The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-23
NUMBER OF HAPPENINGS IN
THAT PRETTY VILLAGE
Rise Of A. c. Gray Who Will Now En-
gage in the Hardware Business;
Valentine Party BY the Baptist Ladies;
Mrs. Harry Morris Returned From
Hill City, Where She Had Been At
tending Sick Sister
Especial to Free Press

Vernon Center, February I'm
Warren, Charles Bates, Joseph Rob-
fnson, George Foster, Mrs. B. F
Koch and children are entertaining
fhe grippe this week, several OF
Whom have been confined to their
rooms for several days and are un-
der the care of the family physician
George Stoner, is down from We'll
come this week visiting his sister
Mrs. Jack Dobie of st. Paul, who is
in town for few weeks.
Mrs. Myrtle Gray has nearly re-
covered from an attack of acute in
digestion with which she suffered the
first of the week.
H. C. Krause shipped twelve car
loads of cattle to Chicago the first
of the week. The following farmers
accompanied the shipment and will
spend several days in sight seeing:
NJ. G.. Forty, Verne Flemming, Lloyd
Cooling, Tom Rooney, Andrew Lar
son, and Albert Spence. William De-
misc joined the party from Amboy,
having loaded his stock from that
place.
The last of series of card parties
ing the last month, will be held in
st. Matthews Hall next Monday
evening to which the public is cor
daily invited. At the close of the
names nice lunch will be served
IS this is the last party before Lent
ne committee are working hard to
lake it the most enjoyable one of
Ill.
Franc Stoner came down from
Truman, Thursday, for a short visit
!. With his mother and sister Faye and
tlso to see his aunt.
Mrs. w. H. Palmer, who has been
spending a few days visiting at the
F. E. Cooper home and bidding her
friends farewell, attended the aid
dinner at the Sewers home. The next
morning she returned to Winnebago
to assist her husband in packing
their household goods, preparatory
to moving to their new home in Ma
bel, Minnesota, where Rev. Palmer
has accepted a pastorate. The town
is to be congratulated in securing
the services of Mr. Palmer and his
worthy helpmate. He is a very in
telligent man and an all round good
mixer, with pleasing and winsome
personally that makes him a splen-
did worker among the young people
in a community His sermons are
eloquent, masterful and convincing,
and we feel assured that he and his
wife and daughter will receive a
most cordial welcome from the viii
lage and surrounding country.
A. c.. Gray, the esteemed versatile
neighbor on the west, a veritable
genius for plunging into various en-
terprises, and suddenly emerging
from the same with flying colors,
has in the short span Of his man
aood years hit the pike with
pace. From his first appear
re as blushing clerk in a gen.
II store, whose knees would trem-
.a as an aspen leaf when the coy
'llage maidens would approach his
odfish department, he has rapidly
nade his way through the intrica-
lies of meat market, farming, real
estate, meat market No. 2, auction
eer and under taker. In politics he
has ever been a staunch democrat
and his party have honored him with
many positions of trust for his
splendid services during the last
five presidential campaigns. He now
retains. the important position of
marshal and constable in the village.
He resigned today to engage in the
hardware and harness business in
Amboy, having last Saturday bought
out SCHNEIDER Brothers hardware
business and also the harness shop.
Our loss will be our neighboring viii
lagos gain, but we shall miss his
well known figure and smiling Wis
age and his estimable family when
they shall take their departure in
the spring.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid and
dozen or more invited friends, en-
loved very pleasant Valentine par
ty at the home of Mrs. Lille Hal
version, Wednesday afternoon. The
rooms were most gaily decorated ap-
propriate to the day. Mrs. c. A.
Eastman, planned the literary part.
which pertained to the patron saint
consisting of readings, original
poems, Irish quotations, and songs
and were all much enjoyed. The
afternoon closed with a very appe-
.tizing tea, the favors being in keep
ing with the day. About forty ladies
enjoyed this social event.
Mrs. Harry Norris returned, We'd
nesday from Hill City, where she
had been for several weeks caring
for her sister, Miss Vernon, who was
badly scalded by escaping steam from
a bursted pipe in a factory where she
was working. She was badly scald-
ed from her knees down and the
muscles and flesh Of her limbs was
badly burned. At first her life was
dispaired of but now she is pro-
nounced as out of danger and in
time will be able to walk without
the aid Of crutches but it will be
many months before she will recover
entirely.
The grand jurors have finished
their work in the February term of
court and Messrs. w. L. Zumwalt
and Homer Miller have returned to
the simple life of the farm.
The Equity shipped car of stock to
ST Paul Thursday. Beside this car, H..
q. Krause has shipped out stock
since Monday to the amount OF $22,-
600 with a large amount still in the
farmers possession. We hope to be