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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-03

The Power OF SoNG.-"Oh, would | were
bird !" trolled forth Kitty Donahue, as she
was brought face 10 face with Ills Honor at the
Washington Place Police Court yesterday; and
while he vas gazing on her torn silk dress aud
bcdraggIed petticoat, and considering whether
the homeopathic dose OF ten days or the alo-
pathic prescription Of three months would best
suit her case, she broke out again, Oh, would
we're Il bird, that | might fly to thee i
The effect Of her vocaism was marvellous.
His Honor hlushcd, and the clerks reVerenty
made note OF it; the pet spaIrows OF Jerry
Kemp, the autor, ceased their chirruping, Il
supcrannuaed old bum, sitting on the back
seat, wept for the first time 10 twenty years,
aud counseilors Nos. !, ., 3. and 5 each
abandoned their pcrnsal Of the Revised Stat
u;cs and asked each other whether Clara
Louise kellogg or Christine Nilsson had come
among them IN disguise. As The last strains Of
"Oh, would | we're bird" died away His
Honor said: True, true, ! have no doubt Of
it; but our tondest hopes are blasted. The poet
says, / never reared young gazelIe.' | have
40 doubt Al The present moment you would
like to DC a bird, and it will cost you $40 for
expressing your opinion. When she heard
the decision Of the magistrate she did not
quail, but showed her Two hands with out
stretched fingers TO another yourg lady in the
rear portion of the court room. This young
lady, with 4 charming smile, handed Major
Cooney, the chief clerk. two five dollar bills
and said, "Major, that 8 for Kitty" The
Major said, kitty, you're discharged AS
she walizad past the Judges desk she broke
forth in song agaio, and warbled, Must We,
then. part rs strangers His Honor indig-
pautly said go home at once, and when she
got ont in the hall she paid McEvoy dollar
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-03

Wartield e. Hall always have NeIs l L"', :,
for any who cali. We will also, 10 J4I', ,.,sa
them, say that We are never aI!aIH o. rr..
makiug mistake when we give iA"l'
scrIDtiOD tu compound.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-03

"All the health | enjoy, ard even ~ =; r.:
may say, is in consequence OF 3IIiii2W%, a' a.
Regulator. would DOT take ono "'''''
lars for my io4fest 10 that medicine =,
wv. II. WILSON. WcIborn' -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-03

GOING "SNUCKs. In the course Of a
sketch of Mr.. Abram s. Hewitt writer in the
Philadelphia Times says :-"ije and his broth.
CT worked their way through college together
10 40 original and highly fratcrnal manner.
The brother had 40 occupation in which he
could caru change enough TO support them
both, so it was agreed, as both were equally
thlrsting for knowledge. that the brother should
stick to his business and that Abram should
enter Columbia College and iupart to him
every evening all he had learned duriDg the
day. They kept up this system with incredible
industry and seltdenial aud were both gradn-
ated at tho same time.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-03

New YORK, Feb. 3-The Timcs Washing
toa dispatch says The Senate Comuiittce
that investigated the Louisiana election will re-
port in few days. They have carefully cx-
amined all the questions regarding the five So
called bulldozad parishes, and the other dis:
tricts where intimidation was practlced, and
their report will show that, if fair aud peace
able election bad been held, Hayes and Vince.
Ter would have carried the State by decided
MAJORITY
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-03

The clothing store OF Layton and Knight, in
fredericksburg was partially burned last We'd
nesday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

"My folks are going to the country
to be gone all summer!" enthusiastic
ally exclaimed a little girl yesterday
as she met another on Cass avenue.
Your pa must DE awful rich,"
replied the second.
"Oh, no, he isn't, hut if you'll
never tell anybody I'll tell you some
thing"
Il never will-hOpe to die if ever
do
We'll, then, pa was telling ma.
that we'd all go to Uncle Johns. Ma
she'll work for her board, pa will work
in the saw-mill, IN pick berries and
ride the horse to plow corn, brother
Tom will go round with q lightning
rod. man, and while you folks are in
the awful heat we'll he putting on
airs and fixing over old clothes
for fall. Don't you tell, now, for ma
is saying to everybody that she must
have the country air to restore her
shattered nerves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
LAND SALES.

