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BROWNSDALE
day for a visit at the Syck home.
C. F. Hoy was down from Roches
ter to spend Sunday with his wife.
In the Adams correspondence in
last week's Transcript appeared the
following: "Adams creamery for
April sold butter amounting to $5,
089.28. Price paid for butterfat to
patrons 35c. Who can beat it?"
We want to call Buttermaker
Franklin's attention to the fact that
E. P. Merril received the sad
news that a cousin had been mur
uered, shot from ambush, at Los An
geles, Cal.
Francis Ball has a hen setting on
three eggs and a cat and two kittens
all occupying the same nest as peace
fully as can be.
A large number filled the Baptist
church last Sunday morning, the
Methodists giving up their service,
the occasion being Memorial Sunday,
the old soldiers and ladies of the G.
lasting f-j about ten minutes.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Blanchard cises Thursday evening, 30th.
and children came up from Rudd, Miss Jennie Crandell of Austin
Iowa, on Sunday morning. Ashley spent Sunday with Miss Lizzie Dix
returned on the midnight train but on.
the rest of the family remained for I Lutheran Ladies Aid will' meet
a longer visit. I with Mrs. A. M. Wilson, Wednesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Franklin and 29th.
child came up from Adams on Satur- Rev. A. G. Washington and family
he forgot about Brownsdale when at by K. O. Wold's drug store,
he made this statement. Th©|
Brownsdale creamery for April sold!
butter amounting to $6,109.73 and SARGEANT.
paid 36c for butterfat. Now will Geo. Siegel, F. C. Schwartz and
you keep still? Henry Beck were Waltham visitors
Mrs. R. Rollings, one of the few Saturday.
remaining pioneer settlers of this Mr. John Vogdt and family of
vicinity, was reminded that she had Dexter visited at Banker Schaefer's
reached her 82nd birthday last week on Sunday.
Monday bv her friends and neigh-j Mrs. John Ziemer of Waltham at
bors who "turned out in large num- tended the funeral of her school
bers and gave her a surprise party,
Although she had expected only two
or three of the neighbors, she re-
ceived the seventy or more guests the state examinations at Waltham
very calmly, and expressed herself Thursday and Friday.
as much pleased at the remembrance, Amund Strandum of Hayfield vis
The afternoon was spent socially. ited at Gilbert Gunderson's on Sat
Also a musical program, arranged by, urday.
Miss Winnifred Cole, was given just' Roy and Forrest Johnson of the
before the deHcious luncheon was Brownsdale High school visited rela
served. Rev. Welsh, in behalf of her tives over night in town Wednesday,
children, presented her with a hand- Miss Emma Schwartz entertained
some dining table, also an easy Mrs. Frogner and children and Mrs.
chair from her friends. Mrs. Roll-, Strandum of Hayfield on Saturday,
ings responded in a few fitting words F. W. Smock was in town on
which ended in prayer for those Sunday.
present. It is hoped that many more' Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Siegel are the
birthdays may visit the little .woman' proud parents of a fine little son,
whom time has touched so lightly.
A. R. attending in a body. Special ture completed and anyone desiring
music was rendered by the male to pasture cattle just call up H. F.
quartette and Rev. W. Welsh Kezar, who has the managing of the
preached an excellent sermon appro- pasture for W. A. Nolan.
priate to the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer are enter-
Mrs. C. M. Syck returned on Wed- taining a sister of Mr. Schaefer's,
nesday from a visit to Monona, Iowa, from Stout, Iowa and on Sunday
Miss Dorothy remained for a longer they entertained Mr. John Vogdt
visit. I and family of Dexter, a brother of
The Wm. Beck and Art Beltz Mrs. Schaefer.
families, who left here on the 11th Mr. Moen and family of Dexter
inst. with their autos for Nebraska visited at Ole Brenden's on Sunday.
and Oklahoma, had quite a time of it, The body of the late Joseph Meyer
the roads being very bad on account arrived from North Dakota, Wednes
oi rain. The Beck's left their car in day evening, accompanied by his
Kansas City and went the rest of the father and ypungest brother, Walter,
way by train. who had been searching for the body
Si Danley arrived home on Mon- f°r over six weeks, Joseph was
day for a visit with his parents. drowned on Easter Sunday in try
The Syck family who had almost in& with two young men compan
decided to move to Monona, Iowa, tons
W. H. Lawrence who has been to mind of his mother telling of re
secretary for the Red Rock Cream- ceiving a letter from Joe last winter
ery Assn. for the past few years, has and said he had helped three poor
handed in his resignation. C. M. families to get through the winter.
