davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-24
StearnS County First Annual
an Encouraging Sue
cess.
The Weather UnfaVorable. but
the Exhibits we're Ex-
Cellent.
The Races the Finest Ever Witt
messed in this Vi
cinity.
Courtesy Of the AvALANcHE.)

Courtesy Of the AvALANCHE.)
Taken as a whole the StearnS Coun-
ty Fair held in this city last week was
a success in spite Of unfavorable
weather during the opening days, and
= the splendid list of exhibits brought
forth has definitely demonstrated that
the annual fair is to be permanent
and successful institution. In each of
the various departments the entries
were numerous and of a quality that
agreeably surprised even those who
were supposed to be familiar with the
agricultural resources Of the county.
Since this was the Agricultural Soci-
ETY. of Stearns CountyS initial fair it
was not to be expected that the exhl-
bits would be as extensive as will be
the case during the years to follow.
This years event, however, furnished
q healthy starter and with proper
mar, g nment go ;Sh tie ultimate
success of the enterprise is beyond
question. In the older sections of the
country the dates for the county fair
are looked forward to with great in
terest by the agriculturalists as time
of profit as we'll as pleasure-as a con-
vention where the representative
farmers, together with their families,
meet once each year to compare notes
and profit by the lessons taught
through the exhibition of the best of
everything that is grown upon the
farm. We believe that as time goes
on the fair here will continue to incite
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-24
CUTHMANN K ABELES C0MPI

effect attained by the neat arrange
ment could hardly have been i'm
proved upon.
FRUITS.
This department was under the
care of Mrs. w. McNeice and the long
table located in the center of the
building was well crowded with a
splendid array of exhibits consisting
OF fresh and canned fruits, preserves,
Jellies, pickles, etc. The growing of
apples has never been given extensive
consideration in this county, but
those brought to the fair furnished
proof that the apples grown in Mime
sofa compare well with those shipped
in from. the so-called apple-growing
territories. Farmers who have here
tofore taken little interest in this
product should begin to put out
orchards, as there is no reason why
the home market should not be sup
piled from apples grown IN this
vicinity. The Jewel Nursery COM
pany furnished quite an extensive
display of apples but the fruit was
conspicuouSly inferior to that grown
in this neighborhood. The company's
representative did, however, find con-
ISOLATION in the fact that the Stearns
county fruit was grown from Jewell
stock.
=. DISCRETIONARY CLASS
Under this head classes were, to
some extent. created as warranted by
the exhibits, it being impossible to
fix in advance premiums to cover the
various exhibits that might be in
tereSting as curios or as relics of histor-
icat value. The department was con-
Quoted by Mrs. M. Hogan and at
tracted many admirers. Among the
best exhibits were those furnished by
Prof. anG Mrs. Stanton. A hand
somely-tinished table made by Mr..
Stanton was one of the best things of
the kind the writer has ever seen. 1t
was strictly home made-and made
without TOOLS" yet was without a
flaw. From this work we Judge that,
coupled with natural ability Prof.
Stanton must possess patience that
would compare well with that shown
by the man Of many boils. Among
the best curios exhibited by Mrs.
Stanton was q German bible published
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-24
For sale.

For sale.
To close out my real estate interests
in Sank Centre will sell my three lots
Nos. 4, s and 6, block 10, Robbins &
Mendenhall's add'n. little clear for
four hundred dollars, net. Lot 6 corn
ers on Grove Lake-ave. Address
At Mrs E, r. BISHOP,
In e. Sod st., Los Angeles. Calf
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-24

