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 DR.. 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 every body
Where the element did riot, reigned q
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.
nj hn1 ~r - y
and made fearful mess of it.
Nebraska is but an obscure tenth
when it comes to producing milch
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 a sunburnt "hay seed."
She was city lass.
she IN the country cut 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.
HAuNTEo!
I whistle. sing. Say not thing.
Pm trying to frighten Care,
| Who holds dart above nv heart
How iendish is her glare!
She turns away from blithesome lay
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 8 rig behind.
Mrs. James Blake, nee Beatrice
CoHman, wife OF the Oldest son O.
Richard Blake of near Nelson, passed
away about the hour of two o'clock
Sunday morning, May IA, after s
brief illness which detied the skill OF
three physicians. In the midst O
one of earth's widest storms the liph1
went out in her earthly home and She
departed for the calm shores of eter
nifty. Our worldly eyes could not fol
low her peaceful flight to the realms
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 ninetee1
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 To- snowy, blossom
laden casket was born slowly alon,
the aisles of Bowman Chapel Will
tne doeiul strains OF requiem min
gled with the far-away echoes of
wedding march. Rev. Hughes, VIII
little more than one year ago unite,
the deceased in marriage to Mr.. Blake
conducted the last sad rites, following
which the remains were laid away t,
sleep IN the adjacent cemetery.
10! 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 I 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, 1 was an
preached by well dressed, intelli
gent looking man who said," see you
town supports fine brick liver,