The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-02-28
STORIES FROM VERNON
WILLARD BUsBY HAS SOLD
FARM TO IOWA MAN
T. D. Hays Is Having Trouble
With Foot; II Will Not Be
Amputated
Especial to Free Press.l

Vernon Center, February 25.-Mrs
ArC. Cray,swh has been quite poorly
for the past few weeks, is now CON
fined 20 her bed and under the care
of DIR. j. ". Merrill OF Amboy
Willard Busby has rented his fine
farm OF $40 acres four miles west of
town to o. NJ, Hilton of Sonlers, Ia.
Mr.. Hilton viii arrive the latter part
of the week with stock, farm nipple,
ments, household goods. etc. His
family will follow in few days. Mr.
Hilton has two sons to assist him in
carrying on the farm so the,hired help
question which is a serious proposition
to most farmers is settled in Mr..
Hilton's case.
There was Zig community Auction
in the village Monday afternoon.
Merle Mack, auctioneer
Miss Laura Mace sattending to the
household duties at the A. c. Gray
home.
H. c. Kraus, j. r. Mobiles, T. Bow
les. f. Uptograf and L. Wyman were
Mankato business visitors Saturday.
They returned Sunday evening, hav-
ing made the trip in the formers car,
II. c. Kraus loaded a car of sheep
for Mrs. Julias Arndt Monday and
shipped the same to Dodge Center
where they will be .auctioned off.
Two OF the largest auctions ever
held in this locality was the Arndt
sale on Monday and the Busby on
Friday SThe crowds We're immense
ard Everything was sold high and
fast. Mrs. Arndt and children will go
back to her fathers home at Lewis
vile ard Mr. and Mrs. Busby and
family are packing up their household
goods preparatory to moving into our
little village, having rented the
Brewer house. A hearty welcome
awaits them.
Harry Bailey is improving slowly
from a quite serious illness.
Lyle Cooper came home from Min
neapolis to spend the week end and
Sunday with his parents. Monday he
went to Mankato where he has dam
age suit in the district court for in
juries he received over a year ago
when he was run into by an automo-
bile driven by T. Sherk of that city.
Howard Dredge of Amboy and DIR.
Will Dredge OF Minneapolis. came to
Vernon Saturday TO help their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs T. H. Dredge
celebrate their fifty eighth anniver-
sary of their marriage
Mrs. Homer Waite returned Sat
urday to her home at Lake Crystal
after spending few days at the
home of her. youngest brother, Ed.
who has been a great
sufferer with rheumatism for the past
month, bat is now feeling much bet
ter.
Everybody viii be glad to learn that
it will not be necessary for T. D.,
Hays to have his foot amputated as
was feared last week. Mr.. Hays has
been having serious trouble with his
left leg for several years, ever since
he suffered from ptonaine poison
caused by eating canned ! salmon
when in the cities. A large hard bunch
has formed justhboye the ankle and
smaller punches at intervals ex-
tending almost, to his hip. For the
past three weeks he has been con-
sulting a specialist at Rochester and
in the twin cities. Some of the
doctors diagnosed the trouble as
quick gangrene, others that the blood
clots were caused by varicose veins
and for which he will enter a Swedish
hospital in Minneapolis where later
in the week ne will submit TO an OPP
eraticn for the removal of the growth
and Inc removal of the poison clothed
blood from the vein. All his friends are
very optimistic over the outcome and
fully believe in a few weeks Tom will
return home just as good DIS ever
with. health much improved
Olaf Peterson thinks himself quite
fortunate and is quite proud over his
acrcbatic stunt which he pulled off
Saturday. Mr.. Peterson had just fill
led the tank of his trusty Ford and
started to back the car out of the
garage when instantly there was a
combustion and the rear of the car
was enveloped in blaze and the exit
by the door enveloped in flames. 1t
took only a second for Mr.. Peterson
to conceive the idea of breaking the
window and making his exit to safety.
Mr.. Peterson was happily surprised
to find the Tin Lizzie was intact, but
minus all her upholstery which had
been burned up completely. This
morning the Ford is rambling along
just as gracefully and as COM
fortably as os yore.
Mrs. Agnes Spence left this mornins
for Afnboy to begin her duties as
first operator of the telephone switch
board