The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-08-24
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Country Papers.
The deepest well in the world is
probably the one at Sperenberg,
Germany, some twenty miles from
Berlin. sunk for the purpose of OBJ
tanning rock brine says an exchange.
A bore hole Of sixteen inches in dia-
meter was carried down to the depth
of 28O feet, where the salt bed be-
gan. After further descent Of
$50 feet the bore was reduced to
thirteen inches diameter and then
continued till the extraordinary
depth of 4, 119 feet was reached.
Saltwater Gazette: She had bet
ter marry and the sooner the better.
Miss Alma Neuman Of Milwaukee IS
to receive 100000. if she wins a
husband and only the income from
that amount if she remains spins
ter is in the will of Mrs. Henrietta
Friend, who died recently in Ger
many. having an estate worth $780,
600. The young woman is foster
daughter of Mrs. Friend, whose axi-
ON of life was that women's place
was the management of a home.
Vermillion Republican: A young
lady went into a Hurley dry goods
store the other day and blushingly
asked the head clerk if he had ''any
of those elastic bands capable of be-
ing elongated and adjusted at pleas
ure, and used by the feminine por-
ton of mankind for putting around
the lower extremities of their loco
motive members to keep in the prop
er position and required attitude
habiliaments of their tibias." The
clerk since has applied for a position
on a sheep ranch.
Marshall Reporter: There must
be some truth in the old saying that
"All things come to him who waits. =
Captain G. P. Shepard has just re-
ceived notice from the auditor for
the War Department that there is
found due him $26.57 for services
rendered more than forty five years
ago. This is the third settlement
made by the government. In 1896
it was found that $49.85 was due
him. The above amounts were paid
him in settlement for services, cloth
ing rations and allowances while
captain in the 14th Wisconsin In
fantry.
Candy News: Only a few short
weeks ago 225 voters turned out to
a political meeting in Candy and
later only dozen could be induced
to attend the annual school meeting
"a matter Of vastly greater i'm
portance than a political pow-wow.
And here we are boasting of our
higher education and civilization, of
our mental and moral strides toward
the great goal in sight. Doubtless
it is proper that all good citizens
should help. aid and assist every
effort for good government. but
that the politician will enhance this
desirable condition as much as the
public schools is not generally &C
cepted.
Every dollar spent with your home
merchant will make it possible for
him some day to build nice
brick store building. which will most
certainly and surely raise the value
of your real estate or farm proper.
ty. Then again the more brick
blocks that are built up in the toWr
| in which you live the more bushes:
will come into the town. Therefore
is it not a wise plan to send abroad
for only that which you cannot gel
at home? Home talent. home labor
home industry. home capital anC
home pleasures are things thai
should be fostered. boosted and pat
ronized. In the long run you viii
be the winner by so doing.
| Do you want to help your boy
turn his face toward the peniten
tiary? Here are some directions
that will help: Take his part il
every misunderstanding he may
have with his teacher. Let him LOAF
when school doesn't suit him, tel
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