Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-02
Teachers Meeting at Brayton next

We heard over the telephone that
She Would be Widow!
Sidney Cart has gone to Nebraska
to help his brother husk eighty acres
of corn.
The Oaktield Township Creamery
shipped 5000 pounds of butter last
Monday.
While away j. 7. Jenkins bought
car load of stockers, which arrived on
Saturday.
P. H. Griffith, of Anita, visited his
sister, Mrs. Clarence Noon, the first
of the week.
Uncle 81 Clark lost one of his best
young heifers, Monday. Eat too
much " smut"
Dick Powers is now installed as
clerk in the j. 2. Bindixen Hardware
Company's store.
Chester Slender had horrible old
wrestle with the croupe last Monday
night-Chester licked.
Miss May jenkins is assisting in the
postoffice at the big mercantile estab-
lishment of jenkins & Vail.
Little Miss Mamie Bopp, of At
lantic, is passing her vacation with
her aunt, Mrs. Tom Kelley.
Tuesday was the last day that Nels
Boose drove j. A. Stender's grocery
| wagon out into the country for this
season.
Miss Genevive Mccarthy came
down from Audubon, Wednesday,
and visited until Saturday at the
John Noon home.
Next Monday Mr.. Harry Finkbine
will be in Brayton when the annual
invoice of the Green Bay Lumber
Yard will commence.
Frank Greer went TO Des Moines
Tuesday evening. If you will look
real close you will see that Frank has
placed an advertisement in this weeks
Journal.
The house on B. F. Simpsons farm,
occupied by Lauritz Jorgensen caught
fire last Sunday and despite all efforts
was soon reduced to smouldering
mass of ruins.
On December LIST the last helper on
the Brayton section, John Doyl, was
laid off and now Thos. Hardiman,
will patrol his section alone for the
next three months.
Last Saturday Kees Hallock, Hon.
Tom Kelley and Tom McGovern came
home from the country, west of Sioux
City, where they purchased three car
loads Of young cattle.
Johnny Anderson and Miss Maude
Harter attended the dance and oyster
supper, near Lorah, on Wednesday
evening of last week. They pro-
nounce it great success.
Mrs. Dave Carpenter and Mrs.
Charley Cotton were up to Extra the
first of the week visiting with their
relatives, the w. H. Fowler, William
Carpenter and Bert Leamon families.
Rev. Jacob Aurocher, who former
ly preached at Oakfeld, but now of
Dies Moines, came from that city on
Thanksgiving day to perform the
ceremony at the Harter- Wade we'd
ding.
George Fiechtemeyer's sale, last
Tuesday afternoon, was good success
and things sold we'll. Mr.. Fiechte-
meyer and family are now comforta-
bly, settled in their new home, near
Old Louisville.
Wednesday Owen Ide shipped car
load of sheep, from his own yards,
and car load of hogs to Chicago.
Owen went along with the stock for
the purpose of seeing the city and
getting mouth full of Lake Michi-
gan breeze.
Charley Boy Bison found couple
of boxes of De Wits Little Early
Risers, in his wanderings about the
drug store, and thinking they were
candy he slickered'emdown." Now
Charley says: 81 feel all right but
Oh, my, Pm so tired - 4a.s
Mr.. Carson Walters, that successful
farmer and stock raiser, just west Of
l Brayton, was in town Tuesday after.
noon and sold to Ide & McGoverr
thirty-six head of as fine hogs as you
! ever clapped your optics upon. Mr.
I Walters has just completed handy
e barn and some stock sheds and that's
o the reason why he raises such goot
E stock.
! Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Bron
= were quietly jogging along in thei
y farm wagon when the team becam
!. skittish and away they went. Ate
4 running a short distance they dumped
the lady out and then when they ha,
;. skipped few rods further over wen
the wagon box, bottom side up, ant
Mr.. Brons on the under side. AM
. by jocks, the woman had to walk twt
: miles to get a neighbor to help befor
!. she could get the poor man out Of hi
\: prison.
Il Program for Educational Meeting t
j be held at the Brayton school hous
3: on Saturday, December 4, 1897:
3: Are the Privileges and Conversations
y; the Teacher Equal to the Response
Mrs