Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-06-22

Jim Larsen is painting for Ru-
dolf Andersen He began Monday.
Dennis Petersen painted the barn
belonging to Peter Lykke, the first
of the week.
Viggo Rasmussen began working
at George Hendrickson's las, Monday.
He is repairing his barn.
The three weeks old child of FEEDER
Cullison died last week. We did not
learn where or when interment took
place.
Esbeck Bros. are doing big bus
mess in implements. Last week and
this, they sold three side delivery hay
rakes, two hay leaders, two top bug
gies and two mowers.
Anders Jacobsen is badly disabled
this week with poisoned arm. he is
unable to account for the cause of his
affection but thinks it probably came
from opening q small gathering on
compelled to carry the crippled mem
Der in sling.
Sam Brown, living four miles from
town, has been doing land office
business lately, his commodity being
Strawberries. Elkhorn people real
lze that there is nothing nicer in the
world than dish of nice big, red,
juicy, berries with plenty of sugar
and cream and that's why Sam sold
them 80 fast.
i A party consisting of S. G. Peder-
sen and family, Jerry Miller and fam
u lily, Henry Aagaard, Walter Greger-
sen and the Misses Clara and Dagmal
James, went out to Gasnick's grove
Sunday on a pleasure excursion. They
served picnic dinner, basked in ths
, cool shade and also fished a little.
) They concluded Elk Horn people had
J so many Strawberries lately they
would have no appetite for fish sc
, they didn't bring their catch to town
) But they had a jolly time anyhow.
BRACE Sorensen, Ole Madsen
Knud Hansen, Torvil Madsen ant
Andrew Esbeck constituted a party
that went to Atlantic last weel
and brought out the merry go round
and its fixtures. When they return
ed, one of the boys entertained tn
people as he passed through tn
streets, by "piping up'' YANKEE
Doodle or some other sweet strain
on the organ that goes with the con
Germ. The horses and other parts ar
being touched up with paint b,
R. j. Hansen so that the concern viii
be in "apple pie' order for tn
fourth.
A special meeting of the Kimball
ton church was held last week and
was decided to have demonstrate
at Kimballton the fourth befittin
the occasion. A committee, tn
names OF which we were not able t
secure, Yves appointed to arrange 70
the ceremonies. The event will prob
ably take place in the grove south Q
Kimballton and will include speak
lug and several forms of amusement
1t will be in the nature of picni
where people may just be happy an
contented like and enjoy themselvt
to the fullest. Kimballton will Ger
tainly have fine crowd.
Once there was young man VIII
wanted to buy new buggy. e
wanted it for the Fourth as he expec
ed to flash around in it on the street
with Annabel or Maud or someo1
else sitting by his side. He wante
the buggy to look "puffickly" ne,
30 he decided to wait until the morn
ing of theF Fourth to get it --thot he
take it when he went in all dresse
up for the celebration. He waitet
Then when he got to town on I'll
happy day, he found everyone ell
had their choice before he had bee
/. there and there weren't any left
suit him. Moral: Buy your buggy b.
fore the fourth. (The editor has 8
/ Eobiect in writing this little stor,
vi Guegs If