The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-06-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
MELROSE.

MELROSE.
Dawes How, B. F. Wright and J. E.
Campbell joined by Willis How OF Sank
Centre spent last Monday at Kings
Lake, enjoying piscatorial outing.
Starting from this village at an early
hour supplied with an abundance of
hshing tackle and plenty of live bait
they indeed presented very formidable
quartette. They left town flushed with
anticipated record-breaking schemes
figuring on no less than four hundred
catch OF pike, bass, pickerel, eFopies etc.
But if you could have seen those fellows
in their woe begone plight returning
home drenched to the skin, you would
have made up your mind that fishing
was one thing and getting soaked some
thing altogether different. Most all the
fish they had caught during the day had
been washed out of the wagon.
Two fine showers this week which
were timely and did world of good.
Gen. Catterson of Sank Centre was in
our village last week on business.
Willis How OF Sank Centre spent last
Monday at this place the guest of his
brother Dawes.
The north pier for the new bridge is
completed and the wing wall will be fin
ished this week.
Mr.. Smith OF Boston, Mass, who took
Mr.. Bells place as foreman of the stone
work on the new bridge abutments re-
maineu only two days and was called to
st. Paul and Mr.. Bell returned. r..
Mr. Bell, the present superintendent of
the stone work for the bridge, is rushing
work with a vim at this time.
The well at the creamery is still going
down. Some days they succeed in going
an inch and other days they run down
several feet; the last twenty five feet has
been made in a solid ledge of granite and
there is no certainty as to when supply
of water will be obtained.
| N. r. Bell of St. Cloud was in our
midst Wednesday and the Champion
business is having a genuine boom in
this locality.
Gus Perish of St. Cloud was hustling
in our village last Saturday in order to
clear up his business and return for the
Sabbath.
The Mclrose base ball club will play it's
first mach game of the season next Sat
urday with the south New Munich club.
| Ali base ball clubs in this part of the
country are hereby notified that the Mel
rose base ball club are in the field for the
present season and are ready to cross
bats in a match game with any clubewhc
feel disposed to challenge them. Direc,
all communications to B, F. Wright.
Peculiar i'll medicinal merit and won
derful cures-Iood's Sarsaparilia. Nov
is the time to take it, TOR now it will Dc
the most good.
Our school closed last Friday under tn
most favorable circumstances An exti
bition was given in which the children
deported themselves in very becomin.
/ manner which reflected both credit t,
! themselves and their teachers. This ha
: indeed been the best term of school w
have had tCr many year in this villag
The attendance at the exhibition wa
l3e!ndced, Tie school room being Ii
i erarly filed and all who attended spea
; | in most flattering terms of the exercise
and the interesting manner in which e'
!. cry detail was conducted.
: School will close in the Stratton di
{ t1ict on Friday of this week.
. Mrs. Luck of Fergus Falls is spendin
+ the week at this place visiting h,
: daughter Mrs. G. Grover.
, Mr.. Rain of Sank Centre is becomifl
i | a prominent hxure IN our village; if W
5 do not see him here three or four day
G out of each week we feel lost.
r Rev. Smith of Sank Rapids has spen
: several days in our village workin
: zealousiy in the interest of the cfildren
4 endowment society of Minneapolis.
) John Brenning beguiled the boys int
smoking on Monday and says it
+ all owing to the son who arrived o
j. Sunday both mother and child are dom
; splendidlv.
c Charles Lurk of Fergus Falls arrive
: at this place on Monday and will spen
} the week visiting his sister Mrs. Ere
s Grover.
( The Melrose Chautauqua circle hel
, its closing meeting on Tuesday evenin
I at the residence of n M. Freeman, ha,
ing completed the course for the yea
: The conut,drums in response to the 70
n call offered much amusement. After tt
lesson social time was enjoyed. Messr
e How, Kimmel and Everett Clark doing e
( pecially well in the game of latter play.
e The circle has had a successful year an
expects to flourish next year also.
Childrens' day exercises will be held i
the M. E. church Oh Sunday morning Jur
S 23rd. The profusion of flowers and tt
a fine program prepared will make the Sc
i vice beautiful one. The service will b.
y gin promptly at 1915.