Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-04-18
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discourse showed a great depth Of
thought.
Del Heath made a trip with his
huckster wagon on last Monday get
ting a considerable number of eggs.
He thinks that his new team is all
right and will prove just the thing
for his wagon.
Chas. Bisom's girls and Ruby Koob
went up to Extra, Saturday, and
spent the day visiting with the Mack
Thomas family and their other friends
in the city. They all returned home
in the evening.
Roy Chamberlain, who has been
sick for the past few weeks, is rapidly
improving and as the weather becomes
more desirable, he will be as we'll as
could be expected from one just re-
covering from a sick spell.
Ed Lewis, the artistic painter and
paper hanger of Brayton, is busy this
week, painting a large farm house
for VIM. Onken, west Of town. Ed
did a fine job OF paper hanging, the
past week, for VIM. Buckley.
The implement dealers at Elkhorn,
took advantage of the good roads Of
last week, and hauled out the vast
number of ~implemlnts, which has
accumulated at the depot, during the
muddy condition of the roads.
Ward Smith intended to start his
huckster wagon, Tuesday, but due to
the rain he delayed starting it till
more suitable weather. Ward was up
to Extra, Monday, getting ready to
begin his summer work on the road.
A letter from Dick Powers from
his new home, in Omaha, states that
he is we'll pleased with his position,
with Swift & Co. Dick is yard mas
ter. He has a very responible posi-
ton, for which he receives a lucra-
ertive salary.
Claud and Ray Bills, formerly Of
this place, who have been so ill of
typhoid pneumonia have recovered,
and are now able to be around again
and commence spring work. They
will live on the Lattig farm, neal
Anita.
Tic McGovern shipped two cars
OF his best hogs to the Omaha mar.
kets, Monday evening. On one car
he received the top price on Omaha
markets. Tic is a good Judge OF stock
and buys that which commands a
good price.
WIN. Davis traded twenty head of
cows and calves, the past week, to
Dave Simon for sixty five head of
feeding steers. Mr.. Simon paid a
little extra in cash. Both gentlemen
thinks that they have made money
by the deal and are we'll satisfied.
Uncle L. d. Pearson who has had
such a long and dangerous illness of
pneumonia is now we'll and he tells
us that he is in better health, than he
has been for many years. The rheu-
matte pains have all left him and he
feels like a new man, with the dawn
of spring.
Frank Miller and Sam Atkins re-
turned from Oklahoma, the first of
the week, where they went to look
after ON land in view ofpurchasing.
They both say that they were well
pleased with the country, but we did
not learn, as to whether they pur-
chased land or not.
Chas. Bison was the clerk at the
Schartf sale. Chas informs us that
everything sold reasonable but there
was not a very large crowd in attend
ance. Everyone present came for the
purpose of buying and hardly was a
person present, but what bought some
of the stock offered for sale.
l. p. Hallock's deer, which escaped
last week and came back again and
returned again to the pen when the
gate was opened, escaped again from
the pen through a hole under the
fence. This animal seems to enjoy
the freedom of the forest but dislike:
to be separated from its companions
VIM. Davis, of Atlantic, has beef
in Brayton, the past week, buying
and selling cattle. MI. Davis has
large number of cattle in his posses
sion and some very fine stock. HI
rented the John Norris pasture which
formerly belonged to the Ballard es.
tate, on which ne will pasture hi.
cattle, the coming summer.
The two hundred and fourteen heat
Of hogs, that Chas. Short sold at hi
sale amounted 10, in round numbers
to sixteen hundred dollars. Fred
Fancher bought ten head Of thorough
bred pigs at this sale for one hundred
and forty six dollars. This is a yer,
cheap price for this grade Of stool
but this is the only kind it pays +
, keep.
Marion and Frank Jenkins wa
busy stalking u a race track in tn
pasture just east of the depot. Tn
, boys intended to start grading O
Tuesday morning but owing to tn
rainy weather they were obliged t
delay their work until more suitabl