The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-23

exl1de it in the form of honey dew with drips from
their backs onto the ground. An exceptionally large
number of these aphides working together in this
manner dampen sidewalk automobile wind
shield just as if rain had fallen. AL it takes to
wash the lice from the elm tree is a good rain or
spray.
What is it, Cannon Ball or a Meteor?
WASECA-When Charley, Art and Stuart Fell
digging we'll at their farm Monday they struck
hard object about foot under ground. It is about
inches in diameter and perfectly round. Tt appeared
extremely heavy is heavily rusted and in spots has
the appearance of being fused by intense heat Jim
my Madden is of the opinion that it is cannon ball
used by the French to defend the spot which in
early day island Others of the opinion
that it is meteor and still others that it is In
dian relic
S5OOth Marriage License Issued in Goodhue County
RED WING-The 1S 5OOth wedding license issued
in Goodhue county handed out to a
blushing young couple last week by Clerk of Court
J. A. Norstad. It required 80 years to reach that
number of permits which fill 80 big books at the
clerks office The first record marriage entered
on June 49, 1854. The entry of Wilson Thing and
needed in those days. the only requirement
being that the couple report to the authorities the
fact that they were married.
Corn and Oats on Same Corn Stalk
BEMIDJI-A mixed ration of corn and oats for
feed for cattle poultry could be grown in field
the farm of Albert M Swenson of Kelliher if all
the stalks in his field bore the kind of found
of the stalks recently Corn and oats were
found growing together on ear, an ear which was
covered with a husk and equipped with silk like
ordinary ear except that the lower portion of the
covered with oat kernels instead of The
ear is now on display in the window of The Pioneer
Own Coin NIinted Before Birth of Christ
BRECKENRlDGE-M and Mrs. Tryell McCau-
leyville farmers boast of splendid collection of old
coins. Among them is an Egyptian coin found among
ruins in Italy The coin was minted before
Christ born, and it the size of American
nickel. Figures of Egyptians side, while
baoI ~f 0fIao Ar4t har
coin which Mr. and Mrs. Tryell prize very much is
cent piece, of the first to be minted by the
United States in 1888. The coin carries words that
are in latin. On side the words: "Novo Con-
stalato" with design of thirteen points and star
between each point with eye in the center of the
design On the other side is wreath with the letters
u S. in the CENTER and the inscription, beratas Eft
Justia," meaning liberty and justice. The coin is
old that it has been down to onehalf its orig
inal thickness
Old Fashioned Runaway Staged In GIenwood
GLENWOOD-Perhaps there was time in the
dim past in the City of Glenwood when runaway
team not out Of the ordinary and when it would
not warrant story in the paper but times have
changed. Time, however, turned backward in its
fight last week and citizens and visitors in the fair
city of Glenwood were witnesses to old-fashoned
runaway. At that the runaway had its serious
side. A team Of horses became frightened by the
music and flags of the parade held by the Juvenile
convention of the Degree of Honor broke loose and
dashed up Court Street The quick thinking Of e.
Edinger, manager of Swift & Co. station prevented
DeeQ
tempted to stop the team but failing to do this
aged to turn them away from the line of youthful
marchers who weer coming down the street. The
team was later stopped but not before the wagon had
been wrecked.
DrOuth Monument Found at Lake BeItOna
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been erected for
many different occasions but never have you seen a
monument to the drouth. There is one, according to
Hjalner Peterson On Lake Beltona, he says there
is stone that has risen out of the water Lake Bel
tona, twenty-five miles west of Alexandria, has suf
fered the face of the 999 other lakes in Minnesota
and dropped its water level Recently a FrenchmanI
living nearby reported that he had seen strange
stone prorudng out of the water after the fashion of
Excalibur, King Arthurs tabled sword The stone was
two feet high, and on it chiseled this legend in
Swedish Mar nj ser denna stem, da Diet It'd att
gratta, when you this stone, it is time that
you should weep Many years ago, evidently, the wat
er level of Lake Beltona had been low it
Some droll Swedish farmer living nearby, who had
sense of humor drier than the ground his farm,
had cut the stone and erected 1t.
Large Lure Brings in Record Size Pike
TFaACY-What was intended to be joke on her
husband proved a joke on herself when Joe Spaeth
and Dale Donaldson, of Tracy returned to shore with
nine and half pound pike. caught on lake near
alexandria recently Before leaving the trip Mrs
Spaeth decided to play joke her husband, she
borrowed from Tracy hardware store giant sized
ten inch red and white bassoreno bait made solely
for display purposes. At opportune time the aw-