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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

DIV KATHERINE A. GRIMEs)
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating and the proof of success in
the poultry business is in the profit
made at selling time.
You must begin to plan as to when
and how you are going TO market
your fowls about as soon as the eggs
are set-or even before. so as to know
what your aim Is to be-whether ma
mre dressed poultry. birds for breed
ipg. or frying chickens. OF course 1t
all depends upon what the demand in
your vicinity is for. If you live where
there will be sale for good birds for
breeding, it may not pay you to sell
many fowls to the market. II you find
a good call for broilers or small chicks
for frying-and these usually bring
good prices-you might do your best
work in raising some kind of early
maturing fowls that will make a
pound and half at six weeks or two
months old.
If you intend to sell dressed. poultry,
II is usually best to choose a breed
having yellow legs and light-colored
feathers, as they look nicer than the
black.logged, black colored varieties.
The meat is not bit better, but you
know It is looks that count when a
buyer comes into market
As soon as the pullets can be told
from the ROSTERS, they should be sep
arated, and unless you expect to sell
them for breeding, the surplus males
should be fattened and disposed of as
early as possible.
If you want to hurry them onto the
market, one OF the very best plans is
that known as the crate-feeding meth
Cd Take some Stats about an inch
and a half wide-lath will do very
nicely-and make a coop with a fat
top and a slat bottom, about IS
inches wide, the same in height, and
long enough to accommodate the num-
Der OF fowls you have TO fatten. AL
low about six inches in length to each
bird. Divide your crate into sections
that will hold four or Ave fowls each
Set II up on trestle--a couple of saw
horses make good supports-so the
droppings viii fall through the slat
bottom and not soil the coop.
Now make a V-shaped trough the
same length as your coop. This is
used for both feed and water. The
feed should consist of Underground
oats mixed to a stiff batter with skim
milk or buttermilk, preferably the lat
ter Feed this mixture three times
day, but do not let it stand in the
uoughs. Give them ample time. say
half an hour. to eat all they want. and
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
MULCHING SOIL TO
RETAIN MOISTURE
SprinkIing Pot Should Be Thrown
Away When Water Becomes
Scarce Quantity.
CBy L. NJ. BENNINGToN)

When water gets scarce throw away
your watering pot, or rather your
sprinking pot. At such a time 1t is
a menace to the life OF the flowers
when in the hands of the novice who
"scatters pearly drops" upon the
flowers stalks, and gives the roots
none.
Remember that when water is
scarce the spade or hoe can do won
ders when in the hands of the ener-
getic person who knows how to use
these tools.
Deeply dug soil retains moisture
far longer than that stirred TO a
shallow depth.
Keep the surface soil loose and
light, giving the plants a surface or
dust mulch with a sharp hoe.
Mulches of all kinds are beneficial
fallen leaves, weeds pulled from
the garden. lawn clippings.
Potted plants should be thoroughly
watered so that the heart of the roots
receives its share of moisture. Bed
ded plants. however, can exist with
out watering, but il you give them
any give them plenty.
The lawn should never be "sprin-
kled," but IL possible let the hose run
on it for hours after sunset. Unless
one has an unlimited supply of wa
ter do not water the lawn, but save
the water for the bed borders and
vegetable gardena-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Speak Louder.

An cid farmer in Ayrshire had a
habit of feigning deafness when he
wanted to avoid answering an awk.
ward question. One day neighbor
said to him:
I'D like to borrow your cart this
morning; mine is having spring
mended."
You'll have to speak louder" the
old farmer answered. 81 don't hear
very well-and I don't like to lend my
cart, anyhow. Glasgow Spy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
SEASONABLE DISHES.

