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

at bargain. If HAM WEBSTER.
George Kempf from Victor who has
been visiting at the Kempf home went
last Tuesday.
| can repair your bicycles and put
them in first-class shape. Bring them
in and leave them with me.
j. G. WOLFE.
Harry Schrieber returned home from
Chicago last Tuesday morning for a
short visit under the parental roof. He
has good lucrative position on the
fire department there.
Miss O'Connell, from Atlantic, is up
this week visiting with her friend,
Gusta Cloughly. The girls are having
some great times keeping house as it
is comparative new experiment with
both of them.
DR.. Gleason and wife departed last
week, for Rock Rapids, where they
formerly lived. The doctor returned,
last Saturday, and is busy at work out
she remained for longer visit with
friends.
County Surveyor H. S. Wattles was
up the first of the week running some
grade stakes for ID. w. Powers, who
has the contract for the grading in the
county and who is going at some work
inside the corporate limits of the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Runyan. who came
last week to visit at the VIM. Clough-
~ home, departed in a short time for
Ute to visit with their relatives. Mr..
and Mrs. j. ]. Miller. They expect to
return later and visit with Mrs.
| Cloughly when she returns from Col
! fax.
Workmen We're busy the first part
OF the week at the brick walk on the
west side of the brick recently pur-
chased of B. +. Howald by F. A.
| Buthweg. This is commendable en-
terprise on the part of Mr.. .Buthweg
and one that many people in various
parts of the town should follow.
| Miss Beula Soar went to Extra last
| Friday night to visit at the John
Connrardy home. While there she
went with a party of young people in
a bus to the Ralph Hawks home down
east of Brayton, to the big dance they
gave their friends in honor of the com
pletion of their big stock and hay barn.
A. S. Culver and his two daughter
Gene and Emma arrived home Tues
day from their summers outing. Mr..
Culver and Miss Emma made tour
of the east and took in the exposition
with all it's various wonders and at
fractions, sailed the ST. Lawrence with
its countless islands and wonderfully
beautiful scenery, listened to the roar
of the Niagara, as it makes it's fright
full plunge $50 feet to the yawning
abyss below. They came home much
pleased with the trip and feeling good
from their outing.
A fever for old fashioned hard work
struck the court house last week and
they all repaired to the hay field to
try to work up good appetite. They
each worked hard and faithful how.
everand the wives supplied them with
lemonade and ice tea and kept them
cooled off so that they could do theil
work in good shape. Treasurer G. E.
BRENNAN proved to be the best man
and could stand the work the best. We
are inclined to think that Chas. sim
ply remembered the old tricks of get
ting at it, learned when he was boy
on the farm and put them into execu
ton here, out doing all the rest.
The town has been flooded lately b,
SPECTATORS in the way of boot blacks
Every boy who can get hold of a box
and some backing and brushes seem.
to be out on the street soliciting trade
They are all hustlers and seem to be
good solicitors for they get after a mar
and stay with him. If properly con
Quoted the business is profitable on,
and they will rake in lots of coin. A
great many men began life in the cite.
as bootblack and ended it in cong
ress or the house of commons in Eng
land. But they are men Of tremen
dous energy and devoted their spar,
time to things other than the catchin.
of few stray nickles. They read ant
in reading watched the changins
events of the country and times ant
when the time came stepped into tn
various opportunities as they came un
til then high honors and confidence O
the people crowned their success.
Tuesday afternoon Jens Jacobsen
had runaway that came near ter
minating in an accident that nigh
4 have proved fatal to him, but as i
was he got off with sprained ankl,
anu oLc Slllull LOIle broken. he late
ly began driving the Standard Oh
wagon and had been busy in tow
with his delivery in the forenoon am
in the afternoon hitched up his lead
ers to go into the country to get SOM
oats to feed. One of the horses has al
ways been mean and as he was in tn,
east part of town they started to rul
and the tongue came down from tn,
neckyoke leaving him in crtica
condition. He saw no way but t,
jump and accordingly did so with tn,
above stated results. Friends helpet
him to get to the Twining House ant
he was soon made as comfortable a.
possible, and doctor procured who
dressed his wounds. His accident i.
very liable to lay him up for som,
time and he has employed Wilhelm
Ahstrand to take his place. 1t will
be rather a hard job for time as h,
has no one to show him where hl.
customers are, but he will soon know
them all.