Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1884-05-22
SMALL TALK.
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soft and hard spots in life, but life
is smooth and easy compared to the
subject-or object-before us for
consideration, or rather for passage.
"Only five miles we are told; it
seemed fifty before we had reached
the half way swamp. No, it is not a
canal, river, creek or frog pond.
You might think it was a swamp, orI
quagmire, or the Dead Sea, but it
is not. You can't pass over on foot
it is too thick for . steamboat and too
thin for wagon. Neither will it di-
vide and allow you to pass over dry
shod. There is no way around, over
or under. Five miles in Eve hours"
il you have good driver or swim.
mer like our friend Worley, with a.
long legged team with snow shoes or
Eat boats on their feet. No swearing
or he will dump you. No sugges-
tions about the weather or how to
avoid the deepest Of the depths.
Mum is the word and patience the
act from Montgomery City to DAN
vile, No., after rain.
III.
Talk about your cyclones and tor
nadoes. They are summer DAYS
compared to what we are just now
enjoying on small scale but large in
detail. We are reused from q deep
sleep enjoyed only by those who
have an easy conscience and light
supper, by our better and more appre-
ciative half. "Hark, ''she says; "did
you hear that? 1t is just too
tooly elegant" Head over heels, she
tumbles out of bed, carrying much
Of the cover with her. The first step
she takes carries the center table to
the floor, with all on it, more or less
especially more, as we remember a
couple dozen Of eggs and pitcher Of
water were there the night before.
She escapes from the wreck like q
girl from an ocean bath, perfectly
sound but not pretty to look upon.
After she scraped the egg from her
hair and the broken glass from her
feet, she starts on her excursion
again. This time she tries to
be more careful, but Is more hurried,
for her time is limited. She ca
roms on the stove, kicks the era
die over, arousing the baby and his
partners, the pup and cat, who join in
the chorus with pleasure eclat and
bass. All is confusion /; there is
more noise on the inside than on the
loutside. 1t is louder and more
like Thomas cat orchestra, in more
Iexu5erant strains and with fatal, ex-
tenslve variations. Just about the
time competition is getting the warm.
est between the two choirs and we see
that an umpire will be needed, we re.
alize that our wife is trying to End
our box Of fine (?) cigars to send
out to the Mexico Glee Club, who art
favoring her with serenade. Ther
comes our turn. In the midst Of ths
eliminating strains Of strsining mu
. sic we turn out the light, hide the ci
gars and turn the dog loose. w
E sleep on the floor the rest of tn,
night-but We sleep-and the mex
I day We have cigars left.
Ill.
= You say be don't look well. No
! that is fact. He is having q har'
t time-a very hard time. He ca
: hardly keep his clothes from bein
pulled off. He is aroused oftener il
the night than non.advertisin
T doctor by friends who want to pu
0 his clothes of to get him TO run fo
. !. the Office Of sheriff, constable, G
something else. His life is in eve
p as much danger as his clothes (bt
v cause he would die of pneumoni
without them) or his modesty woul
be If they pulled his clothes of
There is but one thing for him to d.
Of Rather than go around in this enligh
Is ened age and civilized country, witt
!" out clothes, especially as the weath'
~ ~ is very cool and fig leaves are scare
10 we would advise running. If ye
D. love US, for heavings sake run, d
Of creep, crawl, do anything to Ike,
your clothes on.
lV.
Well, yes, 1t is just about as las
ing as soap bubble, and il anythir
thinner, lighter and easier TO 9
through. There, now, it is deader th
door nail and flatter than a pa
:, cake. Now you see it-now it
'h' gone never more TO be heard Of.
was never born at all. 1t j,
"growed" Who first watered or C,
.itivated it we do not know now.
h. friends. il it ever had any, are silel
At Its death not funeral note v
IS, heard. There were no friends
am even dig grave for the poor, peris
nal ed pet Of some party, faction, cro'
'on or man. We do not know the cat
s e,s of the death, or in fact the cause
md md the frst growth. 1t went like
cry lcame-unhonored and unsung. Th'
was no room for it. There are m'
of the same kind. There are ma
the dead. There are many more q
owe have the semblance, stencil 9
ace strength of death. It was premat
'e"' political boom and should have b
boomerang.
obs. 1t is reported that q gang OF sv
49,. dlers have been in several parts
thu Sfafa sall;ny tsa now variety