Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-02
GREELEY.
Wind and snow, mercury low.

Grandma Eagan has been quite sick
for few days.
The fierce cold wave swept the I'M
ion Baptist into the past.
Every body should have learned
their catechism previous to the asses
sor's visit.
Water supply is becoming serious
problem with many of the farmers.
George Wilson has rented the Henry
Kile eighty on Davis creek for the
coming year.
Grandma Miller, of Fontanelle,
whom pneumonia had brought so near
to death, is reported much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hogueisson bat
tied their way to Melville township
against the fierce blasts of Tuesday.
Farewell to sweet repose,
For Influenza
Is pulling at my nose
And stuffs my head with hay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Eagan, as
sisted by Miss Elvia Eagan, visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Will Eagan Sun
day.
The Kness boys sleddeG one of those
fine Gillette bulls down from the James
Hunt farm in Melville Thursday.
A skilled mechanic of the Hoover
firm came down from Audubon Thurs
day and repaired the pump at the
John Eagan farm.
M. l. Masterson had Justice Kness
put the legal touch to the report of the
Greeley Mutual Insurance Co. Friday.
The report shows remarkable growth
| and thrift.
The "Silver Chain Letter Plan" a
very unique and commendable home
missionary movement has appeared in
| Greeley in behalf of a needy Baptist
organization in Chilsea, Indian Ter
ritory.
A certain correspondent reports a
bran new baby boy He must be
scarce of items who reports bran ba-
bies. Besides bran babies are uni
versally of the other sex.
Rev. c. N. Bentley thinks seriously
of responding to call to take charge
of pastorate at Dow City and is at
that place consulting with the people.
The consumation of this proposition
would leave the Union Baptist flock
without sheppard, but as they have
frequently been left thus there is little
anxiety about any of them straying
back into the world.
The L. S. Mail is supposed to be
the last thing to succumb to q storm
and bad roads; yet it was about the
only thing in our part of the timber
that was side tracked by the inclem-
ency of Tuesday. The children went
to and from school as usual. The
cream haulers went singing and whist
ling on their way. The assessors
moved about their business. But the
L. 5. mail took q short cut and left
disappointed extremity to his route.
What do youthink about this, Uncle?
After brief illness which defed the
skill of physicians, Mrs. Samuel Ben
ton, southeast of Greeley, was re-
lieved by death in the early hours of
Friday, January q. That distant rel
atives might come and cast last fond
look upon the departed loved one, the
remains were retained until the follow
ing Monday, on which day funeral
services, conducted by Rev. A. Dove,
of North Branch, were held at IL a.
IN. in the Schwenneker school house,
after which the "pale sleeper" was
tenderly given to cold grave in the
Schwenneker cemetery. The deceased
leaves no children to feel the unutter-
able desolation of orphanage, but our
Sympathies are with the lone husband
who weeps over the vacant chair by
his side.
The flowers droop and pass away
And leave behind dead cold thing;
But at the touch of sunny spring
They wake. Death has no victory.
So do we run our dusty race,
Then lay aside this earthly home
No more the stormy world to roam
But in some calm delightful place
We wake in peaceful, happy mind,
No more to part, no more to die,
No more to weep, nor sob, nor sigh
Oh God! Thy ways are strangely kind.
PATIENCE AND GRIEF.
This world is rugged windy waste,
Trouble is hard to dodge;
And in our wild impulsive breast
Trouble is sure to lodge.
BY patient suffering we lay,
Around these prickly things
A pearly iridescent shield
And give the sad soul wings
To fly beyond the reach of care
And deaths relentless knife.
A stormy grief with patience born
Makes sweet its victims life
Oh give me patience, God, to bear
The grief that now is mine.
Dispense the wolves of wild dispair
And make me more divine.