The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
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Excerpts From The Herald Thurs.
day, November IL, 1914-Items of
Interest of Twenty Years Ago


day, November IL, 1914-Items of
Interest of Twenty Years Ago
The Sank Centre Fire Depart.
ment is generally recognized as one
of the most efficient volunteer de-
partments of the state. The need
of modern equipment which would
not only make their work safer, but
also increase the efficiency of the
department has long been felt. At
a recent meeting it was voted to
devote $1,000 of the relief fund for
the purchase of this equipment, and
it will arrive in the course of the
next six weeks.
Thursday afternoon of last week
a band of hunters left Sank Centre
for their annual deer hunt in the
North woods, in the vicinity of Big
Fork. The party consisted of Geo.
Fish, E. A. Richards, Alex Benson,
Evans and Geo. Rice.
Jas. A. Caughren and son, Dave,
left Monday morning for Minneapo-
- lis via Pierce-Arrow route. They
took the car down to put in storage
for the winter.
Joe and Charlie Miller, VIM. Peg
low and JOS. Kusba, all of Sank
Centre, and John Miller, of Alexan-
dria,N composed a party of deer
hunters that left here Monday noon
for Deer River. John IngersoH al
so left for International Falls, from
where he will go into the woods on
a deer hunt. Although he is over
76 years of age he is as much an
enthusiast in the sport line as ever.
An item of "a years ago, in the
Herald states: Major General Phil
Sheridan, accompanied by his at
taches, passed through Sank Centre
or Wednesday morning on his way
to the frontier. He has been max
ing tour of inspection of the sew
eral frontier forts in the depart
ment of Dakota, coming across
country from the Missouri River.
"a Years Ago
The following article by DR.. ].
A. Dubois, written "a years ago,
was clipped from the Avalanche:
DR.. j. A. Dubois, of Sank Centre,
is spending the winter in New York.
he has written the following let
ter to the Editor, F. e. Barnum,
of the Avalanche, which is so good
that we clip it from that papers
columns:
New York City Feb. 10Th, 1900.
My Dear F. E. B-Your letter
was transmitted promptly to me
by the U. s. mail, and was very
welcome indeed. If I had shown
how much it was appreciated, it
would have received an answer up
on the spot.
But we, in New York, have been
so busy trying to get Mrs. George
Gould into society that our cores
pondence has been consigned to
neglect. You see we had to- gain
the recognition of Mrs. John Jacob
Astor; and that, my dear boy, is
not so easy a matter.
Edith Gould, formerly Edith
Kingdom, in the earlier portion of
her existence was for a short time
upon the stage. She was bright and
vivacious. She was intelligent.
Across the footMghts she saw and
was seen by young George Gould.
Over the heads of the orchestra
shot the keen darts of cupid. So
far as is known, the sentiments Of
George upon the occasion have
never been inscribed upon papyrus
or parchment to thrill a curious
world. Concerning Edith, we can
easily imagine her paraphrasing
Shakespeare and signing: "a
Could A Gould! My Kingdom for
a Could"
But there is no good reason for
believing that the tender feeling
was other than mutual and sincere.
Their fortunes fortune would be
more proper) were united.
Now, although it is doubtless true
that call the worlds stage, and
men and women merely players"
still it is equally true that, here In
New York, it is not so much
barouche as cab; and not so much
a cab as a hanson. In fact, the up
per tendon of New York Is strict
ly limited organization. It's dim
ensions is space are circumscribed.
For is it highly important that the
frills and ruffles which project from
our august personages are in no
wise crowded upon.
At the sacred portal stands the
leader; and to catch from her
proud eye some token that she Is
aware of our earthly existence. is
a pig in the clover puzzle which
taxes the cranial gray matter.
OF course, in Sank Centre, 1t Is
different. For there, If you can
enter good society in no other way,
you can hit the leader with brick
and easily break in.
But here the bell wether-par-
don me, she is female, and I