Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-10-03
Mexico Weskly Ledger
montgomery fair this week,

W. XIV Il
-Patter on the roof-No! no! pa,
her under the chin.
st. Louis Fair next week. Mex.
leo will be we'll represented.
The erection of the new Catholic
church is progressing finely.
The GreenbLckers can't swallow
Bridges. What did we tell you?
The A. o. U. WIS have organ
lied a society at Montgomery City.
sob, Emma, I'm in such a Di-
lemma," is the title OF the latest song.
Ambition AMI banana Feelings
have landed many a man in the gut
ter.
1t is beauty's privilege to kill
time, and times privilege to kill
beauty.
Perhaps Lots wife was turned
into q pillar of salt because she was
''too fresh" o.. s.
-When a man gets bald in Colo
RADIO aey say that hio head las got
above the timber line.
-One-half of the world don't know
hes the other half iixss--.nd it is
none oftheir business.
-Sm:sh has his new city grocery
store, in the Kabrich block. in full
blast. Give him q call.
THE veiled Prophets" have q
hurrah carnival IN St. Louis, Tues
day evening, October 9th. =. .Gl3E
IL stand corrected" as the boy
said who was too sore, after a thrash
ing, to sit down in comfort.
THE Greenbackers have repudi-
ateds Bridges. just wait a few days
md the Republicans will! do the same
thing:
j. NJ. Boyden has resigned the
office of postmaster of Vandalia. Jim,
why thus do you act? Every body
likedayou. IT. .s..-. F.ts,n.s.
Grand oyster supper at base
. meHyotO Opera House next Friday
night! Dinner 25 cents at same
place Saturday noon.
Mr.. Rally, Of Concord, gave $50,
$40 and S. premiums to the three
best colts sired by his fine horse, last
Saturday.
The city telegraph Office has been
moved frem the express office up
siairsin the Ringo House. r.ys~
@DolIars Of our daddies to the
amount Of 81, 764, 900 were coined
during the month of September.
Everybody is going to the grand
oyster supper Friday night, for. the
benefit of the Methodist Church
South.
"A young lady on being asked
where her native place was, replied:
81 have none; l am the daughter of
O Methodist minister.
An excursion train leaves every
morning at z A. NJ. for the Louisiana
fair, returning the same evening".
reaohi~s M--ioO NJ > r. NJ.
The Democrats of Audrain coLn-
ty have nominated such a good,
strong ticket that the Union, a Re-
, publican paper, does not like it
Paris Mercury.
Quite a handsome sum was
raised at the Murphy meeting last
Monday night for a new organ for
that body, which will be purchased
at once.
w. F. Reed leaves for Chicago
for a new stock Of goods. This is
twice that MIR. Reed has been east
this season for goods.
On last Sunday night Mrs. Ken.
yon, mother of Mrs. Ed. Gibbs of
this city, while OF her way home
from church was taken with q paralyt-
ic stroke, from which she is suffer-
ing yet. /
AN up-country paper chronicles
o big church collection, and wants TO-
know who can beat it. There are
men in Mexico who can beat any
church collection. They attend enly
the evening service.
We had the pleasure last Mon
day corning Of meeting Rev. IL. W..
Beeeher in the exposition building in
Chieako. AS we saw hundreds
crowding around to sec him, We
could not but think what fame
some mems goodnesslO achieves
for then. J
We are always ready to correct
mistakes when we make them, and
weisee from the Vandalia Leader Of
last week that we were mistaken in
stating that Jack Duncan shot young
y - aE@~~ AMEEtkE 49,. IL.
Fletcher on purpose; and still, If
tiifs hbr so, why did the court send
him to the ''pen'' for fifteen years2
I've see from the Fulton papers
that "Col." Sing'eton's opponent is
throwing it up to him that he, mol his
boys are willing to work, and that
bis farm looks like it was u by
girls. Now, boys, that's a shame
besides, you are off the question.
Don't poke fun at the Col. that way,
or he will leave the county sure.
Mr.. Burkheart, who has been
working the Malinda Allen Mine,
hasiseturned home and will remain
for q time at least. We have no