]. H. Buckley TO w. NJ. Sims lots
2 and IL, block 8, Guthric's addition
to Mexico, $A5.
A. z. Torryson to T. T. Torryson,
40 acres near Martinsburg, $780,
c. w. Baker, to Z. Manscer SIC
acres, four miles southeast Of Mexi.
CO SIS, 900
M. F. Allen to j. B. Botkin, lot 2,
in Calhraith's square, city Of Mexico,
$1,000. r
J.. Botkin to NJ. +. Allen 97-100
of an acre in West Mexico, 1925.
r. Jenkins to s. Houston 46 acres
l6 miles east of this place, 1915.
w. Z. Crosvhite to w. III. Powell
6 acres near Thompson station,
5000.
S. w. Davis TO T. j. Casey lots s
and G., block 5, Clark's addition to
Mexico, $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
LEDGER MANIMS.
care of your pennies.

~ S
Look well to your spending
No matter what comes in, if more
goes out you will always be poor.
The art is not in making money,
but in keeping it.
Little expenses, like mice in Il barn,
when they are many, make a great
waste.
A barrel is soon empty If the tap
leaks but a drop a minute.
When you mean to save begin with
you mouth; many thieves pass down
the red lane.
The ale jug is a great waste.
In all other thin rs keep within COM
pass.
Never. stretch your legs further than
your blanket will reach, or you will
soon get cold.
In clothes choose, suitable and last
ing stuff, and not tawdry iineries.
To be warm is the main thing ; never
mind the looks.
A fool may make money, but it
needs a wise man to spend it.
Remember it is easier to build two
chimneys than to keep one going.
If you give all to the back and
board there is nothing left for the
savings bank. .u
Fare hard and work hard when you
are young, and you will have u chance
to rest when you are old.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

If you are wronged by a r.. r. Co.
or any other Company, seek redress
by FAM AND LAwFuL MEANS. With
out doubt The r. r. Companies are
crushing their employees with an iron
heel.
Is it strange that when the laboring
mel who receive barely money enough
for a subsistence, are told they must
be reduced, they strike against the
reduction when they see the chief
officers getting princely salaries out
of the result Of their labor, the stock
holders getting nothing, the income
and business of the road large, and
the money all gone?
Men would never kick against the
reduction Of wages, if they knew as q
matter of honest truth, that The cor
poration could pay no moro but
they know that there is not general
honest management, and that while
the corporations earn much money, it
all goes into the pockets of a ring of
manipulators. a.a u e aI
The remedy is an honest admins
tration3 of every department of the
government, and of every body corr
porate in the wllole-an equalization
of the pay of officers and men to
something near what is just and
equitable -.: 6.b
Honesty, Justice and equality can
regulate this matter, us all others,
but bayonets never. The sympathy
of the people everywhere is with the
strikers, and because they see in the
management of the railroads oppres.
sion, tyranny, trickery, ring rule, ane
the spiritof MAKE for the few, at the ex.
pense oftne MANY!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
RENEWAL BONDS,

. pm"
We are authorized hy the county
court to say to all holders OF Galloway
Railroad Bonds, that the county court
will at the next Aug. term 1877, be
prepared to issue Renewal Bonds in
lieu Of the old ones now outstanding,
Oh the terms expressed by the people
of the county at the late election.
We urgesupon the holders of said
bonds the propriety of availing them
selves of the earliest opportunity to
exchange their bonds for new ones
We hope a liberal exchange will be
made at The Aug, term OF our court.
Galloway Gazette. 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
THE CREDIT

After having inspected a pile OF
calico in Reeds store yesterday, a
somewhat rusty looking man blandly
remarked to the clerk before him:
"Crdit must be given me-
"No, sir-we don't trust" was
the reply.
81 was goingto remark that credit
must be given me for"
"We couldn't do it, sir. The rule
applies to every one"
"Couldn't do what?'' asked the
man.
Couldn't give you credit"
"You are very uncivil, sir, very,
but yet l will say before L go out OF
here that credit must be given me for
being honest and impartial, when l
say that / never saw three hitching-
posts look nicer than them out there.
That's all, sir, and wish l hadn't
said that much.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26


grew red, then white, and there was
an awful silence. Ripping off the
cover she exhibited a bolt of mosqui-
to netting nestled away in the box.
Nay, she held it up, and even shook
it at the old man. He smiled softly,
nodded his head a dozen times, and
blandly said:
stCorrect, madam tumble to it,
that doesn't look like a dozen button
behind shirts, and I'm grieved if I
offended. Put it back, madam,
forget that you ever saw me, and wear
any kind you are a mind top
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
LEDGER SAWS.

