Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-12-14

farm life this week and is at Audu-
bon doing duty as petit !uryman.
The Methodist revival meetings, at
Old Hamlin, have been discontinued
until the weather and roads get lit
tie better settled.
Miss Mayme Burke, of Nicola,
relative of the Mcguire families,
arrived Friday evening to make
pleasant visit with them.
Clyde East started one day this last
week for Highland Park College, at
Des Moines, where he goes to take a
course of normal instruction.
Charley Ferguson and Hi Wilson
were outgoing passengers on the
train, Tuesday morning, bound for
the regions to the north of us.
The committees in charge of the
Methodist Christmas tree, at Old
HamliD, are as busy as beavers and
promise us program next week.
Rev. Raglan, the Presbyterian di-
vine at Old Hamlin, was at Kinks
vile, Iowa, part of the past week
attending to some business matters.
Simon Christensen wears an unusu-
ally pleasant smile upon his counte-
nance, this week. A new girl baby ar
rived at his happy home last Thurs
day.
The Blue Grass Creamery shipped
thirteen tubs of excellent butter, Oh
the Tuesday noon train, which is the
amount this institution ships out
these days.
Some kind of a prowling animal
made a RAID on George Gill's hen
10 ,sl, the other dark night, and car
ricd off twenty of the tat'eSt pullets
i'm the flock.
Ralph Bal]ou, who has been up in
norlh Iowa and south Minnesota lie
past summer and fall, came home this
week to pass the winter with his rel
atives and friends.
Harry w. Gill, from Denver, Colo
RADIO, arrived at the Station one day
this week and is visiting at the home
OF his relatives, Uncle Mace Gill and
family, hard by the Station.
The Young people down at the Ed.
Dryden home go about with sad
hearts because their pet goat that
they thought so much Of laid down
and died one night this week.
Mrs. Waller and Miss Rose Schatfer,
from Saint Charles, Nebraska, were
at the Station from last Friday till
Monday paying visit to their cous-
ms, Henry and William Young.
George Smith says his home has
Tesembled hospital, the past week.
His little girl has the chicken pox,
and himself and wife have been con-
fined to their beds, part Of the time.
Fred Heileman and wife drove up
to Audubon, Tuesday, and passed
few hours selecting pretty Christmas
presents for their relatives and friends
down III the eastern part of the State.
At an election Of officers of Amity
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, held at
Audubon, this last week, Harry
Percy was named as Scribe and Henry
Young as Captain Of the Hosts in that
body.
The Evangelical people, at the Sta
ton, are arranging a Christmas pro-
gram, which we understand is to be
given Sunday evening, December "a.
We will print the program next
week
There are happy hearts over at the
James White home, in the neighbor-
hood of Old Ham!in, since the arrival
Of that ten-pound girl baby who made
her appearance there, on Thursday of
last week.
Mr.. Clyde Crees, from near AtaIis-
sa, Iowa, is here to visit with his
brother, james, at the Harry Percy
home, in the Station, and the Uncle
Joel Crees family, down on the big
farm, for short time.
We we're informed by party, last
week, that he had bought the Jno. A.
Nash farm, west ofthe Station, which
we find is untrue. Anyone desiring a
good farm at a bargain can secure it
by calling on Mr.. Nash.
Next week on Wednesday, being
the goth day Of December, Mrs. Fred
Heileman viii commence teaching
the winter term of school in district
number two, Hamlin township, up
there on the hill above the Station.
Grandpa Coonrod has swarm of
bees that ne feels proud Of They
" swarmed" the oath day of last Au-
gust and when he went to put them
away for winter the other day he
found that they had gathered over
one hundred pounds Of honey in so
short time.
Grandpa Coonrod noticed that some
thing had been gnawing away at one
of his chickens, and twas cold Mr.
whew, smell UNI BRET - He set a steel
trap and Tuesday morning there he,
was, fast in the trap, in Grandpa's
back yard Will Mcclure stole up to
the corner Of the house with his ,nr-
ret rifle anl-wail that Var,Oint will