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Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
THE NEWSPAPER.

lam farmer. My farm is named
Pasturefield. I take great pride in it
and work as steadily as / can, for /
am sixty-six, and was not Injured to
farm labors in early life, but trained
to the dry-goods business. Well, no
matter for this. Iwork and enjoy it.
Then L get tired, then / smoke and
then / sit down to the newspaper.
All, then my fatigue is forgotten, and
I reyel in enjoyment, and am recreatei
ed. The great, good newspaper l
used. to read good Books, but neglect
themnoN. What becomes of all the
books published? fused to take agri-
cultural journals, but then there was
too much agriculture. / get hints
enough in home newspapers to satisfy
me. ALI around me are men who
work hard, and are honest and faith
full in their aims and ways, who take
no newspaper. How do they live? l
should have. died twenty years ago
without them. LEND and give them
to my neighbofs.
And the newspaper grows and
grows, and will continue to grow.
Better and better men continue to go
into its labors. The best only will
live. o, men of.the newspaper, great
teachers of the people, accept the law
" that honesty is the best policy
Cast out the ~cowardly, the weak,
mean, and wrong-head and let the
brave, the manly, the clear-eyed and
] courageous help in making this great
and glo wing gospel-this big book,
this early teacher, this household
| preacher, this hope, comfort, help,
and enjoyment of the common PEG,
: ple-the American newspaper. Make
it clean and true and faithful.
AS / believe the newspaper hai
1 already heightened my life, l doubt
not that it will lengthen it to the extent
e probably, of twenty-five years, which
Y will give me quite d respectable span
And / think of what its characte
G must be to me? But then | know tn,
true, the brave, will live and flourish
and that the puerile, the foolish
and false will soon die.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02

ion can blanch the cheek or suffuse
the eye with tears of joy; and his
lips are closely watched, as if from
them proceeded the assurance Of life
and death, He lives by the woes OF
others and while he would starve, if
confined to the profession, if constant
health were the attribute of our race,
he is vendesvoring to Danish sickness
from among men, While success in
his ayocation Wenld ruin him forever,
he is always warning against his OWL
Interests. ,4s. ara sti7J a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
FORTY YEARS BEFORE THE pURLIG
DR.. c. MeLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
VERMIFUGE.
OF r

VNHE countenance is pale and
L leaden-colored, with occasional
BUSHES, or a Circumscribed spot on
one or both cheeks; the eyes become
dull the pupils dilate ; an azure semi
circle runs along the lower eye-lid;
the nose is irritated, swells, and some
times bleeds /; a swelling of the upper
lip; occasional headache, with hum
ming or throbbing of the ears; an
unusual secretion of saliva; Shiny or
furred tongue; breath very'foul, par
ticularly in the morning; appetite
variable, sometimes voracious, witha
gnawing sensation of the stomach, at
Others, entirely gone ; fleeting pains
in the stomach occasional nausea
and vomiting violent pains through
out the abdomen; bowels irregular,
at times costive ; stools Shiny; not
mfrequently tinged with blood ;
belly swollen and hard urine tur-
bid; respiration occasionally diff
cult, and accompanied by hiccough;
cough sometimesdrya nd convulsive;
uneasy and disturbed sleep, with
grinding of the teeth; temper varia-
Bile, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are fosnd to exist,
DR.. c. MCLANE'S VERMIFUGE
Will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepa-
ration, not capable efdoing the sight
est tnyn,y 10 TIE NEST tender infant,
The genuine Dr.. McLANE's YER
MIFUGE bears the signatures of C..
McLANE and FLEMING Bros. ON the
wrapper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
PROPOSED REFORMS IN SPELL.
ING.

