The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-12-29

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Lawyers of the long ago: N. H
Miner, D. C. VanCamp, Searle and
Story, A. Barto, Lyman Barto.
Then came the Vests, Squire, and
Enoch; Nun Human, Frank Perry,
Geo. West, Squire Carr, Byron
Carr, Charley Carr; the Bayleys,
John Berry and Arista; s. M.
Bruer, Lew Kells, Lyman Kells,
Kellogg Chase and Mayo, mer-
chants; Willis How, Arthur Schriv-
ener, Ben Lord, Hank Boobar, wife
daughter, EN-, who became Mrs.
Toby, Oliver Cob and Charley; the
Fishes, (not the Sucker species by
any means) Charley, AL, and Geo.;
Albert Dahlem, Henry and Fred
Williams, ]. B. Perkins, druggist;
Mr.. Whitefield, son, Harry, and
daughter, later Mrs. John Law:
Bill Scherffius, Wash and John
McNiece, Old Man Madison, S. M.
Bruce, A. H. Petit, w. S. Dean.
The Ingram Brothers, Jim George,
and Gordan; Dean and George
Stebler, Fred and Ed Martin, Joe
Ebensteiner, Mr.. Bordman, or
Borgmann, Fred and Steve Barn
ard, old man Case, father OF Clark
Case; Jack Richardson, Luther
Tubbs; The Humans, Bert Stiles,
A. D. (DelD Carpenter, Sam Bed
leman, E. P. Barnum, and Forster
West, that Old Patriarch, Steve
Kinsella; the Fredericks, Josiah
Cooper, two daughters, Jean, later,
Mrs. Allan Vessey, and Kate, who
became Mrs. Wren Gilman; Ross
Shaw, John Winslow, and out at
Lake Amelia the Brayman's, two
daughters, Martha, who later
changed her name to Mrs. Lew
Kells, and Amelia, Hutchins, Shook,
Hogan, Hank Lambert, Bob Wright,
Dolph Ames, John Smith.
Who of yoou old timers remember
the Chippewa trapper? Franklin.
who used to trap Ashley Creek,
from Sank Lake to Westport Lake,
and along Sank River. Many of the
old boys wore fur caps, home made,
and made of rat hides. Rat hides
were legal tender in the early days.
One whiskey or two beers for a
hide, and a full dress suit consist
cd of one jacket, jumper, or swan
key for pants, couple of Stark A.
Seamless; converted into something
resembling pants or trousers, and
usually the Stark A. label showed
across the rear section. All made
by hand sewing; for footwear
stogy boots, shoe packs, and moe
caSinS.
Sank Centres first real Fourth OF
July, held near the lakes southwest
shore. There was a brass band, g
few of the members come to mind
Mr.. Chase, of Kellogg, Chase and
Mayo, Ira Carpenter, Pony Lamb
Pete Hoffman, celebrated snare
drummer. Others have been forgot.
ten. Chas. Walker, lawyer, read
the Declaration of Independence
and one of the most amusing
things I ever witnessed happened
at this celebration. The commit
tee had arranged spring pole
about sixty or seventy feet long
tamarack, pealed, and some three
inches in diameter at the small
end, at which was a five dollar bill
pinned to the top of a stake, about
seven feet from the ground, the
pole at the large end, was anchor ed
to the ground in someway. and six
feet from this end rested over some
logs, cribbed up, this was the full
crum. The street gamins had been
trying all day to capture irat
money. Along in the afternoon. old
man Dobbs, Gather of Gene Dohbs)
hove in sight, and at once decided
that he could use that particular
five spot. He was wearing heavy
stogy boots, pants inside, told al
the small boys to stand back and
made a courageous start. He made
over three quarters of the distance
when without warning his fee:
slipped, one on each side of the
pole, and on the rebound, hoisted
Mr. Dobbs high in the air. Coming
down, Dobbs met the pole coming
up. and he met the returning tam.
arack, squarely cross saddle, and
he went shooting into the air the
second time, coming down several
feet to one side this time, with a
sickening thud, arms and feet ex-
tended above his head. Right then
and there Mr.. Dobbs lost all inter
est in the five. A little later, a
freckled faced kid from Fairy
Lake, (Dan Duncan) got the money
The next celebration as I recall,
was held north of the river, and
Cash Sprague, was the master of
ceremonies. This was some years
later. AS an afterthought, the Pang-
burns, Tellar, Van Volkenburg,
Sprague's Ed Barnum, the Parker's,
and Hickman's came to Sank Gen.
ire from Nininger, MINI. I won
der, if John (Hick) Hickman re-
members the time he and his gang,
barricaded one of Sank Centres
main streets with beer kegs, swiped
from the rear of the several sa-
looms. Twas late at night, and as
the barricade was about complete
the gang was put to route by the
night Waterman. The Waterman,
sizing Hick up as the most guilty,
gave chase. Hick darted back of
Albert Dahlem's cigar store, and
made a mad dash for the high
board fence, enclosing Opfeld's Ho-
tel barn. Over the fence went
Hick, and only missed by inches,
going plunk into an open well. y
Last summer the writer met an
old school mate, the first meeting
in over sixty years, T. s. Parker, q
cousin of John Hickman. It was
sure a pleasant surprise and we
rehearsed the by-gone days to a
finish. Gee! But it's great to meet
a friend from your home town,
What difference does it make
If he is up or down,
When he takes you by the hand,
There's a feeling you can under
stand,
Oh! Gee, but it's great to meet
A friend from your home town.
The writer would be more than
pleased to receive a personal line