Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-07-29
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We are AIRY &c lsxFs ihAi Uncle
Ian nzzzsss &xtta Qaiss sex Hope
asW S1G ne Aeftes.
MR Gsa ByhaG1 q NonHe eo1nty,
wNS . rscs1s go@t q Ms LoSan
Byses. sest q &exsoa
Ssze Ess1k thses catered the resi-
3soce q Mr.. Logan Byoee CO eiFcas
car. Jaiy iS and sWipsd new and
ulaabae sgit Of cs0lhs<
M. Oscar Back AMI SISTERS Misses
Mar and Annie o. Hattons were re
cent delighted guests o. Miss Linnie
Bybee west Of fhis city.
The Owl learns that Joe corder has
resigned his position at the Shoe Fac
tors and viii 80 10 rallnoading, Slth
headquarters al Slater.
Miss Wayne Donnelly, CT this city.
was a passenger on the ~sseke@ ts=sa
near Orrick, No., saturday night but
was NOT injured. Several were killed
and many were badly huEt.
Contractor Jim Sanford tells US be
has just completed q splendid resi-
dence for Col. Isaac w. MCGOWAN.
Col. Sanford does nothing By halves
and Ike is proud OF his beautiful home.
Major j. B. Martin made a warm
Prohibition speech az the Springs q
few days ago. Major Martin is pro-
prietor Of the Mexico Sample Store
and has q big trade. Hrst-class goods
for little money.
Billie Jaekman, the well known
printer, has the Owls thanks for q
valuable present, OF which we prize
very highly. Somewhere on this earth
you may lind Just as good boys as
Billie Jackman, but none better
Col. Ammon Kemp and Squire
Adolphus Collins, Of this city, are
said to be the most artistic hay
stacker artists that ever happened.
They come high but their stacks
never take a tumble.
1t is pretty generally understood 10
Mexico society circles that a prom
inent young business man Of Auxyasse
and a sweet little pink OF perfection
Mexico-but say, the Owi is wise and
must not and will not tell tales out Of
school. Its q way we have.
Miss Pearl Tucker, OF this city, will
teach school at Maple Grove Academy
the coming fall and winter. Miss
Tucker is an accomplished young lady
and a splendid teacher.
Mrs. Barbara Wilcoxen, Of Canton,
Illinois, and Miss Toy Clark, Of this
city, are visiting Columbia relatives.
Before Mrs. Wilcoxen returns to her
Canton home, she and Miss Clark will
spend a week 81 the Waverly. o, joy
We wish to inform our good friend,
Judge Billie smith, that 1.-THE pump
is again out OF repair, and the Owl
wants the gallant Judge to come TO
the rescue OF a frightened commu.
nifty" No better men exist than this
same big-hearted, jolly Billie Smith.
Re-published by request:
ION, let US all be thankful-lel us, TO
say the least
BE thankful for a stomach, to hold q
gorgeous Waverly Hotel feast.
And let US all be thankful that our
teeth are all In place.
And rise and all be thankful that your
nose is on your face"
Or. Kanaly, the Lake Killarney IN
crowned Weather Prophet, was up
town Saturday mingling with friends.
He told the Owl and others that we
would get no rain before August. He
was away of. He will deny he said
10, but he did And the next it
rained good and plenty. DR.. Kanaly
also says Detective Fugan has more
luck In catching fish than be has in
nabbing criminals.
What is the matter with Road Over
seer John Fecht In not fencing in that
horrible enbankment just south of the
Scott bridge, west Of Mexico? The
hole Is about three feet from the road
and IL any I'M and their team should
go over this preeipice they would be
dead before they hit the bottom and
then be horribly mangled. My dear
Christopher, tx this man and horse
death-trap and get 30 cents from the
Owl before 1t is too late.
We have Just received another very
interesting letter from Editor White,
now sin the ocean" near Long Island.
Ii would seem that Col. White is still
having a rafting good time. He says
that one Of the most fashionable sum-
mer resorts on the island is to be
named after Cotton wood Springs. O,
JOY Say, friend Bob, we would guess
that owing TO the nigh water mark,
and other things too numerous To
mention, has prevented that "lonQ
green" from reaching US. But when
you are again back at your desk we
trust everything will be amicably adj |
iusted. Good luck to you. Bob sent
his letter to US In care OF his friend.
Carter johnson, and Carter delivered
the goods and all Is well.
WANTS EDITOR HOOK TO EXPLAIN
THE wHYFoREs OF THE WHEN.
Col. Hook, the little giant editor Of
the Auxvasse Review, was in M~exIco
Saturday extending the glad hand to
friends. The Owl is told that the
usual hospitality Of the good people
Oh galloway County lost out at q big
gathering of people, near Auxyasse,
on July Oath. Not much 10 eat and
precious little water to drink. Col. X.
I. Bal, Editor John Beal and Frank
SANFORD went over TO the meeting in
a surrey and when the noon bour
arrived, as stated to the Owl, there
was not q crumb on the grounds TO he
la ior love or money. So the Mexico
bunch had TO go to an Auxvasse hotel
70 get their dinner or go hungry. And
" Is stated to as that even the princI. !
speaker Of the day, Hon. ]. n. |
W~nltecotton, Of Paris, had to 20 down {
"a ms wallet and pay for bis dinner. !
II the story told Vi is true, this is the I