A certain eonvocation of learned
gentlemen, who are pleased to call
themselves philologists, and who pro-
fess to know all about the derivations
of words, and how they of right ought
to be spelled, have been remarkably
active this hot summer. The learn
ed persons in question propose to re-
form the existing photography of the
English language, and to introduce
what they .aresbieased to call a phone
tic method system easiest explain
ed bysimply stating that the word
phonetic would be spelled ''fonetik."
To make the,sound of a word cores
lpond to itksssnstruction by letters, is
the one aimssf the spelling reformers.
Is it necessary to state that there are
no printers among then? ? for if there
were a solitary epractical-stickcr, he
would tell them that the proposed
new plan would soon prove a hun.
dredfold more inconvenient than is
the old one, for the simple reason
that to all readers the ear is a fal
more deceptive guide than the eye.
ALI English-speaking people, of aver
age intelligence, readily learn t.
spell alike. No method ofpronuncia
ton is, or ever can be, uniform among
: them hence, how is it possible t.
simplify photography by conformin,
its variation to The ear? Let Us tax
! the simple word, cow. We of'Penn
. sylvania pronounce it ''kow;" in th
New England States, spelled In &C
t cordance with sound, it would be rea
r ''keow." Or the word door; IN a
Northern States pronounced ''dore,
e but south of the Potomac frequentl
as "doah. So with horse, which
d often pronounced ''hoss." In th
shires Of England, the differences i
pronunciation vary far more than the
do in the United States. Once gi,
d every locality the liberty to spell /
g ear, and in a single generation IL
inhabitants of no two States in IL
Union would be able to understan,
ingly read each others written
y printed language, To printers tn
lie inevitable conclusion readily occur,
but said we not that there we're no pr
y tiers among The scholarly philologist
e. Had there been, there would not ha
been proposed a plan to make orth
graphical confusion more confound'
than it unfortunately and unavoidat
)u is.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
DIR. c. MeLANE's
LIVER PILLS.

These Pills are not recommended
as q remedy for all the ills that
flesh ID heir to-" but in affections of
the Liver, and in all Bilious Com
plants, Dyspepsia and Sick Head
ache, Of diseases Of that character,
they stand without . rival. d ..
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used
preparatory to, or after taking Qui-
nine. 81.
As q simple purgstive they are
unequaled. IT
BEWARE OF rMITATroNs.
The. genuine are never sugar
coated. a II
Each box has a red wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DE-.
M?LANE's LIVER Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures
Of G. McLANEa and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeepers generally
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
OLD FUN.

Three hundred and fifty years ago,
Wymkyn de Worde, who had his
printing office in Fleet street, London,
''at the sygne of the Swanne," pub
lished his ''Dennaundes Joyus," which
will show the notion of fun which
prevailed at the time:
QUEs.-What bear the best burden
that ever was borne? ANs.-The ass
that carried our Lady, when she fed
with our Lord into Egypt.
Q,-What became of that ass?
Adams mother ate her.
Q.-Who was Adams mother? A.
The earth.
Q.-How many cows tails would
it take to reach from the earth to the
sky? A.-No more than one, if it
be long enough.
Q.-What is the distance from the
surface Of the sea to the deepest part
thereof? A.-Only a stones throw.
Q.-When Antichrist appears in
the world, what will be the hardest
thing for him to understand?
A hand barrow, for of that h,
shall not know which end ought to GO
foremost.
Q.-What is that never was and neye
will be!
A mouse's nest in a cats ear
Q.-Why do men make an oven il
a town?
A.-Because they cannotxmake
town in an oven.
-Q.-How may a man discern a co,
in a flock of sheep?
| A.-By his eyesight.
e Q.-Whyd doth acow lie down?
A.-Because it cannot sit.
a Q.-What is it that never freezeth
/ A.-Boiling water.
Q-How many straws go to a goose
r nest?
t A.-Not one for straws, not ha,
ing feet, cannot go anywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
PITCHERS
CASTORIA,

Mothers may haye rest and their babies
may have health, if they win use Castoria
for Wind Collie, Worms F~everishness,
Sore Mouth, Group. or Stomach Com.
plants. II il entirely . vegetable prepar-
alton, and contains neither mineral. NOR
take as honey. and neither gags nor gripes.
DIR. K. Dimoeb of Dupont, o., says;
"T am using Castoris in my practice
with the most signal benefits and happy
result" a.&sg 3.4 ff.tsg q
This 10 what everyone says. Most
nurses in New York City use the Castoria.
1t 10 prepared by Messrs. J.. B. ROSE IL
Co., 46 Dew street, New York, successors
Samuel Pitcher, II. d,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
DELIGHTS OF BASE BALL.

