Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-08-29
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Make haste, slowly, unless you
are after a flea.
1t don't take many green apples
TO collar a morbus.
Working men, you a pool, but
don't fool your issues.
Brick ,Pomeroy will speak in
Mexico some inc soon.
1T would be better if the army
had more file and less rank.
Eight young women of Celina,
o., have become a brass band.
Sturgeon fair is now in full blast.
Audrain stock is quite a feature of
this fair.
Not much enthusiasm was mani
Tested on the Greenback Convention
last Saturday.
$500 to defy competition. It's
a ten pound boy, and ID. G. knoder
is the Happy father.
You can no more strengthen a
MAN. character by white-wash than
you can his fence.
MARX Pitchers house was enter
ed last Thursday night. The robbers
gofaway with Marks watch.
-Tle Greenbaek candidates send
east for their printing. They will
have to 90 east to get office also.
The Sturgeon fair Daily is q;
neat little sheet, and reflects much
credit on its entcrprising editor,
Carter.
&C. +. Rothwcll, of Moberly,
+ brother of DR.. RotIwell, of this city,
is nominated Tor Congress from he
10th district.
Read the advertisement of J.
[ w, Mason & Co., in this issue. They
have the finest stock Of wines and Ii
: quors west of St. Louis.
Perhaps Lots wife was turne'
to, Il pillar of salt because sh
was "too fresh."-Graphic. Well
it ''cured' the pork creature, any
way.
There will be agrand candidates
picnic at j.. G. Woods, two mile
. east of Mexico, next Tuesday, Sept
y Sd. Everybody go and take flu
baskets.
A Western editor says: "Com
munism doesn't take" He has nc
seen the real thing. Genuine Con
munism takes everything that dot
not belong it.
Britton A Hill calls the Sedali
= platform the second declaration {
) independence. He claims to be til
father of it.
Am old bachelor said he once IL
. in love with a young lady, but aban'
DR. oned all dea ofmarrying her when
in found that she and all her fami
C. were opposed to it.
Guests at the Ringo House q
., not permitted to mash mosquitoes {
the walls, but must get 'em down {
v. the floor and choke 'em to death al
ring for the porter to draw Off Il
corpse.
&c -Wanted.-At once, sealel bi'
e. for the c~oilectorship OF Audrain cou
W ty. Call on the President OF thu
Central Committee. A man that W
u pay something for the office, prefe
,c- red.
he Last week the Intelligence
wanting TO give. the Davis affair
j. blowing up. had to strike out
of general principles. HE isa man afiT
II of his shadow.
Prof. Jack Pollard, the prince
y. BARRIERS, has just refitted his clega
~ Palace Barber Shop. Give him
call and get an easy shave.
j.. In our travels through the col
ty we are glad to see that our farm'
'h' are nearly all cultivating he'd
fences. The day is not far dists
l. when nearly all the lands in I
county will be under a living fent
We overheard n Greenback m
!. alta picnic say last week, that
3or angel come to the rescue OF lsa'
he but he feared the Greenback can
dates would not be so fortunate t
fall.
l. Stafford, the buggy man, "
pobbled Homer st. Johns umbrel
paid us a pleasant visit to day.
think there is some mistake alb
&c that umbrella.
of j. Med. Trimble, candidate
'he Prosecuting Attorney ii. Glasco
candidate for Sheriff; Jim Carr
nee for Circuit Clerk, and Bob WIN
tv, the riproaring editor of the Mex
ary LEDGER, all Of Audrain county'c CAL
to see us yesterday Surg
nee Leader. d.
te Haley and Wright would not
cept nominations at the Greenp
Convention. They " smart eno'
to know the ticket has no, show 0
me they don't care about being out
hip ered.'
the The Mexico public and b
school willSopen on the 9th of 81
.be The high school department VIII
saIt thoroughly organized, and will 8
phi ply a much feltwant in this city.
] place where's the young men anu o
of the comsnunity for a small tut