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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-06-04

The personal effects Of the proprietress,
Mrs. Middletauif, were insured for Co.
900, in Meriden, Of Connecticut. and
Western, of Toronto, Canada. Hoffman
! & Eyerly, who occupied one of the store
rooms in the building, were insured to
the amount of $4,000 in a Baltimore
company, which fully covers their losses.
Adams Express Company, who also oc-
cupied one Of the lower rooms, lost all
its records and packages on hand. D.
S. Harlie, proprietor of Washington
House saloon, lost his entire stock,
amounting 10 $1,000; G.. E. McCOmas
was insured for $1,000 in the Mutual OF
Washington county. The losses among
the guests, as nearly as can be learned,
were A. 3. Almony, 400; Milton
Knodle, everything except suit Of
clothes Thomas J. Hill, personal
effects, insured for $500 in North British
and Mercantile of England, T. b.
Cushwa. insured for $500; Judge Geo.
A. Pcarre lost $500 in money and a
very valuable gold watch. The Judge
saved nothing but his night attire. b,
f. Snively, Of Shady Grove, Pa, who
was in the fourth story, threw his pock-
et-book, containing sl,l00, out of the
window, and then attempted to escape
by means of blankets tied together, but
fell distance o. about thirty feet, res
ceiving injuries principally internal, and
which will probably result in death. j.
w. Hays, residing in the property adj
joining the hotel, sustained considerable
damage. Insured for $4,000 in the
National, of Hartford. e. II. Herbert,
restaurant, damage fully covered By sl,-
200 insurance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
Societies .

Audrain County " orkingmens Asso-
ciat;on meets at their hall every saturday
ni.ht Mt 7:SO. n. NJ. ROBERTS,
Chairman Ex. Committee.
S.C.T.U. meets a. the Opera House
every Monday night at T.30. John
Brooks, Pres't; James Carroll Sec'y.
INC. A.-Devotionnl meeting every
Sunday 2:3O D. m. Devotional meeting
eyery Tuesday, 7:50 p. M. Business
meeting lst. Thursday IN each month d.
Up. m.
40. U. W. meets every Tuesday eve
ming 1T 7.30. John 4. Brooks, r. M. w:
j. COatsworth, Secretary; +. b. Cake, w.
Father Matthew K. G. r. A. & B. Soci.
civ meets on the third Sunday in each
month.
Acting Grand Branch No. 9. e. b. A.,
meets on tie first Sunday IN each month
Crusade Commandery-S. NJ. Edwards
Eminent Commander; meets the tnlrd
Tuesday evening of each month, At 1oe
o'clock.
Mexico Lodge No. 26 A. +. and A. NJ:
meets on the Grst Tuesday in each mon:
as2P. NJ, and also Oh the first FRIDAY u
each month at 7P. NJ. Jas. Carroll, w. M
Mexico Chapter No. 27. Royal Arch
meets or the second Friday in eacf
month. ). NJ. Edwards, q. T.
Hebron Lodge No. 254, A. +. ana A
N. Regular communications on the hls
Monday in each month, at p. N. .. ID
Riley, w. NJ.
I. o. o. F.-Mexican Lodge No. "
meets every Wednesday evening at thell
hall in p. NJ. Morris building. 4. Schsr
ZACH, N. G..
Mamrs Enoampment No. 81. meets OF
the second and fourth Fridays in eacf
month. Louis Phillips, O. p.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
COUNCIL.
Cnurcn Directory.