The only son of a widowed mother
insthe town of Mexico, is d member
of an amateur base ball club. Onlast
Saturday he had his hair cut and
oiled and equipped himself for the
fray, and his fond mother tied one of
her best lace-trimmed handkerchiefs]
around his throat, and put a clean
handkerchief, with some cologne on
it, in his belt, and kissed him. and he
went. About a quarter past seven
he returned, that lis, the most of him,
and the following conversation en-
"T4I U4sI fs.ta bag ELftIB yn1
."My son, where. is the lace hand
kerchief you had,around your neckp"
she asked. "a u ,d ,rlau11 lRrs1 94t 30
"Here,,1 ma, tied around this finger.
picked up a daisy CUTTER / think
the finger is only out of joint in two
places, and mashed a fewi it is not
broken" -
"My son, why do you not speak
palmer? Surely you have not been
drinking?:''As 'ls''| 10 L'aS@i a"'sfi
1aNo, ma; Bat in the latter half of
the seventhgainning douri catehers's
hands gave, out,land Invent behina,
and | stopped . foul, tipfwith my
teeth; that's ALL"
my son, your NICE new uniform
is all bloodcd in front. What ever
can you have Been doing?''' ''''"'i''
"Nothing, ma; only / was trying to
scoop in a high n at third, and the
sun got in my eyes, and | mufied it,
the ball came on my nose, but | put
it over to first and got him out"
''fMy son, your white flannel pants
are all green behind" az ed
E"'That, MA, was i'm the third inning
whenJ tried to- steal to second, anC
had to throw myself down and slid,
in. | got the base, anyhow, and cam,
/. in on a two-baser to left field"
-"Alas, my son, ] fear that .ysn hav'
had an unpleasant day .sIsct me sert
Tor a surgeon. and n dcHfist, and ge
some a%rnica, ice water, lint, raw bee
steak. splints,stieking pFaxtar, vine
gar and brown paper, hallway
readyircliefyP Perry Davis pain killer
congresses, slings, lccUhcs, clear
clothes, Reeds hair dye, opodeldoc
horse IMMINENT, box of Patterson
ague pills, and in a few days you viii
not know yourself"
d. HOh. ma, it was the bulliest ram
lever vas in-ten innings, and tia
score 2 to 6. Ii die, ! give m.
bat to Tommy Reed and my spike
shoes to Bob White. Now put me i
my little bed, ma, and tend to YOU
baby.'-Monthly journal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02

$40 90 Machine for $50 90, mounted s
5 upon fine polished or oiled black I
. walnut top table and treadle, all :
Z patented attachments Is pieces) for :
. complete, only $40, inducements :
- offered by any. other machine at any
= price.
- The most solid, reliable and salts
= factory machine ever invented for all )
> kinds of family work. An acknowl- {
u edged unequivocal mechanical sue !
2 cess, thoroughly tested, and used in ,
- thousands of homes. An efficient, ST. .
lent, rapid, reliable and ever-ready
helper to the weary wife or seam {.
2 stress, that will do the work of a
: lamily for a lifetime, and costing
= less than half the price of machines
5 of a like quality. 1t makes the shut-
= tie, double-thread, lock-stitch (the
same on both sides of the work.
Q which received the highest award at
the Centennial. The strongest, finest
and most lasting stitch ever produced.
= 1t does more w. rk at less cost; ope-
y rates more easily. smoothly and fast
: er and with less labor than any other
: machine st any price. 1t Is built tor
- strength and constant hard work;
VIII run IoE u w pa -
-. is easy to learn, easy to manage and
= always ready, in a moment, to do
: every description of strong OF fine
! & fancy work than any other machine,
e at any price, ever did or can do, and
: with less trouble. Il will sew any
| 10 thing a needle Il pierce, from lace
= or cambria to heavy cloth or harness
- with any kind of thread, and run off
= twenty wards per minute; uses q
= strong straight needle, and never
z breaks them. 1t San not miss or
: drop a stitch, ravel or break she
4 thread. The money Cheerfully re-
funded if it will not oUtwork and
outlast any machine at double the
=: price. II you have any other ma
: chine, buy this and have q better
y one. The ease and rapldity of its
& motion and quality of its work is its
= best recommendation, and it is thor.
= ouyhlv warranted in every respect,
% bv written guarantee to maintain its
merited reputation as u constant,
= ready and ever-faithful worker in a
: family for five years. 1t will hem,
> fell, tuck. braid, cord, bind, gather,
: quilt, %ruffie, pleat, fold, scallop.snirr,
; roll, haste, embroider. run up
Z breaaths, etc, with elegance, ease
ana ~quickHeSs. II TequIFes no Iehrif-
ling; any one can use 1t in q moment
= and it will earn from $4 to IS per
! day for any one who wishes to sew
c for living, the best snd lowest
e priced machine ever invented. For
testimonials see descriptive books,
u mailed free with samples of work.
- Agents wanted throughout the
- country for this, the cheapest and
most rapid-salling machine III the
, world, For liberal terms, address
Il A. CATELY & Co.
: Cor. Broadway and Eighth streets,
q New York. n42-1y
2 LIvIM 81 AKONO0H 'HLTVa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02