Syck has been chosen to fill the va- He was 32 years old On the 23rd of
cancv. last December and a year ago last
A large number of ladies gathered winter he spent the winter here in
at the home of Mrs. Harvey Hillier Sargeant with his aged parents. The
on Thursday afternoon and gave her funeral was held on Friday after
a merry surprise. A very' pleasant noon, in the Methodist church, the
afternoon was spent by all present. pall bearers were his four cousins,
Mr. Peterson has moved his fam
ily here from Hayward.
School closes this week for the the Heydt brothers and Geo. Bartel
summer's vacation. and R. F. Schwartz of Renova. The
At a special business meeting held floral tributes were beautiful and
last Thursday the Baptists extended everything was done by his parents
a call to Rev. W. Welsh to remain that could be. He leaves five
as their pastor for another year at brothers and three sisters besides the
a $100 increase in salary. aged father and mother. He was
Lots of rain. The roads hardly !aid to rest in Zion cemetery. A
have a chance to get dusty. promising young life has gone from
the storai of last Wednes- our midst to be with its maker,
day ni^hf
ingi Prairie returned to their home
Saturday. Mtejs Olson took the part
of $he class play which was assigned
to Mabel Anderson.
Harvey Hildeftrand and Artie An
derson were Austin callers Friday.
Ardell Olson was given a farewell
party at her home by a number of
her classmates Saturday.
The First Team won the gamp
against Nevada Saturday. The score
was 3 to 8.
High school commencement Fri
day evening 31st. Address by Dr.
B. H. Hibbard of Ames, Iowa.
[Eighth grade commencement exer-
left Wednesday for their new field of
labor at Tripoli, Iowa.
What Texans Admire
is hearty, vigorous life, according to
Hugh Tallman, of San Antonio. "We
find," he writes, "that Dr. King's New
LifePille surely put new life and energy
into a person. Wife and I believe they
are tbe best made." Excellent tor stom
ach, liver or kidney troubles. 25 cents
mate, Joseph Meyer, on Friday.
Miss Ruth Jacobson and Miss Es
ther Schwartz and Cora Martin took
born Sunday night. And Geo. wears
a very broad smile.
Mrs. Cooper of Gladbrook, Iowa is
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben Keller.
Miss Nora Hasset is spending a
week in town.
Howard Bowers was doing busi
ness in town Saturday evening.
Professor Peterson of Taopi visit
ed at Soren Hanson's on Saturday.
B. E. Stimson returned home on
Tuesday.
W. A. Nolan now has his pas-
cross
where Mr. Syck would have his head- yiver in a wagon box, his compan
quarters while working for the In- ions reached the shore but Joseph
ternational Harvester Co., have de-
was
cided, after looking around a bit, about 7 years ago and took up a
that there are worse places than claim, where he was a general fa
Brownsdale to live, and have decided vorite and a great help to many who
to remain here for another year" at were struggling to build up a home'
least. In appreciation of Mr. Syck's as be was well supplied with most
services as their buyer here the °f the blessings and comforts of life.
Huntting Elevator Co. made a raise He was a young man of the highest
in his wages. type of manhood. The writer calls
l.eavv hail stern1 sot in, where there is no pain and suffering
and
Stones fell as big as a base ball. "Thy Will, Oh God, not our's, be
About 7 5 window lights were broken done.
in this vicinity. Many holes were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marburger
made as deep as two inches in some
and
lawns. came over to attend the funeral.
M. B. Johnson was over from
Grand Meadow greeting his old time CARD OF THANKS.
friends. We desire to thank the neighbors
Elmer Hedegaard had an opera-
and
tion for appendicitis at the Roches- sympathy shown to us in our late
ter hosnital. bereavement and especially for the
M. Stephenson moved with his floral offerings..
family to Spring Valley on the 20th
inst. Mr. S. expects to build a
modern home there before fall.
LYLE served 'here.
