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Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. 81

go acres, 1 miles west of Haus,m
Boone county, Mo. Seventy arros IN
rail timber. 60 acres grass, "A sood
timothy and clover, 80 acres pure rim rr J N
60 acres corn or wheat land IN oalI,
wheat land. Young orchard of acres
fruit, hearing; good ciStern: KeIlr 'nOct
runs through timbcrcd portion Of treek
/. story brick dwelling of six roa, lam
good condition; farm fenced Win II
good buggy-h"u~e, brick smoto iaisi
with cellar: two barns, one 40y a. -9use
soil rich, black, and sandy to some itel
Land lies well drained and i cbaaa eA'tlt
per acre; unc-half cash. "e-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
7

The Immortality of the soul and
l. e everlasting are easily accepted by
hope; but where is the logician that
IAN demonstrate their existence to a
~t".tainty? Life everlasting is said to
III the gift of God. and when one eX-
'sses faith in it, he is expected to
pa forth efforts to comply with the
f'nditions upon which it is offered.
- attract attention. a talker must
:'5, and he must be a good actor
pieed, who feigns 50 as to convince.
profession without practice convinces
nobody, purifies nobody, elevates no
-5+s~:Mitnessing for God, immor-
Atty and everlasting life, like fine
-rrmons, may attract, but cannon
c,nvert without the adjuncts OF a
are life and loving heart. Sooner
OF later people will ask, "What does
- much talk amount tor
The ultimate truths of nature are
- mysterious as those Of Revelation.
40 man 8 prove that q grain OF
rlieat will certainly sprout, neither
an anyone demonstrate the certainty
III harvest, and yet every successful
farmer accepts both propositions with
% hesitancy of any sort and acts as
ii ne had no doubt ut all OF either
proposition, and the result usually Is
int nature administers to his eXpec-
lions. 1t is only those that fail to
: W and till that never reap. So,too,
j., religion; it is only those devoid o.
faith, and consequently without effort
. fter life everlasting. that fail to de-
,,,rt unsupported by the hope Of a
lessed immortality.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
Book Agent Bitten.

DR.. w. N. Graham, of Sedalia,
was bitten by a dog belonging to a
Mr.. White-not Bob White however.
Paris Mercury.
Thank you for yourremindero of the
past. We are glad it was not oul
dog, for we learn the above men
toned canine died the next day as il
of poison, as it were.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
HSf0ckingS.O

A campaign lie is going the rounds
of the press to the effect that a Mexi.
co girl hung up her stocking Christ
mas eve, and next morning found il
badly burst in several places, some
one having jammed a lead pencil into
it.-Fulton Gazette.
A telegraph pole could be damned
into the average Fulton girls stock
ing and still leave room for forty
bushels of bran.-Merico Ledger.
We don't take much stOck-in' these
reports, but we would like tC
know of the two towns hose girls arc
the most leg-itimately slandered
Shoefy,-hnob Noster Gem.
''Darned'' if we know.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
FROM WORCESTER.


Correspondence OF the Ledger.
WORCESTER, Mo, February
nothing in your valuable paper from 'He
part of the county for 4 long t1me' l
thought it would be of interest to soh'e at
least to hear from Littleby, and OF the Dig
swath it has cut in the past week, OF the
ravaces of the storm, &C. We have hao
the heaviest rain that has fallen for years,
and Litteby creek was higher than ever
known before, carrying off a great oeas
of fencing, drowning some stock' anu
past fording for two days. Now, every
thing has qnieted down again, ana we
nave quite a calm.
T. r. Spriggs sold his farm, containing
100 acres. to Jesse Bright, and left FOL
the Southwestern part Of the State. tie
purchased 100 acres of land in Barton
county, and rented another large farm tt
live on during the present year until III
could improve his new purchase. III
returned home preparatory to moving
when, 10 and behold, Mr.. Bright wen
| square back on Mr.. Spriggs. So he zoe
not sell, and has t o pay for his rente'
| place in advance and lost $50 on the lan'
he bought, besides travelling expenses, &c
| We do not think this fair dealing-lt put
a man in bad shape for anything.
Now, Mr.. Editor, | want to name an
| other matter that | think is of interest t
YOUR citizens as well as ours, and that j
this: As a natural consequence, a Cit
like Mexico has a great deal of filth, tia
has to be deposited somewhere; but "
do not like to have it deposited along GU
public highways, as is and has been don
by your city for several years, such
dead horses and cattle, boxes and barre
of filth from your city, as you can see IL
yourself, if you desire, out on the Ham
ba or Louisiana road. 1t is very onen
sive and ugly, besides it Scares many
team of horses. Now, l do not blal1
you, Mr.. Editor, Il particle, but the cit
authorities, and hope they will see to
and make better arrangements. SCAD.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No 81.

