Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-02-17
RANDOM NOTES BY
AUDUBON SHELLEY

NOUUUUs5 UlIIII1
Harvest is in, progress now in
Argentina Republic and the grain
is said to be good, while our coun-
try is covered with ice and snow
and the thermometer plays around
zero for several days at a time i
takes a pretty good stretch of
the imagina tion to think of har-
vest and heat. But next summer
we will get even for when we
|are having June in all its glory,
the man in Argentina will be hay
ing his cold spell. am truly
glad that winter occupies only
three months of the year and
! that the remaining three fourths
are taken by the gladstone spring
time, beautiful summer and glor-
ious autumn.
This is Sunday evening. l am
sitting in a rocker by the warm
stove all cozy and comfortable,
with plenty of fuel, plenty to eat
and wear, an abundance of read
ing matter and in fact perfectly
contentedy And simply mention,
this as an example of thousands
of others. in our own country.
What a contrast with the thou
sands at war over in Europe
Not only those who have gone to
the front are suffering but many
of those at home are perishing
from cold and hunger. 1t seems
like we people of Audnb bon County
ought to be thankful beyond meas
ure when we compare our condi-
tion with that of many Of the
European residents. Anyone having
a good home, good health ana plen-
lty of the necessities OF life can
rest pretty easy these long winter
Ieyenings.
We had eighty-fitge days of
Isleig Ching last winter. Sleighing be-
sigan December seventh and lasted
II till March twentieth the last day
of the winter and total of 104
days. However, there was a time
between those dates that wheeling
was necessary. A number of years
ago We had one hundred days OF
| slei ghing--an unus pally long per-
iod.
j On August third 1903 l went
down to Extra, stayed at Cottons
over night and went down, to Bray
ton the next morning to attend a
i County Sunday School Convention
1t was hot day and clear as crys
i tai. The convention over, l start
ed for home and when between
Extra and our place at crossing
of the Botna, / encountered water
lalmost up to the buggy bed, 1t
Iseemed little queer for there
had not been cloud In sight
during the day, neither did ws
hear thunder. I have never learn
ed where all that water came from
and the only solution / could OF
fer was that there was something
in the nature of a waterspout up
near Templetonl ARRIVED home
that night by moonlight. What a
change the automobile has wrought
| You could attend a convention now
two or three times as far away as
Brayton is and make the trip
easy all in one day. BY the way,
the deep water that evening seem
led especially appropriate in view
of the fact that talked ON the
Temperance question down at the
convention 1t VISA a fitting time
to be on the water wagon.
A very peculiar and interesting
test was given tractor recently
when it was driven overland from
Cleveland, Ohio. to Fremont. Neb.,
| 1t had attached to it trailer OF
the prairie schooner type weighing
| 1000 pounds. For some distance at
La stretch it would average better
than four miles per hour. To the
best of my knowledge this is the
only long cross country run ever
made by a tractor for the purpose
of testing it's durability. About fiji
lty-eight years ago some of my an
cestoIs came from Ohio, to this
state in the old covered wagons
which were SO common then. But