The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-01-16
ST. ANTHONy'S AND OTHERS.
A School Ma'am Who Deserves Halo
and Other Former Redwoodians.

who live in my locality. My delay
in compliance must not be taken as
! indicative of indifferences, for it is
due to causes of an entirely differ
ent nature.
| In the first place my residence in
Redwood was limited to brief per-
iod of IA months, and my acquaint-
ance did not extend very far beyond
the fringe of the city by the falls.
Then it was twenty years ago this
very day that | left there to become
a resident of the capitol city; so that
while my memory retains many of
the more important events that
TRANSFERRED, the names of many peo-
pie whom | knew tolerably well have
naturally slipped away from me.
During my peripatetic pastimes l
often run across Capt. Huntington
and Jack McGetrick, both of whom
live in Minneapolis. The former al
ways has time to regale his friends
with political prophesies of which he
has always been so prolific, and give
his opinions, with his characteristic
emphasis, of things that have been,
things that now are and things yet
to come. All will be glad to know
that the genial Captain is making
fair living and getting a consider
able amount of enjoyment out of
life.
Jack McGetrick never fails to i'm
press one of his knowledge of the
horse kingdom; and it is not beyond
the pale of truth to say that he is
not only prosperous but that he is a
lightning calculator when it comes
to sizing up the pros and cons of
horse.
| will say in passing, tho perhaps
no one will be deeply interested in
the information, that | reside in St.
Anthony Park, picturesque suburb
of st. Paul, midway between the
two cities. 1t is good walking dis
lance from the state university,
Hamline university, and Manchester
college; and the influence of these
institutions is sufficient to cause
most of the people here, without
regard to age, sex or the amount
of salary received, to pronounce
discipline" with the accent on
"cip,' and cement with the &C
cent on "cem. 1t is also within a
mile of the state agriculture col
lege, and the knowledge which radi-
ates from the institution is sufficient
to enable the girls of the Park to
set a hen, and the boys to cut
pumpkins, according to the most
methods. 1t is also within
a mile of the state fair grounds
where on a certain week of every
year assemble the most progressive
citizens and the most ponderous
swine in the great northwest. But
| am afraid that any more of this
might be construed as a real estate
advertisement, so I'll desist.
To be more serious, | have just
to think of lady who
was teacher in the 9Th grade when
| resided at the Falls, but who is
distinguishing herself by the char
acter and extent of the work she
is now doing in Minneapolis. Her
name is Miss Caroline Macomber.
There are in Minneapolis, as in
most other large cities, many So
cieties organized in the interests of
charity The Church of the Re-
deemer, more widely known as DIR.
church, has for years
maintained a society known as Unity
Settlement, for the relief of depend
ent aid delinquent people. Miss
Macomher was Jealous worker in
this society, giving much of her
time and energy to assist the sick
and destitute. Her work brought
her to the attention of the officers
of the juvenile court, and she was
finally asked to take the position of
assistant probation officer of the
court. AS such officer she visits the
families Of children who are serving
a sententence of probation and OBJ
tains all the information she can
pertaining to the case. She talks
with the parents and the neighbors,
and the teachers where the children
school and in this wav