The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-04-26
Center HOME
DAUBED With YELLOW
Night Brush Artists Were
Abroad; Their Labors
POET INDUCES IN MUSE
News Stories That Are Told BY
Correspondent; Personal
Gossip

Gossip
Vernon Center, April 24.-When
Vernon Center awoke yesterday
morning it was discovered that the
residence, barn and buggy owned by
!. H. CoOkson were besmeared with
bright yellow paint.
1t is reported that Mr.. Cookson had
refused to buy Liberty bonds. 1t is
said that he told a Vernon Center So
Letting committee that he had in
terviewed a lawyer in MankatO who
informed him that he did not have to
buy bonds and there was nothing to
compel him to buy the securities.
It is reported that Mr.. CookSOn was
in Mankato yesterday in regard to
procuring warrants for the arrest OF
parties who may have daubed the
yellow paint on his property. He claims
that whoever the men were they broke
into his barn in order to paint the
buggy.
Another thing which greeted the
eyes of Vernonites Yesterday were
copies of poetry reading as follows
posted in conspicuous places in the
| village:
f; You refuse to- do your bit
! You won't remit
You have fit
When anyone says BONDS.
All the committees you defy
You just sit here and petrify
And stand around and wink your eve
And think cone DAMN SMART GUY
| AM T.
Pro German almost nearly; quite,
Anyhow you just sit tight
: And let the BOYS in KHAKI FIGHT
And struggle on and die and bleed
To protect such as your ORNERY
BREED.
! Now for your shack we're going to
And smear you up you "DURNED OLD
PIKER" '''''i' ''
We've got whole big pail of paint
Don't worry about the color it amt
/ Like any other in TOWN.
i So folks may know when you go out
Well decorate your runabout
Can YOU imagine what they'll say
OH BOY: You're gonna have some
/ SHAY.
Sleep on soundly gently snore
Wish't we had a gallon more
This sure is one pleasant choro
Yours truly, Silent Four.
"The Partners a play presented
by the senior class of Amboy high
school last Thursday and Friday even
ing will be given in the, Vernon Cen
ter opera house Friday evening, April
&c, under the auspices of the Vernon
ICenter Junior Red Cross who will re
ceive one half of the proceeds. Every
BODY will be there, tickets are selling
raridly, the evening entertainment
will please everybody. Admission rs
and So cents.
7. G. Rev went to Mankato today.
He is a juror in the United States
supreme court which conVenes In
i Mankato. Mr. Rev has not been in
the best of health lately and there is
a possibility that he may be excused
from serving on this account.
Fred Rosine has made a good re-
covery from the effect of an operation
he underwent in a Mankato hospital
two months ago and will resume his
work Monday on the c. M. Warren
ranch
! 1t is learned this morning that Ed
: itor Miller of The Amboy Herald, who
!; is very sick man, is no better and
his recovery is very doubtful. Mr.
Miller was taken to Mankato nearly
: two weeks ago where he is receiving
treatments in one of the hospitals
The editor of The Vernon Center News
is lending a helping hand to his fellow
editor, getting out the Amboy paper
last week and again this week with
the publishing of his own paper and
the large amount of job work he has
: on hand, his days work begins on the
: new time and ends on the old.
The Amboy high school team met
their waterloo in Delavan Monday
| where they had a game with the
school team there. We hope they
have better luck Wednesday when
} they go to Elmore to cross bats. Eddie
Bailey, a Vernon Center boy who at
tends Amboy high, belongs to the nine
A. C. Gray has been considerably
: under the weather and confined tc
the house entertaining the grip which
| was followed up with the Liberty
measles.
Frank Annis and family spent Sun
day at the Frank Pierce home in
Mapleton going anu returning via the
Ford route.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Roberts, Mrs.
Mabel Foley. Billie and Gussie Rob
erts of Mapleton made up an auto
party and called on frierds and rela-
tives in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Morris and
baby daughter motored to Kaseta
Sunday where they spent the day
with relatives of Mrs. Morris. Misses
, sFrances Tyrrell and Florence Bjggs
, accompanied them. The day being ideal
and the roads fine the trip was great
ly enjoyed by all.
, Mrs Vernon, mother of Mrs. Nor
ris returned with them and will visit
in this locality for few days.
Mrs. Laura Coughman is spending
the week with her brother George
: Gray and family in North Vernon.
fl Miss Hazel Hansen telephone Op-