Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-12-03
W. H. Blythe occupies a neat farm.

house to the north, while A. A.
Sillars lives on the route. The we'll i'm
proved farm Of G. III. Float is next.
On west we pass the farm owned by
Mayor Jones, of this city, and the next
is the former home Of Tom Daily, who
but recently sold his place and sought
a warmer climate for his health. Mrs.
s. Jenkins lives to the south and next
is the Payne school. To the north is
the old Payne homestead and to the
northwest is the home of John Gildea
while to the north is the nice home of
w. T. Cleeton.
John r. Vance occupies neat home
next on the route and some distance to
the north is the newly improved home
OF G. W. Wilson. To the south resides
Henry t. Vance and next on the route
is the home Of ]. F. Woolery. To the
north OF the route are the homes of
G. l.. Vannatta and Mrs. Martha
Saunders. Our route now leads south
and we pass the substantial homes Of
w. R. Renie and Sam Pulls. To the
west is the neat appearing home of
Mrs. S. A. Shock. w. p. Denham's
neat little home is next passed while
the homelike place OF S. P. Loren is
next. AS we turn east and as we
again turn south we see the home of
J. II. Fancett to the northeast.
We are nearing Cant and pass the
substantial and neat appearing home
of DR.. ]. e. Wallace. The post office
is In the general merchandise store Of
J. Il. Smith, who carries a nice stock,
does a good business and is a fine
business. man and a gentleman withal.
Opposite this store is the blacksmith
shop Of s. s. Roberts, who enjoys a
good trade. Leaving this enterprising
trading place we pass the home Of Ed
Beatty and next is the home of Tom
J. Jerman while to the north, as we
travel east is the hume OF Squire
Jerman. Crossing the headwaters of
Salt River we pass the church that
bears Its name. To the west in Groves
chapel. J. II. Claybrook is the next
residenter and as the route turns south
and passes the home Of @. E. Drown,
we have a fine view Of the fine pastur-
age Of Oloverdale Farm, the property
OF w. II. Trlplett. Well improved
and stocked with the best Of live stock
IL is one of the most attractive farm
homes on the route. The home of ]. Fl.
Stewart is next on the route and as we
turn to the east We come to the boxes
of G. T. Woolery, j. D. Beatty and
Ed Beatty, Jr,, each living to the
south. The home Of Isaac Mcknight
is next passed and then the home Of
Claude Carter. To the north some
distance from the road is the suhstan-
tial home OF Jesse H. Carter. New
improvements gives the farm of J. t.
Beatty a fine appearance. And then
for several miles we recover the route
that we traversed in the morning.
Leaving the morning route at the
home Of Geo. Vanlandingham we turn
south, the first home being that of
Richard Edwards. The next home is
that of E. e. Simpson, well improved
and OF neat appearance. The fine
home Of e. @. Miller is seer to the
north while the well known Montague
farm is leased to G. Fl. Dean and
tenanted by Willis johnson, a highly
respected colored man.
j. B. Rutter's is the next home on
the route and then is the home OF
A. L. Liter. The substantial home Of
VIM. Baker is next and to the north
we get a view of the well appointed
farm and home of Henry Rodhouse.
Chas. Baker resides at the corner as
we turn north and east and passing
the former home Of A. G. Turner we
are again in easy distance Of Mexico.
Into town over the boulevard we
reach the city more Thoroughly convinc-
ed there is no place like home II that
home is In Old Audrain.