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Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

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JEFFERSON Crrr, July II, 1881
The following was received by Gov
ernor Crittenden this morning:
T. T. Crittenden, Gov. of Missouri
COLUMBUS, O., July 1O.-Present
indications strongly encourage the
hopes that the President will recover
from the effects Of the horrible at
tempt upon his life. 1t must occur
10 all that it would be fitting for the
Governors of the several States and
Territories to issue proclamations
setting apart a day to be generally
agreed upon for thanksgiving apd
praise to Almighty God, for the
BLESSED d%eliverance of our President,
and for this great evidence Of His
goodness to this nation. If this sug-
gestion suits your approval, permit
me TO name the Governors Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ma
ryland and Ohio, as a committee to
fix upon a day to be observed. Please
reply. CHAs. FOSTER.
The Governor sent the following
reply:
JEFFERSON CRY, July IL.
Charles Foster, Governor Of Ohio
fully agree. ] see the Governor
of Kansas and Arkansas have desig
mated July IA. Too early. 1 wa:
just preparing my message for thu
21st Of July. 1 will await your &C.
ton.
Thank God for the Presidents re-
covery, and that he has such a nobl'
wife. May God bless her.
+. Il. CRITTENDEE.
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Las, week near I thompson Station, this county,
OF cholera infautuln. Willie, son of IRWIN Sims.
The REMAINS were inferred In Mexico.
july 4th. 1881, of cholera infantum. little ALBA,
only daughter OF John and Fannie Hlsey, aged
3 years, II months and u days.
| The Savior hath said "Suffer little children
10 come unto Me. for of such Is the Kingdom OF
Heaven" Suddenly and Unexpectedly the
Savior has taken our bright little ALB in her
purity and innocence, to that beautiful home
above, the paradise Of everlasting joy and hap
piness, to bloom in the beauty of youth forever
there. Though only four years of age. she
showed a remarkable intelligence. She would
often say OF her little brother. who died a year
ago, that he was in heaven, and if she was a
good girl she would go to see him some day
What consolation to the bereayed parents to
know that little ALRA is now a bright star OF
day to draw them to that world of light.
Every cloud hath a silver lining" May this
cloud Of sorrow be to them the means of draw
ing them to Christ, and may they say with faith
HE doeth all things we'll"
Little ALBA has only Gone Before and is
waiting OH the other side OF that beautiful river
lover There"
Then meekly to the Savior's will,
Our humble trust and faith Will bear;
Though ne'er again on earth shall fill
Our absent one 1.-The Vacant Chair"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

Elder John A. Brooks delivered a
mastery sermon in the Christian
church, in this city, last Sunday
forenoon. He took for his text
1.-The Assassination Of the Presi-
dent" and handled his subject in an
able manner. In years past so much
political cant and heresy has been
hurled from the northern pulpit that
political preaching has grown very
distasteful to all good people, but
Elder Brooks sermon was not Of that
stripe. He talked good, common
sense. In fact, he said the right
thing at the right time. We wish We
could lay his whole sermon before
our readers, but are unable to do so.
To have fully appreciated it you
should have heard it. He delivered
a prohibition temperance lecture in
the afternoon,in the same church, and
secured abost fifty names towards
forming a County Temperance Ali
ance. A committee was appointed
to select officers, and next Sunday
week at the Baptist church, desig-
mated as the time and place to meet
to perfect a permanent organization.
He also preached an eloquent ser
mon on Sunday evening. Elder
Brooks is a very talented man,
fully alive to all the issues of the
times, and stands high as a minister.
In the social relation he is genial
and captivating. He can always
count on a welcome in Paris.-Paris
Mercury.
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A Discriminating Pickpocket,

