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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

Andrew jackson and Abraham Lin
coin always had q soft side for the toll
ers, and liking for working clothes-in
which, many times, no doubt, both the
great Presidents would have felt happier
than in stiff reception broadcloth.
Jackson's sympathy for laboring men is
shown in this little story from the
Nashville Banner: 1855
John CryeT, a mason, was on several
occasions engaged to build chimneys at
the Hermitage, and while 1t work often
observed the most refined and wealthy
people of Nashville coming to visit the
general and his wife. The good mason,
having more or less of mortar ornament
ing his clothes, would say TO jackson
that he "would not 90 to the first table
to eat" that he was not fit to appear
in such elegant company"
The general always replied, "You must
20 to the first table, sir; laboring men
ought to be as highly honored as any men
in the community, for the support of the
world depends on their labor I will sec
that you are treated with proper respect
at my table"
This story is certainly to the credit ol
Jsckson's democracy, however it may b
as to ihis social graces. Cryer, frequent
ly, Laughing, said that he had been more
honored than any man in the world, fol
President Jackson had frequently waited
ON him and brought him brick and NOR
tar when his regular attendant was out
of the way. 4..- -.4t
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
The American Girl Abroad.

Here is a pen-and-ink sketch of an
American girl, which is interesting as
showing how Yankee girl appears to
French eyes: "Stylish to the backbone.
Independent a. independent can be, but
very pure. Is devoted to pleasure,
dress, spending money, shows her moral
nature nude, just as it is, so as to deceive
nobody.
Flirts all winter with this or that one,
and dismisses him in the spring, when she
instantly catches another. Goes out
alone, travels alone. When the fancy
catches he. she travels with gentleman
friend, or walks anywhere with him /;
puts boundless confidence in him; con-
iugal intimacy seems to exist between
them, she let's him tell what he feels
talks OF love from morning till night;
but she never gives him permission to
kiss so much Al her hand.
He may say anything-he shall do
nothing. She is restless; she gives heart
and soul to amusement before she mar
ries. After marriage she is > mother
annually; il alone all day; hears all
night nothing except discussions about
patent machinery, unexplosiye petro.
[eum, and chemical manures. She will
then let her daughters enjoy the privi-
leges she used without grave abuse.
As nothing serious happened to her,
why should Fanny, Mary, Jenny, be less
strong and adroit than their mother?
She originates French fashions. Partisan
women detest her. Provincial women
despise her, Men of all countries adore
her, but will not marry her, unless she
has an immense fortune.
Her hair is vermillion, paler than
golden hair; her black eyes are bold and
frank; she has patent shape which it il
forbidden to counterfeit; she spreads
herself in carriage IS if she were in q
hammock-the natural and thoughtles,
posture of her passion for luxurious
ease.
When she walks, she moves briskly
and throws every glance right and left
gives many of her thoughts TO herself
and few OF them to anybody else. Sh'
Is wild plant put in hot-house."
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

The Oldest letter carrier in the In
tied States is living ut Washington.
In 1916 he helped organize the Foun-
dry Church, of which the ex-Presi.
dent and Mrs. Hayes were attendants.
His charge for carrying Was two
cents letter. He had also to COL
lect the postage, which Was six cents
for distances under thirty miles, and
four cents for each additional thirty
miles. He drove about in . wagon
shaped like q boat. The turnout
was designed by the postman, Mr. .
Kennedy. 1t was named "Desire, -
and ON the prov WAS . carrier-dove
holding in its bull letter. President
Van Buren so admired the turn-ou,
that he purchased it, put runners and
used it for q grand state sleigh.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

A pretty good thing on debt pay
ing was got off bya minstrel company
in this city recently. One dollar is
made to pay q debt of six dollars, by
the following manner: End man No.
l owes the middle man 81, but says
he can pay him but 81, and crossing
the stage hands him . dollar. The
middle man owes end man No. 2 81,
but as the dollar he has just received
from end No. is all that he has, he
hands it to him. End man. No. 2
owes end man No. e., aad hands
the dollar he has just received to him
and pays the half he owes. Three
dollars in debts have been paid, and
end man No. has his dollar back.
Then, as he owes the dollar to the
middle man, he passes it over, and
the middle man IN turn pays his dues
to end man No. 2, who in turn
squares himself by passing it back to
end man No. 1. Thus debt aggre-
eating $6 is paid off by 81, and the
first man has his money back. There
Is good lesson in this.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
Material for . Romance,
New York Herald.

