The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-12-17

cycle makers are progressive, and for
that reason we are not surprised that
their handy little calendar is stronger
and better made than heretofore.
We had handed in to the Office yes
terday specimen of the Presbyterian
Sunday school Christmas box. 1t is
got up in Chicago and has specially
printed on the top of the box, "Best
Christmas wishes of the Presbyterian
Church, Redwood Falls" 1t is very
neat got up box, and will be an orna-
ment to hang over the mantelpiece af-
ter the Christmas festivities are over.
A very successful sociable was held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Seitz on
Friday evening. 1t was in connection
with the union services Of the Turrell
school. The families Smith, Tiffany,
Brewster, Hill, and good many 9TH
ers were represented. Mrs. Seitz made
everybody feel at home. The gathering
was chiefly composed of young people
who enjoyed themselves heartily in
readings, recitations and games.
A strong appeal has recently been
made by the management of the Ro-
chester insane asylum for contribu
tons in the line of holiday gifts for
the inmates. No class of unfortunates
has SO strong claim upon universal
sympathy as the darkened minds in
our insane hospitals. If some person
with little time at their disposal will
undertake to make collections here, we
believe that big Christmas box for
the insane could be filled without So
licitation.
The coroner's jury in the case of
MIS-. Moody, who was killed by a
freight train while crossing high
bridge west OF Lamberton last We'd
nesiay night, returned a verdict that
the casualty was purely accid ental, and
that no blame attached to the engineer
or the railroad company. The de-
ceased bought ticket at Springfield
to Lamberton, instead of Revere Sid
ing, near which latter stopping place
her daughter, Mrs. Henry Hawkins,
lived. Just why Mrs. Moody, who is
past sixty years of age, chose to get off
at Lamberton and walk down the
track four or five miles, and across the
high bridge VIE q she met her death.
IS difficult to understand. At the west
end of the bridge there is sharp
curve, SO that the engineer was within
short distance of the unfortunate wo-
man before he saw anything, and he
testified that he only saw through the
smoke in front what appeared to be a
shadow. The train was going at such
speed that the unfortunate woman was
thrown a distance of fully ninety feet
from the track, and doubtless her
death was instantaneous.
President Upton, of Excelsior Col
lege,gave his promised lecture Monday
night in Huntington Hall. The lect-
urer began with humorous reference
to his own acquaintance with the Dew
il and then detailed racy legend of
the Devil exercising his influence over
Noah in inducing him to drink too
freely of the juice of the grape, there
by turning himself into the different
stages of animal life found respective
ly in the monkey, lion and pig. At
this point Mr.. Upton said farewell to
his subject proper, and launched out
into the practical outcome of the pa
tronage of the saloon, and drinking
customs generally. He drew several
pathetic pictures of the beauty of early
courtship life and its sequel attendant
on bad housekeeping in the wife, and
drinking in the husband. He said to
the young ladies, that in years time,
if they banded together for the pur-
pose, they could, by refusing to have
any thing to do with young man
who drank, settle the temperance ques-
ton for young men. He took up the
sensible position that the cure lay in
the men more than in the saloons and
if they were put right the saloons
would close their doors. A big feature
of the lecture was side-hits at human
weaknesses and failings, by which the
audience was kept in the best of hui
NOR. For example he made the re,
mark, in ikening the gulf opened by
drink to the crocodiles jaws, that the
crocodile worked his upper jaw, girls
chewing gum worked their lower jaw
and book-agents worked both. Fol
more than an hour Mr.. Upton, who
knows human nature we'll kept hi
large audience we'll in hand and sem
them away in lively frame of mind
Rev. A. J. Williams, at the close,a
nounced that the lecture was in con
nection with the w. G. T. u, and {
collection was taken for expenses.