The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-04

Barney JapS OF Carver county Is
visiting here with his brother, Frank
| A. Japs.
George Paquin and wife visited
friends at Sleepy Eye the early part
of last week.
4 Albert Trust came off the road for
Thanksgiving and dined at his own
! fireside that day.
Il Arthur Athey came in for Thanks.
4 giving last Wednesday, remaining
!. with his family over Sunday.
4 A. O. Gimmestad Of Belview was
i down last Saturday to attend the
rural telephone meeting.
i A. v. Fedderly's family is now in
stalled. in the residence formerly
owned and occupied by Chas. Ken
ney on Mill street.
4 Miss Seebeck of the First National
witnessed the marriage Of her cous-
in, John Chasteen, at Mankato last
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Walter King of this city had
a visit from her mother, who lives in
Wisconsin, on Thanksgiving day.
There will be basket social in the
Edwards school house, Miss Slater
teacher, on Friday evening of next
week, Dec. Is.
The M. B. A. lodge will elect Off
GERS Friday evening, December 9Th.
Members are requested to make
special effort to be present.
Marion johnson returned home
the first of the week from the far
Northwest, reporting all we'll with
the Redwood colony at Lethbridge.
Editor Cliff. C. Eaton and wife of
Morgan passed through this city last
Friday, returning from a Thanks
giving visit with Mrs. Eaton's par.
ents at Gaylord.
Miss Jesse Parrish managed
basket picnic at her Rowena school
last Saturday. which was preceded
by the presentation of a little COM
edy by the pupils of her school,
Mrs. H. L. Comstock, formerly of
this city. writes The GAZETTE from
Silverton. Oregon, that she is en-
joying the mud, the roses and the
delicious fruits of Western Oregon. I"
Mrs. H. C. Vining of Sank Rapids
drove in with her brother, J. S.
Towle, last Monday, on her return
home, after helping celebrate the
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Towle, of New Avon township.
Ed. Duncan of Manchester, Iowa,
came home last week owing to the
alarming illness of his mother, Mrs.
Alvin Duncan. who has been con-
fined to her room for nearly five
weeks, and is gradually growing
weaker.
Just at this time we cannot help
but call to mind an old saying of
Bill Nye's: The Christmas of the
past is secure, and for the Christmas
of the future we need have no fears.
What makes us anxious is the Christ
mas present.
j. B. Keachie arrived home the
day before Thanksgiving and en-
joyed the national holiday with his
family in this city. He has been
investigating one or two business
propositions, but has not fully de-
cided as to their next location.
Geo. Backer, who was one of the
partners operating the old Mcmillan
Touring mill when it burned down a
number of years ago, recently re-
moved with his family from Sleepy
Eye to Minneapolis, where he will
operate a billiard and pool business.
The Gazette will have to ask for
the stretching of the mantle of char
ity over its propensity to mix up
names occasionally. Last week it
had Dan Mckay doing double duty
as foreman Of the jury and as a
shepherd pilgrim to Chicago. Of
course we knew it was Neale Mckay
who went to Chicago.
After an unusually pleasant No
vember, December came in last Sun
day with a seasonable suggestion of
Christmas weather including light
sprinkling of snow the day previous.
For the second time, the ice on the
lake was frozen over, but not sufi-
GENTLY to encourage the most ven
turesome to skating. That will come