Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-06-22


church, at the Station, this week.
Uncle James Davis and William
Walker were guests at the Anthony
Dayis nome, last Sunday.
Mrs. George Smith drove to Extra,
Tuesday, topass few hours with her
mother, Mrs. j. B. Coonrardy.
August Burr hauled five hundred
bushels of corn to the Station, the
first three days of the week. which he
sold at the Counselman elevator.
Miss Vina Tyler, who is at Atlantic
receiving medical treatment, does not
progress on the road back to health as
rapidly as her many friends would
wish.
Will Eagan and Will Rucker, good
farmers from over in Greeley, were
delivering good sized punches of corn
to Harry Percy, at the Station, first
of the week.
On account of failing health Mr..
Peter Nissen will sell his one hundred
acre farm, three miles southwest of
the Station, and migrate out to far
away Oregon.
Mrs. HARDWOOD, OF Nebraska, was at
the Tom Gill home, Sunday, visiting
her relatives. Later in the week she
went up near Audubon to pass few
days with the James Manahan family.
Mr.. James East, of Old Hamlin, is
harvesting his cherry crop, which he
reports light, and says the black ber-
~ and raspberry yield will be small.
He says the prospect for apples was
never better.
Miss Ella Fisher, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Fisher who live out a
little way northwest of the Station.
has been engaged to teach the fall and
winter terms of school in the Hunt
district, over in Greeley.
Mr.. o. P. Tyler put Oh his Sunday.
go-to-meeting clothes and started for
Missouri Valley, Iowa, last Tuesday
morning, TO attend the State Fire
mems Tournament He went over
with the Audubon people.
Mrs. Jap Skinner is having pretty
good luck with her broods Of Young
chickens, having about four hundred
chicks in her yards, and beside these
the lady has eighty-tive young tur-
keys running about the place.
The Childrens' Day Exercises at
the Methodist church, in Old Hamlin,
last Sunday, were attended by very
large number of persons, and proved
entertaining, those taking part doing
much credit to their instructors.
The Evangelical churches at Cham
pion Hill and Fairview will Join in
the observance of Childrens' Day. at
the tabernacle, in the Boy Beers Grove,
next Sunday, beginning at half past
ten O'Clock in the forenoon. There
will also be program there in the
afternoon.
Harry Percy and Frank Tyler toll
ed all day long, Monday, putting il
culvert at the Tyler farm, in the
place Of the one that was washed away
by the recent rains-working on,
their poll taxes. Harry says that il
all his busy life that is the first time
such a thing ever happened to him.
Mayor Will Mcclure has turnec
carpenter, and we found him on Tues.
day morning busy mailing siding onto
his new addition to the store. How
ever he found time that evening t.
hitch up to his carriage and drive VI
to Audubon to Saint Patrick's church
in Audubon to be present at the mar
riage of his brother, John E. McGuir
to Miss Mamie Cunnin CHAM.
Ed. johnson, Of the kings of cattl
feeders Of northwest Hamlin town
ship, was on the train, Tuesday morn
ing, returning from Chicago wher
he had been with a couple OF loads o
fat cattle. Mr.. johnson has an idea
stock ranch and tells us that he ha
still about one hundred and sew
enty-tive head Of cattle in his yard
that are nearly ready for market.
Harry Percy and his old horse ha
regular old row, Monday. You Sc
the brown horse got all cut up il
the barbwire fence, and Harry had
bottle of liniment in one hand and
rag in the other and was daubing o.
iiniment wherever he saw sore spot
The old horse stood this for spell
and just as Harry had put on som
liniment that hurt worse than all tn
rest, and was STOPPING over to appl,
some more, she reached around ant
grabbed him near the fifth rib, an(
then closed her superior and inferio
maxillaries together with snap tina
sounded like the springing Of stee
trap. The only trouble was that
part Of Harry's anatomy was between
those same superior and inferior max
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