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Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

A monument should he erected at
once to the memory of those gentle
men which shall be more lasting than
brass or marble. They are the sa-
viors of Mexico and the inventors OF
the galley for the slave. They will
always be remembered by the fire
company of Mexico. Their names
will be handed down to posterity as
men who furnished a substitute for
mauling rails. To look at them you
could not tell whether they were glad
of it OF not. They are the members
of the council who bought the pres
ent fire engine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Hyacinths for winter blooming at
L. D. Shippee's. 27-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Go to Frost's for No. l cheap
o4-,l
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Argument is still going on in the
Guiteau case. 1t will go to the jury
sometime next week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Every brick store room in Mexico
should be supplied with iron shutters.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Fresh country butter and Eggs at
Hurd Bros. 34tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

! : Barth defies competition in styles
I and nr,ces- 81 tt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19
LETTER LIST.

MEXICo, Mo, January 10. 1882.
IST OF LETTERS remaining in the POST
IL office AT Mexico, AudTain County. Missouri,
and which. if not called Tor within four weeks
from date. will be sent 10 the Dead Letter Office
at Washington City.
Armstrong Mary mrs Keown NJ f miss
Atkinson ii j = Morris Emma miss
Cassidy Nj 5 Murphy PC
Cook Mary miss Morris c miss
Colven Charley Payne Fannie miss
Davis Morris Stephens WIN mr
Green Riley mr. Slime S } mr.
Haynes Annie mrs Stewart B mrs
Hickey Kate mrs Thorp Henry FL 2
Hough J w Taylor Lowell mrs
kiser John = Wright Charley 2
Knight - McIeary Fanny ,
Victory John
go Persons calling for letters i'll this list Will
please say Advertised"
~ Office open on Sunday from 4 to 8 O'Clock,
in The afternoon.
GEO. A. POTEET, p. NJ.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Go to Paul & Jackson's for cheap
groceries. Soft
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

One price for everybody at Barth $
store. olN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

A. G.. Turner, County Treasurer,
informs US that he saved from the
fire the books belonging to the coun-
ty which were in his possession. 1t
would have been quite a loss 10 the
county if these books had been
burned.
If you are too poor to pay go to
DR.. Sinclair and he will vaccinate
you for nothing. If you are "too
poor to subscribe for a newspaper
call up to the LEDGER office, and
when you have convinced us that you
can't afford to pay three cents a week
for your home paper, we will send it
to you free. There is nothing small
about US except our feet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Go to Barth's for suits of under
wear. stiff
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19
LOCAL NOTTo>
Cheap furniture at HINES. l3tf

All kinds of SHIRTS at Barth's. 3ltf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19
Money Saved is Money Made.

You can save money in buying
groceries and queensware with cash
| at r. II. FOWler's,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Samuel White has been arrested at
Sedalia for forgery. He says he is
from Mexico. No such White ever
lived in Mexico that we can hear of.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

j. M. Gordon lost many valuable
papers besides his library in the fire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

l.. B. BROWN.

The above is the kind of letters W.
like to receive from Ii friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Prof. HamllI, in the Louisiana
Press, writing up the leading pro-
fessors in the Stale, says of Prof.
Blanton, of this city
Prof. j. p. Blanton, of Mexico,
takes rank as II of the very few
handsome men Of the Association.
His reputation took its start in Troy,
and five years ago earned him the
Principalship of the Mexico school. a
flrst-class position and not easy to
fill. He is very popular at home, and
some of his friends there are talking
him up for the vacant presidency of
the kirksville Normal.
ooh, l tell you" said a man yester-
day who lost a case before a jury,
''you can't abolish the jury system.
It's one of the abutments upon
which rests the structure of freedom,
and equity, and all those things. II
you bust the jury system, you'll have
to abolish three-card monte men, and
other games of chance. | tell you,
Americans will not be denied this
kind of mental relaxation. It's about
all the fun we have"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Transitory hanging will cur transit
tory mania.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Collins and robes at Hinze's. IL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Mai. Lawder, who is interested in
a mine in Colorado, received the fol-
lowing postal from his partner, Geo.
Ribble, to-day:
OPHIR, COL, Jan. IL.
Cut the ''Spar" to-day. No time
to write /; particulars next week.
G. II. RlBBLE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

sS~ Everything else III proportion. All goods
guaranteed. II not satisfactory. they can be re-
turned and exchanged or money refunded.
sx~Casl paid for all kinds of Country Produce.
Remember the place
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Is this your brother whom you have
never seen before or the Prodigal
Son! Who is this man that you have
one arm around, and are shaking
hands with? Is this moi the same
man you told last week to keep
away and not to bother you? Did
you not tell him he was a nuisance
and had the perseverance of a book
agent? Yes! Why, then, this change?
What do you mean by the way you
are setting up the cigars, ETC., to
him? What you do mean by the way
you are telling him that the business
world could not get along without
him: He is my insurance agent and
l was burned out last Saturday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Barth will not be undersold. 81 If
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19
SDIeudid Rargains