Services in the Presbyterian Church
every Sabbath at II O'clock. A. M, and nj
7 o'clock, p. II. Prayer meeting and
short lecture Wednesday evening at
o'clock.
sabbath School-Judge Mactarlare, Su-
perintendent. Il bible class conductor oh
the. pastor, Rev. john 5. Grhsty, ID D.
Services in the VI. K. Church, south
eyerv sunday ut 1890 A. NJ. anc ''3o r. M
by Rev r. }. Gcoch, Pastor
PRAYER meeting Wednesday evening at
7.30. Sunday SCHOOL at . A. NJ. D. NJ
Marmaduke, Superintendent.
Services at Baptist Church every sun
day morning and evening. Prayer meet
inS every Wednesday evening, Rev.
Maple, Pastor. Sunday school ut a. NJ.
James Carroll, Superintendent.
Services ut the Christian Church every
Lords dav at 1890 A. NJ. and $50 p. M
hS Elder John A. Brooks. Prayer meet
np Wednesday evening at Z. SUNDAY
scSool Mt $50 A. NJ. B. l.. Locke, supt.
0. ). Baptist Church. Elder j
v leo. Services every 4th Saturday In
each month, and Sunday follow.ng' 81
at half-past ten o'clock, A. NJ. AL ale
cordially invited.
Services at st. Paul's Episcopal Church
on second and fourth Sundays at II A.
and 30 D. m. Rev. J. K. Gray, Rector
Sunday School at 2 P. NJ. n. LscN'"hu
Supt.
Services at Methodist Episcopal Chnref
every Sunday morning and evening" heV
T. J. Wheat. Pastor. Prayer meetiht
every ThurSd"y evening wSi9Hs 2soba'S SapsrIu %
tendent. Teachers meeting every Ihuis
day evening.
Service. at the Catholic Church every
SUNDAY. Rev. Z. f. O'Leary and Fathe
Russell. Pastors.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
When are Women Most Lovely.

LONELINESS in women, though it
may vary in its character and mani
testat'ons at different periods of life,
is not the property OF youth only.
There is great and undeniable
charm in the fresh beauty of eigh-
teen, t" which inexpcrience and ear
~ romance lends, perhaps, addition
al destinations. A pretty girl ofthat
age, who has been untouched by
care, and who knows of the world
through imagination only, is very
delightful object; aud many men wish
they might take captive her first at
I, ctions. Between eighteen and
twenty-five, the change of a girl, so
far rs the charms of her person go,
"re not likely to be great; but in that
time, by longer intercourse with So
clely, and by natural development,
she may grow more companionable
for men of maturity, and her carri.
age and selt.control become better
and greater. These are important
Years in II woman's life, the wears
during which, in our climate, the
majority Of the women are married.
And yet from twenty-five to twenty.
five or six maiden may, and gener-
| ally does, still further advance in at
traciivcness, and add to the store OF
her charms. She is still young, but
she has "utlived many youthful fan.
cies, and feels some of the dignity o
womanhood. Never better ages than
those in a maiden's life, and never i.
she lovelier. But why stop at TWEEN
ty-six? What fairer women are tc
be found than many of those between
twenty-six and thirty, and even old
er: Girls of eighteen may look OF
them as unsought old maids, ant
yet they are in their womanly prime
and may capture hearts which have
been steeled against girlish fascina
tions. Generally they make th,
be st of wives, and men find a solac,
and companionship in their societ,
which immaturity cannot give. The,
have the advantage Of experience
and they have learned the lesson
taught by longer contact with tn
world, while still they may not b
averse to falling in love.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
About Audrain County.

A correspondent of Colman's Rural
World has the following in regard to
Audrain county. 1t is true, every
word of it:
"Audrain county contains 686 sec
tions of land, or 439, ,040 aerss-al-
most sufficient to found an empire.
OF this vast area of land, there are
not one thousand acres but is arabic,
and even that is good fuel OF grazing
land. From two to six school houses
are to be found in each township
not the disagreeable, unsightly, badly
ventilated and poorly seated log
buildings that our parents tell US of,
but well arranged roomy buildings,
erected for comfort and utility.
Churches Of all denominations are all
through the county at convenient
places. 1t is estimated by those who
are qualified to know, that we will
raise this year 100000 bushels o.
corn, and about the same amount o.
wheat and oats, and any quantity o1
fruit. Broom corn and flax are sta.
Piles as well as the cereals. The coun'
try is we'll divided as to timber anG
prairie. We have no living springs
but cisterns are dug in the GROUND
and walled with brick or stone anC
furnish the purest and best water
Stock water is procured by digging
nnndC an6 If ia not nm uncommon
sight to find a pond that has beer
made in three or four days by two
men and q team that will water 2O(
head Of stock through the longes
drouth.
/ Wages are good and we have NJ
tramps. If you ever meet one from
here, just give him the cold shoulder
for hands can find work and wage
! here
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
HOW THICK IS A MANs
The Small Hole a Citizen of
Pennsylvania Crawled
Through.
From the Oil City Derrick.

