The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-06-14

DR.. Finn received queer present
from one of his Scandinavian friends
last week. A rocking chair made out
of two pieces of wood was the present.
The chair is cut out of a hollow tree
and the seat forms the separate piece.
The chair is handsomely carved by
hand.
Lac qui Parle Press: While dig
ging for worms upon his fathers farm
in the town of Hamlin, a few days
ago, one of M. o. Barrett's children
dug up pure silver spoon upon the
handle of which was inscribed the
following: 1903 B. j. to w. w. j.
1858 w. w. j. to E. S. S. The in
scription is made in the style of let
ters commonly in use during the early
part of the present century and the
last inscription in type of more
modern script. Who claims it!
F. Schroeder, living few miles
north of Delhi, has stepped to the
front and will permit the scream quar-
ry" and the petrifed buttermilk we'll
to rest for while and give them a
chance to help mine for gold, as he
has completed sale of 3 acres of his
rock pile to parties who have had the
material tested, and have found $45
worth of gold to ton. He receives
$1,000 for three acres, and the parties
are anxious to buy his whole farm.
Machinery will be brought right on
and work will be commenced immedi-
ately. What is the matter with Min
nesota?
A farmer by the name of Lars Lar
son, of town of Sheridan, skipped
about two weeks ago, taking lot of
mortgaged property, of horses, cattle
and hogs,says the Morgan Messenger.
He left many creditors behind. We
are told that MIR. Larson purchased
lot of fax on time at Lambertcn,
claiming that it was for seed, and
later sold it for cash. He hauled all
his truck to Marshall and billed it to
Grattna, Canada. Not until a few
days ago did his fight become known
to the neighbors. Mr.. Dahms, with
the other creditors, will put detec-
tive to work at once.
Till ribbetts concluded quite an i'm
portant transaction during the latter
part of last week, whereby he traded
l6O acres of land in the town of West
line, known as the Hugh Currie place
for five acres of land in Salem, Ore
gon, the latter having very hand
some residence located upon it, and is
covered with peach and pear trees, all
of them bearing. Immediately after
this transfer he traded the five-acre
tract in Salem to Moses Sears for his
residence and three lots in this city,
and as soon as the deed of transfer in
this case had been recorded Mr.. lib
belts sold the Sears homestead to
Frank Isham for $1,000. The FIVE
acre tract in Salem will be Mr.. Sears
future home, and the Sears homestead
here will be Mr.. Isham's home in the
future. Till made neat sum out of
the transaction.
The class day exercises of the grad
uating class Of '94, at the opera house,.
last Thursday afternoon, was attend
ed by large crowd of admirers of the
class. After the music by the high
school orchestra, Miss Marie Jackson
delivered an address on the class mot.
to, "Tempats ncet," "Time will Tell"
Miss Hiatt followed with an essay on
flowers and education, after which
Willard Root sang a solo. The class
poem, composed by Birdie O'Hara
and Ada Westfall, was next read by
the latter. Miss Seitz gave the his
tory of the class as given in this paper
last week. The high school sung
Memories OF Childhood" after which
Miss jackson, in an interesting man
ner, read the class Grafton "The top
not gained by single bound" Ruth
Cornish read the class prophecy. Miss
Hiatt was scheduled to teach school,
be an artist, and to get married; Ma
RE Jackson, she predicted, would be
belle of the ball; while Pearl Seitz is
to be sweet old maid. Miss Hiatt
then delivered the presidents address
to the Juniors, in which she admon-
ished them to look up and work hard.
The class song, composed by Willard