Don't fail to read the sheriff's sale
in this issue, wherein the Montgom-
cry property Is offered for sale by
George Robertson, administrator.
This will be a bargain for some one.
then attend the sale at the court
house, January eth, 1882. 20-2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Agents for the Insurance compa-
MES are in Mexico adjusting losses in
the late fire.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19
WANTED !!

Highest market price paid in cash
for MULES, from IA - hands high
upwards, at Wallace 81 Mckamey's
livery stable, every day, by
j. 4. SPANGLE,
Reilly & W%oolfort's Stables, St.Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

m. Mexico LEDGER is not for
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19
1.-The Kentucky Grocery

Is still in the ring and holds the inside track
for low prices" when quality as well as price is
considered
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19
TALK.
l..

d" y"u see that gentleman over on
Tie corner, surrounded by a crowd,
moving OFT a speech which reminds
Won "i a orcenback finance orst;on
wen, he Is the FIRST man who discov-
ere't the fire. lie is telling how he
lirst climbed up lightning rod and
Slid down the chimney, and first pu,
Out the fire when it first could have
been extinguished hith a bucket of
water and how he was the first man
to give the first alarm, ard if it had
not been for him first the fire would
have burnt the town up before any
one knew it first, etc. There are
about ~ men in as many parts of
town each telling the same story
first and each surrounded by a knot
OF admirers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-19

Do not make a noise or you'll wake
the night policeman. He is sitting
on the doorstep asleep. 1t is very
hard on him to have to sleep out OF
doors these cold nights There is a
bank being robbed around the cor
ner, and a woman is being killed in
the next block, and a house being set
on fire In the next street. If the Do
liceman walked up he might find it
out and arrest somebody. Some
people believe this is what policemen
are for, but the policemen do not
think so. A p%oliceman's business
is to sleep and when awake be some
where else than where he is needed,
unless a small boy is to be arrested
or a poor, drunken tramp printer to
be run in.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-07-11
PROBATE NOTICE.

