davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

BERRY's CD MONEY AND HoRsE.-
Francis Brandon, Public Administra-
tor of Galloway county, came to
Mexico last Monday to take charge
of Berry's horse and the money found
on his person at the time OF his cap
ture. The horse in answer to an exc
cution in favor of the Express Com
pany and an order of Judge Porter
will be sold next week, so he did not
get the horse. The money is in the
bank for which GlAscockhas areceipt.
1t Is attached by the Express Compa-
ny and is awaiting the Jan. term Of
the Audrain circuit court when II
will be disposed of.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
. STARTLING LOCAL AT LAST

Yesterdays horse attached to
movers cart ran away on Promenade
street with a speed that would as
tonish even Joe Stanhope. The cart
was old and rickety. The horse re-
sembled the cart. The driver was
like unto both of them, but all of
them went down the new graded
street with awful velocity, and yet,
the driver seemed as happy as a
maid of Is in a barrel of ice cream.
The horse was hopping its spine
and tossing its head and throwing
its heels uproariously while the Zone
horse shay reeled from one side of
the road to the other. Bounded
from rut to rut, and from gutter to
gutter, and tossed out an invoice Of
old junk and new potatoes, at
every lunge. An old colored lady
standing on Morris corner was
caught around the neck with All old
pair of butter nut colored pants and
all but choked to death. An old
hoop skirt which looked like a frame
house struck by l~inghtning fell grace
fully around the shoulders of friend
Patterson, editor of Observer & Adj
vocate, as he was telling one of his
patients how many pills to take to
cure the chills. Excuse poetry, Pat
terson was so frightened that he fell
over a Darrell, spralned both Of his
ears and was bitten by the dog of the
mar he was trying to benefit. (How
ungrateful are some people.) The
horse having filed the air with old
clothes of all kinds and names, with
fat irons, old kettles, defunct
shoes and other household and kitch-
en- furniture too numerous to mention
suddenly fetched up by jumping of
the bridge near the depot, complete
ly destroying a moth eaten under shirt
that must have been made at the Cen
tennial exhibition in the year /. This
startling event should have been given
to our readers in the form Of an ex-
ira if we had not thought the daily
would have given it to you in glorious
colors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
THE NORTH SIDE.

The north side of the square is now
becoming very a~ristocratic. The
south side has always claimed to lead,
but we now have stores enough and
of sufficient variety, 10 supply a first
class city. We have on the north
side of the square, the post office,
book store, two dry goods stores, and
are soon to have another, four gro
Gerry stores, two printing offices, two
millinery stores, andar r soon to have
Potts drug store, lawyers and doc
tors without number and peerless,
real estate and insurance agents,
wholesale liquor store, gun shop, two
lumber yards and headquarters for
pianos and organs, as well as storage
and sales rooms for sewing machines
and as fine Q set of business men as
ever drew a bargain, In fact, we feel
very Independent and heightened on
the north side. We trust nothing
will occur to bring down orr spirits.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
NEVER BE IDLE.

Be always employed. Never be
idle Especially should young men
guard against habits of incidence If
allowed in youth, they will be con-
firmed in after life. A young man
who has been in the habit of wasting
his time, never succeeds in any place
he chances to fill, or in a business be
may attempt. Why is it that all the
sons of our rich men fail to distin-
guish themselves? It is the fact that
their parents have tolerated those
sons in ease and weak self-indulgence.
Why are nearly all the professions
and the best mercantile positions held
by men who came to this city COM
paratively poor, many of them bring
ing to town all their worldly possess
ions in a pack upon their backs? Be-
cause the necessities Of these mems
parents compelled them to teach
their children industry and economy.
They acquired habits of patient en-
durance, industry and frugality, that
formed essential parts of their char
acter ever after. Such hardy, indus
trious, but plainly educated young
men, from the humblest beginning,
have taken the wealth, business and
high places of our city. And the
sons of these men Dr. their children,
will be the menials and dependant
of the next generation, and
their fathers wealth will be held by
a new generation, of prudent young
mel from the country. We are not
% prophet, we know like causes will
produce like effects; and in too many
instances these very fathers who have
obtained their wealth by the most
patient labor and prudent means, are
suffering their children to acquire
ruinous habits of idleness and ex-
traYagance. Young men, be always
employed. Parents, remember that
the disciplinesef industrious habits to
your Children IS of more value to
Them than all the money you can
hoard up for them to squander after
your death.-Ex.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
MONK -BRANSTETTER,

We hear a good deaf OF ELK about
the Branstetter case, and everybody
wants to know if it is quashed, and
ifs man that was sentenced for 63
years imprisonment is to go scott,
free, &C., &c. If Branstetter does not
appear at the next term of court, he
will be re-arrested and his bond will
have to be paid also. He did not
appear last court because he was sick.
His bond was forfeited by his being
absent, but if he appears next term,
of course the forfeiture will be set
aside. If he does not appear, he will
be handled as above mentioned; and
If he should be r~e-arrested, he will
find that it would have been better
to have put in his appearance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
DON'T WORK ON SUNDAY.