From the OIL City Derrick.
How thick is q man? Who will
believe that man, twenty years old
and one hundred and fifteen pounds
in weight, crawled through hole in
stone wall six by eleven inches III
size, twenty-five feet from the ground,
and escaped down a rope? These.
were the exact circumstances under
which Charles Crayton, sentenced on
Friday last to one years imprison-
ment and 800 fine and costs on two
indictments for assault and battery,
escaped from the Venango county Jail
at twelve O'Clock Monday night.
Crayton, together with John Murray,
convicted of the same offense, and
sentenced at the same time, was con-
fined in the northwest corner cell,
second tier, the one farthest removed
from the apartments of the Sheriff.
Using two case-knives which had been
converted into saws, he first cut
through the one-and-a-half-inch up
right bar dividing the window, which
is six inches wide. He then, with a
cold chisel, cut into the wall, which
is composed of soft free stone, un-
til he had freed both ends of a fiat
cross bar of half-inch iron, through q
hole in which the upright bar passed.
Just below the next cross bar above
he cut into the upright to depth OF
three-sixteenths of an inch, and, in
serting one end of long bed slat, lie
and his partner, by applying their
united strength to the slat, broke OH
the bar where the nick had been
made. This left space of six inches
wide and eleven inches high. Previ-
ously he and his partner had torn their
blanket strips and plated quite neal
rope therefrom. Securing the rope
to what was left of the upright rod,
he thoroughly soaped the sides of the
opening, soaped his own naked body,
and wriggled through this small hole,
climbed down the rope, dressed him.
self after his clothes were thrown
down by his accomplice, and escaped
through storm of rain raging at the
time. His companion, being of largel
frame, did not attempt the hopeless
task of getting through the window
but went quietly to SLEEP. Ther'
were found IN the cell two knives, on
cold chisel, one hammer, and TIVE
bags converted into sacks from th
sleeves of a shirt, connected by
cord of sufficient length to brin'
them, if hung over his shoulders
down to his hips, and which ma,
have been used to protect his sides a
he edged his way through the aper
ture, although this is scarcely proba
: bic. These were filled with sol
bread. Underneath the window wer
; picked up piece of meat, wrappe
in scrap of newspaper, an old cla
pipe, and a string of about twenty
five feet in length, composed partl
of strips from his shirt, and partly c
hcmpen cord
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
Banged Hair.


To our sight there is nothing sad
der than a sane woman with her hair
banged.
A lunatic might be excused for
such an erratic style of hair dressing.
but how a woman in the full posses
sion of her faculties, and with the
knowledge that she has a character
to keep up, can wear her hair bang
ed, is, to us, profound mystery.
From whence came this style!
What originated it? Who set it
afoat: Nobody on earth can say
truthfully that it is beautiful. We
have never heard that it was healthy.
We never heard of its curing the
liver complaint, or the rheumatism.
1t does not render one any more lia-
BILE to draw prize in lottery. 1t
does not insure the wearer against
being drowned, or struck by light
ming, or bored by washing-machine
agents.
1t does not make a tall woman
look shorter, or short one taller, or
a fat one leaner, and if 1t is becom-
ing to any human face, then that
face has escaped our notice.
1t will metamorphose the prettiest
girl of our acquaintance into mons
frosty, and as for it's effect on a
plain woman!-may the saints deliv-
er us from seeing it! 1t sets our
teeth on edge! 1t imparts to the
average female face the most dis
couraged, woe-begone, DONE for-gen-
orally expression we have ever seen
as if the person had played her last
card, got euchered, and was ready
to sell out cheap to the first purchas-
er.
Just imagine Lady Washington
with hair banged! Think of Barbara
Fr!tchie waving the flag in Stonewall
JaeksoE's face with her hair banged
Picture to yourself Joan of Arc lead
ing her troops to victory with her
hair banged!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
Josh Billingsislla =.