A CCOUNTs and vouchers have been 6led
Il in the Probate Court of Monroe County,
Ohio. by the following Executors, Admin
istrators and Guardians, to wit:
First partial account Of John Cegg Jr.,
Admir- with the will annexed of the estate
of Alexander H. Thomas. decd.
First and final aocount Of Simon Hall
Admir- of the estate Of Isaac Hall. Sr. decd
Third partial &C cunt of John Jeffsrs Adm'r
of the estate of hannah P. Hutchison decd
First partial account Of Christian Luthy
Admir- OF the estate of John o. Lu;hy ADM
of the estate Of John o. Lutby, deo'd.
Second and final account of James W
Warner Admir- of the estate OF Nancy Gala
CHER. decd.
Fourth and final settlement acc ount o
b. B. Hill Guardian Of the minor heirs oi
Thomas Alexander, decd
First and final Account Of Fritz Rec
Guardian of Jacob Moose. an imbecie.
Fourth and final account Of o Buskirk
decd, as Guardian OF Martha Buskirk. an
imbeoile. by N p Buskirk. Admir-.
Any person interested may die written ex
ceptions to said accounts or any item theres
on or before the 28th day of July next
when the same will be finally heard and con-
tinusd from day to day until disposed Of
R. <. WALTON,
/ ;uly4,'sswa. Probate Judge U. o, o,
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ET The strike of the freight handlers
in New York and JERSEY Citv is produ-
cling serious results to the railroads and
merchants A dispatch says:
"Twelve miles OF cars, ladened with
material oil which large proportion il
perishable, are stalled on the JERSEY
Meadows. Hundreds OF tubs of bltiel
AID lard are melting into oil at tht
freight depot, and the Railroad ComI q
mics, under the law which defines the OBJ
legations Of common carriers who un'
dertake 10 deliver safely goods consign
ed TO ihem, will probably be required tt
make good the damage.
"The delay to the shipping interests
is sausing loss of from Sl50,O09 t
eco, 900 every day to the business mer
Of this city. The merchants OF this city
have certainly sustained a loss OF 81,
250,000 since the strike began. besides ;
permanent loss OF customers due TO tb'
transfer of trade 10 other cities.
sThe Board of Trade passed res"lu
tions declaring that the advance asker
hy the freight handlers should he grant
cd. and protesting against such q sweep
ing advance in West-bound freight rate
recently announced by the trunk lines.
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The Naval Board. recommended Con-
gress to appropriate $4,000 for the re-
moval OF the remains of DeLong and
companions to their homes
The suppression of the railroad rob.
hers has been bad thing for Missouri
Kansas and her Cav boys are getting the
cream Of the advertising this season
The sultan Of Morocco is about to
have his S64 wives photographed. The
portraits will be continued in an album,
of which the sultan alone will have 8
key.
Rome, N Y, rejoices in two-hesded
cali. This marvel displays great fiend.
ish intelligence. II eats with one mouth
and baw:s with the other, so that il
doesn't have tn loose minute 10 use
less silence all the day long.
New Orleans has to pay one Of its
lawyers in the famous Gaines suits S57,
0G0 for losing Its case. BY the time
Myra ami the lawyers get through with
the Crescent City, there won't be enough
OF it left for the duels's and yellow fe.
yer.
A marriage is to take place in Boston
shortly, In which the bride, The bride
groom. and the officiating Clergyman
though not rela' ed, bear tie same name
There is chance that the intended
groom may become mixed in the shuffl
and get away.
Colonel Ingersoll says it is absurd Il
ask him to believe that seven men coulf
or did how down the walls of jericho
Well. then. why does the Colonel try tt
blow down all the churches in Americ,
with only his good strong br ath
Hadn't be better wait for re.enlorce
ments
General o o. Howard, despite hi
auslere reputation, heartily enjo~s dane
ing, and improved his opportnnitie
during The recent gayeties at Wes' PIN
An officer who IVES with him in the In
d AN country SAYS that he has seen Ger
Howard in 40 Indian village join in
dance with the .qusws with all the yes
of young man.
The Democratic party never did. don
now. and never will, make crusade i
: favor of Free whisky" The Demo
cratic party never carried banner wi
,ha, device and never will It has bee
its policy and creed to frame no laws e!
= pecslly sumptuary. The Republican
t raised the racket on the whisky question
\ now let ,beH stand up to it.
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FACTS.

Those contemplating. trip westward
will certainly do we'll to carefully con.
snlt the time tables OF the Baltimore and
Ohio road. Its celebrated fast trains,
it's sure connections, and rates always as
low as the lowest, make it beyond all
controversy the best line west. Colo
nists are carried in first class cars on fast
trains, and every possible care is taken
to Insure comfort and convenience.
Trains run through without change Of
,ars to Chicago, where direct connection
is made with al leading lines to the
west, northwest and southwest, making
hut a single change of cars to Iowa,
Y ,ssss, Nebraska, Texas, Minnesota.
s.e. No other line can offer such advan-
tages as the Baltimore and Uhio.-I's
costs but very little time and trouble
to learn this. and in the end may lead
to tie saving of much Of both as well as
money. Above all things do not pur.
chase tickets before having talk or re-
ceiving letter from one of the B. 4 o
Agents. A letter addressed to w. 4
Reppert, Columbus, Ohio; to T. Lane
Wheeling, W. Va, to j. A. Webb, Eos
toria, Ohio; to T. A. Lee GAINESVILLE
Ohio, ora call upon either of these gen
tlemen will lead to thorough informa
ton as to all necessary details of time
connections, fares, baggage, etc., etc.
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How to Stop the Robbery.
Philadelphia Times.

The boss system of political assess.
ments is simply robbery 1t lacks the
courage of the highwsyman who man.
folly takes the risk Of bis crime when
he orders his victim to stand ard deliv
er, as the robbery OF government off,
cials and employees is enforced by those
who can dispIace at will all who refuse
10 be robbed.
Now that the systematic robbery o
all government officials and employees
is. FOR the first time, boldly avoWed al
the policy of the administration, it mus
he met by the people. There is-one yer,
simple and effective way to do it, and !
is eminen,lv practical If the people taxi
care to instruct their Representatives ol
the suhjec,. 1t can be easily ascertain
ed bow much the government officer
and employees contribute to party funds
aud their salaries or pay should be re
duced just that amount, with q positiv
provision making any such contrihu
tions ground for dismissal from Office
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American HistOry--lmportant
Events.

