The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-08-06
A strenuous life
Albert Butcher, Former Sank Centreite
In Bad Accident Matri-
monial RumOr.

Friend Albert Butcher has been lead
ing a pretty strenuous life the past
several months. Unruly steers and
autos put him out of commission in
Montana for time, and just recently
he was in a very serious mix-up near
his new home at Lusk, Wyo. However
Albert had his auto troubles with his
every Morning Fixit" before he left
Sank Centre so the turning turtle may
be little stunt he was practicing be-
fore applying for a job with a circus.
Just to keep up the excitement the
rumor has circulated about Lusk that
Albert will also soon be in the matri-
monial market, although Albert has
told his Sank Centre friends in strict
est confidence that he would never
tackle this proposition again. How
ever he may be "stringing" them.
The following story of the auto &C
cident is taken from recent issue of
the Lusk Herald:
"Last Thursday evening while AL
bert Bucher, the meat market pro-
prietor, and Harry Hough, cattle
salesman from Sioux City, Iowa,
were out looking at some cattle,
they had close cali wnen the car
turned turtle. They were on their
way home and had turned out of the
road to allow another car to pass and
on turning back into the trail Mr..
Butcher called attention to some cattle
in pasture along the roadside; for
just a moment his attention was di-
verted from the car and in that mo-
ment the car struck snag, the steer
ing wheel was wrenched from his
hand and the car overturned. Mr..
Hough was thrown fifteen feet away
from where the car was and had his
right shoulder badly wrenched and
was pretty severely bruised, while Mr..
Bucher was pinned under the auto.
"Mr. Hough tried to raise the car
to free his companion, but on account
of his disabled arm was unsuccessful.
He therefore returned to MIR. Bucher's
place where two men were at work
and hurried them to the scene of the
accident when Mr.. Butcher was re-
leased from his perilous position. He
had been pinned under the car for
over 20 minutes, during half Of which
the engine continued to run but .nally
went dead of it's own accord. lie was
in terror of an explosion or of the
gasoline catching fire ION leak, but
providentially nothing happened and
today he lives to tell the tale-a sad
der but wiser man. He was bruised
all over and his back troubled him for
a day or two but he is himself again,
though limping around very percep-
tibly. The car is at the auto-hospital,
a wreck, but Mr.. Vollmer expects to
be able to put it in running order in
a few days, after which the speed
fend' has promised to be sure he is
right, then go Slow"
This from the Lusk Standard refers
specifically to his matrimonial inten-
tons:
"Albert Bucher, of the city mea.
is preparing to make extern
sive improvements on the Glenn place
south of town, and which he recently
acquired. The house now on the place
is to be used as slaughter house, and
he is now having lumber, posts, etc..
hauled out and which will be used in
constructing sheds, pens and corral.
When all else is completed he will
put up a good dwelling, and then, he
informs us in the strictest confidence,
he will be in the matrimonial market
for a housekeeper."