The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-10-30

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when she hung a sizable line OF
stockings and lingerie to dry. Come
Tuesday morning she found some
Santa Claus, instead of filling
them trimming over, had removed
stockings and all. So If you are one
of those people who believe in San
Ia Claus and hang your stockings
on an outside line-don't do it.
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Garter Snakes Turn Boa
Fosston Apparently garter
snakes in this vicinity are afflicted
with delusions of grandeur-they
think they are boa constructors. At
least that is the impression one
would gain from a report from a
farm operated by S. T. and p. T..
Rowland. The Hovlands raise
white Holland turkeys and one day
the children noticed one of the
birds webbing across a field. Up.
on closer investigation, they found
an ordinary garter coiled around
its neck. The snake was removed
and killed. A half hour later an
other bird staggered into the yard,
also choking with a garter snake
coiled around it's neck. Both birds
recovered. Garter snakes are not
known to use tactics of this kind
under normal conditions.
Duck For The Hunter
Shakopee-Although sworn to
secrecy, the source of information
is utterly reliable it was the
hunter himself who told it. In a
hurry to get his gun up and aimed
at flying mallards recently he pull
ed the trigger before he expected
to and shot the bottom out of his
hunting boat.
Disaster Caused BY
Slip of the Foot
Baudette-While the combine on
Fred Gillie's farm was in operation
last week, his ten-year-old son,
Freddie, stood atop. The lad un-
accountably missed his footing,
falling into the machine and COM
ing out clad with no more than
the day he arrived in this world,
except his shoes. Fortunately for
Freddie one of the men working
on the machine saw him dive in
and fastened to catch and hold him
UP until it could be stopped. His
injuries include a broken collar
bone and several cuts and bruises.
Tomatoes Grown
without Soil
Blue Earth-Three tomato plants
at the George Buscho home are
having a race. One plant is grow
ing in rich Faribault county soil.
The second Is growing in soil with
commercial fertilizer added The
third was planted in washed sand
and fed with a special solution of
chemicals which duplicate those
found in fertile garden soil. It is
claimed that the "soil-less" method
of growing plants (the sand is
merely used to keep the roots in
place. is a practical way of grow
ing vegetables indoors and in
places where there is no suitable
soil. This type of plant culture
is called hydroponics. The soilless
plant was the first to produce a
nice ripe tomato.
Not Many of These
Spuds To A Bushel-
Heron Lake-Eight potatoes with
a total weight of II pounds and
four ounces have been exhibited in
the News office recently. The larg-
est Of the eight weighed one pound
and IA ounces, while the smallest
weighed exactly one pound. Each
of the others weighed, II, 8, z, 4
and ounces more than a pound.
They were grown by John Carlson,
on the farm of his son just south
Of town.
Sheep in the Parl0r-
Preston-We've heard of pigs in
the parlor and bulls in a china
shop but bucks at large in the
house is a new one. Recently the
operator of the Albert Kriese farm
near Wykoff looked over his sheep
and found one missing. Later he
found Mr.. Buck calmly looking
over the interior Of the house. How
he got there was readily seen when
Mr.. Kriese discovered fine bevel-
ed plate glass window shattered.
Apparently the sheep had wander
ed onto the porch, saw his reflec-
ton in the glass and charged. He
had countless pieces in the wool
on his head but nary a drop Of
blood had been shed.
Costly Ice Cream Cones
Preston-Taking his family for a
Sunday afternoon ride recently Art
Ashton, young Bristol farmer, stop
ped at local confectionery to buy
the kids ice cream cones. The two
cones netted him just $685.. Rea-
son: While he was buying them
the highway patrol tagged him for
double parking.
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