Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-01-17

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such valuable aid at the Nels Soren-
sen home, in Brayton, went to Audi
bon, last Tuesday evening, to visit a
few days with her parents.
Mr.. Roscoe Clark makes good
many trips out north west lately. l
wonder what there is out there that
attracts his attention? just ask him
and if he won't tell | will.
We are glad to state that Mr.. Asa
Horton, who has been i'll, at Audu-
bon, is very rapidly improving and
will soon be with his friends in and
around Brayton once more.
A. c. Nelson sold to McGovern 81
Bison, last Tuesday, fifteen head OF
hogs that tipped the beam at even
thirty-eight hundred pounds, and the
check he received for them was good
for sore eyes.
Mrs. |. P. Hallock has been in very
poor health for few days past, being
confined to her room for few days
the first part of the week. Her many
friends hope TO see her speedily re-
stored 10 health again.
Jesse Nymand sold four ten-months-
old hogs to McGovern 81 Bison, last
Tuesday that were like hard boiled
egg-hard to beat. They fed on a
stream of buttermilk and weighed
thirteen hundred and twenty pounds.
The young people who wish to en-
Joy themselves, on Tuesday evenings,
should drive out to the lvceum, at the
Horton school house. This lyceum
has been a great success this winter
and everyone enjoys themselves.
l. P. Hallock is arranging to ship
out seven or eight car loads of fine
stock that he has been preparing for
the eastern market as soon as Airs.
Hallock shall have recovered from the
effects OF la grippe so that he feels it
will be prudent to leave her.
Chris Thompson came down to the
Charley Bison drug store the other
morning blushing and Sinking like a
school girl and announced that he
was the father of a pretty little girl
baby that came to make her home
with himself and wife that day.
Next Saturday night State Grand
Master j. Jones, Of Shelby, will in
stall these officers at the Brayton Odd
Fellows Lodge:
Horace BARTLETT, Noble Grand.
H. S. Burton, Vice Grand,
j. w. Cannon. Secretary.
w. r. Koob, Treasurer.
Peter jacobson and wife went way
down near the sea shore, in Old Vir-
ginia, on a visit and the country so
reminded him Of his Denmark home
that he purchased five hundred and
forty acres of land and writes to Mr..
j. P. Bendixen that he has decided to
remain there the rest of his days.
j. G. Hardman has bought the Shire
Stallion, :" Keota Wonder, 1885,"
sire, Willow Laddie, 2374;" dam,
Ferry Maid, 1885," by Rupert, 3279
This grand young horse was bred by
Slngmaster and Brother, of Keota,
Iowa, and is one Of the best bred
Shlres in Western Iowa. Mr.. Hard
man would be pleased to have any
lover of a good draft horse come and
see his stud of horses at /" lakewood ,:
at any time.
They elected new officers at The
Oaktield Literary Society, last Friday
evening, and these gentlemen were
selected to serve:
Professor Enenbach, President.
Ward Smith, Vice. President.
Wendell Smith, Secretary.
The question to be discussed is as
follows: Resolved, That Trusts are
and always have been detrimental tc
the best interests Of the people of the
United States.
The Brayton Sunday School held al
election last week and these people
were chosen as officers:
Mrs. G. N. Wilcox, Superintendent
Mr.. Nels Sorenson, Assistant.
Miss Mamie Essington, Secretary
Miss Sophia Sorenson, Treasurer
Teachers were selected for the diff
erent classes, as follows:
No. !. Mrs. Jennie Crane.
No. 2. Miss Agnes Reesman.
No. 3. Mrs. dob Chamberlain.
No. 4. Miss Mary Cotton.
No. 5. Miss Myrtle Horton.
No. s. Reverend Wilcox.
Last Saturday Miss Mamie Buck
ley, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam Buckley, was thirteen years of
age and while sitting in her home she
was taken by storm by merry band
of her young friends who came troop
ing in to remind her that it was her
birthday. They came not empty
handed but each one brought a pretty
gift, as token of love. Her parents,
unbeknown to her, had provided ice
cream and a dainty lunch, for the oc-
casion. After the greetings had been
exchanged all joined in making the
evening jolly OCCASION, and one long
to be remembered by Miss Mamie.
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