Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-09-14

W tdVe CudIke OF HeT music CLASS. Mrs
Robbins has been sick for two weeks
Col, John G. Fecht is the happ
owner Of q mighty fine Ortiz Ros
colt and probably owns the best younI
: mare mule in Audrain county.
Are you attending the Chautauqua
II not, why not The Owl and BIZ
soul-mates occupy front seats all daJ
and haif the night. How lovely
Fred Peck and his soul-mate give
to the Owl some large juicy peaches 0
the James A. Reed variety Oh, vol
Fred Here's our glad a..
Mrs. Walter Heron, Of near Duly'l
Mill, Galloway county, who has beer
the guest of Mrs. S. M. Kenneth, Of
this city, has returned to her home.
Capt. Dan Hickman, the grand OLD
hero OF many bard fought battles
headed a bunch Of valiant old soldier
to Lexington, Mo- Tuesday, to attend
a big reunion now on in that city,
Miss Maggie Barnett, of this city, is
manager Of a large toggery store In
columbia. Miss Barnett is an expe.
rienced saleslady and an accomplished
young lady and will make good.
Capt. l. NJ. Williams, OF Leroy,
Illinois, sends the Ledger Owl the
ca%taroon to pay for his Ledger. Capt
Williams formerly lived in Mexico
and owned some mighty fine horses.
Misses Nellie and Florence Fuller,
of Kansas City, and Miss Myrtle Dun
can, Of Auxvasse, three pretty sweet
girl graduates, who have been the
guests eff the Misses Taylor, Of West
Liberty Street, have returned to their
homes. Their visit here wss just fine.
Lucus Lycurgus Hunt and Doctor
Zaugg claim to be the champion GRO
quet players in the Cottonwood
Springs or Lake Killarny districts.
We doubt this. Where's John Fecht,
Walter Peck, Hugh Towson and Doc
Kanaly? They never lost a battle.
Tiger s. Monk, melon promoters OF
near Thompson, are trying to take
the champion belt from Ferguson 81
Neff, kings Of melon raisers. Tiger &
Monk say Ferguson & Neff have been
wearing the champion belt too long.
The hot contest is now on.
Prof. George E. Laforce is soon to
take a much-needed vacation. George
will visit relatives in Mobile, Ala .
and sing a few songs to the good peo-
pie Of New Orleans, Col. Chas. Holt
may go with George and make a few
hot Prohibition speeches at big cities
in the Sunny South. 0, joy
We hear that Judge Robert DAYS.
and family, formerly OF near Thomp-
son, and who, a few months ago, left
for Fresno, Cal, to reside, are coming
back to grand old Audrain to live the
remainder Of their days on earth.
They all come back. It's a way all
good people have. They want to be In
close touch of Cottonwood Springs,
Our friend, Walter ~Sannebeck, is
handling a mighty fine young colt, the
property Of Bob Worrell. The colts
name is Reuben Dill and its breeding
is as fine as split silk. The colts sire
is Ireland King, Col. j. II. wilkins
fine 4~-year-old stallion, and the colts
dam is Bronco Maid, who has a ped
igree almost as long as the Declare
tion of Independence.
The Owl could write-up a little
peach seed story In regard to a cruel
seed that landed in our throat a few
days ago, but life's too short and the
pain was SO excruciating that we
SILVER to think of the episode and we
fear Col. Steve O'Grady, in his Kansas
City Times, might take a shot at us.
We are better now and will let 1t go
at that.
Jay Bennett is the proud owner
Of Dottie Dimple, the famous little
Scotch-Irish setter, formerly the
property of Cyrus Hubbard. Dottie
is an ideal rat dog, little but fierce.
Jay also owns Red Rover. the noted
coon and 'poSsum dog He also owns
several monster cats and boards sew
eral ~feroclous dogs, the property Of
George Laforce aud Isom A. r Garard.
We hear that our good friend, Col.
Tom Bradford, is soon to take a short
vacation and will recuperate and dip
his bill In the elixir OF life at Cotton
wood Springs. During Toms absence
his good-looking little wife, his son,
Buster, and Miss Hortence Brooks,
will have charge of the store.
The Owl is told that DR.. Jack Haley
delivered a mighty warm Prohibition
speech, Sunday, at the Blrdland Stock
Farm, near Thompson, to a big bunch
of people. Col. j.. T. Davis led in the
song services and John Hart had
charge of the pig-tail and hot chile
con carne counter. An old~-fashio1ed
love feast was reeled off.
Sunday, Mrs. George Laforce suffer
ed a light attack of nervous proStra-
tion. She is now much better.
Maj. Joel Gard is home from New
Canton, ILL.,, where his brother,
Charles, has been quite vi, but now is
is some better.
One of our affinities is soon 10 iron
and color our straw hat, to be worn
by us at a fancy dress ball Christmas
night at the Lake Killarny Hotel.
Jack Morris has recently erected a
nice cottage in Trolley Heights Addi-
tion. Jack now wants a soul-mate, a
lady with golden hair and pink eyes.
Willie Foley was here from Benton
City, Monday, shaking hands with
friends. "Bow" is allowing his whis-
kers to grow and looks quite sporty.
Doc Patton was the guest of his
friend, Jay Bennett, Sunday, at the
Waverly. This grand old hero lifted
the veil, put on the pressure and a
Jolly time was reeled off.
Monk s. Tiger, the watermelon
promoters Of near Thompson, have oul
thanks for a fine, large melon OF the
famous Q~uackenbush variety. They