Mr. and Mrs. Woods of Osage were .^he graduating exercises of the
visitors here Saturday school will be held at the opera
Rev. Lyle of Albert Lea conduct-
Edna Hyatt spent Sunday at her' ™4,
Mrs. Carberry has returned from
a visit at Miltonville.
a branch of the Missouri
drowned. He went to Dakota
we can only look up and say,
daughter Hulda of Hamilton
friends for their kindness and
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Meyer.
GRAND MEADOW.
Memorial Day will tye suitably ob-
h^Se
ed the baccalaureate service here ,be Attorney
Sunday evening. Jacob N. Nicholsen of Austin. Lila
O. H. Briese returned from a trin Htzin?er
The
The Second Team won the game
against Stacyville Saturday. The Burriiigton and sons visited
score was 4 to 7.
1
Misses Bergen and Olson of Bloomr
evening, 31st. The
wil1
g}ve
to the cities Sunday. Poverty and Crime,and Marie Gjerve
Archie Groth of Elderlin, N. Dak. jivf maledictory and will discuss
•was married to Miss Millie Hofland Evolution of China. The pro
at the Mona church Sunday after-1 interesting one.
noon.
the
salutatory on
Congregational Ladies Aid
me*t with Mrs-
home at London. Wednesday 29th.
Miss Mabel Anderson who has been -n ke®*ru(* went to North
quite sick is gradually improving.
Chas. Atkins
Dakota Wednesday to spend several
weeks.
Our village schools close this week
-relatives in Austin Thursday.
iiiiSiliiS
Geo. Wiebold and wife visited at
Austin Tuesday.
C. J. Condo received another car
of farm machinery this week and is
in line for any business in his line.
Miss Grace Glover visited at Aus
tin Saturday.
W. A. Chapman arrived Saturday
for a few days' visit at home.
Miss Ella Stenke who has been
sewing for Mrs. Stephan for several
days returned to her home at Hay
field Saturday.
Campbell's Peerless makes THE
Bread. Nufsaid!
W. H. Decker shipped several cars
of stock last week again as usual.
Mrs. Alfred Rockwell of Browns
dale spent Saturday at her daugh
ter's, Mrs. L. S. Chapman.
Norman Carll of Austin was in
town Monday. Mr. Carll is not a
visitor in our town very'often since
moving to Austin.
E. J. Markham has taken in con
siderable grain the past few days
and has been shipping several cars
of late.
Buy PEERLESS FLOUR from J.
A. Stephan.
L. S. Chapman and wife and W.
H. Potthast' motored to Austin Sat
urday evening.
On account of the weather Sunday
there were no services at the M. E
church here.
Herman Chinnow is busily at work
painting these days having several
buggies to work on when the weather
is not suitable for outside work.
Road work will soon be in order
and it is hoped that the culverts and
bridges will be first in order as there
are several bad ones.
W. H. Lawrence and family of
Brownsdale were Waltham callers
Saturday evening.
E. J. Friert has been repairing the
roof and making other needed re
pairs to the Dr. Schultz house the
past two weeks.
Joe Goetsch and wife who have
been visiting in Wisconsin for sever
al days are expected home in the
near future.
Herbert Hunt who was injured in
the automobile accident last week is
slowly improving. He was taken to
his home Saturday.
F. C. Condo made an auto trip to
Hayfield Monday.
Mrs. O. Allen and son of Hayfield
were Waltham callers Saturday.
Mr. J. Young who was quite bad
ly injured by the kick of a horse sev
eral days ago, was in town Monday
apparently having recovered without
any bad results.
State examinations at our school
this week and we are pleased to learn
that a goodly number of our pupils
will have passed. We regret that we
are to lose both of our teachers this
year, their work having been so very
satisfactory. Miss Glover will be a
member of the Austin faculty and
Miss Buck expects to spend the com
ing year in traveling and sight see
ing.
Remember Friday is the last day
that taxes can be paid before the
penalty is applied. Taxes are paya
ble at the State Bank here.
Campbell's Peerlesa Flour sold by J.
A. Stephan.
Helps A Judge In Bad Fix.
Justice Eli Cherry, of Gillis Mills,
Tenn., was plainly worried. A bad sore
on his leg had baffled several doctors
and long resisted all remedies. "I
thought it was a cancer,"he wrote, "At
last 1 used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and
was comp etely cured." Cures burns,
boils, ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. 25
cents at K. O. Wold's drug store.
RACINE.
