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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
An Audrain Man Has Full
Say.

PrOsser, Wash, Jan. 14.-EDI-
TOR MESSAGE: Our word is ont
for a short message from this
country. So after a five weeks
view we will eudeavor to describe
as intelligently as we can the
scenes, unseens and mishaps that
we were compelled to confront on
our journey.
We were on time on the oath
day of December at our little vii
lage, which we long since learned
to love, LaddOnia.
AS the iron horse steamed up on
the new schedule time the cOnduc-
tor cried, "All aboard" and we
took it for granted that that
meant us. So we boarded with
our chattels, which were numer-
ous, after bidding adieu to many
kind friends who came to give us
a handshake as we left for the far
West, to join those of our own
bone and flesh that are near and
dear to us.
We set about arranging our
chattels, as had been our usual
custom, not thinking of any faith
err disturbance until we reached
Kansas City.
AS aforesaid, we were OH a new
schedule. The fagmau, noticing
how orderly we were de-
posting our chattels in receptacles
made for that purpose, caused a
halt by saying W. had better rest
easy for a moment.
He scarcely had the message de.
livered until the porter cried out,
"Mexico, change onto Burlington
track"
Well, it is useless to say we got
Il hustle on ourselves. But every
body seemed kind and wanted to
aid us in making the change. So
we got over in good shape, we
took a kind view of the proceeding
aud supposed those who were so
anxious to help us took into con-
sideration our mature years. We
reached X. @. safely, just in time
too see the Burlington leave for
the Northwest. So we were like the
man that went to the depot at 8 o.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
A"Chicken BiI".

jefferson City, Mo, Jan. lS..
The proposed chicken bill of Ste
wart of Warren received recon.
mendatiOn this morning in the
form of a communication that caus =
ed not a little amusement in the
house.
The letter was singcd by Thomas
IS. Carter, a lawyer of Sturgeon,
Mo-, aud told of troubles Il plenty
with meighbors' chickens. The
letter follows:
Dear Sir: | Am deeply Interested
in the passage of your sO.callpd
chicken bill. The depredations
upon my yard and garden have
several times come near causing
me and my wife to seperate, be-
cause she wanted me to shoot our
neighbors' chickens for scrathing up
and unfouling our yard, but | neg
lected to do so. We meyer had any
chickens of our own, but all of our
neighbOrs have. Once | bought Il
chicken-eating pig and it did good
work, but | lost all of.my friends
by it and came near being shot
myself. Now Il chicken has no
more right to forage on a mans
garden than IL hog or steer has to
run in mans cOrnfield. Tell
Representative Gillaspy of Boone
that l have voted for him all my
life. but if he votes against your
bill | will never do so again. You
must have an emergency clause to
the bill, because garden must be
planted within ninety days after
you adjourn.
Please send me a copy of the bill,
Thomas s. Carter.
Sturgeon. Mo. Jan.l7.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Eternal and ever growing ones,
who kill, kill, kill and chop and
scrape and slash and can, fry aud
boil and freeze at will; we pray
that You confiue your boilings and
freezings, your cannings and kill
ings to the tribute we pour in, nor
INSIST forever on Human sacrifice.
Let the blood you spill be the blood
of beast and be the dripping of corn
husking fingers. All powerful
ones,we do not ask to see your
books. We do not question as to
your rebates, your private cars,
your methods of running small
butchers. We do not care what
price you charge for beef, embalm.
ed or fresh. We question not the
ingredients of your crOquettes,
soups, or tamales.
But, oh great ones, please let up
on lis. We pray you to call of the
market quOtcrS who at your dicta-
ton tell us our stock when light is
half fat and would bring good
prices ii heavy.
oh, great ones, don't continue to
steal our young heifers aud our old
bulls.
Tell your meniels in the yards, we
pray you, that when they skin us,
as ;hey ever do, that our hide does
not reach to the bone.
Stop, we pray of you, the daily
yawp of lack of demands" when
you, by cnralling the whole works
on land and sea, are the only de,
mand. Say that you don't want
our stock and we shall more great
ly respect you.
Oh, large, fat and prosperous
ones, our prayer rises before day
light from II million farms; range
men sing it in the teeth of blizzard
aud in storms of alkali dust. 1t
must be heard or we perish and
with us your power to work more
evil. We who produce the meat
wall by the wall to which you have
driven us. We care not for the
price you charge the consumer, we
can not afford to eat of your out
put, Charge him as much as you
like, great people, but divide, oh
devide, Il fraction of your spoils or
we perish,
William Kent.
Canon Nah
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