Dickens was the owner of a watch
Ihich he priced very highly, it having
peen a present to him from the Queen.
He would not accept al empty title;
but he could not refuse to accept q lsim-
pie token of his sovereign's friendship
and esteem. One evening, while at the
theater, in Paris, that watch was stolen
from him. His guard-chain had been
worn very conspicuously, and on his way
out through the lobby and crowd, the
from his pocket-chain, seal, and all.
After leaving the theater, Dickens
spent an hour, more or less, with some
friends at a cafe, where he told his loss,
being free to confess his grief and dis
gust-grief for the departure of q priced
token of friendship, and disgust with
himself that he should have allowed q
French pickpocket thus to despoil him.
If it had been a pupil of ~Fagin's-sn
artist from the historic precinct of Tom
all Alone's-he wouldn't have minded it
80 much. II wouldn't have believed q
Frenchman could do it," he declared.
But a surprise was in store for him.
On returning to his hotel, Mr.. Dickens
was met by the concierge, who had .
package for him, which a gentleman had
left there half an hour before. On tax
ing it to his room, and opening it, he
found his watch, with the following
note, written in q very fair hand, laid
on top:
SIR: I hope you will excuse me for
the liberty I took. I thought ] was re-
lieving q Frenchman. Inever dreamed
that / was dealing with q countryman.
But the inscription on your watch told
me my mistake, and that mistake l
hasten to repair so far as it lies in my
power. Herewith return your property,
and with it allow me to tender my sin.
oere respect and regard. Trusting, my
honored countryman, that l may have
your forgiveness, I am, your humble
and obedient servant,
A LONDON PIcKPoCKET.
Dickens went to bed feeling very
thankful that he had his royal souvenir
back again; and, moreover, thankful
that he had not been toyed with anG
despoiled by q Frenchman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

According to q Yorkshire notion, q
new born infant should be laid first in
the arms of a maiden before any one
touches it; and in some places the in.
fant's right hand is left unwashed in
order that he may gather riches. It is,
too, considered very important by many
that an infant should 60 up in the world
before it goes down. Thus, in Cleve-
land, says MI. Henderson, if q child
should be born in the top story of .
house, for want of a fight of stairs ono
of the gossips will take it in her arms
and mount a table, chair, or chest of
drawers before she carries it down stairs.
In the north of England, when an in
FAINT for the first time goes out of the
house, it is presented with an egg, some
salt and . little loaf Of bread, and &C.
c~asionally a small piece of money
these gifts being supposed to insure that
the child shall never stand in need of
the common n~ecessaries of life. In the
East Riding of Yorkshire a few matches
are added to light the child to heaven.
1t was, too, in former times, custom
airy, and the practice is not yet obsolete,
to provide a large cheese and cake, and
cut them at the birth of the child.
These were called "the grooming cake
and cheese" and were distributed
among all the neighbors.
In Yorkshire this cake il termed the
pepper CAKE" and in some localities
the "sickening cake" 1t is the source
of a species of divination, for being cut
into small pieces by the medical man, it
is divided among the unmarried of the
female sex, under the name.of "dream.
ing bread" Each one takes q piece,
places it in the foot Of the left stocking,
and throws it over the left shoulder.
backward without uttering a word, and
those who are lucky enough to fall
asleep before midnight are favored with
a sight of their future husband in theiI
dreams.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

The Voice of God ard tsse Voice of Man
CALI fora Court HouserThe Religious
Weekly Chipa In.

In company with j. Med. Trimble
we we're in Marshall, Mo-, last Mon
DAY on business, and were much
pleased withsthe town and people,
with a few exceptions. Saline is q
good county and Msrshall is a good
old wealthy, fat town. There is a
good deal OF wealth in the town.
The residences and stores are large
and comfortable. The people ap.
pear social and clever; the news
papers are enterprising and we can't
see what it is that handicaps the
town In its growth. For several
years the court house stood in the
square-unocupiedr and condemned;
the courts being held IN attics and
cellars poorly lighted and worse ven
tilated. At last some patriotic, en-
terprising man burnt the court
house down. The public square is a
beautiful plat of ground and 4 grand
site for a $500, 600 court house, but
instead, we find the ruins of the old
one. This is a ''burnt" shame. Why
are not the ruins, at least, moved
away? Saline is a rich county it is
a we'll settled county and with no de-
cent place to holl court. 1t is the
fault of some one, perhaps the coun-
ty court. Some one is responsible.
The people of Saline county need
expect no immigration as long as
they have such u monument where
the temple of justice should be,
Wake up; scrape the old moss of
your backs; oil up your joints
pillow up and plant your graveyard:
but what you build at least a $780,
900 court house. Unless the people
of Saline county speedily find som.
place to administer the laws of mar
the Lord will proceed to execute hi.
laws in that county i'll u way tina
would make tue "reminiscences OF
Sodom and Gomorrah pale as a tirt
bug does before the comet. Mar
shall without q court house is as dry
as a congressional record. Her public
square looks as hard as the stitfes'
yarn ever found in the Religion,
Weekly. The town and county botl
would have long since been de
stroyed by pestilence or fire Oh &C
count of the lack of Il court house ex
cept for the great and good newspa
. per men that live within its walls.
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Attention, vigilants!

