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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-10-18

Vlce-Rresldent Falrba nks
will speak in Mexico SatuF.
day, October II, at ] p. m.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12

Miss Neva Green and Mr.. A. r. Wilson
were married at the home Of the brides
brother, Mr. R.R Green, in this city,
Tuesday evening al six O'Clock, Judge J..
NJ. Hines officiating.
Miss Green was one Of our most popular
young ladies and possesses the many pref
ty graces Of mind and person which have
made her a social favorite.
Mr. Wilson is a native Of Liverpool, En-
gland, but has made Leesbu.g his home
for several months, where his sterling char
acter and genial disposition have Won him
many friends
The Journal joins the friends OF The new
ly welded couple IN congratulations and
the best Of wishes.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12

My Grand-Daddy'- Gyarden In Dear Old
Greene.
Whenever walk in gyarden now
Ii seems they arc shabby and tame some,
how,
An the mind is adrift to the days Of yore,
10 the thing that my grand-}addy u"t
ter grow.
It's ekul III warrant you never have
As my grnnd-daddy's gyarden in dear old
Cream.
With the figs growing rank by the gyard
en- fence,
An around all the gyardens circumference,
and the song OF the birds and the hum Of
the bees,
And the grapes as they swung IN the
swaying trees,
and the blooms Of the sage as it bordered
the walks,
Aud the humble bees in the hollow horks,
And the cabbage heads that were tender
and fine,
And my graud-daddy said they we're
hard as mine,
But the like of the garden it never has
been.
At ekell's the garden in dear old Green.
His squoshes they squoshed all the Others
for size,
And the taters he grew they we're all
pink eyes,
AS they winked at the roses, we present
" knew
That the pepper was not for be loved them
too,
And the blush Of he peaches was warm
and hot
At the winds making love to the Touch
Me Not.
and the moth went tosleep in the arins of
the Stocks
For the hour Of four, when the Four-o
Clocks
From the dream should awake, Wien the
shadows ofthe eve
Growing longer and longer, would lingering
leave,
And Che moon come peeping til, branch
es between
In the wonderful gyarden IN dear old |
Greene
And the wonderful things my gram dad
dy done,
He'd ar apple pear and peach in one
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12

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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12
Convicls Working he Streets.

The comfy convicts have been engaged
from the commissioners BY the council
for the purpose of working The streets o.
the city. Work was begun Monday AM
where they have passed along the streets
present neat and substantial appearance.
This is something Leesburg has been need
ing for a long time, ard we trust every
street in the cityiimits will be hiven d
thorough over hauling.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12
Srnithville items.

Miss Sallie Reide Bats left Monday to
resume her studies at Wesleyan college
The Baptist pulpit was filled Sunday
morning and evening by Rev. Taylor
Miss Resale Edwards returned Sunday
from visit to Alabama,
Messrs. Carl Mcdonald and Cleve Gam
mage spent Sunday with Mrs, Mcdonald
Miss Mary Stephens Of Americas spent
Sunday and Monday with Mrs. Bass
MI. w. S. Andrews was in town this
week
Mrs. Walter Jennings and daughter Of
Augusta are wishing Mrs. McManus,
Mr.. Hiram Randall made a business trip
to Americas Wednesday.
Miss Laura arbrough is the guest of Mr.,
and Mrs. Jesse Wells.
Miss Ola Mae Randall, who hrs been
quite sick is now able to be at her post Of
duty agar
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12
Dissolution Notice.

This is TO give notice that the firm Of
Lee & Pope, composed If M. II. Lee and
h. f. Pope has this day been dissolved, NJ.
II. Lee having bought out the interest Of
R. Z Pope in said firm and win pay and
collect all bills This Jan 9th 1906.
M, H. Lee.
r. f Pope.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12
Good mules, COWS, boeves,
cotton seed, ped-vine hay,
wagons, mowers, hayrakes
all pillow tools and farming
implements to be solo at
auction.
AS administrator Of

