The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-09-22

Farmers are marketing potatoes and
the quality of their crop is fully up 20
that of previous seasons
LosT-A small brown and white
spaniel. Finder will please notify the
village marshal Of Pine City, MINI.
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An interesting interview with a re-
turned soldier, who fought in Cuba,
appears on the last page. q
The starch factory whistle again
sounds the hours for labor. Some po-
tatees are being received, even soearly
in the season:
Abstractor Dodge, of St. Paul, en-
ployed the time between trains Mon
day examining the records in the
register of deeds office.
NJ. F. Taylor, Of Maple Grove, was
called here Friday by the serious ILL
ness of his brother, George Taylor,
who passed away Saturday
Bntternuts are quite plenty this:
year. S. S. Sanford, whose farm is,
near the village, will harvestIOO bush
els from the grove in his pasture.
Saturdays balloon ascension oc-
Cured down town instead of at the fair
grounds, There was quite q crowd,
from the country present to. see it.
5 Charley Revoir was kicked in the
head by an irritable broncho last Fri
day. A wound was inflicted ia his
scalp which the attending surgeon was
obliged to sew up.
/. The boys of Co. NJ were notified Mon
day that all furloughs expired Sept. 20,
and they were ordered to report in st.
Paul on that date. They have all gone
to join the company.
All around Princeton can be seen ev-
licences of prosperity. The farmers
are building new houses and barns or.
improving those already built and all
seem to be we'll content with their lot.
The rain last week interfered
greatly with the operations of the
the threshers. This weeks genuine
Indian summer weather, however,
makes up for all the discrepancies Of
last week.
Jim Ward and Irving Davis came
down from Milaca to cheer our boys on
to victory Friday but soon after the
game opened their voices were hushed
and the gloom on their countenances
spread to the remainder Of the crowd.
Among the prominent out-of-town
visitors to the fair last week were: Z.
G. Mclean, of .Anoka;t F.. T. White,
William Corey, Henry Castle and DIR.
Whittemore, of Elk River; Messrs.
Pope. Rines;4 Newbert and aDanforth,
OF Mora:t..z :. $50 .. i. t5g5:ssf l
The road north of the cemetery has
been greatly improved by the spread
ing of straw over. its sandy spots.
There are other roads on which the
farmers might spread some Of the
straw, which they are burning, to their
own benefit and that of the. occasional
traveller. :sE 81 y Us
The season of usefulness for the
mower and binder is at an end and now
the thrifty farmer sees to it that his
machinery is protected from the raw
ages of the weather. More mortgages
fasten themselves uponth farmers OF
the West through their neglect OF
farming machinery than from any
other single cause.
A letter received from Captain Pat
terson states that a provost guard OF
700 men serves to maintain order in
Knoxville. This gives every regiment
an opportunity to acquire this exper.
fence. Brogan was detailed on this
duty and made a hit by the general
way in which he made the martial
visitors produce passes.
There are hundreds of tons of good
hay remaining uncut in this neighbor.
! hood. Nearer the cities even the wire
grass has been harvested, this crop go
ing to the newly established mating
works in both Minneapolis and St
Paul. Our farmers should investigate
this new enterprise and perhaps they
too can be benefited by it.
/ The boys who have been to the front
have had their fill of pork, bacon and
beef and the committee in charge Of
the arrangements for welcoming them
propose to give them a change. The
/ committee therefore would like the