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Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
Great Wen.

~
james E. Anderson is a liar if still
living
Marshal MacMahon speaks ex 'el-
lent French.
Brigham Young was a confirmed
old bachelor.
General Grant is said 10 be a con-
firmed smoker.
Secretary Schurz is very sensitive
on account of his short legs.
1t is now thought that A. L. Stew
art is the original homeless man.
Sir. Hayes would rather attend q
country far than to go to a circus.
Mr. Conkling never had any de
sire to be a presidential candidate.
Prince Bismarck is of German pa
rentage, but he car swear in English
1t is believed that Bishop Simpson
has a strong leaning toward Method
ism.
1t is believed that Zachary Chand
Ter is addicted to outbursts of pro
family.
Prince Alexandroyitch Smolensk
Observation-Disclosures is
Russian.
Mr.. Blaine is opposed to anythin:
appertaining to secrecy IL all investi
cations connected with politics.
Colonel Tom Scott never pays an
railroad fare ; always rides on a pass
William H. Vanderbilt is said to hay
the same weakness.
Col. Hutton is always mot yer
we'll. 1t is terribly trying on
mans brain (stomach) to run
country newspaper"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
$1.5O.

Not because we do not think the
LEDGER is worth So 90 per year in
advance if it is worth a cent, not but
what we are going 10 make the
IDDoER evea better in the failure than
i'm the past; not but what we think
our friends and patrons are able and
willing to pay a fair price for what
they receive; neither do we fear that
our contemporary by under bidding
us can steal any from oar list oil
patrons neither are WE forced t.
this step in order to raise money to
run the office. The LEDGER never
was in u more prosperous condition
than it is to-day. But for reasons
satisfactory to ourselves, and whict
we trust will meet with the APPRECIATION
Of our patrons, we have concluded tt
send the LEDGER in the future fo'
$3.50 per year, If PAID PROMPT.
LY IN ADVANCE, otherwise tin
same rate of 80. 90 will be charged.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
I'D TIE o

From all quarters there arc reports
of hard winter and snow covered
coasts. For many years the weather
has not been so svere. The ice crop
u3ually far more important than is
generally supposed is going TO be eX-
ceedingly abundant, and perhaps,
never before fer SO long a period,
have our citizens been entertained
with the merry jangle of sleigh bells.
The effect of SO much snow upon
the crops however, is II far more i'm
pOrtance To farmers. We have heard
from infancy that it was ben fetal to
wheat to- be covered with SHOW. Our
crop was large and line during the
past year, and as larger breadth
than heretofore we're sown this fall,
it is to be hoped that the yield oi
1879 will be better than that Of 1873.
Snow is from ten TO twelve times
lighter than an equal bulk Of water.
From its loose texture and its con
tanning about ten times its actual
bulk OF air, it is a very poor con,luc-
tor of heat and thua forms AT excel
lent protector against loss Of warmth
from the earth's surface Ivy radiation.
l consequence Of his quality it fire.
quently happens in excessive by cold
weather that the soil under the snow
is as much as forty degrees warmer
than the atmosphere above it. A.
wheat il a very hardy plant, and
eases to grow only in very excessive
weather it can he readily seen OF how
much benefit q continuous covering
of snow may he to it. 1t not only
keeps it growing vigorously. but
protects it against the usnsal Il lily
and nightly freezings and thawipgs
which are generally more Obstructive
to our farmers expectations than
other ~climactcric Influences.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
RESUMPTION.

New Year so long and SO anxious
ly looked for in some quarters, has
passed without a ripple in the curren,
of national finance. For months it,
channels have been subjected to ex
aminations and experiments. Weeks
previously the gold bark Of the treasu-
ry had been launched and young
time surprised beheld when born {;
boat bound for the ocean of eternity
ahead of his.
Why then should the associated
press attempt 10 create 4 sensation
Why then has the nation been in
formed from financial centres hereto
fore unknown at clearing houses thai
all was quiet, that no one wanted
gold.
Every art known to finance has
been resortcd to, to make the Treas.
urys gold-boats trip successful.
Its cargo has been accommodating fUr
years, and the boat ieseIf sent oil
ahead Of time. The banks and treas
ury have grown accustomed TO it,
management and wonder that fol
once the press was mapping.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
AuHrain County.

