Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-29

City, is prosperous and happy and
says that is the country for a poor
man to come to as there are some
great chances to get land in the new
southwest.
Miss Lille Spencer, at the big
house, just over beyond Creamery
Hill, who was thought to be improv-
ing when we were up last week has
been way down in the valley
of the shadow for the past few
days, but the attending physician in
formed us, Tuesday morning, that
her symptoms were improved and he
thought she would get along all right
now. The whole community hopes
that the young lady may be speedily
restored to health.
Miss Lena Drury began teaching at
number two, last Monday; Miss Lille
Crees began at number four, one week
ago; Miss Ella Fisher will commence
at number three, next Monday; Miss
Ella Farquhar will begin the Old
Hamlin school, next Monday; Miss
Sarah johnson will begin at Hamlin
Center, next Monday; Agnes Wolf is
teaching at Brushy College; Miss Rose
Tyler is teaching over at number sew
en- aud Miss Grace Stanley is teaching
way down in district number nine.
One day this week Mr.. and Mrs. W.
D. Stanley consulted the almanac
which hangs by the side of the fire.
place and it told them twas time to
give party to their young friends.
So herald was sent around the neigh
borhood bidding them come down to
the Stanley home, mile or so SOUTH
east of the Station, on Friday night
to share their hospitality. At early
candle-lighting the young people be-
gan, to gather there and soon the
rooms of that old mansion we're filled
with guests and gay shouts of laugh
ter echoed and re-echoed through it's
halls, and was continued until a late
hour in the night. During the even
ing the tables were spread and one of
those country feasts served-but you,
who have tasted food prepared by
Mrs. Stanley and her daughter, Miss
Grace Stanley, can imagine what the
feast was like better than we can tell
you. Then there were more games and
more mirth and then the leave taking
and the guests wandered out into the
starlight and homeward, two by two,
as the animals entered the ark.
EDITOR AUDUBON COUNTY JOURNAL.
Last week you quoted me as saying
that the cause Of our low scores at the
Storm Lake meeting was on account
of "The farmers not taking proper
care Of the milk" l don't think that
l mentioned the thing that way to
your worthy correspondent. What
said was that the workmanship on all
the tubs exhibited showed careful
work, but that on account of the kind
of food fed to the COWS we were all
marked down on flavor. 1t is gener-
ally understood that it Is next to i'm
possible to get as fine favored butter
this time of the year, when cows eat
frosty grass, as when they have the
fresh grass of June or July. AS mat
ter of fact the milk received here at
present is the best of the year. 1t re-
quires little care, at present. BY
simply letting it stand out doors at
present is enough, as our, Iowa atmos-
phere, generally, is the best in the
world. The temperature for keeping
milk has SO far been perfect 1. E., near
the freezing point. These two points
are all that's necessary, outside of a
clean can to put the milk in. Com
mission men Tell us of a pronounced
g barn flavor" that we often get in
the butter, later on in the winter,
caused by keeping milk in the barn OF
where the rooms are poorly ventilated,
and from keeping cows in poorly ven
tilated barn. A buttermaker usually
assumes the right to kick when the
milk or cream, rather, is delivered at
the creamery IN an overripe condition
during hot weather.
Yours respectfully,
FRED HEILEMAN.