As administrator Of of my father G. w Martin late
county, deceased house door in Lees
burg Georgia the day of January 1906, within the legal hour
sale the mgcs bidder all the personal property Of
said estate consisting Of lie following items:
16 head of young farm mules, in first-rate
conditions buggy horse, in fine condition,
about fOuroyears Old. 8 milch COWS, with
calves, in good condition. 3yearlings, in fine
shape good wagons, / Oh, 9Th, In.
single buggies. Mccormick mowers, hay
press, 1 new cotton press II tons more or less OF
pea vine hay, 800 bu more Or less of corn, 5000
lbs more or less Nof fodder; 5000 bu more or less
of cotton seed; 1 hay rake.
Al gear harness pillow stocks, distributors, cotton planters and
pillow farming implements used by deceased in
conducting his fam in Lee county as year Said sale will be conn
ud from day to day until Completed terms are strictly cash.
This the 1st day January 1906.
G. w. MART n, Administrator.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12
CA Mother Goose Rhyme by another
Goose

Hoppity, skippity, jumpiy jump,
Jumpity, jertity, bumpity bump,
A foot fol saddle and up and down
Lottie is riding to Sleepy Town.
Into the meadow and over the hill,
Over the bridges beside the mill,
Never a stirrup andnever rein,
Over the ridges and over the PLAIN.
Jerkity bumpity, Noddy Head Town,
Steed in the stable, we wander around,
Restfor a moment then of again,
Pay the conductor of Sleep Eye Train.
Ringlody, jmglcdy, tiogledy ting,
Stop al the station and sleepily ring
Dreams of the angels are floating around
Nights we are spending in Sleepy Town.
Outm the sleeper Of Noddy Head Train
Rauledy battledy rattle again,
What is the matter we wonder? All we'll
Breakfast is ready and there is The bell.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12

Frank Cobb, son of Mr.. J. Il. Cobb, is
quitesick
Mrs. Edgar Long has been real sick, but
her friends and relatives hope for a speedy
recovery.
Mrs Maggie McManus is also onthe sick
list, but we are all in hopes that all OH the
list will be up next week
Messrs. Roscoe Market and George Nc
Donald Of Sumter we're i'll town Wedues-
day
Mr. II. $, Hale made busiress trip to
Columbus Wednesday.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12

An he grated termatuses on % the top
Of Tie vines and below was taller crop.
And he grated the stings Of the humble
bees,
So he Kids couldn't poster his apple trees
An he grated a aourd an punkin an bean
Aud it grew in the gyarden in dear old
Greene.
An the vine it went runnin, an growed an
growed,
With its punkins, an leaves an beauti-
fiji gourd,
But the tale issen told, have only begun,
For to tell of The things that my grand-dad
done,
And l think of the times when a strip of
lad
So happy I wandered 50 ragged and bad,
With hand in a sling an thumb that
was hurt,
With the nails from the toes an rag for
a shirt,
An the gyardens of others look shabby an
mean
When think of the gyarden in dear ole
Greene.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-01-12

Ringled, jingledy, rattle and ring,
Wait on the baby battercake bring,
Kettle il love VI I'll Tie coffee min,
Down in the station Of Wake Up Vile,
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

And / suppose she must have all the drawing
room accomplishments too?"
'Oh. yes; she must be able to play the piano.
tion."
''You won't find her" said. with conviction
but Secretary Wilson only smiled automatically
Were you ever in IOwa2'' he demanded You
weren't? Then you don't know anything at all
about II. We have women like that in Iowa
"But it isn't her women that call me back to
Iowa. for, you know, I'm old man now. but it's
my farm out there. that tended myself before
came to Washington. The old trees on my farm
planted when was very young man. and
feel like I'm attending family reunion when
go out there 70 see them. 1 have my write me
when the spring comes which ones OF the old fell
lows showing their age. and if any enterprising
ones are starting new branches. or if some old one
perhaps has grown discouraged and died
Every carries in his heart some longing to
get on a farm. whether he ever there before
not. and you imagine how ]. who lived there
all during my boyhood. and made there the first at
tachments OF my life. should get homesick for the
old place again. and resolve to go back there as
as / cam
so you won't stay In Washington after your
work here Is hnished?''
''Not one minute longer than can help" was his
emphatic reply ''In less than twenty-fOur hours
Agriculture I'll be a train that is spinning
toward Iowa There are some things that man
never fOrgets and never ceases to want. and that
is what lies nearest TO my heart. You'd never
think. to see me hummlng around the department
over yonder. that signing all the time for
an old farm out in iowa. but that is true.
"I have taught my sons the science OF farming.
and the love of 1t was born in their bones If had
my way there would be a department 20 every
American college which would teach a boy the
properties of the soil and the wonderful things
you do with it,
But would you highly educate man. and then
put him farm to iive?'
'If he had the proper education you couldn't
keep him off a farm. replied Secretary Wilson.
with the whole hearted enthusiasm he would have
US believe to be the peculiar property Of Iowa
Then in order to keep himself from getting home
sick he began to make fun OF Washington. Every
body here is very lazy. The only people here who
ever hurry are the fellows who rush in 20 take
new Office. and even they only hurry for few
days.
''Why. do you know believe II stayed here
fifteen or twenty years longer. might get lazy
myself" RUTH HALE.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

