Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-11-21
ROSS .

Harry Batss has advertised to sell
his stock at public sale, preparatory
to moving 10 town.
Mrs. James Sherman of Dow City,
has been very sick the past week and
Tuesday was about the same.
Harry Arnold shipped car of
Stewards cattle from Ross Tuesday
night to try the eastern markets.
There was good attendance at the
A. j. Eddy sale Tuesday and he re-
ceived moderately good prices for all
his stuff.
Travelling men were so thick in
Ross Tuesday night that we could not
find a merchant with time to tell us
any happenings.
Glen McCuen has the lumber in
Ross now to put up his residence,
which will be done as soon as the car
painters can finish it.
j. A. Rickett purchased half Sec
ton of land in Nebraska last week
just west of Sioux City and will move
thereto in the spring.
Last Monday as Will Staley of Au-
dubon was working about the we'll of
r. L. Taylor he lost his footing and
fellsinto it and got good ducking.
Now that husking is nearly done
and the roads are in such splendid
shape, corn is beginning to come in
and the boys at the elevator are hav-
ing something to do to keep it out of
the road.
IT'S said that, q He who sets his
keart upon woman is cameleon and
feeds on the air :" but she who he
thinks he knows the whims
of man is more So" Why we know of
a man who actually hired all his corn
husked and then turned in and husk-
ed for a neighbor. Truely man is
fearfully and wonderfully made.
Roe Passmore and John Koch put
on their best bib and fuckers Monday
night and went over to the A. q.
Darland home where their friends
were gathered to enjoy good social
dance and when the music started up
and the feet began 10 move in unison
with it, hearts beat faster and ayes
grew brighter so that they could
scarcely notice how time passed un-
til late hour.
Now that corn husking is almost
over we will soon hear the stories of
big huskers. So far we have not heard
of single hundred bushel husker.
We have been waitingly patiently for
some one to come forward. We want
ed to tell about it. We believe in the
strenuous life. We believe in the big
days work and want to foster it and
have felt chagrined even that no big
deals have come to US but we fear our
time is past this year.
The evening shade of night had
!. fallen; cattle stood in calm complac-
ency in the yard; the horses in the
barn dreamed no more of heat and
flies and hard work; the watch dog
had closed one eye in fitful slamber
the household OF D A Dorsey was in
quiet and calm repose when on Sat
urday last they were rudely broken
in on by ruthless unorganized mob
of young people who informed them
that they must give up the house as
they very quickly did and then such
games such hilarity, such a good time
as they had.
Last Tuesday evening our mer-
chant John Rutherford was busy
waiting on trade and travelling men,
a man came up to him and asked
to remain all night. John informed
him that he could not keep him and
then turned to John Quimby and
asked if he could keep him and also
received a negative reply. The gem
tleman went away for moment and
then returned to John and told him
he guessed he wonld stay anyway as
he was his uncle from Davenport and
that his aunt was there too. OF course
after John found who it was he man
aged to find room for them and enjoy
ed a good visit.