115-acre farm, in Monroe county, Mo,
in section %, township So, range IL, near
Holiday station, s miles southwest OF
Paris, the county seat. Two-Story frame
dwelling of 4 rooms, fronting east on pub
lie road to Paris. Good barn, supplied
with water; smoke-house, h~en-house,
milk-house, b~uggy-house; good ciStern at
dwelling; yard planked in; 80 acres cul-
tivated land and % of timber, all under i
No. |. good staked-and-ridered fence,
Land is of tirSt-rate quality, in a good
neighborhood, and in a high state of cul-
tivation; near schools and churches; 49,
miles to r.. r. station. Orchard of from
200 to 400 bearing trees. Price, $50 pei
acre; one-half cash, balance on time to {
years, at s per cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

so acres, north half northeast or.,.
section 80, township ii. range Ia. "m'tf'
closed by rail fence with cross fenc;" n, e&'
acres timothy and clover gras, fennad Y
itself: - acres timber land: good NJ
Lighthouse, rooms and hall and un-S+a.1
room; living well, and one rood ci.'l'
Smoke-houSc, hcm-hDu<e and lor ,+nt ih
good apple and peach orchard; Good ,| t'
at Sl,5o0: onc-half cash. sui
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No 50

1870 acres, s miles north of Mexico, on
public road. Two double hewed log
houses, in good condition, three-fourtt
mile of No. | hedge: balance of fencing
rail, nearly new. Land is fenced in tire,
fields; 20 acres new meadow, sOwed il
1881. Balance, except 10 acres timber,a al
cultivated corn and wheat land-deep
rich, black soil. The above farm can BE-
bought before April LIST, 1852, at $50 pei
acre; one-half cash, balance on time, a
usual rate of interest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
THE TARIFF COMMISSION BILL.

The House Committee on WAYS
and Means have reported to that body
a bill providing for the appointment
by the President, who is a protection
it. of a commission of nine persons
to examine and report upon the exist
ing tariff.
Opinion is widely prevalent that
this bill, brought forward ostensiblv
in the interest OF tariff reform, is a
mereseheme for delay concocted to
keep present duties in operation sew
eral years longer, and the indications
seem to be that the genuine tariff re-
formers in Congress, justly suspicious
of whatever emanates from protection
lists. will oppose it as calculated.
if not designed, to keep control of the
tariff in the hands of the avowed
friends and agents of manufacturers
and m%onopollsts.
On the other hand, great efforts are
being put forth to keep the Republic
ans from dividing as the interests of
their several constituencies obviously
demand, and from giving way to the
feeling that such a commission as is
proposed, if it be proper to have re-
course to it, ought to be selected from
among the senators and congressman
of both parties, and from among pro-
tectionists and reformers, so that the
public may be made acquainted with
both sides of this important matter.
Few congressman, Notwithstanding
the frequency of the assertion to the
contrary ARE advocates for out and out
free trade at this time. In the pres
ent condition of national indebtedness
anything of that sort would be as i'm.
polite as it would be destructive.
All that would reform the tariff are
necessarily compelled to take the
financial condition of the country into
consideration. They must also re.
spect Industries that have been undul,
stimulated during the past twenty
wears. The great question to be de
cided is where import duties cease t
I've productive and taxation become:
protective by being prohibitory. Thi:
is confessedly difficult to be done cor
rectly, and that difficulty is the mali
argument for an examination and re
port by a commission of experts.
But, at the same time. it would no
he difficult to make out a long list O
mreasonably high duties that ough
to be Immediately reduced. From
among such wood pulp, salt, iron
sugar and copper might be taken a
Illustrations. The production of thes'
would not be lessened by the reduc
ton of the duty upon them; but thu
prices to be paid for them by con
sumers might be thereby beneficial,
affected. In many other industrie
existing duties are not essential t.
continued prosperity, and to some
protective duty of any sort is a super
auity, except as it enables a few
wealthy combinations to extract from
consumers an exhorbitant percentage
# their earnings. 1t is these, how
yer, that the friends of monopol,
Eek to preserve by referring then
18th the rest of the tariff, not to
mmittee of reformers created b,
tongress, but to a commission o
.oteetionists appointed by the Presi
ont.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. 81.