On "Wednesday last the Audrain
ountv treasurer paid S2S,u ba-
lance on $50 900 of tie county's
railroad Indebtedness due on that
day, 81 900 having been previously
pad before it wa> due. The -
t~nuiuirr ~ the county's railroad
debt i S52, 900. onc-ttalf of which l.
due Jan. /, 1870. and the other. ont
year afterwards. his is the only
debt tin county owes, and it will be
promptly paid 1T maturity, if not
brfure IT. railroad debt was ori-
gjually, We believe. $4,000. The
equity attempted 10 dispute
II, q 70 avoid il by prCtracted law
uni. which Wnuid have clused The
arrears uf interest to a-cuinulate TIL
iI.ry doubled the obligation; but II
recognized the debt aud adopted the
poll y OF faithfully meeting the inter
est aud Of setting aside IA fund for
liqnida'iug the principal. The re-
SUIT is that ADRIAN county has now
eighty miles of railroad aud an uu.ni-
peachablc crcdii.-[st Rcpub-
iIpnn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

exclusively to Greenpoiut, where 1t
was first tried as an experiment in
1868 although no goods were put
upon the market for4two years after
wards. The superiority Of china I"
osher wares for household use is due
to its homogeniety in body and glaze,
neither Ct which is porous. Expert
ments in designing and decoration
were from the first quite expensive,
and had it not been for the high pri-
ces which prevailed for all sorts OF
ware during and 500 after the war
the manufacturers would have aban-
noned them. Their aim has been to
~supersede not only imported ware but
foreign designs, and 10 give TO the
decorated goods that leave the facto
~ Il distinctive American character.
The century vase, for instance, which
was exhibited at the Centennial, ha.
a central figure in relief of Washing
ton, medallion style, emhellislled II
the corners with small pictures repre-
senting the chief industries of thu
country. Tea and dinner sets al,
decorated with native leaves or fern
or in a style pronounced and origi
nal.
"All we need" said one dealer, a
the convention, ito make the pot
terry interest one of the best in tn
co~untry--to place it beyond the reac
of foreign competition, and to max
it an American institution is 10 star
it where suitable materials exist"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

state of Missouri, County of Aa-
drain. SS.
In the Circuit Court of said Coun.
ty. June FERN. 1879.
The State of Missouri at the relation
and to the use of John j. Steele,
plaintiff,
Daniel Ruggles aud Merchants Trust
Company OF New York defendants.
At this day come the plaintlffher
in by his attorney. before the under
signed Clerk of said court in yaes-
ton, and files his petition and afida-
Wit, stating among other things that
the above named Defendants arc nom.
residents of the State of Missouri
w lereupon it is ordered By the
clerk that said defendant be notified
10y publication, that plaintiff has
commenced a suit against them in this
court, the object and general nature
of which is to enforce a lien agains
Ike TO lowing described lands. situate
IN Audrain county, State of Misson.
ri, to-wit:
100 acres, southeast quarter section
/, township so, range 10.
1877 acres, southwest quarter SEQ.
tion6, township so, range 9.
$50 acres, southwest quarter section
"a. township 81, range 8 for back tax
IS for the year 1876, amounting To
S109 77-l00th-
And that the said Daniel Ruggles
and Merchants Trust COMPANY Of
New York be and appear at this
Court at the next term thereof, to be
begun and holden at the Court House
IN the City of Mexico, IN said county,
IN the LIST of June next, and on or be-
fore the sixth day of said term, an
swer or plead to the petition in said
cause, the same will be taken as con-
tessed, and Judgment will be render-a
ed accordingly.
And it is further ordered that .
copy hereof be published according
o law in the Mexico Week.. Ledger, .
week., paper published in the Ciy
If Mexico
state of Missouri, County of Ar
Drain, SIS.
[. James Carroll. Clerk OF ss
-ircuit Court of Audrain COUNT
aforesaid hereby certify that tia
thoye is a true copy of the ~originat
rider of publication. in the caase
therein named, as the same appear
N my Office.
Witness my hand as CLERK. asdfhe
.....x seal of said Court, Don1
SEAL ut office in Mexico, this TIE
18th day of Decembcf
57-4t JAMES CAR OIL, Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

