The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-22
A DISGUISED BLESSING

The extraordinary precipitation of
moisture during this season, while it
has created temporary depression
in trade, and feeling of dependency
on the part of the farmer is very
likely to prove blessing in disguise
in the end.
The farmers of the western central
states have become infatuatd with
the idea that acorn is King" and that
every other branch of farming should
be subordinated in its production. The
best land is always set aside for pro-
pogating, it is cared for, nursed, and
cultivated no matter how much the
other crops are neglected. Corn, for
many years has been a fetch at
whose shrine the farmers have bowed
down and worshipped. This season
has taught the farmers, not only in
this state but in many others that
their idol has feet of clay and that
corn is just as liable to fail them as
any other production and that it is
no more of "ready money" crop
than many others. AS a result silos
will be built to preserve the immature
corn crop should this season be dupli-
Gated and these silos will be filled in
the future, if not with corn, with some
other production to the benefit of the
farm and profit to the farmer. Great
er farm Investigation will result
from this years experience. The eyes
of the life long sufferers from corn
sick, in localities Of the single crop
corn-will be turned to Minnesota
where the failure of the corn crop is
only an unfortunate incident, not a
paralyzing disaster.
"W. J. Bryan says he would
have endorsed women suffrage
before if he had not had more i'm
| portant things to attend to. La
dies see that the gentleman is
properly thanked" Redwood Ga
Zette.
We will wager three dollars that
Mrs. Wilson wrote the first two let
tiers of the last word Esp" and that
the machine man made the alteration
in setting it up.
1t is reported that the German gov
eminent have commandeered most of
the outfits of their country news
papers and are making the presses
up into shells and the type into bull
lets. If there was war in this coun-
try how would you like to be shot with
a bullet made out of type formerly
used in the office of Bob Dunn's pa
per, the Anoka Union, or the Fair
mount Sentinel?
The best summing up of the politi-
cal situation we have heard in a long
time was by an Irish friend of ours.
He declared, 81 am a loyal Dimmicrat
and I am hopin' and prayin' that the
Dimmicrats will win in the next cleo
ton and begorra ] am afraid they
will"
An itenerant patent medicine ven
dor dropped into our office the other
day and wanted to leave US some
samples of new tonic to increase
the appetite. An officer was called
in and he was promptly committed
to the bug house.
The inconsistency of femininity is
shown by the little girl who runs to
her mother and "tells" on her brother
and then sticks her finger in her ears
and cries all the time he is being
spanked for the misdeeds she re-
lported. -...-..- ..-.
In the eye of the law and the meI
: who enforce it
: Moneys the thing every time.
So my friend, if you're inclined tt
be crooked,
Get rich, before you do crime.
{ Whenever mother forbids her DO!
to play base ball, foot ball, or to g
, in swimming she always is disappoint
3 ed and sorry if he don't disobey her.
! The best use you can put a hcke
to is kicking a knocker, and the bes
}, use of knocker is to knock ;
{ kicker.
RI When Bryan found out he could no
: dictate to the President he quit hi
JOB and began debating statements.
!, In real estate deal it is the ten
dency of men to bite at fakes an,
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