The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-04

ground. It was in the Black Fores
OF Germany that 1t all began. T,
begin with 1t was a pagan rite
People thought that 1t was thu
might when evil spirits and devil.
played havoc with those undeserv
ing ones Some who admitted tn,
stuff was sentimental twaddl<
thought whw not do these devilist
FRANKS the ignorant expect and
scare them out of a years growth
or two. And so they did. All thru
the years that custom of prankine
has come down to this modern day
Ghosts and witches signify spirits
that fitted around in those dark
forest regions. But today that stuff
Is all nonsense. The Christian
Church came along, taught the peo-
pie there were no evil spirits, set
the day up as a Christian holiday
dedicated to the saints of the
Church. But tradition is hard to
throw off even if we don't believe
it-and the pranks and vandalism
continues. Proof that the ignorance
that breeds superstitution dies, but
not the superstition itself.
Strad-The question rises is it is
or is it amt. 1t seems Doc Franta,
If I am informed correctly, once
had a little borrowing due of ten
bucks. The guy couldn't pay so he
took his violin. Il don't know if the
guy got his hair cut or not). Now
Doc is of the opinion that maybe
it's one of the famed Stradivarius
violins. The boys are all set to take
it apart to find out. It's highly pro-
bable that it isn't since there were
only something like 16 of them
made, but it might be copy. Boy,
If it was the Doc could retire to a
place in the country and scatter his
office fixtures to the four winds.
Hips, Hips, oh shucks-Suffer-
ing under illusions are the
According to Clifford
Domke who stopped off at the
lazy mans paradise" Hawaii, on
his way to China, the hula dance Is
done with the hands and not-tut,
tut, boys-with the hips. It's only
here in America that dancing does
not mean anything. When dancing
began it was part Of the religious
rites. That was the position of the
hula, secularized in AM
erica. And the word just about
the American version of the
dance right out of the grass skirt
into a pair Of gloves =.
Truly Trdvia.-Thought I'd dash |
put with a sample Of our genius as
regards those word pictures called
SMILES. Lowdown-he was so low
lown he was 500 feet below sea lev
d 3. AS useless of the King of
italy Famous last words: Now
you listen to me, Mussolini, wan
ma be a bachelor This won't
natter bit to you. But on the very
night when his armies were being
by the Germans and the
Empire was collapsing
with increasing momentum about
lis head, the last of the Inflated
Cars, Nicholas II, played dominoes
ut army headquarters :. Maybe he
thought he had a chance to win a
game of dominoes, for the jig was
up in the political arena.
Warrington Open Letter: There
IRE still speed laws in this town
stating a maximum of 30 miles per
lour on the highway or off. per-
'onally saw guy go past the
'chool grounds the other day when
he lot was crowded with children;
md if he wasn't doing over thirty,
IN Chinese elephant And
mother letter: Over on Birch St.,
he kids-or somebody have been
Halloween for some
ime. Frankly residents there are
lick Of it. The other day a bicycle
vas taken out of a yard in midday
but the culprit was caught. Tires
re being flattened, and property is