100 acre farm, near Garnet, Kansas
IS acres cultivated, 30 acres wheat land
balance subject to CIVILIZATIONS; all newl,
fenced. Convenient to schools anC
churches. Dwelling frame, 5 rooms
good bearing orchard Of choice fruit
Farm lies on main public road to Garnet
and can be bought at $25 per acre, or vii
exchange for lands in Audrain county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
Death No Respector Of Ase.

Samuel D. Ellis, County School
commissioner, died at Martinsburg.
this county, last Friday. His re-
mains were brought to Mexico Sat
urday, and were met at the depot by
a large number of mourning friends,
from whence they were taken to his
father residence on Young's Creek.
and inferred Sunday at IL a. m.
Sam had been sick for nearly two
months with typhoid fever, and, in
spite of good nursing and careful at
tention from physicians, he found he
was fighting death. A better and
kinder hearted young man never lived
than Sam Ellis. He was loved by
his friends and pupils. As a school
commissioner he had discharged his
duties promptly and satisfactorily;
as a teacher, he was much valued,
and was just entering on a life of
usefulness when called to stand an
examination for a diploma in a Gland
that is fairer Than this
We are gratified to publish the fol-
lowing received yesterday:
To the Editor OF the LEDGER.
MARTINsBURG, February 25.-At a
meeting of the citizens of Martins
burg held at Union Church to-day,
d. Il. Owen chairman, A. w. Taps
colt secretary, the enclosed memorial
was on motion unanimously adopted.
Please publish same, and oblige.
81 Yours Respectfully,
A. w TAPsCoTT.
We, the citizens of Martinsbure
and vicinity, unanimously approve
l and adopt the following memorial in
{ regard to the death of our esteemed
and lamented brother, Sam'l ID. Ellis
[ His decease is to us the cause Of
greatest sorrow, and We deeply mourn
the loss of one whom we loved as :
! brother for his superior intellectual
J powers, and who, in every way ,proved
. himself a Though lost to II:
he is not lost to Heaven.
We extend our sympathies to hi:
bereaved parents, brothers and sister
and especially to Miss Louie Waite
man, whose heart is most desOlate
do we tender our heartfelt coincidence
and may God bless and comfort her
Ordered, That our school house b.
draped in mourning for 80 days, an'
that a copy of this memorial be sen
, to the parents of deceased and pull
L lished in the Mexico papers.
= Attest: A. W. TAPSCoTT.
vi j. G. DoDsoN,
Committee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. GO.

pa acres, 100 in pasture and meadow,
remainder cultivated; fenced with plank
and wire; 4-rOom frame dwelling; barn
20X3G feet; well, smoke-housc, and other
conveniences. Land all new, and lies Z
miles east of Mexico, On the c. & A. r. r.
A model farm at $3.50: one-half cash,
balance on time to suit at $ per cent. in
tereSt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. Al.

so acres, % miles north Of Mexico; all
fenced with good rail and hedge: So acres
cultivated, balance timber. Orchard of
IS trees, plenty of bedded fruit. Dwell
ling of 2 rooms, a good house; stable and
cribs. Living well at dwelling: timber is
mainly hickory, elm, ash, and walnut-a
small cheap farm at SO per acre; one
half cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

$50 acres, 10 acres of which is tim
Der, the balance improved land; 60 acres
grass, so acres good corn land; one-Story
dwelling of ) roomS: barn for 10 head
horSeS-loft seed-tight. Farm fenced i'll
5 tields-pond in each. Lies 10 miles
northeast of Mexico, on the Florida road.
Price, S25 per acre; one-half cash, bal
ancc 5 per cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
ssKnOW."

Bob White, of the Mexico LEDGER,
seems to know considerable regard.
ing the effects of Centralia whiskey.
Wonder if he speaks from expert.
ence?-Centralia Guard.
No, Bro. Rodemyer, we have heard
of Centralia whiskey. This is all. Te
know sit would be to die"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
sSFiye O'clock Feyer.0

1t is said that in Mexico a young
lady will rise at an afternoon visit
and say: excuse me but | must &C
home for my five O'Clock fever."-
Fulton Telegraph.
When a girl has a fever what dc
you expect her to do but 60 home
Do you expect her to crawl up on t.
the piano and have her chill, or take :
hot foot bath in the parlor! Home
we think, is the place for her.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

IS0-acre farm, II miles west of Neyic,
and > miles east of Centralia. Ore and
half story frame dwelling in good cona
ton: outbuildin">, Young orchard. IL
acres cultivated corr and wheat land .
acres timber detached. Schools an
churches convenient. Price, s2Operacr
Onr-halt cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
Ma %
wv D.