Memorial Sunday services were
held at the M. E. church Sunday
afternoon, with sermon by Rev. C. B.
Frank. Our citizens will participate
in the Memorial Day exercises in the
Hamilton cemetery Thursday after
noon. Address by Rev. Cutler of
Spring Valley.
A. F. Stiles won out inHhe special
election for postmaster here and will
be recomme'nded.
The village schools will close
Friday with a picnic. The old
teachers have been re-elected.
John Payne attended the North
ern Baptist convention at Des
Moines last week and this.
The Demons *of the Swamp
are mosquitoes. As they sting they put
deadly malaria germs in the blood.
Then follow the icy chills and the fires
of fever. The appetite flies and the
strength fails also malaria often paves
tbe way for deadly typhoid. But Elec
tric Bitters kill and cast out the malaria
germs from the blood give you a fine
appetite and renew your strength.
•'After long suffering," wrote Wm.
Fretwell, of Lucama, N. C., "three bot
tles ?ove all the malaria from my sys
tem, and I've had* good health ever
pince." Best for all stomach, liver and
kidney ills. 50c at O. Wold's drug
store.
^?^:Ct%AI.THAKr €5 H. Myer returned Tuesday to
We are getting our usual ainojjnt ^hls nome i^i Blue Earth after a busi
of rain and'some districts are flood- jhess
ed The weather is warmed however 3$hn M. Ghristgau and Geo. Stud-
ed The weather is warmed however
and all* grain is growing rapidly.
Geo. Garbisibh has began putting barns this season
on the rock faced siding on his bar
ber shop and will rush the building
to completion as rapidly as possible.
L. S. Chapman attended the bank- The following from adjoining dis
3 Convention at Rochester last Fri- tricts took State Examinations here
ers Convention at Rochester last Fri
day
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DEXTER.
A. S. Rolfson and Art Buck were
Austin callers Monday.
A shower was given Saturday
afternoon by Mrs. T, E. Derby and
Miss Meyer in honor of Miss Beatrice
Madden.
property here to John
possession to be given
June.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. King
AM
er of Dexter township Will build new
LANSINjB.
Mrs. Frank Bowdoin of Spring
Green, Wis. visited Mrs. J. Carll
Thursday and Friday.
Miss Leila Hayes returned to St.
Paul .Sunday.
this week: The Misses Grace Smith
Florence Benson, Clara Biladeau
Agnes Hudechek, Viva Finch and
Mark Meyer, Edward Levy and Fred
Schradle.
Bob Story tried his new buggy,
Sunday, and with his family drove
out to spend the day with Oscar
Rhoades.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cummings en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Ryan from
below Austin, the first of the week.
The Ladies' Aid will not hold a
meeting this week as Thursday is
Decoration Day..
Mrs. W. O. Stevenson returned to
Winnebago, Saturday.
Miss Mayer Beadell spent Sunday
with her father, A. E. Beadell and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Henderson re
turned to Alden Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cnaffee and
Johnnie were guests at the Hotel,
Sunaay.
Rev. Welcn of Brownsdale deliv
ered a Memorial sermon at the
church Sunday. Geo. Johnson ac
companied him from Brownsdale
ivtiss May. Wiseman closed her
school in Udolpho, Friday and is at
home for a short time.
Arthur Enney returned to Hawk
eye, Ia« Wednesday.
Mrs. A. Weber has been enjoying
a .visit from one of her former
schoolmates, Miss* Adler.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. LaBar autoed
up from Austin Friday.
Frank Runyan and Leonard Hop
fe are making improvements on
their houses by building porches and
repainting.
Thos. Kneen and family of Hart
ley, la. have purchased the Jno. Nel
ler farm in Udolpho and not being
able to take possession before Oct. 1,
are residing in the Judge Ranney
house next, to the lumber yard.
Miss Mabel Sargeant was a guest
of Miss Katie Rector Friday.
Gus Thompson went to Chicago
Saturday with a carload of cattle.
Miss Albena Svepkosky returned
to Jno. Cerny's Friday from London.
The W. T. D. club of Austin of
which Miss Hattie Mclntyre is a
member, came up Friday and enjoyed
a picnic at the C. of H. Hall.
Miss Edna Bacon of Brownsdale
spent Sunday here.
Jno. Rademacher returned to Chi
cago Wednesday.
