Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-09-05
COUNTY NEWS.
CoTToNRooD SPRINGS ITEMS

wi i'm UOOO OF INV 61uDs
Correspondence Of the Ledger.
COTTONWOOD SPRINGS, Sept. B.
Messrs. Curtis and Logan Bybee have
made a corn cutter which cuts corn
fast and furious. It's a good lnven-
tion.
After a much needed rest Reuben
Dill, will, in all probability, resume
business before many moons shall
have passed. Dlll's health has been
greatly benefited and he has had a.
rattling good time along all kind Of
lines and with the assistance OF very
little coin. If he has strayed from
the straight and narrow path 1t has
been a mistake OF the head, not OF the
heart. His friends have been kind to
him and he to them. 1.-THE lowest
and best bidder" will get him till the
roses come again.
Frank Peck, of Rowena, visited his
brother, Walter, over Sunday.
What has become Of the base ball
boys? Weeds now cover the diamond
and the grand stand is locked.
One of our young lady friends, who
has been visiting quite a good deal
this summer, is home. The T. !. tells
us she is o o to go away and will not
return for ever SO many moons. Furth-
er particulars later.
We frequently hear the name Of
Robert B. Hooton spoken Of as the
next constable Of Salt River township.
Years ago Bob was constable Of this
township. We will probably act as
his deputy.
Rev. w. A. Hanna held services at
the residence Of N. Sneed Sunday
afternoon and quite a number were
present. Mr.. Sneed is quite feeble.
Our weather prophet, Squire VIII
liams, says that between the 18th and
18th OF this month we will get a rain
which in many respects will resem-
BILE a gusher. A cold spell will follow
the rain and people a wear their
coats and take a drink of Cotton
wood water and feel good.
Corn cutting is now on. We have
dug our grass which is well matured
and will make excellent feed.
One Of the largest and longest funer-
al possession that have attended a
burial in the city cemetery was that
Of Mrs. Hiram Threldeld, last Satur-
day.
Clay White and Jay Bennett have
been digging a well for Frank Same
beck for nigh on to three weeks. AS
to whether the boys have struck
water, coal or gas, we know not. Along
this line they are as silent as the
grave and dumb as an oyster.
Our neighbors own and drive some
very swift and well-made horses and
have raised enough feed to carry
them through the winter. Mr..
Carpenter drives a nice pair Of horses
to his surry and Mr.. Peck a fancy
pair of black mares; Jay Bennett also
drives several good ones, as also does
Frank Williams, Robert Hooton, Lo-
gan Bybee and Marvin Gass. OF
course they have other kind Of stock
also.
There are altogether too many
felines in this section. ANY party
wishing to start a fiddle string factory
should come out and go away with a
few dozen cats. The only charges is
by paying Bob White for this notice.
The Newberry boys are digging coal
for Mr.. Furh, near Rush Hill. They
are experienced miners.
The %hickorynut crop this year is
'just only tolerably" good.
A few prospective county candi-
dates we're seen looking about in this
section last week. We don't know
for sure that they were candidates
but from the way they winked the
other eye led us to believe they would
be.
The wells are getting ALFRED low
and many are hauling water from the
creek.
f. NJ. Williams has shown us a
book entitled Sketches and Incl
dents" which is interesting reading.
The book tells us about the hard trials
and great tribulations Of a circuit
rider who preached the old time re-
ligion away back yonder in the forties.
Harry Turner has promised to make
us a visit soon, at which time an old
fashioned love feast will be pulled of.
Ed Williams, brother of Frank Will
liams, while picking his teeth with
his knife blade Sunday, severely cut
his tongue, but not so as to keep him
from talking.
Clarence Staples, who has just re-
turned from Texas, says there have
been many changes in and around
Mexico and Cottonwood Springs since
he left here about two week ago.
I Carter ByDee was out IN MS surrey
J Saturday evening in company with a
+ bevy of sweet girl graduates. On
) their return home coming from town,
Carter was driving his seal brown
horses at a pretty fast clip, and when
{ crossing a bridge the horses in some
: manner became detached from the
surrey, but Bybee held on to the reins
till the animals were checked. The
, girls jumped from the surry but nc
. one was hurt. 1t was a close call.
Roden's grove, just northwest o.
town Is becoming quite popular
during the late cheated term" NAM
/ Of Mexico's smart set has hied them
selves away to this dreamy spot, tool
, luncheon under the stately trees
after which manyof them have gone
bathing in the pool OF Sloan, clost
by.
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