in the year 1920 A. D., the same year
that the Pilgrims landed in America.
The book is in fair state of preserva-
tion and is highly valued by it's owner.
There were many other interesting
exhibits in this department but lack
of space and time forbids further de-
tail.
FLOWERS.
Mrs. J. M. McMasters had charge of
this exhibit and the arrangement of
the various plants brought out a
pretty effect. In fact, all of the de-
partmentS in which the ladies were
interested were well patronized, and
the men must admit that in the way
of making the fair success the ladies
contributed their half or more.
BABY SHOW.
The portion of the hall allotted to
this exhibit was busy place. All of
the babes were pretty some prettier
than others. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lewis baby carried away the honors
as the prettiest child We have not
earned who won the other prizes.
THE RACES.
Following is summary of the races
for the two days:
SEPTEMBER II.
2:30 Class $500 purse.
Stephen L., w. W. Hen
derson, l l l
Minnie K, II. Keller, Jr., 2 2 2
Cora Mark, VIM. Carroll 3 B 3
Three-minute Class-$100 purse.
B. T. B. NJ, S. Jacobson, l l l
Jimmie Britt, ChaS. Mar
shall, 2 2 2
Mary Eta, r. H. .Belnap, 3 3 3
Running Race-S5O purse.
Brown Harry, r. Fl. Bel
nap, l
Big Bill, Art Lyman, p
SEPTEMBER Is.
.Free-fOr-all-$40O purse.
Tags, P. Monahan, l l l
Red Strath, Frank Smith, 2 2 2
Prima Wells, j. Gallagher, 8 3 8
2:45 Trot or Pace.
Pat M, P. Monahan, II 1
stephen L., w. M. Hender-
son, p 2
B. T. B. M, S. jacobson, 3 3 8
Running Race $50 purse.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-24
Advertised Letters.

The following is list of letters that
have laid unclaimed in the post Office
for two weeks, and if not called for in
two weeks will be sent to the dead let
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-09-24

effect attained by the neat arrange
ment could hardly have been i'm
proved upon.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
Distrust or Left Handed BARRIERS.

II have struck all kinds Of BARRIERS in
my trips about the country" said the
man who travels, "but the one kind
that always makes me feel as if l was
balanced on THE very brink of eternity
is the left-ha|nded barber. / have been
shaved by several Of their class in the
past year. They have been good bar
bers, too, EVERY one of them, but no
matter how well they knew their bust
ness they always gave me a bad turn,
and every time they drew the razor
across my face / felt as If life and I
were about ready to part company.
OF course ft is foolish, but nowadays
when / find myself assigned to a left
handed bafber l leave the shop on
some pretdxt or other and go else
where to be beautifed. Other men
whom / haHe sounded on the subject
have confessed to the same weakness,
and women have told me that they
have q like unexplainable dread Of left
handed hairdressers. In the dressmak-
ing business. too, 4 en- told, a left
handed cutter aud filter is pretty sure
to give the cpstoiner.Sa crop Of goose
flesh, while\ even a harmless occupa-
ton like malnicuring can always be re-
lied on to produce real shivers if pur-
sued by a person whose cleverness lies
In her left h&nd."-New York Times.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
In All Parts Of the State.

The last quarterly report of the Can.
ton postoffice showed the largest bust
ness ever recorded.
The Beverly City Hall was damaged
by frozen water pipes bursting and
flooding the building.
The farmers of Jutland are discuss
ing the advisability Of erecting a
creamery at that place.
Cumberland County farmers are
hauling salt hay from the marshes near
Bay Side and Canton.
Bridgeport fishermen are preparing
Tor q big season, and the men hope
for an early run of shad.
Elmer streets may soon be lighted
by gas.
Fish and Game Warden Foulks has
liberated even cans of black bass in
the ponds about New Egypt.
Mrs. Mary Straub has resigned as
teacher of the Harmony School and
Miss May Dixon, of Shiloh, will sue
coed her for the remainder Of the
year.
It is now stated that beyond all rea.
sonable doubt the trolley will be ex.
tended from Paulsboro to Woodbury..
and from Mantua to Glassboro III the
spring.
Horses are selling In South Jersey
for double the prices they brought last
year, when they were considered high.
Wild ducks in large numbers have
been killed in the Cape May sounds,
cold weather having driven them in
land for water.
Since the new law went into effect
County Treasurer Pierson, Of Glouces-
ter County, has paid out $129.5O boun-
ties on foxes. Besides there has been
many foxes killed for which no boun-
ty has been applied for.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
/. AGRICULTURAL
Care Of the Mare and Foal.

