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Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-25
Sheriff. Sale.

By virtue and authority Of all X
cuiion, issued from the office Of the
Clerk oftle Circuit Court. Pike coun-
~. Missouri. returnablc AT the sep
tembrr term. 1879. OF said Court. and
to me directed. iH favor of John II.
Henderson and against kdwin ORA
per. Levi P"ttibonc. Hugh +. sum
mer>, samuel J.. stephenson, Walter
i. Vanhorn, Archibald NJ. kanhorn
and Edward G. Murray, | have levied
upon and seized all the right, lille,
interest and claim Of the laid Edwin
Draper. Levi Pcttibone, Hugh +.
Sumincr., samuel +. Stephenson.
Walter J. Nauhorn, Archibald NJ.
Vanhorn and Edward {. Murray of,
in and to the following described real
estate. to-wit: All OF the northeast
quarter of section twclvc(I2) contain
ing one hundred and sixty U60)acrCs;
also all of the southeast quarter OF
section twelve az containing one
hundred sixty acres. and all in town
ship (52) range six (6) west. all lying
and being in the said County. and
State OF Missouri. and | will, on
THURSDAY. THE 18TH Ds. o. OCTOBER.
\. d. 1879,
between the hours OF nine O'Clock in
tie forenoon and live O'Clock in the
afternoon Of that day. at the east front
court house door, In tlc City of Mex
leo, County Of Audrain aforesaid, sell
the same, or 80 much thereof as nay
be required. at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, for cash i'll hand.
(subject TO all prior liens ami jndg-
ments), to satist, said execution and
costs. ii. GLASCQGK,
st. Sheriff, Andraip County, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-25

NJ. \. Duncan has just bought
another buggy" Thought he was
enough that way before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-25

DR. w. Fl LIED
WHISTLES TO ANNOUNCE 10 his obi friends
w aud patrons and he hopes I9any new oneS-
% Mexico upd Apdrain county tilRt he has again
located IN Mexico for the practice OF his Rrofes-
sion, and Ian promises his prompt and ulreIn!t-
ting Intention 10 sill vino may favor him with a
call. OFFiCE~-with Dr, Aaefarlane, over j, r,
Llewellyn'sdrug store. RESIDESCE-On Prom.
enade street. 22-JI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-09-25

NoTlCE Is hereby given that on
WEDNESDAY, Ger. SrH, 1879,
between the hours of ia o,eaocl A
NJ. and ; O'Clock, r M, at the east
toor OF the court house, i'm Mexico,
andrain county. Missouri. Twill sell.
for cash in hand, the
FINELY IMPROVED FARM
near Martinsbarg, Mo, known az the
1ohn McCan farm, containing 80
acres, described as the south half
nerthwest quarter, section fpurteeA
lItl, and west half e,ist half SOUTH
west northwest, section twenty mine
Nzs)' all In township fifty, range sew
u &. Z. O'LEARY,
@i"sus. Executor,
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
unUSEHOLD HELPS.

OnELEr.-Three eggs beaten slightly
TOGETHER, two even tablespoonful OF
-four. two-thirds of cup of milk, and
small pinch of salt.
FRIED POTATOES. Potatoes, sliced
very thin, should be cooked in a very
deep skillet the lard or butter must be
boiling hot. If PLACED in a wire sieve,
much time is saved and trouble spared
HoM1Ny.-Wash in two waters one
cup OF hominy, then stir into one quart
of boiling water, with q little salt, and
boil from thirty to sixty minutes;
it is better boiled sixty than thirty. BE
careful, it does not burn.
HoM1NY GRJDDLE CAKES To one
mint of warm boiled homlny add a pint
Of milk or water, and -four enough to
make a thin batter beat up two or three
eggs. and stir them into the batter with
little salt. Fry as any other grlddle-
cakes.
INDIAN LoAF.-Take 1 pint of sour
milk, J pint of sweet milk, teaspoonful
of molasses, ! teacupful of butter, 2 tea
~. ontuls of saleratus, large teaspoon
full of salt, three eggs, l pint of wheat'
-four, / quart of yellow Indian meal !;
bake in deep tin basin, In an oven OF
same heat as for cake, for II hours.
RucKwHEAT CAKEs.-Pint OF water,
half cup of yeast, quarter of Indian NEAL
two tahespoonfuls of molasses; add
buckwheat CROUCH to make thin batter
let this rise over night; in the morning
slit in spoonful of saleratus and try.
Buckwheat is so fine that it must be
stirred and beaten we'll from the bottom
or there will be Jumps.
MUsH.-stir tablespoonful Of salt an
cup of -four mixed with one quart OF
Indian meal into quart OF Boiling
water beat it well, and boil gently two
hours. Turn the whole into dishes
which have been dipped into cold water
and set away to cool. In the morning
cut into slices an inch thick, and Try
brown in pork fat. Serve slices of pori
fat with it.
PLUM CAKE.-Take pounds of large
fresh raisins, / pound of citron, 8 fresh
eggs, 2 cups OF powdered sugar, I o
butter, 4 of -four, OF sweet milk, J tea
spoonful OF soda, nutmeg, grated
teaspoonful ground cloves; sift the tiou
and put in the oven to brown, as you
would coffee; cut the citron IN strip
halt inch wide, then slice as thin as pos
sible; bake in 6 quart basin hours
> Icing for 1.-THE whites Of eggs 2 cup
of powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoonful
corn-starch, the juice of 1 lemon,
ounce of rosewater.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
A Stedless Lemon.
San Francisco Call.