Fourteen years ago q Maine man
left his wife and child at dinner and
sauntered away. One day ten years
later he sat in hut under the COM
Portable shadow Of Table Mountain,
CAL. tired uhlacky miner, aud was
eating his brunette bacon aud beans.
His wife and daughter (the latter
grown to be young LADY, entered.
He raised his eyes from his plste and
said: "Ye've got here at last, hev
YEP" and continued his meal. Two
years later the women disappeared
from that home. The other day the
the mother was fourth best woman in
San Francisco walking match.
credited 398 miles, and the daughter,
forsaken by a lover, tried to drown
herself, was confined in Oakland while
laboring under temporary insanity,
and is now in the care of her mother.
Bret Harte, where are you with this
fact2
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

A locomotive signal light has been
adopted by the Old Colony Railroad
Company in connection with the head
lights. There are two curtains so
arranged as to be adjustable by the
engineer, one red sad the other green,
which can be drawn down in front of
the light. When an engine Is siding
and the main track is clear, the green
curtain 10 drawn, and when on the
main track and there 10 any likelihood
of another tram coming in an oppo-
site direction, the red curtsin is
drawn, IN this manner showing the
engineer OF an approaching train
whether the engine is on a main or
side track.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

Ia bnsi .ss..s, She wsss young lady
fresh from boarding school, Aalf che
went into the laundry to- help. iron
shirts. She did not succeed very
well and she said :s'sOh, Katy. I shah
never he able 70 get any polish on
tt,is bosom. - ss&ass, aiis4s was
the ,sasNer, t'yoa want 10 apaa q little
elbow grease On il. Z 'sHsases ret
some tor1me right away, Katy was
the innocent response. Il. vff; -
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
Althouph President Carea,d ,ss

Anh0ugh Fresident Garfield Is Q
temperate man Of so-ealled regular
habits, yet he Il not addicted To- the
total abstinence from all indulgence,
which in many peoples minds Is the
mistaken equivalent Of Temperance"
For example, he smokes almost rs
much as Grant himself; and although
his misfortune has been the means,
as he says, of stocking the White
House wine cellar, he will not him
self, If he lives, fail to do his part in
moderate way, toward reducing the
fine liquors and old wines which have
been sent to him as expressions of
interest and sympathy felt for him.
The story is told by q gentleman on
whom he called few years ago at
Welker's, in washington, that he
venturetl to ask Garfield IL he would
take some fine whiskey. He poured
out such a generous quantity that the
gentleman said to him: tsGeneral,
that is first mates nip. / did not
know that you drank anything till
now" 'Well, said General Gar
field, ~ never had any great love for
liquor, and I have worked q little to
promote temperance. In my town
there were some Of the laboring men
who spent their wages for whiskey,
and started D movement for them
to sign the pledge, and it had an
agency to save few Of them. On
one occasion I came across Tom
Quinn, just at the moment when he
was taking . very big horn of whis-
key. I put my hand On his shoulder
and said: Tom, didn't you sign the
pledge?' Il did, General said he,
but I'm only taking this drink to
show that I'm no bigot.' That is the
reason I take this first mates nip
with you," continued Garfield, "to
show that, while I am q temperate
man, l am no bigot."
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
a Kies On the Sly.
JPhiladslnhia Timesl

: There is to be found much refresh-
ment in a well -proportioned kiss. This
much everybody acknowledges, though
only frank few have the courage to
acknowledge it openly. And it is
curious fact, as yet unexplained by the
philosopher, that the slyer the kiss is the.
more there is in it of refreshment.
"A kiss that il paid As p forfeit 4before
a whole room full of people is prosaic mot
to say embarrassing. The girl laughs,
which spoils the romance, and the fel-
low, ten to ons, bushes. Neither of
them think much of it, and they both
are apt pretty soon to forget all abous it.
But let the same fellow kiss the same
girl when nobody is looking-and the
situation is as different as possible.
That sort of kiss, fred off in hurry
behind door or in conservatory, 10
like an electric shock and is as sweet as
whipped cream. The taste of it sort of
holds on and constantly suggests the
propriety-or improperly, Is the case
may be-of trying 1t again. And the
laughing and blushing are exactly re-
versed. The fellow laughs, without
spelling the romance bit, and the girl
bushes like pink carnation.
It is queer that the very same thing
should, under such slightly altered cir.
cumstances, be 20 entirely different, moi
is it any The less queer because the diff.
ference has existed from the earliest
ages of the world.
Kissing ON the sly was the rule among
the prehistoric races, just as it is the rule
now. This proposition is demonstrable
by comparative proof. That eminent
French savant, NJ. Ellie Berthet, has
shown that all the peculisrities of primi'
tive man are represented in the savage
races extant to-day.
In his exhaustive work upon the
aboriginal Races Of America" DR.
Bancroft indirectly afiirms that kissing
on the sly is the rule and the converse il
the exception among our barbaroui
| brethren; and the same is true of those
scientifically interesting people, the
Australian Maories. From these facts
We may reasonably infer that our remote
ancestors, the troglodytes, did theil
| sparkling in much the same way thai
sparkling 10 done nowadays-unobtru
sively, and with good deal OF quie'
satisfaction. And it is doing then
nothing more than justice to add thai
their heads we're what Is vulgsrly termed
| "leyelh
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

