The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-08-17
Our clothing department is crowded
With bargsins. --Gand Leader Mcr.
camille Co.


camille Co.
Quite breeze Of excitement WAS oc-
casiuued Tuesday morning by the team
hitchcd 10 the street sprinkler running
away. The sprinkler was A. the reSef-
yoir being filled, aud when tho tank
was about full the horses started ~.
and boiore the driver could get ~ the
liae- began 10 ruu. They rounded the
corner at Columbia street aud IN front
OF Mr. Saekmann's cigar factory the
off horse WAS crowded onto the pave
mcnI, slipped aud fell, aud The spriuk.
lcr was overturned. Fortunately no
damage was done except TO The harness
aud few brcakages abou, the spunk-
let wagon.
Mems and boys clothing ai remark
ably luw pticss NJ the Grand Leader
Mercantile Co.
We haze had little Ia say about the
tml experiment station which was
Stated here last -piiug by Mr. IIulicf-
field, because there has been !itilc a.
get 10 ,ly, the Time bcing too short for
any definite results 10 have been ub.
served, but 1t Is doing well aud the
promise Of success !. most CRAFTY iug.
There i, one ihug, however, ci which
we can speak with confidence now. A
small piece at ground was planted with
the lmlu Epckylurd cauialoupc seed.
and tho u.suii has been nll that ana
one could desirc Il WAS late when
tie -rrd wefo put Ia, but nutwi,h-
standing TIL, fact the yicld was fair
aud the fruit as sweet and Of as fine
flavor on any ever grown IN Colorado,
which ips the name Of growing the
finest caulaluupcs IN the world The
toii htra appears To b. peculiarly
adapted to tbs popular little melon,
aud the experiment of growing thgm
win probably induce SOME ui our farm.
or, 10 cultivate them extensively.
There j. alway. o markc, ior them uud
they will duub,lc-. prove o profitable
crop
This weeks bargains Ia summer
dress goods ni The Grand Leader Mcr.
camille Co.'S.
ly reference 10 the County Court
proceeding, Il will be seen that the
Court has madc another appropriation
81 g.. 600 10 complete the rock road
10 Fla, River: and also an npproprii.
lion oi s2,35j for rip.upping aud
criycilin. The Pennington ADD jackson
road, lesiutiug at thc old toll gate
cast ui town. II {, doubles, the pol.
iry of the Court, a, money accumulate
ia bee road iuud from dumshnp H..
courses, ip continue thc work Of build.
Ing good roads. I he work, ns shawn
by that uDw being done uu the road
leading g. iW River. j, of q solid and
substantial character. II lhi. policy j.,
adhyirl in by succcrIing Courts, which
will doubtless, hr tic case when the
good results arr fully appreciated, the
county viii eventually have some cN-
cgjlrui tual, The process, 10 b. sure,
b, nee, >-1rlt -loy IN account uf the
limited iuud-. and i. will take some
years 60 20; o.rr all the main ruljs,
hut li- can be accomplished iu due
time u peg, cd IN. Some Of III, pru-
pie who lir-j opposed the movement,
Ia the belief tud 0uly the iit River
road was 10 ur converted irip rock
rIal. unW that the work IL Ia hr begun
uu another important public highway,
will b'lH in ,rc he b"arlir, 30 hr dr
ruyd from such policy oi rad iu-
pru'rmcnl \ beginning bad H. Ice
made. Ia tea or fifteen yeats, I lhi,
50 stem !, kept up, our county viii nave
u uuulcr Of mile. Of good. substantial
road, rvcu though only a irH miles can
be- finished each year, and the people
will wonder why it wasn't begun long
before IL WIS.
oar picr~ IN mems furnishing
gIDl-, hat aud shoes ate b'luw the
muhc,.-tirtud Leader Mcr. Co.