ed her music classes at London for the present and will work in the Gil more Purdie store for a time. Mrs. Herman Rafoth fell while getting out of the buggy at her son, Frank’s last Tuesday and she has some painful bruises on back and shoulders since that is now improving, she thinks. Dr. C. R. Butturff was called to Silver City, Ariz., last Tuesday to see his wife who has been in a sanitarium at that place for some time. Miss Cora Stensrud attends the parochial school which Rev. Lund holds in Hartland every Monday. The West Moore farm of J. H. Seath has its house now occupied by the Donahue family relatives of the Ayer’s people, E. A. McColley sold his fine farm in this town some time ago for $100 per acre. He has bought 110 acres. a mile north of New Richland paying $110 an acre for it and will move to the new home in the spring. He had worked hard and had his farm here in fine shape but will be much better situat ed in many ways near New Richland. Carpenter Johnson was shingling the barn on the old S. Soath place last week after James Lee moved to the Ole Johnson farm. Business of all kinds was _ brisk here last week, but Monday morning the thermometer said all the way from 8 to 22 degrees below zero and people were very busy keeping warm, but the snow was not deep enough to shovel. John Snyder thinks the lower Rio Grande valley in Teras is just about the right place to live since his re turn. He left on a trip to Mankato Friday afternoon, Mrs. A. T. Schoen returned from Albert Lea on the morning train Sat urday. Allie Christensen made the automo bile do a quick trip when he took the minister up to Matawan last Sunday afternoon. The members of the R. N. of A. here elected the following officers at their regular meeting this month: Quade, Edith Borland; V. Oracle, Bertha Gilmore;€ han. Hattie Gibson; recorder, Ella Purdie; rec., Clara Wood; Marsh. Minnie Ferguson; In ner Sent. Matie Rafoth; Outer Sent. Alma Howard; Mangr. Esther Ras mussen; Phsician, Dr. C. R. Butturff; Org. Edna Hammond, Asst. Org., Edna Johnson, The members of the M. B. A. lodge are planning for ther annual oyster supper for the evening of Dec. 19, 1914. The day school and Sunday schools are all very busy practicing their Christmas programs.