Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-24

purchased Charley Sykes farm, last
Monday.
The Road Master sent new man
to work on the Brayton section, last
Monday.
A. E. Bennett. down on the Cass
county line, has sold forty acres off of
his farm to James Barhan.
Merchant j. A. Slender and wife
enjoyed a visit last Sunday from their
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Larsen,
of Marine.
Frank Cannon, after a pleasant Wis
it here with relatives and friends, de-
parted, last Monday, for the Black
Hillscountry.
Doctor Koob was called to Audu-
bon last Saturday in the capacity of
County Coroner. They found a dead
baby near the fair grounds.
Miss Bertha Kennedy, of Atlantic,
is a guest Of Miss Nellie Beers this
week. There is another party whose
eyes also snapp in welcome.
Misses Kathleen and Gretchen Del
ahoyde are down from Extra passing
vacation with their cousins, Misses
Goldie and Blossom Brinkerhoff.
MI and Mrs. F. Fl. Sears are over
from Anita passing week with their
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Faulk-
ner and Little Averil, at the Bank.
w. H. Pearson and wife were down
Oh the Cass county line, last Sunday
visiting with their relative, Mrs.
James Brown, who is very i'll of a
cancer.
From the way farmers go snailing
farming implements out Of Brayton
these days we are led to believe that
considerable small grain will be sown
about here this spring.
Master Ray Heath is Just fairly
boiling over this week, like kettle
of water on a hot stove, three cute
little boils being snugly nestled at
the roots OF Rays snout.
Min Brown was haggling away at
some grape vines in /. P. Hallock's
front yard, last Monday, when he cut
good generous slice off his best left
hand with pruning knife.
Last Monday Lee Prall was up
from Atlantic and found that James
Essington had sold a good bunch of
fat cattle to Tom McGovern so he set
in and traded Tom out OF them.
Miss Beth Henry, of Extra, was
guest at the Brinkerhoff home, in
Oaktield, last Tuesday, and passed
the day chatting pleasantly with the
Professor and Mrs. Nettie Bruner
about school affairs.
You know that horse of Miss Blanch
Moons that was kicked to death a
short time ago? Well, Bruce Noon
sent the hide to the Eads Tannery, at
Dubuque, Iowa, and Monday it was
returned and is as fine a robe as ever
you saw.
Mrs. John Hansen reached the
fiftieth mile stone of her existence on
: last Tuesday and her friends gathered
from many miles around to do honor
to the occasion. Many costly and
good lady as a reminder of the high
esteem in which she is held by the
whole community.
Grandma Hansen, the Oldest lady
in the Oak Hill country, was eighty
years old, last Monday, and all day
long there was a stream of visitors at
the home of her son-in-law, Nels Mel.
son, to pay their respects to the good
old lady and express the hope tina,
she may be spared for many years tc
dwell with us poor mortals here be.
low.
On Saturday, March 10, '97, Jess,
Nymand was forty years old. Tha
day his friends gathered at his happy
home and had merry, merry TIM
until the setting of the sun. Wher
Jesse come to his senses, after his bis
surprise he found himself sitting be
side the incest combination book case
and writing desk you ever saw in al
your born days that his friends, il
their mad haste had left him.
Last Saturday was Miss Mary Ben
dixenss twelfth birthday and Mondae
her girl friends gathered with firm
determination to celebrate the even
as it should be, and they carried ou
their intentions to the letter, as peals
of laughter sounded at the Bendixer
home until the gathering shadows
warned them it was time to 90
Miss Mary received so many gifts
that she hasn't got through counting
them yet.
Last Monday night wee might OF
acyclose went gallavanting about j
A. Stender's yard, practicing for a
spring tour, and reaching up it twist
ed the whole top off of his buggy and
went swiping it around over the yard
like an artist would a brush. just
snapped the irons in the buggy tor
of like you would pipe stem. Then
noticing an empty kerosene barrel in
the yard it hoped onto that and
made it spin around like button OF
a barn door, and then away it went
for the Dakotas to join the troupe.
Frhoco ora fbo +a,olou,