Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-09-22

of one of the gentleman pupils and to
Miss Hansen, daughter of the princi-
pal, for very pleasant half hour
spent in the building and on the
grounds: also to Prof Foght, Master
of the English Department, for infor.
nation regarding the college.
From the college we went on to the
town and visited the stores, whose
size and stocks would do credit to a
place three times larger. The furni-
ture store of Nels Jensen, through
which we were conducted by the
pleasant wife of the proprietor, con-
tains large and elegant stock, among
which We're some pieces from the Old
Country that greatly interested us.
John Petersen has the general mer-
chandise store and is wide awake
business man. Mr.. Hans Petersen,
Secretary of the Farmers Mutual Hail
Insurance Association and of the Elk
horn Mutual Fire Insurance Co., is
bookkeeper for the establishment.
little postoffice and S. c Petersen does
a good hardware and implement busi-
ness. We were DESTROYS of going
through the studio of P. H. Miller but
did not find that gentleman at home
We also met Mr.. Chris Hansen who
was just as busy as he could be in his
harness shop.
Kimballton is ,! miles north and is
separated from Elkhorn by the beauti-
full Indian Creek Valley and is about
the same size containing a hotel con-
Quoted by n. A. Wright, where we
rested and refreshed ourselves before
going over the town. The Danish Luz
theran church here is under the
charge OF Rev. c. c. Sorensen. Kilnb-
alton is the home of Rev. Hickok,
pastor of the Baptist church at Cor
rection Grove, Shelby Co. We had
the pleasure of meeting Mr. and Mrs.
Hickok and enjoyed very pleasant
visit with them in their home. The
hardware and implement house of
Esbeck Bros, is conducted by Mr..
A. III. Anderson, and does large
business in Kimballton and surround
ing country. The general merchan-
disc store is owned and managed by
Hans Marquesen at whose pleasant
residence adjoining we were kindly
entertained by Mrs. Marquesen, who
conducts her millinery business in her
parlors at home. Before starting
home we went through the studio Of
?. Anderson, who showed us some
fine specimens of his work. Mr.. A. is
natural artist and does some fine
pencil as well as Photographic work.
In the pOstoffice we met the pleasant
postmaster, Hans Madsen, who also
runs successful harness business.
Turning our faces homeward we
pass the large stock farm of Mr.. III. j.
johnson whom we met in the road
riding home on his pet horse, a noble
animal who looked at us when we no.
ticed him as though he might almost
understand what we We're saying; past
the pleasant farm homes of George and
Hans Marcusen and the Sharon Cen
ter school house which is the voting
place of Sharon township. Mr.. M.
Mathisen has a lovely home in the
midst of a fine grove.
Crossing Indian Creek several times
we came in sight of the large and fine
ly improved farms Of John Schouboe,.
Jens Werner and Henry Poulsen; then
on to the Sharon creamery which is
managed by Mr.. Bertol Jensen who
spared no pains in showing us through
the building and explaining the differ
ent pieces of machinery and their
uses, which, as we had never been
through such an institution before,
proved of great interest to us. The
great cream watts and churn were so
sweet and clean that they might excite
the envy of many housewife. The
| floor was freshly scrubbed and every
thing was in readiness for the next
days churning. Mr.. Jensen has the
reputation of being a No. l butter
maker and does a big business, taking
in 5000 pounds of milk daily, making
45O pounds of butter weekly which is
shipped to New York, Boston and
other eastern cities. We are greatly
indebted to him for his courtesy in
conducting us through the creamery
, and the patience with which he
answered our many questions.
AT Hamlin we stopped for few
moments with Mr.. and Mrs. Coonrod,
and saw some of the handiwork with
which Uncle Coonrod busies himself
in his spare moments when not busy
with his flowers and garden are on one
OF his fishing excursions.
We arrived home in the evening,
tired with a ride of over IS miles, but
satisfied with our trip and deeply
gratified at the good will and kindness
shown by everyone whom we met
during our absence from home and
hoping to meet our friends again at no
very distant day. A. G. G.