The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Irish Setter Cheats Death

Irish Setter Cheats Death
Hancock-"Pat," an Irish setter,
owned by local pharmacist, Oscar
Hanson, has escaped death for the
fourth time. Recently Pat" paid
visit to Docs Place and while
shopping around came across some
hamburger and strychnine that was
put out for rats. He decided to
partake Of hamburger, and later
discovered it wasn't as good for
him as it tasted. Medical author
tiles were summoned and report
now that Pat" is on the road to
recovery. Again he has escaped
death.
Too Good To Stuff
Wayzata-It has been said that
a dog is mans best friend. Late
ly, however, such an honor has
been conferred upon a duck. Lyle
Brogan, Is, of this town, received
the duck last Easter when it was
three days old. Donnie, so-called
because she is a female Donald
Duck, and Lyle have had many
interesting experiences together
Donnie's tricks are many, mainly
setting on her owners back while
he swims, and diving after him of
the spring board. Among it's other
accomplishments the duck begs to
be picked up, kisses Lyle, and says
goodbye, when commanded to dc
so, in duck talk. Lyle's duck was
recently listed in Ripley's Believe
1t Or Not column. He owes his
success in training the pet to kind
ness and constant repetition of GER
tain acts.
Fifteen Pounds Pennies
In Year and Half
Fergus Falls-Alvin Donbrook is
convinced that saving pennies will
pay dividends. Only a year and a
half ago he began to save every
penny that he received. He now
has twenty-five dollars worth
weighing approximately fifteen
pounds. They are being used to
purchase new eye glasses for Alvin.
Slaps Horse-Breaks Hand
Young America-Robert Luedtke,
worker on Emil Schrupp's farm
is sorry indeed that he slapped
Daisy the other day. Daisy's nose
basket was continually getting
caught under the neck yoke. Warn
ing after warning led to loss of
patience, so Robert slapped her.
The animal threw her head back
just as he swung, and the result
ant impact broke three bones in
his hand. DR.. Bryan, attending
Robert, has recommended more
gentle treatment for the horse in
the future.
Fire Ends In Cake Eating Party
Atwater-The new fire truck with
it's siren shrieking set forth on its
first fire-fighting venture, only to
find that it was an unsuccessful
one. The red engine pulled up
along side the Hotel Atwater and
the fire laddies hurried into the
kitchen. Smoke was present but
nary a spark'.of flame. An angel
food cake reposed on an electric
hot plate, revealing the source OF
the smoke. After rescuing the re-
manning portions of the cake, a
good time was had by all.
BOxelder Street Blaze
Takes Million Lives
Mountain Lake-A series of blaz-
es on Boxelder street gushed forth
this week taking a terrific toll OF
life. The fire seemed to center
around the boxelder trees for which
the street is named, and the lives
that were taken were those of the
many boxelder bugs which come
forth at this time. H. P. Klein
was the head bug-burner.
Goats Get Sheriffs Goat
Hackensack-It took two live bill
" goats to get Sheriff Clarence E.
Merry's goat While speeding down
one of the thoroughfares of Wa
hedo township the sheriff sighted
large billy goat meandering on
the road. Fearful the animal might
leap into the path of the car, Sher-
iff Merry slackened his speed and
succeeded in passing the goat. No
sooner had this happened and an
other similar animal appeared in
the road, directly in the path of the
sheriff's car. Unavoidably the goat
was hit. Sheriff Merry stopped his
car and approached the farm house
where he planned to pay for the
goat he ostensibly killed. Here he
found both goats eating grass in
the farm yard. It seems that Meth
er the car nor goat were damaged.
800
viii Owner Please Claim
Browerville Phillip Schneider
reports that he found diaper on
the village streets one evening late
ly. He claims that he believes he
will not find occasion to use 1t as
he says he is bomb proof to Dan
Cupid" and so is DESTROYS of re-
turning it to the frantic mother.
The owner could claim the diaper
by calling on Phillip.
A Sweet JOb-Model II
Lures Bees
Sacred Heart-You just can't
beat the old Model T Fliver. In
fact, Art Dyssand who lives mile
east of here had one of the old
jallopies that was sweet enough to
attract large swarm of bees who
used the car for their hive. Months
ago Art towed the car into his
grove. Recently he approached the
car, and upon investigating found