Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-29
LEB,s LAST LETTER.
ssTown Talk Bids Farewell to
His Many Friends-A FAITH
full Ledger Correspondent.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
WORCESTER, Mo. Jan. 26.-Mr.
Tomshepherd left his many friends
here for st. Louis. Tom has a
good position there and We hope he
will succeed and come back to see
us again.
J.. H. Connor made Galloway q
short visit in search of q farm.
There are no farms in Audrain for
sale or rent. We hope Mr.. Conner
will not leave us.
DR.. Cornett is kept busy now
answering the summonses of the
sick.
King la grippe, We bow again to
thy calling.
Mr.. R. N. Scherer, who resides
in Jefferson City, is visiting his
parents at this place.
Little Bessie Iiams is very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ridgway, of Gen.
tralia, visited relatives here last
week. Mr.. Atkins, father of the
bride, lives ON his farm near
Worcester. Myrtle has many
friends here and we wish her and
her husband a long and happy life.
The Galbreath girls are enjoying
a good trade this spring. Buy of
them and you will be treated right.
Mrs. flaming has rented the DR..
Crawford farm, Q miles west of
here, and will move there in the
spring. We wish Mrs. flaming
we'll.
Mr.. c. G.. Baker is losing some
of his horses from some strange
cause. They just take sick and die
and that is all we know about it.
We,hope Charlie will have better
luck in the future.
Eddie and Albert Scherer have
bought their fathers interest in the
farm stock and have told the good
old man to lie down and rest.
They r going to run things this
year. Well, when you beat them
farming we want to hear it.
MI. D. A. Wilson will move to
Worcester February LIST. Mrs.
Wilson is a No. l dress maker and
we hope she will be literally
patronized. MI. Wilson will
farm.
Corn is selling at SO cents. The
scarcity brings up the prices.
N. Butterfly is the best smith in
toe county. He is located at
Worcester and is enjoying a well
paying trade.
J. II. Davis, the man of many
friends, is going to shake off Wor-
cester DIRT IN the spring. We hate
to see old Jimmie leave but we
can't help it.
An elegant little cottage is build
ing on the original Worrell 800
acre farm now owned by a corpora
ton at st. Louis. Mr.. Morthland
and family, of Marion county, have
rented the farm and will move to
Audrain in the spring. Still they
come to Audrain.
Miss Underwood the accomplish
ed young daughter of Strother
Underwood, is visiting friends in
Laddonia.
MI. Will Underwood and family,
of Vernon county, are coming back
to Audrain county to live.
Capt. Lott and son-in-law, W. T.
Newman, have gone to Lafayette
county to buy sheep. They seem
to know where the best money is
for the farmers.
Tommie Kunkel is visiting his
parents this week.
Now, in conclusion, as this is my
last letter to the G. r. W. from
this point, let me say that I am
glad that I have lived four years in
Worcester, the best part OF Au-
drain county. I have made friends
and I appreciate them Is such. I
hope I have SO acted as to cause
no one to think i'll of me. For q
very long time I have been the
servant of the people all the time
and they have treated me as I
would like to be treated. I have
done business here, and good bust
ness, too, for four years, and have
extended credit favors to all, and
to compliment the good friends
who stuck to me, I will say that
l only lost $41.S5, that is owed me
to this day, but the parties are
where the sound of my voice mol
the scribbling of my pen can't find
them. No man can say more fol
himself and more for a communi.
ty, and in leaving l wish my friends
| a PROSPEROUS life, Think we'll O.
me, if at all, read the G. R. Wand
your earnest efforts will be crown
ed with success. Your friend,
l.. P. CRIGLER.