H N. Higgins of San Diego has in
PRODUCED a Seeding lemon of new varl-
ETY.. The owner seven years ago planted
the seeds of barrel of rotten lemons re
ceived from this city, from which four
hundred trees we're raised, one of which
produced the lemon mentioned. Specl-
mems of the fruit have a longitudinal
diameter of st inches, and transverse
diameter of q inches. The thickness or
the skin is about one-sixteenth Of an
inch. 1t may very properly be called
a seedless lemon, as only one seed has
been found in the two dozen specimens
thus far tested. In acidity and favor it
is equal to any in the market, and is
pronounced by leading pomologists a
most important acquisition. The owner
states than no buds are for sale.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
FARM AND HOME.


The Lewiston Gazette, published in
Fulton county, ILL.,, contains the follow
ing: Every paper n the United States
ought occasionally to keep the fact
before its readers that burnt c'rn is a
certain and speedy cure for hog cholera
The best way is to MAKE pile OF corn on
the cobs, effectualIy scorch it, and then
give the affected hogs free access to it.
This remedy was discovered by E. E.
Locke, Esq, at the time his distillery
was burnt in this county, together with
q larg lot of store corn, which was so
much injured as to be unfit for use, and
V as hauled out and greedily eaten by
the hogs, several of which were dying
daily. After the second day not single
hog was lost, and the disease entirely
disappeared. The remedy has been tried
in a MI mber of cases since, and never
failed
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05

O ! he must take the next train. Don't
say that you never ordered the goods
for there is your signaturel You can't
DENY it, but you signed it as an agree
ment to act as agent, or signed it as your
address. No. 2 knows nothing about
this. cares nothing about it, but wants
his money. Here we say again, don't
Don't be bullied into paying it, but let
him do his worst. Show him the door
and let him appeal to the courts If he
dares. The game has already begun,
and hundreds of farmers, to avoid trou'
bile will throw away thousands of dol
lars the coming season. Don't be bullied
into paying dollar on any such claim.
At the most it can only 60 to jury OF
your neighbors to decide, but not one
case in hundred will ever come to that.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
The True WAY l0 EnyIxU-

The true way to invigorate a feeble system
L. to muse ACTIVITY INTO ne eratlons OF TIE
stomach, that endrous alemble in which the
food is TRANSMITTED into The constituents Of
blood, the CHI, element oil our vitality. Hos
letters Stomach Bltt.rs, because 1T acuonl-
Pill mes tn end, is greatly to De prefer ed to
nany 20 cal. Ell loAlcs, use ul indeed as apes
Tiers, but imperative as aids TO digestion
and assimilation. TnIs sterling cordial, while
il invlgota es the tom sch, he"lt fully s'itu-
ulAtes the liver, bowels, and Kidneys, ensur>
ing the escape through the regular CHI me s
of effete and useless matter brown off by e
syst. M, when is thus purified as well as in
vlgorated by it. Its tome influence is soon
III de manifest by al Increase Uf vital energy
and a more active and rssu ar discharge ut
every physical function, and 1t has the
further effect of renuerlng the system unas>
sailable py malari&l epidemies.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
The Cultivation OF Grapes.

