The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-16
McSI End IiNIns.

| Mr.. Andrew Weimar hR- erected u snug
lltilo building in close proximity IL his stone
| quarry and put n stove In 10, 50 TINT when the
weather Is to" Indictment for outside labor he
| can work inside getting out window stills
| water tables nnd the like requirements. We
| saw him getting ont some very pretty bases
| FOR tombStoues for the living and the dead
| whenever he has n call for either lie pro-
poses To carve on these In small letters the
name of "Wcimar," 50 thut In after ysurs
| when Old Mortality, in his kindly office OF
| clearing away the moss. and re-cuts the In.
| s"riptiuIs on the monuments above them, rs
h" casts his sympathetic eye down und finds II
chriSIin name, he will NJ once say these urC
| wcinar's bHses." Mr.. ". now and then ships
| u car load "i stone Ia NnplctOn.
The mum urlInI ana WEAKNESS al our late
severe winter Inns been relieved by private
evening parties, where dancing, candy pulls,
AMI their roucomitnniS have given vvacity
what were IN" ''cuncomiiants. tell them they
were blind mans bun, hunting the slipper,
! &c, these AMI nothing more.
Since the co"p "stot of william Wells, some
few years ago, 10 event has 81 startled our
hitherto stnld community like the announced
failure Of Mcssrs Pracl DuBui-son. Still
| our cool, deliberate West Endcis incline to
the belief that if Count DcLesssps' projected
canal across the l-thmus Of Darien proves a
success, this recent failure Will he the table
lnlk for u brief day, while the storm and
hurricane 81 life sweep these little incidents
OF III" day into oblivion.
DIALOGUE.
II was the coolest morning Of the scnson--
snhpping cOld-as Spriggins sat before his
huge acorn stove, pipe In mouth, enjoying
the "tOnsty" warmth of the situation, while
his wife fresh from her snOw-whitc wooden
blink NEARING fhR Einh,,ky
watching the huge and compact volumes Of
smoke emitted from the engine ~ II rugged
aud whecZed up the steep grade In front Of j.
y. \. Marshs, when all at once she broke
silence with, Dear me! when will the back
" this terrible winter be- brokcnT' Removing
his pipe, and assuming pose Indicative OF
profound wisdom, he calculated. ''Wheny
Don't You know TINT bee, I'D is the shortest
day of the whole year round and that on that
Identical day the sun, our great fountain OF
life and light. reaches It's winter solstice.
and from that time on, the days begin to
lenRthcn, imperccptibly AT first, but very soon
Observable by the most obiuse and intractable
Of our humanity She saw the point, In
tended ~ sly thrust at her Ignorance and TO
cover her modification 10y u suitable rcjoin-
der, suggested that he take To the bed again
10 rccupcratc his exhausted energies after
such huge drnIRhts from his wonderful
mental deposits! Just here. the disiox,,"
ended
II il only occasionally that family r"-uni ons
are made pleasant 10y the presence of the
different members that have been separated
rnr y.,,. and whose ,,mhor. hay. M, h.en
~ 80 80, -. wv
n uur friends Mr.. & Mrs. Is. %. Pay attended
lately j. worthy "f reproduction, hence we
clip II from the juneau Telephone. II paper pub
lishcd ut the place of meeting:
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