The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-09-18
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, sauk Centre. Mimi.

another tale no less fantastic but one that might
have happened-but which probably does not. .
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Be the story true or not 1t is all good clean
fun and the early fall Of 1871 will be remembered
by posterity, along with other people, the fall
when the great python roamed central Minnesota,
ate a dozen cows crushed barns and silos; trapped
farmers in the fields and finally to the ignom
nious end Of dying quite peacefully in the throes
of double pneumonia. The whole thing reminded
George O'Gara of a similar circumstance Oldsters
like him will recall it he said. The tale, even more
weird and fantastic than this because transcends
the base physical had to do with accident.
man was killed the road between here and Mel
Suddenly springing from nowhere some
had his ghost lowering over the road where
he had died Literally hundreds sat under the
stars nights following trying to bring back that
apparition. Now of them believed it, of
course, but there they were-just proving to them
selves that it wouldn't happen.
1t was at this time that George firing
the railroad for an engineer named McNeill or the
like. They had taken west bound train to the
division point at Breckenridge and were deadhead-
ing it back on the passenger to Melrose McNeill
became arch plotter. Recalling the ghost story,
he walked to friends of his the train and
casually told them the story how their run out,
George had sighted man standing on the track.
Unmovable death he too They stopped
the train George got out and walked toward the
stranger whereupon he (not George) disappeared in
to the thin air. Eerie. isn't it? What did
you do? they all inquired of George. He related
at great length with fancy embellishments
you can bet how he had climbed out of the cab
with icy heart walked toward the man expect
ing he knew not what AS he raised his hand to
motion him off the track-the other gone.
Well, sir, it the sole topic of conversation all
the way back to Melrose.
-Businesstuff
The "V" for victory is showing now in the nov
city items in the variety stores. It'll be big
or bigger-as the use of the flag year ago.
For men it's brown shoes about ninety percent
more mercs tell AS late 1887 main bulk
of men footwear traffic in black. Then sud-
den switch to brown that has been all engufing.
Personally we haven't owned pair of black shoes
in ten years-and don't give an upper whether we
have another.
Thrill of a lifetime came to Mrs. J. E. Kringen
and the family the other night. From Tacoma
night before he left for U. S. service in Alaska
son. Don, called. Waiting for the call to come
through and just home from the show, Mrs. Kringen
was so excited she didn't know what to say, took
for the first time since February heard her sons
voice. Within just IA months the three daugh-
ters" of Mr. and Mrs. W. p Arndt were married.
First Prudence, last summer and Wanda and
year ago, the late T. L. Mccormick
sold his home. . II still have the
river" he said often. Puzzled, people wondered
where his other house was. The other home was
not house It was green little plot, east of the
river where Mrs. Mccormick too lived now.
Sauk Centre Macs home. On the Wednesday
trary, he left Minneapolis climbed on the bus, and
at midnight arrived here sick, old and tired He
went to bed. He never got up II guess it's
here" he said then. "Its what I've waited for for
in transportation in this community came back
to die.