Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-05-18
Chunks Of Dnftwood
We Have with Us This Evening
Have you new pOtat0ed zee?


We Have with Us This Evening
Have you new potatOed yet?
o, the beautiful roses in the ROSY
month Of June; and oh, you lovely
June bride ! Here's the Owls gladpS5-.
Meredith Armistead says this is TO
be a prolific bickorynut and walnut
lyear and Mack Jones tells US the black
haw crop will be a whopper.
We hear that our friend, Lucus L.
Hunt, is soon to establish a fancy shoe
emporium, close up TO Cottonwood
Springs. Oh, you Lucus.
A st Louis jury has declared a man
may spank his wife. In the case at
issue the wife "a redheaded and had
talked continuously for five hours.
We are told that Frank Weinand,
the peerless north Audrsin farmer,
is busy planting and gathering corn.
Ion. you Frank
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. McCune and
little son and Mr.. and Mrs. J. 4. Zal-
llnger were dellghted/visitJrs at Cot
tonwood Springs, Sunday afternoon.
MAJOR Noble Barnes, authority on
the outlook Of the fruit crop, says the
danger mark has been passed and we
are assured OF q bountiful crop Of
peaches this year. o, joyi
Col. Sam Voight, OF Mt Olive, ILL.,,
is the guest Of his uncle, Phillip Shire,
northeast OF Mexico. Col. Weight
will be manager and shipping clerk OF
Major Shire's frog ponds, this summer.
'Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get her some gasoline.
She lifted the latch
And then struck a match
Ard since then she HASN'T benzine."
by joe Pratt.
The Mexico Boozer Club is making
arrangements to reel of a big celebIa-
Ition July The Boxers do nothing
by halves and a hog-killing, good old
fashioned time is anticipated.
Charlie Karnes is in Texas on mat.
rimonial business. We are told that
Col. Karnes, while in the Lone Star
State, will pluck a lovely flower from
the garden Of love. Here's the Ledger
Owls glad Ca.
Col. and Mrs. q, b. Hooton gave a
l O'Clock 6-course dinner, Sunday, to a
few select friends. Meredith Arm
istead and Reuben Dill were the guests
of honor. The dinner vas great and
the occasion a sweet dream.
John o. Fecht, west OF Mexico, is
the proud owner of a fine Ortiz Rose
colt, which John refused $500 for at
"weaning" time. Col. Ben r. Mid
dleton is the owner OF Ortiz Rose and
wouldn't taIe anything less than a
fortune for this famous stallion. oh,
you Ortiz Rose ! You're there with
high priced goods and are making
Mexico the fancy horse center Of the
United States.
Prof. George Laforce, his driving
horse, George the III, q buggy and two
ferocious COWS got into a little rucus
or mix-up, Sunday morning, in the
lot adjoining the Cottonwood Springs
Dairy. 1t was a close call for George
the III, and for about ii minutes
there was something DOM. Get Prof.
Laforce to tell you about the rucus.
AS TO COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.
Robert Nicholas, the up-to-date
plumber with Berger s. Ball, has
added new fixtures to the pump at
cottonwood Springs. The work was
done Ia an artistic manner. The
well has been nicely cleaned and new
piping put in. Take your cup or glass
and come to the fountain and dip
your bill and II you wish to donate 30
cents to help push a good thing along,
just pitch In the Springs contribution
box and you will have your name
beautifully written in the Ledger
Owls Blue Book. Whether you do or
do not, you will be just as welcome as
as are the lovely flowers in May. Wear
a Joyous smile and be good. Drink
the elixir Of life and you will always
be happy, And when life's ftful
fever is over, may we all safely cross
the River Jordon into perpetual sun
shine and meet each other, face-to-
face, walking the Golden Streets Of
Paradise.