pills read short parts, "a sentence
to a punctuation mark, or even
only word each, and that the
best results are obtained by re.
peated practice on short lessons.
All reading lessons too long.
LOunging habit in too many
schools, lounging at seats in class.
es, hanging on to seats, teachers
desk, each other, walls, etc. The
seating of pupils to recite, in the
average country school, is eondu.
Give to misunderstanding an d
makes more trouble for the teacher.
consumes time and encourages
laziness. How can you teach
without wall maps! | cannot.
need them for every lesson in his
tory, geography aud many read
ing lessons. Many teachers have
not learned that the pouring-in
process is no part of teaching.
Pour, pour, pour, and wonder why
the children become Indifferent
and listless, Oh, it is awful!
Several teachers have the
doesn't it, habit in an appra-
waited form. Suggest answers to
pupils and follow with doesn't
it?" or some similar term. Pupils
doing nothing, school going to the
bow-wows.
Oh, teachers! as you value your
reputation and the welfare of those
under your charge, do not be gull
ty of such an enormity. Lead
them! Lead them kindly, and
when the mazes become too intri-
cate, stop, point out the way and
help them to displace the rubbish,
encourage by suggestions, but
never founder through the lesson
in such a manner. 1t is Il positive
thrust at the child's future inter
csts.
Do not, dear teacher, use such
expressions as, "Take down to-
1.-THE lesson takes down to-"
Where does the lesson go to-"
Put down your five and carry your
one" Think of it. 1t is an
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Now our letter is long enough,
possibly. We have no AK to grind
or kick coming against old Mis-
souri,. But certainly there is a
show down here for the man with
small capital. The elevated land
runs from So % an acre to $50 per
acre; the irrigated, $50 to $500,
according to location aud i'm
prOvemeuts.
Regards to many friends.
d. NJ. PRICE.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Rockies. Daylight found lis at the
City of the Pines, Spokane. A new
country that we had never ira
versed commenced unfolding it.
self to us. We were soon in the
valley of the Columbia, crossing at
Pasco, which brings us on to the
Pasco and Ellensburgh Division
Eleven forty found us greeting
friends at Prosser. Among whom
were G. G. Baker and family, Miss
Dora Thomas, II. A. Price, n. D.
Beagles and family. This country
is we'll represented by Missourians.
Aside from those first mentioned
are Capt. Dumford and family of
Montgomery City, Washburn and
wife of Rush Hill, Arthur Lasher
and wife, Ernest Lasher and VIM.
Jones of near Mexico.
Prosser is situated in the Yaki-
ma Valley, at the Prosscr Falls
b c twec II the Rattlesuake aud
Horse Heaven Hill. n fine
agricultural district, some - miles
wide by two or more hundred long,
adapted to the raising of all the
principal cereals. Fruits and Der.
ries of all kinds. The principal
crop on the high lands is wheat;
OF the irrigated lands, alfalfa.
There is no country that can beat
us on potatoes and melons. There
are truly golden opportunities here
to the man with small capital and
more so to the man with plenty
of funds. Long seasons and mild
climate at the same time. At this
writing we hear the chimes of
sleigh bells, aud all the country is
rejoicing over Il six or seven.inch
snow, which means thousands of
dollars, yea, hundreds of thOus-
ands, to the country. But the
gentle Chinook has made his 0p.
pearance from the west only to be
gObbled up in the foot hills of the
Rockies, and possibly inside of
ten hours our snow will resemble
the appearance OF a honey comb,
yet her virtne will not be injured
in the least. The name Horse
Heaven" originated in an early
day, when the cowboy was monarch
of these hills and valley. The horse
could make the Yakima daily and
quench his thirst and return but
the sheep aud the COW could not
and do we'll, hanee the "Horse
Heaven We fnd our beautiful
little village of II or 10 hundred
between the supreme aud the ri
dicnlOus, OF the serpent (Rattle-
spakel and its opposite (Heavenl }
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Says the LaddOnia Herald: We
publish the beautiful poem written
by Miss Lily E.G. Hendrix for the
Mexico MESSAGE. 1t shows such Il
hopeful spirit and courageous heart
and Christian thought. We knew
her years ago when she made Lad
dOnia a visit and we have never
forgotten how she impressed us
with her pure and sweet Sc ntiments
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
"Message" Readers.

The following are late new sub
scribers or renewels to the Mes
SAGE:
j. E. Mundy.
NJ. C.Owen.
d. Myers.
l.. N. Luckett.
j. T. Scott.
W. II. Logan.
Chris Marburg.
j. s. McCune.
John Hagan.
j. W. Hancock.
W. X. Glass.
j. 4. Elzea.
p. Mcdaniel.
A. B. Medley.
II. P. French.
Lena Goddard.
d. w . Ouuhlu.
G, II. Wessler.
Sefe Eubanks.
j. d. Lott.
DR.. j. F, Flynt.
VIM. Frazier.
Edgar Marshall.
Josiah Martin.
r. A. Jesse.
Nj. Q. GOrrell.
X. P. Ball.
G. Guthrie.
j. A. Reighley.
Drake & Threlkeld.
A. w. WOrsham.
Judge NJ. G. Flynt.
j. G.. Downs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

