Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-22
order. Call on me or 1 will call on
you. s. P. KAAE,
Elkhorn, la.

started for Washington Tuesday for s
visit with friends. Willie saws he
has gone along to see that Rasmus
gets through all right. Both are ex.
pecting fine time among their re.
latives and the mountain scenery OF
the great west.
Willis Rattenborg has began the
work of building him new house or
the land he reserved for his own,
when he sold out. He is figuring
with the various firms on the lumber
but the brick work has began already
and he will soon have as nice a mod
ern residence as one could desire.
Jens Schouboe up by Sharon Cream
cry was busy the first of the week
digging large cistern in which to
catch rain water from both his house
and barn. He expects then to build
above it commodious house for cobs
and coal, wash house and work
house SO as to have everything for
himself and wife,
Joe James and wife, S. e. Peder-
sen and wife, Thos. Bruhn and wife.
and Peter James departed Tuesday
for Lake View for an outing. These
are some OF the most respected men
OF Elkhorn, and some of the hardest
workers 20 be found, and no one will
more thoroughly enjoy their outing
and come back rested and ready for
more work.
Jens Peter Wilson living out by
district No. s, Hamlin, has Just COM
pleted new corn crib and granary
and is now using the old boards from
the old crib for hog house. He Is
one of the class of farmers that keep
neighborhood up we'll for he has
repainted his home and barn the past
summer and always keeps things IN
tip top shape.
| Chris Christensen that we'll to do
and prosperous farmer living on the
ridge invited in number OF his
friends last Sunday and entertained
them as only he knows how to give
them pleasure. Chris is one who
never grows old and is just as good
at entertaining his friends as he is i'm
farming and every one knows he has
made a success OF that.
A deal was closed last week be-
| tween Hans Madsen of Kimballton
and r. P. Larsen of Elkhorn. in
which the former transferred to the
latter his harness business, the trans.
fer to be made about the LIST of Oct
| ar 4 hC h ,,, u
stands the harness business as he has
worked With Hans long time and
will make good man in the place, as
everyone knows he will do Just what
he says he will.
Henry Jacobsen, one of the bright
est young farmers along the ridge,
has had hard time since harvest to
supply his stock with water. He
has dug three wells and has not vet
got enough, and this week was haul
| ing water for all his stock over a
mile. He thinks however he now
has we'll at last that will supply his
wants. He will soon move to the
old farm OF Henry Foulk's, near Au-
dubon, where he will have an album
dance OF running water.
Last week man living out north
west of West Hamlin Creamery had
a fine dog that the flies got to bother
ing, its ears seemed to be the object
i've point and the man finally creased
them with axle grease. A few days
later the man laid down one noon to
sleep when his little two year old boy
saw that the flies bothered him too
and went and found the grease and
proceeded to grease his face. Then
the little fellow went to mamma and
said, "mamma flies no longer bite
| papa, | creased him."
One Of the merriest crowd of bach
elors that ever left town, left Kim
ballton last week were Geo. Faaborg,
Thos. Thompson, f. Jensen, John
Nielsen and Peter Hansen rolled out
for Lake View. They went to have
good time and had it from the time
they started until they got back.
They juggled the people in fun along
the way and fooled those who were
there, bat they never failed to leave
puppy IhSJ AhSC WOiI outleucus lll6N
all thoroughly enjoyed the trip and
came home ready to work.
Sunday evening the beautiful Pc
derson lawn was ablaze with
the soft light of japanese lanterns
around in odd places like that hung
mischief spirits in the great world,
while chatting gaily about were the
seventy-tive invited guests to share
the pleasures, the brilliancy, the good
things prepared for their benefit.
All the Peterson family are we'll
known entertainers who make all
corners so welcome. The evening was
spent in pleasant "reminiscences and
stories, games and gayeties when they
were finally assembled to one of the
finest suppers that has been set before
the young people in long. Fruits
of all kinds and the most dainty
things of the evening given. Finally
photographer Miller took flash light
picture OF the CAV assembly all having