tits fact, we'll known by experienced
grape growers, that very rich and highly
MANFRED land rarely produces q grape
that is rich in taste or will yield high
quality of wine. The grape that produ
COS the most saccharine matter will
make the best wine, and it is we'll known
that the different varieties differ widely
in the proportion OF sugar. In Italy and
Sicily the very finest and sweetest grapes
grow on the rocky rubbish of VOLCANOES,
and those that grow in loose, rocky soils,
or along hillside covers, are often the
best. These facts ought to teach us not
to select the richest soils, nor to stuff
them with barnyard manure for the
grape. Grapevines seldom need any
manure except ashes, lime and bones, il
the soil is thoroughly pulverized and
cultivated, and all the weeds and grasses
near the vines kept out. One of the
most fruitful causes of mildew and rot il
the application of too much manure te
the growing vine.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05

to society, seventy five years of ag' land
there is Christian of thirty-fiye taken
from his usefulness. There is no
one sentence that you oftener hear utter
ed than " don't understand this" Our
religion comes in with our misfor tunes
The world goes the other way when
mans down. During the week before that
man lost his property there were fifteen
or twenty carriages at his door. The
week after his misfortune, you could
count all the carriages on one finger.
The week before his financial dis sister,
men took their hats clear of, pa siDg
him in the street. The days that he
was under severe financial discussion
people only tipped their hats, hardly
touching the rim. After the question
was decided adversely, people gave a
slight ] ,lt of their heads without touch
ing their hats, and the week after the
sheriff had sold him out people were
busy looking in store windows as he
passed them.
But religion delights to come to man
when he is down, 1t assures him that
there is something more important than
money. It says your sickne IS is merely
| publication; it says God wants to trans
plant your family to Heasen, and He
had to begin somewhere, and of course
He took the one best fitted to CO. | do
not say religion makes every thing plfin,
down to tie minutjs, bat it hiss gen eral
explanations very consolstory. You
know the principle of telegraphy by
| ciphers. Not wishing the public to get
the telegram, The merchant in Chicago
telegraphs to the merchant in New York
certain words, which are simply nonsense
to Others, but at each end of the route
there is man who has the Fey, by which
these meaningless words become import
ant information on which business oper.
atoms of tens of thousands of dollars are
builded. 80 the vicissitudes of our life
sometimes sesm sensrlsss rigmarole OIL
a contradiction or mysterious cipher
But God has key to it, and the Chris
tan has Key to 1t, and though we may
have some difficulty in spelling it out
we shall get enough meaning out of it tt
learn that God is doing everything fol-
the best. Is there no sunshine in that
It is q pleasure far beyond laughter. l,
Is nearer the fountain of tears than O
boisterous demonstrations. Have YOU
ever cried for joy? There are tear
which are eternal rapture in this relation
There are Thousands here who walk il
the full satisfaction and the perpetual de
light that sll il we'll. I do not know
how men without the explanations o
religion keep out of the insane asylum
Your child dead, and that is the end o
it. Your property gone, and that is tn
end of that Your reputation persisted
and that is the end of it. Tell me hev
, you can stand all this? Are your nerve
and muscles different from mine
) Where did you get this supernatura
toughness? No religion, and yet not
maniac IL IT. Dewitt Talmage.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
THE HOME DOCTOR.

