Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-02-16
cottonwood Springs.

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news to the many readers OF tine efeae
Religious Weekly or not, but we wlsn a
10 state that the weather for the pas.
week has been fierce This cold stun
is close up to awful.
Oscar Bennett has a very aggravated
case Of theta grippe Leslie Byoee IS
also quite sick. Much sickness pre-
walls vest Of here.
We are glad to see our warm per-
sopal friend out again after spell OF
sickness. Rufus has saved our iife on
occasions and we are in love with him.
Barney HootoH is up from Vandaila
shaking hands with old friends. bar
new will likely be mayor Of Vandaila
as be is in close touch with the people
down there and owns large chunk Oh
the town,
The Sexton Bros, late OF boston,
now have a suite OF rooms at Hotel
Wayerly, first floor. They will clean
uo and trim up the Cottonwood cam
nus as soon as this cold stuff lets up
They are noted pruners.
Bob Hooton recently gave q pro-
Qressiye Mother Goose party. we
we're there and danced the Virginia
Reel with Mrs. Goose and had q jolly,
rip. roaring time, as did all present
Pcs .s ss handsome as ever and does
nothing by halves.
February 2nd was ground hog day
and two of the little rooters came out
of their dens 10 the mountain, shook
their heads, brushed out their whls-
kers, cast few goo-goo eyes, saw their
shadows and hiked back to their dens'
This means more cold weather OF the
tiercest kind
We are glad to hear that Captain
Jesse Bratton, of the Planters Hotel,
is improving after severe siege oil
blue laringitiski of the most aggrava-
ted form. DR. Marks says it was a
very pesky case, but his pills saved
the Captains life.
Billie Barnett and the writer will
probably employ Major VIM. Jones,
the house mover, to "move" the big
Ferris wheel from St. Louis to the
Springs campus, as the Worlds Fail
people offer to give it to any one who
Will take the wheel away from that
city. If we succeed in getting the
wheel here we will send some Of Mex
ico's old sinners higher than they may
ever expect to get.
Billie Tomlinson would like t
know "who flung that last MOTTO"
February 4th our friend Billie KEN
per, Jr., reached bis 9th birthda,
and celebrated the occasion With mucl
eclat. He was the recipient OF manl
useful and handsome presents glver
him by bis mighty host of friends
One gift, which Billie prizes yer.
highly, was dime-and-pin, given hin
by Reuben Dill. Mr.. Kemper is
manly man, very popular and exceed
ingly progressive. Long may he live
1t is rumored that La Belle Sieta
premier wriggler Of the Oriental the
ater at Cottonwood, will wed an Ig
orrote in her dancing costume whil
he will wear his evening clothes,
stove pipe hat and cigarette. This !
indeed something Isl out Of the ordl
nary.
Our friend, Tom Thumb, is no'
knocking of chunk Of the simpl
life. Tom will till the soil up north
west Of here this year and win b
there with the goods
Col Hook, of the Auxvasse Review
is getting awful gay of late and II b
don't let up just little bit, Mitchell
White and the writer OF this will TAX
the dandy little editor down a note
or two. 1t won't do to monkey witt
a Mexico colonel, But brother Hoo
is getting out a mighty good pape
and gives his readers much food 70
thought.
Carl Sanford, a young printer O
this city and one who needs no intro
ducti0n to our readers, has shaken tn
dust of his home city off and takel
to the State of Oklahoma. We ar
not the only admirer of Mr.. SANFORD
and bis generous and noble nature
but it seems we are only one anon
the numberless who regret Mr.. San
ford's departure May fortune cour
him everywhere. Mexico's loss
Oklahoma's gain.
VIM. Kemper has a large force 0
men at work getting up ice. The 10
is Is inches thick.
In this glad year of nineteen five
We're thankful we are still alive.
Let's all swear off and mend our way
And stay sworn of at least ten days
zed Hook, the dapper little edito
OF the Auxvasse Review, says it
usually the proper caper. He knows
Zed, why shouldn't we swear off 70
eleven days and knock off small
chunk OF the simple life?