Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-07-19
First Row
Peltde l.
Cottonwood Springs.

By One Rube Din.
COTTONWOOD SPRINGS, July l6. All
is well. Peace on earth; good will
towards men.
Dick Carter and John Renie are
giving employment to a large number
Of laborers in their hay and cat fields.
Major John Foley, Renie Hilder.
brand and Dick Waddlngton and
wife, Of Benton City, are now in the
Indian Territory, looking for a better
place to live than 10 Audrain County
They'll never find it They'll all be
back. They went by the wagon route.
Misses Minerva Pearson, Ruth Nor
ris, Jane Taylor, Helen Liebler and
Nellie Pearson we're a bunch Of pretty
girls that had a jolly time at the
fountain Of loyeliness here SUNDAY
Thursday lightning struck and killed
a horse belonging to Tom Scott.
The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmo Gass was buried Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Gass have the sympathy OF
the entire community in their sad be-
reavm emit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Hooton we're In
Centralia Sunday to attend the fu-
neral and burial OF Miss Zaugg, a
cousin of Mrs, Hooton
Let's see How about those peek-a-
boo shirt waists that the people are
talking so much about? We shall in
vestigate the aforesaid shirt waists,
and II they are the proper article we
will assist In making Mexico resemble
New York every day, hour and minute.
Frank Peck was the honored guest
Sunday Of Ned Powell, down near
Martinsburg. Some OF these fine Sun
days Frank aud the writer intend to
go down to Montgomery City and be
guests of Capt. Owings and family;
No doubt, on this occasion, Captain
Owings will kill the fatted calf, with
fryed chicken and gooseberry pie on
the side. Yum, yum, yum!
Col. John R. Creasey, the hero Of
the ghost district, took dinner Sunday
with Capt. Paige. "Uncle" John likes
to wander this way and view the bat
tie grounds on which the late b. B
Runkle, the writer and several hun
dred other soldiers fought so nobly
many years ago.
An eminent divine has told US that
the only obstacle in the way to keep
Billie Bryan out OF the presidency in
1908 was the Lord and Theodore
Roosevelt. We are inclined to think
the divine is about correct.
We spent a few hours pleasantly at
the happy home of Meredith Arm.
istead Sunday morning. Meredith is
sure there with the fruit, corn, oats,
hay and wheat. The growing crops
all look splendid on Postum Walk
Get John Fecht TO tell you what a
certain father told Meredith tover the
'phone) when he, Meredith, asked him
THE father for his charming daughter.
We will have to interview Billie
Wayne and Paul Hudson before we
write up that S6.pound channel cat
fish story that Uncle Pate Morris told
us the other day. 1t was up on Elk
Fork, and 5, ! and 9-pound fish we're
thrown aside. Mr.. Morris says they
were after the big rascals and they
landed them all right, all right.
The Kenosha black hose are right in
line with the celebrated Cottonwood
brand. Ricketts, s. Emmons have
them in stock. No better hose made.
Bill Ragsdale will furnish the
buckles for the beautiful LEDGER
belts. Bill is not to be sneezed at,
and continues TO sell more goods and
ship TO other states more saddles than
any three firms In any adjoining
equities. Bill likes the printers and
the printers like Bill.