Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-05

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imal is astayer.
Ben Dobyns drives a Woodfort
Knox bay mare that can make it ii
2:4O. She is fine bred anima
and cost him $275.
Bob Hisey has lost three goot
road horses lately, but has jus
purchased a bay, a iiIle rangy fel
low, with great promise.
Emmett Cunningham has an out
fit that makes the boys eyes water
He drives one of the most spiritet
horses in town, and the girls al
watch for Emmett's csming.
Mexico has the best track in ths
country, q magnificent Boulevard
and is given up to be the best hors,
town in the State. Good horsel
bring good prices in Mexico.
w. r. Carter has dandy strinf
of good ones, headed by the notet
Ayres' Hambletonian, one of tn,
best bred and speediest horses il
the State. Carter handles non,
but the best.
Willard Potts is thinking of buy
ing a lot of nice young horses ant
shaping them up for the market
1t will pay the person who goe'
intoit Potts isnow owner of som,
of the best stock in town.
Geo. Robertson paid two-and-a
quarter last spring fora rangy ba.
combined horse that is one of thu
trimmest roadsters as well as fin,
saddle animals Mexico can boas
of. This horse always attracts at
tention.
Henry Woodward has bought
the fine, large, bay gelding, II
hands high, formerly owned by
Bob Morris, and will at once put
him in harness. Gale Guthrie and
Mr.. Woodward will go to Fultor
Monday for the purpose Of buying
a match to the bay.
Bob Edmonston will have on tn,
track a 4-year-old ba'y gelding,
regular peacock, of great promise
Bob owns a fine dark bay roadster
gelding, ''the Sims horse" /" that al
the boys look wistftllly at. IA,
also has a Clay mare and two goot
saddlers that are beauties.
B. B. Runkle, of this Office, viii
have three good animals upon the
track-his black and two new ones
which will beshipped from Howard
county next week. These tw,
latter--a bay and sorIel--are sait
to be crack roadsters, one of then
being a standardized animal.
Jack Harrison, of Auxvasse
starts from that place rlext Wednes
day with a car load of fine saddle
and harness horses fer San Fran
cisco, Cal. Joe Mcdonald vii
accompany him and show tn,
animals. The horses will be ex
pressed through at cost of 5000
Local Option and How it Works
From the Paris M .rcury.
Soon after the Local Option cleo
ton in Randolph, Buck Kelly, edi
tor of the Moberly Monitor, was il
St. Louis and was interviewed as {
the workings of the law in tn
country outside of Moberly, whic
went dry, as all our readers know
and here is his story:
Yes said Buck, ssRandolp
went dry but it wasI only for tn
looks of things, you know. It's
good deal like swearin' off at Me-
Year's-nobody means it out an
out. Why, l went down to see a
old farmer who lives piece out I
Moberly just after the election.
got to the house about bed-tim,
The old man and his wife and III
daughter-one of the handsome.
girls in the State-slnd his tw
boys run the farm, and I've know
'em all since / was a boy. Wei
next morning | got Tip early an
coming down the stairs I ran inl
the old woman. sMornin' Buck
says she, come aleng, I've g
somethin' to show you,' and st
took me into the kitchen, and frol
the back shelf of the cupboard pui
out a big black b,ttle. 'Her
says she, Il keep that hid frol
the old man; we're Local Optioi
you know, but thas amt a goin'
make me let You starve.' s
thinkin' / nightn't get anoth,
chance took pretty good s,iifte
Then | went outside 10 take a loe
around, when I saw the two bo,
behind the barn a maxim all sor
of signs to me, I kinder dropped
their game and slid over 10 whs
they were. They had theirs in
two gallon jug. Had to !
mighty sly about it though, eau
the old man'd raise clin ifhe four
lit out ! had another big sw
land began to feel pretty good Al
started back to the house, VIII,
comes along the old man. 'Hel
Buck; good mornin'; come out
the barn; got a heifsr I wan.
Ishow you.' The old fellow and