Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-08-29
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Cofonmood SpimQs.


Davis 3 berguson' melon falsers, and
his hFm has. for many years. tooma
lcross' With .heir Juicy goods m N.Y.
Ledger force Of artists. Reuemba'
The melon grower who gives 10 ~,
Ledger force the largest, luciest 49,
sweetest 1912 watermelon, ,e,s N.
Ledger Owls beautiful dine-,ne Mn
and q free ride 70 lake Rillarpy 'ra
Cottonwood Springs Billy Curry
wearing the 1911 dime-and pin.
Mrs.. Edward Dermody and daugb,o,
Miss Elvadene, are visiting relatlvsl
In So Louis. Eds other two children
Emmett and Robert, are visiting ~,
atiyss 10 the country and Ed viii N
lonesome for a weok. He keeps All
Iof might CHESTS and is restless and
nervous saY "a. " you have mi
price q q bull moose cockiail or tgo
the Ledger Owl viii roost With voI
OF nights, ghosts or DO ghosts. ell
Neal Shahan and the Owl FrIdaI
took dIaner with MI. Dermody MI
dinner vas just flne With the exceed
tion that I'd "Rot bis bread" lust /
little Bit scofched Col shahan All
the Owl thank Mr., Dermo1y vel
mpch for bis kind hospitality
1t Is 10 be hoped that weathl
Forecastsr Kanaly will hand out al
weather Cbautauaua week. We wal
no Ifs and ands. Be good. Doc. "a
Il StaunieF and Col. Steve oGrady. /
she Kansas City Times, may BE- bel
and give you q ware wrltc-up. Dad
was up town, Thursday, consultI
With has been weather prophets al
. laying In . supply Of last ,ear'S alnI
! macs and will do his dins, II to hal
] out fair weather all C~hautauqua wee
Of course, Dec In banding out "a
weather to good people, loses a va
Of precious sleep but D
doesn't mind that at all, at all, il
so be pleases the people, even II
does own a houn' dawg and six or 70
Missouri osiriches with long tails.
III The Kansas City Times says &C
} Bennett, the Mexico Ledger's inyaI
able Owl, Is threatening to TAX
vacation again. although 1t is D
osfectiy clear to anyone who reads
I, sparkling column that be is 10 no NJ
Of one. This thing o. permitting &C
photographers TO take vacations VII
ever they feel Ike II, without LEI
Ing competent Substitutes, should
stopped, and Colonel Bennett oui
to be made an example Of, say
He has only been at work about 4
months, anyhow We thank
writer OF the above very much.
speaks the truth, pure and sim.
The owl Is Just going to take II
~ sail away up 10 Nodaway Clul
close up 10 Mafyville ard W. ask
Bros. Stauiher and 0'Grady thoy
the Times, 70 get down on their X
and pray fer US that we may ba.
a. Jolly saIl and walk IN the straight
y narrow way and not fall by the '
side and have no brain storms,
favor will be reclprocatea, thTee.f
The Ledger Owl thanks Mrs.
Langley. Of west Of town, for a b.
70 tifuL line up-headed and long.spu
young game rooster o. the James
Reed variety % chickens We III
" Mrs Langley very D Sn-t4Lh Der
eFous GIT We sha4
h Rube Dill w., under traiDis. Z
ced hope soon 10 wipe up the earth
OF John Ahbay's and Jim Towson's
Icts dog lighting rooster C5me m
nnt boyss The water Il fine. Nuif sed
Col. John Ferguson, the Thom
ma melon king. gives The Ledger
csc Taft canialoupe, which wa Just
M. and Juicy eating hn. the melon
ner not touch the right spot" as Out
as did the Woodrow Wilson va
.lon OF melons that Judge Robert
~ gave the Ledger 8 few days ago.
80 come on In boys the water is hn
can BudLapgley, living just west o.
ray eity, has been visiting bis paren'
Fulton. The other night, Bud
NJ an unusual noise IL bis chicken
and on Investigation be flund a
not white 'possum swallowing Mrs
and ley's little chickens. Bud cap
ttcn Mrs Opossum and 10 the pocke
the big possum were thirteen
op9ssums Bud sill sell the fan
possums 10 sam Morris@f Sal
the price. and you may bet Sam
Prof. and Mrs. Writ pirE
Of Louisiana, Mo-, have been deli
ters, guests OF Mis- Mittie aud Mr.
Peck, Just west 81 town. MIS-
IS 4 sister 81 Mrs. Walter Peck,
After the big Mexico 0baatI
~, Is over, Clark Garrett ard h
Dill will take their much-neede
and vacation Theig itineraty b
as yet been mapped out but the
spend a portion Of their valuable
la Nodawag county, close up TO
willie. OBJ, JOY Oh. Shirley i
son may 60 along With Garret
Din. Oh, bliss Yes, you ca
the above bunch Of "shIulns j
Oh at Maryville. Oh, heavlnRs
Uncle Barney jung, John +
legal adviser, Is 10 town Sbakln
glad hand of friends. Uucle
and Uncle Jimmy Green are
I'D here 81 Saturdays II they can &c
Both are mighty good men ana
make splendid United StatesS
or mInistere 70 foreign lands
Ant Tom OiToole, formerly q well
society young mar Of this Guy,
1. the proprietor Of the swell 70,
.llG paflors Of the Belvedere no
Clinton, Iowa Though bis !
IA red, Tom Is line fellow ano
fapofito With the ladies' say
send the owl a hair cut and sn'
We hear that Meredith Arm
is thinking Of heating 10 Okla
0Wclose up TO Pawnee. II be aces
|taT grand OLD Audrain Couoiy !
W. back and viii be glad TO get oa'
was born close up TO lhN W
the historic Salt River and haS