The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-24

Make Butter Without a Cow" The
agent after selling them the book, re-
marked that it was unlucky to have
peacock feathers on the farm, and it
was cast out, but Poison had already
been stung and the swelling cost him
seven dollars in cloth binding. Poi
son said his rye was as tall as a young
man with the high batting average in
the Epworth league, and his winter
wheat had a bowling acquaintance
with the school teacher He intend
tended to raise more next year as they
were not very busy in the winter.
The hired mans uncle raised winter
wheat all last winter and did first rate.
After borrowing pipe full of tobacco
he shellacked his leg again and limped
out.
New Trier, Minn., is situated near
large red tank of water on hill, but
no railroad Train approaches it by day
or by night. It's mail is brought by
stage; garden vegetables and children
are raised within the limits, the limit
on the later having been extended,
while general merchandise and lum-
ber are toted in when needed. We
visited the town on very hot day.
No one was expecting us but we were
made welcome. If you ever visit New
.Trier, don't pick out the biggest build
ing in town for the hotel; that's a
dance hall, garnished in front by a
horse shoe bar, where, during dance
or gala day, customers can slake their
thirst from all points of the compass,
except the north where the bar backs
up against dry wall. In one corner
of the hall stands an old piano with
the lid off. For ten years it has been
open day and night. The keys look
like the teeth of an old horse reach
ing for hay, and the hard wood finish
is warped like siding on a hen house.
A beer keg, upholstered with the jack
of diamonds and the nine spot of
spades, answered for stool. In an
other corner of the room stands pool
table. 1t has stood in the same place
for a qurrter of a century and once
every four years it is busted off. 1t
is ball bearing, but time and untipped
cues has set the balls to thinging and,
instead of rolling towards pocket like
a well-meaning real estate man, they
wabbled clumsily when annoyed from
behind. The balls had very little i'm
preston left and the cloth which
covered the table looked like blank
ct lately removed from sick horse.
The hotel is across the way, we learn
this and 60. The landlord was deaf
and he went out and got his son to see
what we wanted. He saw at once and,
after short talk with his mother,
who was the cook, he said it would be
all right. He was wrong about some
of the dishes, but we had dinner and
talked it over afterwards. One man
had had the same kind of a dinner
when he was boy, but he had out
grown it. The price was quite reson-
able, there being no style to pay for.
After dinner we sat on the porch
and looked at the town. 1t has a
fine fire system; for four dollars a year
each family is supplied with all the
water they can use. Two saloons get
the rest of the business in that line.
A man with a hard name to pro-
onunce on sign over the door is pro-
prietor of a general store.
This store had been doing business
for many years and the proprietor
with the hard name had many dollars
to show for it. When not busy store
keeping, he trades horses and polishes