Chapter 80, Art. 8.-Sec. %. Every
person who shall either labor himself,
or compel or permit his apprentice, or
servant, or any other person under
his charge or control, to labor, or
perform any work other than the
household offices Of daily necessity,
or who shall be guilty of hunting
game or shooting on the first day of
the week commonly called Sunday,
shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor and fined not exceeding fifty
dollars.
In addition tc the above Sunday
law of Missouri, il may be Of interest
to state that Illinois has also a SUM-
day law, while a law passed at the
last session of the Illinois legislature
prohibits any citizen of another state
from entering Illinois and shooting
and carrying off game any day Of the
week. A number of st. Louisans
who went cunning on the Illinois side
Of the river have lately been arrested.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
ENTERPRISE.

This morning during the rain storm
a number of our merchants met in
p. w. Harding's grocery store to de-
wise some plan TO make times better
and finally L. Phillip proposed that
we get some rich man to move in that
had plenty of money to dispose of.
MIR. Llorillard who is worth $50, OO0,-
900 and has a tobacco factory in
Jersey City, and pays each year
81, DOC, 900 was spoken of as the
right nan for the place, and the
merchants are all going to throw in
and buy the lot between Blum and
Liewellyn's and present it to him as
an inducem mt for him to come. The,
seem TO think that would make /
good site for q tobacco factory. They
think there is no doubt but what h.
! win be here in . few days and go t
work. Col. j. C. Bassford is com
mittee of reception.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU SPEAK.

80 EafHLfI"ftLH FE#EF -EsH. @tH-H ttf#Eth NH
Hushi--why should you speak
against the character of a female?
1t is all she has to depend upon in
this world. just give the impression
wings, that she is not rs good as she
should be, and it will fly to every
nook and corner Of the town. The
story you whisper win return in tones
of thunder, to astonish ven yourself,
who was the guilty wretch to repeat
SO base a story. A word has often
proved the ruin of o virtuous SCUBA
word thoughtlessly spoken, it may be
but reported by m evil mind.
suppress any thought, which il utter
ed, might injure the character or the
feelings Of another. A thought may
be stified at its birth, but q word spo-
ken may never be lost. Weigh every
thing you utter, SO that none maj
misconstrue your language o. receiy.
a wrong impression. Above all, new
er, wen in jest, whisper words
which If true, would throw q bfigh
upon a spotless reputation. 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
COMMUNICATES.

BARKERsvItLE Mo-, Oct. %, TT.
ME-. ED1roR: Thinking a word
from this section would prove inter-
esting to the many readers of your
valuable sheet, ! drop you a line.
left Benton City on the 18th inst.
travelling in a enthusiastically di-
rection and was 500 in the kingdom.
I knew that Squire Romany had
been there, as he is one Of the oest
road overseers in this country. /
passed through Shamrock, a delapi-
dated village, and later in the even
ing passed through Williamsburg.
The land in that section of the coun-
try is rich and productive, some very
large crops of tobacco have been har-
vested this season. Some parts of
the country between Williamsburg
and the bluffs is sparsely settled, and
has a very small amount of land in
cultivation. On arriving in the Mis-
souri, bottoms I Ia some very extern
sive crops of corn and wheat. The
farms are large and productive, and
the good old farmers live OH the fist
Of the land. The bottoms are the
garden spots of the Kingdom; just
what Benton City is to Audrain.
There will he hog and hominy In
abundance this winter, the hog for
strength and the hominy for muscle;
with strength and muscle Galloway
will beat the world.
Nj. Chas. Martin, one Of Gala
ways most prosperous farmers, eui-
tivates $40 acres of land in cern and
wheat, he is the high king of the coun-
ty. Mr.. Martin is also the owner of
a lage wholesale and retail dry goods
store at williamsburg, he is the owner
of two farms M of which is cultiyst-
ed by VIM. Rousenbaugh, a thrifty,
go-a-head German, he has raised Is
acres of corn this season, averaging
go bushels to the acre. He also
raised Is acres of wheat, which yield
ed him 627 bushels, and is feeding
20 head of hogs and q number of beef
cattle. s.r,.
Mrs. r. as a gardener is a success,
her crop ofcabbages r exceedingly
large, we weighed q head the other
day and its weight IVES % pounds.
Mr.. Editor, a person would think
there were railroad ties enough here
to tie the world, the merchants take
them in exchange for goods. Peace
and prosperity through this section.
Alarge quantity of wheat was sown
this fall and it looks as though it will
be q bountiful yield next season.
The river is very low. but slightly
on the rise. .f.a.
John Ferguson engaged in raising
fruit very extensively this season and
sold 200 barrels of cider at $3.50 per
barrel, the cider will be made into
brandy. aa. -.
MORE ANON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

