The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-10-27
Madison Press: Mrs. Minerva


Pomroy of Nassau, accompanied by
! her sister Mrs. Russell of Redwood
Falls, has been making the family of
her son C. C. Pomroy, of this city, a
visit during the past week.
Milroy Echo: The best report Of
corn picking comes from Charles
/ tiihnls, one CT the best farmers N
Gales. One day last week his hired
man picked 1913 bushels from an
acre. 1t took him ten hours to get
it all in. Now if any farmer can
beat this, please rise. Minnesota's
got the corn crop this year.
Christian Work and Evangelist:
When one sees how many millions
could be fed for year on small
part of the money wasted on gin,
one wonders whether the closing of
the saloons would not save enough
money to practically solve the prob
lem of pauperism, as we'll as to de-
stroy the cause Of at least half Of it.
"He didn't have a dollar; he didn't
have dime. His clothes and shoes
were looking just as if they had
served their time. He didn't try to
kill himself and dodge misfortunes
whacks. Instead he got himself
some ashes and filled five dozen sacks.
Then he begged dollar. In the
paper in the morn advertised tin
polish that would put the sun to
scorn. He kept on advertising, and
just now suffice to say, he's out in
California in his cottage on the
bay"
Olivia Times: John Flynn. one of
the oldest engineers on the Milwau-
kee road, was given a verdict for
S13, 500 in lawsuit recently brought
against the carpenter company en-
ployed by the Milwaukee road, in a
personal injury case. Flynn was
seriously injured while at work on
his engine at the round house in
Minneapolis by the falling of plank
from a temporary scaffolds in the
building. Flynn is a brother-in -law
of the Mcclure brothers of Morton
and is we'll known here.
Here is the latest nature-fakir
story, from the Olivia Times: liver
Benson of Winfield told the Times
man Monday that two Of his child
rem with the dog went out the day
before to the ditch where it runs
through the Lust farm, and while
standing on the bank a big fish
jumped up out of the water At the
same time the dog sprang into the
water, seized the fish and brought it
to shore. Mr.. Benson-declares that
the fish weighed six pounds. He
says that after the children brought
the fish home he went out to the
ditch and caught six good sized carp
with hook and line.
Philadelphia Inquirer: While in
specting examination papers recent.
ly, teacher found various humor.
Gus answers to questions. A class
of boys averaging about IL years OF
age, had been examined in geogra
ply, the previous day having beer
devoted to grammar. Among the
geographical questions was the fol
lowing: Name the zones" One
promising youth Of II years who
had mixed the two subjects wrote
: There are two zones, masculine
| and feminine. The masculine zone
: is either temperate or Incorporate
the feminine is either torrid OF
r frigid.
Duluth News Tribune: After thu
farmers in this vicinity have disposed
Of their potatoes to Twin City Gus
toners, the price of the tubers will
suddenly take a squirt and Duluth
people will be paying an enhanced
price for potatoes that were pur
chased by Twin City commission
merchants from farmers residing il
the Duluth territory, who could no
dispose of their products to loca
commission merchants at any price
Thus, the Duluth consumer will pa
the profits of two sets of commission
merchants, besides the freight from
Duluth territory to the Twin Cite
and then to Duluth. Fine business
isn't it?