Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-02-04
Hamlin Department.

y. +. Tyler will ship one car load
of his fat cattle next Tuesday.
Will Mcclure shipped a inc load
of porkers on the Monday train.
Henry Young is filling his yards
up with young stock this winter.
Merchant Mcclure was attending
to business in Audubon, Tuesday.
Walk Crees was over to Marine this
week trying to dispose of his pop corn.
There was jolly dancing party at
Ben Goodwell's home Saturday night.
Counselman & Company have near
ly 10000 bushels of corn cribbed at
the Station.
James Whitney, the Atlantic bank
er, was sizing up Old Hamlin, Mon
day forenoon.
Rev. flummer will hold services at
school house No. 2, next Sunday at
the usual hour.
There was another enjoy able skating
party in Nal Bryan's pasture last
Monday night.
Miss Bessie Bradley Is enjoying
short vacation at her parents home,
i'll Old Hamliu.
They are getting 5000 pounds of
milk at the creamery, three times a
week, these days.
o. P. Tyler and S. d. Coonrod are
attending the Farmers Institute, at
Audubon, this week.
They are getting the ice for the
creamery off of the John Bishop farm
over in Greeley township.
Miss Anna Bell, of Manila, was
guest at the A. W. Bradley home, at
Old Hamlin, part Of the week.
The Blue Grass Creamery have or
dered fifty new cans and a little near
er in the springtime they will put in
another cream separator.
S. A. Heath is at Pella, Iowa, this
week attending a meeting of the State
Baptist Association, in the capacity
of a member of that body.
Sid Goodwin has rented his farm
to John Crees, for next year. Mr..
Goodwin will work for Hon. VIM.
Walker, the big cattle feederysouth of
Extra.
Harry Percy bought these good
punches of corn, from the following
farmers, this week: George Lafoy,
1000 bushels; John McAnulty, 1000;
Mr.. StetzeIl, 1900 bushels.
After the literary last Friday night
q gay party of Old Hamin young
people adjourned to the Bradley homo
and INDUCED in social dance, sort of
welcome home for Miss Bessie.
W. c. Wilson bit on tin tag in
piece of Burr Oak tobacco 'tother day
and when he examined it the tag said
it was good for pocket knife. He
sent it of and now is the possessor of
"jamupgood" whittier.
Mrs. Cloughly was up from Cla-
rinda, Iowa, this week visiting with
her brother, Merchant Shoesmith, at
the Station. She will visit her par
ents at North Branch and will return
to her southern home Saturday.
There will be chicken not pie
sociable at this farm home of Supervi-
sor w. D. Stanley, this evening, to
which you are all invited. The pro-
ceeds will be for the benefit of the
d ra,Gyko a rio ., ,hproh ~ nlJ u..,l:,.
A baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Ballou last Friday but the lit :
tie stranger only opened its eyes to
this world for few hours and then
closed them in death, the body being
buried in the Extra cemetery Satur-
day afternoon. Since the monther has
been in very precarious condition,
but late advice from the lady says
she is gradually on the mend.
| S. D. Coonrod, the weather man
tells US that during the month Of
January there were twenty days thai
the wind blew from the north, anG
there were seven days the mercury
ry registered below zero. The coolest
day was the 25th when it was 2Oo
below zero. The warmest day wa
lst when it was 42o in the morning
and $50 in the afternoon. Their,
was five and one-half inches of snow
Revs. Day and Plummer, Thoma
Gwin and Willis Hopkins went t,
Shelby county for our new churcl
and the first two loads arrived Tues