Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-02-16

Nothing succeeds like success.
Not q scrub horse on the list.
The crowd began togather early.
The location ofthe sale was good.
The crowd remindetlone of cir
Gus.
The ahigh dollar was what
went.
Alarge number of strangers were
present.
We need more men like Clark
and Potts.
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C1asg sstts never do anything
by halsy
GoodstoekY brings good money
in Audrain.
Iohnsoail.s 81 aiaaa fAtaahliison are dandy
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Tho sale Nil Is 4 Mexico a big
advertisement
There's ], Abe sale ofthis charac-
ters every year.
Gale Guthrie makes u most eff
cient secretary.
Those who stayed away missed
good bargains.
Nearly every horse man in the
country was there. 1
Jerry Bush and VIM. Carpenter,
of Centralia, are here.
Sam Northern knows a good
mule when he sees one.
E. r. Pratt, of Maitland, Holt
County, is here to buy.
Col. R. w. Tureman is down and
gladsto see Mexico booming.
LATE Hume, of Colufabia, is
here to buy a drove of jennets.
All parts of this and adjoining
counties were well represented.
Audrain is justly getting an
enviable reputation for good stock.
Sam Palmer, of Sturgeon, was
down and delighted with the sale.
The greater part of the Centralia
and Sturgeon horsemen are on
hand.
Mccain & Campbell, leading
Jacksonville dealers, are interested
visitors.
VIM. Trimble, of Auxvasse, was
on hand. He knows a good horse
when he sees one.
The police force is a good one
but not needed, only to keep the
crowd off the ropes.
Joel Swope and Col. Judy were
highly interested spectators at the
combination sale.
f. C. Harris, of Sturgeon, is
here with a couple of geldings. lie
will buy as well as sell.
The street in front of the stables
has been nut in excelIent condition
by Commissioner Mckinney.
Geo. Robertson is a great adj
mirer of horses and regretted that
he could not buy all the good
ones.
DR.. McComas, of Sturgeon, says
he is overstocked, but his friends
predict that he will own more
horses after the sale than before.
Dave w. Ward, formerly of Au-
drain and now of Olathe, Kansas,
is attending the sale. He says he
never saw a town improve as Mex
leo has since the war.
Mr.. James Galloway, who is con-
fined to the house, was asked after
by several horsemen. He is a
great lover of good horses and loves
to be around where they are.
Sam Palmer, Pose Palmer, Fred
Harris, Richard Crosswhite, Mas
sey Smith, John w. Fountain and
B. F. Turner r among the Stur-
geon delegation of stockmsn.
Wood Maddox sold three horses
for $3.50. He has no. trouble
to get his own prices as he handles
none but the very best, and no one
is a better judge than Wood.
Moss Rose, Clark g. Potts cele.
brated stallion, was taken suddenly
i'll this morning and conld not be
sold. He is reported better thls
afternoon and the attack is mo-
considered dangerous.
james A. Bright, of Huntsville.
the well-known horse man, attend
ed the sale and bought a span Of
good horses. Mr. Bright offered
Mr.. B. B. Runkle $500 for his black
, gelding, "Ned Forest" which offel
was refused.
VIM. III. Bass, of Boone county
is attending the sale and is delight.
!. ed with its success. Bass is one Of
the leading stock men of the State
and appointment Democrat of Boone
county. He is a solid Franco:
man and has named a fine jacl
Sd. r. Francis" He says hi
don't know whether Dave will con
slider this a compliment or not, bu'
that his naming an animal of thi.
kind after Marmaduke gave hin
: good luck when he was a candidate
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