Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-09-22
Reuben Dilites BY One Dbl
We have s.tor. U. rhI. evening"

Ben r. Middleton
Jim Reeds speech at the Court
House, Saturday night, was one sweet
dream. It's . way Jim has. And
we'll let 1t 20 at that.
John A. McIntire, living In south
Mexico, tells US that three Of his
children are III Of typhoid fever.
Col. W. H. Adkins, one Of Audrain's
foremost farmers, has Just purchased
of @. W. Robertson a nifty 800 buggy
and is sure there with the goods.
Art Landman and Tom Alexander
spent Sunday In Fulton and tell US
their stay in that "dry'' town was one
continuous round OF untold pleasure.
Col. John Fecht, west OF Mexico,
has recently presented his two charm
ing daughters with a new handsome
plano. Misses Gertrude and Beatrice
handle the keys of a plano with a nifty
touch Of ideal artists.
Maine has gone Democratic. Re-
publicans think the world is coming
to an end. Maine never went Demo-
cratic but once before and that was
so long ago that nobody can remember
1t. Let the good work go on.
Misses Grace and Edna Smith, who
have been guests Of their parents,
Captain and Mrs. Smith, Just west of
town, have returned to Detroit, Mich
Igan, where they have splendid posi-
lions In the Detroit schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B: Hooton
Sunday, at q progressive dinner, had
for their honored guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Arlie Hunt and Major Conrad Schultz,
and at supper Reuben Dill was the
"distinguishedn guest. o, joyl
Charlie Robinson, who has been
working for r. D. Simpson, on the
farm, has resigned and has gone to
Kansas City to work in the Structural
Steel Works Charlie is a fine fellow
and will make good. Success 10 him.
Col. Geo. Clark, the veteran mail
carrier, is taking bis l5-day vacation.
Col Clark will address q Sunday School
convention at Williamsburg then visit
relatives In Boone county and spend
the remaining days of his lay-off with
his warm friend, Col. Reuben Harlow.
Here's the Ledger Owls glad 81
to W. A. Bradford and his ~vivacIous
young bride. May they live long and
prosper. The bride is q petite little
lady, beautiful 10 face and graceful
in form, and Mr.. Bradford has sure
plucked O lovely flower from the gar
den Of love. The groom is q popular
employe at the Mexico Shoe Factory.
And now comes John p. Clark, Jr.,
and buys from Bill Ragsdale, through
salesman, Green Tomlinson, a $50 set
of brass mounted harness, made by
that king Of artists, Frank Tennery.
THAT was q fierce monster owl that
81 Hubbard crippled and captured,
Sunday, near Cottonwood Springs bub
IL was not the Ledger Owl. Oh, no..
The who-who was Of another variety.
Col. John Ferguson, the melon king
OF near Thompson, Sunday, addressed
the Salvation Army at Potts Grove,
near Lake Killarny. John made .
touching speech and many sinners
fled to the mountains. o, you John.
Frank Armistead mourns the loss Of
valuable Jersey COW. The bovine
broke into Franks corn field and ate
too dinged much green corn, was the
main cause Of the cows death.
Mrs. Mary Swearinger, Of Chaplin,
Texas, is soon TO visit Mexico relatives
and friends. Before her marriage,
Mrs. SweariDger was Miss Mary Day,
the beautiful and vivacious daughter
Of Col. and Mrs. Dan Day, formerly Of
Mexico, now OF Texas. Mrs. Swear.
inger's visit here will be one sweet
dream. o, JOY
Major Joel Gard, the peerless road
overseer, was In from his Cedar Tree
Farm, Wednesday, shaking hands
with his many friends. Major Gard
tells US that many Of the culverts and
bridges In his district were hard hit
by the late heavy rains.
Col. Sterling Price Roberts, an old
Audrain county boy, now Of Perry,
Mo-, was in Mexico, Thursday, shaking
hands with friends. Sterling says he
is prosperous and happy:
Col. David r. Ford, an uncrowned
watermelon king, comes across ant
gives the Owl a big, juicy, James A
Reed melon. Thanks. Col. Ford II
always there with the goods.
Frank Tennery and Green Tomlin
son have just completed a set of s5I
brass mounted baggage harness FOL
Albert Hendrix, the drayman. Franz
and Green are with Bill Ragsdale, tn
peerless saddle and harness king.
We hear that our good friend, G
Walter Peck, Is soon to take q vaca
ton and a much-needed rest and visi
the scenes Of his childhood ia tn
Green Fields Of Old Virginia. o. JOY
Wish we could 90 along with Waite
and have q gay time. IT'S said th
"mountain dew" Of Virginia is might
fine and touches the right spot.
Col. Frank Vetter, a prosperou
farmer Of north Audrain, Saturday
bought of Bill Ragsdale a $50 set {
brass mounted harness. The harneI
are for Col. Vetter's span Of 3-year-ol
mules, the best In the county. Fran
Tennery was the artistic artist WI
made this splendid set of harness.
During bis wife's absence in s
Louis, Major Pate Morris has bee
doing bis own cooking. Sunday, Pal
says he baked a monster cake and il
vited fifty of his friends to his hon
to partake Of the said monster cak
all Of whom pronounced the cake Il
most highly favored that they hs
ever put a tooth In. Major Morris
- always there with both dry and W
.-w goods, and plenty Of 1t.
AN EARLY WINTER THIS YEAR.
DIR. D. J. Kanaly was up town Mo
day from his Observatory filling me
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