OBSERVE THIS RULE.-Even in hard
times q close application to your bus
mess, polite attention to your custom
ers, always giving good, honest
weight and correct measure ; never
selling for more than a reasonably
small profit, keeping your stock well
up to the demands of your trade,
never misrepresenting the quality of
your goods, never urging your GUS
toner to buy more than he needs, and
advertise in the Monthly Journal, will
always insure success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
CENTAUR
LINIMENTS
Letter from a.. Postmaster.
"ANTIoCH. ILL.,, Dec. I, 1874.

letter from a. Postmaster.
"ANTTocH, ILL.,, Dec. /, 1874.
M essrs. J. B. Rose & Co.:
"Mv wife has, for q long time, been a
terrible sufferer ron Rheumatism. She
has t: led many physicians and many reme-
dies. The only thing which has given her
relief IS Centaur Liniment. / am rejoiced
to say this has cured her. l am doing
what I can to extend its sale. \ \
w. II. RING.
This 10 o sample of many thousand testi-
monials received, of wonderful cures
effected by the Centaur Liniment. The
ingredients of this article are published
around each bottle. 1t contains Witch
Hazel, Me2tha,' Arnica, Rock Oil, Car
bolic, and ingredients hitherto little
known. 1t Is an indisputable fact that the
Centaur Liniment II performing more
cures of Swellings, Stiff Joints. Eruptions,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia. Sciatiea. Caked
Breasts, Lock.jaw. &c, than all other Lin
iments, E~mbroca.ions, Extracts, Salves,
Ointments, and Plastsrs now in use.
For Toothache, Earache Weak Back,
tch and Cutaneous Eruptions it is ad-
mirable. It. cures burns and scslds with
| out O scar. Extracts poison from bites
land stings, and heals frost-bites and chill
blalns, in . short time. No family can
afford to be without the Centaur Lini
ment, white wrapper.
The Centaur Liniment, yellow wrapper,
is adapted to the tough skin, muscles and
fesh Of the animal creation. Its effects
upon severe cases OF SPAWN, Swe eny,
Wind Gall, Big Head and Poll Evil, are
little less than marvellous.
Messrs. j. Mcclure u Co., Druggists
corner Elm and Front streets, Cincinnati
o., say:
i.In our neighborhood q number OF
teamsters are using the Centaur Liniment.
They pronounce it superior to anything
they have ever used. We sell as high as
four to Eve dozen bottles per month to
! these teamsters."
We have thousands Of similar testimo-
| malls. "s
Fer Wounds, Calls, Scratches, Ring
bone. &c, and for Screw Worm in Sheep
il has no rival. Farmers, Liyery-men,
and Stock-raisers, have in this Liniment q
remedy which is worth o hundred times
its cost.
Laboratory OF j. b. R ost, 81 Co.,
- - -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
WIFE. MISTRESS AND gladly

Who marries for love, takes a wife
who marries fortune takes a mistress !;
who marries for position, takes a
lady. You are loved by your wife,
regarded by your mistress, and toler-
ated by your lady. You have a wife
for yourself, a mistress of your house
and friends, a lady for the world and
society. Your wife will agree with
you, your mistress will rule you, your
lady manage you. Your wife will
take care of your household, your
mistress of your house, your lady Of
| appearance. If you arc sick, youl
wife will nurse you, your mistres:
will visit you, y-orr lady will inquire
after your health. You take a wall
with your wife, a ride with your mis-
tress, and go a party with your lady
Your wife will share your grief, you
mistress your money, your lady you
debts. Ifyou die. your wife will weep
your mistress will lament, and you
lady veal mourning. Which vii
you have!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02
THAT G QUARTER.

