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

official toga, last Tuesday and was up
to Extra trying some cases.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Slender visited
with their friends, Martin Larsen and
wife, at Marine, last Sunday.
Del Heath and family passed last
Sunday with their relatives, Squire
Aldrich and family, st Atlantic.
After long absence Lloyd Hinkle
was over in the Valley, the first Of
the week, visiting with his many
friends.
Mrs. j. M. Thomas was down from
Extra, last Tuesday, and passed few
happy hours with her sister, Mrs.
Charley Bison.
They took Frank Freeman by the
hand and led him through the swamp
Of despond on upto Woodmen honors
last Tuesday night.
Miss May Jessen, who has been very
i'll of pneumonia is reported much
better, fact that her many friends
will be glad to learn.
Will Hoegh and Alfred Nelson,
who have been attending the Atlantic
Business College, are home from that
institution for their spring vacation.
Last Monday Charley Bison and
Tom McGovern began buying hogs as
firm and now they propose to make
things spin, like a button on a barn
door.
Kelley s. McGovern finished NOV
ing their stock to Brayton, last Tues
day. They now have thirty-six head
of cattle in the yards which they will
ship when the big train goes.
Supervisor Nels P. Hoegh was an,
Audubon business visitor, Tuesday
forenoon and in the afternoon he at
tended a meeting Of the creamery
representatives at Brayton, and pur-
chased a new churn to use at the Oak
field Township Creamery.
George Parrott was haggling away
at a wedge that was fast in log, last
Monday, when the axe glanced and
| struck Georges left hand at the root
of the thumb, cutting a murderous
| old cash. Doctor Koob dressed the
wound and George is resting fora few
1 days.
Percy Hallock was out in the barn
yard, Tuesday, looking at his goats
and one seemed to be missing and SO
| Percy began calling: "Come Nearly,
here Nearly come Nearly!p' Think
ing that strange name for goat we
stopped to inquire why he called the
goat such a queer name and Percy
| said that it was because he was g All
butt"
. Preparation for the annual roll call
at the Brayton Baptist church, next
Sunday is complete and joyous sea:
son is anticipated by all present. 1t is
suggested that we gather at the church
next Sunday morning not later thar
ten o'clock. A number of ministers
from abroad will be present, so come
in the morning prepared to stay al
], day.
The, contract for the erection of the
Troublesome Valley Creamery build.
ing will be let in Baayton, on Monday
March 14th. Plans and specification
, can be seen at the hardware store Of
the j. P. Bendixen Company. You
!, who figure on this building, figure tt
: furnish the lumber or not furnish the
: lumber, as the board of directors may
decide.
These are the men who will hau
} milk for the Troublesome Valley
5 Creamery when they first begin t.
make "Ze wheel go yound,'' thi
4 spring: Route No. 1, Court Taylor
' No. 2, Bill Hampton; No 3, Georg,
Vencelius; No. 4, Dan Chamberlain
No. 5, John Mcnamara; No. 6, Ham
: Hansen. They want good man OF
route No z, hurry up and you ma,
: get the job.
t Two good mems birthday arrived
f on the same day, last week Tuesday
One was George Washington, tn
Father Of his country and the othe
: was Mr.. r.. S. Wattles, father of Mrs
8 Charley Bison and Mrs. j. M. Thorn
4 as, Of Extra. That evening when tn
v down train came in Mr. Wattles wa
4 met at the depot by whole swarm
4 of the Little Tots Of Brayton, o
), which his niece, limo Bison, seemed t
be the queen bee. They took Grandp
e Wattles by storm and chung onto hi
n clothing until he got to the dru.
?, store where they climbed all over hin
I and had the merriest time you eve
:. heard of in your life. Oh, what tu
y they had and the presents they gay
n him would make your head swim t.
n see and count them. The next da
:. was Miss Ethel Bisom's fifth birth
g. day and again there was another mer
: ny time at the Bison home and 1.-THE
: received more than bushel of gift
L from her young friends. Her sister
Edna was the prime spirit on tht
IS occasion and everything passed o
n. pleasantly.