The Marshall republican., 1909-05-14
Back in Blackwater.

The editor decided to try over
his trip OF three weeks ago to Bliek
wate1 township and SO left Mar
shall Friday morning going by
horseomobile by way OF Blue Lick
and must say we had an enjoyable
time. In order to make the trip
profitable we decided 1t necessary
to pas our old friends along the
way and "take in" the. strangers.
The first stop was at Dan Car
rolls pretty home south of town
he said we have a good paper
and thought it would fiji the bill
as he was then without a county
paper.
E. s. Livingston, the merchant
and blacksmith, was not a stran-
ger, but we "took him in"
Az Blue Lick we added the nam
es of o. A. Stout and w. c. New
land and were "taken in" ourse!f
by the genial merchant, Geo. b.
Lassley, and served a fine dinner
by his wife and daughter, Miss
Grace. Att this home Mrs. j. M.
Thornton was lying critically IL
as the result OF a paraiytic stroke
since the burning of the thornton
home. We hope the good lady will
speedily recover.
Mr.. Lassley called our attention
to G statement made in the Repub
lican recently that c. P. Williams
had the largest stock OF merchan
disc OF any country store in Sa-
inc. After looking at his store we
believe he is entitled to that cred
it. He has a very large stock and
is doing a good business.
Before leaving Blue Lick G.. w.
Booth handed us a dollar for re-
newal. Mr.. Booth has a rattle
snake den on his farm and says
he frequently takes his gun down
and shoots a bunch OF them on
warm SPRING days as they come out
to- sun themselves.
The next man needing a good
paper on our route was Henry Ban
tells and we satisfied his wants and
he ours.
Passing east from Wanamaker
we were pleased to add the name
of Mrs. l.. NJ. Marshall. She has
one of the nice old country resi-
dence of the county.
Juss east of Mrs, Marshal.'s we
noticed the 'cutest" little home
all painted up in the latest styles,
even to color work on the chin
neys, surrounded by fine country
bud the "cage" was empty.
Whether the bird escaped or has
not been caught We can't say, but
1t reminds us that Glove is blind
or there certainly would be a lot
Of fair applicants. Maybe though
10 is because the house is on the
Pettis county side!
H. Tickamyer, a little farther
east, also gave us his name. Near
Mr.. Tickamyer's we found Ros-o,
Schanz and bride. Mr.. Schanz was
still enjoying his honeymoon By
putting in a good crop of corn.
They are nicely situated.
RI L. Jenkins, another resident
on the range line road a anoth
err new subscriber He said he was
not going to let another special
election in Saline come and go with
OUT his knowledge, although he
trades mostly in Sedalia.
The road from Wanamaker east
is the dividing line between Sa-
lind and Pettis counties. Driv-
ing along we noticed a big con-
trast between the counties-on
the left the wheat was green, the
cattle fat, the homes and people
prosperous. To the right the
ponds yer nearly empty, and the
bottoms sticking out, the snipes
"spipeyn the fields bare and the
rabbits fat and plenty because
they could get into Saline for plen
ty OF food and back into Pettis
where the dogs are SO lean that
they can't chase rabbitsi
Rabbits We were driving a Mar
shall horse and of course 1t had
never seen a rabbit and as they
jumped out on the side OF the
road the horse would have one
agony after another-sometimes
two or three agonies at a time
until we were afraid he would die
OF fright.
After adding the name OF c. q.
Renno as a trial subscriber we then
drove in to Ridge Prairis and were
very Hospitality received at the
handsome home Of the merchant,
il. G. Griffith o
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