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Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
The WORLD FOR 1881

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
No Use Waiting,

At nine o'clock Monday morning a
small IA vas shaking with cold, a.
be stood in front of the office of a De.
troit justice of the peace. When he
had been there for half an hour, a
man in an Office opposite raised the
window and asked:
"Waiting to see anybody"
Eyes; l have a lawsuit here at ten
O'Clock"
"Are you plaintiff or defend ant?'
Defendant"
Then you are a fool to stand there
in the cold. The case will be decided
for plaintiff anyhow, and you might
as we'll get a corne on some stove as
to stand there in the wind"
"Yes. l supposed I might. and l
guess I will,' replied the other, and
off he went. to return two hours later
and find that Judgment had been
rendered against him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
Me Heapee Should Smilee."

"Chuns Lee" SAID the recorder,
as he scratched his chin and gazei
down into the dock where two china
men sat. ''you had All Ting smeared
over two square yards of sidewalk
last night, and was tramping up and
down his spine when the officer yank-
ed you in What have you to say?"
Judge" replied Chung Lee, tine
wantee 'rialee ritee away, no foole
business in me, no man cusses me by
dam sltee, you bet"
'Now, Mr.. Lee, said the Recorder,
as he rustled the papers on his desk,
lust keep your wearing apparel I'm.
disturbed until l find out about the
affair. 1t seems, Chung, that you
punched Ting's head?"
"Well, me heapee should smilee?'
"What made you do it,"
she callee me dance ole galoot.
and boss snidee, and l givee it allie
samee in his McKee,"
"That was wrong, Chung, very
wrong, but what was the row about?"
''Me and All Ting have a lillee
game of poker. All Ting antee upee
and We drawee cardee, anu me Gomez
in Oh fivee dullee. All Ting raisee
fifteen dolce, and goee better wholee
week washee. All Ting see wholee
week washee, and puttee upee better
ten dolce on high bluff samee like
Mclean man. / callee All Ting: he
smilee heapee and say, -Four kings
and Lace Me say, Not worth a
dance, four lace and king and me
feel lovelee samee like high goose
hangee. All Ting gottee his mad
upee and wantee monee back; me
tellee All Ting waitee when the
bloomee rose againee. All Ting
cussee belly Ioudee and say me stolee
fullee hand and make his monee gone
where the spourtse Irvine. Me no
"Never mind, Chung, I've heard
enough about this matter. L see
that you are gradually falling into the
vices of this country and 1 shall send
both OF you down for thirty DAYS"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
Joke on the Clergy.

They tell offs very cultured divine
IN Boeton, who, intead of saying,
1.-THE collection will now be taken
up" impressi,ely remarks: "rhe
accumulation of moneys will now
ensue.''-GElmira Free Press. But
a Philad. 'phia clergyman, a great
athlete and lover of sports, forgot
himself once and said: ''Here endeth
the first inning. lie. us pray"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
Hog Law.
Hog Law.
The following 10 the hog law which
->.k o Ia Aodroin oounfy

Hog Law.
The following 10 the hog law, which
went into effect In Audrain county.
January 1st, 1881. Cut this out,
and preserve it:
SIC. 74l2. If any swine shall be
suffered to run at large in any county,
Dr. in any township Of any county,
contrary to the provisions of this
chapter, and shall trespass upon the
land of any person, the owner or per-
con having possession of such swine
shall be liable for all damages the
owner or occupant of such land may
sustain by reason of such trespass,
and for . second or subsequent act of
trespass Ivy such SWINE, such owner
shall be liable to pay treble the dam
ages done by the same. Such dam
ages may be recovered in a civil
action before q justice OF the peace of
the township.
Sec. 7413. If any swine shall be
found running at large, contrary to
the provisions Of this chapter, it shall
be lawful tor any person to restrain
the same forthwith and give the owner,
if known, notice in writing that he
has restrained said swine, and the
amount of damages he claims in the
premises, and requiring the owners
to take said swine away and pay such
damages and such owner shall pay
snch person q reasonable sum for
taking up, feeling and caring for the
same, and the actual damages done
by said swine. If such owner fails
to comply with the provisions of this
section within three days after receiv-
ing such notice, or if the owner of
such swine be unknown. such swine
shall be taken and deemed as strays.
and shall be dealt with in the same
manner, under like proceedings, as
required by law, with respect to TAX
ing up such property as strays under
the stray law.
Sec. 74l8. II shall not be neces-
sary for any person to fence against
swine in any county in which it shall
be unlawful for the same to run at
large, and it shall be no defence to
any action or proceedings brought or
had under the provisions Of this
chapter, that the party injured or
taking up any swine, did not have
his lands enclosed by a lawful fence
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