Time never sits heavily upon us
but when it is badly employed.
If you have not sense enough to
speak, have wit enough to hold your
tongue.
If you would add lustre to your ac-
complishments, study a modest be-
h%avior. To excel in anything valu-
able is great.
Were human beings always that
which they are in their best moments,
then should we know here already on
earth the kingdom ofheayen, ofbeauty
and goodness.
Whatever difficulties you have to
encounter, be not perplexed, but think
only what is right to do IN the sight
of Him who seeth all things, and beal
without repining the result.
Let not any one say he cannot gov.
ern his passions, nor hinder them from
breaking out and carrying him int
action; for what he can do before :
prince or great man, he car do alone
or in the presence of God if he will
1t is not good for human nature Il
have the road of life made too easy
for it is better to be under the neces
sity of working hard and fariug mean
ly, than to have everything done 70
us, and a pillow of down to lepos'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
DINNER TABLE HINTS.

When taking a lady down do not
ask if she is ''peckish'' or sharp
SET"
Do not say 81 hope they will give
us a good tuck-out."
When you m seated keep calm,
whatever there is for dinner.
Soup should not be chewed, you
must swallow it whole.
Never hammer with your feet for
the next course or shout s'waiter II
When anything nice is put on the
table do not chuckle mol rub your
chest.
When the entrees come round,
make a free choice, but don't
pocket.
Never take more than four helps
Of anything.
Do not sponge your gravy with
your bread and squeese it down your
throat it has an uneducated look.
Never speak with Your mouth full
first, because it's vulgar; and, sec.
ondly, because yon can't.
IF you feel uncomfortable symp-
toms arising from repletion you mus
dissembIe ; do not call for brandy aht
peppermint drops.
II your fail, neighbor asks what; j
the matter with yoa, hasten to assar'
her that it's not catching. 5 ef
Crack nuts for Your hostssSr-i
your teeth are good wI
Do not say ssI'm chock fuilf' whel
dinner is v 1T has a foreign al
about it ~
Before joining the Ladies' wash yoa
hands in the bowls provided for til
purpose; you should not call for soa
or bath towels.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
FARBER ITEMS.

There is q water cure establishment
half a mile east of Farber. Boys and
young men go down to battle nearly
every evening.
There are plenty of young men and
young bachelors about town, but no
young ladies.
The house of Mr.. Theulton on the
18th section, burned down last week,
nothing. was saved but a sewing
machine and a trunk.
Cha, Giltiland has again moved his
drug store to this place. Reckon
he is prepared to sell medicine to
snake bitten persons and Others.
Fresh fruit, such as blackberries,
grapes, peachs, &C., are in demand
and bring lfgher prices in Farber than
any other market. Apples are also in
demand.
Miss Bette Purdy has gore to
Moberly on a visit to relatives. 1t is
Thought that Mr.. Frederick Roehler
has also gone there to live with Bet
tie. She didn't want to live with
him in Farber because he bull-dozed
the storekeepers out Of thirty OF forty
dollars.
Frank Draper says he is going to
put an engine in his corn shed and
grind corn this fall. Success 10 Frank,
hope he will do a paying business and
redeem himself and Frank Parker.
Farber, School Board always employs
teachers that come from . distance.
They carry the cash away from town.
The merchants can't.see the point,
but they will feel it pretty stingy
soon-considerate.
IF you wish 10 enhance the value Of
your property do not, go to some
other town to bay your goods. Dc
not go to Vandalia and pay one dol
lar and twenty-five cents for a pair Of
spectacles that you can buy In Farbei
for fifty cents. Do not take youi
chickens to Wellsville and sell then
for one dollar and fifty cents pei
dozen when you are offered two dol
lars and twenty-five cents in Farber
Do net send to Illinois for a teacher
Mt thirty-five dollars per month wher
you have several better teachers il
Farber than can be hired for less
money. There is no use in q maj
getting mad about a bucket Of water
and cutting his nose off To spite hi
face. This town has been Kept bacl
several years by dead-beats acting ii
this way. Hope they will open thei
eyes pretty Dor
somsbedy's old COW got into a mn'
hole east OF town and now the c.
A. r. r. Go. are putting in tw
enormous culyerts on the land of N
Il. Adams at the head of the tam
|, pond to prevent a similar accident
Nobody is more obliging than the c
a. A. n. r. Co. ~ H.t SuKE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
j. P'S. SURk-USS.
MARRIED LADIES MATINEE.

