The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-08-22
TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO


Henry Mallette is a novice in farm.
ing, but this year he has raised as
good crops as any farmer in Baldwin.
The new court house at Cambridge
is fast nearing completion. 1t will
be neat, substantial and roomy
structure and credit to Isanti coun.
ty.
Miss Bertha Goss of Anoka was the
guest of Misses Lottie and Belle
Goulding for several days last week.
Miss Goss is every inch an Anoka
girl. .':.-
Sheriff Williams of Kanabec county
is a good officer. He was perfectly
justified in shooting those two In.
dams at Mora. Pity he did not kill
them. -.
The harvest ball at the rink on
Friday evening was SHINY attended,
partly owing to unfavorable weather
and partly to the scarcity of money
among the boys.
Ed Whitney, former typo in the
U mon office, came down from
Bridgman for weeks shooting and
returned home OH Tuesday evening
loaded down with fat, plump chicks.
Miss DeWolf of Mora is visiting
friends in Princeton. There are
many good-looking girls in the thirty.
ing village of Mora and we can't SEE
why Stafford of the Times persists ir
remaining a bachelor.
A cowardly, drunken brute drew 3
revolver in front of Mahoney's saloo1
last evening with the intention OF
making a pepperbox Of Mr.. Mahoney
The proper place for such rowdy
characters is behind prison bars.
Hon. D. M. Clough of Minneapolis
was in town few minutes this
morning. He had been east with
Frank Hartley on a pleasure trit
when he was summoned home bv q
telegram to his mothers sickbed.
John Sadley was at home for a fe "
days and started for Dakota again or
Tuesday with more men and teams
Mr.. Sadley has a big grading con.
tract on the Manitoba extension, but
says he is not getting rich very fast.
Prairie chickens have been quite
plentiful around here, but the dude
hunters from the cities don't know
how to get them. 1t is no trick al
all for one of our local nimrods tc
bag two or three dozen in half day.
Harley Whitney, who has been out
west on the railroad for several
months, returned home on Tuesday
evening. He says the necessaries OF
life are costly, wages low and water
bad where he was, in the vicinity OF
Belknap, Dakota.
G. H. Chadbourne proposes to take
carload of his blooded cattle to the
state fair. He does not expect many
first prizes, but he will make a. cred.
liable exhibit and prove to the out.
side world that as good cattle are
raised in Princeton as anywhere in
the northwest.
The warning in last weeks
y o n to melon snatchers was
unheeded. Jonas Hill caught two
boys in his melon patch on Sun
day. He had them brought before
Justice Dorr and it cost them So. 1e
apiece. 1t isn't so much fun after
all to steal melons.
A burly individual forced an en-
trance into S. P. Woodman's resi-.
dence last night. If Mr.. Woodman
had shot the ruttian dead he wou]d
have done just right and the com.
munity would have applauded his
action. AS it Was the fellow beat =
hasty retreat and Mr.. Woodman re-
grets that he did not have his re.
volver within reach.
The village has purchased a. new
tWo-Wheeled chemical fire extinguish.
er at a cost of 5000. 1t is of the
latest improved pattern and four men
can handle it with ease. Taken in
connection with the double-cylinde1
Champion >extinguisher, which cost
the village $1,000, Princeton, for a
small place, is we'll provided with fire
apparatus. A splendid new water
tank, with capacity of 20 barrels.
has also been provided. The tank
was manufactured at VIM. Cordiner'<
shop by A. J. Bulls.