Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-11-09

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and the sea was a blue hill all
about us but that we would soon
be up the hill and then we could
see.
But we never got there. But |
must quit descriptions and tell
you Of the church. Mr.. EdwSrds
preached Sunday morning aud
night to as happy a lot Of people
as / ever saw. They have been
waiting for a preacher so long that
they were everiOyed that he had at
last got here. The church build
ing is a little better than Prairie
View. The congregation not near
| ly so large. There were sixty pres
ent in the Sunday school and the
collection was SO and nearly every
child there had.to pay street car fare
to get there.A noticeable difference
in the proportion of collection to
pupil compared with a Missouri
town. The audience was a strange
one to me; Americans predom-
mated, but there were full blOoded
Hawaiians, half bloods, Japs,
Chinese, Japanese women with
American husbands, and altOgeth-
er it is quite a conglomeration. A
Chinese boy aboutseveRtsen who is
Thoroughly american with his cut
off queue introduced me to his
mother aud sisters and they wore
the regulation Chinese garb. Taken
altogether the church and sur
roundings went a little above my
expections. Now if wa can Aud a
suitable home l shall be happy.
Now'about the climate. The sun
is awfully hot but there is always
a delightful breeze aud the heat
does not compare with the Mis-
souri, heat, and this is the hottest
month here too Il mean August
was. You may be smOthering in
the sun aud just move two feet
into the shade and be perfectly
comfortable in five minutes. And
about the mosquitoes. There
aren't One.tenth as many here at
Mr.. Hopper's as we had at our
place in Nevada. But they have to
use nets because they have no
screens. The fly story was true
one. One day we had about as
many on the table as We had Un
the table at home with screens aud
Mrs. Hopper was wondering what
made the flies so bad. / can't I'M
derstand why they don't multiply
here since there are a few already
here, for if there could be a fly
heaven this certainly would make
one. \
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Hopper
took US all out five miles to see a
Polo game between the Oahn team
and the Moui. There are four
men on each side mounted on ma
tive ponies. who carry long mall
lets. These are to hit ball that
is on the ground and drive it to its
goal. 1t was splendid. 1t had all
the attractions Of a race added to
the excitement of a foot ball game.
The riding was splendid and they
could hit the ball going at break
neck speed. One mans pony fell
and sprained his leg but why they
weren't all killed 1 don't know.
To night we are giving a reception
at the church for which prepare
tons are going on to-day. To
morrow night Miss Larenoe, the
X. G, girl is to be married here.
Mrs. Hopper gives her the wed
ding. She is to marry Alexander
McKeever, kinsman of the Bro.
McKsever who preached at Ne
vada.
Thursday l hope, If we have no
bad luck, that we will be allowed
to get out and look for house. A
man said of this place that he
imagined if one could 90 up in a
balloon it would look more like a
scrambled rainbow than anything
else.
IDA EDWARDS.