Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1913 — William Augspurger Writes From Home in Minnesota. [ARTICLE]

William Augspurger Writes From Home in Minnesota.

St. Peter, Minn., Feb. 9, 1913. Editor Republican: Dear Sir: I want to renew my subscription for The Republican and If you are to publish my short fetter all right, and if not no harm wilOiave been done. We have now been here almost a year and we think we know something about this progressive state of Minnesota. It is coming to the front very fast. We have had a mild winter, so far only one week of fair sleighing, although we had several days of 18 and 20 below zero and during the time we had a good many , days of 40 and 50 above. It has not thawed enough since the middle of December to make any mud and the roads have always been passable. autos to drive in.We had an average crop here this year and can grow most anything here but fall wheat, which does not seem to do well. A good many farmers are trying sugar beets and about forty carloads were shipped from Mankato last fall. They were grown In Blue Earth and Nichollett counties. I am sending you a copy of the Mankato Review. Notice the premiums for a corn show and a field crop meeting, etc., to be held soon. We think Minnesota ts alive to look after the interests of agriculture, and I am proud of the state from that standpoint, for upon the farmer depends mostly the success of all the people. To be sure, our thoughts go baek to our old friends and our old Indiana home, hut the twice-a-week Republican keeps us in touch with their movements. We take The Republican because we get a little more for our money and I believe it is in sympathy with the movement of progress, for in America it is “Go forward, boys.” Yours truly, * WILLIAM AUGSPURGER.

The Republican is glad to receive letters from its friends who have gone away from Jasper county and who still hold a deep feeling -of interest in the old home. William Augspurger was always a progressive farmer and we were sorry to lose him from our midst, but pleased to feel that he is making a success in the west. We notice that his letter was written on letter paper, upon which was printed: “Belgrade Stock Farm, Wm. Augspurger & Son., Proprietors; 9 miles southwest of St. Peter, Minn.; Citizens’ Phone R-3620. St. Peter, Minn., R. F. D. No. 1.” if every farmer in the country would adopt printed stationary, how much it would dignify them and their business. It is a movement of progress that none should omit. From $3 to $5 worth of stationary would last the farmer for ordinary correspondence from one to five years. Write again, Brother Augspurger, and feel assured that your letters will be appreciated by all readers of The Republican. The Knights of Pythias will vary somewhat from their previous method of attending ehurch In a body once a year and this year will have the sermon preached at the Knights of Pythias hall on the third floor of the K. of P. building. Every Knight is urged to be present to attend the service and to hear the sermon to be delivered by Rev. J. P. Green. The hour of holding the meeting has been set for 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Feb. 16th, and the public is cordially invited. Some special music is being prepared.