Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-08-05
EXCHANGE NOTES.

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loves his pipe, recently smoked up three
package Of breakfast food before he
noticed that it wasn't hillside navy.
I'arinct, in the Missouri river bottoms
south Of Carrollton have assessed them.
selves 8 per acre III their land and with
the proceeds will build a big drainage
ditch.
A Charleston merchant is advertising
a barrel oi ice water on tap III his store
10 indu,c people to attend q special sale.
He'll have TO do better than that to yet
the men
A travelling man found a hair in his
order Of lyncy at n Mexico hotel and
complained TO the landlord about it. 81
can't hep 1t, the landlord replied II
bought /, for combcd honey
The Clnllicothc Democrat says that
a %ccrtain Livingston county preacher has
decided 10 the name of every
one VIII enters the church after the
service lave begun and tell what they
are wearing. He will do this to keep
people rom turning around.
The Sumner Star says a man called at
the hone Of a farmer friepd near Sumner
the o,h,r day and, finding a little boy in
the yard, asked where his father was.
The lit fellow replied. "papa's out in
the pig pen. You can tell him-he's got
a hat on
The Moberly Democrat says that J.
.. Kelly saved a mans life while attend.
ing the st. Louis convention. A woe.
begone, cadaverous looking man APP
preached Mr.. Kelly drew a dollar from
his pocket and asked: "What would
you do # / gave you this1' 'I'd drop
dead" replied the man, Mr.. Kelly
carefully replaced the dollar in his
pocket and saved the mans life.
The Saline county court has agreed to
appropriate two dollars for every one
dollar Subscribed through other sources
for the benefit of road improvement
throughout the county. For instance,
If any road district subscribes 800, the
county gives All additional 5000, making
a fund Of 500. The prospect is meeting
with much favor and will result in d
splendid, Systematic, profitable road i'm.
%proveinent.
A Kirksville bridegroom Was starting
on his Wedding journey amid showers O
rice and old shoes, and his bride became
lying in the aisle and picked it up and
threw II out of the window. A few
minutes later an old man, sitting just
ahead Of the couple, awokc and began
searching for his shoes, and the groom
had 70 buy him a new pair.
Mrs. Joseph Riley, the wife Of a farmer
living about six miles south OF Clark
lost the use OF her voice eighteen month.
ago and June 20 had not spoken a word
ON the twentieth during II thunderstorm
she was feeding her poultry. There
came an exceedingly severe fash OF
lightning. 1T seemed says Mrs,
Riley, that the ground was covered
with balls Of fire aud / exclaimed, M
God, - olnce that time ] have been abe
10 talk out my throat is very sore"
II is estimated that over Eve hundred
acre. az whaat have I,eu harvested in
the vicinity Of Carthage this season by
the old-iashioued method of cradlinH.
The ground was so wet that headers or
binders would not run upon it. The
spectacle Of scores of men cutting whsa,
by hand was II new one to h younger
men and woinen of Jasper county, II
recalled old times 10 the elderly ones.
"a big day with cradle says the Car.
thage Press, lis from two and onc-hali
10 three acres. II was amusing to hear
the remarks al the hardware stores where
the cradles were hung out on exhibition
in front of the stores. Nearly every
farmer hat came along would pick up 1
cradle and give it a swing and tell wha
his best days record with the cradle hac
been. Some OF these stories were quit
phenomenal. One man capped tn
climax by saying that he had cut tel
acres an day when he Mas young sn'
vigorous
rxl.nlf DATE.