The annual meeting and election
Of officers of Audrain County Vigi-
lance Committee, No. |, will be held
at the Dye school house, Saturday,
the 18th inst, at 4 o'clock, p. M,
All members sre requested to be
present. BY order
CHAIRMAN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14
FROM

Correspondence of the Mexico Ledger.
L%ADDoNIA, July 1.-THE first re-
mark we hear passed between parties
meeting each other is "This is a
warm day." and we begin to think
they are right, though it's useless to
be telling this tale over SO we will
let the weather go for the present.
Well, as you are aware, the 4th
passed Off pleasantly, warm, dusty,
periodically and with no fights, quar-
rcls or anything to maj the peace Of
the day. A few of the people ex-
pressed a little displeasure at Cap
tain Cook for not letting several
thousand people in his yard to get
water, gather flowers, etc.
Some people are never satisfied to
do well; they think they must do
better. While listening to Gen.
Prentiss' speech l was reminded of
Fanny Ferns "Woman at a lee
ture ;" but in this case it was a man
that did the talking. There were
two men talking all the time, saying
"that's so,' Eyes, indeed, l thought
so," and standing there sanctioning
his speech and disturbing all in hear
ing of them.
Laddonia is to have a first-class
shoemaker. G.. Doss, of the little
village of Wellsville, will move here
as soon James Gilliland builds him a
business house.
Mrs. Rebecca Bruton, of Colum.
bia Is visiting at her sons, j. G..
Bruton's.
The brick makers are progressing
finely and they say they will have
brick enough to supply every n
Miss Kate Everett started to her
home, Olathe. Kansas, yesterday to
spend the hot months of July and
August.
MI. G. Montgomery is in St.
Louis buying goods for C. A. Smith ;
S. A. Case has been receiving new
goods to-day.
We notice some nice dress pat
terms at Wilder & Sons.
Drummers are drumming our town
to-day.
= Miss Kate Wilder has returned
from Canada, the falls and the east
to Illinois.
L. II. Tabor, .Universalist, will
preach here next Sunday morning
and evening.
A poor, desolate-looking woman
got off the tram to-day, and now
goes wandering through the streets
as though she was insane.
A letter was found in the streets
the other day that read as follows:
MY DEAR JACOB:
can not help from writing to YOU I've tried
to, but can't. I've thought Of you constant,
since yOn boarded with ME, and oh il yOt
would only come and be my sweet, little
darling husband / know ] could make a LIVING
for both of ns. You are just my style. II 20,
consent to be my dear husband, let me know
by return mail, and II You won't I'll go ant
preach to the heather.
Vows lovingly,
HATTIE.
The owner of this letter can find il
at the post-otfice.
Judge Wilder lost his saw and adj
vertises it through the Laddmis
printing press. ANNIE LAURIE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

In this city, July 18th. 1881. at the residence oi
Jas. Gillian. by Squire Lupton, Nathan Bentley
and Margaret Coleman.
AT the residence of the groom's parents. in
West Mexico, Wednesday evening. July IL,
1881, by Rev. Father DenpSe . Mr.. Joseph
Chapue, OF this city, 10 Miss sophie Richardson,
of Alton. Ill.
Many thanks for the bountiiul supply of good
things sent 10 this office. Joe knows that every
printer has a sweet tooth" May happiness and
prosperity ever attend the Young couple thus
starting out On LIES Voyage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

Tho Mexico Ledger and the Bow
ling Green and Slater papers are
sticking pins In each other just now
about the c. & A. division. Bob
White, of the Ledger, swears there
is more enterprise in Mexico's old
cemetery than there is in the towns
of Booth, Bowling Green and Slater
combined. After this we expect to
see bloody spots on the moon
Louisiana Press.
We did intend to fight it out on
the comet, but the Slater and Bow.
ling Green editors are so slow and
"poky" they did not find there
was a comet until it was ont oil
sight. Don't know that they could
even find a way to get to the moon.
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.ooo sUBsCRIBERs.

oar subscription list grows every
As we stated early In the
.nc. We wish to close the year with
,oao subscribers. 1t can and must
:, done. We are gradually nearing
nosl. and are bound to win. II
.,o want the only Religious Paper in
yous
a.. thirteenth District, edited for
.,o,le now on earth, you will at once
..hseribe for the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

We have received several letters
from Thompson Station, stating that
DIR. Bond, of whom we spoke SO ten
derby last week, did not live there q.
We did not mean to convey the idea
that he was a native of this county.
He is accused of committing the
crime in this county nea Thompson,
and our county officials have the
papers for his arrest. He is now
skulking. He halls from Pike county
here. We don't know where his
native place is. We should judge
that q man who would seduce his
daughter might claim HI as his
birthplace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14
PICNIC.

