The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-04
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

people at the Catholic church in
Marshall on recent Sunday.
A contemporary pertinently re-
marks, when man has two sets
of morals, one for business and poll
tics, and the other for private and
social life, we may be sure that it
will not be long before he has but
one and it will not be the best Of
the two"
Elmer Sherwood. whose home is
in Bird Island, was seriously and
painfully injured at Montevideo re-
Gently, while assisting in installing a
large boiler in the power house for
the railway company. Sherwood,
with others, was lowering the boiler
into place when it turned oyer,
catching his left leg and hand.
Belview Independent: Knute Har-
ried was in town on Monday and
after duly having his name enrolled
as an Independent subscriber told
us that he and John Haaganson had
captured in the past three weeks
% mink, 312 muskrats and Is skunks.
The mink skins averaged them 81
each. That catch will stand as the
record until some one shows a bet
ter one.
A portion Of one Of the rural
routes out Of Morgan has been in an
impossible condition for several
months past and as the patrons did
not see fit to make the needed re-
pairs the department will now send
out an Inspector for the purpose of
disseminating the bad portions Of
the route and by making changes
include some new territory. One of
the stringent regulations is that
roads must be kept in passable
condition and where they are not
the department promptly discontin-
ues the service.
Candy News: A clerk in a mail
order house recently wrote a Candy
friend, among other things: It's
the easiest thing in the world to get
business. if you know how to use
printers ink. The know-how adj
yertising is simply to tell the people
what you have to sell and at what
price, and when you do this you
simply cannot keep the goods on the
shelves. would say that real sue
cess in advertising, as eXemplified
by the mail order houses, goes a bit
further than this. The mail order
man not only tells what he has to
sell, but he tells trifie more, and
he adds: This is $40 garment
now selling for a time at $4.98.' 1t
is the expectation of getting a bar
gain that brings the greater part of
the orders"
Springfield Advance: Adolph Han
sen, residing on a farm near Evan,
was victim Of disastrous acct
dent on the Nelson farm in Sun
down Friday evening, shortly before
six o'clock and in fact just before
the shredding machine was to be
closed down for the day. AS re-
suit his left hand and forearm were
so badly mangled that the injured
member had to be amputated two
inches below the elbow. Conflicting
stories are told as to just how the
terrible accident happened. From
one of the crew that was employed
at the machine it is learned that the
young man had on a pair of large
mittens, in fact so big that it was
necessary to tie them at the wrist.
The mitt caught in the rollers and
as it was tied firmly to his wrist
Hansen's hand and forearm sswere
drawn into the cruel teeth and by
time he was able to extricate him
self the hand was mangled beyond
recognition.
Hutchinson Independent: j. S.
Reese, who by the way is one of the
largest ginseng growers in the
state, has taken up from his planta-
ton this year 220 pounds of green
roots which reduced to 62 pounds
dry. This he sold recently to the
Mcmillan Wool & Fur Co. of Min
neapolis for $3.50 a pound. or $403.
These plants were set nine years ago
on a piece of ground 25x68 feet in
size. In that time Mr.. Reese has