During the grape season the juice
should be prepared for winter and
jelly made as well as other good
things which may be prepared from
grapes.
Grape Fudee.-Separate the skins
from seven pounds of grapes, chop the
skins and add pound of raisins, cut
into small pieces, pound of walnuts,
broken in bits and seven pounds of
sugar; cook all together until thick
Turn into glasses and cover as one
does jelly glasses.
Peach Chutney.-Prepare and half
sufficient peaches to weigh, when pre-
pared, three pounds. Put them in a
large agate saucepan, add a pint OF
cider vinegar, and stew until tender.
Pound together in a mortar four
ounces of onions, two ounces of garlic,
and Ave ounces of fresh ginger root;
add these to the peaches, with six
ounces each of raisins, white mus
tard seed and sugar. Add two ounces
of dried chillies, cupful of vinegar
and simmer ten minutes Bottle for
winter.
Marmalade Tart.-Line a pie plate
with pastry and fill with peach or
apple marmalade. Cover the top with
rings cut from peeled and cored ap-
pies. Sprinkle with lemon Juice and
sugar and bake half hour Serve
with whipped cream.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

The tiny parish Of Clannaborough,
North Devon, England, little village,
has a population of only AZ, so that
baptisms, marriages and bJrials are
not very frequent. The other week
the first marriage ceremony for Is
years took place, but even then the
couple were not parishiouers, the
bride coming from st. Austell. the
mouth, being the rectors brotherin'
law.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
SUGGESTIONS FOR BREAKFAST.

At any season Of the year fruit IL
a most refreshing breakfast dish
served as the beginning of the meal,
then bit of bacon always makes an
appetizer whatever else there may
be.
Dat meal outlets are a good sub
stantial dish made by using cold
cooked oat meal formed in outlets
and fried in bacon fat until brown on
both sides. Insert a stem of parsley
and serve.
Eggs in Nests.-Beat as many
whites Of eggs as there are pairs of
people to serve as one white will
be sufficient for two. Heap the white
which has been sailed on buttered
toast, hollow place and drop in the
yolk OF an egg, place on a platter, and
when enough are prepared set in the
oven to cook Serve with bits of
butter and a dash of salt and cayenne
on each. Garnish the platter with
parsley, The extra white not used,
may be used in a pudding or cake.
Egg and Potato Relish.-Select
smooth shapely potatoes and bake in
the oven. When done, cut in halves
and remove the center of the potato.
Break in an egg yolk, sprinkle with
salt and season with butter, add a
teaspoon of cream and set in the
oven. In the meantime beat the
whites of the eggs to a stiff froth
and add the mashed potato, which was
taken from the centers. Heap rough
ly over the baked egg and when well
pulled up and brown, serve with
minced parsley sprinkled over each.
Breakfast Rolls.-Cut a slice from
the top of the rolls, spread with but
ter and brown the shells in the oven.
Have ready some creamed fish, fill
the shells sprinkled with parsley and
serve hot.
Another pretty way Of serving eggs
is to cut bread into rounds an inch
and a half thick, scoop out the cen
ter, leaving a place to drop and egg.
Rub the case with butter and brown
in the oven, then add the egg and
set in the oven to cook. Season and
serve.
Mush Rings With Fruit.-Prepare a
pan of corn meal mush and when
cold turn out and slice, then use a
doughnut cutter to cut into rings.
Fry brown in bacon fat and serve
with prunes and cream.
Let me fail in trying 10 do something,
rather than sit still and do nothing.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Plant of a Plant,

But, your honor, my wife won't let
me work"
won't let you work."
mo; | got a job last week, and she
made me quit"
What kind of a position was it,"
AT the burlesque theater, sitting
in the audience where a soubrette
could come down twice a day and kiss
me."-Judge.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

Lydia r. Pinkham's
V e getable Com
pound has done for
me. ! was weak,
nervous, and cared
for nothing blu {
sleep. Now l can
go ahead with my
work daily and feel
ten year younger
than before | started
taking your medi-
cine. / will advise
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Another Sufferer Relieved.