Care of the Mare and Foal.
AS soon as the colt comes into the
world, see that its nose is uncovered
as soon as the body is exposed to the
air, and there may be cases where the
navel needs attention, but nature us
ually takes care of that. After these
attentions, says Cyrus Greene, in the
Prairie Farmer, leave the colt with the
dam for a while and let her take care
Of 1t, but if after two or three hours
it has not had any milk, help 1t get
some. When a week old, put on a
halter and tie the colt up. By the
time it is two weeks old, it should have
been taught to lead and stand tied
while its mother is taken out to water.
/ keep the mare In a box stall for a
time previous to and a short time after
foaling, and as soon as the colt be-
comes accustomed to being battered
I tie the mare in a single stall and
place the colt in a stall next to 1t, which
it soon learns to know as its own
My colts usually greet me or enter
ing the stable in the morning and are
so much In the way while 1 am clean
ing stable and currying that I am
obliged to halter them and tie them In
single stalls, and they seem as proud
as a boy with his first pair of pants,
and here I leave them tied until after
breakfast. 1t is right here where the
better part of the colts education
comes In. I do not allow the colt to
follow the mare when she is at work.,
and as it has learned that it cannot
have its own way it will stay shut in
the barn without making much fuss.
If the colt cannot be taken to the
mare I have her brought up to the barn
once during the morning and afternoon
for a while, and later on allow the colt
to go with the mare when she is doing
slow work, such as drawing hay or
stacking grain.
AS soon as the colt shows an incli-
nation to eat give it some choice bits
of hay, but never be in a hurry to feed
grain. for it is too strong for the stom-
ach and may cause stomach trouble.
When the colt is four months old you
may give it a little grain in a box by
itself, and when five months old wean
it and let it remain in the pasture dur
ing the day; bring it up at night, feed
it and tie it up.
l do not like the idea of turning the
colts loose in the barn, as they owe
around and become restless, but If tied
and given plenty of bedding they will
lie down and keep quiet. I feed my
colts two parts oats, one part corr and
a little clover hay and turn them out
when the weather will permit.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
:MediocriIty Not Intsrfsr.d with.

did you ever notice." inquired Col.
onel M. G. Young, Of San Francisco.
"that in the life of every man there
seems to bela line either of success or
adversely? would make my meaning
clearer, perhaps, if | said that medioc-
rfty is confi4ied by two lines, one a top
line and thu other a bottom one. So
long as q main keeps between these two
lines the wdrld is satisfied to let him
alone. Il he rises above the top line
people always are anxious to boost him
still higher; If he falls below the bot
tom line, the world jumps on him with
both feet, anxious to crowd him lower.
There are a flew envious ones always
who would drag down the successful
man, but / pave noticed that when a
man rises about SO high most people
get under him and push, either in the
hope of rew&rd or because success Of
itself is matt rally attractive. / speak
solely from Idisinterested observation,
OF course, as / have not vet reached a
point where | have felt any great
amount Of p assure under me.'-Wash-
ington Post.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Skaters Found Body In Ice.

Two boys, skating on the water
power at Trenton, discovered the head
Of a a ~protruding above the ice.
Men working near by got the body out
and investigation showed that it was
that of David Shamelia, a citizen of
burlington. How he got into the water
power nobody knows, but it is sus-
pected that he attempted to cross on
the ice and broke through. He had
evidently made a desperate struggle
for his life, as his face and hands were
deeply scratched. He was we'll dressed.
wearing a diamond set ring on one Of
his fingers and carrying a valuable
gold watch in his pocket. Shamelia
was employed in a shoe factory at
Burlington. He had been respondent
for some time and his friends were
anxious about him.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
m~oNsTE(R GUN FIRED.
Successful Tests{ Of the Most Powerf'
Weapon Ev4r Built Ia America.

Successful TestsJ of the Most Powerful
Weapon Ev4r Built ia America.
New York CitE.-The most powerful
gun ever built ih America, a huge six
teen-inch coast defense rifle, marking
the greatest step in advance yet taken
in ordnance, wa{s successfully tested at
the Government proving ground, Sandy
Hook. The gum was fred three times
in the presence of several hundred
army officers, And Congressman Gil
lette, of Massachusetts, a member of
the Appropriation Committee of the
House.
The three tests were marked by the
wonderful ACCURACY with which they
fulfilled the mathematical calculations
Of the army experts who have had
charge of the g1n's construction. The
three shots also lproyed that the special
smokeless powder made for sixteen
inch guns had been accurately pre-
pared.
General CrozieF said the tests showed
the gun was AM absolute success, and
proved that s~ixHeen-inch guns could be
furnished whenever the country want
ed them. Whether any more will be.
built Is a question. Congressman Gil
lette and SEVERAL officers present doubt
ed. that any more ever would be built,
as a number of smaller guns are con-
sidered more effective than one enor.
nous weapon
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
WIRELESS MESSAGES SENT
Greetings Exchanged Between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and King Edward.
GREATEST TRIUMPH OF MARCoNI

