Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-12-13

freu 1elleIudu anu Vile nave re-
ceived invitations from their old home
at Elwell, up in Story county, this
State, to come up there and attend
the weddings of three of their rela-
tives, at the Christmas time, and they
are arranging to go up there and en-
JOY the festivities.
Miss Marie Scovel, the skilled
nurse, who cared for Mrs. George
Smith during her i'll spell, last fall,
will come up from her Des Moines
home, at the Christmas tide, to visit
with her sister, Mrs. Maude Scovel,
and eat dinner at the George Smith
home, in the Station.
Andrew Smith and family bid all
their friends good bye, on Wednesday
morning, climbed into the wagon and
drove to Dedham, up in Carroll coun-
ty where, in company with his SON.
in law, Mr.. A. Little, he loaded his
goods into car and then away they
all went for the new home in north
west British Columbia.
Warren Baker, that prosperous and
genial raiser and shipper of cattle,
over in the North Branch country,
started from the Station, last Monday
evening, for Chicago with five cars Of
cattle and one of hogs. He was ac-
companied by his brother, Mr.. A.
Baker, who went along to view the
Union Stock Yards and to do some
Christmas shopping.
Misses Sarah johnson and Bessie
Bowman, from Extra, visited over
Friday night with their friends at
the Andrew Smith home, down in
Highland Grove, to bid them good
bye before their departure for north
western British possessions; both of
these young ladies having taught
school at Brushy College and boarded
with Mr. Smiths people.
Uncle S. D. Coonrod was so we'll
Tuesday morning that he came down
to the postoffice and handed us the
following weather report of the
month Of November: Number of clear
days, II; cloudy days, IA; south wind,
IA days; north wind, Is days; the
coolest day was the 18th, SO in the
morning and 20 below zero in the
evening; two and one.quarter inches
of rain fell.
1t has been decided to have an old
fashioned Christmas tree at the Evan
gelical church, in the Station, such a
one as our grandparents used to enjoy,
and Mrs. Henry Young and Miss
Helen Moore are busy preparing, some
music appropriate for the occasion,
and Mrs. Will Young and Miss Agnes
Tyler are looking after the program,
which they have promised tie furnish
so we can print it next week.
Last Saturday the physicians who
are in attendance upon Miss Lille
Spencer thought it best that they per-
form an operation upon their patient,
and it was accordingly done. Reports
from her bedside since that time are
to the effect that the young lady's
condition continues to improve. On
Tuesday she was compelled to sacri-
flee her beautiful head of hair, which
was her pride, it having become SC
matted during her long illness that
thew were compelled to cut it off.
Mr.. Henry Rhabe, who owns the
James Boyer farm, just over beyond
Creamery Hill, showed us postal
, card written by his brother in law,
Mr.. Henry Kossenhaschen, who has
been passing the last nine months in
the Old World, and which card
was mailed at Bremen, Germany
saying that by December eleven
will be in New York City. Mr.
Kossenhaschen has strolled abou,
| quite bit this summer, has viewed
the Alps mountains, in Switzerland
and says they are awful in grandeur
and has seen many other curious sights
After short visit with a sister a
New York City he will hurry to hi
friends and home here.
George Smith worked hard all day
last Tuesday, about the corn shelle
and when he had come home in tn
evening and got his team put ava.
and cared for and had opened tn
kitchen door he was surprised to Sc
his mother-in-law, Mrs. John B
ConDrardy, from Extra, George Ger
ard and family seated about the hous
I! and for about a moment he was puz
! zled to know the meaning of it all
] but hastily gliding over to the alma