Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-05-14

old time 81 their Mondsy night meet
ing. The subject that was warmll
debated was The Whyfores Of Tn
When" Both Sides won the case
Col. ]. D. Miller whispers to tn.
Owl that a matrimonial bee is eontin
ually but lovingly buzzlng around th,
had Of young Mexico merchant
Charlie, you are exceedingly shy, bui
the Owl Is wise and "up TO SNUFF"
COL Fred Rohlfne, the contractor
and wood artist, tells US he has beer
remodeling Col. Lon Heiser's residence
and store room at Moline. Colonel
HeiSer now has one Of the haudsomesi
homes and most spacious and conye.
nient store rooms in this county.
W. A. Bybee tells the Owl be has
made 3 fortune out OF the granitoid
business and will take q much-needed
rest He has bought Clark CARROTS
and Level Geutry's Eickelodeon and
viii operate the machine at Cotton
wood Springs. Mr.. Garrett is engaged
in the dairy business In connection
with painting the town"
Ccl. Sullivan, proprietor Of Mexlco,s
large livery barn. has the Owls thanks
for favors. Col. Sullivan has the best
equipped barn in the Middle West,
and is always there with f~irst-class
rigs. Col Jim Ringo is book keeper
for the barn, and would be pleased TO
have bis many friends call on him.
Wanted. "A cheap man to remove
the stove in the editorial rooms Of the
Ledger to the basement below. Call
within the Enclosure.
A Mexico young lady told another
Mexico young lady that the only way
TO stop an old setting hen from ever.
lastinglY setting, was to place an
alarm clock In the old FOOLS nest. We
guess the lady is correct.
"You kissed me all the time, y she
wept,
"And to be true you swore,
To-day you kissed me once. Oh, you
Don't love me any morei
Col. Frank Sannebeck tells the owl
that Elmer Rutter and Amos Jenkins.
two valiant firemen Of the Mexico
Fire Co., passed through a terrible ex-
perience at the recent fire at the Nc
Loney Dry Goods store As soon as
Carnegie hears Of the "brayen acts and
the fearless and gruesome work OF
these two brave" fire lads, he (Oar-
negie) will send them two handsome
and costly medals for good work done.
Get Cd. Sannebeck to tell you the
funny story.
The Play House is becoming more
popular every day and is handing out
some mighty good packages to the
amnsingloving public. Little Miss
Tina Commons aud Miss Crockett pre-
sides at the piano with much grace
and their songs and music are highly
appreciated by the large audiences
who patronize the Play House.
There was q young man so benighted,
He couldn't tell when be was sighted.
And out at a party
He'd eat just as hearty
as II he'd been really invited.
Returning to his home Monday
night about IL O'Clock, one Joe Hutch
erson claims to have been shot atp
two times, in West Mexico, by some
unknown person. 1t was a "close
for the young man, as D of
bhe hot bullets whizzed awful close by
ais right ear. We hope the expert
snce will teach Joe a lesson. Moral:
Let the other fellows girl alone.
Kit Baker, one Of the LedQers
'aithful carrier boys, walked into the
ledger ONCE Tuesday and was yiew-
ng the Ledger's art gallery OF famous +,
men. When Kits eyes reached the
picture OF Gov. Folk, he asked the
lily Editor II that wasn't a picture
Il the man who rides the motor cycle
o Mexico. The City Editor told him