Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-18

tinga little longer stay than usual.
The patrons however turned out and
sank it deeper and he hopes to have
no further bother.
The members of the Rebekah Lodge
will install the following officers next
Friday night. Mrs. T. B. Creveling,
N. G; Mrs. Wilson, V. G.; Mollie Barg-
er, Secretary; and Bertha Shelly, Treas
urer. They have quite strong lodge
here and during the past year have
done some splendid work.
The small boys have been amusing
themselves for some days in that most
trying and hardest of all sports, vault
ing the pole. Some of them have be-
come quite proficient and can vault
higher than one would think. Peter
Mnndt seems to bear the champion
ship and wins most of the laurels along
this line.
Harry Webster and his sister Miss
Edna drove up Tuesday to show some
of the people their books and to take
orders for the same. Miss Edna is
selling the life of that great woman,
Queen Victoria. 1t is comprehensive
volume, covering her life from infancy
to death and shows many of her poll
teal and social acts.
Last Monday the two year old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Dyer accident
ally got hold of bottle of Carbolic
acid that came near proving fatal to
it. Elmer was working for Sam Rand
les in the hay field four miles from
home at the time, but telephone mes
sage soon brought him home when
they Immediately drove to town to
have the doctor fix it up which he did
in a very short time.
Last Saturday was the scene of a
very interesting bicycle race between
Emerson Shelly and Sandy Petersen
in which Emerson came off victor.
There was much talk in the air for
time of quick tune parties could make
and bluffs were even thrown out that
parties in Gray could speed faster than
anyone in the state, but after their
nerves settled down they decided that
they could at least ride q wheel with
| out falling off.
Grant Lancelot had the good fort
une to find his pocket book that he
ed everything but the money. Some
miscreant who should not bear the
name of human being found it and
not having the honesty of rogue
simply took the contents. Such con-
duct is to little to mention and vet so
low in the scale of development that
the person who did it is fit only for
the association of thugs and thieves.
Last Friday evening the home of
Harry Ramsey burned with all it's
contents. About six o'clock in the
evening the people were startled by
the sound of the cry of fire, and rush
ing to the scene they found his house
all in flames. Everybody in town that
could carry bucket rushed to the
place and began working to save the
livery barn not twenty feet away. 1t
was lively scene for time. A per-
feet shower of water with All abund-
ance OF salt was thrown upon the barn.
1T seemed though for a time that it
could not be saved for when the build
ing fell iG went toward the barn, and
the shower of sparks literally rained
upon the surroundings. The crowd
worked nobly however and all other
buildings We're saved although most
all the workers suffered from the heat
both of the day and the building. The
building and its contents were total
loss as nothing but a sewing machine
was saved. The building and contents
were covered however by all insurance
of $1,000, but even this, Harry says will
not cover loss, as he had over $500 in
broom corn, and that much he says in
money that burned We understand
that they are as yet undecided as to
whether they will rebuild and remain
in Gray or not.