There will be a grand picnic one
and a half miles southeast of Mexico
on Friday, July %. Everybody is
invited to come and bring we'll filled
baskets. There will be dancing and
other amusements /; floor large enough
for 32 couple. A grand moonlight
picnic. There will be good order
kept on the grounds. Bus will run
day and night.
A. A. WHITE,
J. r. Hour,
N. r. WHITE.
Committee.
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Collins and robes at HINES. /
She Eats With "A Knife.

She Eats With IA Knife.
"YOu do not use q knife in eating
do your" exclaimed a tony young
Mexico gent of the kid glove per-
suasion to a Promenade Street belle
as he sat beside her at the dinner
table yesterday. "Wcll," she quick
ly REPLIED II should pucker to articu
late that l do, and i'll can't find a
knife handy, l use the plate to shovel
the eatables in with, and if there are
no plates l frequently double up the
table cloth and use that, or press the
table itself into service. When l eat
at hotels the landlord frequently ties
rails across the table to prevent i,
legs and all, from going down my
mouth. When | am hungry l don't
stand on style. Young man if you
are matrimonially inclined, don't for
a minute suppose that l am equipped
with a ch.ck-a-dee-dee's appetite,
that can be satisfied by q couple OF
cherries and a pea per day, handed
up to my mouth on a toothpick and q
fork. No, sir, when L eat / eat
Please pass the cabbage, steak, po-
tatoes, bread and onions, and bring
me another cup of coffee, please
The young man is figuring on his
chances Of getting his salary raised
before he proposes to that maiden.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14
New Goods.

Jack Cough. the popular tailor,
has just receiyed some Of the finest
suitings EVER brought TO- Mexico the
latest styles and patterns received
every week. Cali and see for your
self. Goods alt imported. None
but the best cutters and filters en-
ployed. Jack 10 we'll known to our
readers. He always gives s~atlsfac-
ton, rt .r'fai inR H. A e.
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What the Ledger Would Love to See.

What the Ledger Would Love to See.
Il Less sickness.
L. / booming big fair this fall
What becomes of the old mules.
Farher have a good furniture store.
The mortality among children less.
A single easo for a new party.
Mexico have a good public park.
A new and better city "'cooler''
built.
Some man bring US a good load Of
wood. Z
A few more telephones put up in
Mexico. +.
More and better servant girls in
r Morally insane people inc arcerated
in Hades.
A house built on every vacant lot
in Mexico.
J Where all the croquet players
have gone to.
The Episcopalians have preaching
every Sunday.
Laddonia have d good mill and
barber shop.
Rev. MI. Allen have a large pri.
vate school this fall.
The city of Booth put down on
some map of the State.
A straw connection from q keg of
ice cream to our sanctum.
Something happen that did not
tend to ''unite'' the Republican party.
The man that thinks the street
%sprinklers are not filling n long-felt
want.
If the murderers go where they
claim to, what becomes of the rest OF
mankind.
The murderer that does not claim
that he has a through ticket to the
holy land.
The Mexico boys get up a ''halI
way" picnic for Fulton, like Fultor
did for us.
The man who claims that the mas
meeting last week endorsed Garfield
administration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

/ have seen q young man sell q good
farm, turn merchant, and die in an in.
a n asylum.
/ have seen a farmer travel about 20
much that there was nothing At home
worth looking It.
l have seen q man spand more money
In folly than would support his family
in comfort and independence.
] have e q young girl marry q
young man Of dissolute habith and 70
psntofit = leng IS he lived.
have seep : ms1 depart fIon trath
where Scandor and yefacity would have
served him to . much better purpose.
have - . prudent and industriou,
wife retrieve 4he~ feftnn0 Of afamiiv
when the husband pulled q the othei
esd q the FafR. LES afI -
have seem . young man Who de,
spised the counseAs Of the wise and "a,
v1ce Of the good, end his career IN pov.
erty and wretchednssA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

The C. & A. r. R. is completing
a large tank at the depot that will
hold IS, 900 gallons of water. The
water is pumped by steam through
pipes laid below the reach OF frost
to their new pond in Maj. Lawder's
Msture.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

To our certain knowledge there are
a large number Of families lately
moved to Audrain, brought here by
Col. Burch's last letter on our conn
ty. The letter he is now preparing
will be ever more comprehenives.
He should be literally assisted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

