Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-03-16

Inc Wlnu Drew nPfuer tnaD IL mas tOi
q long time. Hay stacks were un-
topped, fences inverted and things
stirred up in general.
Prospects for fruit Is anything but
! aattering. Peaches are all killed and
berries are supposed to be. Apples
are said to be all right and cherries,
plums and grapes remain uninjured,
| Shots From Shiel.
Mud! Mud! Mud!!
Stock sold we'll at John White
cotton's sale last week.
Miss Ella Hayden visited friends in
Shiel Saturday and Sunday.
j. H. Whitecotton and family left
last Saturday for Brunswick where
they will in the future reside. Mrs.
Whitecotton will engage in the milli-
merry business while her husband will
attend to his half interest in the livery
stable there. We wish them success.
Jack Warren, of Cincinnati, was
trading with the Shiel merchant last
Thursday.
Miss Katie McAllister has another
attack Of La Grippe
"Grandpa" Whitecotton attended
his sons sale here Thursday.
The Misses McGraw gave a quilting
to a select party of friends last week.
MARCUS A. Hanna" the little
black rat carrier of Miss Kate Nc
Allister's, has returned home after an
absence of several weeks. Mark"
as he is Familiarity called by every
one, was received back home with
open arms. by his mistress as well as
his ncighbors.
7. Il. Whitecotton, better known as
"Cop," will move to Monroe City to
live in the near fu ture. We are sorry
to lose "Cop" from this neighbour
hood.
F. b. Stout was out here last week |
and inspected the bridge over Cedar
Creek. AS soon as the fill is made !
the bridge will be ready for crossing.
81. Tompkins, of Rensselaer,, has been |
awarded the contract to make the fill. |
The Society Correspondent" o
the Rails County Record, known to
The readers of that excellent pape as
Hummer" has formally annou aced
himself as candidate for mat limo
ny. Now girls here is your chs nee to
secure a husba and whose newspaper
writing has made him famous through
out the U. S. Attention was first
called to his now far famed writings
when he wrote up Saline Township.
Many attempts had been made by
hose DESTROYS of winning fame to
write up Saline, but none had satisfied
The ever ready to criticise" public.
But when Hummer" wrote a glowing
account of Saline Township and its
wonders. there were none who could
it was perfect in every de-
,ail; instead of being criticised as
others had been, he received the
heartfelt thanks of all Saline. The
next wonderful writing he did was in
The form of Snake Story, and was
published in a continued form from
week to week by the Rails County
Record. The writing was of q deep
nature. the plot was almost Shakes
pearian; it consisted of wonderful |
description of Snake Hollow tnear
'Hummer's honey the banks of the |
Sni, ard with marriage and the
sinking of the Snake farm so beauti-
fully described, into obscurity. Then ,
again the public begged of Hummer"
TO accept their sincere thanks. He |
has received many requests to go on
the stage as actor and play writer;
also offers from many dailies OF Kan
5as City, New York and st. Louis.
All have offered him fancy prices for
his services but he has repeatedly re-
fused, his non-egotistic nature not al
lowing him to accept. or late he has
received abundant praise for his gal
laEt defense of the Hon. James |
All the people who did
not believe Mr.. Whitecotton to be
allied to the Republicans have been
by "Humrrer's" excellent
logic. BY his writings we compre-
bend that Mr.. w. wanted to either
rule or ruin the Democrat party and !,
when he found he could not rule he
formed an alliance with the Republi- !
cans thinking he could ruin the Dem
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