caused many pOachers to be hung az Hyde Park
gate for killing the royal game. and converted
eleven pools fed by springs in the park into a
sheet Of water now known as the SerDentine. It
was in 1885 that Charles decided to sacrifice
his pleasures OF the chase TO the welfare Of
his people. and. abOlishing his game preserves
threw open Hyde Park to the public which
cannot be said 20 have shown itself grateful
since it afterward rose against him and de-
prived him not only of his throne and Of his
liberty, but also Of his head. Cromwell closed
the park, and sold IL for a sum Of about $780,
O0O But the purchasers made bad bargain.
for the sale rescinded by King Charles H.
and ever since then the park has remained open
to the public.
10 was William Of Orange who ACQUIRED from
Lord Nottingham the domain now occupied by
KensingtOn Palace. which he made his principal
residence. and he as we'll as his sister-in-Iaw
Queen Anne. took every opportunity Of adding
70 the acreage Of the grounds which now form
that part OF Hyde Park known as KensIngton
Gardens. In fact ever since the reign OF King
Charles II Hyde Park has been the centre OF
London life. 1t was there where jubilees were
celebrated. where famous duels were fought.
where grand reviews were held, where the world
OF fashion had its rendezvous. where royal
caTrousels were organized. and mimic sea fights
took place on the Serpentine. while UP IN the
further corner. now occupied by the Marble
Arch, was Tyburn. where the gallows furnished
plenty of entertainment 20 those who enjoyed
the spectacle Of a fellow creature being swung
Off into eternity. While the sO-called Tree OF
Justice has disappeared, Vanity Fair that is
to say. the promenade where the modish world
meets each day during the London season. still
remains very much as il was two hundred and
flfty years ago. and then there Is OF course Rot
ten Row, the ''Foute du Roi" which. while avail
able for people on horseback, is barred 70 an
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

~ Works 10 Parliament that the grass Of the
London parks became each summer lnfesteo 10
such a degree with horrible vermin by the as
e,,s+iup trau1us who lay sprawling on it through
ont the entire day and night, that 1t was I'M
possible for the youngsters to attempt 10 pay
on the greensward without becoming contaihi-
,,a+ed materially as well as morally, while no
decent woman could attempt to cross the grass
,,,itbout her petticoats becoming alive with IN
&c oF a character which I only leave to
., i,,,a e,ination Of the readers Of The Tribune.
To fact the public parks of London. owing TO
Tho absence Of the rules and regulations Whlch
have been adopted for parks in America ana O"
49, 4.ontinent OF Europe had OF late years been
oIr,ost completely Inonopolized by the scum OF
tba ropulation. TO the exclusion OF the respecta-
,l classes and of those little ones for whose sake
these public Fairgrounds and Dreaming spaces
go moro especially devised Municipalities and
l..,,,a,4s here as well as in Europe have
been often severely criticised for the severity
:, ~ ev,eeping character Of the rules estab-
,,-,1.a Cor the government of their public parks
80 Eava been repeatedly accused of dlscrlml-
80, AGAINST the poor in the matter Tor the
,ae. ~ the rich But the experience in con-
- NTH the London parks. and the meas
- ,,,bicy have been forced upon the Ehghsh
T,..,,o,,ont furnish a striking demonstration OF
.,,o fact that laws OF the nature descilDeo ano'
ere reouIred If the parks are 10 fullii 'i'o
@or ,vhich they have been devised namely 10
,. lor as Mace for healthy recreation OF the
children. and in word as the lungs horaos % .
portion Of the population most in need 'Heie'''
namely, the respectable poor -. .,,,,D-
Although Great Britain colonies IN ''7 lie,
odes accord their allegiance TO tne 80.
crown, yet there are no states ~ ',.,9 the
,.,,,.-e democracy has so strong hoio upO'. -
,,sorIa who have for the most part spIu"s 4Ae-
people. VIZ ~ liz. a,asses Labor Is indeed strongly
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

