The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-08-09

The attendance at the Pillsbury
Academy, in Owatonna, has doubled
in four years. The advantages are
superior, and an endowment fund and
the yearly contribution of the founder,
Hon. George A. Pillsbury, makes the
expense of students very low.
IF the Democrats fuse with the
the Populists in this State" remarked
Capt. Lewis, the Democrat of Demo
Gratis in this county, to GAZETTE re-
porter the other day, 81 shall vote the
Republican ticket from top to bottom,
and you can quote me as saying SO. [
don't like Republican doctrine but [
much prefer it to Populistic anarchy"
Slayton Gazette: Julius Schmahl,
of the REDWOOD GAZETTE, has pecul
lar way of firing Aattering remarks at
his contemporary, Mr.. Hughes, of the
Reveille, who is mentioned as candi-
date for the state senate. Among
other things be mentions Hughes
availability as candidate for the
reason that ne never makes an enemy.
An editor that makes no enemies
would be regular nonenitity. But
very fortunately for the country such
wielders of the quill are very rare.
The REDWOOD GAZETTE gives an ac-
count of the death of two brothers by
gas in a we'll, says the Window Re-
porter. These deaths are almost al
ways in pairs. One fellow goes down
and falls over. The other fellow goes
down and dies. The third fellow by
this time thinks something is wrong.
If, when people want to go into we'll
or other places where the presence Of
gas is possible, they would lower
lighted lantern they could easily learn
whether human life would be safe in
the same place,
G. K. BIandin, the pungent and
versatile editor of the Sanborn Senti
mel, says regarding the patronage of
home institutions: The REDWOOD Ga
zErrE calls the attention of the county
commissioners to the fact that a great
deal of county job printing is given to
firms outside of the county and even
out of the state. It would not be
pleasant to a few members of the
board of commissioners who are mer-
chants to see people who should be
their regular patrons send their orders
for merchandise to foreign dealers,
neither is it satisfactory to the printers
in the county who are competent to
do all kinds of printing in a satisfac-
tory manner, ignored, and outside par
ties reap the benefit that should Justly
belong to home industry. We think
the commissioners will view this mat
ter in it's proper light and be willing
to do what is fair about the matter.
The corn acreage this year is much.
larger than ever before, reports the
weather bureau, and the crop was
most promising until recently; the
stand being good and the growth
heavy, while it was advanced from
one to three weeks ahead of its
seasonal average. The hot winds and
drouth have caused the ears to be
small and they are not filling we'll.
The late planted corn and that on the
high lands and sandy soil is poorest
and the prospects here have been re-
duced from one third to one half dur
ing the last ten days in most Of the
southern and central sections of the
state. A large amount of this corn is
being cut and used for fodder owing
to short pasturage. On the clayey
soils and low lands timely rains will
greatly improve the corn prospects SO
that very nearly the average yield
will be possible. Chinch bugs are
doing great deal of damage to corn
fields in the southeastern portion of
the state. A great many farmers in
the Red River valley have this year
for the first time planted from five to
ten acres in corn as an experiment
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not having been at all injured by
drouth and if it natures before the
early frosts the experiment will be
highly successful. The cornfelds in
all sections receiving proper cultiva
tons are in much better condition
and stand the drough wonderfully
we'll, while that even in adjoining
fields and imDroDer)v attendad IN ia