abominable use of language. Say
what you mean and hold your
pupils to the same standard. Say
Write five and carry one," 1.-THE
lesson extends to-" etc.
Whenever the teacher has to take
time from the recitation period TO
hunt and make up questions. she
there and then makes a public con.
fession of great weakness and the
pupils take note of it.
The teacher who does not give
from 2 to 3 hours time out of
school every day, to the study of
devices and plans for school work
has missed her calling. The teach
err desk at school and at home
should be loaded with good things
to set free the pent up energies of
the immortal souls she is leading.
Ways, Methods and Devices of a
Thousand Teachers" published
by a. J.,Fouch & Co., Warren,
Pa, should be on every teachers
private desk, as we'll as BUSY
Work Cards, " Easy Things to
Draw, Progressive Picture Story
Cards" and many other things by
same publishers. Keep your pu-
pills busy and be industrious
enough to give little individual
attention to each scholar each day
and let all know that you take no.
tice of all work done and you Sc
cure the confidence and esteem of
all.
Always be planning ahead, lay
ing out work for your classes.
Teacher, l beg of you, take notice
of your daily conduct and Ian
guage Let it be above reproach.
Talk school, think school, dream
school.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

W. A. Edmonston, the attorney,
who has been located out in Colo
RADIO for four years, says it is his
intention to return to Mexico in
the spring to reside.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
To The Packers: A Farmers
Prayer.

Almighty ones who rule the des-
TIMES of sheep, COWS, pigs, farm
crs, chickens, aud other live stock,
place your ears near the ground
and listen to our plea,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Ralph, Is years old, thes on of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Hedges, northwest of
Mexico, died the 18th inst. After
a weeks affliction with pneumonia.
He was young man of excellent
character. Always of a happy dis
position, aud the night he took ill
laughed and jollird with the mem
bers of the family. The bereaved
ones have the sympathy of all.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

W. A. Douglass Of Mexico has
applied fOra patent OH Il metal
post he lately invented. He thinks
it will be a great convenience to
those who wish a cheap, everlasting
fence post.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mr.. L. c. Sexton of Mexico and
Miss Gertrude Dawson Of Hallsville
were united in marriage last week
at Centralia. Mr.. Sexton is a
railroad emplOye.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell of Santa
Fe took their little child, afflicted
with blood tumor, over to Laddonia
intending to go on with it to st.
Louis for an operation, but the lit
tie one died and the sad parents re-
turned with it home. The burial
at New Hope cemetery.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

A Cass county man, who was
bald-headed for yeaps, has succeeds
cd In growing another crop Of buir,
ont he isn't happy. Every body
thinks be is wearing a wig.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Rev. W. II. Fox and wife, after
a months stay in Mexico, have
returned to their home at Fort
Collins, Colorado.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

NJ. NJ. Brown, of near Mexico,
has traded his farm for the j. G.
Jesse stock of groceries atAuxvasse
Mr.. Brown has taken possession of
the store and will move to Aux
vase soon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

j. w. Webber, living near Lad
donia, has bought a nice farm
southeast of Vandalia, paying $27
per acre, and will move to it soon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

The two Allen boys, east Of
Rush Hill, killed 103 rabbits one
afternoon last week and sold them
OH the market at five cents each.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

John Faddis, out near Skinner,
has bought the Trimble farm, ad-
joining the B.O. Sims place, north
west of Mexico. He willmOve to
it soon. Glad to have him move
up nearer Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
Genoa, Neb.

Sedalia Democrat: Good roads
means business for the smerchant
aud The railroads every year.
They cost far less than bad roads,
too
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mr.. Leslie Williamson, of near
Beaver Dam, this county, andIMiss
Katie Atkinson, of Auxvasse. were
united in marriage last week. Rev.
j. S. Jesse, of Mexico, officiating.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Shan Brown of Mexico has
bought the John Campbell farm,
near Hatton, paying so, 800. Clar-
enco Brown will accupy the place.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
To The Teachers of Audrain Rural Schools

