The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

for him. But he has not been unemployed and has
not made application for social benefits under the
state law. The employee is wondering now whether
the benefit payments will keep coming week after
week during the time he is unemployed" and he is
also wondering what to do with the check.
Grin and Bear 1t When Bear Enters
Ey-Although William Besson, geologist and ex-
plorer, whose stamping ground is on the Ely-Fern-
berg road about 16 miles from here had made ample
provisions to keep the wolf from the door he rec
emily lost two roasts of meat, slab of bacon and
a pound each of butter and lard through the depre-
dations of bear. He forced to come to Ely
to grubstake himself the following day, and all he
could do about the bears visit to grin and bear
it." The provender had been cached outside of a
double-hinged window opening into the cabin where
Mr.. Besson asleep at the time Bruin made his
raid After disposng Of the eatables the bear came
through the window and jumped from the ledge to
a table. Mr.. Bear was too heavy for the table and
it collapsed with loud noise, awakening Mr.. Besson
who screamed at the intruder. Making his exit by
way Of another window, the animal broke out the
glass and sash, completely demolishing the window
This necessitated additional purchase besides the
grubstake.
Blanks .Rained' From Mail Train
Hancock-Once it "raned" yellow daffodils but this
time it "rained" flocks Of money orders. thousands
of them The mail pouch, while it was being thrown
from the fast mail train passing through here last
Sunday bounced back under the wheels of the train
and was torn to shreds. The mail in it also was
torn and scattered for a mile or two up the track
Included in the sack shipment of 10000 blank
mail orders fifty books with 200 blank forms in each
book. These were ground to bits and pieces were
floating in the air mile from the depot When
a postal inspector made check the following day,
pieces of all with the exception Of 46 blanks had
been checked though only five books were complete
and unchanged Forty books had been transformed
to confetti.
Youth Is Champ Hard Luck King
Moth
he is a champion of some kind, and he's probably
right. If there is such thing hard luck cham
pion Donald should certainly win the title. To break
three ribs, fall through plate glass window and
cut his back fall off ladder and cash his hand to
require several stitches, and then to fall down cellar
all in the short span Of few weeks certainly ought
to ente Donald to something. To taper off the stua-
ton with proper atmosphere, a new plate glass
window in the door of the cafe where McMath works
bears the epitaph, Dedicated to Fite McMath who
passed through here April %, 1885, His hard luck
started when he was wrestling with a patron in a
Morton restaurant He emphatically demonstrated
that the customer is always right when he was bang
ed against the counter and out of the fray with
three broken ribs. The next episode was when he
came through the door of another cafe without open
ing it, causing him bad cuts and bruises few
DAYS later he caught his hand a curtain hook,
with the result that he had to make another trip
to the doctor His last mishap would have gone
unnoticed except that broken staircase demanded
explanation.
News Note
While being worked in a field last week one OF the
teams of horses belonging to Henry Schroeder OF
Lester Prairie, fell into abandoned well that Mr..
Schroeder did not know existed. A tractor, other
farm implements, and horses had often passed over
the same spot in the field