Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-15
HERE AND THERE

"A puSlllStlC peudler pOked pale,
pensive pilgrim on the pate.
Clint Rucker is laying in supply of
corn with which TO prepare his fine
bunch of cattle for market,
John Mcclure bought bunch of fat
cattle from the Zinke boys and started
them Chicagoward from Hamlin.
Arthur Anciaux's sale was marked
success and he is now ready to take up
the task of proving up on his Colorado
claim. -.s
The Guthrie county mutual telephone
line is running a wire into the John
Shoesmith home centered at North
Branch.
Miss Nellie Davenport, who was SER
iously indisposed last week, was able to
resume her duties as teacher at the
Root school house Monday.
We understand that Mrs. Eta Jones
will soon depart to spend the winter
with relatives in the delectable atmos-
phere of Pomona, California.
Robert Twist has invested 5000 in a
new corn Smelling outfit which made a
reputable debut on the Ole Hilsabeck
farm Wednesday, December z.
The Sizer boys put thirty-five red
hogs on the Hamlin market Friday.
Art Cameron dumped another fine
bunch on the same market Saturday.
George Francisco returned to his
Melville home Saturday evening after a
diligent search through Missouri, Okla
hOma, and Arkansas for home to his
liking.
The Andrew Meklesen home was the
scene of a delightful birthday demon
stratiOn Sunday evening in honor of
Miss Marguerite Mekklesen $ arrival at
the sweetest one of the teens.
Chas. Colee jr., vety promising
young rustler of east Greedy, hustled a
fine bunch of fat cattle into Hamlin,
Saturday. in time to start them for Chi
cago on the noon train. Charley s
father accompanied the cattle
SABBATH REFLECTIONS.
The recognition of supreme being
to whose will we must adjust our con-
duct in order to reach the summit of
happiness is essential to the highest
type of intelligence. A supreme being
who DEGREES that disObedience shall be
self destructive; who makes eternal
existence the reward of humble obed-
fence. When we do as God would have
us do we shall endure because we have
become necessary units of the universal
organism We then belong to the life
conserving instead of the life DESTROYING
micrObes-if you will permit the term
Indeed, wnen we contemplate the i'm
mensity of creation we feel ourselves
becoming microscopic aud very depend
ent. When man becomes self-Centered
and pulled up with pride he is source
Of disturbance and pain to God. He
soon terminates his own existence by
making himself burdensome and IN
necessary. How different would it be
were he to permit humility and obed-
fence to convert him into an essential
force! These reflections may seem
eccentric; nevertheless, they lead to an
attitude of humble usefulness with a
burning desire to be helpful to God in
his endeavors to evolve perfect human
society, using the term God" simply
to designate that force that governs the
universe. They leave us with the idea
tlloII VIC nave Dooh given GIuSG, q
charge of which we must some day give
an account. Our sense of responsibility
burns daily. No fitful Sunday flashes,
then a relapse into six days of wayward
forgetfulness.
WATCH
So oft beneath the sweetest bloom
There turks for man the darkest doom
| And really, tho | blush to tell,
I'm shy sometimes of the old church
bell.
So oft its siren chimes have woOed
Me from uplifting solitude
Enticed me to descend and take
Part in burlesque and glaring fake.