MARRIED ADDE'S MATINEE.
Fe-fo-fum!
''Do you fight with your husband
often?" he asked.
'.Well, that depends. He's of bill
lious temperance, and you can't bet
OH him. Some days he'll come i'll as
meak us a lamb, and smile swectiy as
7 kick his hat Off. Again he'll come
rushing in, bang the children around,
kick over chairs. and dare me to mov
an ear. Them's glorious old times,
them isl You just ought tosee men,
tai affection and mop-handle muscle
combine and go for that old autocrat
of the shovel and wheelbarrow ! /
don't have any backing, and | don't
want any. The sanguine temporal
ments never 90 in except to VIM"
stYou have been arrested for dis
turbing the peace, haven't you?"
s'The same, l have, and we're you
down there? l walked. out before
the desk in Lady Audley style, you
know, wiped u tear from my pearl
eve, and the way | flung law, domes-
tic happiness, muscular development,
mothers love, conjugal and affection
and Western enterprise at his Honor
made his hair stand up. He told he
to Qo,sand / laughed all the way
home. My husband sathere, wiping
away crocodile tears and telling the
children I'd been sent to Saratoga fol
my health, when / bounced in and
had him hollering for mercy in less
than two minutes.
$50 we won't GO home till morning
Till daylight does appear"
"well, l guess you'll get along
said the officer ashe went down the
steps.
/ "Don't you bet Lwon'tl'' she re
piled, standing in the door. 'sW'
haven't a stick of wood, and nothing
to eat but a loaf of bread, while thu
rent is two months. over due, but
ara of q sangunie temperament, yot
know. If we don't strike a streak 0
luck tonight wen have a dry OH
meal and another fight n the morning
but luck has got to come some day
Destiny is destiny, and this old Gallo
dress has got to do me till snow Flies
but
! "ii,ere's MANY . 'lasd Gp anl-
n3.>.e alaat rl wait ter IT,
+ Is II #f III
H4aa a93t u
Ii you near i tessie in mere Il,
evening don't interfere. I've got
handful of snuff all ready for the ol
mans eyes, and it'll nearly kin me
3 see him feeling around fora club Wi
, one hand and digging his eyes wi
the other. Well, tra-la."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

James Thomas, Of Fulton, arrived
IN this city with a bus load Of pass
sngers this morning at five O'Clock
md returned at three this evening
taking with him the Fulton mail, hav-
ing been duly sworn in by Postmaster
Srove. Jim carries the mail to and
nom the depot at regularly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
MARRYING FOR MONEY.
Rev. George c. Baldwin very truth

MARk1 lNG EOk MONEl.
Rev. George G. Baldwin very truth
fully says: "a
Gold cannot buy happiness, and
the parents who compel their daugh-
tiers to marry for station or money,
commit a grievous sin against hui
manity and God. The woman who mar
les a churl for his wealth. will find
that she has made q terrible bargain
that all the ~glittering of lieartless
grandeur are phosphorescent glitter
ings of heart w~retchedness that her
life will be M OF gilded misery, and
her old age will be like q crag ON the
bleak side of a desert mountain,
where cold moon-beams sometimes
glitter, but III birds sing, but wild
storms howl and hoarse thunders
roar, and through the sweeping
storms shall be heard the stern voice
of God saying, ''Your riches + cor
rupted, your garments are moth eaten,
your gold and silver are eankered,
and the rust OF them shall be a Wit
hess against you, and eat your flesh
as if it were on fire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

must know each other to the centre
of their souls-the mysterious veil
which covered the two spouses in the
primitive church, must be raised in
its ihmost folds, how closely soever.
it may be keptdrawn to the rest OF the
world. What! on account of caprice,
or a burst of passion, am ! to be ex-
posed to the fear Of losing my wife
and children, and to renounee the
hope OF passing my decling days with
them. Let no one imagine that fear
will make me become a better hus-
band. No; We do not attach our
selves to o possession which we are
in danger of losing-the soul of a
man, as well as his body is incom-
plete without his wife ; he has strength,
she has beauty he combats the enc
my and labors in the field, but he I'M
derstands nothing of domestic life,
his companion is waiting to prepare
his repast and sweeten his existence.
He has crosses, and the partner OF
his life is there to soften them; his
days may be sad and troubled, but in
the chaste arm of his wife he finds
comfort and repose. Without woman
man would be rude, gross, solitary.
Woman spreads him the flowers OF
existence as the creepers of the for
est, which decorate the trunks of the
sturdy oaks with their %perfumed gar
lands. Finally, the Cristian pair live
and die united; together they reap
the fnuits of their union; in the dust
they he side by side; and they are
united beyond the tomb.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

The colored people Of Galloway
county have organized an agricultural
md mechanical society. Their first
exhibition viii be held at the fair
grounds near Fulton, commencing on
Thursday, September 6, and continu-
ing three days.-Fulton Telegraph.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
INFLUENCE OF MARRIAGE.

