Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-12
GREELEY.

GREElEf.
'Bove the frozen hills the Phoebe
cried, today.
w. H. Eagen returned favOrably
impressed with the country about
Woodbine.
Robert Twist and lady, Mae,
In Greeley passed the Sabbath day.
Mr.. Bintner, of BraytOn, was rustl
ing young stock in this vicinity this
! week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kness, of
Audubon township, spent Thursday
with relatives in Greeley.
There was a very pleasant social
gathering at the John Eagen home
Monday night.
A breezy editorial division is one
of the changes we noticed in the Jour-
nal.
VIM. Masterson and son-in-law,
Billy Huston made business trip
into Guthrie county Thursday.
The small pox scare is past and the
Rose Valley school is once more
operating.
We were compelled to beat retreat
before an army of "scrappy' snow
squalls Thursday.
Frew Hays and John Shoesmith
had their telephones removed Wednes-
day. The reason is not clear.
Revs. Bently and Sill were pleas
ant callers In many of the east Gree
ley homes this week.
Mrs. John Eagen has returned from
Winchester, Kansas, where she pass
ed a pleasant fortnight with her
mother.
Rev. Sill is endeavoring to secure
a singer to assist him in his special
meeting at the Union Baptist church.
Sometimes people will get their
dreams confused with their actual
experiences and really tell them as
such Ralph Stanley seems the vic
tim of such miX-up.
One beautiful summer day | was
stranded in a town in southern Kan
sas by an irregularity in the railway
schedule / spent the day in strolling
| about the city in a dreamy spirit of
| observation. ! had strolled far out
into the suburbs and was gazing, en-
raptured, on the sunlit prairies far
away, when my attention was attracted
by a weed-grown lot near by. Led by
| curiosity, | entered it, and there, hid
den by rank growth of weeds and
vines, found an imperishable stone
foundation of what was intended to be
| a palatial residence. 1t had been
built with the utmost care in regard to
strength and durability, but seemingly
some great misfortune had biighted
the glowing prospects of the builder
and caused the foundation to be aban-
doned. AS / approached it a large
| black cat which had been doing in
| the sunshine on the stones, leaped
down and scampered away through
the weeds. In keeping with weird
superstition the presence OF the black
was quite significant. | seated myself
upon one corner of the deserted found
4 alton and in quiet reflection began to
search for what my immediate sur
roundings might symbolic. Thought
4 of the pleasures and JOY that might
have come to some one had this found
alton been built upon and the beauti-
full home completed.
More than nineteen-hundred years
have come and gone since Christ came
into the world and laid the everlast-
ing granite foundation OF human
happiness with the following few
words. "Do unto others as you
would have others do unto YOU" "
Are we building upon it? No. 1t
stands today weed-grown and rejected
in the midst of human society. Ever
and anon some minister of the gospel
will point to it. Then we can see it
cleaning through the dense growth OF
sin and folly that has sprung up
about it.
1t was now evening, and as | sat
there in the serene afterglow OF sun
set, / endeavored in imagination to
anticipate the sweet experience that
would be ours were we to build on
this beautiful indestructable found
alton. What peace and would come
10 our home. We should then be a