Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-04-24

Rev. S. A. Boyce, the Presbyterian
minister, moved part of his goods
into the parsonage, at Old Hamlin,
last Monday and will soon have his
family there and settled down among
u.s. Their coming will be welcomed.
Andrew Wells and Art Warner,
who have been prospecting through
the Dakotas the past three weeks,
without finding any land on terms to
suit them, are now in Kossuth county,
Iowa, where they have hired out to
work.
Mrs. Henrietta Petty is reported as
not being improved mentally during
the past two weeks, her mania being
mostly of religious character; her
general health is fair. This is the re-
port of the superintendent of the
asylum.
William Owen bought large guam
tity of fencing that was taken from
the old crib and by saving the ends
off will have good well seasoned lum-
be for his cribs and other uses on the
farm. This lumber sold for ten dollars
per thousand,
With one general store and one i'm.
plement store in town the rail road
business in freight received and all
other sources footed up to the neat
little sum of 1864 Sc for the company;
this does not include freight forward
ed for March.
Tom Bruhn was awakened Tuesday
morning by the rocking of his new
house which is set up on blocks, the
rocking being similar to that of ship
in a storm, and causing him to arise in
hurry to find out if he was in the
center of a cyclone.
Miss Elizabeth Spencer sent word
from Oklahoma, that she would defer
her home coming one week and is ex-
pected today, having stopped off on
the homeward journey to visit few
days with her relatives, the Warner
family, in Council Bluffs.
| Hamp Jones was In town, Tuesday
and invested in a big load of those
two by tour scantlings at fifteen dol
| lars per thousand that formerly en-
tered into the Foundation of the big
crib. He is going to build buggy
and wagon shed this spring.
George Gerard was busy blowing
| on his farm, near town, the first OF
the week and said there appeared te
be plenty of moisture in the ground
Notwithstanding the number of days
| the wind had been blowing and the
total absence of rain this month.
Ten men were at work here, las
| Monday, and completed razing thu
Counselman cribs to the ground ant
the citizens have, perhaps, seen tn
last one that will ever be built here
corn storage being thing of the pas
and when stock was scarce and te
cent corn gong to waste.
i The church, at the Station, wa
painted last week, and in good style
when those fierce winds with cloud
of dust came and covered it's side
with atoms of mother earth and GOO
rain alone will demonstrate whethe
!. the paint is injured or not, all depend
ing on its having been dry before tn
> wind blew.
The milk haulers have been notife
: from this on, to make daily deliveris
of milk to the creamery. The manage
| is endeavoring to turn out the butte
r in the very best condition, to CON
E mand the highest prices and in ordt
!, to do SO must have the milk as fresh
, possibleand without the least possib
suspicion of being sour.
Jens f. P etersen was aroused la
. Tuesday morning by the sudden das
of rain and bowling winds and sa
from the looks of the clouds, he fe
u sure cyclone was on hand and more
u when an especially severe blast lift
his hay rack off the wagonand carrie
it up hill almost to his door and b
= big corn bin came tumbling after
nj Fred Heileman is the authority
le saying that now is the proper time
d SOW forage to feed the mich co,
when the grass begins to fail in
nutritious qualities in the fall. An al
IF load or SO given to them then W
ir cause them to continue to secrete
le tactical fluid when it otherwise won
e, fail. Those interested can not do bt
Is ter than to try the plan and not t
result.