What the country wants, and what
the nation must have before the
wrongs comclained of a be remov-
ed is Democratic president to mi
tate through a Democratic cabinet
wholesome systems of currency and
taxation. In the present condition OF
government, these cannot be inaugu-
rated. Tax PAYERS of all sorts will
do well to notice that fiscal reforms
are only possible when introduced by
an executive chat is supported by a
Congress. For the accomplishment
of such work, departments and COM
mittees must 6 in harmony. No
Investigation, no matter how intelli
gentand untiring those are that cons
duct it a get at the information
even, that is necessary to the consti-
tuition of a good working system OF
taxation, when 1t is opposed by a
hostile, or even unsympathetic ad-
mi~nistration, and still less, can such
a system be put into operation when
the executive Is determined to break
it down.
Had the treasury been in the
hands of a Democrat could resump.
ton Oh Il gold tasis have been in
augurated in defiance of the remone'
tezation Act. ould the Democratic
party have controlled Legislation
would u. 5. bondhulders have beer
exempted from taxation Not tina
anybody pretends that the States have
power to distroy, or even diminish b,
excessive taxation of bonds, the abili
~ of government to negotiate loans
but that everybody except bondhold
ers feel that every portion of the ma
tons property ought to bear its fai
share ofall public burdens.
1t is a new thing in this country t.
make property of any sort non-tax
able, and however, much such police
may have conduc.d t. negotiation
with the wealthy, it is optl. to TIL
gravest objections and Is producin:
widespread discomfort. Sach vas
amounts of accumulated capital ough
not TO have been Withdrawn from til
taxable resources of the country.
such power is really vested in Con
gress. the exercise of sound discre
lion ought to have prevented resor
to its application.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

" -an
b virtue of an order ofthe Probate
Court, held in ana for the county OF
Au,lrain and stale OF Missouri, made
at the September term, 1873, of said
court, we will, in obedience to said
order. on
Tuesday, l4th day of January next,
At the east door of the court house.
i'll the city of Mexico in said county,
and during the session of the Probate
Court held in and for said county,
expose t. sale at public auction, Il.
the right, title and interest of Samuel
VI. Duly, deceased, OF, in and to tn.
following described real estate in
Audraiu county, Missouri, viz:
Thirty acres, part OF lot one, south
west S, ction SIX, township tifty-two.
range eight; three hundred and TWEEN.
~ acres, west halt of section fourteen,
township fifty-two, range niue; twen-
ty-fUaAr acres, east part southeast
sJutheasst section twenty two, town.
ship tiftV-twO, range nine forty acres
northeast southeast section twenty-
two,townsbip 80, range nine /; eighty
acres. west half southwest section
twenty three, township tiity : two,
range nine; ten acres, west half east
half northeast southwest section
TWENTY-FIVE, township tifty-two. range
nine; twenty acres, east end north
hall southwest section twenty-six,
10 nsh p fifty-two, range nine; sixty
acres, north part west half northwest
sectio.. twenty-six. township fl IT,.
wo,rauge nine; t~hirtysix a res oty the
north end east part east halfnortheast
quarter section twenty--even, town
ship tif:y-two, range nine.
TERMS of SALE.-One half cash;
balance in twelve MOI tbs, wit ten
per cent. int. est from day ct sale.
p. FL. DULY,
G.. w. DULY,
Administrators of estate of =. NJ.
Duly. deceased. 34-4
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
a POTTERY:.

At the head of the industries most
needed in our midst, we place the
pottery. Not only is there demand
Tor the products Of such q factory
but good locations Tor such works
can be obtained for very little money.
Among the clays of a State celebrat-
I'd as ahounding III the finest varir-
ties for pottery. glass and china,
acre are none superior to those Of
ais nrighborhood or existing in great
er deposits or in more accessible beds.
These need only to be seen by en-
perts to be appreciated. In .connec-
ion with th,se clays there is plenty
IF both coal and irewood.
We dwell on this industry both be-
cause it can be easily commenced and
as readily sustained.
Beyond the most primitive "%'ills,
athes, mOnlds and kilns, there has
been little advance in pottery ma
-hinery. Though practiced from the
'~arIiest ages 1t is still rather an art
than a trade. 1t gives, nevertheless,
At many places. employment to mum
l,ers, for whose accommodation it is
not necessary to have either clabor.
,te or expensive buildings.
In 1880 Burslem, in S~taffordshire,
England, the birthplace of the cele.
rated Wedgewood, whose name has
ince been appli d to his wares, sup
piled the greater part of Britain with
is pottery, but so small was the trade
hen, that the town was little more
than a village encountered with broken
earthenware and possessed OF envi
rons encountered by clay pits and re
fuse, now it is the centre OF a popu-
lous district called ''The Potteries,"
md comprising about SIX miles square
within which limited space are $50
kilns giving employment to nor than
100, 900 operatives
w clip the following from the NY.
World: ''Potters claim that they can
sell Is per cent. cheaper. than in 1860.
The hlLdrance to greater progress has
been the high price of clay, flint and
spar, all of which are largely used.
fhis difficulty is not altogether re-
moved, for tie best imported quail
ties may be obtained at less cost in
this city than the best qualities from
Missouri. Such a condition of affairs
viii soon end, however, if the pr ject
Of the convention to cooperate with
the owners of The best mines and
clay beds to the extent tf encourag
ing them to wash their ball clay shall
be carried out with success.
The manufacture of yellow and
Rockingham wares, which is conduct
cd chiefly in the West, was the first
step toward Introducing ho ne pro-
ducts into the market. These wares
are of the cheapest and most common
order Cream-colored ware, which
Is manufactured Chiefly nj East Liv-
erpeol, O., Jersey City and Trenton.
y next In tue orders d 6uperiority.
"a includes eotamont table ware and
honsehoia crockery. Nextin the or.
Esser Of manufaclns2 slges ..whitc
grante apmetianao Asowa as
AtaeraFssa flA6ast n. ID the best
ssoes5s sas afls IS -sn,eysor
"a Ksxaafssa. haeassa
~ has u .sitrsg h i s,ss
manufsefn*s aeso
a,s ind n Other
fsstese AIss eonsasa alnos.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
STRAY NOTICE.

