The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-05-18
COUNTY ESI'ONDENCE.
From i.e Ray.
(Too late for last week.

Goo late for last week.
The Maple Sugar Festival held in
the Nj. T.. church for the benefit of
Rev. j. s. Bean was not very great
success. think the next festival
should be "bean festival" the
teachers to furnish the Beans and the
people the water. Quite n tine time
could be had. No cost in getting up
the soup. The sugar was good, and
all that had the pleasure of partaking
of it were well pleased.
The Grand Army Post mustered In
last week ] | new members and this
week 3 more, making a total of "a
members in the post. BY invitation
the post will meet with the Mankato
post Decoration Day.
The Good Templars Lodge is flour.
ishing. and If the lodge could find out
which one of its members is THE
FREE PRESS correspondent he would
flourish more then ever. Quite a
number of the lodge here had due
warning not To tell any more tales
out of school" and / won't. 1t will be
no secret to say that we are doing all
we can To educate the young to be
temperate in all things, and that we
welcome all cO.wOrkes. We believe
that prohibition Club" could and
ought to be formed here. Reynolds
informed us to-day that Geo. N. Pen
niman would visit Blue Earth county
in June to organize clubs, and he
hoped To get him to speak in Eagle
Lake. We hope he will come. We
are inclined to think that good will
come out of the Iowa decision. by
preventing like mistakes in other
States.
am sorry that our Good Templars
lodge cannot have more harmony in
its deliberations. There should be
perfect peace, and love should be the
ruling influence. 1t is the only power
that can counterfeit the awful passion
for rum. We have members that
have been slaves to that demon, and
sympathy should be extended and
every thing should he done to keel
such members in the lodge. II they
are unable to stand and yield to its
influence or the influence Of evil com.
panions, they should know by our ac
tions that they have more and better
friends among those who are trying
to save them, then they can have
among the friends of rum.
Mr.. Stems received his pension Ger
titcate last week. He gets some 81,
200 back pension. am glad to SET
the old soldiers rewarded for their
grand work. Our country never did
II wiser thing, nor one that will bring
greater returns in the future, then the
good care it Is taking of its vetrans
that lost their limbs or health in the
last war.
We are glad to see your statement
IN your last paper, that you were
done with Wise. We have no partic
ular interest in the matter, but have
thought and have heard quite mum
Der express our thought, that you
have just as much right in Mankat(
rs Wise, and was no more of a carpet
Dagger then any other man that nigh,
come to Mankato to help build it W
by their talents and money. Wis,
had tn he new conner once and it !:
no great honor to him or MankatC
that he is an old conner now. TIL
FREE PRESS, during the last year has
done more to draw the attention O1
the world toward, and TO build
Southwestern Minnesota, then any
other paper published in the State,
and MankatO is reaping the fruits OF
its work.
We have eight school houses in lie
Ray and two in the Eagle Lake Dist.
Here in the Lake, Miss Malinda and
Miss Brooks are to teach this sum
mer. At the White school House
Miss HumistOn has the school again.
Miss Hanna Yields the rod at the
Wood school house. l have not
learned who teaches i'm the other dis
tricts.
Eagle Lake is quite interested in
the Cannon Valley railroad and would
like to have some definite inroad to
its connection with the Northwest.
ern. 1t would be grand thing for
Eagle Lake to have it come here. 1t
is Il wonder | have not found out all
about it, for have been into Hon.
Cummings store, w. w. Phelps
store and even into Haggard's, to
learn all l could in regard to it. but
every one knows something and no
one in particular knows anything. ]
thought if Abie or III. S. H.. could not
tell, there would he 10 use looking
any further. They, like Vennor,
know just rs much about it as he
knew about the big storm. viii