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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23
RETAIN MR.. RACE.

Morgan Messenger: Is it possible
that our county commissioners will be
so short sighted as to allow Supt. S.
j. Race to resign his position because
of an offer of a position in Minnesota
Normal school at higher salary than
he is now receiving? Our county ranks
among the first in the State in educa-
tional work and to the earnest and dill
gent labors of our present Superin-
tendent of schools is due the praise
for the excellence of our schools. The
thoroughness with which he has ac-
complished everything that he has un-
dertaken during the period which he
has been at the head of the schools Of
this county, merit something better
than the lowest salary allowed un-
der our State laws. Our relations with
Mr.. Race during the greater part of
the time he has served the county, en-
able US to Judge of his ability and
worth, perhaps as we'll as any other
person in the county, and we do not
believe but the majority Of the patrons
of our schools will he very sorry if q
change is made.
Lamberton Star: We understand
that County Supt. S. J. Race still con-
templates accepting position in one
of the State Normal schools. It is our
opinion that Mr.. Race is dissatisfied
with the small salary he receives for
his labors. As we have said before,
he is among the leading educators Of
the State, and has been untiring in his
work to build up the schools Of the
county to their present high standard.
The Office is among the hardest in
the county to fill, and is also among
the poorest paid. The county COM
missioners should see to it that the
county Superintendent gets consider
able raise of salary. Mr.. Race might
be induced to remain in his present
position if he received proper compen-
sation for the labor performed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23

ed to value property more than human
life,and as result when there was a big
accident involving the loss of human
life and property, the public question
was not how many persons were killed,
but how much property was lost. He
thought that murders were so frequent
now that the general public were not
cognizant of but very few of them,
and pointed to the fact that two MUIR
ders were recently committed in this
county that the general public knew
nothing about.
Mr.. Knowlton also took fall out of
those sentimental women who insist
on hanging around jails with flowers
to give to prisoners. He. remarked
that these women, and once in while
a man, did more to advance crime by
doing this than any other agency.
They make heroes of criminals by tell
ing the latter to commit crimes, and
when you are in Jail you have our
flowers and our sympathy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23

Falls and Winthrop clubs and anoth-
or game, either tomorrow morning or
afternoon, between the same two
teams. The games will be for a purse,
conditional if Winthrop wins one or
both games This evening the Red
wood Falls club will give grand ball
at the opera house to meet their in
.debtedness of the past season.
A novel event will be the artificial
coursing match under the manage
ment of Horace E. Jones, the owner
of several fine greyhounds. An at
tempt was made to have this genu-
inc event, but search for jackrabbits
last Saturday did not result success
fully, and the cost of burlap around
the track was also too much. As a
result an artificial race will be given
over hurdles. A wire will be stretched
from a point one furlong west of the
lead into the home stretch. To this
will be attached an artificial rabbit.
Four rods east of the grand stand will
be triple geared wheel to which an
other wire attached to the rabbit will
be attached. This wheel will pull the
rabbit a little bit faster than the
hounds can run. The hounds will
chase it, and in doing so will jump
the hurdles at three different points.
If the first attempt proves successful
this will be feature on both days of
the fair.
The Redwood Falls brass band will
be present both days and will furnish
music when there is no other attrac
ton for the spectators.
It is not known how many of the
races filled with entrees enough to al
low start, but the returns seem to
warrant a prediction that nearly all
four filled, and particularly the fast
est races on the programme.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23
Big Attractions for the County
Fair Visitors To-Day
and Tomorrow.
Base Ball Game. Racing and Sen.
sational Coursing Events
Each Afternoon.
Experienced Speakers on Beef
Cattle, Sheep Husband
~ and Dairy.


