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Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

Iniontown, Ky, society has been
given shock from which it will take
a long time to recover. The trouble
eliminated at wedding. The
about to- bride was young, re-
fined, and. as her masculine ac-
uuaintances aver, beautiful. The
groom had been introduced into the
best circles of Uniontown people q
few months before, and had COM
pletely won the confidence of the
Young woman's parents. He was
handsome, scholarly, and of fasci-
mating manners.
A week or so ago the friends of the
bride met at the church where the
the ceremony was to be performed,
and soon the bride herself entered
witty flowing veil and rosy checks.
NE clergyman whose services had
been secured for the occasion eyed
the bridegroom closely, and when the
latter drew near, the good man drop
ped his book as though both amazed
and Mortified.
Il cannot marry this man." he
said, recovering quickly.
"Why not, sir!" asked the brides
father, rising in anger from his seal
and moving toward the clergyman.
because l married this man tt
another woman at Evansville, Ind.
less than year ago
Some of the ladies tainted, tht
bridegroom-ele gesticulated violen
protestations, and the wedding party
collapsed. Investigation showed tina
the charge was well founded.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
Siaulpse TWINS.

Mrs. II. W.. FARBER, MIssoURI.-
In apswer to your letter We would
say that the Siamese twins were born
in 1911 and died in 1874. Barnum
got them in 1850, and they remained
with him until 1855. They were ex-
hibited for several years in his old
museum. in which they had a sleep
ing room. Chang was the more ro-
bust and good -natured; Eng was Of
ten sick, and always morose and peev-
ish. They became tired Of show life.
and having saved about $40, 900 each,
they bought plantations in North
Carolina. Here they took the sur
name of Bunker, and married Eng
lish sisters, aged 26 and 2S. These
wives were secured by an agent en-
ployed for the purpose. When they
accepted the offer of marriage they
had only seen their future husbands
at show IN London. The twins
based their choice upon likencsses for
warded by their agent. The wives
thus chosen were not beautiful, but
were strong healthy English working
girls. The arrangements being made,
the twins paid the expenses of the
girls to Salisbury, where the marriage
was quietly solcmnized. The planta-
tions were owned and managed sepa.
rately, each family having it's own
house and domestic establishment.
The wives lived entirely in their res.
pective homes, and the husbands al
Misunderstanding one week at Chang 5
house, and the next week at Eng's
Each looked after his plantation and
other business during the weeks o.
living at his own place, and the visit.
ing brother was not supposed to in.
terfere. Chang had six children ant
Eng five. Though surrounded b,
many comforts, these strangely tieC
families did not live happily. Quar-
rels were of frequent occurrence. The
rebellion freed their slaves, and 9th
erwise impaired their wealth, ant
they again exhibited themselve:
throughout the country. During
their absence their wives managed
the plantations; those of the child
rem. who were not deaf mutes wer,
sent to school, and are now we'll edu
Gated. Chang and Eng grew NOR
morose as they grew older; each wa
haunted with dread OF being ,ef
, bound to his dead brother, with al
most certainty of dying unde
) any attempt to sever him from tn
corpse, as physicians had general,
agreed that a separation by surgi
, cal operation would result fatally
, Chang died first, during the night
When Eng awoke, and found hi
e brother dead, it is supposed th
t fright and consequent nervous shoe
: caused his death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
A Frank Invitation.

Ladies looking for sons-in-law
rarely make their approaches so
openly as the Canadian dame who
wrote to a newly settled eligible:
DEAR Mr.. B.-I, Mrs. Wipton
wish you would call on my daughter
Amelia; she is very amusing. She
can sing like humming bird, and
her papa can play on the fiddle nice
ly, and We might have rare old hoe
down, and then we will have.an ovs-
ter supper. Amelia is highly edu.
Gated; she can dance like grass.
hopper looking for grubs, and she
can make beautiful bread; it lust
tastes like honey bees bread. and
for pumpkin pies she can't be heat
In fact she is ahead Of all the F.
girls, and will make a good wife for
any man. Yours truly,
Mrs. WIGroN.
P. S.-Bring your brother.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
Poor Boys Who Have Become Presi-
dents.
The second President of the United
States, John Adams, was the son of
a fnrroor of M ndorato x,aaans uho mac

