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

Fourteen tickets were sold in Ross,
Sunday, to go to Lake View, for a
DAVIS outing.
John Wagner the veteran hog buy
er at Ross put out two cars of hogs
last Saturday to try the markets.
Miss Fanny Bates went over to the
Grove, Sunday and spent the day
with her brother Harry and wife.
Grandma McCawsmother OF Will
lam McCaw arrived in town, Thurs
day evening, to pay her son visit.
Workmen were busy, the fore part
OF the week, fixing the chimney on
the home of Uncle Sammy Jordan.
DREssMAKING-I will teach the
French System until September l,
1901. ORIssA FRENCH, Ross, Iowa.
Robert Rutherford tired of old rigs
and seeing chance to get good
bargain he purchased one of Ruhs &
Wilde
The agent for the Plano Binders
was in town the first of the week
putting up machines and starting
them in the fields.
lnman Sherman's sister, who is
here from her home in Jefferson help
ing him, has been quite sick, the last
week with tonsllitis.
Olsen Brothers shipped a car Of
hogs, last Saturday evening to put on
the market and to see if their iudg.
ment was good or bad.
Tuesday night the young people
gathered at the home of Ed. Adams
on the old Kelley farm and proceeded
to have royal good time.
Adolph Kraft will now ride safe
from the suns rays and with ease and
comfort in that fine new buggy he
purchased Of Ruhs & Wilde.
The boys put out binders to the
following gentleman last week: Earl
Jump, Allie Bamsey and James
White over in the edge of Greeley.
z. d. Hart and family spent last
Sunday at the Henry Conboy home
and had pleasant visit and most
excellent dinner, both of which they
thoroughly enjoyed.
Miss Bessie Witthauer, of Extra,
came up Sunday and is visiting with
her aunt, Mrs. Chas. Wilde. MISS
Bessie is one OF the incest girls in her
town and will thoroughly enjoy her
visit while here.
John Qnimby was out on his rural
mail route, Tuesday, taking orders
for the boxes to be used by the pat
rons. They can have their choice of
several kinds but all should decide on
one kind and then order it.
Rev. Foust the German minister
moved, Monday, into the new par
sonage built here. He and his MEM
bership may we'll be proud of the
building they have put up for it is a
credit to them and would take its
place among the best buildings of
the community.
Robert Roberts was in Ross, last
Sunday, and visited the bachelo,
quarters. We will not vouch for the
food given him, because we are not
positive that the boys are good cooks
or that the pastry would be tempt
ing, but we are sure that they would
make him welcome and do their best
to entertain them.
The many friends of Miss Orissa
French will be glad to learn that she
is again at home for time. She took
lessons, while in Des Moines, ct the
latest in dress making and proposes
as can De seen in this paper to give
lessons in this line. 1t will be an op-
portunity for girls, that they will do
we'll TO avail themselves of.
Miss Lottle Taylor, of Chicago, and
Miss Retta Taylor, Of Guernsey, Iowa
are at the home OF their brother, f.
L. Taylor. this week, making him a
visit and enjoying the pleasure of free
country life. possible only on a farm
but impossible to them in the con-
fines of city life. The shut-in of the
city life is almost uncomfortable.
Rev. Foust has opened German
school in the church at Ross. He is
mastery scholar and will be able to
instruct all those who go to him
Many pupils will have an opportun-
Ivy that many go to college to get
All our best courses in our colleges
demand that German be part of the
college work and this affords all the
classes a chance.
The other evening as Pat German
and Sammy Jordan had finished their
work on the hay stack they concluded
to have some ice cream. So Pat hitch
ed his horse onto Sammy's buggy and
started TO Ross for ice. When he had
got to the school house, north OF
town, the horse upset the buggy and
threw Pat out and proceeded 10 fix
the buggy so no one could tell which
it was the most like, buggy or some
kindling wood.
John rutherford went to the lakes