TAKEN UP bs Samuel }, Bowie
- of sailing township. Aulrain No1
Mo-, antposted before the undcrsig9
e't, Justice of the peace within sua
tor SAID county, as y stlag, u sins1
three year old steer, collar white Wilh
yellqwtsh brindle stiles and neck ~
marks or brands perceivable. AL
praised at the sum of twenty dollsn'
by N. V. Baker, S. Detigh aud N1s
Anderson. after beiag duly sworn y
the same. Givsn under MY hand u
November 10th. 1878.
36-2t 81. w. j.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09


Should resumption on a geld basis
be permanently maintained, the bur
den of debt ard taxation already en-
HANGED beyond measure, must be
correspondingly further increased.
This uffayoidable result constitutes
the real sting Of resumption. Is ii
not enough that U. S bonds contrib
ute nothing to government Must
they also be appreciated in value to
the gold standard, in face of the right
reserved to pay them in silver! Il
is this unjust demand that makes the
bondhoider a constant source of irri
tation? He is MOI hated because he
has saved money, or ii rich, but be-
cause after partakiDg of protection
and privilege without contribution to
their maintenance, he still insists up-
on having more. When money is lent
at four per cent the tax payer can
recognize that interest," has fallen, but
so long as that equals or surpasses
ordinary business profits, he cannot
comprehend the justice Of releasing q
rich mar fromyhis share of the taxes.
20 persistenly derandeG from al
..sapndhelders. $1,000, 900 900 o
au,rt,oated capital il no slighf ex.
the plea / the most of it has no
its release, Need inIefese W Just
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

So long as government is in the
hands OF "a Republican executive that
long will the burthens complained OF
continue, and not until opposition to
nisrule concentrates upon a Demo-
cratic presidential nominee, a the
Republican party be Invested Of con
tiUiing authority.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
TIME I'D STOg.

Inability TO stop at the right time has
been often illustrated by tho heroes. st,te-
men, speakers. preachers and writer's thai
nave gone on until The world grew tired
of t1 III. aud it is not est entail that the
! Natiousis should manifest aiHIiiui weak
ness- hstrad ol grinding their detestea
or-nn aLd keeping Up their discorient
music, they ought il they were wise, 10
make rs graceful an exit n, Q s'sible
WIS il Is that ths would be leaders o.
the so called NsIi"Bal party can't under
stand that enough is better than "a feast.
Too much gss has ruineI uany an eiito e.
Too much argument has diskusgo1 mlny
reader. When Fepple have reached cou-
olusioRs, whit can be gejued by repetition
of what they Regard - nonsense.
We mrs induced to . tka these remark
by the ,onacitg with mhich national laAd
ers citing to the hope OF Ie-Irganiz,tg Il
f,li"wing: EYeryb DIV has u.ade up his
mind abouI their idGLs. Tins vote ,as |
aSai at them Indicates VIII t is thought
bout them, an yeJ, these ne ! arr neither
satisfied nor happy. l'nsy witt to fight
their battle over again, and il they on4
Rmd ant one foolish rnaagh tn stand aud
listen, o. unfortunate enough to subscribe
aud pay Tor tleir etf4sions. tuay will re-
main III the sIteets. g.lhd thei orr ais and
Ike, p the show aso::lg until tho crack OF
doom.
We clmm"gd these gentlemen TO Il o
example Of shakespeare. Fh 1t actor uu-
derstood the ar. Of stopping. Ito iuv tri-
ably Mills of his characters. end removes
earcasses in the nick of tins. Critics
have INSERTED that ho dcliverui Metcusio
IN Rune5 and Juliet to the swoni be-
cause he had not ability to tuitsia him
further. II this was so, W. praise him t r
closing N~ereutio's c,reGF. It IA iieatal Il
jaster conception of possibility than has
been exhibited by most msn either be-
fore or since.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

lection outside the party in which
they were Graded and nurtnred. In
pursuing this course however, Demo
Gratis have made, and are still max
ing great mistakes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

