The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-05
From Our Correspondents
Grand River.

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Grand River.
WIN. Green planted eight acres Of
corn on April 3Oth as he wanted some
planted in April. r. ]. Browning had
everything ready but thought it a little
too cold. Thomas Harris has some in
no doubt as he is usually the first. Our
farmers are selecting their seed corn
with great care and preparing the
ground we'll before planting and no
doubt will have good crop.
Rev. j. e. Beard held services at Kel-
lerton Sunday.
Myrtle Quiet has been visiting friends
and relatives here this week.
Ed Gale, w. j. Beck and Covington &
Armstrong have all ordered new avn
ings, Gales coming with those mention
ed last week.
John Cornett, sister and sister-in-law,
of Westerville, attended church here
Sunday morning.
Rev. B. e. Youtz is still holding SER
vices at the hall and has good attend
ance. On Friday night he spoke on
Home, It's Friends and Enemies" each
part Of the theme being we'll rendered.
Some fine fish were on the market
Saturday.
j. A. Weldon brought some fine separ-
ator butter to town Saturday that sold
at good price.
Alta Hauenstein is teaching at the
Comstock school east of town, this be-
ing her fourth term.
VII. Corbett, of Des Moines, is here
in the interest of some insurance COM
panies.
Mrs. Buck is visiting relatives here
this week.
Mrs. Carrie Daughton, of Beaconsield,
visited her parents here over Sunday
and attended services at the church.
She will return home this week. Her
husband runs a livery and feed barn
there.
w. w. Palmer, now in South Dakota,
was admitted to the bar there and has
will be remembered by Van Vert as he
was professor in their schools a few
years ago and also taught in different
parts of the county.
Ashley Johnson and wife were favor
ed with visit by their daughter and
her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren PEN
mock, of near Hopeville.
George Munyon will read THE RE-
PORTER and st. Louis Republic the next
year. George knows the best county
paper when he sees it.
Uncle Bill Durham will move to our
town if he can make suitable arrange
ments. He has just had his pension
raised to $50 month. Mr.. Durham is a
brother ofsou worthy townsman, John
Durham, and a man who always attends
to his own business and lets neighbors
do the same. His daughter is visiting
her uncle John this week and will keep
house for Uncle Bill when he comes.
We are sorely in need of a brick kiln
here. Jake Switzer will take two hum
bred thousand as fast as he can use
them on his buildings, and plenty of
wood can be had at reasonable prices.
7. I. Beck has moved to his farm and
will run it until fall and return when
school begins. He, will not rent his
house but will fix it up to move into
after harvest.
6. B. Riggs is repairing the house he
purchased of James Carlton and will
soon have it ready to. occupy.
Rev. 8. Samson, of Van Vert, was
here last Sunday night helping Rev.
Wilkins III the quarterly meeting at
the, M. b. church and at the Anstey
school house. Rev. Wilkins preached
on baptism in the evening, holding that
either immersion or sprinkling was the
right way and quoted several passages
of scripture to bear out his opinion. A
good attendance was had.
John Hukill, of Kansas City, Mo-, is
here visiting his daughter, Mrs. John
Brammer, and his brother Ohio. He was
a citizen of this county for many years,
a volunteer in the civil war and saw
considerable fighting. He will visit the
st. Louis exposition before returning
y home.
Griffin & Lee have car of corn that
is selling rapidly at fffty-two cents per
bushel. 1t is not very often our farm
ers have to ship in corn.
]. M. Adams is building a new barn
on his farm northeast Of town. He was
in town Monday on business.
Alex Keller is grading on the roads,
something badly needed. Good roads
{ are benefit to all.
II: II. Gilreath, Of Westerville, had
business here Monday.
ting a wind mill TO pump water for his
cattle. a. Il. Bezold is setting it up for
him.
Once young man worked all week SO
as to have money enough to buy pair
of overshoes. When he got his money
he paid for a Jug Of whiskey he had sent
for and did not get the overshoes he
needed SO badly. So the next Saturday
when he was working for the same man
ne said his feet were cold. The man
asked him why he didn't have the oyer
shoes he went to town for and the
young man said he spent it for Jug.
y The man gave him kind talk on the
evil effects of whiskey, when the young
man said with tears in his eyes that he
could not help it as it tasted good all
the way down. This young man had in
herited no doubt the taste for liquor
and the other said no more, but this
shows what a strong hold drink gets on
one when it is once begun. Our cores
pondent from Center thinks / advocate
this for the sake of Office, etc. would