Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-01
work was piled up about them like
the leaves of the forest.

Work was pllled up about them like
the leaves of the forest.
The social at "The Larches,, Mrs.
l. P. Hallocks' home, was largely at
tended and everybody had good
time. A neat little sum was realized
and now Oakfeld's Park will be
transformed.
John Bergh has feed lot with fifty
head OF we'll fatted steers in it which
he will soon send to the eastern mar
ket. Mr.. Bergh knows very we'll how
to fatten cattle, just when to dispose
of them and always comes out with a
handsome profit on the right side of
the ledger.
Since the rains have visited this
part OF the country everything good
showers down upon us, and thus it
happened that Mr.. and Mrs. Nels
Hansen west of Brayton, were called
upon to welcome little stranger last
Monday, is the shape of new baby
at their comfortable home.
On Tuesday noon while the train
tarried at the Brayton depot, Mr..
Nels Sorensen stood and chatted with
Mr.. w. o. Finkbine, Vice president
OF the Green Bay Lumber Company:
and Mr.. w. t. Shippert of Harlan,
Auditor for that Company for the
Northwestern line of Railways.
The John Bergh and Joshua Cous-S
N . f.l mi 1roo nj IL
and young, to the number of score
or more joined in neighborhood pic
mic i'll the big woods down on. the
Ballard estate, last Wednesday, and
the glad shouts that made the welkin
ring attested that they were having a.
royal good time.
The show that was with us all
week closed their engagement on Sat-
urday night, and departed for Elk
horn Monday morning. AT the vot-
ing contest Saturday evening for the
most popular boy under six years OF
age, Master Max Parrott, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Nit Parrott, carried off the
prize, fine silver tea set.
Banker Ed Delohoyde drove down
from Extra Tuesday afternoon, and
put i'll few hours IN consultation
with his trusted employee, Lu Miller
at the Bank of Brayton, and then
drove home in the cool of the evening
accompanied by Upcle Dick Gault,
who stayed until night fall so as to
have longer to visit with friends.
Last Monday Mrs. w. Bartlett,
mother of Mayor II. M. Bartlett, her
daughter, Mrs. Lille Reynolds and
her daughter, ISIS Beatrice Reynolds,
departed for Parral, Mexico, to visit
with their son and brother, Elbrige
Bartlett, during the coming winter
months and may prolong their stay
for year if the climate agrees with
them.
Last Sunday was the regular time
for another OF those celebrated special
stock trains to pull out of Brayton
for the Union Stock Yards, at Chica-
go, and upon this occasion Uncle /.
T. Hallock shipped six car loads Of
cattle and Mr.. B. F. Simpson sent
two car loads of hogs. Late Simpson
and Percy Hallock went along with
the stock and after viewing the sights
OF the city by the lake short time
the boys will journey on to Buffalo
to pass a few days at the Pan. Ameri-
can Exposition.
The following letter was received
by Miss Ethel Simpson from her
friend, Mr.. Will McFarlane, who rode
to Buffalo on his wheel and is now
taking in the ex position:
DEAR FREND:-
Well have at last reached my journeys end
after much hardship and fatigue. | stood the
trip remarkably well and am sure | never fait
better in my life. The first three DAYS after we
left home it rained and somewhat delayed us
as one daywe made only thirty miles progress
and walking most of that. 1 did not stop to
celebrate the great and glorious fourth, but
morning. of the fourth and arrived in Amana in
the evening; My companion played out on me.
during the day and we did not make as much
progress as we expected. We went by way of
Cedar Rapids where spent a couple of hours
visiting relatives and my sister who is there
We arrived in Chicago on Monday morning,
July 9Th. We. averaged 81 miles a day from
audubon Az bon to Chicago, counting bad days and
all. Our longest ride was 90 ITO miles, from
Lowden, Iowa, to Dixon, Illinois, We spent
two days i'll Chicago seeing the sights and left
on Tuesday evening. From here on NV COM
panion was not at all we'll. Some days he
would be feeling fine and Others not at all like