Romayor, Texas. -"I suffered terri
bly, with a displacement and bladder
trouble. was in misery all the time
and could not walk any distance. l
thought never could be cured, but my
mother advised me to try Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and I did.
"I am cured of the displacement and
the bladder trouble is relieved. l think
the Compound is the finest medicine on
earth for suffering women. - Mrs.
VIOLA JASPER, Romayor, Texas.
III you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. conf
deDtiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Loose ScreM.

Very often screw hole gets worn
so that the screw will not stay in.
To remedy this cut some narrow
strips of cork and I'LL up the hole com.
pletely, and then force the screw in.
This will prove just as tight as II
driven into a-Rew hole.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
One Little Sin,

1t is astonishing how soon the
whole conscience begins to unraveI
If single stitch drops; one little sin
INDUCED makes hole you could put
yanr head through.-ChaEles Buxton.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
No Contortionist.

Fat Man-Did you give them a good
shine?
Bootblack-Sure, sir. Look for
yourself
Fat Man-I'll take your word for it..
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
In Condition,

81 don't feel quite well, doctor. Do
you think | could go to a coffee party
this afternoon"
Certainly, miss. Your tongue is all
right. "-F'liegende Blaetter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
In the Silly Night,

Country lnnkeeper-Did you hear
the fight out in front about one o'clock
this mornin'?
New Yorker (wearily)-Yes. 1t put
me to sleep!-Puck
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Not What She Expected.

Ferdy--You are not like most of the
other girls | know
Sylvia very softly)-No?
Ferdy-No, indeed The others
tan but you freckle Puck.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Their Two Industries.

Vocational lat seaport town.
What do you do here in summer?
Native--Loaf and fish.
V.-And in the winter?
N-We cut out the fishin'.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Tommy's Hands.

Ma-TOmmy, did you wash your
hands this morning?
Tommy washed ore of them,
mother Tie other didn't need it,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

He-Be mine and you will make me
the happiest man in the world
She-l'm very sorry; but unfortun-
ately ! want to be happy myself.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Bulky.

THAT fat man over there used to
be a page in the Senate"
"A page, Ell! Well, he's grown
into a volume now"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Nothing To II.

''F believe in calling a spade a
spade
Guess you might as well. I've new.
er been able to pass one off for a dia-
mond or a heart
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
His Idea.

Coed don't think clothes makes
the man.
College Man--Nor /. | think ii all
depends on the cigarettes he smokes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
fEEkHKHEN
TtSABLl Mt

" o MAN doth safely rule but he
- that hath learned gladly to
obey.
Not what we would. but what we must.
Makes up the sum of living;
Heaven is both more and less than just
In taking and in giving.
Swords cleave 60 hands that sought the
pillow,
And laurels miss the soldiers brow.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONG TAKE GROVES
The Old Standard Groves Taseless chill Tonic Equally
Valuable General Tonic because Acts the Liver,
Drives Out Malaria, Enrches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children.

the formula printed label showing
and Tatee Chils
Weakness general debility and
Mothers and Pale Sticky Children Removes Biousness without
Relieves
purihes the blood True Tonic and appetizer
Druggs We it
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Insulted.

Nose Yallerby-I think youah sistah
am very chic.
Melinda Mokeby (angrily)-D' yoh
mean to 'sinuate dat she looks like a
hen PUCK
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Remarkable.

Frost-Sometimes one runs across
his friends in the most unexpected
places.
Snow-True. Yesterday l found
Agnes at home.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
She Knew.

Bookkceper-lf I asked the boss to
raise my salary, what do you think he
would say?
Stenographcr-Mr. Penncr I am a
lady - I never even think such
things
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

An Oklahoma inventors corn plan
ter is light enough to be carried in
the hand, yet viii sow the grains
evenly and cover each with soil
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Te<GG- Ez~,<..eN-.
Lectures Him, Probably.

Wife with newspaper)-Thl arti-
Gle says that person speaks on an
average about 10000 words a day.
Hub-Ive always said that you were
above the averadge.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
A Steady One.

There is one enterprise into ~ mich
everybody manages to get"
what is that?"
THE directory"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Poverty OF Idea.

