Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-02-20
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| lass DiobSlO NOOu VI LAlra came
down Tuesday on the noon train and
went over to Oakfield and spent the
afternoon with her friends Mrs. Chas
sykes and took little Bennie Sykes
home with her in the evening to visit
with her in Extra.
VIM. Chambers and wife of Esther
Vile visited Thurday at the ii. w Pear
son home in Brayton. They will be re-
membered here by many of the people
as he used to be depot agent at Extra
but is now route agent for the u. P,
with headquarters at the above named
place.
Soren Daugaard Joined an excursion
party from Extra to South Dakota,
Tuesday, where he went with the in.
tentlon OF purchasing land, providing
II suits him. He will probably pur-
chase under these conditions as the
land is as COOL in that state as can be
found anywhere.
David Beers departed for different
points in Kansas to visit with rela-
tives and from there he expects to 90
to California and there breath the pure
air and sea breezes and smell the bud.
ding oranges blossoms and see nature
so vastly contrasted in Iowa in all her
beauty and newnss of life
Chas. Hockenberry who is now
working at the Nepper home west of
Extra will begin work for Owen Ide
about March LIST and will assist him
on his farm the coming year. Chas.
is good steady, industrious young
man Away laboring to the best in
terests of his employer.
The coming week the schools in
both Oakfield and Brayton will close
for a long vacation. This last term
has been one af the most successful in
the history of the school and all the
scholars seem to take such an interest
in the school and are loath to leave
their books during the vacation.
Last Saturday night merry crowd
OF Brayton's young people quietly
stole into the Jones home in order to
give Thomas genuine surprise which
they succeeded in doing in very
neat manner. Thomas was at home
and did not know the least thing of
their coming until all were there,
after which good time was had by
all present.
Last Saturday night as shades of
night had begun to deepen, crowd
gathered at the j. q. Hardman home,
north Of Oakfield, to help Miss Belle
Hardman pass the evening in man.
ner which could ever be remembered
as one of the happy and memorable
evenings of her life. The time was
passed in social chat and games for
time, after which all INDUCED in a
lunch.
j. q. Hartman has just returned
from Griswold, Iowa, where he at
tended the Poland China sale of W.
ii. Barr, of Elliott, Iowa. Mr.. Barr
is one of the best breeders in the state.
In this sale was the noted sow "Lady
Klever." There were seven or eight
prominent breeders in the state
there for the purpose of buying this
sow but Mr.. Hartman outbid them
all and brought her home to put
with his lockwood" herd. Hurrah |!
for Audubon county and her breeders.
John 7. jenkins, Marion Jenkins,
and j. G. Hardman received this
week from Albert Harrah, of Newton
Iowa, eight head of pure Scotch
Short Horn cattle, representing such
noted families as the !" Mysies,o
Duchess Of Glostor," i" Orange Bios.
SONS, -" Victorias" and Nonpareil."
These are the leading strains of Short
Horn cattle in America and these gen.
tlemen propose to make Brayton
headquarters for the best Short Horns
that can be bought and bred.
Pat Gaddis who resides down near
the John Norris farm on the Ballard
estate was the victim, Monday, of a
fire that burned his house clear to the
ground. Pat was on the roof throw
ing water Oh the blaze trying to
quench the angry flames that seemed