The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-10

HOlSOn CarrOUS anu JIle IllTcu Lldl
we're planting potatoes behind the
barn when a hail insurance agent
drove into the yard and tied his horse
to an old seeder box in which Poison's
mothter-in-law had set a cross hen,
The horse, noSing around for some.
thing to eat, raised up the cover and
the hen picked him on the nose. The
horse jumped back and tipped over
the box and the eggs, which Poison's
mother-in-law had sent to Detroit,
Mich, for on account of the high
price asked, were broken, and Poison
and the hired man, who were strong
ly attracted by the smell, came hurry
ing from the potato field to see what
had broke loose. They were just in
time to save the hail agent; Poison's
mother-in-law was ducking him for
the third time in a tub of family wash
water. AS soon as the agent could
get in touch with his voice, which
had been drowned out, he began beg
ging pardons hand over fist. The one
extended to the mother-in-law was ac-
companied by small token OF esteem
in the shape of five dollar bill.
This removed the blame from him in
hurry and the hen, in Topographic
Cal terms, was reset; this time on eggs
worth 124 cents per dozen, in trade,
but just as good for family purposes
as the Detroit four cylinder eggs, half
of them without any more hatch
to them than door knobs. AS Poison's
mother-in-law tucked the five out OF
site she invited the agent to wash his
face and stay to dinner, and then
told the hired man to clean off the
grey colt as she was going to town
that afternoon and she pulled out the
bill to see if it was still alive. The
agent propped potatoes for the hired
man to cover and at the end of the
third row had insured everything on
the farm against hail but the fence
posts.
l visited Red Wing, Minn., lately in
the capacity of purchaser. wish
ed to buy a boat or gasoline launch,
which is the same thing, only more
expensive. 1 had been told that the
Red Wing people put honest work in
to their boats and went down there
to see them do it.
Red Wing is located on the Mississi.
ppi river and Milwaukee railroad.
Some time after it got it's start the
Great Western backed into town.
have no stock in this railroad, but !
left a good umbrella in Coach A IA,
which / will thank the company to
return to writer unopened. If they
will do this one kind act will always
speak we'll of them and say nothing
of Randoff, the county seat or axis of
the road in Minnesota. The river at
Red Wing is crossed by bridge high
enough to let tall church pass under
it. A man by the name of H. O.. Boe
agreed last week to Jump off of this
bridge from the highest point into
the river. He collected seventy-flye
dollars in money and two thousand
people to see him do it. He jumped
all right, but not from the bridge; he
jumped town, also two weeks board
bill. He also neglected to pay for the
board he had placed on the top of the
bridge to spring from. The lumber
merchant can see the board any time
he wants to and it is probably the
highest lumber he has in stock,
. . .
A good many of the buildings have
red brick wings, from which the city
might have taken its name had it
lasted long enough, but the old set
tiers were impatient and used the
name of squaw, who caught catfish
and brought up children without the
city limits and school privileges before