Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-17
The Blue Grass Creamery shipped
ten tubs of butter last Monday.

The parsonageis raised and is being
rapidly fastened to completion.
Louie Spyrup began laboring on
the farm for Henry Young, last Mon
day morning.
' The Directors of the Blue Grass
Creamery held meeting at the Sta
ton last Tuesday.
There will be services at the Old
Hamlin Presby terian church on Sab
bath, March 9th.
Miss Kate Workman is passing her
vacation at her uncle, S. A. Graham's
home, up in Melville township.
Miss Mamie Murphey is at the Sta
ton caring for her sister, Mrs. Will
Mcclure and little Miss MCGUIRE.
The average price received for Blue
Grass Creamery butter, during Feb
ruary was 20ac OF a net of about 1sc.
j. u. Moore has the first planted
field OF rye in this section, he having
sowed the seed the first days of March.
j. P. Woodland returned, Tuesday
morning, from Sandyville, Warren
county, where he was visiting friends.
Miss Kate Workman, who presided
over the destinies of Brush College
the past winter, has purchased new
Kimball organ.
Miss Harwood, of Mulvane, Kansas,
is here to have good long visit with
her sister, Mrs. Tom Gill, and her
many young friends.
Milton Harris arrived from Pleas
antville, Iowa, Tuesday morning, and
will labor on the farm for Platt Har-
ris the coming year.
Hi. Wilson and Charley Ferguson
were out breaking colts last Tuesday
and took a spin up to Audubon, just
to exercise the horses.
Rob't Sizer and his boys are prepar-
ing to put in large acreage of small
grain, among which will be thirty or
thirty five acres of wheat.
Those who were there say that that
exhibition at Brushy College, last
Saturday night, was the best enter
tainment, of the kind, that they ever
attended.
Mr.. Ben Skinner, of Greenfield,
Iowa, and Leroy Markley, of Nebras-
ka City, were guests at the Jap Skin
ner home, south of the Station, two
days this week.
We are told that Miss Bonny, the
daughter of Mr., and Mrs. j. Nal
Bryan, at Old Hamlin, will soon go
to Drake University, at Des Moines,
to take course of instruction in elo-
cution. sa3 us.
Henry Young says that rain was
just the thing. He is sowing forty
acres of wheat and needed about that
amount Of dampness to make the
ground in good condition to receive
the seed.
The Blue Grass Creamery now runs
four days in each week, Mondays,
Wednesdays, Fridays aud SATURDAY.
and soon now the wheels will be buzz
zing at that institution every day in
the week.
The Hamlin Board of School Direc-
tors will meet at the Center school
house, next Monday, to make the an
nual appoftionments: hire teachers
and transact such other business as
may regularly come before it.
Rev. Clapp preached at the Presby-
terrain church, in Old Hamlin, last
Sunday at which time our good
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. George Spencer
forsook all earthly ways and became
members of that congregation.
Church services at the Station next
Sunday will be this way Sunday
School at 1000 O'Clock in the morn
ing; Chlldren's Meeting at $50 in the
the evening and there will be preach.
ing at the Station next Sunday even.
ing.
o. j. Rathbun was at the Station
this week visiting with his friend H
o. Shoesmith. His stay was abruptly
cut short by telegram from hi
home, at Loveland, Colorado, telling
him that Earl Charters, the nine year
old son of w. L. Charters who LIVED
over in Greeley township, was deai
and requesting his presence at the OBJ
sequies.
Will and Henry Young, Uncle Mac,
Gill. Harry Percy Postmaster james
Elrod, Masons at the Station, have
been invited to attend the Easter
services at the Congregational church
in Extra, and participate in the
Knights Templar march and decora-
ton exercises at the grave of Sill
Knight F. j. Stranger, at the Extra
Cemetery, in that city.
j.. z. Moore said he saw mar
go past his place last Monday. You
know the wind blew that day. Well
this man had load Of hay and wher
he got on top Of the ridge gust Of
wind came soughing along and com.
pletely /" kerfummoxed y that load
of'hay, and tumbled the man about
like chaff. After a while he came
crawling out and, mounting the hay
rack, he drove off, Whistling a merry