Ifa young man hain't got we'll
balanced head like to see him part
hiz hair in the middle.
/ don't take any foolish chances.
If wuz called upon to mourn over q
dead mule I should stand in front ov
him and do mi weeping.
There is no man so poor but that
he kin afford to keep one dog, and l
have seen them so poor that they
could afford to keep three.
say to 2 thirds of the rich peo-
pie in this world, make the most of
your money, for it makes the most
of you. Happy thought.
never argy sgin a success when
see rattlesnaix's he'd sticking out
of whole. / bear off to the left
and say to miself that hole belongs
to that snaik.
The infdel argys just as q bull
duz chaned to a post. He bellows
and saws, but he don't git ioose from
the post, / notlss. Not much.
1 thank the Lord that thare is one
thing in this world taat money kant
buy, and that il the wag ov a dogs
tail.
l notiss one thing, the man who
rides on the kars every day is salts.
fed with one seat, but he who rides
once a year wants four.
! Flattery IL like colone water; to hs
smelled of, not swallowed.
The man whom you kant git te
write poetry or tell the truth unit
you git him haff drunk, amt worth
the investment.
Whenever sec q real handsun
woman engaged in the wimmin'.
rights bizzness, I am going to tak'
off mi hat and jine the proceshun
See if / don't.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18

"Your folks gone anywhere this
SUMMER" inquired one boot-black
of another at the post-office syester-
day. =
"Has your'n?" WAS the. evasive
reply. =
'Say, Jim, what kind Of q boy are
your" asked the first, after q long
pause. -
"Me? Well, I never give a fellow
away"
"Then. if you won't let on that my
mother had to stay at home to wash
for her regular customers, 81 woa't
say anything about your father, who
is taking his vacation in thei Work
House."
They shook hands over it and both
will keep mum. II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18

If man becomes an intimate &C.
quaintance of whiskev, or beer, and
drinks either of them, and allows
the habit to grow upon him-fasten
their fangs IN his system-he will be-
come bound in wise almost as strong
as the jaws OF death. He will be a
drunkard. He will then rob his
family of bread, clothes, respecta.
bility-yea, and sell his own soul
to procure liquor. This is the expe-
rience of nearly every old drunkard
in the land. and we have heard re-
formed drunkards say as much.
This fact-in living shape-is pres
en;ed to our young men and boys
every dav. If they do not profit by
it, and shun liquor as they would an
adder, they will one day be forced TO
full realization of the awful fate
that awaits every inebriate. We are
opposed to intemperance because, If
persisted in, 1t makes man a brute,
y liar, q thief, murderer an out
cast, q lunatic and paupsr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
Recipe for Editorial POpu.
Iarity


