Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-07-05

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VIDE had put ont. Well, it
killed the two cats, besides sew
eral rats; All this harpenc,! in
one day WI, u | was 50 ;Gs,.
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Harrison Diges WIS transact
ins qua mess IA uyMm the FIRST
ui he week.
!. h. ss5pooncr made a business
trip to Omaha, Monday.
Saturday evening about six
O'Clock, one o.! the most severe
storms, in years, visited this
section. The wind blew almost
a hurricane, TIE rain simply let
go and tumpled down while the
thunder and lightning was
Something terrific. The streets
and yards OF the town were
filled with limbs; and branches
Twisted from the trees. Most
Iof the telephones were burned
Iout. Fortunately no serious
damage was done.
A woman is usually afraid of
rain, but if she has Some old
hens end chickens out in a
| thunder storm, she looses all
feav Of the angry clements
! You can hear her, on the run,
above the roar OF the thunder.
srolalng as she chases the
frightened bipe(|.; around and
around the lot. Il she happens
| 20 drop tWo.ss she reaches to
catch another but fails to make
| the capture, it isn't safe for q
man to De ON the place. When
she comes in the house, half
drowned, dipping and parting,
he always commences as soon
as she can get hcs breath, elf
| only had y man that was
worth q cent" We are getting
used to it it, but the fun Satur-
day evening in the thickest of
the storm was q record breaker.
We could only get a glimpse of
her now and then through the
sheets OF water and flying
branches, as she chased the
chickens through the weeds but
we could heara word now and
then above the crashing and
the splashing and knew she
had dropped a bunch of her
pets while reaching for dodg-
ing pullet and was saying eff !
only had a man that was worth
a cent Women seem to take
NATURALLY to chasing little
ichichen:s i'm the rain. Did you
ever see one that wasn't built
that way? The older they get
the worse they are, A woman,
) a bunch of young chickens in
the weeds, u thunder storm, a
man placid and unruffled in the
house, smoking his pipe, and
you have all the elements of a
| family volcano ready for erup-
ton. The rumbling always
commences with eff ! only had
a man that was worth a cent. !"
Spooner & Son had a portable
elevator in operation here Tues
day. 1t takes the shelled corn
from the wagon box and with
horse power puts it in the cars.
1t was pronounced a success by
the crowd that gathered to
| watch it do the work.
The Morrow family had a re-
union on the Fourth of July at
the home of Mrs. Sarah Nor
row, the old home of Patrick
Morrow, one of the pioneers of
Harrison county. They cele-
brate the fiftieth Fourth of July
that the family has seen in
Harrison county.
The Fourth of July was a
, quiet day in Mondamin. After
the trains left in the forenoon,
the town settled down as still
as a Sunday afternoon. Even
the boy with his fire crackers
/ was not in evidence. To say who
| went away to celebrate, is to
say that everybody went.
Tuesday, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
:. Miller, of Logan, visited here
between trains while on their
way to spend the 4th with Ezra
Miller, Of Pisgah.
We hear from farmers that
the wheat is badly twisted and