The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-27
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
st. Bernard Dog
Is Mother Of Ten

st. Bernard Dog
Is Mother Of Ten
Luverne = Probably nothing is
more thrilling to child than the
whimpering Of a new born puppy
and so Lorene Mann, daughter of
Louis Mann, Of Luverne, received
an extra thrill recently when she
found that her giant st. Bernard
was the mother Of ten fluffy pup
pies, each almost half the size of
an ordinary dog when born. The
mother dog weighs 1876 pounds,
stands 35 inches tall, and this was
her first litter of Youngsters.
Zone on the House,
But He Broke Bottle
Observation-Disclosures Martin An
derson, through careful work had
piled up a nice lot of lumber dur
ing the process of wrecking
Graceville building recently, but
one day his crowbar slipped-and
there was the tinkle of broken
glass and brief gurgling sound.
Anderson had unwittingly destroy
ed an unopened bottle CT whiskey
which had been cached in the build
ing.
Heifers Hang Selves
In Freak Barn Accident
Dassel-Almost too fantastic to
be believed is the account of an
unfortunate accident which hap
pened recently on the Albin Dahl
man farm south of Dassel result
ing in the death of two six months
two heifers, one on either end of
four foot nailed up board, in an
ordinary COW stall. During the
night, the heifers had evidently
broken the board loose and wan
dered about the barn until they
straddled one Of the horses lying
down with the board over his back.
When the horse got up, both heif-
ers were literally strung UP" on
either side Of the horse and were
found dead in that position when
Mr.. Dahlman entered the barn the
next morning.
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Tiny Slip-Up Again
Spells perfect Crime
Belle Plaine-An innocent look
ing creamery receipt inadverdant-
ly dropped on the field Of one Of
the farms from which two thieves
were stealing calves, was enough to
convict two Mcleod county men
who dropped the receipt while load
ing a stolen calf into their vehicle.
The men are now sadder but wis
err having received suspended SEN
fences to the st. Cloud Reforma-
tory on condition that they pay
for all the calves stolen from Car
yer county farms.
Blizzard Results In
Long Birthday Party
Lindstrom Bill Steffenson, of
Lindstrom, didn't mind a recent
Sunday night blizzard one bit; in
fact, he liked 1t very much as it
provided him with the longest
birthday party he had ever had.
Twelve guests had arrived early
Sunday at his home to help him
celebrate his birthday and when
the weather turned bad in the eve
ming, it was found that the guests
could not leave, all Of them stay
ing for breakfast.
Makes 12-Cylinder
Meat Grinder
st. Peter-A 12-cylinder meat
grinder, designed and built by H.
]. Anderson in the Victor Goldberg
blacksmith shop in st. Peter, Is the
unique piece Of machinery now in
operation at the Ottawa Fur Farm.
Owner Carl Schmidt needed a pow
erful grinder to supply feed for
the mink he raises so he bought a
12-cylinder engine, took it to the
blacksmith shop, and had it hook
ed to a meat and bone grinder.
The machine, which took all win
ter to construct, is powerful enough
to grind the meat and bones Of
whole horse in five minutes.
Irish Twins SO On
st. Patrick's Day
Luverne-Believed to be the old
est living pair of twins in Mime
sofa are Paddy and Mart Connell,
of Luverne, who are proud Of cele-
brating their 83rd birthdays to-
gether. Still prouder are they of
the fact that their double birthday
anniversary falls each year on st.
Patrick's Day.
Forest Lake-Forest Lakers have
lost considerable faith in Idor Pet
erson, Texaco dealer, upon whom
they depend for road directions
when they drive in to his station.
Their faith was shaken when they
learned that after attending the
Ice Follies in Minneapolis, Idor
became separated from his party
and headed off in the wrong direc-
ton to find his car. Realizing his
mistake, he retraced his steps to