Madeline-Why. Mrs. Benaway; are
you back?
Mrs. Benaway dear; are you?
Judge.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
His Species.

"Ill bet that crooked looking fellow
is a bird"
81 know it. He's a stool pigeon"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

Eternal punishment" may be the
price of being too poor to buy a
divorce.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

Mrs winslow's Soothing Syrup Cor Children
tecthing, softeus the gums reduces innainma-
tion, allays patn,cures wind collie DC bottie.lN
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

Knocking, as a profession, is badl!
oveTcrowded.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

The fit pleasures OF youth become
insists in after years
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
The vehicle.

"Jaggs was carried away at the
performance last night"
by delight, or in the patrol wagon p
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

Some young men would rather love
and lose than never love at all.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Very Much So.

Il have a soft job
What is it?"
Making feather beds"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

Susie cage siX)-And when We grow
up we'll be married won't We. Bob
bic?
Bobby SADLY No. Susie, ! can't
marry into your family. Your papa
has weak eyes and your auntic has
spasms
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
WOMAN FEELS
10 YEARS
YOUNGER
Since Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored Her Health.

Louisville, KY. -"I take great pleas
ure in writing to inform you Of what
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

any woman to consult with you before
going to doctor. Mrs. lNIzE VIII
LIS, 2229 Bank St., Louisville, Ky.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25
Contradictory Pleasure.

What do you think his wife con
sidered his giving her n square deal?"
WHAT"
Wink hnr ON a rnnnh of nn,mpn-
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

Let me fail in trying TO do something,
rather than sit still and do nothing.
Cyrus Hamlin.
IT'S an old saw,
Children and fools speak true.
John Lyly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-09-25

"Taking her on a round OF amust
ments."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-25
WEDDING OF MISS MARION AVERY AND
MR.. GEORGE PEAGLER OF MONTGOMERY

One of the prettiest of morning we'd
dings was celebrated yesterday at
eleven o'clock, at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ.
Avery, when their youngest daughter,
Miss Marion Avery and Mr.. George
Peagler of Montgomery were married
in the presence of relatives and a
few close friends, the Rev. John H.
Brown, rector of Christ church, per-
forming the ceremony.
The home was simply but very beau
tifully decorated in smilax, palms and
cut flowers.
In the drawing room, where the
ceremony was performed, an altar had
been improved the white satin prize
dieu having as It's background festoons
of the native smilax which draped the
windows, with tall palms placed on
either side and pedestals holding vases
of pink Killarney roses, the roses used
also in baskets and vases about the
room, against the soft greenery of the
smiiax.
Mrs. Earl Thornton at the piano and
Miss Cora Mallory, violin, played the
wedding music, Tannhauser for the en-
trance of the bridal party and 81 love
You Truly" during the ceremony. At
the opening strains of the wedding
march the ribbon bearers entered, Mrs.
Martin III. Sullivan, Jr., of Montgomery
and Miss Kathleen Mallory, prettily
gowned in white lingerie worn with
wide pink satin sasheS and corsage
bouquets of Killarney roses, coming
through the library and forming an
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-25
DANCERS AT MONTGOMERY
COUNTRY Gil DISAGR


