The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-16

proprietor Of cafe discovered fire
in his place. He rushed to the
phone and told the operator to call
the fire department. Sam thought
he was seeing things as he started
to hang up the receiver, for there
in front Of his place was the Brock
enridge fire department, and the
siren was just starting to blow. It
had happened that the chief had
the station doors open and was
moving the truck when the call
came and the two blocks were COW
cred quickly.
Man Tried To
Break Into jail
ADA-When a man attempts to
break into Jail, that, we consider
Is real news. A resident of Ada
who had imbibed a little too freely
broke a small window at the rear
of the Jail and when found by Pa
trolman Olson, was hanging onto
the bars across the window. He
said he wanted to get into Jail
where the patrolman ushered him
personally through the front door.
After short sojourn in the cooler
he was reminded he could enter
the Jail much easier through the
door.
Taken For A Ride
BY The Justice
STARBUCK-Aw white angora cat
tried her luck at hitch-hiking one
morning last week and succeeded
in getting a breezy ride downtown
on the fender of c. G. Pederson's
car, unknown to Mr.. Peterson un-
til he arrived at the business sec
ton of town and noticed the excite
ment his car was creating. When
he stopped, the indignant cat, a
veritable bundle of fury, made a
hasty descent from her perch and
displayed her distaste for the ride.
Money In Chickens
ELMORE-Mrs. Rudolph Baum
has positive proof that there Is
money in chickens on the farm.
While cleaning a chicken recently
she found a nice shining dime in
the chickens gizzard which she
first thought was a piece of tin.
Upon closer examination she found
it to be good old U. s. ten cent
piece.
37-Year-Old
Car Gets License
NEW ULM-You could cover the
walls of shack with all the lie
ense plates ever bought for one
New Ulm car in the last 81 years.
The old Murray runabout is the
oldest car in New Ulm and at pres
ent it has in it cylinder Odds
mobile engine. The license cost
IS, the minimum price no matter
how old car is.
It'll Be A
Mild winter
RED WING-"The rest of the
winter will be just as nice as it
was during January-those other
fellows didn't have the right signs
to go BY" This is the statement
of L. E. Pierce, WEIGH farmer. Mr..
Pierce says his sign hasn't failed
in the 20 years he has used it. His
Sign" is the spleen from a butcher
ed hog and he can predict the
weather by the shape of the spleen,
slender one indicating mild
winter. OF course, there may al
ways be a few cold days, he said.
Twins Involved In
Mistaken Identity
AITKIN-H you meet one Of the
Meyerson brothers on the street,
the best way to address him is
Hello, John or Gus" For more
than thirty years even their every
day associates have had trouble in
telling the twins apart. Recently
the brothers reported at the court
house to register for work. When
John came in the man said there
was no need for him to report a
second time. (Gus had been there
few minutes earlier0
HOppers Stage
A Surprise Party
BOYD-Mrs. Henry Wiegers had
surprise last week, which was
the more genuine because unbe-
known to her the callers had enter
ed her home several months ago.
Noticing the leaves on her flowers
gradually disappearing, she investi-
gated and found score or more
young but very hungry grasshop-
pers. Ground taken from the gar
den last fall to fill the flower pots
contained eggs, which with warmth
and moisture brought forth the
batch of 'hoppers.
Wind Blows Roof
Of Freight Car
SLEEPY EYE-It,s getting to be
pretty tough, this business Of rid
ing freight cars in the winter,
thought transient who arrived in
Winthrop one day recently. AS
the transient rode the freight car
from Lafayette to Winthrop a
strong wind blew the top from his
"sidedoor pullman" and parked it
along the right-of-way. For most
of the trip he had to endure the
frigid blasts Of the wind and chok-
ing dirt it carried.