The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-01-16

were greeted by both Mr.. and Mrs
Compton in the same spirit. Supper
was served NJ a late hour. The af
fair must have indeed been a pleas
ant one. for Lewis Is still wearing
pleasant smile week after the
event.
Congenial Jack Presnall. the night
Operator ut the railway station, has
finished his course I'm telegraphy ant
for months has piled his vocation
until he is considered an efficient tel
egrapher having served several re
sponsible positions. He now enjoys
the home of his youth. where his
father and mother. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
e. Presnall are pleased to have their
only son. Although yet only In his
teens he has purchased horse and
six lots where Il looks as though
he might engage i'm chicken raising.
The passenger. No. G. was slightly
dcrailed Saturday night between
GAINESVILLE and Waseca. causing n
half hours delay.
Solomon Youmans. who has been
confined to his bed at-fhe home of
his daughter. Mrs. Cuddy I'm Man
kato has returned home and Is feel
ing much better.
Ia. H.x Ia
sinking spells quite often OF late
and Is quite feeble. Her many
friends are quite anxious about her.
4 great many autos were out Sun
day and when the snow fiurries came
they scudded for home. Many OF
them exceeded the speed limit.
The correspondent is somewhat
confused between his Waterbury
watch and the rising and setting of
the sun. The papers reported that
the sun rose at 7:4O Saturday morn
ing and set at ABS that afternoon.
The fact of the matter Is that the
sun rose nj 1855. difference of fif-
teen minutes with the reports time.
and set ut 4:5l. n difference of six
teen minutes. II the day were equal
ly divided these figures would indi-
cate that noon came Mt 12:23E. II
may be- accounted for I'm this way:
that the milky way has rubbed
against the meridian circle in the
celestial zenith. this shifting the cir
Gle and causing the deferential at
the poles 10 slip cog. and throwing
the terrestrial meridian out OF line.
The papers are full of comments
from professors. teachers and edu-
Gators as TO a speech made by the
railroad magnate on the modern
methods of teaching. From their
standpoint they have good reasons
for taking exceptions to this Illus
trious person. This magnate went
To the same school as the writer,
or rather about the same kind OF n
school at about the same time. where
the teachers often tempered the viii
lows and crab, apple switches In hot
ashes to make them more flexible.
and thus they electrified the spinal
columns until the dull and incurrigi-
BILE boy was compelled to absorb n
little learning. But the modern
method Is much different and great
err results come from IL. The cor
respondent writes: II once knew of
a railroad man who knew very little
about railroading In 1870 who Is now
n multi-millionaire. and who bought
about 800 miles OF railroad all In
running order together with all the
rolling stock and some four hundred
miles of road bed nicely graded and
100000 acres of good land for about
$1,000, 600. of about five per cent OF
it's original cost. He took other mon
eyed men into the corporation ana
received shares to the amount OF
about s34,OOO.O0O, and divided the
spoils with them. y Can you see any
water I'm this? Well. a certain re-
ceiyer who swore on the stand after
ward that he was to have $1,000, 900
for depreciating the value OF this
road SO IL could be bought for a
small amount by the above railroad
magnate. The owners OF the rail-
road we're so assessed that they
could not pay any more to be squan'
dered so the Amsterdam bond hold
ers parted with their hard cash Tor
five cents on the dollar. We who
once had a gusher I'm the Bumont
oil district see the force OF this rail-
road scheme. This Is true, however,
that this magnate has brought his
tracks from the old chain iron rail
To an endless steel rail that runs as
smooth as water. and the old wood
en- coaches with three links for coup
Iines 10 neat steel cars. with close
connections between and the West
ington brakes No, Mr.. Educator, &c
not take this railroad 1rnagnate toe
seriously. for as he has improved his
railroad. so have you improved your
methods of teaching. and what can
you expect from him who pays q
small dividend on watered stock
Can II be that he thinks your meth
DDS OF teaching are watered. and
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