The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28

Cottonwood Current: Carrie Ma
ton has rival in Kansas woman
who entered saloon the other day
and with base bali club batted
everything in sight and then made
q home run. Some Of the witnesses
claim she made her score on foul
bawl."
The Jackson Pilot says: Editor
Dunnicliff, Of the Window Citizen,
recently visited Chicago and during
his stop in that city visited the big
department store of Montgomery,
Ward & Co., for the purpose of pric-
I ing furniture. Mr.. Dunnicliff found
that with quality considered the pri-
ces of Window s local furniture deal
ers were far superior to those Of the
Chicago concern.
The new pipe organ for the Meth
odist Episcopal church in Renville
will be installed in the near future
and will be opened with an organ
recital Friday evening, Aug. 30th,
by MIR. Gratian, an expert organist
from the east, who will be assisted
by Ralph I. Fulton, basso and Mrs.
Benjamin, violinist. The organ,
which was made possible by the gen.
erous donation Of Mr.. Andrew Car
negie, is being installed by the Estey
Organ company Of Battleboro. VT,
and is the acme of organ construc-
ton. The Renville Methodists have
secured the very best obtainable tai
ent for their recital, and are
in position to assure their friends
that it will be the finest musical
event in the history of western Min
neSota.
Here is fish story from Buffalo
Lake: "A farmer living near here
has a way of procuring plenty of
fish for his table in the buy harvest
season. without taking time from
his work to go fishing. He has a
large flock of geese and each morn
ing ties lines with baited hooks to
the legs Of each goose and drives
them into the lake. The hooks tied
to the ganders are baited with min
nows or frogs, for large fish, and
| the ones tied to the others are bait
ed with worms. for small fish. The
fish seize the suspended bait and
| there is sharp fight before they
yield. Every evening when the
geese come home, the ganders bring
pickerel or black bass. and the geese
crappies, sun-fish or perch
i President Garfield S funeral expen-
ses will probably be paid soon. He
died twenty-six years ago, and his
i funeral expenses have not been paid
because of the crankiness of the un-
dertaker. Uncle Sam pays no bills
until he has first received receipt
for the amount. Every rural carrier
in the country has first to send Uncle
Sam a receipt for his monthly pay
before he can get his coin. In a
week after the carrier sends his re-
ceipt he gets a check for his pay. In
the case of the Garfield funeral, con-
gress appropriated money to pay all
the expenses. but the undertaken re-
fused to give receipted statement
of the expenses until he had first re-
ceived his money. All kinds of eff
forts were made to get the matter
Strengthened out, but the undertaken
was just as stubborn as Uncle Sam,
and there the matter rested. The
undertaken died the other day and
among his assets was found the bill
against the government. His heirs
may not be so cranky as he and will
no doubt come to Uncle Sans. way
of doing business.
The unfortunate escapade Of two
Glenwood young people, which was
cut short by the prompt action of
their relatives, brings into bold
relief a practice which should be
discouraged in Glenwood, and which
in this instance aided the young peo-
pie in their plans. We allude to the
custom of holding Saturday night
dances, and the carlessness Of par
ents in allowing their boys and girls
of Is and 16 years to attend these
dances. There may be times and
places where it is all right for boys
and girls in their teens to dance. but