1920. Landing made on Plymouth
Rock.
1921. First Thanksgiving kept No
turkey.
1872 First meeting g-house built
1640. FIRST printing press.
1913. Witches first hung.
1910 Men are commanded to wear
short hair.
1862. Mole witches hung in Salem.
1902. Yale college founded in New
Haven.
17O4. First newspaper printed at Bos
ton.
I705. Cnfffe is tasted.
1920. Tea is tried, but taxation makes
it costly.
l721. Postollice started.
1921. Potatoes planted as a curiosity
Singing hv note in The meeting-h"uses,
which caused great deal of trouble.
1740. Tinware manufactured.
1855. An organ built but not allowed
to he PLAYED in the meeting house.
1855 Benjamin franklin invents the
lightning rod
1850. First attempt at fashion. C,l-
lars are worn on shirts and chaises sp-
pear.
1765. Liberty talked OF. No more
using of stamped paper.
ITO Wooden clocks made.
1773.' Trouble begins about tea
chests of it thrown into Boston harhor
I774 The streets OF Boston are light
ed with oii-lamps
1850. Umbrellas used by few itch
people. and much laughed at
1892. Silk worms raised, and in fe"
houses silk carpets are seen
1895 1900 Pantaloons take the place
of hreeches for ordinary wear, and plates
are used at breakfast snd tea.
1907 A steamboat on the Hudson.
1877. Stoves first appear In meeting
houses, although some think they show
ed mnre Ere than religion
1918 A steamboat on Long Island
Sound.
1919, A steamer goes across the A.
lantic.
1s93 Gas in Boston. Coal, Steel
pens take the place Of qnills.
1923. Ruffies disappear from shit
fronts.
1928. Love apples are tasted hesitat'
inoly. hut are found novel and palatahle
and are called tomatoes, aud used as
vegetable.
1882. A railroad built
1888. Matches used instead OF the
tinder-box.
1887. First paper money used, called
shin-plasters.
1888 E velopes FIRST used.
1889 Daguerotypes are ken.
1874 First electric message sent.
1S47. Sewing machines invented.
1858 Ocean cable laid. Only one
message sent for about ten yeare.
1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinate6
1871. Chicago burned.
1876 Party in Philadelphia called tbt
sCpntenqial
1881. Garfield assassinated.
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ANTIOCH SELECT SCHOOL

Will commence Monday. July "a. 1882
and continue in session ten weeks
Classes will he formed in any branch de.
sired.
There will bs thrse departments, viz: High
Common and Primary,
Thorough instruction and frequent exam
ipatioa will be msrkedi feature, and the
teachers OF this school will use every effort
In their power to make it as profitable and
advantageous to pupils as any school IN the
county,
TUITION.
Higher Branches, $6 OS
Common 0U
Primary = 0O
Tuition required strictly in advance, and
TO deduction made except in cases of pro.
tracted illness.
For further information call on or address
RD GRAHAM, Miltonsburg, ..
T. T. HOBBS, Antioch, Ohio.
may30, ,'S2td
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setting His Marx High.
Roston Journal.

