Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-07-10
Oakfield and Brayton

/ The Misses Edna and Ruby Pearson
the daughters of w. Fl. Pearson and
wife will go down to Des Moines this
week to visit with their aunt Mrs
Will Chambers and to attend the
Chautauqua Assembly.
Mr.. James Essington, that sturdy
New England farmer, a little way
north of Brayton, drove forty head
of sleek fat porkers to town this week
and sold them to Jenkins Il Mccoy
ern, the new stock firm.
Joe Smith and wife were up from
Griswold and passed the Fourth at
the home of his parents, Christopher
Smith and wife. Joe reports carpen-
ter trade as fourishing down there
and that he has all the work he can
do.
The Misses limo and Edna Bison
and their Grandpa Ell. S. Wattles
came home from Carson, Monday,
where they passed the Fourth with
Mack Thomas's family and express
themselves as having had delightful
time.
William Thielen, that proper fine
farmer and stock raiser over in The
Valley was in Brayton the first of the
week and sold thirty head of hogs to
jenkins q McGovern, such fine ones
as you know Mr.. Thielen always
raises.
M. E. jenkins packed his grips the
first of the week and that gentle
man and his grand daughter, Baby
Marion, started for Gold Greek, Mon
tana, where the baby's father, Charley
Cotton, is and where they will visit
for some time.
Mr.. B. S. Potter, document clerk
tor the Lund Land Agency a. CANDY,
Minnesota, was in Brayton, Tuesday,
and made out the papers for MI.
Niels P. Hoegh's half section of land
that he purchased on his recent trip
up in South Dakota.
The good people of Brayton and
Oakfield are busying themselves this
week by making many repairs upon
the Baptist church. The walls are be-
ing cleaned and painted and little
later Artist John Harrison will come
down and spread new paper upon the
interior walls.
On the Tuesday noon train Mrs.
Cotton and her daughter, Miss Mary
Cotton, took their departure for
Montana where they go to visit with
their relatives, the George and Char
lie Cotton families, and try the effect
of the climate in that high altitude
upon their health.
Fly nets? All kinds, Double team
from s275up. Single nets, soc and up.
Come in and look over my line of sim
gle and double harness. Single harness
for $500 and up. Remember that har-
vest is coming and bring in your can
vass and have it fixed.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY, Brayton.
Beginning with the first of July
Brayton has had new stock buying
firm in the persons of Hon. John T.
jenkins and Tom McGovern, the for
mer gentleman having purchased the
interest of Charley Bison in that
business. This will make a strong
firm as both are experienced buyers
and will give the farmers splendid
service.
Charlie Burton is home from trip
down in Oklahoma where he went to
see the lay of the land. AT Purcell he
visited with his sister Mrs. Jennie
Burton-Netf and niece frankie Crane
and reports them we'll and in the best
ofspirits. He also visited James Hun
ter, at Hobart, and brought that gen.
tleman's son, Willis Hunter, home
with him. Charley didn't purchase
any land in that country.
The only Fourth of July firecracker
accident that we heard of happened
over at Oakfield when Noel Heath.
the little son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bud
Heath lit one of those murderous can
non crackers, threw it on the ground
and after waiting little time thought
1t was not going to go off so he picked
it up and STATED for the back porch
of his fathers house when there was a
deafening roar and one finger on
NoePs left hand was quite badly shat
tered and the hand otherwise bruised.