Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-12-21
Greeley

May Christmas cause your cares to
pause.
James Egan marketed turkeys in
Hamlin Saturday.
Sol Leighty and family visited at the
S. Berry home Sunday.
George Egen and wife spent pleasant
Sabbath at the Will Egan home.
Clint Rucker bought an extra fine
mich COW at the Geo. Leffler sale.
Frank Duvall is improving the oppor-
tunity to fill his cribs with 81 cent corn.
Cliff Carter and wife of Melville were
guests in the Oscar Miller home Sunday.
Miss Elsie Benton who is attending
school in Extra visited her parents Sun
day.
Herman Hukill, Pete Rubel, and Jas.
Egan are delivering corn to the Frank
Duvall farm.
A Christmas Wheel will be the unique
attraction at the Union Baptist church
Saturday night, December %.
Harvey Lyle and wife and Messrs. Uri
and Ernest Wright left Tuesday to spend
the holidays with their parents.
1 Miss Remftley who is teaching the
Little Valley School will spend Christ
mas with her parents near Audubon.
The Owens Smelling outfit shelled about
800 bus. of corn for Thomas Egan Friday
The Hamlin market captured the grain.
tardily announced lecture took place
at the Union Baptist church Tuesday ev-
ening. A gentleman from Pella was the
speaker.
Geo. Burt and wife, old residents in
j this vicinity moved today to their new
home ] mile south of Extra. Their old
friends regret to have them leave this
community.
AN Internal NosEGAY.
| saw the Devil strolling down the
street the other day;
And in his button hole he wore a
hideous nosegay
OF horid whiskey blossoms and purple
streaked roses
Plucked, heard him boasting, from
the end of drunk ards noses.
1t is said that Christ is love. Christ
mas then is the anniversary of the birth
of Love on earth. How fitting to cele-
brate it by giving and receiving tokens
of friendship and love! What is there
about Christmas tree that is in anyway
desecrating to the Sabbath? We should
think Sabbath eve very appropriate
time for a Christmas Tree.
A most distressing accident occurred
in the Rose Valley School, Monday, De-
cember H. While little 6 year old
Ralph Moore, son of George Moore, was
endeavoring to cut slate rag in two, the
/ knife slipped and cut one of his eyes. He
was tak en- Immediately to the Audubon
hospital for treatment At first it was
, thot that the eye could not be saved but
later Developments give hopes that the
case is not so serious.
ONE VERSION
He has left us little Willie
Galloped off upon tilly
Over dale and over hill.
Where's he gone to? Farewell Bill.
Whose's the authory Tell me quich:
Old Van Zant is growing SICK.
, ANOTHER VERSION
Little Willie he has left us
Gone beyond worldly cares
But he had to climb, they tell us,
Wingless, up the golden stairs.
Whose's the writer Some one tell.
IVAN. Jay, Harold, JACK or Belly
i With apologies to Brother Greeley
dressed Il big fat turkey, the only one
we had to spare for generous purposes
, and was on my way to the Journal Office
with it. Being tired seated myself on &
grassy bank to rest by the way, drew the
latest issue of the Audubon County Jour
f nal from my pocket and began to read
e by the way, never permit neither to gel
beyond my reach-but. as was going tt
say, began to read The Journa
e Dwarf's persuasive appeal for an Nina.
g fowl, which wound up in loud capital.
as follows: DON'T BRING BUT ONE.
How sad! had but one. What else
could do but return home.