NO =
100 acres. All under good hedge and rail
fence. 40 acres new meadow, 80 acres pasture.
balance in cultivation. New frame house of six
rooms. good barn. cribs, etc. Good Welis al
hoSse and barn. Stock ponds, young orchard,
good timber, Situated 6 miles northwest OF
Mexico. Price $1,000 per acre.
No4.
365 acres in farm. 100 acres timbered land
watered by Young'S creek, 100 acres grass land
lincluding 80 acres meadow baIance i'll cultiva-
ton. Young orchard just beginning To Dear.
plenty small fruit. tWo-story frame house OF 6
roo,as. tenant house OF . rooms. ice-house,
smoke-huuse and other out buildings. Frame
barn 5SxA feet, good double corn crib. living
stream of wafer runs throuhh farm. two good
ponds, school house within / mile and 2 churches
within a mile.
80 acres, fronting half mile on public road.
100 acres In meadow, orchard of 10 acres, balance
number one tillable land, large two-story house
handsomely finished. all necessary out build
Ings. Situated zig miles south OF Mexico.
Price $40 per acre.
16o acres all well fenced and nicely s.b-divid-
ed. % acres good timothy meadow, 20 acres good
pasture, balance in cultivation and timber. good
orchard. good / I-2 story frame house five oooms.
good stable and other out buildings, high rolling
land as hood as any in the county. Price 5000
per acre.
100 acres. all under good hedge and plank
fence. good two story frame house. new and In
good order, number one cellar and smoke house.
coal house and barn, good land and in good
neighborhoOd. Situated 10 miles north east OF
Mexico. Price 5000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

Information wanted of William A.
Wheeler. who was elected Vice-Pres-
ident in 1876. and has been heard Of
only once since. Is supposed to be
off on a fishing excursion somewhere.
Is of medium size, b"w-legged,
squints his left eye, and IS growing
bald. His distressed wife will be
grateful tor any information.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
Called Him Gould.

Called HIM Gould.
From the Wall Street Daily News.
One morning, not many days ago,
q number of Texans sat around the
stove in the Office of q hotel in San
,ntonia, roasting their heels and talk
ing Of Mexican raiders. A New York
drummer entered the place. regis
tered, and was asking about break
fast, when one ofthe men approached
him and said:
ssHcllo! Mr.. Gould. Ny names
McThomas; got your letters and was
looking for you"
''Hello! Mac" replied the drum
mer, who saw it was q case of mis-
taken ldentty, and offered = chance
for fun.
Every boot-heel came down off the
stove, and every mouth was turned
sideways 10 spit.
"Go right In to breakfast lots Of
time for business" continued the
man, and the hungry drummer disap-
peared in the dining room. When
he had finished breakfast he returned
to the Office to find it empty. He sat
picking his teeth when the landlord
edged up and said:
''Boys rather got the start Of you,
Mr.. Could"
SLOWS that?"
"Why. McThomas owns a twenty
four horse coach-line running out of
here, and he dropped the boys a hint
that you were after it to complete
your southwest line. While you
were in at breakfast the boys formed
a stock company, bought him out,
and are going to make you pay for
the whistle"
"Thst's bad go for them. My
name isn't Could"
"What, aren't you Jay Gould, of
New York;"
mot quite; 1 am Sam Smith, OF
New York.
"Great heavens! But the boys will
have your scalp! You answered 10
the name, and they raised eight
Thousand dollars here in two minutes
to buy out the line. You'd better
ly."
"But l can't I've come here to
attend to business"
Never mind the business. One
side or the other will pant for your
blood as soon as the game is exposed.
They'll be back in twenty minutes!'
The drummer picked up his grab
bag and walked. Pretty 500 he me,
a nan with u shotgun in his hands,
and then he hurried. He turned a
corner and heard a cry of ''hal. 3"
and then he flew, and he didn't fold
his wings until he was a hundre
miles away IRON that locality.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
Josh Billings philosophy: When

Josh Billings philosophy: When I
was a Young man l was always in a
hurry to hold the big end of the l.g
and do all the lifting. Nov 1 am
older / seize hold of the small end
and do all the grunting. Wise men
make the mistakes and fools the
plumbers. and this is about all the
difference between them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
What An Accident Did.

