Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-23
They are going to have-a Christmas
Arch instead of u tree at Lorah.

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Arch instead of tree at Lorah.
Marion jenkins, Mrs. Horace Bart
lett and Miss Agnes Reesman had
jolly sleighride up TO Extra and back
Tuesday morning.
Hon. Tom Kelley has decided not
to sell his cattle for a few days yet
and so will go to Des Moines about
the first of January.
The revival meetings will continue
over next Sunday. There is a steadily
growing interest manifest and much
good is being done.
Curtis Benson has been over from
the Crooked Greek Valley visiting
with his brother, Bird Benson, for
the past few days.
John T. jenkins and Charley Jen-
kins shipped two car loads of stock
to Chicago Tuesday noon. Tom Nc
Govern went along with the stock.
Peter Lund, who lives just east of
Lorah, is a terrible sufferer of cancer
that is eating his face away, and the
good man is literally dying by inches.
H. NJ. Underwood was offering all
kinds of prices for grain when we
were in Brayton, last Tuesday, but
then he was little bit excited, new
boy baby born at his home, Monday.
Del Heath says that all arrange
ments are complete for the entertain
ment at the Baptist church, in Bray
ton on Christmas Eve and that the
average urchin is alive with anticipa-
ton.
The next meeting of the Ladies'
Aid Society will be held the second
Tuesday in January and the place OF
meeting will be with Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Bartlett, at the old homestead
lust south of Brayton.
Eli Hansen, that successful farmer
west of Brayton, was doing some
Christmas shopping, at Extra, last
Wednesday. While there he made a
pleasant call and stirred up the ami
mails at the Journal den.
NOTICE Having disposed of my
stock of general merchandise l would
respectfully ask all those knowing
themselves indebted to me to please
call and make settlement.
Yours truly,
w. S. MCGUIRE.
Thursday night of last week some
light fingernd gentleman (?) sawed q
pane of glass, at the Mcguire store,
in Oakfield in two and then crawling
through the aperature extracted about
$500 in money and a bunch of shoe
strings from the interior, then tip-toed
out and faded in the darkness.
Monday Bonnie Clark was waddline
around in snow drift on Eli Han.
sens farm when he saw big pair O.
ears sticking out OF drift and taking
a good squint along the barrel of hi.
gun he pulled the trigger. Dropping
the gun and running to the spo
where he saw the ears what was hi
surprise to see or Brer Jack Rabbi
laying dead OH the snow. Uncle S
says Bonnie came snailing the rabbit
home and was as happy as that his
toric boy with his first pair of ret
topped boots.
Out at Oak Hill they will hav
their Christmas tree on next Tuesda,
:. afternoon, December %. Mr.. Georg
F, Hoegh, Chris Nelson, Will Nelson
i Peter Hoegh and Jens Anderson hav
! been appointed committee on ar
: engagements and they will be abb
e assisted by bevy offair Danish mai
+ dens in seeing that everything is j
e apple pie order. The exercises wi
: be held at one O clock in the afternoo
n when the windows will be darkene
S and everything bespeaks the jollies
kind of time.
: The other afternoon George Chas
and his boys were up at " White Ga
Point.' on J. P. Hallock's land, an
, were busy cutting stove wood. The
had just sawed into a hollow log an
noticing nest they got down al
/ peeked in and by jinks there lay Q
k Brer 'Posum fast asleep. Geors
- had just lifted him up by that II
= tailed tail ofhis and was admiring h
y pleasing grin when Charley Biso
II came along on horseback and direct
q bargain was struck whereby Charlie
IS became the possessor of Mr.. 'Posu
If and taking him in his arms he tot,
J. him to his drug store at Brayton al
If placed him in his Curio."
'e e .ThaSa Price,