The Crane Lumber Co. of Austin
have purchased the Lansing lumber
yards and are invoicing the stock.
School closes Friday with a picnic
at the woods.
Herb Hunt returned home from
the hospital Sunday.
Mr. Leek came from LaCrosse
Monday to visit his sons, Will and
Fred.
LANSING LODGE NO. 72 E. AND
A. M.
Lansing., Minn., May 25th, 1912.
Whereas, God in His Infinite wis
dom has again entered our Lodge
and removed from our midst Brother
Lee Ora Thompson,
Now Therefore be it Resolved,
That we deeply deplore the sudden
taking away of our brother and here
by extend our sympathy to the be
reaved family and relatives in their
sorrow and commend them to Him
who is ever a giver of strength and
comfort to those who mourn.
Resolved, That this memorial be
spread upon our Lodge record, a copy
sent to the sorrowing family and a
copy to the Austin papers for publi
cation and that our charter be
draped the usual period of thirty
days.
TT 1* 1. There were 78 numbers sold at the
w. ±i. Beltz has sold his pillage dance .given Friday at the hall by
onert.v here Ramseth, the Rose Creek Dancing Club.
the last of Clausen's orchestra. Good time!
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Johannes were Prairie will assist.
Austin callers Monday.
O. C. LA BAR,
B. F. CARLL,
H. LYONS,
Committee.
CARD OF THANKS.
Accept from us, dear friends, our
deepest thanks for the many acts of
kindness and words of sympathy ex
tended to us in the hour of our be
reavement.
Mrs. Maud Thompson and daugh
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
As Tamarack Homestead, No. 349,
Brotherhood of American Yeomen,
has so suddenly lost one of its mem-
Another will be given soon.
—-o «,x^ A thirteen-hour devotion will be
here from Austin and will spend held at St. Peter's church Wednes
most of the time here during summer day, 29th. Father Schneider of Iona
vacation. and Father Friekman of Blooming
-Miss Edith Beltz spent last week bought the Henry Lux blacksmith
Shop here and will operate it under
work the firm name of Lux & Fleming.
with Brownsdale friends.
The carpenters commenced
Tuesday on C. V. Miller's new house. Success to them
There is sufficient stock subscribed
to assure the organization of the for summer vacation.
IPo rm
HAAI -VI »-r
Farmers Coal and Lumber
of Dexter.
smaEsSter
we
do not attempt to solve the mysteries'
of the Divine Providence but bow
submissively to the will of the
Heavenly Father, who doeth all
things in wisdom.
That we extend to the family and
other relatives of our deceased
brother our sympathy and assistance
in every practical way:
That these resolution's be made a
part of our permanent record and al
so be published in the Austin papers.
That our charter be draped for
thirty days in respect to our departed
brother.
B. R. SUMMY,
M. E. HESSLER,
x'
JACOB HAHN,
Committee.
ROSE CREEK.
John Lux and Matt Fleming have
Village school will close Friday
„v John. Lux and Miss.- .Gertrude
Fleming wer^ married at St Peter's
church Tuesday of last ftreek* They
were attended by Miss Kate Ushold
andEd Smith. A wedding dinner was,,
enjoyed at the bride's home, about
forty guests in attendance. They
will reside here.
Chas W. Bump had an operation
Tuesday at St. Olaf hospital, Austin.
There was a, class of 14 children
who received their first communion
at St. Peter's church Sunday.
Miss Nellie Meany is visiting an
uncle- in Kansas ,on her way home
from her New York visit.
Alice Mieany spent Sunday with
her sister Mrs. Callinan in Austin.
Mrs. Chris Johnson and Mr. and
Mrs. Tuttle visited at the*- W. E.
Brown home in Austin Sunday.
The Huntting elevator is being
torn down and will be rebuilt about
twenty feet back from its present lo
cation.
LE ROY.
The LeRoy creamery paid 35 cents
for April butter fat. Total receipts
$6,659.92 for the month.
LeRoy high school won in the base
ball game here Saturday with Austin
high school in a score of 8 to 7.
Misses Emily Moore and Marie Smits
arrived home Tuesday evening from
their California trip.
The Dorcas society will meet at the
church Wednesday afternoon, 29th.
Irene Schutz died Wednesday after
an illness of several months. Funeral
was held at the Presbyterian church
Friday.
