a smile. Not until he locked' irthe night did it dawn upon the er how and why that dime' and a was owing him. When it got jgh his noodle a passerby might heard him say, Well I?J1 be red.”e 160 acre tract of the Brown es-in Castle Grove, comprising the estead property was sold by H. iobardson, the referee, at public last Friday, to Philip Brown 140 per acre, which is $2.50 per in excess of the appraisement e property. This part of the es-bad been deeded by IVlrs. Brown Dilip Brown and Christina Brown manta in common. The latter a year or more ago, and the erty was sold in order that the ’est of the estate of Christina vn might be realized for the pur-s of distribution among those to m she willed her estate. There s several bidders on the property, Btarted it at $105 per acre and d it quickly to $140, when they all iped out and let Philip Brown it.representative of the Iowa Farm-Protective association will be in ticello, next Saturday, February , and will deliver an address in ecture room of the public library o’clock. The object of this as-ition it is said is to advance the rests of farmers and bring them ther to'co-operate for thepromo-of tbeir best interests; to use r influence in securing just legis-n and the enactment of laws :h are of interest to farmers, and ►-operate together to improve the iitions and to solve the many ilemB that confront the farmer, imber of such association havei formed in various counties in \y and it is the hope of the comes who were responsible for get-fcbis lecturer here that such an ciation can be formed in Joneslty.iie members of the Woman’s Club, ;his city, are contemplating a’ ic and lecture course, for next ;er. It is their intention to can-tbe town and see if such a course Dsired by Monticello people. The se as outlined by the Bedpatb-ter System and aB proposed will ►ist of four numbers which are ae ws; The Smith-Spring-Holmes lestra quintet, a musical number