| Dancers at the Country club Satur
day night LETT the club house and ad
| Journed to Oak park as PRO est
against the rule of the governing
board combining the dances at the club
to the two step and three step.
The dance at the Country club Sat
urday night was the first regular dance
since the meeting of the Southern Golf
Association. During this meeting there
were nightly dances at the club when
the members and visitors were PEI
mItteG to dance the one step. Satur-
day night many of the members sup
posed they could dance the one step if
they wished but they were notified
that the governing board had placed
a ban on the dance and that only the
waltz and two-step would be allowed
whereupon most of those present ad-
journed to Oak park and proceeded to
dance the one step to their hearts
content.
The number zone" seems to be an
unlucky number at the Country club.
1t is all right to dance the two step
or tn thI &c step possibly the fOJlr
step or n*r step but, tie ere STOP
no, no, non non, nein, nein-acCording
to whatever language you speak.
Sometime ago prominent society
people of Montgomery, members of
the Beauvoir and Country clubs be
1eVing themselves to have reached the
age of discretion and disliking to be
tOlO Dy OJheFS what tRey should or
should not dance, organized a new cluh
where the one step was not objected
to. The first dance of this club was
scheduled to take place at Oak park
during the meeting of the Southern
Golf Tournament but on the invitation
of Mr.. E. A. DeFNuniak, president of
the Country club, this dance was held
there and indeed the society element
of Montgomery, young and old, danced
the one step at their Country club al
during the golf tournament. Those
who thought they could dance it there
Saturday night discovered that the
laws of the Country club are not like
the laws Of the Modes and Persians
which alter not, but on the contrary
that they vary considerably. Appar-
emily, it is all right for the ladies of
Montgomery to dance the one step
with out-of-town men but all wrong
to dance 1t with Montgomery men.
Hence when the dancers Saturday
found that the old rule prohibiting
the one step was to be enforced they
quietly adjourned to Oak park.
It is understood that three of the
members of the governing board of
the Country club are in favor Of abol-
ishing the rule against the one step
while four oppose it.
A petition is today being circulated
among the members to call a special
meeting of the club when a vote of the
members will be taken to decide the
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-25

aisle through which the bridal party
entered.
The bride was attended by her two
sisters. Mrs. Roland Hall of Atlanta,
and Miss Stella Avery, both wearing
white lingerie and carrying arm bou-
quets of the pink Killarney roses. Mr..
Peagler was attended by Mr.. GaynOr
Turner of Montgomery as best man.
The bride entered with her father.
She wore modish coat suit of blue
brocade silk with Persian collar and
cuffs, and her hat of matching shade
was trimmed in a dark blue shaded
plume. with touch of green velvet. She
carried bride roses
Following the ceremony an informal
reception was held for the bridal party
and relatives.
The decorations of the library and
the diningroom where the presents
were displayed, were developed in smi
lax, white roses and shasta daisies,
and on the southern veranda, which
was screened in smilax, Miss Cora
Mallory served punch.
Since her debut the bride has been
one of the most popular of the younger
member of society having several
times been chosen as q member of the
carnival court, and receiving many
social courtesies not only here but in
Montgomery and Atlanta, where she
has frequently visited. The groom is
also popular here, and in social and
club circles in Montgomery
Mr.. and Mrs. Peagler will make an
extended trip north and east, return
ing to Montgomery about the first of
September.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-25
If YOU HAVE A FRIEND WORTH
LOVING.

II you have a friend worth loving,
Love him. Y es, and let him know
That you love him, ere life's evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow.
Why should good words ne'er be said
OF friend-'till he is dead?
If you hear an air that thrills you,
Sung by any child of song,
Praise it. Do not let the singer
Wait deserved praises long.
Why should one that thrills your heart
Lack the joy you may impart?
If you hear a prayer that moves you
BY its humble, pleading tone,
Join it. Do not let the seeker
Bow before his God alone.
Why should not your brother share
The strength of two or more" in
prayer?
II you see the hot tears falling
From a brothers weeping eyes,
Share them. And by kindly sharing
Own your kinship in the skies.
WEN VIZ shG Sr6th sny q heart be glad ssd2
If a silvery laugh goes ripping
Through the sunshine on his face,
Share it. IT'S the wise mans saying
For both grief and joy a place.
Health and goodness are in mirth
In which an honest laugh has birth.
If your work is made more easy
BY a friendly, helping hand,
Say So Speak out brave and truly,
Ere the darkness veil the land.
Should brother workman dear
Falter for a word of cheer?
Scatter thus your seeds of kindness
All enriching as you go
Leave them. Trust the Harvest
Giver;
He will make each seed to grow.
So. until the happy end,
Your life shall never lack a friend.
Alice Cary.