This is beyond. question the most snccessfal
Cough Medicine we have ever sold; aifew doses
Invariably care the worstl casns Of Cusgh. Group
the cure Of Consumption fs without 3 parallel in
the history of medicine. Since itsto first dfsoov-
no other medicine can stand, II YOU have a
Cough we earnestly ash you to try II. Pnce 10
cts, 50 cts. and 81. II your Longs are sore,
Ssld by DR., j. McDearmon. Mexico, and j.
II, Haislip, MartinsburH, Mo. tS5b %-eow
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14
Not Good TOR Bays.

w u CUulEcI|dUUtIRI 1e
The board OF visitors to. the An
apolls Naval Academy decided last
week that the cadets must be for
hidden to use tobacco In any shape.
Every member OF the board had q
cigar in his mouth at the time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

? There will be q horse race at Van
dalia, July Esd, for 500 a side, be.
tween "Mollie Hubbard owned by
Mr.. White, Of Montgomery City,
and "Push Bob," owned by Pole
McCorroll, who lives near Farber In
this county. Other noted horses
from a distance will be or hand, and
the aboss'' race of the season is an
ticipatcd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14

l have a pasture of one thousand
acres near Laddonla. Good grass,
water and a competent man to take
charge of stock. Will take q limited
amount of cattle by the season If ap-
plication be made soon.
2-tf w. H. WOODWARD.
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Not only keep cool, but keep

Not only keep cool, but keep
shady.
Lawn is. only eight cents per yard,
and lawn parties ought to be plenty.
Master Homer Bassford has our
thanks for q new subscriber this
week. =
Celebrations are to be held all'over
the country in honor of Garield's
recovery.
Frank Tomlinson is going to build
a hotel and lunch counter at Slater.
Frank is a live boy.
Our physicians are busy day and
night. This hot weather seems to
cause Il great deal of sickness.
Mr.. Town, the pottery man, is un-
able to supply the demand. He
burns about 40 kilns per year,
There is one consolation, the
chinch bugs cannot injure the crop
of children now growing up in Mex
leo,
Astronomer Proctor says the world
will last $4,000 years yet. That will
do. Any man who demands more is
a hog.
Mai. r. e. Lawder has gone to
Colorado to look after his mining
interests. He will he absent about
six weeks.
John and Clay Judy bought of
Robert Freeman 600 head of sheep,
average weight III pounds, at 1920
per hundred.
Maybe the managers of the tele-
graph lines and big daily papers were
at the bottom of Garfeld's attempted
assassination.
Next Saturday there will he 6 pic
mic at Powell's Ford, about 4 miles
north of Mexico. S. Alverson and
J. Q%uisenberry, managers.
The New York Legislature will,
without doubt, adjourn without
electing successors to Conkling and
Plat. Let the matter go before the
people and give the Democrats
chance.
The question seems to be, what
shall be done with Gulteau? He
cannot be hanged unless Garfield
dies. The people are more interest
ed in Garfeld's living than they are
in G%uiteau's dying.
Robert Arnold and wife are at the
Excelsior Springs. j. j. Steele has
Mr.. Arnold's place in the bank dur
ing his absence. The Exchange
Bank is to be enlarged and a new
safe and vault put in.
The Martin House was entered BY
thieves one nigh. last week and the
|, proprietor's gold watch and chair
were stolen. The thief was arrested
| at Moberly and MIR. Martin was for
tunate enough to get his watch back.
To call it "hades," weakens The
: force of the expression very much
: How fiat it will fall on our ears whel
he ONE in and says, THAT was !
hades of a thing to put in the paper
about me where the hades is th'
fellow who wrote it,"
, S25O,O00 has been subscribed by
. capitalists in New York and the cas-
to be given to Mrs. Garfield. Thi'
, is all wrong. If Garfield lives SHE
E will need no money. If he die:
Congress will pay Mrs. G. his full
t salary. We trust she will refuse t.
accept the gift.
H. W. Walker, of the st. Louis
5 immigration Society, vas 10 Mexico
Tuesday in the interest of the State
!, immigration paper, which is doing
big thing for our State in bringing u:
: a good class OF immigrants. Walker
is a good writer and will be in An
drain again soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Morris ha(
quite a little scare last week. Their
r little son, Freddie, went to sleep il
> : a shady nook of the yard and could
not be found. The whole town wa
:. searched and the parents very mucl
; alarmed. AT last Freddie came Il
Y the front very much refreshed by hi
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-07-14
Photo PNriOrS.

If you want your photograph or
tin type taken go to j. G.. Heads on
the southwest corner of square. He
has the finest photograph parlors in
the west. Call and see for your
self. l2tf