lst. Publish communications with
ont knowing the names of the authors.
2nd. Puff church fairs free and
pay your way through like little
man.
3rd. Say of each candidate for
office, "if elected, he will make a
popular and efficient officer"
4th. Try to make the paper re-
feet every whim and fancy of the
public.
5th. When the loafers call at the
office allow them to remove the pa
pers from the desk, put their feet un-
der your nose and interfere generally
with the arrangement of the office.
Oh. Everybody knows how to run
newspaper take everybody's advice.
9Th. Take up the private quarrels
and grievances of all who request you
to.
Sth. Be neutral sometimes and in.
dependent in nothing.
9th. II you are publishing Dem
ocratic paper, "conciliate" those who
run on the Independent ticket at the
last election by allowing them to die
tate the politics of your paper.
/ 10th. Commit not the unpardona
BILE sin-give every man shat calls :
personal notice."
l1th. Do not forget to STATE
Bunker is feeling as big as Dutcf
harn-itS "A how and WEIGHS nins
pounds;
18th. Never inaugurate public en-
terprises unless you would be callet
a ringster.
18th. Wish all newly married
couples many years of welded bliss.
l4th. Call all social gatherings o
parties "the event of the season."
10Th. Follow these rules for thre,
years, and if you don't die of grie
and disappointment call and reciev'
a chrome.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18

why Eve Did Not Keep a Hired
Girl.

A lady writer in one of our ex-
changes furnishes some of the rea-
sons why Eve did not keep hired
girl. She says:
There has been a great deal said
about the faults of women and why
they need 80 much waiting on. Some
one "a man Of course) has the pre-
sumption to ask, ''Why, when Eve
was manufactured OF spare rib, a
servant was not made at the same
time to wait upon her ~ She didn't
need any. A bright writer has said
Adam never came whining to Eve
with ragged stocking to be darned,
buttons to be sewed on, gloves to be
mended, fright away-quick-now !"
because he never read the newspaper
until the sun went down behind the
palm trees, and he, stretching HIM
self, yawned out: "Isn't supper
ready, my dear?'' Not he. He
made the fire and hung the kettle
over it himself. we'll venture, and
pulled the radishes, peeled the pota-
toes, and did everything else be
ought to do. He looked after the
pigs himself, and never brought hall
a dozen friends to dine when Eve
hadn't any pomegranites. He never
stayed out till ii O'Clock at night
and then scolded because poor Eve
was sitting up and crying inside the
garden gate. He never loafed around
the corner groceries while Eve wa:
rocking little Gains cradle at home
He did not call Eve up from the eel
Ter to get his slippers aud put then
in the corner where he left them
Not he. When he took them off h,
put them under the fig tree beside hi
Sunday boots. In short, he did no
think she was especially created fo
the purpose of waiting on him, ant
was not under the impression tha
it disgraced man to tighten wife
cares 4 little. That's the reason tha
Eve did not need hired girl, ant
with it the reason that her fair descen
dants did.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
How to Put Your Name On
Fruit.

Did you ever see a name printed
on growing apple, peach or pear ?
No! Well, if you desired it: While
the fruit yet hangs green upon the
tree, make up your mind which is the
very biggest and most promising
specimens of all. Next cut out from
thin tough paper the initials of the
name of your little brother or sister
or chief crony, with round specs FOR
the dots after the letters, and the let
ters themselves plain and thick. Then
paste the letters and date on that side
Of the apple which is most turled to
the sun, taking care not to loosen the
fruits hold upon its stem. AS soon
as the apple is ripe, take off the
paper cuttings, which, having shut
out the reddening rays of the sun,
have kept the fruit green just beneath
them, SO that the name or initials
now show plainly. After that, bring
the owner of the initials to play neal
the tree, and say presently: "Why,
what are those queer marks on thai
apple up there?" You will find this
quite pleasant way to surprise the
very little ones, and, of course, you
can print short pet name as easily
as initials.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
From Auarain County. Mo,