than MI. Hughes, we will work day
for the company Tor his acquaintance.
We have also noticed Mr.. VIM.
Mcleod as q very faithful, diligent,,
and careful oyerseer. Surely no ac-
cidents will happen on this part of
the road for which the overseer or
foreman are to blame. We feel a lit
tie proud of the morals of our citi-
.zens, especially our railroad men,
Success and long life to them. And,
while We are thinking about the rail-
road men, we are not forgetful of our
citizens, and kind and respectable
neighbors.
Mr.. James Eliza, u road o~verseer,
has been doing some good work on
our roads. W. hope he will com
earlier next season, and give
the roads time to settle before freez-
ing.
A. VISITOR,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
ROUND DANCING

The Baltimore Sun is responsible for
the following: Mrs. Sherman, the
Generals wife, has written a letter in
which she expresses herself freely
about round dancing. She says her
soul revolts at it, that very soon wo-
men of ~self-respect will blush at it,
and that public opinion will eventual
ly drive it out Of society. She adds:
The advocates of this dance have
had their own way long enough, abb
sorbing all entertainments, sneering
upon and ridiculing those who quiet
~ decline to participate, openly and
constantly insinuating of those who
decline it that they are therefore evil
minded, &C., or quoting impudently
and insinuatingly their only weapon,
"Honi soft qui NAL y pense,' and
then throwing themselves in mems
arms to prove their own purity of
mind.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
ILLUMINATORS

Sharlach & Hall have something
new in the way of lamp illuminators.
With these new light dispensers, you
have 10 need for chimneys. The
Ringo House has just supplied their
lamps with these illuminators, and
lovers of a good clear light will do
well to try one of these new illumina-
tors and test their merit.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

III. Glascock has just received q
letter of thanks and congratulations
from f. Morsman, of; the Express
Company in Nebraska. Morsman
states that the $500 is at Glascok's
disposal, and that the rest of the re-
ward will be adjusted at the final set
Element. He also spoke of other mat
tiers not to be mentioned now.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
CL,rFoRp's FEBRIFuaEoR FEVER

CLlFFoRp's FEBRIFUGEoR FEVER
AND AGUE CURE.-This preparation
is obtained by = Esewly discovered
process, and contains a.: she active
medi .iral principals of East intiia
Chinchona bark, grown on the Neil
ghsrry hills, froa. which all the irri-
tant properties have been eliminated.
iris natures W ,emedy for al. dis
eases arising from maiarial poison.
Palat able, powerful, aati-peFiodi-
and tonic, IL never falls to cure fever
und ague, dumb. chilis, een-estive
chills. bilious fever, periodical nea-
ralgia, and all diseases of malarial Or
igin. j. G. RICHARDSON,
Proprietor, st. Louis.
For sale by all druggists. 27-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
FARBER ITEMS.
MORE ANON.

