Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-12-04

for an old fashioned taffy pull. The
young folks had great time with
stuck hands and jolly hilarity and are
now ready for another such time.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. swaney of
Manning, came down last Thursday
their son, Ray, and helped them re-
giving dinner on the farm where they
The Misses Freetley sisters of Will
Freetley living near Gray returned
Tuesday from a months visit with
friends in western Illinois and in the
eastern part of this state. They had
most enjoyable trip and spent the
month most pleasantly with all their
relatives and old time friends.
Bert Denny and wife went up to
Manning Thanksgiving day and ate
turkey with her parents. During
their absence some one sampled their
ducks so Bert don't know which
would have gained the most for him:
stayed at home and eaten the duck
himself or gone and had it stolen.
Rev. Hicks of the U. B. church, be-
gan series of meetings at the Lincoln
Center appointment last Monday even
ing with good attendance and good
interests. Most of the, farmers are
getting we'll along with their work
now SO they can get out in the even
ing and they should be we'll attended.
Claus johnson has rented the Swan
ey farm and will have possession of it
during the coming year. We under
stand that Roy will move to Manning
and devote all his time to land bust
ness. Roy has made good money
along this line and has now a general
agency and will clean up good returns
by staying st it.
"Doc'' Rogers was experimenting on
horse last week as to how much
chloroform it would take to make it
insensible to pain. With one and one
half ounces of the drug, and it was
big horse, he put it so that it was per-
fectly insensible of everything. After
he had experimental the horse was
killed as it had become necessary to
dispose of him at any rate.
Word came here the first of the
week that an accident had befallen
VIM. Scott who formerly lived here
but who moved to South Dakota last
spring that was putting him very
near to DEATHS door. We did not
learn the nature of the accident but
learn that two doctors have Civ
en- up saving him, which his many
friends here will regret to hear.
One of the pleasant gatherings of
this year was out at the Nels Christen-
ten home last Thanksgiving day when
they entertained in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Reid. Mrs. Christensen
knows well how to get up dinner
that makes their guests wonder what
they will do with it all and gave them
just such feast. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ross, Mr.. and Mrs.
S. G. Handles, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Miller and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Leet,
of Audubon, and they are just the
jolly crowd to have a good time.
The lecture last Tuesday night a
week ago was about the best liked of
any yet on the course. The course
seems to be gaining in favor among
the people. 1t is now being found to
be something that is entertaining and
at the same time educational. Any
one is well repaid to drive quite dis
| lance to hear a lecture. It is some
thing different from the ordinary.
The man who gives it has put lots of
thought on the subject at hand and
has fixed good meat up in tissue paper
packages. A good dinner is always
the better for being served with clean
linen. So lecture comes done up in
clean, pure language and every one is
benefited. The speaker at the last
one showed himself to be master of
thought as we'll as of language. His
subject was "Boxes" and he handled
it in forceful and mastery way and
made of every one present keene1
thinker and better citizen for having
heard it.