Mexico weekly ledger., 1904-03-17
Cottonwood Springs.

nave great Iditn III jim hScu anu
! think him our Moses. He and Rufus
Jackson are gaining strength while
they sleep. Let the good work go on.
II seems as though Handsome Harry
HAYES won the day in St. Louis last
Saturday with hand down and then
some. Harry is a fierce hummer,
catches 'em both going and coming
and side ways and back ways, SO to
speak.
Uncle Tazwell johnson, OF Auxvasse,
called at the Springs and dipped bis
bill a few days ago. Uncle Tazwell is
In the stock business over In the King
dom and is doing we'll. He and Col.
Zed Hook are thinking Of buying
Leopard Springs and starting a bowl
ing alley. Col. Jake Larue will have
charge OF the alley.
Price Hulen, OF C~entralia, was the
guest Of his friend, Leslie Bybee, Sun
day.
Bob Hooton is going TO make things
boom this summer In the way Of hand
ling garden truck.
Kelly Wilkerson has been on the
sick list. He has leased the Billie
West tract OF land for another five
years.
Jim Towson is building a nice resi-
dence on Wesi Boulevard, which he
will occupy when completed. lie Is
now living In the Mason Creasey pro-
perty.
Col. Morgan Glen, OF Yates, No. is
visiting relatives here. Col. Glenn
owns a fine farm in Randolph County
and is doing well. He will probably
be a candidate for Representative
from that county. He's a fierce Demo.
GRAFT.
The Powell Bros. have moved to the
Ricketts, farm and will put in several
hundred acres of corn this year.
Col. Frank Sannebeck wants Capt.
KanalY to call at his store and take
that old valise away. 1t is haunted"
and has already caused much annoy
ance to Amos jenkins. PEGGY Is
dealing in horses very extensively. He
will shortly own Carrie Nation, now
the property Of Fl. c. Turner.
1t is said Barney Hooton wants to
buy a fine farm and will look around
for a housekeeper. Barney is so shy.
Geo. Matthias best girl is quaran-
tined and George was out to see us
Sunday and dipped his bill to revive a
dropping spirit. It's awful when one
cannot see his girl 3 or A times a week.
We are sorry to learn that our old
friend Virgil Miller ran up against
some poisoned oak and is now suffer-
ing from its effects. He is awful sore.
Dave Hollopeter is coming back to
Mexico. Dave is a man you don't see
every day. Wish the Mexico Band
would meet him at the depot. Come
on, Davy, the boys will give you the
glad hand.
We hear that our old friend, -,
and Miss - will join hands on the
18th tSt. Patrick's Day and walkthe
rugged path of life together. We have
a bouquet for the bridegroom.
We told Tommie Roden a funny
campaign story the other day. Tom
will tell it to his friends and then give
them the glad hand.
Detective Buck Pagan Is now work.
ing on a very aggravated cat case.
But then Buck will land the cat and
put the kidnapers behind the bars.
Besides being an artist Of note,
Billie Kemper is a Modern Bogardus
with the rife. Any old time that he
fails to knock out the eye of a jay bird
the stuff is off or Billie has lost his
eye-sight. He handles the rife with
wonderful skill.
Charlie Walker now holds cases on
the Intelligencer. Charlie is a bright
young man, having learned the trade
under Krip Sexton, Of the Regular
Baptist, which Is a guarantee that he
will make things hum. He is a close
student.
Col. Ward Parsons and his parents
are moving near New Florence to-day.
Ward has recently purchased a fine
100-acre farm near that town. 1t is
said after Col. Parsons gets pleasantly
located he will return to Audrain and
pluck one Of the fairest ladies in the
county. Success to him.
Miss Ethel Bybee has just closed a
most successful school down near
Santa Fe. Miss Bybee is one of Au-
drains brightest and most successful
teachers.
What has become OF Col. Carter, of
the Rabbit Club? He don't send us
any more proceedings Of the Club.
Hope to hear from him before many
moons have passed.
Editor Bob White is very fond of
peanuts; In fact it's about the only
kind Of fruit he eats. He is talking
putting in several acres Of his
''favorite dish" the coming summer.
If he does then we will plant several
gallons Of gun grease. Bob can eat
the nuts and we will eat the grease.
Big thing, and a new departure.
ITO our pride in the past and our
hope for the future let us add yIgor-
BUS work in the'iRfGg present."
Throw open youdt windows by night
and by day,
Keep out in the sunshine as much as !
you may, Il
Into LIES work tuck a few hours OF !
play I
Then strong, bright and happy you |