100 acres, ; miles northeast of Nav
60: all improved and cultivated, rit6 an,
rolling: L good one-Story dwelling Of
rooms: young orchard. bearing. barr'
c~ook-room, and other outbuildinps 0n
of the very best farms in .Audrain coma.
Price, $50 per acre-half cash, balance /
/, : ana > years, at ; per cent. Interest
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. &c.

347-acre farm, with I'VE dwellings,
Will divide into two farms, if necessary,
Situated II miles west of Mexico and south
of Wabash railroad; 3 miles to Centralia
on public road; farm all improved and
well cultivated, fenced with plank; a small
comfortable frame dwelling on each tract
of land, with other o~utbuildingS. Fol
sale till March LIST, at SIS per acre; one
half cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. 81

los acres, II miles northeast of MeXi-
co; rs acres timber. Is acres meadow, 81
acres corr and wheat land, 10 acres in
growing wheat. One story frame dwell
ling, good barn and orchards; fencing all
good. A choice little farm, worth above
the price-S27. 80 per acre; one-halt
cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. l2J.

90 acres hedged on two sides, balance
good plank and rail fencing: u. miles
from Mexico, and near the fair grounds.
Large dwelling in good condition: orch
ard of about 200 bearing trees of choice
fruit. One of the very best little farms i'll
northeast Missouri; at $50 per acre: one
half cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. II.

217 acres, all enclosed by rail, plank and
wire fence: 100 acres cultivated wheat
and corn land, balance timbered and well
set in bluegrass: Beaver Dam creek runs
through the farm, furnishing abundance
OF neyer-failing water: a comfortable
frame dwelling. small stable and othercon-
ycniences. This farm lies only One-halt
mile southeast from corporate limits of
Mexico, Mo. Can be bought ut $50 per
acre: about one-third cash, balance ut ;
per cent. on reasonable time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
County Court.

Our county court meets next Mon
day. They know their business and
are proving mostexcellent court, but
we do wish they would do something
obout rock roads. We are convinced
that if they saw how they could dc
the county any good they would not
hesitate. and we are quite as fully
convinced that they a do immense
GOOD for the county by starting
rock road boom.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. A..

12O acres, 2l2 miles south of Celltralia,
in Boone county, Mo. Improvements all
good: 40 acre blue grass pasture, 30 acres
good wheat land, balance good for corn
or other products; new Groom dwelling:
orchard of 40 to loo trees. Price low
down at s., 1000; one-third cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No 60

so acres, l. miles north of Farbcr, in
Audrain county. All enclosed by hedge
and rough-and-ready fencing; broom
dwelling: stable, young orchard, &C.
Land all fresh and low at 81 500; 81 900
cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

400 acres, 10 miles north of Ncyieo n
the main public road to Paris. All wei
improved. except 40 acres of fenced tim
Der. Dwelling of : rooms: land divide
into fields Of from 40 to 100 acres, cad
fenced with plank and rail, and can h
bought R"~ ut til" trifiin@ sum of SG,0N
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. 10.

20 acre farm, Z miles northeast of Mex
leo: 20 acres good young timber; 50 acres
cultivated, fenced with rails into ) fields.
Dwelling of 1 rooms and porch. Timber
land well set in bluegrass; good orchard
of peaches, pears, apples, plums and 81
berian crabs: natural pond of never-fail-
ing water. Price, Sl,500; onc-half cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. 80.
m, ~ mile


8O-acre farm, 10 miles northeast of
Mexico, near c. & A. X. II. Twenty acres
prairie and blue grass, IS acres cultivated
corr land, l5acrcs unbrokcn prairie. Land
all new twO-room frame dwelling, l6X32
feet: farm fenced with Stat and wire.
Price, 81 500; one-half cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
FOSsiliSm.

The GAINESVILLE Sentinel used to DC
one of the brightest papers in the
State when jim Anderson was at Its
helm. Now it is edited % by an
old fossil who knows about as much
about journalism as a ground hos ooes
about the weather. We are not sur
'prised that the people o fthatli live little
place are getting tired the OF Se"t'"e|
being edited 60 by a clam and print
led on shoe pegs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. l0J.

80 10 acres, ) miles northwest of Mex
leo and = miles northeast of Thompson
Station. Two-room dwelling, l6XlS feet
and outbuildingS; 40 acres cultivated, bal
ance timbcred pasture; IS young fruit
trees. Price, 81 500.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. IS.

