Mower County transcript., 1908-02-12
BROWNSVILLE
c.. NJ. & St. P. Time Table,

BROWNSVILLE
c., NJ. & St. P. Time Table.
Passenger, west bound. ....2:4l and II 80 a. m.
Passenger, east bound. .12 N and 7:41 p. m.
Freights, west bound. ........ 4 :55 p. m.
Fre1ghts. east bound nd................S:4O 40 a. m
DR.. VonBronkhorst of the firm of
Lewis & VonBronkhorst, dentists, Aus.
tin,:wiil be ut the Commercial Hotel
on Friday, March 6, prepared to do all
kinds of dentr isty.
The year old girl of Martin
Torke swallowed two and One-half
inch stick pin on Friday. Mrs.
Torke was near and, hearing the lit
tie girl choke, turned to her just in
time to see the end of the pin dis
appear down the little ones throat.
The mother Immediately filled the
child as full of mashed potatoes as
she would eat and on Sunday after
noon she passed the pin, which
looked somewhat the worse for its
travels. The head of the pin was
three-Quarters of an inch long and
one-fourth of an inch wide.
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day from his southern trip.
Harry Lawrence arrived from
Burlington, Iowa, on Saturday,
where he has been working in the
jewelry business. He will remain
here for a week or ten days when he
contemplates going to the Dakotas
or Montana.
a. c.. Ferguson will hold an auc-
tion of farm machinery and live
stock on the old Lars Hanson farm
south of town on Saturday at 1
o'clock.
Mr.. Magnuson and wife, who have
conducted a restaurant and bakery
in the Sims building the past few
months, moveu to Hayfeld on Mon
day.
o. R. York is confined to the house
with a stomach trouble.
A Sunday school institute will be
held in the Baptist church in
Brownsville on Monday, Feb. "a. at
ternoon and evening. Among the
speakers are a. M. Locker, general
secretary of the MINI. S. S. Associa-
ton. The program will be published
next week.
About sixteen ladies gave Mrs. =.
NJ Syck a birthday surprise at her
home last Friday afternoon. A very
enjoyable time was had by those
present and Mrs. Syck was presented
with a silver salad fork as reminder
Of the occasion.
Mrs. Rollings and daughter, Mrs.
Lamport, drove TO Austin on Friday
to see a friend, but the visit there
was not such an enjoyable one, as
on the way down the cutter ran UP
onto a small drift in such a way as
to tip both the ladies out and Mrs.
Rollings got considerably bruised
The horse became somewhat excited
but Mrs. Lamport managed to keeI
it from running away.
Miss May -ahle is still quite il
and another teacher, Miss Molly Alb
erlee, from the northern part of tn
state, has been secured to take he
place, and began on Monday.
The Baptist prayer meeting wa
held on tuesday evening this weel
so that Mr.. Halvorsen could be pres
ent. The Methodists are trying hold
ing their prayer meetings on Thurs
day afternoons.
Chas. Hoy and Rolly Pace took Mr.
Magnuson's goods to Haytield OF
Monday. Roy Bailey accompanies
them. e.
There were seventeen present a
the annual creamery meeting las
Saturday. A per cent dividend wa
declared and the buttermilk was sol
to Andrew Olson for $40. N. K
Dahle was elected president; D. l
Tanner vice president; w. H. Law
renee, secretary and J. B. Graves
treasurer. Arthur Wicks, w.
Sleeper and George Foster we1
elected directors.
There is touching story told
little girl who was to undergo a
operation. The physician said to ne
on the operating table, Before "
can make you we'll, we must put yo
to Sleep" The little girl looked VI
and, smiling, seid: "Oh! If you al
going to put me to sleep, / must sa
my prayer first Then she kne
down beside the table and said:
"Now lay me down to sleep,
I pray Thee, Loru, my soul to kee
If should die before I wake,
- l pray Thee, Lord, my soul
take
The surgeon said afterward tn;
he prayed thai night for the fir
time in thirty years. This litt
girl was only about her Father
business as Christ was when He:w
- listening and asking questions. !
one is SO small but he can attend
the business of prayer. Thank G.
that there are little prayers, lit
burdens, little words deeds al
songs adapted to children, for sh;
they not lead us?-Ex.