The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-23
EaeIe Lake


urday evening running few gallons OF
excellent syrup.
S. B. Eddy, is very poorly with
stomach trouble and in his old age
little hope is held out for him.
Joseph Stagmyer, who received a
kick from his horse some ten days
ago, fracturing a couple of ribs and
injuring the chest bone, is able to move
about again.
The Northwestern Telephone COM
pany had had crew of men at work
putting on cross-arms and a general
overhauling of the wires which they
have nearly completed
Grandma Otell is again able to sit
up more or less since her last stroke
of apopleXy some weeks ago. She is at
the home of her brother, Salmon Zore-
man, where she has the best OF care.
j. NJ. Barclay was calling upon the
council yesterday relative to further
work of sanding the road to Madison
Lake which is about one-third done.
May the rustlers keep up good spirits
and they will accomplish the work.
j. j. Slicken, the genial depot agent,
has purchased from Murry Smart, his
residence and lot in the village of
Eagle Lake proper, where he expects
to make his future home, or at least
until he receives a promotion like all
our former agents. Mr.. Smart left
here over year ago and is now sec
ond miller in the big mill at Mar
shall, Mimi.
There are several changes among the
residents. George Pennington has pur-
chased of Perry Netrower his house
and barn together with several acres
of land lying on the south bank of
Eagle Lake. Mr.. Pennington will move
on his new place and rent his house in
town to Mr.. John Noughtailing. J.. T..
Reid moves to N1ankato, taking the
B.. P. RobertsOn's twenty acre farm on
Bunker Hill.
Rev. A. S. Earl, who has been act
ing as regular pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church, went to Hamlin uni
versity to take up his last year of
school. Arrangements are being made
for him to return every alternate Sun
dav and preach here and at Tivoli
during his school period of thirty six
weeks. He viii then return and oc-
cupy the parsonage during the balance
OF the conference year.
:. b. Wilson makes Eagle Lake with
bis quito. often bringing his family
with him. He owns the south half
OF the southeast quarter of section Is.
Mr.. Wilson has already placed several
thousand tiles underneath the ground
and viii soon have much Of the foul
seeds and weeds destroyed 1t will
De one OF the fine eighties in the
country having good sand road from
ManNato to his door.
Sooner than expected the village
council started hauling sand and Sat
urday last drew forty loads covering
the entire Schwarble HILL They have
purchased of Charles Schwarble the
sand on the bank of the lake nearby,
MIR. Schwarble donating twenty loads.
While the council has its sleeves roll
led up it intends to do much more
work on the road to Mankato. Then
only three-fourths of nile will re-
main to fill the gap for sa continuous
sand road from Eagle Lake to Man
kato.
The threshing season is about over
in this locality and from the best
information wheat has run from eight
cen to fortythree bushels per acre,
averaging twenty seven and one half
bushels per acre and a good grade. The
season has been excellent all the fall.
with but little rain to retard thresh-
ing, just enough to make blowing
good. The oats crop is fair and barley
and rye the same. Corn bids fair for
bumper crop and ninety per cent.
is out of the way of frost. Many have
begun cutting their corn. The hay
crop will be about one half its former
tonnage and the rains have livened
up the pastures and meadows so that
stock are up to their eyes in grass in
many pastures. The fruit does not
aihouHt W HucH Oll dCcOu0C OF Cne
early warm weather in March which
brought out an earlier budding and in
turn again was caught by the univer-
sal freeze throughout the northwest
and the buds were spoiled.
Alex Douglas was in town and the
writer had a most interesting visit
with him, Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. M. ID.
Mcnamara are the only survivors of
those who took claims in the town
ship of Leray. Mr.. Mcnamara still
lives on the old homestead and drives
about the country much with his horse
and buggy. Mr.. Douglas took for his
claim what is known as Douglas point
across from the summer resort of j.
NJ. Barclays. Since the loss of his
wife, some days ago he has gone to
live with his nephew, Earl Tabor, in
section %, of Leray. Speaking of old
settlers besides the two above men,
toned, H. Cummins and DIR. A. l..
Cummins are the only ones who lived
in the township of Leray in the fifties
or before the war. If there are any
others the writer is not aware. 9th
ers are living about the country and
elsewhere wligssdid liYe here before
Che. Mar, bit ;rallnot efaim q residence
OF this township ~ tie present time
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