$50 acres, : miles southeast of MEXICO.
All well improved and divided off into 10,
20 and 40-acre fields. Good orchards; an
abundance of good stock water. Dwell
ling of 5 rooms, with convenient out
buildings; l2O acres meadow, balance
pillow land. Price, So. 80 per acre; ne
third cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. 80.

so acres, all nice prairie land, under
good rail fence on public road to Mexico,
. miles south. Box house of = rooms;
good well, log crib, nice shrubery i'll yard,
plank smoke-house; Ia miles to school,
Il. miles to church. Low down, foI
cash. $500,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
ssFeet.''

The Mexico LEDGER man ''lays
it over' the newspaper fraternity
for feet.-Er.
Better to excel, even in feet, than
in nothing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No b

178 acres, near Doan'- station, on {. \
\. X. r.. : miles south of Mexico. Thirty
acres improved, balance young timber;
small log dwelling. Price only SO pei
acre: $500 cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
~ 49,
No. %.

$50 acres, Is miles north east of Mexico:
100 cultivated land-30 to 80 acres in grass,
balance timber detached. Four-roou
dwelling; good ponds, etc. Price, ST.
per acre; one-third cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

The Fulton Gazette says: "R. w.
Main has on exhibition a white or AL
bino prairie chicken, killed by Sam
Nicolson in Audrain county, Mo-"
This is probably a fowl lie started by
the Gazette to run its Methodist
preachers into Audrain county
Knob NOster Gem,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

2O5-acre farm of new land: improve
ments all new. To exchange for Il good
farm near Wellington, Sumner county.
Kansas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. n

40 acres, fenced with good rail fence
New land and all cultivated, 8 miles mort
of Wcll>viil~, in Audrain county. Price
SIS per acre: $500 cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

] Boys, if you don't want to get INTO
trouble, you must keep out OF the
Hair grounds. We call your kind and
|considerate attention to a notlce 10
be found in this issue Of the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

800 acres nice rolling prairie land. We
fenced with plank, IL miles northwest q
Mexico. For sale al $50 per acre; one
half cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. III.

NO. H.
l7O-acrc farm, 6 miles south of Benton
CITY. \ good Galloway county farm. at
So 0O-SI 900 cash. Write for particu-
lars.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
Mixing Drinks.

From the Columbia Statesman.
Some people are Mortified at what
they call mixing religion and temper
ance, but have no sort Of objection to
mixing religion and whisky.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. ll2.

100 acres, 40 cultivated, balance mainly
timber. One mile north of Thompson
Station, in Audrain county, at $3.50 per
acre; one-third cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. ;,

Large dwelling, with21s acres of grount
beautifully located. in Leavenworth, Hal
>aS, for sale or exchange.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. l22.

SO-acre farm, : miles west of Mexico,
on the Wabash railroad. Fair improve
mcnts and fair land; at 81, 500; one-Ialf
cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No LIZ

GAO acres of rich, rolling prairie land, ,
miles north of Martinsburg. VIII sell 800
acres in a tract, at SIS per acre; one-half
cash.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. lis.

360-acre farm, adjoining Thompson
Station, i'll Audrain county, Mo, at S25
per acre. Is cheap as dirt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
No. l20.

Large Frame Hotel ut IIigbee, in Ran
dolph county, Mo, commanding Il good
trade, and is cheap at S2,700.: one-half
cash. This building rents for $40 per
mhnth
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
Praise for Mexico.

From the Galloway Gazette.
The Odd Fellows of Fulton, who
visited the Mexico Lodge, express
themselves as highly pleased with the
fine social entertainment and feast OF
good things, and speak in the highest
praise of their Mexican brethren.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-03-02
To Be Elected.


The following State, Congressional
end county officers are to be elected
November 2, 1882:
sTATE TICKET.
One Supreme Judge.
Superintendent of Public Schools.
Register of Lands.
Members of Congress.
COUNTY TICKET.
Representative. Circuit Clerk, AS
SCISSOR, County Clerk, Sheriff, County
Judges, Probate Judge, County At
tornev, Collector, Treasurer and Cor
oner. Now, gentlemen, you can pay
your money and take your choice.
The Republicans are talkingof put
ting a ticket in the field for city cleo
ton. Politics lately have cut 10 fig
ure in city elections. While the Re
publicans were beautifully in thu
minority the democrats did not wisl
to be greedy, but if the Republican:
want q ace we will put out a full
ticket and give them some fun
Lay on. McDuff, and damned be III
who first cries hold, enough"