Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-09-30
County News.
ITEMS.

Correspondents OF the Ledger.
RowENA, Sept. 2.-At an early
hour last Saturday morning your cor
respondent in company with Edgar
Donaldson headed for Sturgeon to take
in the day there. At s O'Clock a. N. we
had covered a distance Of twenty
miles and were on the streets of the
old town that is noted for its big
hearted men and beautiful women.
As early as it was the yeomanry OF
the surrounding country was coming
into town ali attired in their Sunday
attire, bringing their fine stock and
magnificent display of vegetables.
At 10 q. m. the large crowd gathered
in the beautiful park where Hon.
Dave Ball delivered n of his elo-
quent and instructive speeches. Then
came the baby show, then the colt
and horse show and vegetable show.
There was some very fine stock and
as fine a display of vegetables as
have had the pleasure of seeing for q
number of years. As the shades Of
evening gathered the large crowd
again repaired to the park, which was
brilliantly illuminated with several
large locomotive headlights secured
from the railroad for the occasion
There for an hour or 30 there was 6
happy and noisy throng assembled
The older n enjoyed themselves In
social conversation and the younger
ones in singing and playing games
AS / watched all of these scenes the
lines that / learned in my CHILDHOOD
came wildly to my memory:
81 love to look on a scene like this,
OF wild and child-like play,
And persuade myself that 1 am not old
And that my locks are not yet gray
At s O'Clock MI. Dillon, of Mont
gomery County, volunteered to ad'
dress the assembled throng. Mr.
Dillon lie a genuine middle of the
road Populist and for 40 minutes hi
congratulated, scolded and encour
aged the Democratic party. Consid
| ering that he had no time to prepar'
a speech Mr.. Dillon did remarkabl.
well, telling some very plain truth
that the people will do well to heed
as he said it might be possible that tn
election In 1900 may be the last cleo
ton, az a nation, we may have; he al
luding to the danger of the none.
power gaining full control. Taken a.
in ali the day was n to be long re
membered.
Among others from Rowena at tn
one-day fair was Esq. Hudson, Mis-
Leona and Henry Read.
A bundle of straw, a match and
hen house gone up in smoke-littl
boy badly scared. Little Johnui
Hayes got hold of a match and ar
piled it to straw In the hen house an
1t required the help of several men |
save the surrounding houses, as theI
we're two fences joined to the he
house.
Mrs. Grant Richardson and tw
children, of Sturgeon, r visiting hi
parents, MIR. and Mrs. J. o. Donaldson
THOMPSON STATION ITEMS.
Correspondence OF the Ledger.
THOMPSON, Mo-, Sept. 2s.-Corn
raised to $3.50 and s1.75 in the est
nation of our people since we la
wrote.
>, Mrs. P. s. Morris happened to
very dangerous accident while r,
turning from Thompson last Thursdi
evening. The horse became frightel
ed at a water wagon by the road eli
and ran of, throwing Mrs. Morris o.
and cutting and bruising her up col
~siderably. DIR. Mays was called al
took twenty stitches in her forehea
At this writing she is resting sor
easier, but still is not considered o
of danger.
=, Mrs. J. NJ. Daniel is improving We
slowly. She Is still confined to b
bed.
Mrs. Paul Hudson is at the beds
. OF her mother, Mrs. Morris, this wee
w. E. Mcdonald (Buck) has had
. fine ten-pound boy added to his far
lily circle to tighten bis sorrows. Blu
calls his boy "Klondyke."
al Our stock men are complaining o
. scarcity of water.
II Mrs. J. @. Daniel, of Liberal, Is v
. ftiDg relatives at this place.
: Jim Ford gave a shop" to his ma
.young friends Of this place on !
Friday night.
al Miss Carrie jackson, Of Mexico
teaching a very successful school
the Thompson school house.
I'll We have a new operator now, ]
Powell. We are sorry to lose our
operator and his estimable wife.
RUSH HILL ITEMS.