St. Louis Journal OF Agriculture. z|
We farmers mp here have had the
aadacity to hold another County
Grange Saturday, August 18TH, at
Mahsn School House, In Western
part of the county. A light shower
the previous night settled the dust
and the early morning was very coel.
Three Of us, including Worthy Mas
ter Gibbs and Bro. C.. T. Black,
Master of Maple Grove Grange, seat
ed ourselves in the farmers delight
"a good sprlng wagon--and behind
a lively team we soon passed oyer
twenty miles of as good road as was
ever pressed by horses hoof. The
route lay through thickly settled
prairie district. The farms all new
and improvements good, cozy white
houses, bespeaking thrift and indie
pendence, with promising young Or
nhards, dotted the road side while
heavy crop Of growing corn on Sec
ton after section, as far as the eye
could reach, formed the background
of our picture. We reached our des-
tination at half.past nine. A slow
fire was burning near by, while in
and around the house were feathers
and filth of all sorts, which told plain
ly that party of chicken hunters
had been camping there. The un-
slightly condition of things was un-
mistakable evidence that there exist
ed dearth of manly principle among
this crowd of pleasure seekers. In o
few minutes wagons began to roll in
from all directions. Two of the
school directors mounted their horses
and started in pursuit of the-hunters,
while other parties began the process
of cleaning, which soon gave the
place neat appearance.
Grange was called to order by
Worthy Master Gibbs. The officers
elect were then installed by Worthy
District Lecturer, assisted by Bro.
Anderson Of Monroe county. Wor-
thy Master Rucker then took the
chair and lively business session
followed. Then such dinnerl In
quality the best; in quantity q null
tiple of plenty. The brothers from
Maple Grove ate till-well, boys,
I'll not tell on you.
Bro. Black, who is a portly, good
looking widower of 60, says he likes
the cooking up in that part of the
county. He certainly gave people
strong evidence of his sincerity in
this assertion.
In the afternoon session a class OF
about twenty received the fifth de-
gree informally. Bro. E. G. Haley
was elected to represent Audrain
county in the next State Grange. 1t
Vas decided that the next meeting OF
the County Grange be held with
Macedonia Grange on the third Sat
urday in October. Subordinate
Oranges throughout the county will
do well to remember this and make
an effort to be represented. 1t is 9
fact worthy of note, that during tbs
, day the words, Democrat" IRE.
publican" or "Greenback," were
, unheard. These things were laid
, aside and each one seemed earnest
in the expression OF that affinity o.
feeling, which should obtain among
men whose interests are common
The Grange was closed formally, til,
. doors thrown open and the anti
Grange element of the neighborhoot
having assembled, was invited in t
hear Grange principles from Gran
o gers themselves.
woodworking and wheat SOWING
q will be hard job here, if it does no
rain soon. The present wheat ali,
, corn crop excellent. A. q.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18

Mrs. Helen Rich, in the Boston
Transcript, sings: s'Give me but
flowers. messy bank, brook, That
blends with thought, and oriole
above, Singing and swaying, drowsy
airs that move The red rose petals
falling on my book, With violets in
every cool, shy nook" just like q
woman. A man would have included
fishing tackle, q pack of cards, 8
male companion, box of cigars, a
flask of-bait, etc., with all that the
latter terna implies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18

Read this short chapter of truth
from the Sedsiia Democrat and re-
member IL: When town once begins
to advance it generally continues. lt
certainly does 30 when its citizens re-
main true TO themselves, pull together,
act together, subscribe Que dollar 10
every enterprise that will bring Mo
hack. and be ever active and vigiians,
Ieet some golden opportunity be fost
ar sufterc<i 10 go By forever.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18

Old Mrs. Cur says she has always
noticed that in the summer time when
it is not needed the sun is always hot
as an oven, while in the winter, when
q warm sun would be very agreeable,
it is as cold as an ice house. We
have noticed this toD. 1t must oe
the fault of the almanac makers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18

Thank heaven, the trainps will soon
have to go into winter quarters. Bat
what's the good? There's nothing TO
be thankful for, after all. just about
the time the tramp season Is over tie
lecture season begins.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-18
TIMES OF HOLDING COURTS.

CIRCUIT COURT.
Regular Terms-Fourth Monday i'll
January. first Monday III June, and
second Monday in October.
PROBATE COURT.
Regular Terms--SecOn. Monday III
March, MAY, July, September, No
ycmber and January.
COUNTY COURT.
Regular TerIns-r irst Monday in
NAV, August, November and Feb
Tuary.