followed. The guest of honor being a prospective bride-groom of the evening and having the life of a farmer in view, his friends decided that it would be no more than proper to give him a shower such as the ladies confer upon those of their sex who succumb to the attacks of Dan Cupid. The shower was a rake-hoe-pitch-fork, etc. shower and proved a great surprise to the recipient Those present to engage in the festivities were Merle Clement of Lafayette, Earl L. Johnston, John Keller, Everett Johnston, Leonard Hil-denbrand, Floyd Kennedy, Wm. Crawford, Harry Mann and Elmer Ad well.