Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-06-28

An acre anu Il Iall pdtcu vi tOOaccO
was recently sold in Laclede county
t for S2l2.
Woman's first choice is a fast man,
then a good man, and finally any
. man.
Jim Robinson, the famous bare
e back rider, is in Australia, getting
s $500 a week.
DIED.-In this city on the 23d Of
June, Mrs. Mary Mcleod, aged 46
t years, wife of John r. Mcleod.
In this issue see notice to builders
s and contractors for the building of a
/, county Jail, and a %jailor's residence.
j. w. THOMPSON, Com.
A COW at West Edna, has given
birth to sixteen calves in eight years.
K She now has three-all. OF one birth
t following her.
Tom Roaz, east of this city,
2 has lost in the last week about twenty
young cattle with the black leg. This
r is very hard on farmers.
II. L. Freeman shipped to st. Louis
: two car loads of hogs, one load aver
/, aging PSI, another 2S8 1-2; one lot
sold at SI.55, balance $4.10 and
S4.25
We learn that Miss Georgia Mon
roe, a very accomplished young lady
/ from Mexico, will teach a subscription
school in this city during the summer
r months -Nandalia Leader.
~
The other day Il Fulton lawyer
stated i'll Court that he had Il ''vcrbal
: communication" in his pocket, and
' subsequently adjourned a case sine
t die until ''next Thursday"
F. - -
To protect animals from flies, take
L gallon OF warm water anu pour IL
onto a pailful of walnut leaves, and
wash the animal with the solution. 1t
is perfectly safe and should be ap-
piled daily.
The Fulton Telegraph is poking fun( ,
at our Mexico girls feet; as We are
not married we never thought it right
to look at girls feet; some one who
has time and the brains % will have
to take up the subject.
Thomas w. Harrison bought of
John Bennett of Galloway, IL head of
three yegr old steers, averaging 1883
pounds, at 6 cents per pound. These
cattle were shipped to st. Louis and
sold for 6 81.
BE honest young man, and if you
cant be honest be sure and steal
enough TO make people think you are
honest.
i This is the advice we have set up
before us by our . great and good"
men, daily.
Read in this issue the corrected
half double column advertisement of
the Boston Square Dealing House.
Those seeking bargains in boots and
shoes should not fail to call and eX-
anime their large stock.
In Fred Llewellyn's advertisement
! this week, will be found a handsome
cut of the front of his store; this en-
grazing was the work of MI. Supple,
and is excellent. Fred is one of our
most enterprising merchants, and
knows what printers ink is worth and
Just how TO use to the very best adj
vantage.
Should this notice meet the eye of
any IN who promised wood in pay
mcnt for subscription to the RECORD.
they will please clip it out to read at
ter repeating their prayeis.- New
London Record.
On these conditions how many Of
your readers do you think will read
it.
G.. ii. Harrington, living about ten
miles north east of Mexico, has %
acres of corr more than shoulder
high. Who can beat this? Mr.. Har-
rington and his little boy, twelve
years old, put in and that too III good
sason l20 acres of corn, and it was
put i'm in good order. Mr.. Harrington
is evidently a true, stirring farmer.
The following levy was made by
the County Court at its meeting last
Saturday: For county, S1.25 on the J
Si0O roads, 20 cts on schools: for the
st. L.. & X. G., 3S cents, and c. A.
40 cents. The Jail commissioner was
instructed to receive bids Oh the 18th
prox. for building Jail and jailor's
residence, and for the material OF the
old Jail.
4 young lady graduate of Hardin
College, selected for the subject of her
essay:
ssTo-day, with Diploma in Hand,
We Launch Our Bark; Whittier
Shall We LandE'
Well, that's a pretty hard c%onun-
drum, and the young lady might just
as well have asked an easier one. We
have an idea, though, that if she don't
come down out of Cloud Land, be-