The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-06

grey color with holes along each
side Of the body near the head for
breathing. The eyes were set
some distance back and were very
small and appeared undeveloped.
The front end of the body terminal
ed in a mouth encircled by rubber
like lips and inside the mouth there
were three rows of needle-like teeth
that were mighty sharp. The Thing
had fastened itself, by means Of
the mouth acting as a suction cap,
to the back Of the large pickerel
and it was fastened securely enough
that it took some effort tS remove
it.
Street LabOrer Swings
His Axe Into Auto
WINONA-A Winona street lab
orer certainly knows how to swing
a pick-axe, a la WPA style. While
chopping ice out of street gutter
he picked out a brand new sedan
for target and sent the axe crash
ing through the rear fender. The
owner of the car did not fight over
the affair but simply sent the City
of Winona a bill for $14 damages.
And, in the meantime, city en-
ployees were told by the council not
to swing such vicious axe.
Across Continent
Without License
PERHAM-Driving through sew
en- States on six-day trip, Walter
G. Neiman, who arrived in Balti-
more recently told examiners of the
Motor Vehicles Commissioner that
he had made the entire trip with
out license plate on his automo-
bile. Neiman's story came out
when he applied for Maryland tags
and a Maryland operators card
and in response to questions by the
examiners said he had not even
been stopped and questioned about
the lack of markers. The upshot
of it all was that Neiman bought
set of 1888 plates, paying the last
quarters charges Of $2.48, and he
then bought a set of 1889 licenses,
to be attached to his car soon. The
states he travelled were Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Woman Attacked
BY Enraged Cat
HENNING+One day while Mrs.
Jim Cummings was soothing a
strange kitten in her lap, her own
Tommy-cat awoke, instantly taking
in the situation. He sprang from
his chair and rushed at Mrs. Cum
mings, attacked her, scratching and
biting her legs and ankles. The
more she tried to kick him off, the
angrier he became. Mrs. Cummings
finally fought her way to the door
and escaped, shutting the cat in
the house. Her arms and legs were
badly torn and she was obliged to
keep them bandaged for several
days. It would be hard to con-
vince Mrs. Cummings that the wild
cat is extinct.
Lad, 8, Pays For His
Bike With Pennies
SLEEPY EYE-A proud boy was
Donald Lambrecht, nine years old,
when he walked into a local store,
heavily laden with a sack full Of
pennies, nickels and dimes, point
ed to a bicycle and said, That's
the one I want" To own a bicycle
has been Donald's ambition for a
number of years but like most other
youngsters his age, he didn't have
the wherewithal to buy one. Then
he started his thrift campaign and
last week when he counted his
money he found that he had $22.
He was still three dollars short, so
his mother helped him finish the
amount. Today Donald is the hap
piest boy around.
Sets A Crow
Shooting Record
GIBBON One night recently
shortly after dusk, Elmer Monson,
an enthusiastic sportsman, noted an
unusually large number of crows
roosting in his grove. Getting out
his trusty shotgun he started a
campaign against the pests. After
firing five shots he began gather
ing up the dead birds and to his
surprise he found that he had kill
ed SO of them, a trifle better than
to a shot.
This Driver Had
Chariot of Fire