The man who doesn't see to it at
once that the front gate il sofsly up
holstered in raw ssillk for bic loving
and beloved daughter, isn't worthy
of the sacred and fond name OF faith
er. The girls need il and Che j young
men yearn for II this sort Of turtle
dove weather. s.; ~ ass
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
uME
ar totIs 4 PACIFIC.
CHICAGO & ALT
V.ssAR THE WEST"
,,pnIu COLLEGE, MEXICO, MO
RAIRD. Ex. Gov. c: ii. HARDIN,
US b. i.p i.1p.asident Pres. Board Directors

President. iio>. n'"
s.g.,..s;d sri,ool and a desirable home. Be-
iYeWMEsRTH annual session September 9Th.
~ ss's college Actually Offers Superior In
g ssarEEsa assiSs Of Il ter s dansn
ssgh W thorough Course iOf Study and an
~ Ax..nIty Of Experienced Teachers.
lss nd buildings and extensive grounds: Ele,
Siep-.ss nooIas for b0ariers, well ventilated
ptnsIr furnished Unparalleled Health
I'D nSt'i never death in the school and rarely
lsscs e s,sspess. The Scientific. Literary. Mu-
gi ~ Art departments. respectively. sec
sfa - Eemale College in the West. Thor
dHa sss of Instruction, Correctness of
asass;a. and Excellence of Home depart
Dsapu = yell established as To admit of no con-
m Terms less than any other school in
aF,t srts oifering equal advantages. Full last
= IAN md applications for the ensuing session
sssSi md me made early to insure admission.
gS1.ir ga.rar catalogue. or other information. ad-
y =" ii. T. BAIRD,
sFs Business Manager.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

Rats ate aN the sl9natures off .
will at North Adams, Mass, and the
mutilated document is, therefore,
the subject Of litigation.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

The fruit trees Of Hartford, Conn.,,
are SO scourged by caterpillars that
they are as brown Is II fswept by fire.
Apples appear TO be the favotite.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
Beer VIII Not Intoxacate,

that lager beer as a beverage is not
Intoxicating. ..-..
l hav been told by German who
said he drunk all mite long, just to
try the experiment, and was Obliged
to 90 home entirely sober in the
morning. l have seen this same man
drink eighteen glasses, and if he was
drunk it was in German, and nobody
could understand 1t.
1t is proper enuff to state that this
man kept a lager beer saloon, and
could have no object in stating what
was not strictly thus. .-a
believe him to the full extent of
my ability. l never drank but three
glasses of lager in my lite, and that
made my head ontwist as tho it was
hung on the end of a string, but 1
was told it was owing to my bile
being out of place and l guess that
it was SO, for never billed over wus
than l did when l got hom that mite.
My wife thot was goin to die, aud
| was afraid l shouldn't, for it SEEM
ed as tho everything I had eaten in
my life was coming to the surface,
and l believe that if my wife hadn't
pulled Off my boots just as she did,
they would hav cum laundering up
too.
O, how sick wus fourteen years
ago, and can taste 1t now.
never had so much experience in
so short time.
If any man shud tell me that lager
beer was not intoxicating, shud be.
lieye him; but if he should tell me
| that l wasn't drunk that mite but tina,
my stummick was out of order,
shud ask him to state over few
words just how fhan felt and acted
when he was set up a
III warn't drunk that mite, l haG
some ov the most natural simtum.
that man ever had and kept sober
In the first place it was about 81
rods from where drank the beer Il
mi house, and | was just over tive
hours on the road. and hole busted
through each one of my pantalool
neez, and I didn't have any hat, ant
tried to open the door by the bell
pull, and hiccuped awfully, and sav
everythin' in the room trying to ge
round on the back side of me, and
sitting down on chair, l did no
wait long enough for it to get exactl,
under me when wuz going round
and l set down little too soon an,
missed the chair about twelve inches
and couldn't get up soon enough t
take the next one that came along
and that amt awl, my wife sed Iwu
as drunk as a beast, and. az I SCI
before, began to spin up thing
freely. II lager beer is not intoxi
eating it used me most almight
mean, that know. Still I hardl
think that lager bear IL intoxicating
for l hav been told SO; and l al
probably the only man living VIII
ever drank eny when his liver VIC
not plumb.
1 don't want to say anythin
against harmless temperance be,
erage, but if ever drink eny more
it will be with mi hands tied benin
and mi mouth pried open. L don
think lager beer il Intoxicating, br
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
MEXICO MO, THURSDAY July 21 1881. sf~

