Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-07-20
RANDOM NOTES
BY AUDUBON SHELLEY

SbhtVOOOVN VII 6s6
After 'attendhng usual services at
Eden Valley last Sunday week we
took a little rum down to Kimball- |
ton. We went by way of Gray ON to
the west part of the county and
then south to the Danish town. Off
to- the southwest OF Gray after half
am hour of moderate running, we
came to a. little patch of woods COM
sisting of oak, elm and wild chenry
with am underground of gooseberries
grapes and dwarf wilDows 1t be-
ing near two O'Clock and no dinner
yet, we could not pass by, SO the
auto was stopped and dinner was
served ON the ground. There, under
am oak tree ON a blanket off grass
by the side of a guilty thru whose
depths a little str cam ran, AN ideal
place WAS found for rest The thIer-
mometer was standing at near the
hundred mark yet a fine southwest
| refreshed mysellf under those beau-
tiful surrounding cf nature I said
would mot change places with amy
mcnarclh OIL earth The Average Au-
dubon county resident holds am en-
vbab,e position today. The magnifi
cent spectacle the county presents
today along with THE beauty of per-
| feet July weather forms uniolA
that is bound Ito produce happiness
But dinner is over and we move ON.
/ We went UP and DOWN hil,ls which
We're pretty near THE limit. How
beautiful it must have BEEN there in
an early day. Yet i'm that hilly
country the crops generally Hooked
good and the inlprov ements were up
to the average. The oak grubs by
| the side of the road reminded me
that THE counl,ry thereabout was
once pretty we'll covered with shrub
] berry aud fcumerly it must have beer
a sight of beauty. Kimballton lis a
bleautliful place and lis much better
kept than many of the larger towns
OF the sJate Its Flowers, LAWNS and
ornamental trees were especially
fine 1t presemts a picture of thrift
and cleanlin ness. What a pity it is
that the little nailroad leading in-
to the town has had such, a stormy
caraer. Out a few miles from Kimr
4 balllton stopped at a schoolhouse.
The yard was feIeed with. a fine
= board fence. A mice flagpole was off
4 to ONE side. The building contained
a. be.fry in which Was a good sized
school bell. The rcom YVES decorated
with flags, PIC ures az d other attrac
tions. / me,ni,ion this to show how all
). of our school sulrounddlng ngs might be
made more attractive without much
expense. On auriving home the speed
ometer registered jusa fifty miles
a short trip and all run on Audubon
County teluitory. This trip was oi
no particular Importance SO far as
length is concerned. But these Lit
tie runs within tile county gives one
a better idea of the true magnitu de
of our great state. Amid the weather
too lis contributing it's part to make
thesa days especially attractive. z
wlriter once said that the big fleecJ
clouds of July were the prettiest oE
the year. So go out on the lawn al
sunset. Look at the fields of ripe
ming grain, the great stretches O.
clover and timothy, the beautilfu
green of the corn, the magnificent
groves and the fine old banks o.
I clouds off I'M the southeast often be
ing ornamented with occasional hlea
lightning, and you have a picture o.
beauty. When you are thinking o
some of the nice Things that will pu
more joy into life-just think of {
perfect summer evening in, Iowa
, Audubon Shelley.
t Word was received here Sunday