The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Castor Oil, Whiskey
Save Life of 'Binks'-

Castor Oil, Whiskey
Save Life of 'Binks'-
INTERNATIONAL FALLS -
Binks, young Boston TERROR who
contracted pneumonia after expos
ure in fire which destroyed the
home Of his master recently is on
a castor oil diet but is doing nice
ly. He has been given all the care
and medical attention human be-
ing could expect. During the first
few days of his illness the bulldog
existed-and apparently thrived-on
good corn whiskey. Castor oil was
added to the menu few days later.
Twin Calves Are
Two Identical Freaks
PIERZ-Twin calves born rec
emily at the Mrs. John p. Theis
farm, Of Pierz, should be grand
prize winners as identical freak
twins. Both of the calves born
from high grade Holstein stock had
no tails and no eyes but were OF
normal size One calf died but the
other is apparently sound and
healthy. The eye sockets on both
the calves were found to be over
grown by layer of regular skin
and the eyeballs are missing. The
incident is truly one for Ripley's
Believe It or Not.
Grouse Hits Highline
And Out Go The Lights
RUSSELL-The current failed in
Russell one morning recently for
no apparent reason. Lights were
out, washing machines and irons
would not operate. Central receiv-
ed many calls from housewives and
business places asking why the cur
rent was off and when 1t would be
turned on again. But no one SEEM
ed to know the answer for the
trouble was the work of game
bird. A grouse had hit the wires
causing two wires to touch making
a short in the highline. The grouse
was found dead under the line with
her feathers badly singed.
Here, What's This!
Sow Has 10 Pigs
GRANITE FALLS If you'll
promise not to tell Henry Wallace,
here's the story of Orion Haga's
sow who flaunts at the commands
of our New Deal Secretary of Agri-
culture, who didn't plan It this way.
Anyway, the sow gave birth to nine
teen pigs the other day. Orion
will vouch for the number and he's
a truthful man. Thirteen of the
pigs lived for few days but now
there are but nine left. They are
lively and healthy and are expected
to survive. Such over-production.
Fire Siren Has
Fire OF Its Own
NO. ST. PAULA fire siren in
flames is an unusual sight. The
North st. Paul siren gave a short
toot one morning last week and
burst into flames. Sleet causing
the motor to freeze caused the fire
which was quickly extinguished
and the damage repaired.
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Fox Wearing Strap
On Neck Caught
FOSSTON-A red fox caught by
Edward Neset near his home had
evidently been tame one at an
earlier date because it still carried
a leather collar about its neck.
Lightning Kills
Cows On February l.
ANOKA-As though not content
with getting her season mixed up
with thunder and lightning during
a snow storm on the first of Feb
ruary, Dame Nature decided to
climax the whole affair by having
the lightning kill two cows in a
barn. The two cows killed were on
opposite sides of the barn. A couple
of other cows were stunned as was
one horse.
'Butchering Day Not
Entirely A Success
FERGUS FALLS-A farmer, Joe,
and his son, Dick, noticed that the
family meat larder was running
low. They decided it was a nice
day for butchering and went after
one of the smaller pigs. Arriving
at the hog lot, the pig they wanted
was not in sight. It was agreed
that the animal must be in one of
the small hog houses. 1t was dark
in there, but the father had an
idea. He would crawl in and drive
the pig out. The boy was handed
a good-sized club, and was told to
hit the pig on the head when he
was forced out. Joe crawled into
the hog house, but could find no
pig. Then he started to crawl out,
and the over-eager Dick came down
with the club. The story Is that
John was "out" for nearly three
hours, but fortunately the skull was
not fractured.
Two Men Meet In
Court After 80 Years
NEW ULM-Memories of an ex-
perience in Springfield over half a
century ago disrupted hearing in
Hennepin county district court last
week as Charles M. Erickson, of
Minneapolis, recognized the judge