Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-05-14
HISTORIC GROUND.
Three Audraln "Nelehbors"
Take a Jaunt.

ton of your valuable space to
talka little about my trip to j Jack
son, Mo. The occasion Of the trip
was the biennial session Of the
State camp, Modern Woodmen of
America. Captain j. w. Plunkett
and David l.. Rogers, delegates to
said convention, accompanied me.
And, Neighbor Beal, allow me to
say right here that Neighbor Rog-
ers is every whit a true Neighbor
and man. BE was instructed for adj
justment, Sullivan for director,
etc., which was wholly foreign to
his sentiments. But be it said to
his credit, be never once hinched
from taking his medicine. as direct
ed, and was loyal to his Obliga-
tions as any man could have hon
ored himself and his constituents.
Neighbor Rogers is all right. OF
course those who know Captain
Plunkett are aware of the fact that
he was one of the most active and
efficient delegates. In fact, l can
say with good old Uncle Reuben,
"All people are, at times, wrong;
no one save me and Hannah
| (Plunkett) and we are right; yet,
at times, 1 doubt Hannah" (Plun-
kett) But we made a compact
not to tell on each other, and l
had best go slow. Least said,
soonest over.
But this is not talking about the
text, and the text should not, as
some preachers have been said to
do, be left to care for itself.
Jackson is the countyseat of Cape
Girardeau county, and is 10 miles
from st. Louis. 1t has a popula-
ton of 1000, and is compactly
built of brick and handsome Gothic
style. Until II years ago the little
city was sleeping on a dead past,
but it has made rapid progress in
the right way since that dste.
l searched diligently and only
found one lone man who acknowl-
edged that he was not native, all
others saying, ~ was born here. +"
and that was old Col. Horn, all the
way from Pike. It's hard to find
a place where old Pike is not rep
resented.
The hospitality of the people,
, from Mayor to peasant. was pro-
: verbally remarked by the dele
gates. The address of welcome
! by Mayor Edward Hays was one, if
not the most, unique and excel
lent speeches of the kind / ever
heard, and as a compliment to him
aside from the intrinsic worth he
! possesses as a Woodman, he was
elected State Consul. The names
of them that made our stay will
them pleasant are legion. Tht
Audrain boys are under lasting
obligations to Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Huffman, two grand old Austrian:
> formerly, but living in Jackson
: for fifty years, arriving there il
May after a journey of sc day
: in a sailing vessel. 1t is indeed
i beautiful to see old people, such a
these patriarchs, "grOw old beauti
# full" They are not neglectful o
e the better part, having long ag
n chosen the gentle Galilean as thei
guide. Both are prominent mem
:. bers of the Lutheran church.
y Jackson has historic lustre no
generally known. Mayor Hays
in his public address, told hi
hearers that upon the present 10
: cation of the court house of Jack
son was held the first session 9
> the Supreme Court of Missouri, i
1921, the year Missouri was ad
o mitted into the Union of States
$ That, within mile of where b
% stood, the ruins of the first pro
L testant church building erecte
west of the Mississippi river,
is crumbling and will probably /
y rebuilt with same material as fl