carriages save those occupied by the sovereign
and by his hereditary Lord High Ealconer. ths
Duke Of St. Albans. IneaIIy descended from tho
Merry Monarch and Nell Gwynne.
Most Of the public parks in Europe ar, Of
royal origin, having been placed by the Crown
at the disposal OF the people. notable among
them being Of course the BOis du Boulogns az
Paris. the Thiersarten at Berlin. the Pratsr az
Vienna and the PradO at Madrid. The Prado
is a creation OF King Charles III For the
Prater the people OF Vienna are indebted 20
Empress Marie Therese and 20 her son. Er.-
peror Joseph II. while for the BOIs du BOu-
lOgne 1t was laid out by Napoleon III. who
returning to France after his long exile In Eng
land determined 20 endOw the good citv O,
Paris with a park similar 20 those OT the British
metropolis. II was only. however. IN 1sas tna-
the Emperor and his cOnsOrt together drew uQ
the first plans. which were elaborated hy the
landscape gardener Verre. and have seen one
OF the earliest drafts Of the plan. In which tho
streams and lakes that now exist were painted
IN blue by the hand OF the Empress Eugsnie
herself The lakes are entirely artificial. and tho
earth which was removed from their sites has
been used to construct the so-ealisd Ruttet
MOntemart. The huge rocks that adofn tAs
BOis In such q picturesque fashion were al
brought down the Seine from the forest 0t Fun-
tainebleau at an enormous cost hi-4s we're con-
structed here. valleys theie' VINE Sae T.ocs anu
hundred and sixty kilometres. It Is difficult 20
realize that all this arrangement Or the Bots -
~ 50 recent date and OE so artificial a character
It an seems natural. SO thoroughly haphazart.
and Vet everything, down 20 the very location Of
each tree. was carefully provided 10r before
hand. and the whole BOls which only a fev
decades ago was a royal preserve where Charles
X and King Louis Philippe were won't 10 shoot
FarirtdgeS. hareS and phe4saMts. be
garded as a perfect triumph OF landscape gar
denlng on a mammoth scale and lasting
monument 70 Napoleon III ana Empress Eu-
genie F\-ATTACHE
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

Each year, just about this time. the question
Is raised in big cities on both sides OF the At
lantic TO the policy of permitting people TO
sleep in the public parks. Last summer the
mead Of the Park Commission OF New York was
moved by feeling Of pity for the occupants OF
me tenement houses in the crowded districts Oh
me city TO direct the police to suspend Whlle
me heated spell lasted the enforcement OF the
rue against sleeping on the grass. But ne soon
haa reason 10 regret having permitted ms hearI
% get the better Of his head, and was coflpeHeu
70 rescind his order for much the same Tea-
sons which have led the English government
% Secure the sanction of Parliament to a law
which runs as follows: mo idle and disorderiy
Person. or rogue or vagabond. or person in an
uhclean or verminous condition, shall loiter or
remain in the parks. or lie upon or occupy the
snound or any Of the seats thereof"
London has been until now the only great
Ny IN the world where people have been per-
alt'ed 10 convert the public parks into puphc
1cnooms. not only by night. but also by day
= 'aet, the aspect presented by Hyde PARK, Sl'
salaess Park, the Green Park. Kensington Car
is' Regents Park. and the dozen other breath
places OF the big British metropolis. on a
. -. Summers day, with the greenswand covered
'N sleeping tramps Of the male and tefnale
.lsuasion. many OF them drunk. others par
utessed, ana some actually Changing I''S'1
-AaerWear in broad daylight has always been
.ce Of disguised amazement TO the foreign
Auof. The condition OF affairs has, however
soone SO intolerable that the government has
"a forced 10 intervene with a strong hand
% obtain the enactment Of the Jaw which
Se quoted above. Public parks are needed
We everything else for the children OF the
at cities. and constitute an Indispensable
$ - N their development into useful citizens
of body and OF mind But Il was shown
1ae reports OF the government Commissioners
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