the old town to-day and to morrow.
It is the second and third days of
the twentyfourth annual fair of the
Redwood County Agricultural society.
Last week the programme was a
matter of doubt-an uncertain quanti-
ty and those having the fair in charge
as we'll as the advertising boomers
we're little slow about advertising
the show until it was found out just
how much of an attraction card there
was going to be. Now it can safely be
stated that the bill of attractions will
far exceed anything ever before offered
to the patrons of the fair.
Yesterday was the opening day
that is the day for making the entries,
and getting everything around in
shape SO that when the big crowd ap-
pears to-day and tomorrow it will be
able to look over the articles with some
degree of comfort and knowledge of
what they are looking at. The entries
are far ahead of those heretofore ex-
hibited at any county fair. There is
more fine -blooded stock on the ground,
an indication of what Redwood coun-
ty is rapidly coming to; there are
more fancy articles in the ladies' de-
partment, more crayon and other art
istic work in the same gallery, and the
work is great deal better. Oyer in
agricultural hall the exhibits occupy
all of the available space, and while
there was no entry of wheat yesterday
there we're several entries of corn, and
they were all excellent in quality, and
showed that if the wheat crop was a
failure this year corn advanced to the
position of king. Many other cereals
were on exhibition, as we're a large
number of vegetables, etc. The culin-
ary exhibit was something immense,
and the committee of awards will have
hard work placing the blue ribbons in
the proper place to-day and to-mor-
row.
Prof. Shaw, the celebrated stock
man of the State University arrives at
Gilfllan Siding to-day, in company
with Col. Liggett, one of the Universe
ty Board of Regents for the St. An
thony Experimental station, and the
two gentlemen, with Hon. G. D. Gill
fillan, will be on the grounds either
to-day or tomorrow, and probably on
both days. Addresses on different
subjects pertaining to fat cattle will
probably be made by all three of the
gentlemen. Prof. Carlile arrives here
from Bird Island to night and will de-
liver an address on the dairy to-mor-
row morning. The time will probably
be at 1870 O'Clock and farmers with
their wives should be present to hear
Mr.. Carlile.
The side attractions will be simply
immense. There will be ball game
this afternoon between the Redwood
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23
MRS. SCOVEL'S WORK.

The W. G. Z. U. are to be congratu-
lated for the success of the series of
excellent addresses given by their al
ready popular State President, Mrs.
Bessie Lathe Scovel.
Mrs. Scovel has won the sincere
respect and admiration of the people
by her earnest, fearless, yet withal low
ing, presentation of high ideals of man
hood and womanhood- looking to the
purity and strength of the home and
the Nation.
A crowded house greeted the speak
or on Sunday evening at the Presby-
terian church, where she held the
closest and most sympathetic atten-
tion of her audience. On Sunday
afternoon she spoke at the brick
school house. At the close of the
meeting many signed the total ab-
stinence pledge and a w. G. T. U. Or
ganization was called for, Monday
afternoon at the M. E.. church. Mrs.
Scovel addressed the girls on high
ideals Of pure young womanhood.
A Purity address in the evening cal
led out another crowded house at the
NJ. E. church. An attractive feature
in this evenings programme was a
musical Silver Medal contest, partici-
pated in by Misses Eta Baker, Ethel
King, Dolly Kellam and Matte Beard.
Each contestant was greeted with ap-
preciatiye applause and it was diff
cult to decide from the general effect
which should have first place. The
Judges decision awarded the medal to
Miss Ethel King.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Scovel met
the members of the w. G. T. q. and
others interested in the work, for an
informal talk on "Our Folks" and
plans and methods of practical tenn
perance work. In the evening the
young people OF the churches gave
her reception in the parlors of the
M. E. church, which proved to be a
most enjoyable social affair.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23

Murfreesboro, Tenn, the skirmish near
Murfreesboro, Dec. Z, 1864, near Kings
ton n. c., March Z, 8 and s, 1866, the
skirmish at Hickertown, N. g., March
81, 1866, at Tahkahokuta. Dakota, July
%, 1864, at little Missouri, Dakota,
Aug Ito 9, 1864, skirmish on the N.
G. R. +. Tenn, Dec. 2, 1864, and on
Overalps Creek, near Murfreesboro,
Dec. 4, 1864. Mr.. Truesdell was
wounded in the arm at the battle of
the Cedars, Tenn, and as result of
his service was subject of epileptic
fits
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23
JUDGE" TRUESDELL DEAD.
Passed Away Quietly In Bed al
Duluth.

