Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-11-25
III The day looks kinder gloomy,

An keep on keepin' on
By George Opera House.
o, you big poultry show
We love our homeless liver, but oh,
you rabbitl
Smile. Tag day for Carter Johnsons
Indians Is coming. The big hurly
bucks will be roped and hog-tied.
The little BIevins children, six
miles west Of Mexico, who have been
IN OF typhoid fever, are better.
Ed Rodhouse holds the ribbons over
4 swift sorrel geldIDg, which carries a
fast mail. Ed and ote MCGEE are
very progressive and u~p-to-date.
A little close communion with Tom
s Jerry would be fine to-day. Don't
know Ii VIC won't take one'' before
bed-tlme-just for the stomach's SAKE
The TAFT cocktail consist Of lemon
and lime juice with a irostlng OF pow
dered sugar round the rim OF the glass.
Nothing is said about a cherry, but
possibly q green perslmmon takes the
place OF that. Sakes alive
The Owl is sorry to know that his
friend, George CLARK, has been quite
III. Hope the veteran mail carrier
will o o be better. IL friend George
wants q gallon OF Cottonwood Springs
elixir OF life or Major Reuben Harlow's
Balm OF Gilead, the Owl will see that
Col Clark gets ii by a fast mail.
The good, old-time goose-bone pre-
diction OF the weather beats any OF
the so-called s~llk-stocklng weather
~forecasters of to-day. The bones OF
"Old Soary,n the late lamented goose,
belonging to Bob Hooton, pointed to
this cold snap, a week ago. We be
lieve in the goose-bone prediction. We
also believe 10 the good, old-time
religion. 1t was good for Paul; II was
good for Silas. Why not for the
Ledger Owl? Get right.
Platte Bro. IS, Fred Zumstag and
John Fecht have just completed a
nifty and attractive story-and-a-half
residence for Vim. Fecht, just north
west OF Mexico. It's a beautiful res
idence, indeed. Platte Bros. and their
artists do nothing by halves. It's a
way they have. And now, when our
best toe gets well enough to track
right, we shall prevail on Billie and
bis good wife giving the boys and deal
girls a fa~ncy,dress ball. We want tC
give them a little touch of high life
with our Cotton wood Springs two-step
Our young friend, Roy Morris, form
erly Of Mexico, now a prominent ant
successful merchant Of Stockton, Cal.
made the Owl a pleasant call In oul
Purple Room, Wednesday. He is thu
youngest son Of our lifelong friend
z. Miller Morris. The Morris boys ar,
all good people and have always spo
ken a good word for the Ledger Ow
and Cottonwood Springs. Why, o
course, all read the Ledger aud ar,
happy and prosperous on the good ant
only way. Success to these good boys
AT THE HAPPY HOME OF CAPT. SMITH
A short time ago, the Owl called al
the happy home Of Captain and Mrs
Smith, Just west OF town, and for ON
hour, gained much food for thought
During our stay Captain Smith show
ed US a picture Of the largest ship IL
the world-The Mauretanla, which Il
$50 feet 10 length and phys on tbI
ocean between New York and Liver
pool. The gallant Captain Is an Ole
waterman, having for AZ years sailed
the waters of the great lakes and the
Pacific Ocean He told Us many ex
ceediDgly interesting stories Of hi
experiences on the mighty deep. The
Captain is the owner OF a good wifi
and four good-looking and vlvacioui
children-Miss Grace, who is at home
Miss Edna, who teaches school at
college at Detroit, Mich Mrs. Shear
man, who lives In New York, and
son, a banker, OF Detroit. Captain
Smith owns a splendid farm, vel
stocked, is a delighted reader OF tn,
Ledger and is happy on the good way
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Charlie Brown, the allaround wes'
OF town stockman, hands us a list o
the stock he has bought and SOLD
within the past two weeks. Charlie i
very progressive, -Four or FIVE days IL
a week he kills the choicest OF IA
young cattle at his West End Stool
Emporium and finds ready buyers
He bought from Major G. B. Ramse!
l horse, s79 so; l COW and calf from
B. +. White, $50; Ben Showers, fyI
calves for s55; Baker Barnes, COW ant
calf at ESQ, two yearling heifers a
$50 so and two heifer calves at $30.5 50
R. a. Nichols, l COW 1888, one calf, $12
Geo. e. White, 5 calves; $50. 10; Chas
Harrison, 2 calves, $40. F. W. Peck s
Bro. l bull, $50; ]. r Bell, one thor
oughbred Jersey bull calf, s14.60; Ba
ker Barnes, 70 sheep for 1857 so; from
DR.. Tincher, l SOW, s11, and from Geo
Laforce / Jersey bull calf. S15. Tota
Of all stock bought, ss90.3O Charlie.
sold l COW to Hugh Bird for s42. so, t.
R. G. Hayes 1 COW at $55; Joe Consi
dine one calf at s25 65; Frank Same
beck / calf at IS; Henry S~annebeck,
COW at s25; g. w. Peck / bull at eos
r. d. Brown / calf az sl7. so; JOSEPH
ConsIdine @ lambs at S24; B. 2, White
2 hogs at s18 20, and 0. Neal one Gov
and calf at s45. Total, 1916 10.
Sensible and wise lady that she is
Mrs W. ]. Porawski has purchases
for 81, 800, the Mrs. Carroll property
10 west Mexico. Theo. Williams mad
the deal. This is valuable property
nicely located, and Mrs. Porawski will
add valuable improvements.
Billie Porawski is a f~ar-seeing an
progressive fellow. He knows the cart
Of Mexico Is advancing in price ever.
day and while you sleep at nights
He has just purchased two nice lot
In Ladd's Addition to Mexico at
fancy price. ., you Billie! Listen
About the beginning Of the new yea
A. Boom, Esq , is going to bit Mexic
and something will be doing alon
real estate lines. Re wise and get nj