The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1907-01-26
HERE AND THERE.
DoinEs That Have Taken
Place in LAcleeze, the
Past Week.

nome SIX miles northwest OF Lacled
and had bills printed at this Office fo
4 his public sale to be held on Tuesday
Feb. 5. Mr.. Hill will shortly NOV
to Dakota where he has secured
large tract Of land and will engage OK
tensively in wheat raising. Sorry tt
lose this estimable family from Linz
county.
Unclesi Haskins will appear at La
clede opera house next Wednesday
night Jan. 80. This is magnificent
and elegantly staged production in
which many new and novel specialtieE
are introduced during the play. A
fitting finish to four acts of good clean
comedy is the funny country dance
which brings the performance to an
end and sends big laughing crowds
away happy.
When the sun shines and the streets
become dusty, you wish it would rain;
when it rains and the streets become
muddy, you wish the sun would shine.
After you are married you wish you
were single, and if you get new dress
yoa wish you had a new hat to match
it; if it is boy you wish it was girl,
if it is a girl you wish it was a boy
was human nature ever satisfied?
Guess not, and glad of it, for then
there would be nothing to" kick" about.
The annual meeting of the Linn
county medical society will be held in
Laclede on Tuesday. January 20.
There will be two sessions, the first
from 4 to 6 and the second from 7 to
8 p. rt Being an> annual meeting
he time will be taken up largely by
;he election of officers and other bust
ness except that DR.. Haley, of Brook
ield, will read paper presenting a |
,ase. DIR. F. W. Burke, of Laclede,
$ secretary of the county society, and
assisted by the local members is MAX
ng the necessary arrangements for
he meeting. |
Mrs. Robert Moss gave a dinner
,arty at the Moss cafe last Wednes-
lay in honor of her husbands 72nd
The menu was elaborate,
including roast turkey, cranberry
auce and many other substantial
md delicate dishes, and was served in
;eeping with the excellent way in
which it was prepared. The guests
7ere Rev. and Mrs. Monnett, DR.. and
1rs. 7. D. Fawcette, Mr.. and Mrs.
|. McGrew, Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Dye,
fr. and Mrs. Caywood, Miss Anna
'rooker and Miss Viva Caywood. 1t
J regretted that Mr.. Moss was indis-
osed and not able to enjoy the occa-
on as he should, due, perhaps, to .
,e fact that he was taken wholly by !
irprise, the affair being arranged by !.
is good wife alone. Mr.. Moss re.
lived some nice presents and show
! of wishes for many happy returns
the day.
In no activity has there been more 1
rogress during the past twenty years
ian that of the country newspaper. 6
here are now hundreds of country 7
lpers which in editorial ability, me- q
lanical appearance, and all that con- t
ibutes to inspire respect and COM t
and attention. are fully abreast Of o
cir metropolitan contemporaries, in b
oral tone, and often in editorials they "
rpass most Of the great dailies. In Il
mes past the country editor was p
lite generally regarded with a half Il
tying contempt as good-natured Il
{ chicken-hearted chronicler of in G,
nsequential locals. All of this has n
anged. Country newspapers, as a t.
g, WELD the mightiest influence in q
J nation. The editors are men of al