Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-18
GREELEY

GREELEY
Norm Wilson visited in the vicinity
of Nelson Sunday.
Sunday morning mad and raging,
evening calm and assuaging.
Mrs. Goodwin continues in poor
health Or. Brooks being called last
Monday.
Geo. Wilson and wife of Nelson.
spent pleasant Sabbath with his
folks in Greeley.
VIM. Rucker had to mud it home
from Audubon Saturday after market
ing load of oats.
Rufus Rowland was counting in
Audubon this week Ruff rarely
swears except when on the witness
stand.
Frew Hays, Geo. Eagen and Miles
kness are each running new corn
planters bought of johnson & Buck,
of Audubon.
The calm beauty of Sunday evening
was pleasant surprise to everybody
Where the element did riot, reigned a
sweet, inviting quiet.
Grandma Eagen accompanied by
her grandson Bart, spent Saturday
and Sunday at the M. F. Kerwin
home in Douglas township.
Frank Duvall had his fiat land in
excellent condition to plant when Da.
Wis creek climbed out of its channel
and made fearful mess of it.
Nebraska is but an obscure tenth
when it comes to producing mich
COWS, but she boasts of the largest
creamery in the world. Say. but she
is milking some of our COWS boys.
The methodist minister from Audi.
bon will appear at Bowman Chapel,
May 30, to deliver the Memorial ad
dress. Come with your arms full of
blossoms to strew on the grave of him
who our glorious Old Glory did save.
So DEAR AND QUEER!
He was sunburnt ebay seed.n
She was city lass.
She in the country cut a swell.
In town he could not pass.
Oh! Say, Pm getting sleepy,
I'm feeling awful creepy
While chasing scraps ofnews
In and out and round snooze.
Starts the microbes of the blues
In my bic cd, upon cruise.
HAUNTED!
l whistle, sing: Say not thing.
| Pm trying to frighten Care.
| hn hS>lH 1orf oh
How fiendish is her glare!
She turns away from blithesome Law
As Evil eschews light,
Then filings her taunts from gloomy
haunts
AT me in songful fight.
Once did / dream on worldly scheme
And in her meshes fell.
How she did gloat above my throat
This spider-hag of He'll!
Yet did these two get married.
He thot she was find.
When he the produce hauls to town
She drives q rig behind.
Mrs. James Blake, nee Beatrice
Coffman, wife OF the Oldest son O
Richard Blake of near Nelson, passee
away about the hour of two O'Clock
Sunday morning, May IA, after
brief illness which detied the skill q
three physicians. In the midst o
one OF earth's wildeststorms the ligh
went out in her earthly home and sh,
departed for the calm shores of eter
nifty. Our worldly eyes could not fol
low her peaceful flight to the realm
OF love. We could feel only that aw
full Chill of absence which follows the
withdrawal OF kindly touch as W,
gaZed through the vacant window
into the deserted house OF clay
Beatrice is gone, after only nineteel
happy summers with the world, tn,
last of which was passed in blissfu
wedlock with him who tonight weep
IN desolate home over the ruins o
his brightest hopes. At one o'clocl
on Monday May 10. snowy, blossom
laden casket was born slowly alon,
the alsles OF Bowman Chapel, Will
the doeiul strains of requiem min
gled with the far-away echoes of
wedding march. Rev. Hughes, wh
little more than one year ago unite,
the deceased in marriage to Mr.. Blake
conducted the last sad rites, following
winch the remains were laid away t
sleep IN the adjacent cemetery.
Lo. all is silent in the clay
Where we were wont to meet he
But, bark sweet singing far ava
Where angels come to greet her.
One sultry summer day while wa
lounging about on the cool grass cal
pet that nature spreads each summe
upon our county seats beautiful park
basking in the radiations of vim an
git that emanted from the streets an
various business centers, I was al
preached by we'll dressed, intelli
gent looking man who said, 81 see you
town supports fine brick liver
barn." poking his thumb out in til