Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
LADDONIA ITEMS.

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LADDoNIA Mo-, Oct. %, III.
After several weeks absence, We
again take up our pen in hand, Gold
style, but please excuse) to inform the
LEDGER and all its readers that we
have not forgotten them-neither
''forsaked" them. No, indeed, our
memory is not so short as that, and
we have too many good wishes for
the LEDGER to- forsake it. We have
been absent from town apart of the
time-were at st. Louis, to attend
the exposition and fair, and had writ
ten up quite a little 'istory''bfor the
LEDGER, concerning u trip, fair,
&C., but it has been written so. long
we concluded to throwit aside and
take up something new. Ahy we
had written vivid descriptions of
the bears, lions, zebra, and art gal
lery, which will all have to go into
the waste basket, together with our
ptoelical notes we had written about
the sea lions and those nice little pigs
that weighed seven hundred pounds
each. All this literature was lost to
the LEDGER, by us being on a slow
boat. Oh! how we wished that a big
rain would come and raise the river,
so that we might speed on with our
production. Oh! this slow boat
grieved us as much rs Pickwick's
slow coach did him. We had writ
ten such a nice little piece on the sea
lions-all in poetry-now don't smile
and think it wasn't a poetical subject,
for you would have thought so, had
you seen it. And then we felt sure
that it would please our friend "Bil-
lie" and that was one great object in
turni ~ poet, and then he wouldn't
care for us writing about sea lions, as
they are out of his territory" but
such is life, and our poem was born
to waste its sweetness on the desert
air. ...x; Sea.
Laddonia can boast that the stock
sales has become an established affair
and that they will be held on the 18th
of each month. sEyerybody'' at
tended the first sale. The town was
crowded with people and some had
to get out in the suburbs to get fresh
air. Ills not that correct "Billie!'
and it was, indeed, a success. The
most wonderful thing-we didn't see
a drunk man during the day, and or
der prevailed generally.
Mr.. j. A. Simpson has just return
ed from St. Louis with a large stock
of goods of all kinds, and his store
house is filed from ''bottom to
top" nls. All af+.f5
B. Crawford, of the firm of Wilder
and Crawford, has also been in st.
Louis buying goods and from the
number of boxes we e in the store,
we wonder where they will put their
goods. Judge Wilder is an accom-
modatirg merchant. He not only
sells cheap goods, but delivers them
abo-at least we saw him one eve
ming delivering goods.
Oar hardware merchants have NOV
ed into Captain Cooks store house.
Squire Gilliland Of the firm, has also
been in tho city buying goods. Be
sldes hardware they keep a,good sup
ply of furniture. on ii s.w alaa
Mr. Albert Kennan, f0f CurrSyille,
brother of Z. C. KEENAN,, is in town
and will attend TO, the drugstore while
the trial between T.. j.. Simpson and
E. C. KEENAN, is IN progress at Dan
vile, this week. .ginHag ,jf
We had,a pleasant call from Mrs
Beal to-day. She says their lyceum
is in a fourishing condition. il |
The G. +. Lodge is talking of Civ
ing a free entertainment in a few
weeks. goo t4, .f.s .Hli3.
d. Leonard, of Vandalia, was in
town to-day, he talks of moving back
to Laddonia. eeg. s4i |
Singing class organizes next We'd
nesday, we-teacher-Mr. Overman.
ANNIE LAURA.