The President's Message Transmitted ~
2 Test, and the Inventor Was Sur
prised to Hear That It Had Been Re-
coived-England's Ruler Returned the
Compliment by the Marconi system.
South Wellfeet, Mass.-With less eff
Tort than he had reason to believe was
possible, and eve before he thought
ne was prepared to do SO. Marconi
flashed a wireless message from Cape
Cod to Cornwall, England, and in re-
turn received a message from Corn
wall. The message sent was from
President Roosevelt to King Edward.
The n received was from King Ed
ward for the President.
While Marconi and his assistants,
Chief Engineer Bradield and Superin-
tendent Taylor, were busy testing the
apparatus at the station, they received
q message from President Roosevelt
to be sent to King Edward. The sta
ton at Cape Breton was called up. and
to it, with instructions to send the
message to Poldhu, the message was
sent for King Edward.
Almost at once Cape Breton, which
is In constant touch with the Corn
wal station, answered that Poldhu
had received the message direct from
Cape Cod, and it was then on it's way
to the King.
Marconi was both delighted and sur
pr1sed. He at once sent word to Sec-
rotary Cortelyou as follows:
"Wellleet, Mass.
Secretary to the President, Washing.
ton:
Request you will have kindness in
form President that his message to
His Majesty the King of England has
been duly transmitted by wireless tel
egraphy from my Cape Cod station
to Cornwall.
"MARCoNI..
The message sent to the King by
President Roosevelt:
His Majesty Edward VII, London,
England:
I'm taking advantage Of the wonder
full triumph of scientific research and
ingenuity which has been achieved
IN perfecting a system of wireless tel
egraphy, l extend on behalf Of the
American people most cordial greetings
n good wishes to you and to all the
people of the British Empire.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The reply Of King Edward to the
message Of President Roosevelt came
before dark and was at once sem TO
the President, from whom permission
was received to make it public. The
message from Edward is longer than
that sent by the President. 1t reads:
"The President, White House, Wash
ington, America:
I thank you most sincerely FOR the
kind message which I have just re-
ceived from you, through Marconi's
transatlantic wireless biography. I
sincerely reciprocate In the name of
the people of the British Empire the
cordial greetings and friendly senti-
ment expressed by you on behalf of
the American Nation, and 1 heartily
wish you and your country every posi-
bic prosperity.
edward r. AND l."
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
Double Death . Compact.

James F. Eckhart, manager Of Bak-
er's Opera House, and also in the real
estate business in Dover, and Minnie
Hill, wife Of Oliver M. Hill, a railroad
brakeman, were found dead In the
woman's home in Dover. A single
bullet hole was in the temple of each,
and the mans hand still clutched the
revolver. No signs OF a struggle were
apparent. These circumstances, with
others, lead the police and neighbors
to believe that in accordance with an
agreement, the woman submitted her.
self to be shot, and that the man then
killed himself beside her body. The
Shots were heard by Violet Hill, the
fourteen-year-old daughter of the wom-
an. Eckhart leaves a son ana two
daughters.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
sEcREcATltN's QUICK EFFECT.
Girl and Young Men Students Now Act
differently.

Girl and Young Men Students Now Act
differently.
Chicago.-TwAp weeks Of segregation
In the Chicago University has brought
about these changes:
Lowering of the dress standard,
many young mlen wearing sweaters in
stead of starclled shirts; many young
women wearing "any old thing in.
stead Of smart shirt waists and attrac-
tive neckwear.
Punishment pf formality in classes;
instructors in the male classes Illus
trate points with lively stories.
Girls find they can concentrate their
minds more effectually when the men
are absent.
No trouble n9w to get the front seats
filled. When the classes were mixed
the boys took THE back seats in order
to more Thoroughly contemplate their
fair ~companiohs. This study was
dubbed "~rubberology" by the goods.
"We cannot| tell yet how the plan
will work." said Professor Thompson.
1T will take a year to arrive at any
accurate estimate of the effect of Sc
~gregation upon the students. 1t seems
to be going all right at present"
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
PARADE OF LONDON POOR
Daily March # the Unemploys1
As king Aid.
Men Who Keep n the Line For Sixteen
Miles Ent tiled to Share in
the Collection.

