he will save you from
the tidal waves of sin and save you
now.
God works through natural and hui
man agencies as well as by his word
and power. This pool OF Bethesda
may have been merely a geyssr or
mineral spring. It is a better remedy
that ! offer you. 1t never ceases. 1t
never loses its power.
Lift up thy bleeding hand o Lord;
Unseal that cleansing tide.
We have no shelter from our sins
But in thy wounded side.
Copyright 1905. by Louis Klopsch.l
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21

from tuS Eating FIouSe Viewpoint
Representative Francis w. Cushman
OF Washington, the humorist Of the
house, was born in Iowa. When be
was a boy he and a friend started
west. They walked. The going was
not very good, and when they reached
Omaha Cushman's friend decided that
was far enough west for him and
stayed. Cushman stayed for a time,
too, and both of the emigrants got jobs
as walters in the railroad eating house,
After Cushman had saved a little
money he went on to Washington. His
friend decided to stay in the eating
house. and so they separated. When
Cushman had been elected to congress
the first time he stopped off at Omaha
and found his friend still working in
the eating house.
what are you doing now, Frank T.
the old friend asked.
why, l am living in Washington
and l am a congressman now. have
been elected to congress"
"You don't say" commented the
friend. "Ain't you sorry you didn't
stay here? You might have been boss
of this eating house if you hadn't gone
trapesing off there farther west"-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21

dollar you WIN get from me. From
now on am going to buy my wifi,
furs and give my children a home in
stead Of supporting you
The next morning when the mel
broke OF work and said. Come on
Joe, let's go and take a sip" he re
piled: "No! / have given that saloon
keeper the last dollar he win ever have
Of mine. I am going to buy my wife
and BARNS a home instead of support.
ing his family in luxury" The men
laughed. "All right" said Joe. You'll
see." And in a couple Of yeats that
workman had enough money which he
had saved from the saloon to buy a
city lot and build little home. That
workman today is one of the leading
merchants in one Of our western cities.
Does it pay? Does it pay to be good?
Does it pay to do right? And. my
friends, if it does pay to do right, how
great must be the remorse that comes
when a man realizes that by his own
sins. his own follies, his own evil
Deeds he has brought poverty and
misery upon himself and those he
loves?
You are not like man who has been
brought up in an irreligious home. You
know what the beauties and joys Of the
gospel life mean. You have seen this
happiness revealed in your fathers and
mothers lives. You have felt the Joy
Of the gospel in your own life. If
mistake not, some years ago you Joined
the church. You have been a worker in
the Masters vineyard. Tell me, are
you going to put all that past Joy
away? Are you going to turn your
back upon the only life which you
know is worth living? Are you going
today to grip hands with sin and then
endure the evil results of the sin you
have brought upon yourself and your
dear ones? Remember that the condi-
ton of the man who has once known
the Christian hope and has departed
from it is infinitely worse than that of
the man who has never known it at all,
for then the specter of remOrse points
her finger at you and says, You have
brought this misery upon yourself. and
you alone are responsible" And Jesus
indeth him in the temple and said
unto him: Behold, thou art made whole. |
Sin no more lest a worse thing come
upon thee"
But when the backslider relapses into |
evil he does more than clasp hands with |
sin. He not only seeks sin. but he |
-urns his back upon God and the good /
people with whom he used to associate.
As the pendulum swinging In one di-
'ectiOn gathers momentum and swings
ust as far in the othe direction. so the
)ackslider when he goes astray is apt
o go further astray because he has
nee been good. As remorse gnaws at
lis heart, so ingratitude makes him 90
ust as far away from good associates
IS he possibly can go.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
The Moslem World.

Islam is a challenge to Christianity
from the very fact that in India alone
there are far more Moslems (62, 45S.O77,
according to the last census) under our
rule than there are protesting Chris
tians (53,0OO,0OO) in the whole British
empire. Islam is still spreading. It's
progress in Africa is at once rapid and
steady, and, though in India the yearly
increase in the number Of its professors
is but slow, it is still unchecked.-Rev.
DR.. Tisdall at the Church Congress.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21