Two or three weeks agosa woman,
who was never known to board a
street-car before, took a seat on q
Grand River venue car and handed
the conductor q bogus quarter. He
returned it, and she loudly protested
that she was the last person on earth
who would have knowingly carried
counterfeit money i'll her pocket.
Next day she offered it to another
conductor, and when he returned it
she exclaimed:
"Why, mercy on me !! but l was
sure 1 burned that bogus thing up
last night"
Coming down town yesterday morn
ing she handed it ont to the first con-
ductor, who tossed it out of the car
window and said:
"Of course, you don't want to be
arrested for earring bogus money
around?"
Bogus! Why, is it possible that
L didn't throw that bad quarter
away"
She handed him a nickle, rode two
blocks further, and all of a sudden
left the car to speak to o friend on the
walk. When the car went back the
woman was walking in the middle of
the street, bent double, and glancing
this way and that as if in search of
some small object. She looked up,
recognized him, and called out:
"Say, did any of you fellers find a
market basket along here?"
Blessed is the woman who hath
finished house-cleaning; but she
whose carpets are still up, walketh in
wrath, and is a terror in the family.
Yea, her husband eateth the cheering
fish, at the saloon, and drinketh from
the cup of lager beer. He goeth not
home to dinner, for he knoweth the
evil day hath come, and the parlor
stove must yet be stored away for the
season. He standeth afar off and be-
holdeth these troubles, while his heart
o~verfoweth with sympathy and he
looketh out from his hiding place and
seeth not the blue smoke rising beau
tifally from his home, and says with
in himself, my time is not yet. o
wretched man that / am, the labors of
this life shall destroy me from the
face of the earth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02

The life of a physician Is a life Of
contradiction. He is misrepresented,
abused and derided, yet he is sought
for with ayidity, and freely received
into the bosom of families. His opin-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-02

laboratory OF j. b. Rose, e. Co.,
46 DKx STREET. New York. 81
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-07

SCENES AT THE PoLLs--A QUIET ELECTION
AT THE VARIOUS HEApoUARTRRs-THE Bull
LETTys AND THE CROWDS.
Tho elections arc over at last, and tho contcndlng
forces have retired from the field tor another year.
Tho community at large will excIaim "For this relief
much thanks" Tho local light, II must DO said had
much more for the politicians than Tor tho
people. The struggle for Register and State Senator
In the Seventh district tho leading features oil tho
Canvass and toward us close tho run for the latter
office eclipsed oil In point Of popular interest Being
an of year politics. no issues were at stake to
stir tho public mind great extent, and had IL
not been for tho unexpected appearance In tho ned
OF Mr.. John Morrisscy and Mr.. Augustus scheii rs
rivals for tho state scna,orshp from the Seventh dis
trict the campaign would have proved unintcressing
10 tho last degree. There were. OF course, set oil
Aldermen, Asscmblymon and Senators TO DO elected,
but there so seldom any difference between ono set
aud ano hor people hardly folt called upon to
display any excitement
Tho day. though irifle chilly, was bright ana dry,
and tho voting began rather lively way al an,
early hour. There was . dropping Oh about noon,
aud renewal OF tho business In tho afternoon Do
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AT THE DIFFERENT HEADQUARTERS.

when tho polls wore closed and tho voters and
"worKcrs" had gono their several ways luil In the
long sustained excitement was noticeable IL was OF
short duration. however, and as evening came the ad
herens Of the different factions hiod to the headquar
tors there 10 learn tho result of the days work.
rAxMANY HALL
John Kelly sat upon the platform at Tammany Hall
last night wniIe the returns being read to nm
audience that must have numbered close upon ten
thousand, crowding as It did every corner OF that
spac ons room and tho gallery above. Mr. Kelly sat
away In tho with his back against the wall. Ho
wore his great coat, although tho temperature was
very high, and kept bis black ieIt hat pulled down
almost over his ears From time to tiInc kilograms
were handed TO him by special messengers These ho
showed occasionally to Henry L. Clinton, Commits
sioner OF Jurors; Thomas Dunlap, cxRocorder
Smytno and or two trends who sat near him. AS
telegram after telegram arrived tho stubDy beard upon
tho lace of tho Tammany magnato seomed 10 brstle
herccy, his square, heavy Jaw became rigid,
his lips SGT and tho lines upon his face
dcepcncd. IL was evident 10 those who
stadiod his countsnanco that no had heard I'M
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NEW NOVEMBER 877-TRIPIE SHEET

VOTE OF THE STATE BY TOWNS.
The following 10 tho vote OF tho State by towns. Tho
majorties and gains aY computed BY comparison
with the for tho election for Secretary of state
in 1875, when the democrats carried tho State by
SlO maIority:--
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IN THE CITY.

Btgeow's majority in ISL Il I
rden's majority in 1919 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ~, 3
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-05-27

that the plaintiff is entitled to recover, but the