Iowa to improve their figures and their complexions
They need to be able to jump horse and race
around big farm. getting good air into their
lungs and some color into their cheeks
why most women think they already are very
pretty I protested.
"They are pretty. but they might be prettier
An old man. you know. has to tell the truth
IAN old man should have learned to tell it more
diplomatically''
mot me-" declared Mr.. Wilson 'I am in charge
OF Uncle Sans agriculture. not his State Depart
ment.'
WELL If you don't like Washington girls. then
you very hard to please
I'm not too hard to please in womenfolk. I like
a girl who ride horse. matter how hard
he kicks; then, when it comes dinner time she must
galOp Up to the house, hop off, tie the horse so he
won't get away, and go in TO see that dinner is
ready and things in order for the Homecoming of
the men. If she is a farmers daughter she ought
70 be able to climb up reaper and run it like
man.
With which modest demand Secretary Wilson
leaned back refectively.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08

Circle the magnolia blooms are just dropping
Did you notice that?'
After an unsuccessful attempt to hide his dis
gust because had not noticed. he continued:
They are all my intimate friends. hardly
say we speak as pass by. but we always nod
Are you very fond Of trees?''
81 love all those fellows. knew them when
they were little puny things. many years ago. when
1 was here in Congress- and I drive around every
afternoon when 1 have finished my work. pass the
time of day with them. and receive their saluta-
tiOns. Trees are the best friends a man can have
1t never matters TO them in the least whether 1
am feeling gruff about something or whether some
very good news has just reached my They al
ways bend their pretty heads, particularly if the
wind happens along to remind them Of their man
ners.'
They make the capital very pretty
Washington is one of the most beautiful cities
in the world responded the Secretary "It is al
ready the heart of the nations politics and the
scientific centre, and it is rapidly getting be the
social centre. also
But the women here need to go to Iowa They
the prettiest creatures in the world already
except the Western girls. but they need year in
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
Ex-Aache Discusses the Advisability of Such Step
and Cites the Unpleasant Experience of London
Other European Cities Along That Line.

England. and were transferred by them to the
state along with other Crown property at the be-
ginning Of last century, or thereabouts. in return
for a civil list, their maintenance and adminis-
tration being assigned to the State Department
of Public Works, and the expenses betrayed by
an annual vote of Parliament. The Office OF
Chief Commissioners of Works is a ministerial
one although its occupant does not usually be-
long to the cabinet This will explain why the
King can give orders with regard to the man.
agement OF the royal parks only in conjunction
with the administration and with Parliament.
There seems to be a sort Of popular impression
that Hyde Park, the most important and his
torc. Of all the parks Of the British metropolis
was formerly owned by the house of Hyde OF
which Lord Clarendon is the chief representa-
tive, and read the other day in London paper
a fantastic story to the effect that the park had
been given to the public by an Earl OF Clarendon
Of the reign of Queen Anne. Indeed, it was
related that the present Lord Clarendon pre-
serves among his most highly priced family heir
looms a gold key presented by Queen Anne to
his ancestor on the occasion Of his making the
gift OF the park. and which enables him to enter
Il az any time after the gates have been closed
for the night Now there is not word OF truth
in all this The donor OF Hyde Park to the
people. or rather. should say. the parsonage
who gave the public the use thereof, was the
i'll fated King Charles I. Until his reign it had
been a royal preserve. King Edward VI. and
subsequently his sister Queen Elizabeth. were
wont to so deer hunting in the Park OF Hide"
Nins James ] used Il for tue same purpe.~>
New-York tribune., 1906-07-08
WHY SHE THREW HIM OVER.

A Philadelphia politician was talking about
the late Samuel H. Ashbridge. former Mayor ot
the city.
IT worked under Mr.. Ashbridse for thre-
years. he said. ''and found him a good mastrr.
a considerate. kind and just master.
But one thing he always insisted on Thai
was implicit obedience to orders. II hs told
you 70 do thing. that and nothing else, wa.
what you were to do. He didn't Ike subord'-
nate to Try 90 improve on his orders.
''I once tried 70 improve on an order OF Mr.
Ashbridgs's. An errand had been sent on
did better. as I thought. than had been told %
do IT, But when I came back the Mayor smiled
and told me a story.
"He said that there was a young man IN love
with rich and beautiful girl. The girl informed
him one afternoon that the next day would hs
her birthday He said he was glad 20 hear g.
He said he would send her the next morning
bouquet Of roses. rose for each year.
so that night he wrote a note 90 his torist-
ordering the immediate delivery o. twenty roses
70 the young woman. But the florist. reading
this order. thought he would please the young
man by improving on IL. and SO he said 20 his
clerk:
Here's an order from young Smith for tw-n.y
roses Smith IS one OF my best custor1srs
Throw in ten more for good measure