Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-07-19

Vaudeville Petersen was calling
upon his friends in Elk Horn, last
Sunday.
Quoits seem to be enjoying the at
tention of some of the Elk Horn peo-
pie during the dull time while har-
vesting is on.
Mrs. Jens Soc, who owns good
farm over east of town, was there a
few days this week looking after her
crop, which promises much just at
this time.
Hans Petersen will leave the latter
part of the week for Fort Dodge to
visit his son who is taking treat
meat at hospital up there, and is
said to be improving nicely.
Miss Anna Stevenson, of Indian
apolis, is here visiting the friends she
knew four years ago, and with her
aunt, Mrs. Matrin P. Mortensen,
who lives over on the Extra road.
A folkthinsman Borglyerg, which
in the English language means some
thing like a Congressman, who is
over here from Old Denmark, will
deliver an address to his countrymen
out at Poplar, this evening.
"Long Nels Christensen who re-
sides over east of Elk Horn, was at
Kimballton, Tuesday, for wagon
load of those large cement tiles to be
used upon his fine farm which adjoins
Lars Esbeck's land on the north.
The Elk Horn base ball club and
the Pansy Blossoms played game
here recently and as the boys say,
owe put it all over 'em;" but they
are game and we understand are COM
ing to try it again next Sunday.
A few days ago Chris Christensen,
near Elk Horn, purchased a good
sized hardware bill of Jerry Miller;
built large barn which he has just
filled full of timothy hay and
clover tor the bovines, this winter.
John Wygert, who hauls lumber
for the Elk Horn and Kimballton
Company, has purchased house and
lot in Hamlin Station; will reverse
the order of things; start from there
on his daily rounds, and move his
family there in the near future.
Chris M. Hansen met with very
severe accident, one day this week,
by getting his right hand terribly
lacerated in barbwire fence. S. H
Ahrenkiei and son are putting up
hay for him while Mr.. Hansen nurses
his wound, which is getting along
nicely at present.
There was an "Olk Folks Party %
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lars
johnson, south of Elk Horn, last
Sunday afternoon where quite s
large number of the elderly peopl,
gathered to have what the Yankee
would call q real old down New
England visit and social time.
Doctor Soc met with the misfor
tune of having one of his driving
horses badly cut in barbwire fence
one day this week; Doctor of Veteri
nary James P. Jorgensen, of Kim
ballton, was called who mended the
wound and the horse is in the pasture
while mother nature has time to hea
the hurt.
Messrs. Soren Petersen, his family
Walter Gregerson and his wife; Jo
James, and family; Walter James ant
Miss Mary Belle; Henry Agaard ant
Miss Clara James; George James
Miss Mary James, Jens Hansen; Jerr!
Miller and family all went out t,
the Gasnic grove, last Sunday, tool
hammocks and fishing tackle along
angled for the finny tribe, ate suppe
on a pretty grassy plat and the
came home in the cleaning tired blu
delighted with the outing and vow
ing to go there again in few days.
John Leistad returned on Saturda
from trip to Norway, Sweden an
Denmark where he saw the King Q
Norway crowned; met William Jen
nings Bryan and family, who ar
touring the old world; and talks yer
interestingly of his visit. Says tina
when he got off the train near his oil
home in Denmark he spied the Pro
fessor who taught him in college
twenty-five years ago; and togethe
thew went to the house where MI
Liestad's mother lives, entered an
began conversing with the good lady
asked her if she ever heard from he
son in America and if she thought b
would every come to visit her, an
she said she thought not, as Americ
was SO far away; then he asked her
she new the man sitting near, but sh
shook her head and said if she eve
saw him before she did not remembe
it, and when the professor told he
that that was her boy from across tn
seas she could hardly believe it, he
poor old eyes had forgotten how b
looked; but when he told her of s
many things that happened in h
boyhood days that finally she bega
to see lines and curves of his face ths
looked familiar and she recognize
her boy who had been separate