/ l have lately visited about &C
schools but as there is no proyis.
ion in law to compensate me fol
expenses and time spent, l will
have to attend to other business
for awhile. While visiting l wit
messed some good work and some
very poor. Several teachers asked
me to criticise their work and give
tn EN- the benefit of my views.
venture to do so briefly, in a way
that may suggest some improve
ments.
Discipline:- The worst feature
of all-lack of discipline, order,
system-teachers allowing pupils
every privilege asked, pupils con-
stantly going across room to inter-
view other pupils, asking teacher
questions, spelling out words at
random for teacher to pronounce,
going to teacher to have words
pronounced to which they gave no
further attention, drumming on
desks, trimming pencils noisily,
studying or talking in an under
tone, no manners, no system in
anything.
Teachers preparation: Teach
er's work superficial aud positively
harmful, evidently giving no
thought to the subject until the
class was called, no books on
methods, no maps, charts or
globes, no busy work devices
cards, story pictures, ETC., teach
ers with no definite aim as to re-
suits.
Some teachers talk so loud that
their own mauner.and talk encour-
ages confusion.
Glasses called come in great con-
fusion, in a few schools, answer
at random and in confusion, some
pupils know it all, others nothing,
or are, possibly, overawed by the
boisterOus replies. Reading and
grammar most poorly taught, no
life in reading classes, teachers
seem not to know how to vary
reading exercises by having pu-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Mexico is to have an extra mail
carrier after Feb. 1Et. Mexico
postoffice is doing a heavier bust
ness month after month.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

IL. G. Heizer has received the
appointment as rural route mail
carrier out of MolinO.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Il. A. Fsutz will build a big i'm
plement house at Rush Hill. Says
he will be ready to sell implements
by March first.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

John johnson, of near Sailing,
has located in business at Macon,
Georgia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

The two negroes who assaulted
and robbed Steve Reighley in
Mexico recently, were indicted by
the grand jury.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

W. G.. Pendall, of Mexico, will
move to his farm, half mile north
Of LaddOnia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Wallace Fry of Mexico is at
tending the University of Colora-
do.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Il. V. Montague, of Independ-
ence, who has a controlling inter-
eat in the Mexico Telephone Co.
will move his family to Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

This story is told of Conductor
Keyes of the Fulton Branch which
rims into Mexico: Keyes came
along and ordered d passenger to
take grip off the seat in front Of
him. The passenger paid no at
tentiOn. When the conductor
came around again, he said to the
passenger; IF you don't take
that grip off the seat I'll throw it
out the window" The passenger
still paid no attention. Tho next
time the conductor came around,
he threw the grip ont of the win
dow. "If you had taken 1t off the
seat" the conductor explained,
~ would not have thrown It out. Z"
Then the passenger spOke,"I don't
care anything about IT, sail he,
''it wasn't my grip"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
Respectfully,
j. n. Cross, Co. Com.
Mexico, Mo-, Jan. 10th, 1905.

Il Will take pleasure in giving pupils
examination for county graduation, but
10 do So before the final examination
questions are sent ont by State Supt. i'm
March will put mo to much more trouble.
Get pupils ready and report to me aud
will make arrangements for their exam
nations. j. Me-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

Born, to, Mr.. aud Mrs. John
Dooling, north of Mexico, a daugh-
ter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26
OR EXPECTED TO HAPPEN

John Bethel, of Rush Hill, has
bought farm near LaddOnia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

This item from Mexico, Mo. appear
ed in the st. Louis Globe Democrat:
According to letters received here,
w. A. Davis, age 80 years, who
lived in Audrain county for fifty
years, has located in Caney, l. T.,
after having driven over 12O0miles,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

The w. j. Lemp beer depot in
Mexico was destroyed by fire last
Thursday night. Loss, s. ,000i in
sured for 81, 700. Two horses were
burned, one the Potts family
horse, 90 years Old-bOth highly
priced animals. A porch in front
of the building fell and Elmer Rut-
ter and Daniel Jenkins were caught
under it and both were seriously
hurt. The fire company had hard
fighting tO:save the electric light
building, just to the south.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-01-26

j. w. Rutter, manager of the
Audrain County Poor Farm, died
last Friday afternoon of cOmpli-
cation of diseases, aged 67 years.
The wife and five children survive
him. The children are: Charles
of Centralia, Claude and John of
this county, Frank of St. Louis
and Mrs. Hill of Wayland, Mo.
The funeral was held Sunday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-09-29
OLD WOOD FOR VIOLiNs.
Manufacturers Buy Wreckase From
the Lippncott Mansion.

The old wood in the Lippincott man
sion has been secured by Musical in
strument makers, who claim that they
have found treasure in that the
wood is not only seasoned but is of
kind that it is almost impossible 10
get nowadays, One of the foremost
violin makers of this country made
the discovery that the ioists IN the
yellow mansion were Of a quality OF
spruce wood, now extinct, that is OF
rare quality for the rim and back of
violins He got a monopoly on the
old wood and while the wreckers
were tearing down the house he en-
ployed detectives to watch his prize.
Other violin makers soon learned OF
the fine quality of the wood, and they
endeavored TO get some Of it, only to
learn that their alert competitor had
purchased it all. The violin makers
say that the joists are unusually thick
and that the spruce is of the finest
quality that has been found in this
country. They claim that nothing to
equal it for violin making has been
found in America. and that with prop
er skill some high-priced instruments
will be made of it.--Philadelphia Rec
ord.