to run extra for Old Hetbex on the
.enigrant for q while? Well, he's
firing on 258, and he's under three
flats and coil oil tank, with q break
beam across his coupler, and his sys-
TEN more or less relaxed. He's gone
to the sweet subsequently, too. Rest
of the boys are more or less demorsl-
lied and sidetracked for repairs.
Now, you don't want to monkey
around much; for if you don't loom
up like six bits and go out on the
track, the old nan'll give you time
check and the Oriental grand bounce.
You hear the merry thrill Of my
bazoo!" -... @.s..,'.'.,-'. q 3. -
Then slowly uncorcked the great
blood-purifer, and, moving to. the
footlights, where the silvery moon
beams could touch up my dazzling
outlines, l said:
'sPartner, 1 am pleased and graft
fed to have met you. l don't know
the first ding busted thing you've
said to me, but that's my misfortune.
1 am a plain miner, and my home is
the digestive apparatus of the earth,
but for professional melody Of the
chin you certainly take the cake.
You also take the cake-basket and
and what cold pie there is on the
dump. My name is Woodtick Will
Jams. 1 discovered the Feverlsh
Hornet up on Slippery Elium. I am
proud to know you. Keep right on
getting more and more familiar with
your profession, and, by-and-by,
when nobody can understand you,
you will be promoted and respected,
and you will at last be q sleeping car
conductor, and revel in the biggest
mental calm and wide shorless sea ol
intellectual stagnation that the world
ever saw. You will-''
But he was gone.
Then took the pillow-sham and
wiped some of the pulverized crackers
off the soles of my feet, and went te
bed in q large COB of gloom.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21

lNhamoekx JOURNAL
Monkeys are born in almost as help
less condition as are human beings.
For the first fortnight after birth they
pass their time in being nursed, in sleep
ing, and looking about them.
During the whole of this time the care
and attention of the mother are most
exemplary; the slightest sound or move.
ment excites her immediate notice; and,
with her baby in her arms, she skillfuly
evades any approaching danger by the
most adroit maneuvres.
At the end of the first fortnight the
little one begins to get about BY itseif,
but always under it's mothers watchful
care. She frequently attempts to teach
it to do for itself; but never forgets her
solicitude for its safety, and at the
earliest intimation of danger seixes 1t IN
her arms and seeks . place of refuge.
When about six weeks old the baby
begins to need more substantial nutri'
ment than milk, and is taught to pro-
vide for himself. It's powers are speedily
developed, and in few weeks its agility
il most surprising. The mothers fond
ness for her offspring continues; she de-
votSse oil her care to its comfort and
education, and should it meet with an
untimely end, her grief Ii 70 intense q
frequently to cause her oM9 death.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21
FOR M LADY's SAKE.

Sweet heart, the love that lives for aye ~
Is all the wealth bring;
Which neither le.,eas vs.h the day.
And since to love me you have deigned,
This motto will take:
A life unsoiled, . soul unstained,
For my dear lady's sake.
care not for the worlds renown,
Yet count its guerdon sweet, ....-.E
Could but win its brightest crown
And lay it at her feet.
sinless kingdom would fain
Of my existence make,
~ Where she might never blush to reign
Fos my dear lady's sake.
Since all of good have is hers,
hold my lot most dear, ~ .-- . .
With xpotlsss word and stainless verse
To do her honor here; rs .
That when our dream Of life be done,
Together we may wake,
And God unite our souls in one, -
For my dear lady's sake. =
Nv. K. Rogers.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1881-07-21


