Mexico Missouri message., 1911-07-06
PRAIRIE LEA.
Some More Stunts For Your Hot
Weather Moments-Fun
and Humor.

Oats in the shock. hay mostly
up, threshing machines started,
and everybody feeling fine. !
The Bachelors Hall gave a big !
frog supper to their many, many
friends Saturday night, that was
the real thing. The frogs were
fried on white-hot stove, in |
about four inches of genuine but
ter, and to top this off there were
oceans of old-time corn bread |
cooked in red-hot frying pan.
1t is no use to say that we were
there, and now after it is all over
Phillip Shire says he has missed
several dozen of his best frogs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Pierce have
another fine big daughter, born
Thursday, the Goth. This makes
four for Mr.. Pierce. Mark will
have a quartet of his own in a
few years. In fact they do very
well now when they all get start
ed to singing ki-yi along about 4
supper time. t9 .GI
The inmates of the Bachelors
Hall were reused from a deep
sleep the other night, by a strange
racket outside. They loaded up
their old shotguns, stepped out in
to the moonlight and at last To-
Gated the noise maker on top Of
the chimney. 1t was a rain-crow
predicting rain, so the boys shot
he poor old fool and buried him
on the banks of the Wild Cat
River. and the next day it rained.
Fred Ruse while blowing corn
Friday left his team of mnles tied
to hedge tree and went after a
drink. An auto came along and
Fred shouted to his brother,
There comes another one OF
them things. " Fred climed a tele-
phone pole to get better view
and when he got there the mules
were gone. All Freddy could find
of the disk was one wheel and a
monkey wrench. The mules got
lost in the corn and have not been
seen since. Fred was not hurt
hut we feel sorry for the disk.
The Shire Bros. started their
threshing machine Saturday. The
boys are old hands at the job and
know how to knock out the grain.
See them before you thrcSh.
We forgot to say that there
will be rabbit supper at the
Bachelors Hall Saturday night
Everybody invited and he sure to
bring your rabbit dog along.
Phil Shire, the1ah!e manager t,i
!, the Prairie Lea No-sox. led his lit.
: tie team to the front again july
2nd, in a nine round game with
) the Maple Grove Bat BaSters
from st. Joseph. We will not stop
to tell about the game as it was
too fast, lasting only forty min,
uteS. In respect for the other
team we refuse to give the score
The No-SoX are all temperate
and never indulge in anything
stronger than the purest of water
, also the manager. The team viii
meet the Cubs the day after next
Saturday if the weather keeps on
continuing.
Dick Doerge, Bill Klusman and
! Henry klusman were seen riding
around in their new buggies Sun.
day and each one had some calico
- by his side.
: Tom Shire and Derwood Fra.
zler gave little boxing exhibi
ton Sunday. The game went all
right until Tom put in one of his
sledge hammer doctor bill blows
= and then. Mr.. Frazier was seen ne
more He was found later on q
: lawn long ways off and soon re
7 covered and is now as well a,
ever.
II Frank Ruse drove by again
Sunday with his fast team. Frank
says no matter how hot it is Oh
Sunday evenings he can keep COO
for the Winters in the buggy by
his side. Frank says they can all
sing about the good old summer
time as much as they please but
the Winters are good enough fol
Il him.