Sylvester Truesdell, third son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Truesdell, and
known all over this section of the coun-
ty as Judge" Truesdell, passed away
quietly in his room in a Duluth resi-
.dence last Wednesday night or Thurs
day morning. Heart failure was the
cause, according to reports received
from Duluth. Mr.. Truesdell retired
the night before in apparent good
health, and few hours after the regu-
lar time for his arising on Thursday
morning his door was forced open, and
he was discovered dead. There we're
no signs of any struggle over the pas
sing away, and Capt. Smallwood writes
to A. B. Truesdell, a brother of the de-
ceased, that it seemed as though death
had come while the deceased was
sleeping.
The remains were taken charge of
by Duluth undertaken, and the rela-
ftives after being notified, ordered the
remains forwarded to this place. They
arrived here Saturday afternoon over
the Northwestern, and were met by a
delegation of old soldiers from John
S. Marsh Post. They we're in good
condition, and it was decided to have
the funeral Sunday afternoon from the
Methodist church. A large number
of old acquaintances of the deceased
attended, the G.. A. R. Post being
present in body and furnishing the
pall-bearers. The church choir furnish
ed the music, and after Rev. Jones
preached an appropriate funeral SER
mon the remains we're taken to the
cemetery and placed in their last rest
ing place-the Truesdell family plot.
Mr.. Truesdell was born Oct. 18,
l842, and was one of a family of 13,
nine boys and four girls, being the
third in age of the boys, and one Of
three brothers that fought for the
Union during the civil war, one Of the
number dying in battle, He was born
in Ohio, and with his parents came to
Goodhue county in 1859, and in 1869
he moved with them to Redwood
county, settling on the farm a mile
southeast of the city. He moved from
this place to Duluth in 1891, and has
resided there ever since. Mr.. Trues-
dell was single man.
The deceased was a member of
Company F, Eighth Regiment Min
nesota Volunteers, that regiment be,
ing part of the Third Brigade, LIST
Division of the 23d Army Corps. The
company was mustered into United
States service at Fort Smelling Nov. l8,
1862. To this company belonged
James Stevens, now residing in Vesta
and Matthew Wilson, now residing in
Three Lakes. The company partici-
pated in the battle of Cedars, neal
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-23

The GAZETTE MANUAL map,$1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
Grape Culture for the Amateur.

From me Boston Evening Transcript.
The grape is so delicious a fruit, and 1t
offers the gardener such wide choice of
size, color, flavor and time Of ripening In
its numerous varieties, that few things az
ford a more interesting field for the atten-
ton of the amateur. 1t Is well worth his
while, therefore, to give some special
thought to the care of his vines and to see
how much the size and quality Of their
product s capable Of improvement through
intelligent treatment.
The grape likes best high, dry location,
with light calcareous or silceous SOIL
but these things being borne in mind to be
taken advantage of so far as occasion Of
fers, it may be added that any good garden
soil can commonly be made to produce
good crop Of grapes. Should 1t be too stin
with clay, 1t can easily be lightened by the
addition of either sand or sifted coal ashes.
Grapes have generally great vigor Of plant
and need severe pruning in order to reduce
the growth of wood and increase the fruit
product. Young vines should be confined
the first year to the growth of a single
shoot, trained upon stake or wire in an
upright position. About September first
the end should be pinched off to check
growth and induce a thorough ripening of
the wood before winter. Ordinary garden
culture after this is, to cut the cane back
In the spring to two buds and allow the
growth Of two shoots from these in the
SAINT way TIC SeCOHu year, WHICH tIe 1Ol-
lowing spring are trained upon a trellis
horizontally. These will each send up
bearing canes from their buds which may
be allowed to fruit sparingly for this year,
and a little more each season the vine
increases in size. Those, however who
prefer to secure a few very choice clusters
rather than a larger quantity Of mediocre
fruit, will cut closer even than this, and
keep the vine for several years to the sin
gle shoot, which may be tied to a stake
set at an angle of about forty-fve degrees.
Pinch the few bearing canes allowed close
ly, and confine their fruiting to a single
bunch each. AS the vine gets older this
bearing serface may be very gradually ex-
tended. but the vine-dresser will have
learned much by that time of the capacity
and needs Of his vines, and will not require
particular directions.
What Is known as summer pruning" Of
the vine consists in pinching, with the
thumb ard finger. the tips of each bearing
cane when it has made three or four
leaves beyond the fruit. and of all later
ais, side shoots which then shoot out,
after they make one or two leaves This
is absolutely essential to the production of
fine fruit. Wood ashes, unleached, and
ground bone are among the best fertilizers
for vines of bearing size, from five to seven
quarts Of ashes being fair dressing for a
well-eSta blished vine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
RAISING A BIG BELL.
Ii Weighs Nincty-EiEht Tons aud 81
Over Twelve Feet High.
From London Sketch.