Will go!d be paid to-day, artless,y
asks the interviewer? 1t las beeI
paid wheReyer demanded for ove
two weeks, buy nobody wants it.
Greenbacks are good enough for
duties. Well, some p, ople may want
q little. Do you realize that but few
of this generation have handled much
gold. Men now 80 years old weIt
only Is when the country suspended.
Many grown up boys may have seeb
q piece or two in brokers Windows,
but they haven't fingered any. Shout
not wonder now il thousands wOulo
like to touch it. But they will sool
tire of it. It's too heavy, sir! Out
side the clearing houses, gold vii
cut q small figure. Wouldn't th,
brokers like TO handle il? Yes, bu,
the L. 5. Treasury is too Lush yea
awhile to get up q corner on II.
What about hereafter? Nobody cal
predict what shall happen, but All
may read the signs VIXEN they shall
appear. Look out who you see :
foreign demand. The banks and til,
country amt going to bother til,
Secretary much. 1t wouldn't pay
It's a great thing for the banks to b'
able to get and pay gold If there is
trouble at home, the politicians will
be at the bottom of it. 1t will com,
from insisting on the silver dollar o.
Alp I-2 grains. The South and West
want that dollar. Why didn't Mr.
Sherman letthem have it? he fact il,
We haven't the highest financial abili.
ty at the helm. Politics is only an
art and politicians can't be first elias,
business men. Il wouldn't pay q
sharp financier 70 accept the position
He couldn't make an honest living
out of it. We are sailing yet, sir.
Wait till We touch bottom. Wait til
the balance of trade is against us and
the gold bark gets among breakers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL.
ESTAHE.

WHEREAS. John Mcleod by his
w drrd Of trust, dated erenibeF
&c. Ii, 1871, and recorded in the Re
curter's office therein aud for Aud
riau county and state ut Missouri IN
record book of mortgages and 'ie"d
OF trust en- at page 80, conveyed to
the undersigned trustee the follow
mr. real estate situated i'll the cUun-
" of Aulriau, and state uf Missouri.
to-wit: Lot (29) tweuly-nine, spark
addition to tue town of Mexico,
cuinIy of Audrain stale of Mo-, Ia
~ cure tie judgment OF Il crtain pro-
m~is-ury note in said deed OF trust,
described. Now, at the request Vi
tn holder and OWacr III said notes
and according to the provisions III
sad deeds Uf ira i.eXpressed, | vii!
nn
Monday, the ION day Of February,
a. d. 1879,
At the east do II of the court house
i Mcxiro, Aulrain County, Mssou i.
between the hours OF eight O'Clock
4 III. and three o'clock p. m
sell same real estate above described
Al p!biic vendue 10 the highest bid
Ter, for cash; to sati fly said note.
AMI I'll interest due thereon, and the
expenses of executing this trust.
j. W. CARSON,
38-5t Trustee.
~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

Games of chance would not be so
awful naughty If nan could only
win every time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
Strayed or Stol8l

FROM the undersigned, on Lib
street. Mexico, about the lOfn
November, one dark red COW a.
I years old. half of one horn Of
branded on the lett hip with the les35
IL Any one delivering said Gov
giving information of her wne1
bouts, will be literally rewardettA2
85-4t 81. q, MINI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

A few more medical schools and
there will be no work for resurrection
dav.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

The youngster who had an ode to
his mistresses eye brow, wished that
was ali he owed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09
CoLuMB A, Dec. 10, 1878.
Editor IShtdad Buqie:

DEAR SIR:-I will start to Cetfer-
son City from th.s place, Thursday.
january ID. AFOOT, of course!
walk because it suits my purpose,
and NOT for notoriety. as some would
intimate. Notoriety cuts no figure
with me. II | can represent NV peo-
pie properly, | then shall have attain
ed my GRAND object.
Always your friend,
j. w. W. kNEIsLEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

The family that makes the biggest
show at the funeral, IS the very one to
put up a cheap tombstone.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

Talmage says smoking leads to
drinking. SO does salt cod fish
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-01-09

J. W. w. Kneisley, representa-
tive of Boone county, sure enough.
started from Columbia, on foot, for
Jefferson City last Thursday. He
haG Il cold walk of it, with Is degrees
below zero part of the time. He
writes as follows to the Ashland Bu-
rlp.