Messrs Day and Gilliland are max
ing extensive preparations to buy
corn, and have hired an extra clerk
TO assist them in the expected rush of
business.
j. b. Sykes & Co., have one por-
table grist mill on the ground and
viii have their splel dkd Owen, Lane
& Dyer portable engineo on the ground
by Friday, the 28th, with a good en-
gineer from Perry, Rails county, Mo.
The frame of the main building is al
ready up, and after the engine ar
rives a larger number Of mechanics
will be employed on the wolk. The
company will furnish scales to do the
weighing for farmers gratis, that may
wish to bring their corn to Farber to
ship. Farmers wishing to ship their
own corn, viii be accommodated In
the most fair manner and on the very
lowest terms possible. . rl., f..
, DIR. z. L. Myers is becoming very
popular In this vicinity, his practice
would be large, but the country Is
about-healthy enough to starve a
common physician out in abort three
monthss iq.1 ra ae[ ussl ljgf ;m
The church in Farber has ? new
bell on the roof, and another new
belle In the school room, and it is as
tonishing how the beliefs come to
church when the bell rings. b..
IIr. j. b. Wells has leased a large
tract of land of S. w. Farber, of
Alton ILL.,, one mile east OF our town,
and is building a fine dwelling on it
and sill move into it in ten or fifteen
days.
Rev. Mr.. Hicks continues to preach
in the Farber church on the first Sum
day in each month, at IL O'Clock
q. m. 3
= Rev. E. Rozzell continues to preach
on the third Sunday in each month,
at half past ten O'Clock q. m,to.t no.
Mr.. John Clsville and C. Z. Greene
are putting up fine sized dwelling
houses, on the sixteenth section, and
will soon move into them. u
Nj. r. NJ. Scott has bought Frank
Diapers house and lot, Mr.. Draper
win move into the house that Scott
now occupi es. sri
Mr.. Frank Parker is going to Kan
sas City in q few days to ship corn,
and Mr.. 10 S. Carpenter will move
into Mr.. Parker . house, having pur-
chased the same.
Mr.. A. d. Grassy viii move into
the brick house nov occupied by j.
S. Carpenter, and very likely some.
body will move into the house now
occupied by A. D. Grassy.
The Farberites are an active, tran.
sitive people.
Mr.. - Jenkins is to be in Mr.
Frank Parker's stead, and will fill thu
Office with honor and satisfaction I.
the rail road company and the pub
lie.
MIR. John w. Hughes, with hi
very respectable gang Of workmen
has been, and is doing an enormou
amount of work on the fifteenth sec
ton of the G. q A. railroad, and
doing it wen. If the c. g A. raj
/ road company has a more industrious
ihoneak. sober and faithful foroma
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

New CHARTER.-Those wishing to
see a new copy of the new charter be-
fore they vote on it, a find a copy
in the hands of E. Rines, and one in
the Office of James Carroll, clerk Of
the circuit court. We trust that all
of our prominent citizens will post
themselves and on the 18th day of
Nov. be ready to vote for the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

IIumiliate us into the dust, cover
our defenseless head with sackcloth
and ashes make our boots too small,
our collars too big, visit us with the
~severest and saddest of Affections,
and we will not murmur, but when a
girl, lovely as a houri, says, ''pass
them molasses," we want to crawl
under the table and die.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

The following dialogue is reported
as having taken place between a
greenbacker and a patient looking
through the iron gate of a French
Lunatic Asylum: ''Patient-That's
a fine horse, what's it worth? Keep
er-S500. Pataient-And what did
that gun cost? Keeper-S100. Pa
tient-And those dogs? Keeper
$50, i believe. Patient-What have
you got in that game bag? Keeper
"A woodcock. Patient-Well, now,
you had better hurry on, for if our
Governor catches a man who has
spent $3.50 to get a woodcock worth
thirty cents, he'll have him under
lock and key in no time, l tell you"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-Edward
Koch, of Littleby, a few days since
while repairing an old shed fell from
the roof and broke his leg just above
the ankle. We understand that he
is doing very well and will suffer no
inconvenience in the end from the
fracture.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
FITTING UP THE STOVE.

s a dropped the pipe, the elbow
Il good wife scolded free,
IVY " n'sfit joints they wrought a
- raised old Cain with me.
y. 'cd them in, 1 pried them
hs Wy, oh man and brother!
W.. g every joint of pipe
Bigger than the other.
VIII again while life may last
s,s.. p found 50 green,
II may howl the wintry blast,
With a stove, 1 wcen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

RUNKLE's SEwER.-Geo. Runkle
has a world of trouble to drain the
slop, accommodating rubbish &C., off
from around his block, and now he is
putting in a sewer a foot in diameter
running down to a branch off from
the square. He will have it so ar
ranged that he can drench the sewer
from his pump and so keep it in a
healthy condition. The sewer will
cost him $500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

LYcEUM.-Last Friday night on ac-
count of the inclemency OF the wealth
er, no lyceum was organized. We
find that quite an interest is taken in
this matter, and we trust there will
be a large attendance on tomorrow
(Friday) night, at Bourne's Hall.
All lovers of literature, rhetoric and
oratory, will try to be present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
ATTEMrTaD SUICIDE.