For some time past there has been a
sort of dead-heat between the two biggest
bells In the world, the one at the cathedral
IN Moscow and the other at the unfinished
pagoda of Mengoon, India, north of Manda-
lay, across the river. If the former was
the bigger Of the two, II was cracked, and
therefore useless as bell. while the latter
though whole. has dragged its supports
down till ii rested on the ground and would
not emit any sound. Now, however, IL has
been reswung, and can claim attention as
the biggest bell, in working order, in the
world.
In 1896 the Burmese community decided
to have the bell raised, and employed the
Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, limited. to d1
the work. The rim of the bell was first
supported by huge baulks OF timber wedged
In all round. and a tripod erected over IL to
fasten the shackle TO and keep Il upright.
The old supports having been knocked
away two large iron columns, twenty-five
feet high, cast by the Irrawaddy COM
pany. were erected, with concrete founda-
tions. large steel cross-girder, with a
distributing girder on the top OF II, was
then passed through the shackle. and the
bell was raised by screw-jacks all round
the wedges of timber, until the cross girder
could be placed on the pillars and riveted
in position. The screw-Jacks were then
eased, and the bell left swinging. with its
lower rim about feet 10 inches from the
ground. The weight is about ninety-ejght
tons, the circumference at the base being
ffty-one and one-half feet and at the
top twenty-siX feet. 1t averages over
a foot in thickness. The bell itself is over
twelve feet high. and the shacklc. which
was intended for logs of timber, about
twelve feet The pin in the shackle has a
diameter of sixteen inches. The bell was
cast about the beginning of the century by
King Bodawpaya as an accompaniment to
the huge brick paeoda which he never
finished. II is said to have been cast on an
island and RATED across. No proper means
yet exist for striking the bell, but when hit
with heavy piece OF wood II gives out .
deep vibrating boom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
Drinking I'm Hot Weather.

from the Brooklyn Eagle.
On the whole exhortations to avoid cold
drinks are in order but the advice is Just
as useful as the advice to keep away from
the fireplace when your toes are half fro
zen. The temptation to a man who has a
little silver in his pocket to cool himself
though but for few minutes, with a
beaker Of frothing beer, or a glass Of soda
or mineral water, or one of those inven-
lions of seraphs, that contain straws-this
refers to the invention, not the raphs--
and slices of lemon and sugar and a berry
and curious red or brown or yellow fluids
and perhaps a bit of mint; this tempta tion
Is to be resisted only at cost of struggle
that leaves a man weak crushed and more
In need of something to drink than before
NOW that exercise Is more popular than It
used to be, now that people who used to
scorch their Soles on the payements scorch
the country roads on bicycles, the desire to
drink, II not the need, is more urgent than
ever. Road houses have gone I'D by hun
dreds along lately solitary highways, and
their proprtetors wax comfortable on their
weddings. They protrude signs from their
doorways with the deliberate intent of
bringing the wheelman to q sudden realiza-
ton OF the warmth of the day and the alb
sence Of needed fluid in his tissues, SpieRel-
meyers beer and the Half Bottle Bottline
Companys birch beer and sarsaparilla and
30 and Sos soda, to say nothing Of cold milk
and iced tea, are advertised at these re-
sorts. and the advertisements is very hard
10 pass at clock on a summer afternoon
with the birds gasping on the trees and the
thermometer cracking in the yard Yes. II
is vain to preach against the use of cool
Ing LIQUIDS in hot weather, but one may
sun ADVISE moderation. Never drink when
you are heated; never drink when you are
exercising, never drink when you are think
ing, never drink when you are thirsty.
Where's the office boy with that ice water?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
mosquitoes comes from the numerous

