The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-08-20

Natanel Mortonson, a well-known
citizen of Ishpeming, Mich, and editor
Superior Poster, who, for long time,
suffered from the most excruciating
pains of rheumatism, was cured, eight
years ago, by taking Ayers Sarsaparil-
la, having never felt a twinge of it
since.
The musical and farce comedy pre-
sented last Wednesday evening under
the auspices of st. Agnes Guild of the
Episcopal church was success from
both an artistic and financial stand
point. The musical artists were Mes
DANES Patterson, Philbrick, Pease, Nc
MILAN, the Misses Beecher and Isham,
and Edward Swain of the Wisconsin
University. The cast in "Per Tele-
phone'' included the Misses Brainerd,
Schmahl. Huntington and Isham and
James Beecher, Eugene Drake, Chas.
Luscher and H. A. Baldwin.
Threshing yields continue to come in
from the west and northwestern section
of the county. All of these yields or
reports go to confirm the statement
made by THE GAZETTE that the aver
age yield of the county would not be
over II bushels per acre. VIM. Parker
threshed out Is bushels per acre on the
Anderson farm, but fields around that
farm only average about ten bushels
per acre. While some fields run as
high as p bushels per acre there are
many under y bushels and the latter
figure strikes the average.
E. A. Lyman, Jr., had narrow es-
cape from being fatally injured while
driving team hauling wagon loaded
with wheat down the western APPROACH
to the Redwood bridge last Friday eve
ming. The load was too heavy for the
team to hold back. In the run down
the hill sacks of wheat were Jared from
the wagon. Lyman was on top Of
them and as the sacks slid he slid with
them, going over sideways between the
rear wheel and the wagon-box. He
was squeezed badly and the flesh on
his chest was badly Iacerated. The
wheel did not pass over him. His in
juries are such that he will be confined
to the house for several weeks. The
Doctor carries accident insurance.
The weekly crop bulletin for the week
ending August 10th, follows: The week
has been the hottest of the season with
maximum temperatures ranging from
S. degrees to 100 degrees in the shade.
The nights in the northern half of the
State were comparatively cool and as it
in this section where most of the wheat
is now ripening no great damage en-
sued either from hot winds or excessive
day temperatures. Showers have been
frequent and in many places heavy and
attended by hail and high gusty winds
that lodged considerable grain, besides
totally running crops over few narrow
strips of territory few miles in length.
Insect ravages are decreasing; they
have extensively injured wheat and
other grain in the west central counties
and in the southeast corner ofthe State.
A few report corn having been dam
aged by them, but as yet to no great
extent; corn is now most promising
crop; it is caring we'll and the hot
weather was just what was needed to
hurry it forward so as to be out of the
way of early frosts. Wheat is being
harvested in the northernmost counties,
while in the southern counties it is
mostly cut and stacked but very few
counties expect average wheat yields
and many estimate half crop or less.
Threshing has begun but returns are
yet too meagre to form much Of an esti-
mate as to general results; oat yields are
proportionally heavier than wheat with
the berry not so plump as year ago;
potatoes are doing fairly well; there are
yet many small areas that need rain
for this crop as well as for corn and
pastures; just now the largest dry Sec
ton embraces Blue Earth and the adj
joining and adjacent counties with
smaller patches scattered throughout
the State; complaints in these places
are made Of potatoes dying, pastures
drying up and of corn having been in
jured. Last year we had a bumper
grain crop, while this year our bumper
crop is hay; no failures are reported in
any district and the crop is mostly all
secured and generally in excellent con-
dftion. The excessive heat of the week
caused the loss of many horses, espec-
tally in Brown and Pope counties and
few complaints were made of wheat
ripening too fast and s. elling badly in
the fields. Apples are plentiful, and as
a rule, SO are plums, they having done
better than was expected earlier in the
season.