The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-07-02

on the old farm with Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Jefferson. They returned to
the city Monday.
Misses Ella and Lula Hodson write
that they are located at Ocean Park,
| California, and are having most de-
lightful time. They are only few
blocks from the ocean.
If any one cares to see nice gardens
let him call upon H. c. Randall and
Henry Trask. If Ella Randall and Elsie
Trask do not show him lot of nice
flowers also, / miss my guess.
One of the big attractions was
large bowery that had been built es-
pecially for the occasion to be used
for dancing, and which was thoroughly
enjoyed by both old and young.
Communion service will be observed
at the Congregational church next Sun
day morning. A special meeting of the
church has been called for that day to
act upon the resignation of Deacon
William Spear.
The presence of the new wife at
the store is already manifest in the
appearance of the candy case Not
that there is less candy, but in its
tasty arrangements so as to stimulate
the candy tooth of the customer.
Miss Emma Ray goes to Mankato
to visit over the Fourth. Who will
ar(Rav) the house and set the table
at the jefferson home while she is
gone? We do not know, unless Mrs.
Jefferson does it. She know show to
do it.
Lightning struck telephone pole in
front of Ed Hops last week and
made the phones on the 81 line pop
good and hard. A number of trees
in this vicinity have been struck by
lightning during the storms of the
last two weeks.
About twenty people, old and young,
made up a scrubbing party on Wednes-
day last week at the Congregational
church. They brought luncheon and
had pot luck dinner at the parson-
age They had good time and gave
the house of worship thorough
cleaning.
The funeral of Dorothy Sharp was
held from the home of William Sharp,
one mile east of Kerns, on Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock, Rev. j. F.
Bacon officiating. the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Sharp, and the grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Sharp,
have the sympathy of a large circle
of friends.
hn
and pile the humps of nard dirt in a
ridge in the middle of the road ever
think of the man who drives single
rig. Possibly the single driver has no
rights on the public highway that
should be considered. Your cores
pendent thinks, however, that those
who work the roads should try to
make them good for all classes of We
hicles.
r. Hodson returned from trip in
Lincoln county last Monday, where he
has been spending week. He re-
ports everything much farther ahead in
this vicinity than farther west. Mr..
Hodson attended an "Old Settlers"
picnic at Areo, last Thursday, and
states that people both OLD ana young
were there from all over the country.
These picnics are the great day OF
the year in that section, exceeding in
popularity the Fourth of July.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Steel are drop
ping into the ways of married life
very gracefully. The attempted cha
rivari on them last Thursday night
was bowling fizzle. There was the usu-
al howl, lasting about an hour and the
boys went home without anything. No
one feels bad about it. 1t is time
that such rowdyism give place to a
decent serenade, or to nothing at all.
Some one says that the captain of the
howlers was kidnapped or the thing
would have lasted all night.