The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-10-17

This is the season of decay and
weakened vitality. Nature is being
shorn of its beauty and bloom. If
you would retain yours, fortify your
system with HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea. 35 cents, tea or tablets.
H. M. Hitchcock.
The fact that Sleepy Eye is at
present without an opera house or
public hall has awakened interest in
certain quarters. Since McNeil's
hall has been utilized in the extern
sion of his department store that
city of over $500 inhabitants is with
out place suitable for public en-
tertainment. Agitation for a new
opera house is likely to bear fruit,
says the Herald.
The Mapleton Enterprise notes the
sale of several farms in that section
at prices ranging from S35 to S45
per acre that a few years ago would
have brought $50, and cites as rea-
sons, first, quack grass; second, the
last four wet seasons. No doubt
poor tenant farming has as much to
do with keeping the price of farm
land down as anything else in south
west Minnesota at least.
Milroy Echo: Last Saturday Coun-
ty Surveyor Bigham was .over from
Redwood Falls and ran a drain sur
vey for the purpose Of draining
Horseshoe lake. Two surveys were
run and either will easily drain the
big pond. One sruns west thru the
farms owned by Messrs. McWilliams
and Seeman and then empties into
the slough on the farm belonging to
John Hanson. The other runs north
east thru the Boyle farm and emp
ties into the same slough. 1t is
hardly expected that the ditch will
be cut this fall
In chronicling the finding of the
charred remains Of dead man ir
the ruins of a bnrned barn neal
Mankato, the Free Press sleuth re
porter made the remarkable deduc
ton that piece of soap wrapped il
cloth and the frame of coml
case found on the body pointed t.
the belief that the man was hobo
as vol as the fact that he had gon'
into the barn for the night. Tn,
idea of soap and a comb for a hobo
Subsequently it developed that tn
unfortunate man was a laborer in
grading gang, named Philips.
Peter Lindell, former enginee
on the Northwestern road, who wa
running the engine Of the freigh
train in the memorable Courtlant
wreck, died at his home near Wasec;
a few days ago, broken down b.
grief over his mistake and the re
sultingr wreck in which Enginee
Charles Hansen was killed six year.
ago. They were sidetracked fo
more than an hour for the freight
and after it passed a new brakeman
opened the switch, and Lindell, for
getting the passenger, pulled out OF
the main line His train and tn,
passenger met on the long hill be
tween CORTLAND and New Ulm
Lindell never recovered from tn,
shock of the thought that he wa
, partially responsible for Hansen
; death, and leaving the road he re
! tired to small farm near Waseca
= Letter to Mr.. A. C. Burneister, Red
aCood Falls, MINI.
Dear Sir: A big mill-owner, Spar
tansburg, S. c., wanted 5000 gallon
OF paint, and bought by price, pal
5 cents less than ours; got lead-an
zinc paint; but the lead was SUI
phate of lead, not carbonate. Sui
phate costs about half and cover
about half.
That paint was adulterated abou
,,o,1ah tho re-
for. He saved" cents and it cos
him 80.
Oh no; it cost him more than that
we forgot the labor. Can't work
out exactly; don't know how long i
will wear.
Short measure besides; that alon
was twice as much as his saving"