The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-07
MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER T. 1906

ING OCTOBER Z, 1905.
could start breakfast ready. After breakfast
found that the needed oling, I oiled it. Then
it needed sharpening and by the time had finished that
it nearly 10 O'Clock and decided to begin work.
The mower ran all right and worked at the lawn.
Finally found that quite little but before
long tired of it and told that had to Dor
row lawn mower borrowed another mower but it
did not work, so went to the house In the evening
papa came home and finished the lawn After that I
thought the trouble must have been with my own lazy
streak and not the mower belmont Schneider,
Fifth Grade. -.~.-. -. -. Salem, S. D.
so GLAD 70 BE HOME.
Little Roger never known to do anything willing
l One day his mother told him he might visit his
town and brought Ronald with him Roger was ready,
they went out to the farm where Roger stayed two
weeks and then came home. just he entered
the house he wanted carry in wood and water.
His mother told him he might and he filled the woodbox
and brought in pail of water. The mkstool had long
been broken but took the trouble to fix it. Roger
found it out in the yard and taking hammer and
nails mended it. One the window panes was of
the barn Noticing it, Roger put in new pane He
about the place repaired His mother told him she
wished he would out to his Uncle Ws oftener if he
would come home every time with such a working
''streak'' on. Matte E. Session,
Tenth Grade Dassel MIMI
ALL IN THE DARK
'tWhen I young fellow,'' father said, reminis
always stand among the Of my boyhood days.
Then he told this story:One winter afternoon he de-
clded to to brother who lived mile
from town. number Of things delayed him, however,
dark before he left Darkness quickly
in Maine, away, while King Boreas reigns. About
halfway there, the road thru dense wood, which
consisted of great pine trees spruces evergeens blue
berry bushes brush and shrubs Father had part
thru when he heard sudden cracke in the bushes
the side of the road and something sprang ten feet
in front Of him. He seized his jacknfe, very large
and stood ready to meet the animal. He could
dim outline of its body which, in size resembed that
of large dog but its o1od Ike two live Goals The
animal stood facing him, while father says he
the hair of his head rse Kept his ground. For
about five minutes they STOOD father endeavorng to col
lect his thoughts and decide plan, the animal
during that time standing motoness. In this interval
father courage ros and being tired of staying there
he raised his jumped forward and gave Indian
whoop This apparently frightened the animal, for it
leap toward the other side of the road and dis
appeared like streak in the darkness. Father then
like streak till he reached his brothers. place. He has
large dog it would have growled and BEAR been slow
unwield, while this animal very quick, 1.-THE and
easy of movement Ella Wilson,
B Eleventh Grade. Okeene; Okla.
TOWN OF INVENTORS.
One day last vacation steam-shovel came thru town
and began digging about quarter of mile away.
Everybody it and it long before the
boys in town had streak Of 'steam-shovel fever.
Every boy had tin fastened to the end of stick
something like steamshove. My brother and | de-
cded to something better than the rest of the boys
so made steam-shovel that would dig pretty well
"a big one' the boys called it. The steam shovel
streak is nearly now because the real shovel went
away couple of weeks ago.
Eighth Grade. -Hjalmer Wiersner,
Dassel, MINI.
T.