Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-12-30
HamliR Department..
Will Mcclure shipped prime load
of hogs from the Station, Monday.

Will Mcclure shipped prime load
of hogs from the Station, Monday.
Harm Rice is at Lo Moor, Iowa,
having jolly good visit with his
parents.
Chas. Ferguson was mixed up in
that letter deal we were telling you
about last week.
Walk Crees will commence Smelling
5000 bushels of corn for Counseiman
& Co. next Monday.
We are sorry to hear that Miss
Dove, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ny Warner, is seriously ill.
Rev. Conner is over at the Beers
school house, in Greeley township,
holding protracted meetings.
Ed. Schoonover and wife came
home from thesr Christmas visit, on
Monday, driving from Elliott in one
day.
w. D. Kreall will load his goods
into car and himself and family will
move to Norman, Oklahoma, some
time next week.
There was party of coasters out
at Old Hamlin the other night and
their merry shouts could be heard for
many rods around.
Remember that the annual general
meeting of the Blue Grass Creamery
Company will be held the second
Monday in January-the 10th day
thereof.
The meetings, at the Station, closed
last Sunday night. There were six
teen new members added during the
meetings and much seed sown in fer
tile fields.
Robert Mullenger, Secretary of the
Blue Grass Creamery Company, was
in Extra the first of the week trans
acting business and visiting with his
host of friends.
Mrs. Minnie Cloughly has been
at the Station this week visiting her
brother, H. o. Shoesmith, at North
Branch, visiting her parents, and she
will return to her Clarinda home next
Saturday.
Next Saturday night the Old Ham
lin Literary Society will discuss this
question:: Resolved, That young
gentleman should be possessed of five
hundred dollars before he should be
granted marriage license.
F. E. Shoemith who resides on a
farm in the northernpart of Sharon
township, will not farm the place he
is on the coming year, but about the
first of March will move his family
to a farm in the vicinity of North
Branch.
Mr.. Mart Dewey, of Monroe, Iowa,
has been at Old Hamlin the past few
days visiting with everybody in gen.
eral, but one party of the feminine
gender in particular. 1t may " leek y
out who that particular party is, one
Of these days?
The first time Willis Hopkins went
out of his habitation 'tother morn
he saw a great gaunt gray wolf
leisurly trotting about his yards but
as Willis had no gun lie could do
nothing but stand and gaze until the
wolf disappeared over the hill.
The Methodist Christmas tree, at
Old Hamlin, was most enjoyable
affair in every way. There were nice
presents for both old and young and
so many of them that the boughs
were bowed with their weight, and
many were the light ana happy
hearts that went trudging home
through the snow on that Christmas
Eve with their arms full of treasures.
You have all heard about that
white rat that was chewing his cud.
Listen and we will tell you a story
that will beat that all sholler:" For
long time Nal Bryan has been try
ing to catch a wise old rat that was
all robed in white. 'Tother night he
set trap for Mr.. Rat and by lingo he
caught the old rat but mind you
when Nal went out the next morn
ing the CIV. 0. 70 had chawed off
one Of his legs of andtwas gone. A
few days ago, however, Mr.. Bryan
cought this three legged rat and de-
clares that he would have been a fine
Olu 1casG lOl JOIll Cnlllalllan.
Last Sunday the Methodist people,
at Old Hamlin, elected new officers
for their Sabbath School. These are
their names:
William Maxon, uperintendent.
Mrs. Dorah, McNutt, Assistant.
Miss Emma Fenton, Secretary.
Ralph Thomas, Treasurer.
Miss Birdella Wilson, Librarian.
Misses Bonita Bryan and Anna
Warner, Choristers,
This is large and steadily grow
ing school and is a power for good at
and about Old Hamlin. You will re-
ceive warm welcome if you will but
attend.
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