Soon after the lste Horace Maynard
entered Amherst College be put on !hs
door OF his room large letter V. Is
presence exposed hlm 10 questions and
ridicule. but paving no attention to eth
er be kept the letter in its place, Al the
end OF four wears graduation day came
and Mr.. Maynard was appointed to de
liver the vsledictory. After having re
ceived the compliments OF the Faculty
and students of the College for the hon
or be had received. Mr. Maynard cal
led the attention of his fellow graduates
to the letter v over the door of BIZ
room, and asked if they then under
stood what was meant by the letter V
After short rffl 'ction they answered
"Yes. Valediclory He replied, 'Yol
are right" His fellows then asked !
be had the vsledic:ory on bis mint
when be pasted the letter over his door
Mr. Maynard replied, "Assuredly / had.
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A gentleman who was asked for his
marriage certificate quietly took of his
hat and inted to a bald spct. The
evidence was conclusive.
The Kelly bill reducing internal reve-
nue. taxation was passed ayes l27, navs
80 The total reduction OF revenue is
S23. 600, 900. The tax is repealed on
matches, bsnk-cbeeks. capital and de-
posits, patent m 'dicines. reduces the
l:quor license and the lax on cigars and
cigarettes.
President Washington's will Is on file
in the Clerks Office, Fairfax COUNTY. Va.
1t is kept in a glass case. 1t is written
on unruled note paper, both sides,twen-
ty-seven pages, each page, except one
having his signature at The bottom. The
words "City OF Washington" occur a
the foot Of this latter page, snd it is
thought the President mistook it for bi:
signature,
The Girl is Scra ching her Back agains
the Door Size has Been ea!ing Buck
wheat Cakes Her Beau think she il
Delicate, but be has never seen her iackl
Plate of hot Cakes on Fros'y Morn
ling Cakes had better Roost high whel
she is around II we Were the Girl W
Would wear Sand Psper lining in th
Dress. and not he Making q Hair Brusl
out of the Poor Door.
| While the school laws OF Utah ex
pressly forbid the use of public schoo
funds for the support ot sectarian o
denoninaiionsl schools the book OF Nor
mon and The Mormon caiechism are use
as textbooks, and children have bee
expelled for refusal 10 study them. N
teachers can obtain employment in ,bos
schools except members of the Mormo
church paying tithes regularly.
t A lady whose husband was the cham
pion snorer Of the community in whic
they resided confide'l to o female fri n
} the following painful intelligence I'M
life has not been one Of unalloyed d,
light. have had the measles, tn
chickenpox. the cholera, the typhoi
, fever and infsmmatory rheumatism, hn
t ] never knew what real misfortune va
until married burglsr-alsrm."
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Refeipts.

Corn FRITTRRs Crate one dozen ears
OF com upon coarse CRATER, and with
spoon scrape the cob in order to OBJ
tain the milk that adheres to it. Add
salt, q tablespoonful of four, two table
apoonfuis of milk. and two bea en- eggs
Drop the mixture from spoon into
boiling fat and fry them a nice brown
Drain them and serve very bot.
STRAWBERRY JAM.-Cap large, ripe
firm Strawberries, and to every pound
OF fruit allow three-qusrters of pound
of pulverized sugar. Strew the sugar
over the berries, and when it is dIssolv-
ed put all into porcelain-lined kettle
and cook slowly until the berries are
clear and the whole hegins to thicken-
Seal up when cold ia small glass jars
MUTroN Chops WITH PoTAToEs--Wash
trim neatly and dry the chops and lei
them lie upou clean towel, while you
mash some potatoes, adding to them a
little cream to make them stick together.
Season the chops with salt and cayenne
pepper, and cover each one wi h the po-
tsto, then fry them in butter nice
brown. They must be cooked quickly
and have sufficient butter to q )at them
JUBILEE PoNE Take one pint Of corn
meal and add 10 it small teaspo oonfui
of baking powder. Mix it into a batter
with sweet milk, stirring very hard
Have round tin pan on an earhen
turks head on the top Of the stove. and
when it is very hot throw in heaping
tablespoonful of lard or butter, and
when it boils pour the mix ure into it,
Stir around lightly and bake in quick
oven. As soon as the loaf is Drowned
and the fat nearly absorbed il i, done
and must be served Immediately.
To RoAsr CHICKENS the fowls
we'll and remove all loose pieces from
the neck and inside, then make them dry
inside and out with clean towel Make
dressing of bread crumbs rubbed fine
in the hands and seasoned with salt
pepper and some melted butter. Fill
the fowls with il, tie down the legs and
wings, and put them in baking par
with two tablespoonfuls OF water =
Sprinkle with salt, pepper and -four, and
cook them in moderate oven until they
are tender and nicely Drowned, turning
and bssting them while cooking. Serve
with gravy.
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~Tbe first Nsoo'e,p had an amaz.

s@The first Napoleon had an amaz-
ing memory OF figures. He remember
ed the respective produce OF all taxes
through every year OF his adminisra-
ton, and could repea, them even to tn
centimes. Running over an account OF
expenditures, he noted the ra'ioDs Of a
battalion charged on certain day IT
Bensacon. "That battalion was n'i
there" said he. The Minister, knowing
that the Emperor had been out OF France
at the time. snbmitted iba: be thought
It must have been there. 1t turned ou'
that Napoleon was right snd thai fraud
had been committed. The peculatol
was dismissed. and the anecdote wen
through the army, inspiring a whole
some alarm.