self into that hole and tore those -four
human beings into shreds. oh" you
say, that was horrible; that was grew.
some; that was Overpowering!" Yes, II
was. 1t was tragic because 1t was so
unusual for two shells to strike the
same place. But want to tell you that
when Satan aims his guns for bonn
bardment he has been hitting us in the
same way for the last twenty years.
And. just as a prizefghter can keep
tapping an adversary in the same place
over the heart until he saps away his
| antagonists strength, so Satan can
keep battering at the old wounds of
our former sins and open them in their
weakened condition until at last We
fall before his blows as helpless as the
trembling fawn before the plunge of a
jungle tiger. Beware of that old sin.
o man, if you start it again in its bleed
ing in all probability you will never
close it up. Bewarel
/ have heard my father again and
again tell this tragic story: In his
Philadelphia church he had an elder
he dearly loved. The elder was a
ScOtchman who stood about six feet
two and was magnifcently proper
toned. He was a nObleman in brain
and in heart. He was one Of those
great, big, lOvable fellows who hold
you with a grip Of steel. This man,
then nearly sixty years Of age, had
been dissipated in his youth. He had
once been a drunkard. But for forty
years of his life he had lived a pure,
true, consistent Christian life. But
one day, under a hot summer sun, he
became dizzy with a sunstroke. He
stepped into a nearby drugstore for
help. The druggist, not knowing his
old weakness, gave him a glass Of
liquor. That one glass revived the old
passion. He started forth from that
drug store to the nearest saloon. He
drank until he was drunk. He drank
himself into the gutter. And in six
months he drank himself into the
grave. Beware, o man, Of that old
sin!
When I was boy l heard John B.
Cough talking along the same line.
There he stood before me, an old gray
haired man. l suppose he had per-
suaded more people to sign the tenn
perance pledge than any man who has |
ever lived. He was not only leader |
Of men, but the leader of leaders in the |
reform. And yet that |
man, who for forty years had been |
the temperance cause, said: |
Man. if you have once been a drunk |
ard never dare trust yourself with
this sin. 1t has been nearly half a
century since the old passion, by the
grace of God, lost its hold on me. But
the old passion is still there. 1t is
and kenneled, but it is there.
would no more touch a glass Of liquor
han l would dare take a dagger and
lrive it in my heart. / would no more
iare touch piece Of branded mince
Die than l would dare touch lighted
match to a gunpowder magazine. 1t is
here The old slumbering passion is
here, ready to be awakened at a
word" And yet some people suppose
hat because they have been resisting
in ten, twenty, forty, fifty years the
Id forces of sin are dead. Beware, o
mani The relapse of sin is always
more dangerous than the first cOndi-
ion. The passion is still there. 1t is
here in your sinful heart.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
A Protsae,s Inaratituds.


Here, for instance, is a young fellow
whom you have made your protege
You felt you had the means and ough
to help some one in life. So this boy
appealed to your sympathies, and yOU
took him to your heart. You educated
him and started him in business. You
pushed him rapidly forward. You
gave him an interest in the firm. You
loved him as a son. Time passed on.
Suddenly you awOke to an awful fact
You found that this young man whom
you had loved had desecrated your
home. You found that he had broken
every law Of justice and honor and
truth. The meanest human cur that
ever, crawled in slime could not be
more untrue to you than he has been.
What do you do? Do you upbraid him
and make him suffer the penalty Of
the law? No. Like a loving father,
your heart is broken. You would like
to forgive him. You would even like
to give him another start But he will
not let you love him. He will fee
away from you. He will get just as
far away as he can. Like Absalom of
old, all that he will do is to associate
with your enemies. And all that you
can do is to go weeping to your bed
chamber as you cry, "Oh, my son Alb
salon, my son, my son AbsalOm!
Would God l had died for theew Now,
my brother, is that the kind of ingrati-
tude you mean to show to God? Are
you about to drift into sin? Are you
going to turn your back upon Christ?
Are you ready to separate yourself
from those sweet Christian associa-
lions which contribute to our spiritual
life? Remember this: No Christian
man ever flung himself into sin but
he proved himself an migrate and his
shame led him to get just as far away
from God and from his people as he
could go.
There is another fact which the
Christian must bear well in mind.
the gospel life grows sweeter
and purer and more triumphant the
longer a man lives it, yet the old scars
Of sin remain indelible. And when a
Christian backslides it is like the re-
lapse Of an attack of typhoid fever or
The relapse is always more
than the first attack. Then !
the physical organism is weakened.
Then the disease can the more easily |
attack the vital parts You and had
better beware. We ought never to let |
hose old wounds of sin reopen. If |
hey are once allowed to bleed again
here will be a hemorrhage which will
ap away our lives.
Struck In Same Place.
You know there is an old proverb
lmong the soldiers that in time of war
10 two bullets ever struck twice in the
anne place. But that is not always
rue. Dr. Ryan in his book entitled
Under the Red Crescent gives
ivid account of the siege Of Kalafat.
he bullets were falling in a perfect
hurricane. Suddenly there came tum-
ling over the wall a monster she'll
nd it crashed into the ground and
arst, tearing a great hole out of the
arth as large as a house. A poor
frightened mother gathered her three
hildren about her and ran to this hole
Or protection. But hardly had she set
ed herself there than there was heard
ne singing of another shell flying from
gun two miles away, and it flung it.
Milford chronicle., 1908-02-21
A Thrilling Incident.

But, though Christ is speaking the
same thought as Paul spoke in Corin-
thians when he said, Wherefore let
him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall" thank God, Christ
does not stop there. He warns the
man at the pool of Bethesda. but, he
also teaches the doctrine that he is the
Christ Of the backslider. When Christ
starts forth to save an immortal soul,
he is no respecter of persons. He can
save the backslider. There is an Incl
dent told Of the famous Edward Irv-
ing, the eloquent preacher When a
boy in Scotland, with his little sister
he went down on the sands of Solway
Firth to meet his uncle, who was COM
ing to visit their home. When the tide
comes in there it comes with a rush.
1t sweeps on like a food. All the peo-