The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-15
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
What, An Error?-

What, An Error?-
Atwater-A certain man in this
town really has guilty feeling.
It seems his wife recently placed
some flower bulbs in the ice box
for storage and friend hubby COM
ing in late one night with a hun
cry feeling fixed himself a sand
wich. Later it developed the lus-
cious "onion" sandwich he enjoyed
that night had been made with
flower bulbs.
Automobile Traps Buck Deer
Brooten-Gilman Thorsrud's au-
tomobile and a three-year-old buck
deer entangled recently as Thors-
rud drove cautiously over near
by road on which he had often seen
these fleet-footed animals dart
from the woods. The bucks ant
lers became caught between the
bumper and the radiator in such
manner as to act as a trap. AS
Mr.. Thorsrud brought his car to
halt the buck beat furious tattoo
with piston-like movements of his
front legs in an effort to free him
self. Putting the gears in reverse
and backing up slowly gave the
animal his freedom. He bounded
quickly and disappeared like a
flash into the woods.
Sow Has Family Of
Al In One Year
Beardsley-A Chester white sow
on the Dennis Boyle farm farrow-
ed At pigs in one year, which sets
some sort of a record. A litter of
16 was born just before Christmas
in 1898. She mothered another
batch Of 16 in July and Is more
added to her family the early part
of December 1889. Some of the
pigs went to the local breeders for
foundation stock.
Buys License For 1917 Car
Rochester-Herman Eek, of Wy
koff, recently purchased a 1910 lie
ense for an automobile he has
driven for % years. He has but
two years to go in order to achieve
his ambition of driving the same
car for 25 years. During the %
years Of operation, Mr.. Eek has at
tended to all repairs.
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11-POund Pickerel
Yields SunFish-
Holdingford-Math Patrias rec
emily had a very successful fish
ing trip at Two Harbors. Math
speared a dandy 11-pound pickerel,
and when he cleaned the fish he
found he had six instead Of one.
You wouldn't believe it, but inside
the pickerel he found five freshly
caught sunfish, each one over five
inches in length, neatly stacked
side by side like sardines.
! Car Mishap Causes
Mild Flood
Stillwater-A broken hydrant at
the corner Of Pine and Holcomb
streets caused a small-sized flood
recently. Approximately 100000 gal
Ions of water went to waste be-
fore the water department crew
could shut off the flow. The acci-
dent occurred when car driven
by Frank Govednick skilled into
the hydrant and broke 1t of.
Muskrat Waits to See Movie
Mound-A timid brown muskrat
sat stolidly in front of the local
theatre door one morning recently
waiting for the attendant to come
and open up. However, he didn't
get a chance to baSk In the beauty
of the glamorous Myrna 10y, or
admire the Incompatible William
Powell, as the curiosity of some OF
the adult onlookers was too much
for him, and he scuttled off in dis
gust, probably saying to himself
"You guys saw the movie; why
can't II"
White Hen With
stands % Below
Wallace Stowe and Cor
don Dye spotted a white chicken
walking in a nearby field and up
on tracking it in the snow found
the chicken came from a hole In
a brush pile on the bank of the
river. AS they returned from skat,
ing one evening they picked 1t UP
as they couldn't tell to whom II
belonged and were afraid 1t would
freeze. Wallace took 1t home and
upon weighing 1t found 1t netted
only two pounds but was not froz-
en-, in spite of the temperature