It has discovered an absolute cure
for oil diseases of the kidneys. which
can now be found in Days Kidney
Pad.
Pain in the side, back and loins.
high colored urine, with debility and
emaciation, are symptoms of kidney
complaint. Nov is the time to pre-
vent suffering. and save money, by
APPLYING . Days Kidney Pad.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

Over two hundred and fifty news
pap RS and many leading scholars OF
the age are using tho new system of
phonetic orthography. The follow
ing are the principal rules for spell
ing:
Omit q from tn" digraf ea when
pronounst e short, as IN he'd, helth. etc
2.-Omit silent e after q short vowel,
as in hav, Civ, definit, forbad, etc
3-Write.J flor phi in such words,
as ~alfaoet, camfur, filesofy, telegraf,
etc.
4-When a word ends with a dou-
bic letter, omit the last, as in shall, viii,
c!lf, eg, adj, etc.
5.-Change ed final to t when it has
the sonud OF, as in lasht, imprest,
fiyt, etc,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
No, %.

so acres improved land, two miles northeast of
Mexico, Go acTeSin cultivation, % acres in pas
tuFe. house with two rooms and kitchen. log
barn and number ode smoke house. one mile OF
hedge fence. good well and two ponds. orchard
six years old. Price s. 1000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

sratI0n NeetlnR.
The Vandalia Leaders Mexico
cnrresnnndeLt saws:

"Amonc the more recent arrivals
are The following: A Christmas hoy
at Shell Insley's; same at L. B. Buck
ner's: new years boy at j. Fred.
Llewel!n's. The only girl baby of
the season. ia at the residence of L.
NJ. Gill, our popular hardware mer-
chant, and the doctors are unanimous
in the opinion that the reason it was
not a boy, a lady physician found it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

W. los
11S 9O-I00 acreS-10S 90-100 acres in farm ~
acres timber detached. Prairie portion well
fenced with plank and post fence all broken
save 10 acres; 10 acres timothy meadow 10
acres sown to wheat good frame house, IL
stories of I rooms good cellar, good cistern
frame barn. 40X40 feet wagon shed anu corn
cribs 100 fruit trees of all varieties. Situated 5
miles east OF Mexico and 2 miles west OF Benton
CITY. Price, S2.50J. $500 cash. balance on time
to suit purchaser, at S per cent.
No ii.
100 acre farm divided into six fields, all under
good fence. 20 acres timothy and clover, 20 acres
blue grass pasture. 10 acres tilnbered pasture, 10
acres IN cultivation. 5 acres lots and orchard.
good one story frame house 5 rooms. porch and
porticO. good new barn, two wells, good stock
ponds, four miles west of Mexico, on the county
road. Price $4,000.
No. 70.
$50 acres in farm. all under fence. 10 acres tim
bered pasture 10 acres good meadow SO acres
pasture ; balance in cultivation plenty of timber
for home use creek runs through farm good
orchard. Coed one and q half story frame
dwelling in good repair outbuildings fair. Inc
land is first class Situated four and a hall
miles northeast oftMeXico, Missouri. Price, $50
per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

~ Wiz DEtSt1tLttIhS I-----
County, Missouri
Believing that a school system equal
to the best, is the great want of our
grand State, as well as the almost
universal desire of the citizens of
Missouri, We, the undersigned citi-
zens of--County, earnestly
pray you, and through you the Thirty
first General Assembly, to do every.
thing possible to perfect our school
system. Regarding the following
essential amendment as of the utmost
Importance to the highest interest Of
the State and the rising generations,
we earnestly ask their embodiment in
our school law:
l Six months as the minimum
school term.
2. A system of county normal
ins,itu es.
3. Efficient county supervision.
4. Election of county commission
ers by the boards of the several school
districts of the county.
The Presidents Message in a Nutshell.
From the South Arkansas Miner.
This is a message.
We have a corner on Providence,
or some ether man.
Garfield was elected if I wasn't.
l am in favor of a solid north, but
d--n a solid south.
Free schools are a bully thing.
l am in favor of civil service re-
form. but l don't know what it mems.
Polvgamy is awful wrong in a
family.
Our foreign relations are all
skew-g!
Arts and industries are at par.
Goldfish smells.
The Chinese are good laundrymen.
Give us a specie payment or give
us death His accidencv,
r. Is. HAYES.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
Petition

Petitions, which read as follows,
are being circulated all over the State,
and when signed, will he sent to the
representatives of the different coun-
ties:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

