The Mankato free press., 1905-02-10
TREAT FOR THE MINDS.
Rapidan Literary Society Furnishes
Excellent Entertainments.

Rapidan senator attended the splendid
literary entertainment rendered by the
Rapidan Mills society on Friday eve
ming. The musical talent displayed was
especially pleasing. Officers were elect
ed as follows: President, F. C. Cram.
er; vice president, Miss Martha Wier:
secretary, Miss Lottie Bennett; treas.
urer, Paul Rogers. The society voted
that the matter of debates be left en-
tirely in the hands of the program COM
mittee.
1t is to be hoped that debates will
be allowed by the committee upon such
live topics as are discussed by the pub
lic press and political issues; for in
stance: The wisdom of the national
government in controlling highways of
commerce, the world peace tribunal, cor
porate wealth and its significance, uses
and abuses. Much good may be derived
from a discussion of these matters in
the society meetings. 1t broadens the
intellect, and serves to interest the
people in what the government is do
ing and in what the world at large
is doing. Push the good thing along.
A party of six members of the Ex-
caliber club of Mankato drove out to
William JamiesOn's last Thursday eve
ming. Andrew is a member of this
club and they came out in his turn of
reception. A good time was enjoyed and
the party returned home in fine spirits
in the ''wee sma'" hours of the morn
ing.
The local stock buyer, Frank Mel
son, is shipping lot of stock today,
Monday. Cattle are very cheap. Hogs
are a little fancier in price than they
were while ago. 1t is impossible for
local dealer to pay big prices when
the large consumers of stock in the
cities pay only a few cents per pound.
The trouble is with the packers They
make a profit of from three to eight
hundred per cent on few weeks feed
ing and producing, while the poor farm
er spends from one to three years pro-
ducing stock for market at from one
to four and half cents per pound 1t
is very unjust and the farmers should
stand together and demand their rights.
Show the packers their duty toward the
producer, the farmer se h
Temperatures here during the last
cold snap ran below zero as follows:
Monday, 90; Tuesday. %; Wednesday,
27; Thursday, SO; Friday, Sd; Satur-
day, 20. Those who keep diary will
look back to these days with shiver of
eh? But, then, it is clari-
flying weather, just the. same.
The weather man has repented. : He is
giving us warm wave now to show
lis his heart is not all ice and that the
coal man and fur dealer are not the only
pebbles on the beach.
The ground hog was an idiot if he
showed his carcass on the second day
of February this year to try his fate.
Don't you think so? '&
Very few pupils braved the elements
to 60 to our school Thursday. 1t is re-
ported there were nine. Brave lads
they, and Drawer too the little girl who
came, little Gladys McAllen.
Miss Howard thinks the winter is o.
X. Well, it's according to the way we
take it, anyway. All of us take it,
whether we like it or not, like the fell
lows who says, "We can like it or lump
it just as we please. 1t comes any
way"
A birthday reunion will be given at
Ferdinand Kastner's on Monday eve-
ming.
Don't miss the grand masquerade ball
at Woodmen's hall next Friday evening,
Feb. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eberhart and
their little girl, Ruth, took a drive to
Mankato last Saturday.
DIR. Schisselman of Good Thunder was
called by phone on Saturday to attend
little Daniel Fox, Henry Fox's boy,
who is i'll.
Gootlieb Matzke, his son, Ernest, and
his daughter, Pauline, went to Good
Thunder last Sunday to church,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Skow went to the
city on Monday.
Scott Jameson made the trip to El
Passo safely. He must have arrived at
his destination by this time.
The family of +. Davis visited at the
Dornberg home on Sunday.
Miss Virginia Webb, the jovial seam
stress, is ensconced at the home of the
Dornbergs for short time having COM
pleted her duties at the Davis residence
for the present.