Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-08-29
From the Pencil Of One Ono.

he Waverly Sunday afternoon.
Thomas James. the Skull Lick coal ,
is here, mlneline with tbe
Mexico coal harons aud capitalists.
Dr. Kills, the peerless Concord ply .
slcian and phllanthrtpist, was here'
Saturday, on professional business. /
And the corn weati er has come TO
stay awhile. Thanks TO Doc kanaiy
for copieus vel stun ireH the clouds
Miss Tinelte ThlIman, has returned
to her home In 81. Louis, after . oe-
|lightful visit with relatives In Mexico.
DR.. joe Norman and DR.. Joe Wei.
pand are home from ST. Louis, where
they went on business, combined Win
pleasure.
Mrs Harry Dreblng, Of tbis city
and her beautlfal little niece MISS
wondeEcheck, of 81. Louis, SATURDAY
we're dinner guests OF DR. John JACOB
Bennett, at Hotel "a Waserly.
SATURDAY. Major Martin DoDnelly
was here with a large and comple.e
line Of funny frog stories We dont
know what has become OF Philip W
shire, a has-oeen frog promoter
Aiter September LIST, Mr.. aod MIS-
lT. A Bradford viii oecup5 the COY
and pretty cottage belonging 70 Df'
Joseph Steinman, situated on popular
Northwestern Avenue.
sunday, Logan Bybee was taken
Quite in. Dr. John }. Bennett was
summoned and immediately relieved
: the excruciating pains Of bis friend,
d Byhee, 1t was a close call for Logan
Col. Charles Hauchin Holt is home
from a much needed vacation and resi-
, reeled Oh in Galloway county. Mrs
Holt ahd children will remain 10
;Callaway for 3 week or two.
isaac Oldham, a progressive farmer
s and ph~ilanthropist OF near Hatton'
: was here, Friday. to purchase q new
\ auto and gang pillow. oh, you "Adam
Fl Col. Jesse Hoover. OF Thompson, !
saw mill aud house moving artist ane
a CORD Democrat and a good man
lcomes across with the gold TO pay 10
ksl bis dear old Ledger, which be loves s
lt. well and OF which he gets so muel
lconsolation and 50 much religious 100
for thought.
ne Bud Langley writes the Ledger OH
o and Is anxious to know whether 10
plural for bull moose is "bull moses
or abull meese." Dear Bud, there
no plural for bull 0 There
but one bull moose Nuff sed.
US The Waterbury Republican has
] keen and nimble wit, coupled vii
b admirable foresight 1t advises !
readers to vote for Taft, pray 4
Roosevelt and bet on Wilson. Gre'
or shades Of Cottonwnod Springs! VIII
do you Know about that
Col. Jim Pierce, the popular We
On Liberty street grocer and promote
Ier-l Monday, made the Ledger Owl j
lful lO-minute cali Col. Pierce il
pleasant fellow TO talk with. He b
splendid patronage at his store a
is tappy on the good Democratic VI
Sunday, Jay Bennett, 10 bis 9
linimltable way. entertained Pfofes'
Moses @ Wilson, Prtf Dick villa
aud DR.. Cyrus Hubbard at a SUPP
Hts, IL O'Clock dinner Prgf Williams
4 alDr. Hubbard are ylqlirists Of note Z
dol the music and dinner was great.
cts. Misses SaIlie and Matte Carter,
rob their own charming way, Sund
Idelightfuily entertained a few sci
guests at a one O'Clock six course {
ner. Mrs N. II. Long, u st. 10
"a was the guest OF honor, We rel
tbatvwe could not be present to e.
III the superb feast-but we thank
III ladies for a hand-out OF gooseo'
I'll pie Of the Woodrow Wilson yariet
vi Sunday afternoon, aunUng those
SCI !enjoyed the pure food ozone and
vi grace and beauty TO those assem-
III Ion the beautiful hotel Waverly Ia
.M were Mrs. Moses Wilson and her
I'll pretty and petite little daughI
Misses Opal and ] well Proft
81 Moses Wilson is a near Ielati'
I'll Woodrow Wilson. the next pfesi'
NJ Iof the United States, and Moses
III be the next Minister to England
Eli Armistead is back from stnri
Eli says be ''got there Ell" Ind
81 good money with bis striking mac
II at the fair there last week.
We bear that one of Col. VIII
Il Ilof's fine Proctor Knott sorrel b
was 50 badly crippled, Friday,
II lit died. Col Taylor lives lust w
81 town The animal was worth s5i
81 Col John f. Carter, Of CriRl
Alabama, sends his relative O.
III lLaFofce, OF this city, a unique a
useful taxicab whip, 70 make
LaFerce's horse, George The In
III up and down s'the milky white
lat a swifter gait The horse Is II
Islow ard unruly aid the whip
help TO pull a good thing along
The Boooyilie Advertiser bits
S nail u a ON the head and
|. 2 speaks the truth "Tne result {
ii county primary has proven at
one thing: Tue people afe IL
saddle now, and doing things
bosses-these fellows who carry
countIes and townships aroun
their pockets, are not be ng cons
- any more They die bard but
m have got TO die Tue above !
truth, pure and simple. The .
are In the saddle, and that's 10 J
JAMES GARRETT 81 YEARS Oh
James Garrett, one Of Me-
highly respected citizens, reache
8let birthday, Tuesday, August
I19l2 Mr.. Garrett was born IN
state Of Kentucky Ia the year
he, with bis twin brother, /
IGarrett, moved to Illinois and
residents of that state 20 years, :
Garrett died 10 Quincy, Illinois,
IS years ago. James Garrett mas
a resident Of Mexico s. years
Maicn. When he first came 70
leo bnto ne hriek store was here, 4