Habit and long life together are
more necessary to happiness, and even
to love, than is generally imagined.
No one is happy with the object of
his attachment, until he has passed
days and above oh, many of misfor-
tune with her. The married pair
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26
OPEN BACK

1ney were sleepy On taie HOUR
o'clock car going down to Jefferson
yesterday. The day was hot, the
dust thick, and only one man, and he
beyond the prime of life, opened his
eyes rs. Il woman crowded in, with a
long, paper-box under her arm. His
eyes opened a little more as she sat
down near him, and, presently, they
widened to their fullest extent as he
read the label ON the box-tOne
dozen open-bacSed shirts" He glanc-
ed from the box to the female and
back, and groaned out:
EtLand % love J hut what will come
next?"
She looked around at him as if she
feared that a case of collie would come
next, and he frightened up a little
and said:
"Well I've worn EN- for a year,
and / know they are handy and re-
liable. If my daughters want to get
haif-a-dozen apiece, 1 shan't cry rel
it,
"Were you speaking to me?" she
asked, after seeing that no one else
seemed interested.
81 sorter was, and sorter wasn't"
he replied, as he worked a faint smile
to his face. 81 was saying that it's
wonderful how much the inventive
genius of the country has done for us
on the shirt question"
She hitched away a little.
Twenty years ago." he unused,
as, he hitched after her, ''if any man
had told me that the dormant genius
of this country would soon rouse up
and invent a button-behind shirt I'd
have looked upon him as crazy. But
dormant genius was all O.. X. She
reused, she invented and I've got one
of them very shirts on" 4@ + 4
The look she gave him ought to
have torn him all to pieces, but it
didn't. ..-. .r
"One year ago." he calmly resum-
ed, SIT anybody had told me that the
gentler sex would soon demand open
backed shirts, I'd have gone a fishing
and never returned. But the epoch
has hove in sight-she's right here. i
can recommed them as boss"
"Who are you talking to, STRIP she
demanded in an awful voice.
"To you, madam. / was saying
shat if I wear 'em there is no reason
why you shouldn't"
II appeal to these passengers
she excitely exclaimed.
$50 do - he answered. EVERY
body in this car, with a button-behint
shirt ON, will please stand up until ]
can count noses" p
The old man stood up. He wa
all alone. He looked around in
sorrowful way, and said:
"'The noses have it, and the reso
luton is laid on the table. However
i. I'll stick to mine, and I don't believ'
this woman here will go back on he
, dozen till she has given 'em a fai
show. Which side of the neck d.
they button on, madam"
The yell that followed brought il
the driver. The old man was poihte'
out as a drunkard and a woman-in
: sulter, and the driver was feeling TO
his neck when the astonisfed ma
cried out:
"Who's drunk! Who's insulte
ANYBODY"
SHE kept talking about shirts!
screamed the woman with the box.
aAnd you've got a box-full!
shouted the a
dl ST hain't ne-f"
She turned up the box, and sa
the label for the first time. 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

The Hswkeye man makes this humi-
Lifting confession: Bogus ten cent
pieces have been put in circulation,
md . gratifying increase in church
elections is noticed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

The will of Rev. N. L. Rice, was
robstsd on Tuesday last. 1t
mounted to about $40, 900; the
property was left to his wife. C. ID.
Drake and Stephen d. Barlow are
Witnesses TO the will.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

The constituents of Judge Buckner
would be pleased if he would have
pseed in the Auxvasse, Richland,
sason's Fork and other creeks i'm Cal
iEsy county a lot of sbad fish.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

DED.--In this city last Saturday
d advanced age Mrs. Spence, the
lSher Of DIR. and Joe Spence. Her
ndains we're taken to Boone and in
ausd In the family burrying ground.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

''In choosing o. wife," says the
Physiological Journal, she governed
by her chin" Many men are often
governed by their wife's ''chin''
after marriage, and they're generally
the men who think ''there 10 another
and a happier world"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

Mr.. Stewart, jr., Of Louisiana, made
Is social call last Monday. He now
lis control Of the collection Of the
rysuue of twenty-five counties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

Bob Vincil has a very bad hand.
While handling one of Botlin's big
horses last Tuesday, the horse bit
him on the hand crushing his wrist
and leaving a very painful wound.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

Four LEGGED CHIcKENs.-Last
week Sam Buckley had two chickens
Matched, and each of them had four
legs-otherwise they were well
formed. Now we will hear from the
Fulton Telegraph. a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-07-26

w. ]. Seymore, general agent for
the St. Louis Times, was in this city
again Monday. The Times In received
with great favor in Mexico, and its
list of subscribers is increasing fast.
We wish it success.