Joe Crosby, colored, attempted, as
he says, on last Saturday, to xiii him
self, but he did not shoot himself in
. very vital part, the ball taking eff
feet in the hip, He says he tried to
kill himself because s;s Dina went
back on him, BIT be is now gsd he
did not, succeed. Tie wocnd VIII
mot prove serious and Joe and Dins
are now supreIeiy happy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
A. O. u. W.

The Ancient Order of United
Workingmen, will meet on next Non
day night and on every Monday
night, in Bourne's Hall All the
Bros. are expected to be present.
A public manifestation of the OBJ
ject of the Lodge will soon be made
so the public a understand what
principles the Lodge is founded on
and see that it is truly the working
mans friend and home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

The skillful detective work and in
teDid police service of Sheriff Glas-
cock in the capture of Berry, the
tsin robber, constitute the biggest
hind of a feather in his official cap.
-yandalia Leader.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
jackson street is at last arriving at a

respectable appearance. The side
walk in front Ct Henry Williams
residence is being laid and the cross
ing from Kabrich's dwelling house
will soon be put in. Since the strip
has been cut off Of Henry Williams
proDerty, the street looks 100 per cent
better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

New CHURCH.-The Catholics of
Mexico, are thinking of erecting a
new brick church, the brick work
alone to cost Sc, 900. If this plan is
carried out, the church will be one
of the finest in the west.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

Large sales indicate the merits of
al good articles. Druggists sells
more Of DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup than
A all other remedies for tie cure of
Baby Disorder. 25 cents a bottle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

The problem of buying a ten dol
lar Christmas present with seventy
five cents available cash will pres
emily present itself for the calculation
of the brave yOung-man-who-goes-to-
see-his-girl.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
PHTNNY CLOCK.

Mark Pitcher has a clock that when
YOU retire you can so set it that any
hour twill give an alarm, also light
lamp which is attached at the same
fne. This is a clock worth examin-
;,1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

w. Potts will move his stock of
drugs TO his store room on the north
size of the square, on the first Of the
month. Mixer win then move his
stock of notions into the Old Frost
stand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

We see that James Berry's horse is
advertised for sale by Sheriff Glas-
cock in answer to an execution and
judgement issued by the Express Com
pany and order issued by Judge
POrt9r.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

DIEp.-Snsan Malone, wife of
Geo. Malone, living about 2 1-2 miles
west of Mexico, yesterday, '24th of
Oct, at II O'Clock of fever. The
deceased was about 81 years of age.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

Iaddonia's next stock sales will
,oue off Nov. 10th, II. Their ini-
"a sale was crowned with success,
md Laddonia will do well to make
nose sales a permanent institution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

Ass, W. Pope Yeaman has sold his
-e'sse in the Central Baptist to his
partner, Mr.. William Ferguson,
= fetres from the editorial manage
Y. q the paper, being succeeded
y. J. z. Armstrong, whose salu.
.a'y appears, following DR.. Yea
ssaledictory, in the last number
paper. The Central Baptist
IT, much to DR.. Yeaman for the
Nperlty Of its business and its high
aa'al character, and the Reverend
rssnan,s retirement will be a
Nv q regret to many of its pa
- though the new management
p1omlse of gaining immediate
s's with its readers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

The st. Louis papers have COM
menced already to brag on their
''new base ball nine" Thus it has
ever been, and yet, st. Louis never
& the Deinant-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
Dot Teller vos vons a candidate.

GRAND DISPLAY OF APPLEs.-John
Spotswood has our thanks for the
finest display of apples eve in Mexi-
co. He presented us yesterday with
about a dozen each of the following
different kinds. He raised about
800 bushels this season, of which, the
following are only a few varieties:
Northern Spy; Newton pippin {;
Oxheart; Bell Flower; Little Ro-
mantle ; Fulton Apple; Wine Sap;
Sweet Spice Surprise Apple; Jene-
Tin F; Donini Spitsing and many 9TH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

Bishop Ryan of st. Louis, will
lecture in Mexico, for the benefit O
the Catholic church of this city, on
November 18th. Bishop Ryan is
well worthy the patronage of all.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25
HoHEY no

n M INV ~ of 1880. $500, 81. 900, 81. 1000
"a MAJ secured by good city and
dms fty on three, five. and ten
JNo. II. Clark & SON,
.aad and loan agent.
ser Savings Banks Mexico
45.tf /,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-10-25

Girls that are not handsome hate
.,..o who are-while those who +
A.,dsome hate one another. Which
,Isos has the best time of it?