GoUT MIXTURE Wine 0! colchicum.
one ounce; spirits of nitrous ether, one
ounce iodine of potassium, two scruples;
distilled water, two ounces. Mix. A
teaspoontul in camomile tea two or three
times day.
SORE THEeAT.-A gargle of salt and
vinegar, with little cayenne pepper,
will do more to disperre soreness of the
throat than any other remedy of which
we have heard. 1t stimulates the glands,
promotes free secretion, and will some
times cure iu few hours.
THE SICK RooN.-Ani invalid requires
something bss,de physic. Good nursing
and common aaase rules, gently and
pleasantly enforced, do more toward
recovery than the doctor can. Heat the
sick room, it possible, by an open CRATE
fire, or wood upon the hearth; the latter
is the best for all modes.
CRAMP IN THE SToNAcH.-Opium
| and other powerful remedies often fail to
relieve cramp in the stomach. hot
water, sweetened with brown sugar anc
taken freely, rarely fails to relieve THU
painful trouble. Swift remedies are
slwavs the most desirable, as they d.
not disorgsnise the system or cause reac
ton.
CHLBLAINs. Il. Liniment: Soap, 3
liniment, 10 drachms; mix. 2. Lln1
ment: Mercurial ointment. ! ounce
LIQUID ammonia, l fluid ounce; pow
dered camphor, 4 OF drachm; to b
made into liniment and applied nigh
and morning. When there is the leas
appearance of liberation, no linimen
should be used, but immediate recours
be had to surgical advice. 8. Ointment
Calomel and camphor, Of each 2 drachmt
J spermaceti ointment, 8 drachms; Oil
turpentine, 4 drachms mix well t.
! gether. Apply by gentle friction two {
: three times daily.
PoULT1cEs.-The common practice
D making poultices OF mixing the linset
. meal with hot water, and applying the
directly to the skin, is quite wron
because, if we do not wish to bum Il
patient, we must wait until great pc
3 tion of the heat has been lost. =
u nreper method is to take flannel bag
/ the size of the poultice .required-to +
p this with the linseed poultice IS hot as
), can possibly be made, and to put betwe
"a this and the skin a second piece OF fla
:. mel, 30 that there shall be at least t.
Ill thickne: ses of the flannel between t
e skin and the poultice itself Above
le nopltice should be placed more fam
or q piece of cotton wool, to prevent
IT, from getting cold By this method
le are able to apply the linseed meal boil
IS hot, without burning the patient, q
'u the heat, gradually dihusing through
an flannel, affords q grateful sense Of re-
fi> which cannot be obtained by OF
~ means. There. are few ways in VII
th such marked relief is given to abdoni
ne pains as ny the application Of poul!
ice in this manner. 5."..
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05

Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell & Co., advertising
agents, New York City, have just issued the
January aembes of their American News
paper Directory. It is handsome book,
bound IN cloth, library sine, sad contains an
accurate list of ali ,As newspapers and peri
odicals Published in the United states ana
Dominion of Canada, together with oe-
scrintion of the towns and cities in which
ahev are printed. Aessrs. Roweli Il Co. are
a reliable frm--reliabie alike to the pub
Usher and Observation-Disclosures, O., Journal
Jan. %, 1879.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
E1esD and Shallow Flowing.

Few subjects attract more attention
and give rise to more discussion and want
of agreement, than that Of the depth OF
blowing. Many do not consider the very
important fact that deep or shallow
blowing depends upon the nature OF the
soil. The truth is, there are many soils
in which if one plow deep he may ind
great profit in 70 doing; but on the other
hand. there are thousands and thousands
of acres of land where II is sheer madness
to plow deep. On fat clay land, where
water cannot drain rapidly away, and
where the lack of drainage is the bane Of
the cultivator, it is found by experience
that shallow but rich surface soil is
much better than q deeply-stirred one
And the reason is obvious. 1t water be
an injury, and it cannot get into the soil
by reason of the hard ess Of the subsoll,
the rain will pass over the surface to the
open bitches, which always have to be
made in q fat country. 1t we loosen
such soil deeply, we only harbor more OF
our LIQUID enemy, and this counterbal~
ances what otherwise might be good
thing in deep soil. Besides these, there
are other considerations. If the surface
soil be poor, and we turn this down into
still poorer subsoil, we bury what little
good there might have been in the sur
face soil far below the reach of the roots
A little learning is undoubtedly dan
xerous thing in farming. There is NJ
department of industry wherein circum
stances alter casss more than in this
While deep blowing isan excellent thln'
when circumstances suit, and there ar
innumerable cases when it is wise to g
the other way.-[Germantown Iele
graph.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
The Clergy and Funerals.