mosquitoes comes from the numerous
water tanks of the town.
In defense Of the seasons most popular
insect it must be confessed land DR.. How
ard champions thei statemen) that not
one mosquito in 1O0eOeO ever tastes blood:
they feed ordinarily on plant Juices. the
female. as before, stated, being the real
dlsturber OF our equanimity of mind and
body. That one SEX of ? common insect
should be furnished by mature with an
elaborate blood-sucking apparatus is
mystery that even tie government bug ex-
perts haven't solved. Male mosquitoes
sufficiently surfeited herself through the
night with human Hore!Ishe usually es-
capes in the morning and flies away to
some small pool OF still water where she
lays from 200 to 400 eggs
Most Afflicted Town.
OF all mosquito-ridden sections of the
United States Corpus ChEisti, Tex, seems
10 be, for some inexplicable reason, the
most afflicted. DR.. Schwarz's description
OF the mosquito plague that recently set.
tied down upon this Texan town is like the
biblical narrative OF the locust pestilence.
II seems that the mosquitoes visit their
favorite settlement whenever the wind
comes from any other direction than south.
Under these conditions hundreds of thou-
sands of millions of!the insects land this
Is low estimate) are blown in upon the
unfortunate town. Whole herds of cattle
and horses fee, pain and panic stricken,
before the living cloud in a wild effort to
get to water. When the direction Of the
wind changes, however. the winged cyclone
disappears as hastily as it arrived. There
Is no guarding against these onslaughts:
nothlns but the weather vane can forebode
the approaching pestience Neither earth
quake. nor lightning, nor tornado is dread
ed half so much as the visitation of these
sudden insect storms. the animated particles
md hIivz
Jury into every nook and Granny.
Throughout Florida and in the interior
OF North Carolina. as well as in the main
woods and lowlands of Massachusetts, the
!1osqulto noids hlgh revel for at least six
months of the year. The silent MOSQUITO
of Louisiana and adjacent states is greatIv
dreaded. The peculiarities of this snecies
are its noiseless approach and sharp sting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-17
Benefit of FoEs.
m the Chicago Record.

From tie Chicago Record
Fogs are said to have a very beneficial
effect on the health of districts where they
are prevalent, as they are great purifiers
of the atmosphere. and even the sulphur.
which makes the London fog so pungent
and irritating is credited with effccting
quite an appreciable limitation OF preva-
lent infectious diseases. Prof. Maur is
now of the opinion that smoke may be
turned into a Eygienic ally, and under
some circumstances be made capable OF
preserving the public health to a degree
the smoke of some Liege furnaces burn
ing coal raised from the neighboring mines
produces when dissolved in hydrochlorio
acid, a solution from which considerable
quantities of arsenic and several other
metallic salts may be precipitated. Ii Is
now suspected that this breathing OF ar
senic ard other minerals in a finely di-
vided state may account for the singular
immunity from epidemics enjoyed by cer-
tain industrial districts. such as that OF
st. Etienne. and medical authorities IN
those regions and elsewhere are asked TO
throw uron the subject what light they
can. 1t Is suggested that the ventiating
effect OF the numerous chimneys in IRON
making and other industrial centers has
its due share in constantly driving off the
vitiated air and replacing II by fresh guam
titles of pure air. 1t was noted that when
pestilence was raging in an English town,
an elevated and apparently salubrious resi-
Dental district, its Inhabitants migrated
TO low-lying and murky parish in the
adjacent town OF Bristol. where the air
was black from the smoke of numerous
chimneys, while the mortality was lower
than that Of the fashionable quarter over.
looking ii.