The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-04-11
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

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and his wife never agreed but once
IN all that time. and that was when
the house took Ere. both agreed that
the best thing TO do was to get out
as soon as possible.
Sanborn Sentinel: Monday morn
ing the G. 4 N W. round house was
destroyed by fire, The roof caught
fire from one of the engines that was
being fired up and in less than thirty
minutes twas mass of ruins. It's
too bad that it wasn't the passenger
depot instead Of the round house
that was burned.
Here is the funny man again:
Isn't it funny that a match has a
head but no face? A watch has
/ face but no head. A river has a
/ mouth but no tongue A wagon has
a tongue but no mouth. An UNI
brella has ribs but no trunk. A
tree has a trunk but no ribs. A
clock has hands but no arms. The
sea has arms but no hands. A roost-
er has comb but no hair A rabbit
has hair but no comb. Funny. isn't
/ it?
| Nearly every farmer, when he has
paid for his farm, educated his child
ren, laid by some spare change for
rainy days. begins to think about
moving to town, where with side
walks and other modern conven-
fences life would be ideal. And it
is until he tries it. Nearly every
city man hopes at some time to be
able to own country home where
he can spend his declining days in
quietness and complete rest amid
the soothing influence of apple bios
SONS, songs Of birds and hum of
bees. Here he thinks life would be
complete and it is, till he tries it,
says an exchange.
Olivia Times: Frank Ederer met
with quite a serious accident last
Wednesday while driving from his
home into Bird Island. When about
mile from town the pole of the
buggy became detached on one side
from the axle and the team started
to run. Mr.. Ederer endeavored to
check the speed Of the team but he
was finally thrown from the buggy
and in falling his collar bone was
} fractured. The team ran some dis
3tance but finally came to a stop at
the Boylan farm. Mr.. Ederer's
wounds were attended to and be
was taken home but it will be some
time before the fracture is healed.
Franklin Tribune: Mrs. Hulda N.
Johnson Of Camp returned Monday
from trip to New York where she
had been summoned to appear as
witness for the postofice depart
ment in a case against quack doc
TOR who was arrested some time ago
on a charge of having used the u.
S. mails as a means to defraud
people. The doctor sent through
the mails circulars in which he as
serted his ability to cure almost
every human i'll for money, Of
course, and many people not sus
pecting fraud communicated witt
him and also sent their money, but
needless to say, did not get then
moneys worth.
Winnebago Press News: While
making some improvements on his
residence, and in tearing down ar
old partition, S. E. Chittenden made
. some interesting discoveries. A pain
of child's shoes with copper toes
) green with age, were found. Shoe;
!; of that description have not beer
. made for many years. He also founc
: an OK shoe. Oxen in the old day
; were used as draught animals, and
we understand, it was the custom t.
! put two of these shoes on each foo
of an OK. The relics brought back
forcibly to many the memories OF
the old pioneer days when this ricf
: farming country was in the making
; Mr.. Chittenden's place was known
years ago as the Farmers Home.
GAINESVILLE Argus: Something mus
: always be taken for granted. Some
of them are that when a train ir
motion meets with an accident it i
always going "a mile minute