Mrs. W. K. Porter went to Duluth
Wednesday to visit her sister, Mrs
Stella Mattocks.
The graduating exercises of the class
of 2912, LeRoy high school, will be held
at the opera house Friday evening, 31st
The salutatory will be by Olga Dick
on Evolution of Government. The
valedictory by Lenora C. Hattlestad on
Progress of Science and Invention.
Address by Rev. Ralph Carlton of Wi
nona. There are ninp in the claBs:
Elizibeth C. Bingham, Corene M.
Johnson, Lucille M. Clark, Lenora C.
Hattlestad, Iva R. Maboney, Carrie V.
Merrick, Ruth Sprung, Olga D.'
Dick, Roy W. Hague.
Memorial Day exercises unuer the
auspices of G. A. post will be held
in the cemetery Thursday afternoon.
Escapes an Awiul Pate.
A thousand tongues could not express
the gratitude of Mrs. E. Cox,of
Joliet, 111., for her wonderful deliver
ance from an awful fate. "Tvphoid
pneumonia had left me with a dreadful
cough," she writes. "Sometimes I had
such awful coughing spells I thought 1
would die. I could get no help from
doctor's treatment or other medicines
till I used Dr. King's Mew Discovery.
But I owe my life to this wonderful
remedy for I scarcely cough at all now."
Quick and safe, its the most reliable of
all throat and lung medicines Every
bottle guaranteed. Price 50 cents -and
$1.00. Trial bottle free at K. O. Wold's
Drug Store.
OAKLAND.
No services here last Sunday on
account of the rain.
There was a family reunion with
Mrs. Henry Wyant Sunday to cele
brate her 80th birthday anniversary.
A purse of money was presented to
her.
Presbyterian social at the church
Friday evening, 31st. Ice cream,
apron sale, and other attractions.
A son was born to Mrs. Chris
Gartner laursday.
The Fairview Cemetery association
will meet at the Presbyterian church
Saturday evening, June 1, at eight
o'clock for election of officers and
other business.
A son was born to Mrs. Fred
Hibil Sunday.
Chas. Gusdavison and Miss Selma
Tiedt of Albert Lea spent Sunday
with Mr. ana Mrs. Chas. Gusdavison
here.
Sever Nasby has received a car of
lumber for a new barn.
Mrs. Rasmussen of Hayward visit
ed her daughter, Mrs. A. A. Soren
son on Sunday.
Seeding on the big Riceland marsh
farm is very much retarded on ac
count of the wet.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Howard of Gen
eva have been guests at Ed. Corne
lius's.
A. A. Sorenson has a new four
passenger Ford auto.
The railroad freight house here is
being repaired and the floor lowered.
The Huntting elevator here closed
last week for the season. Magnel
Morgan will go to Canada.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid will
meet with Mrs. Gene Lowry June
12.
The Banner creamery jlaid 32
cents for April butter fat.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to sincerely thank all our
ivoi UUC Ui IIS XlltJXII- IV III a lift ail OUT
bers in the person of Lee Ora I friends for their great kindness and
Thompson. Be it Resolved: That
sympathy shown in so many ways
during our recent affliction. Our
sorrow has been alleviated by these
marks of interest.
Mrs. James Roulston and family.
ADAMS.
John W. Carr was in Rochester
with Sam Sweningson Wednesday
when the latter had an operation at
the Mayo hospital. Mr. Sweningson
was getting along favorably.
The corner stone of the Synod
Lutheran church was laid with ap
propriate services Monday. Prof.
C. K. Preus of Luther college, De
corah, was the principal speaker.
The United Lutheran Ladies Aid
will meet at the B. S. Knutson home
June 5.
A number from here attended the
banquet given in Austin Tuesday
evening by the Austin Automobile
club.
TURRETS
BORMEL PACKING HOUSE
Hogs
Zona# Fat Hogs 200 lb $7.00
Light Hogs
Packer Hogs- $6.20 to $6.60
Fat Pigs 100 to 140. pric«d accord-
lag to weight and Quality. ,v
Veal, Sheep and Lambs.
Fat Lambs.... S5.50 to$6.00
Fat Sheep.... S8.00 to 8.50
Fat Veal.. *5.50to(6.00
Cattle.