NO. 70.
a0o acres in farm. 300 acres under hedge fence,
farm divided into 10 acre fields. good L. story
frame dwelling I rooms. good barn and crlbs,
good bearing orchard. 40 acres timber. all good
land. Situated near Laddonia. Audrain county
Mo. Price $1,000.
No. &c.
$50 acres improved prairie land, good frame
house. 4 rooms. good smoke house, abundance
living water. Land all under fence. Price SIS
per acre.
Fo. q.
One OF the best stock farms in Missouri, con-
tanning 200 acres. 900 acres under fence. 100 acres
meadow. 800 acres pasture. a fine brick house oil
1S rooms built IN modern style, good barn. three
~cisterns. two large ponds never failing wster, no.
/ orchard of 600 apple tress. situated S1-2 mliys
south of Mexico, on the {. 4 A.. railroad. churcneS
and school house in neighbariiood. Price $500
fer ace.
No. 35.
Farm of 30 ocres all well fenced. good one story
frame dwelling house OF four rooms. kitchen de-
tachPd. good frame barn 44yii feet, and other
out buildings. yound orchard and abundance OF
small fruit. 10 acres in cultivation balance TIM
hcred pasture, situgte 21-2 miles west OF Mexico.
Price $500. terms easy.
No. 10.
$50 acres number one stock farm. all nnder
good rsll fence, well watered by creek. ponds
and wells. 600 acres in tame grass, I0O OF which is
pasture. good orchard of three acres in full bear
ing and variety of small fruit. good frame house
9 rooms. pnrcheS add portico, good smoke house
and other ont buildings. yard nicely or1amented
with eyergreenS and Sh rubbery. Avery desira-
bic farm, two miles from Centralia. Price $4,000
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

have for meo exchange $4,000 acres oned ines Grazing and farming msn the State M@o"h at bedrock m
Residences and Bushes property mueahy dM@roM Mo"
Having cmrrhneM all over the United States my facilities for selling or NmWgp properly u y%J mms
M pf y farming lands are situate wMne easy distance dMMot e @ "0 A"""" county" an" ""
to any hm e UndS States Thief hwmgi IrpsHh apuno my hmohgNA;
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20

No. 81.
$50 acres. all under fence, subdiyided ,,,..
fields, young hedge ence. 80 aeres me, iiuloh
acres under pillow. 1870 acres tlmbereSsu oV u
small frame houses, good wat4, ,pSNa
run through farm, "A no, 1 stock faasSsaaasl
ate I miles northwest Ot Mexico ps @aa ~
per acre. e&t
9e0 acres) all in cultivation, 200 acres !, ,,,
ton. balance in blue grass ana timoihv .uua
brick and frame house with Il rooms icss ~
buggy hotIre ana all necessary Improves
three good orchards. running water tbrnnaS Y
farm, good coal bank 30 inch vein. I.uSa =
farm OF number one land. Price low 'H'aQ
$50 acres all under good fence exce,, 4,
timber detached l 1-2 miles. 20 acres timSs
good orchard. balance In cultivation cnor y
story frame house five rooms. good xtssIa " "
ciStern. fine lot of shade trees around the = ~
good school hou on farm. school fuhd srs 49,
to run school 8 months in the year, ahrnSana'l
stock water. Situate on the Meyieo sns \
Charles road. nine miles east of Mexico, i sr ~ !
from L.iddonia and Benton City. A Ana ~.
well locatedgood range for stock. Priee ~ ~.
per acre. s
No. IL.
6I9 acres river bottom land, all in pohd ,A.
160 acres blue grass, 100 acres timothy. in -.
timbered pasture. balance under pl0W m ~
fenced. good I 1-2 story frame house ,ss,s ~ y
with ell 16X32 feet, good ice house, buggy NAM
sc. Barr i0N60 feet with basement Avn ~
plenty water for all purposes, impmyeus,.,
nearly new and in good shape. good land NJ n
uate five miles north Of Mexico, on county ~, y.
Price $50 per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-20
MISSOURI TO THE FRONT.

To the Hon.--Representative Of
County, Missouri
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-10-20
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

One ungrateful man Injuries all that
are in distress.
There is no grief like the grief that
does not speak.
Life is too short for its possessors to
wear long faces.
Whatever you dislike in another cor
rect in yourself.
The history of your fortune is written
first in your life.
Always tell the truth; you will find it
easier than lying.
1t takes bold man to roll his own
idea into the world.
The seeds of knowledge may be
planted in solitude, but must be culti-
vated in public.
The changes we personally experience
from time to time we obstinately deny
to our principles.
Vulgar minds refuse to crouch be-
meath their load: the brave bear theirs
without repining.
II man talks OF his misfortunes
there is something in them that is not
disagreeable to him.
To have stored moral capital enough
to meet the drafts OF death a. sight
must be an unmatched tonic.
No matter how purely and grandly we
live to-day there is no denying that we
may live more purely. more grandly,
tomorrow.
How many hopes may have quivered
for us in past years-have flashed like
harmless lightning in summer nights,
and died forever.
When people undertake to restrain
themselves without knowing how, they
are often worse off than il they had lett
themselves alone.