Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-02-13

Billy Woodsen who worked for H.
w. Pearson, during his illness last
winter, but lately has been running
shop at Lorah closed up the same last
week and departed for Anita to work
in shop at that place.
Misses Roxie and Susie Huyck two
prominent school teachers of the
county came down to Brayton Friday
evening and visited with friends and
in the evening attended a party out
at the Clark homestead.
Fred Franklin, the genial proprie-
tor of the city drug store went down
to Lewis Saturday and visited with
his parents and friends over Sunday,
returning to his business cares and
duties Tuesday morning.
Dave Carpenter returned from
Madison county, Tuesday evening,
where he has been for the past year
experimenting the work on a large
farm and will visit with his family
and many friends for short time.
/, Sam Pearson and his lady friend
drove up to Extra Monday for a
sleigh ride and while returning, the
horse became frightened, was unman-
ageable and ran away, breaking up
the cutter, but did no serious damage
to the occupants.
| The Oak Hill band boys will give
a photograph entertainment at the
Bendixen hall, February 2lst, and
after these exercises dance will be
1 given. Those who attend are assur-
red of good social time as we'll as an
instructive one.
| During the extreme cold of last
week the city authorities took up a
horse, that had been standing out all
day and placed it in shelter. 1t is
through thoughtlessness great many
!, times that horses are left standing out
but this should not be.
!; Thos. Hardwick and wife were
made happy over boy that came to
their home last Sunday and for few
years it will claim their care and
attention but III after years will prove
} blessing and the means of bringing
great happiness to this home.
Lucille Connrardy took a sleigh
load of her pupils aJolly ride after
school Monday. 1t was a full load
indeed, for every conceivable place
was occupied by youngster, and if
you want to know of the fun they
!, had, ask the children that were along
Owen Ide, who lives just north OF
) town, bought fine team of three
year-old colts of VIM. Thielen, Mon
day, the price being $500. These
horses being both standard bred and
3 will in all probability make one
of the best driving teams in this part
of the country.
3 Ross Hewlett, over near Benton
7 Center, purchased the w. C.. Will
!. liams farm for $1,000 per acre. This
farm is the one formerly owned by
. Ross's father. He will move back tc
! the scenes of his boyhood days, next
, Saturday, where the familiar sights
of his childhood days will ever flash
before him.
r The married folks dance given al
r the hall last Friday night was most
: decided success, as far as a good time
was concerned. There was not as
f large crowd as was present at the
former one, but the crowd seemed SC
/ congenial to each other, that all went
: in for good time which they surely
had. During the evening supper
of the little mollusk, the oyster, was
: partaken of by the crowd present.
: A crowd of twenty of the married
folks in Brayton got up surprise
party Oh Calvin Dimick and wife and
chartered bob sleds and drove out tt
the their pleasant home southeast o.
= town, Tuesday evening, where they
= passed the time in social chat and
dance. To say, that Calvin and hi
estimable wife were surprised woulG
be putting it very mildly, for whel
!. the crowd arrived, for a time, they
: were both speechless with amazement
. as their friends kept pouring in upor