Steera.. «4.50 to 10.50
Com $8,50toM.50
Bolls Wi0toS4.S5
Cannen................... ^....... IS.O0toS8.CQ
Sabjact to Market ehuuw
•J-MJI 'Ji 'JLI 'J.1 'JLl
JJM
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Civil War
Prose and Poetry of
March and Meeting of
Veteran Legion
By E. W. LIGHTNER
^O fighter of all the.
ages ever knew
better than tho
men of the Union
Veterans' Legion
th© tragic truth of
the epigram of
General Tecumseh
Sherman that
"War is Hell."
This must not be accepted as mean
ing that war is always inspired by the
devil, though the wars of history,
most of them, have plainly had^ their
origin in impulses of hate, rivalry, un
laudable ambition, lust for mere con
quest.
The Civil war in which these veter
ans fought, and in which hundreds of
thousands who are not living to march
and meet today played their part of
sacrifice, must be said to have hadj
Divine inspiration if war ever had
such spiritual impulse.
Even to thos© who were mere chil
dren in those terrible years the spec
tacle of these grizzled ones marching
recalls the period of intense anti-slav
ery agitation sacrifice and bravery of
pioneers in that grand writing and ora
tory which even in the north led to
mobbing o? platform speakers, sack
ing of newspaper offices and assassina
tion of editors, such as Elijah Love
joy, at Alton, 111. the Fugitive Slave
Law and the infamous Dred Scott de
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United States, two justices dissenting,
which declared the negro, virtually, to
be an animal and that he had no rights,
which a whit© man was bound to re
spect the Kansas-Missouri warfare
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the exploit of John Brown and his as
sociates at Harper's Ferry to arouse
the negroes to fight for their freedom,
and the hanging of Brown and others
these incidents and affairs, and. far
more, with the final election of Lin
coln to the presidency, are vividly re
called by the presence of the veterans
of the war, most of whom volunteered
in answer to the first and second call
for volunteers when a declaration of
war followed the secession of one
southern state after another and when
th© south began hostilities by the cap
ture of Fort Sumter.
Then came the terror of battle the
alternation of victory and rout the
dark days following Bull Run when
the capture of Washington by the
rebels was imminent the horrible
slaughter of succeeding battles in, th©
region of Washington, in west and
southwest the marine and semi-ma
rine battles on the Mississippi, Gulf
and Atlantic coast the succession of
commanding generals as one after an
other failed the coming of Grant
the great march of the troops of Sher
man from the interior to the Atlantic
at Savannah and Charleston Vicks
burg, Fort Donelson, New Orleans,
Antietam, Fredricksburg, Gettysburg,
Winchester, Richmond, Appomattox,
Grant, Sherman, Farragut, McClellan,
Halle#k, Hooker and the rest of them
the brave, grand body of lesser offi
ceijp, privates, who did th© actual fight
ing, hundreds of thousands of them
piled dead and wounded on hundreds
of battle fields their deadly suffering
in mud and rain and snow their hun
ger and thirst and fever hospitals al
ways crowded the agony of relatives
at home last act of all, amid the ac
claim of victory with the surrender of
Lee, the assassination of the captain
of all the captains, "Captain! my Cap
tain!" Great God! What a ghastly
and glorious succession of moving
pictures passes before the eye with ev
ery foot-fall of the gray and wrinkled
ones who march through the streets^
It has just been said-by some on0
that with the passing of the remain
ing comparatively small group of vet
erans the grand army will become a.
ghostly memory. Not so. After the
last man has been dead for an age,
and for ages, the army, its privates
and its captains their forbears who
fanned th© embers of human freedom
to a living flame the dead of
the battle fields and th© dead who
were fortunate enough to liv© for.
years after the last battle was won,
will remain, yes, remain forever, as
vividly in the memory of futur^f peo
ples as though the patriotic war for
freedom and unity were a thing of
yesterday.
Compared to this Civil war the war
of the Great Revolution was sordid,)
(or it had its inception in rebellion!
against the payment of a money trib-!
ate to a foreign potentate. This onei
«ras for a grander purpose, the restor-J
Ition and perpetuation of the govern-!
inent built upon the small foundation!
resulting immediately from the Revo
lution, and a declaration of independ-'
gnce for the individual, that hence
forth and forever no man, womaa on
child, no matter
what the color of.
the skin, should be
held as property
and sold from the
auction block to be
debased and prosti
tuted lower even
than the fonr-fooW'
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