The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-12-18
MONTGOMERY CITY MISSOURI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1908

shos futui ucc uehNcfy PoceohhSc
routes for Missouri will be estab-
lished January IS, 1904, from Mid
dletown, this county, length Of
route % miles, population served
4S0; Rhineland, length Of route %
miles, population served 440.
J. X. Rodgers having retired from
farming and merchandising, has
been lately taking lessons in do
mestics, and from latest reports is
likely to graduate at that almost
any hour. First he fed the horse,
then added currying, then cleaning
the barn, "pailing the keow," and
splitting wood. But the late storm
was too much, and now he has
about concluded that the cheapest
and best thing TO do Is to turn the
horse in the lot, get some one to do
the milking on shares, and buy
coal delivered at the door where
the children can reach It handily.
Mrs. Allie Covington OF the
Montgomery House, cmplatcs
some important improvem cnts to
her hotel next spring. The Mont
gomcry House Is one OF the most
popular hotels in this part Of the
state, made so by Mrs. Covington,
and Is crowded with customers
most OF the time. You will al
ways get a splendid meal there, n
good bed TO sleep In, and a cordial
welcome.
The moral and literary inclined
people of Montgomery City will
have an opportunity next Monday
evening, Dec. 2ist, at the Opera
House, TO attend one OF the latest
and best illustrated, historical,
scriptural, biographical. art and
story entertainments ever given In
this city. II will be conducted by
Rev. II. NJ. Myers, a former pastor
of the Methodist church In this
city, assisted by means Of mag
nitlcent oxy-hydrogcn stcrcopti-
con pictures. The subjects will be
Ben Hur-A Tale of the Christ ;
The great Passion Play Oberam-
megau, and Quo Vadis. All
subjects will be intcrsperscd with
illustrated songs. There will also
be vocal and instrumental music
by home talent. This entertain
mcnt will be given under the au-
spices OF the ladies OF the Epworth
League of the Methodist church In
this city and proceeds for bcnef,
OF same, and the entertainment
will be strictly iirst-class in every
respect. Admission De; children
i5c. No reserved seats.
Blizzards are no respectors oi
pc rson OF place. We have ncvel
yet seen one but what would just
as soon blow n wagon load Of snow
or dirt through key hole or undcl
the door and into the piano as intt
the middle of a field. Kansas ant
Oklahoma billiards mix their rair
and snow with sand, gravel ant
not infrequcntly throw In a house
stock, people, etc., for variety -
Such storms as those are too ex'
hilerating and reckless to be at al
funny. We prefer storms tina
come when you want them, ant
then drop the moisture just wher'
you want it. Eastern Missour
billiards are something of the cdu
Gated and enlightened order; hav,
been tempered to the shorn lamb
and don't smash things all I,
pieces and then dirty up the wreck
age. Last Saturdays storm herr
was one OF this refined kind. Firs
IL rained, then showed, blowed ant
got iearfully cold, as 1t did all owe
the northwest. Before Sunday
night the thermometer dropped t,
0 deg. below zero. That's rathei
cold for this land OF perpetual sun
shine and flowers. Several sleighi
were upon streets jumping from
small drifts of snow to spots OF dry
ground and vica'versa, while ocea
sionally sleighbells could be heard
as II 'twere Santa Claus returning
home from his annual buying ex
pedition. One man told the write
Tuesday that the ozone here get
down to 30 and 35 below zero, ant
we at once recorded him as doubt
full. Something like the sleighini
in Missouri.