The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-08-18
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Learned men tell us that in Latin
the word editor" means some
thing to eat" In the United States
it is altogether different. 1t means
to scratch around like blazes to get
something to eat.
A dirty hobo last week at Butter
field took possession of the Presby-
terian church and during the night
made merry by playing the organ
and singing. Editor Haislett's at
tention was called to the bo's &C.
tons and he politely kicked the
fellow out and sent him on his way
rejoicing that he got off so easy.
Echo Enterprise: The Wood Lake
News of last week reported visit
from Game Warden Lamberton Of
Redwood. Our neighbors at the
lake town have gained somewhat of
a reputation for violations of the
game laws and we would suggest
that a special officer be assigned to
look after this season; only it is
doubtful if one man could keep an
eye on all the poachers.
What is said to be the largest sign
| in the world is the one which has
been outlined on Yerba Buena
island, in San Francisco bay, says an
exchange. Trenches have been dug
in the side of hill and the bottom
and sides covered with a heavy coat
ing of lime, so that the words stand
out in bold relief. Each letter is
forty-fve feet high and the entire
length of the sigh is nearly 1900
feet.
Cottonwood Current: At the
present time Cottonwood is without
a hotel, Landlord Foss having closed
the doors of the Great Northern to
the public last Saturday. The local
trade is being cared for at the
restaurants, but transients find it
difficult to find lodging. Conditions
must be wrong for many smaller
towns than Cottonwood support
good hotels, and the hotel here nc
doubt will soon be reopened under
new management.
Little drops Of water poured into
the milk, give the milkman's daugh-
tiers lovely gowns of silk. Little
grains of sugar mingled with the
sand, make the grocer's assets swell
to beat the band. Little bowls of
custard, humble tho they seem, help
enrich the fellow selling pure ice
cream. Little rocks and boulders
little chucks of slate make the coal
mans fortune something fierce and
great. Little ads. we'll written and
printed nice and neat, give the joy
full merchants homes on easy street,
says an exchange.
Long Prairie Leader: Managers
of one hundred and fifteen of the
biggest stores and business firms in
Minneapolis have signed an agree
ment not to employ boys under
eighteen years of age who smoke or
use tobacco in any form. The firms
in the agreement include such rep
resentative concerns as Donaldson's,
Powers Thomas The New Eng.
land. the Palace. The Plymouth,
Dayton's and others. They have
found through long experience that
the boys who smoke and chew are
not up to the standard and are
wedding all such out and replacing
them with other help.
st. Peter Herald: An accident
which occurred yesterday afternoon
nearly resulted in the drowning OF
I. w. Knolls delivery horse. Sci.
mer Sanderson, driver of the rig,
had been sent down to Scheibel's
pop factory, and while there backed
the wagon too close to the river
bank. The wagon was heavily load.
ed and it pulled the horse down the
bank into the water. In the decent
the harness must have been broken
for the animal managed to free him.
self from the submerged wagon
and after several Intellectual at.