The clergy of Troy, N. Y, have re-
Gently taken a new departure. At 8
meeting at which every denomination
was represented but the Roman Casho-
lie, held at Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
l. That burial services be limited IS
Jar as practicable to scripture reading,
singing and prayer.
2. That we depreca the appointment
of funeral services tor Sunday.
8. That we also deprecate the public
exposure Of remains.
4. That before the arrangements are
made as to the time and place OF the
burial service, the convenience of the
officiating clergyman should be con
suited.
One of the ministers present submit
ted the following considerations, which
led to the action taken:
/. A protracted funeral service st the
home, especially where sickness and
death have occurred, is needless ex
posture to those in attendance.
2. A protracted service, especially
when the weather is unpleasant or In
clement, when those convened are moi
warmly clad, increases liability to ex
posture OF health in going to the grave
and at the time of burial.
8. The scripture lesson and the prayel
do ordinarily furnish all the counsel ant
consolation needIul.
4. 1t is our conviction that but littl
of good is accomplished by funeral dis
courses, except when the death ltaelf
exceptionally impressive.
S. Ministers are often embarrassed
and brought to degree of discradit b
inappropriate1ess of remarks, by ignc
rance of peculiar features of the life 9
family OF the deceased, by saying to
little or to much in the view of bisse
and preiudiced minds and fear of givin
offence.
6. At times deaths are frequent, 81
f pecially among the young and infant
when the delivery of discourse serv'
no purpose that would not be served
we'll by prayer, Scripture reading an
private conversation.
7, To omit discourse on some occ
D sions and not on others would be oasl
siye to some and suggests the important
of specific and uniform rules for fuEer
= services.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
The drnWniEK Discovery.

All the "phones" OF this phonetic age are
surpassed in pract,ca bene6tto mankind by
the oi>cov- ry of klIaa'. Ant Fat, the great
and only known remedy for 20 sity or cor
puency |, pronuc-s 40 We kness or Other
unpleas mt or injurious Ell ct, ito action be
ing simrly cou6Eed to resalssine digestion
and preventing an undue assimilation ct the
carbonaceous Or flesh producing elements O.
the food. Sold by all druggists.
ELLSWORTH, KAN, July Is, 1878.
Botanic Medicine Co., Buffalo, n. Y:
G -ntlemen-Allan's Anti-Fat reduced me
seven pounds in one week.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. TAYLOR.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05

7 find much of the sunshine OF reli-
gion in christian society. The most
doleful people I have ever met are the
perpetual fun>makers, such men as
Charles Lamb, Thomas Hood and Arte-
mus Ward, and Others I might mention,
whose lives have been to make sport.
They make the world laugh, but their
biographies and their autobiographiea
tell us that there is down in their souls
deep disquietude. Laughter is no
sign of happiness-the hyena laughs;
the maniac laughs; the loon among the
Adirondacks laughs; the bacchaDal,
crashing his decanter against the wal,
laughs. From merely worldly mirth
there is a dreadful reaction. Such men
are always Cross next morning. They
snap at you on change, >'r pretend they
do not zee you on the street. I gave up
worldly society long ago, because it was
80 dull, so inane and 30 stupid. al
WAYS walk on the sunny side of the
street, For that reason I have crossed
over into christian society. | like better
their modes of repaitee and their styles
of amusement. There is more real gen.
uine exhi!aration among truly christian
people than any other class. Young
man, lust come to New York, where are
, YOU going to spend your evenings! Gf
to Niblo's, says one, 90 to Booths, &C
! to the opera. Take my advice ant
throw yourself body and soul into chris
q tian society. Report yourself to me- fiv'
wears from now, and let me see how tn
= advice works. Bring with you tina
voupg man who refuses the advice. A
Is the end OF that time he will come u
a d1ssipated, shabby in apparel, not dis
81 posed to look any one in the eyes, an
q with moral character eighty-five pc
- cent. of. You will come with physics
= health confirmed, countenance tranl
\ habits honorable, soul saved with all tn
- inhabitants of Heaven.
j. Again I find much sunshine in Chris
and Divine explanation. To most poop
>. = lite is an inexplicable tangle. Thing
y turn out Just opposite to what yo
20 might suppose. There is a useless woms
"a perfectly well, aud there is an industr
- ous and consecrated woman complete
=. invaded. There is a bad man wi
te $50, 600 income, and there Is s. good O.
with 81 500. There is q man, nuisan
St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05

Children do not die of the Group TO whom
Dr VIM. Hali's Balsam for the lungs ls ad-
ministered Parents will do well 10 remem-
Der this TACT and keep q medicine, which
saved SO rpany lives, in the house ready for
an emergency. The Balsam overcomes q
tendenc, to con2um ption, strengthens weak
and heals sore lungs, remedies painful and
asthmatic breathing, baaiehes hoarseness
aud cures all bronchial and trscheal lntiam'
nation If you have cough, use it " early
and often" All druggists sell it.