The fact that every business has
Its particular lingo, which is a dead
language to people of other profes.
sions, was never more clearly shown
than in the following article, by Bill
Nye, in the Chicago Tribune:
One night, about half after twelve,
1 judge, l heard somebody step along
to the window Of my boudoir. Hear
ing 1t that time of night, I reckoned
that something crooked was going on,
so slid out of bed and got my great
blood -searcher and liver-purihcr, will
the new style Of centre fire and cart
ridge ejector, and slid up to the win
dow, calculating to shove tonic into
whoever it might be that was pick
nicking around my claim.
I locked out 80 90 to get
idea Of where / wanted to sinl
him, and then l thought befo
mangled him, I'd ask if he had
choice about which part of his
he wanted to preserve, so ! sung
to him 81 F /. *ss
Look out below there, pard
I am going to call this me-
to order in minute. Just thro
your hands, if you please, and
the grand hailing sign of distress
I'll have to mutilate you! Just
me about where you'd like to
the fatal wound, and be spry q
it, too, because I've got my
costume on, and the evening ai
chilli"
He didn't understand me, ap
emily, for gurgling laugh welle(
from below. and the party sings b3
''Hullo, Fatty, Is that you?
lookin' to see f you'd flredssup.
Yon know i was to come srosind
flag you il second seven Wass
Well, I've been down to the
mans to see what's on the bo
Three 10 Two honr's late and fon
reported on time. There's two
ems out and two sections of
Skinney'll take out first seven, r.
Shortyal pull her witi, l02. It's VI
and me for second seven, with Lim
Der Jim on front end and Frenchy t
hold down the acaho0se. sFiFss fv
is wrong side up IN wasAout thi
side of OgalIafa, aud old whatshis
name, that runs 4aS, got his clowl
sAeet cayel in. and 4telescorei hi
headlight into the New Jerusalem
You know tue little Swede that use,
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-11-05
~@T~ RIAL LIST NOVEMBER SPECIAL
4 TERM 1881
FIRST WEEK.

FIRST WEEK.
Emily McTayish VS. K. Lockwood. ........ Eject
w. Nj. Nixon VIM. Wolf. f................ Issue
II. B Ingham A. j. Layton, ct al. 49,. rrespass
b. 5. Bently, trus., etc. W. Susq. Nut lns. co. Debt
First Nat. Bank, Athens, Geo, w. Morse. :" .
Selim Kirby Va a. O. Carpenter. ......Ej Eject
Pa & n. Y. Canal x X. II. Go. vs j. ID. Montanye,
et al. EJECT
Geo. w. Esser Jno. o. Ward. .......... .Tresp
Jno. Swackhammer Chas and Mary Sill. Eject
IL. b. Vangilder VS. w. IL. Sherw ood. Tresp
Frederick h. Cole VS. David Cole. Eject
Delphene Shoemaker VS. l.. b, FalIkner.. ......
g. w. Capp VS. Jno. w. Hollen back...... ...Debt
Athens b. & l.. Association VS. 9. o. huntington
ct al. ....................'..S ..Scl ia
Wright Durham VS. Ellsworth Osborn. ...... Tresp
Citizens Nat. Bank Towanda VS. a. Conklin. Asspt
First Nat. Bank Towanda vs. a. Conklin..... ]"
Mary f.. Hamilton VS. VIM. Snyder. ........... Debt
Lormore Tompkins VS. Geo. =. Tracy. Appeal
VIM. NJ. Mallory VS. Douglass Wilson, ct al. Eject
SECOND WEEK.
Jackson Lewis VS. VIM. Whitney ........... .Tr esp
Rose L. Secor use VS. Elisha Athertons Ex'rs +. Iss
E. A. Packer s. Co. VS. schrader Min, s. Mfg.
First Nat. Bank. Towanda VS. Thos f. Madil .
II. w. Tracy VS. Pa x N Canal & r.. Il. Co. Appeal
s. Pixies Ex'rs VS. A. Hunsiker. ......... Issue
Francis a. Drexel vs. Jno. Carroll. Eject
G. e, Frost Thos. r.. Jordon. Appeal
s. I'll, Farnsworth VS. j. Cobb. Issue
K. w. Drake VS. Thos. Harding, ct al. Asspt
Il. L. Palmer vs. Eugene Keeler. Appeal
NJ. s. Pixies Ex'rs VS. G. Hunsker. ........ .Rplvn
Lewis & Brown VS. David Whipple. Appeal
Samuel Ovenshire VS. A, III. Spading, ct al. .Tresp
Clark johnson VS. Asylum Twp. Appeal
s. Ii. Howell VS. A. j. Layton. ...............
Chas. Perrigo & Co VS. Kinney & Watkins. .Tresp
Chas. Perrigo & Co VS. NJ. Watkins. "
Mary Lalley, use VS. Michael Kirwn.. ........ !"
Geo. g. Atwood VS. n. N Parks. ........... y
Snbpenaes first week returnable Monday, Nov.
d. 1881, at O'Clock I. M.
Subpenaes second week returnabie Monday Nov.
%, 1884, at O'Clock Z. Nj.
GEORGE W. BLAcKMAN
Towanda Pa, ,Oct.14, 1881. Prothy.