London.-The poor Of London are not
starving in sile nce this winter. 1t is
said that the distress is far greater
than for many ! ears, and certainly the
streets give evl |dence of the truth of
this statement. Great professions of
the unemployed march through the
principal ~streeta every day under red
banners. LARGE detachments of police
act as escorts f Or these ~shivering, I'M.
kempt hordes. They are fianked by
thirty or forty half-clad individuals,
who shake wo} bden collection boxes
under the noses of the spectators.
The principal procession assemblies
every day at M lie End, Whitechapel,
under the auspid les of the Social Dem
ocratic Federated a.. Each man receives
a ticket emitting him. If he walks six
teen miles in til lie line to Hyde Park
and return, to share in the money
taken up in the : collection boxes. These
shares average I h~irty-seven cents. The
majority of the men in these process
sions are dock Ia borers.
Many of th n are completely ex-
hausted at the End of the march, and
some collapse d are taken to the hes
pltal. The pas week has been one of
the bitterest " inter- weather London
has ever exper ienced, and it is not
surprising that the half-fed, half-clad
men are unabley to bear the strain of
the march in the piercing freezing
wind.
During the q teater part of the dis
lance the mari chers are silent. and
nothing is heard except the rafting of
the cash boxes. Now and then. how
ever, the 1000 OIL 1000 men join in this
chorus:
1.-THE poor, the poor, are ever In the
way;
The poor are starving day by day.
They walk alo1l g the Kings highway.
The starving9 poor Of old England"
The procession stops on Sunday at
several churchAs, where as many as
possible of the paraders listen to SER
mons, and incidentally try to get
warm
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-23
Value Of Waste Materials.

If farmers would take the trouble to
ascertain the value Of that which is
more or less thrown away at this sea-
SON they would perhaps make better
use of much that is considered worth
less. Vegetable tops make excellent
additions to the compost heap from
time to time, and such material is
really valuable. Beet tops are very
rich in nitrogen, and those from car
rots, parsnips and turnips are well sup
piled with potash, and also a fair guam
tity Of the phosphates. Potato vines
contain a large quantity of potash, and
there is nothing more valuable for COM
posting than the refuse from the po-
tato crop. The vines from sweet pota-
toes afford the best muching material
for covering strawberries that can be
used, and when out Of use can then he
composted. The fact is. all the tops Of
vegetables should do service as a mulch
before being carried to the compost
heap, and it is In such capacity that
they render cornstalks valuable. The
best method for mulching with the
wastage from vegetables is to cover
the vines intended to be mulched, and
lay rows Of constalks on the top Of
1t, in order to prevent disturbance from
winds. One OF the most serious losses
is c%orncobs, which contain in the ash
nearly one-fourth potash. When we
consider that the potash in the cobs is
all derived from the soil on which the
corn is grown, it becomes a duty to
restore it. Cobs can be used as fuel
without loss, but the ashes should be
carefully saved. A large mount Of
waste is often permitted, such as al
lowing cOrncObs to be scattered here
and there W. the fields wherever the
hogs are fed when running at large. It
is true the cobs rot, and do service. in
the course of time, but careful farmers
should gather them, in order to place
them at their disposal. 1t does not
pay to let straw be trampled and
wasted by cattle, nor is it good policy
to leave cOrnstalks standing in the field.
There are other duties to which such
material may be applied previous to
commencing decay, and even the rank
weeds can be made s~ervceable and
turned to ashes. Every weed that
grows robs the soil, and it will not do
to plow them under after they are
matured, as they will surely reseed the
land, but they should be gathered and
burned. At this late period in the
season the seeds Of weeds have been
before now well distributed, and their
radiance depends on future cultiva-
ton, but that is no reason for leaving
them in the fields. There is really
nothing on the farm to waste, |if in
good hands; but there is, however,
waste on many farms that can be
a*5ided.-Philadelphla Record.