The second President of the United
States, John Adams, was the son of
farmer of moderate means. who was
compelled to work constantly for the
support of his family. When, at the
age of 81, the son graduated at Har-
ward College, his education was his
only capital for his start in life.
Andrew Jackson was born in a log
hut in extreme poverty. He grew up
in the woods of North Carolina, liv-
ing in the home of relative, where
his mother worked to support herself
and three children.
James Knox Polk, the eleventh
President, spent his early years on a
new farm in the wilderness of North
Carolina. His father placed him in a
store, with the intention that he
should enter mercantile life; but his
dislike for business was so great that,
at the age of IS, he was sent to the
Murfeesborough academy to fit for
college. - fys r'
| Millard Fillmore was the son of a
New York farmer, and his home was
an humble one. When he was IA
years old he went away from home to
learn the business of a clothier. But
five years later he entered law office,
and at the age of 23 he was admitted
| to the bar.
James Buchanan was born in a
small town of the Allegheny noun
tains. His father was poor, and by
his own ax built his home in the will
derness. When James was years
old he was placed at school, and six
years later entered Dickinson college,
where he graduated with the highest
| honOrs.
1t is well known that Abraham
Lincoln was the son Of parents who
were the poorest of the poor. Till
he was more than 21 his home was a
log cabin. His attendance at school
was limited to few months. From
early life he was compelled to depend
on himself not only for his living, but
also for his success IN business and
his profession.
At the age of 10 Andrew johnson
was apprenticed to tailor. Previ.
ousIy his mother had supported him
by her own labor. He was never
able, it is said, to attend school. His
education he gained by his own eff
forts at night, after working all day
at his trade, and by the help of his
wife.
The early home of General Grant
also, on the banks of the Ohio. more
than fifty years ago, was without
many of the comforts of civilized life
Till he was II, when he was sent te
West Point, he lived the life Of :
common boy in common home.
James 4. Garfield, like so many O
his predecessors, was born in a LOG
hut. When he was year and hal
old his father died The family wa:
poor. When he had hardly entered
his teens he was doing mans work
in the harvest field. He learned tht
carpenters trade He worked on the
Ohio canal. He was determined
however, TO have an education, and
leaving his plane and scythe, hs
worked his way through the prepsra
tory school, and, with some help from
friends, was able to graduate at Will
Jams College.
The lives of many of the President:
prove that no hoy is so poor but tha
he may hope to attain highest honor:
the American people can give.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
Josh siiiinps' Wisdom,

The msn who gets bit twice oy the
same dog is better adapted to that
kind of business than any other.
There is a great deal of religion in
this world that is like life preserver
only put on at the moment of i'm
mediate danger, and then put on
half the time hind side before.
Experience is \ school where a
man learns what big fool he has
been.
The man who doesn't believe in
uny hereafter has got dreadfully
mean Opinion of himself and bis
chances.
There are two kinds of fools in
this world: Those who can't change
their opinions, and those WHO won't
A good doctor is a gentleman to
whom we pay So visit for advising
us to eat less and exercise more.
Out IN the world men show US two
sides to their characters; by the fire
side, only one.
The world is filling up with edu'
Gated fools; mankind read too mucf
and learntoo little.
Every man has his follies, and of
tentimes they are the most interesting
things they have got.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
man that it was not fairy tale, un-
til hn wan fornad to halieua

man that it was not fairy tale, un-
til he was forced to believe.
Mrs. Ford wept for JOY.
II think-I do think, Jennie, that
father would have fretted himselfinto
his grave before New Year, if it had
not been for
My bangs!" laughed Jennie.
"Oh, l overheard him scolding about
them, that night-poor father, but
Chester liked them, and really did
not think L ought 10 give them up,
when they are so becoming to me-"
A few weeks completed the plans
for closing the mortgage, and Father
Ford took courage. And it was on
New Years Day that the wedding
took place, beneash the beloved old
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

A man at Dodge City, Kansas,
personated the husband of a certain
woman and retired to bed with the
deceived lady. A day or two after
ward the real husband shot the toe
successful mimic six times, an6
killed him instantly. Such is The
American law of the west.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

A st. Louis street-car horse sbo.
out with bis heels, recently, and hit
the driver with one and the casb-box
with the other, and al investigation
showed that he had kicked sc into
the drivers overcoat pocket. such
wonderful sagacity on the part of the
horse caused the discharge of the
driver. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

Mr.. Peter Mccullough, a promi-
nent citizen of Mexico, Mo, is in this
city looking for an investment. He
will take up his permanent abode
here and the Democrat bids him well
come.-Sedalia Democrat.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

Geo. Robertson has received q mar.
bic statute of Wm. Lakeland, o1
Pueblo, Col, as Christmas present
1t is perfect picture of Willie, the
beardless youth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

A great many fathers have ascer-
tanned that the man was right who
said: Learning IS we'll enough, but
it hardly pays to give $500 educa-
ton to S. boy"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

Life is real, life is earnest,
And our legs, though stout and brave,
VIII through space at times be fly ing,
Upward shooting from the pave.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

Christmas poem by our picked
poet: Pater familias, daughter !;
Lamb to the slaughter; sealskin he
bought er; He did what he ought er.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
FOR SALE!

keep for sale, at i.,e MAJ NJ livery
at wholesale or retail, a., a. ny yoIl and
stable. CORN and OAlo. ~ ~
get prices. T.. ta,,,os Mexico.
3i-tf Cenliai ''t"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
Some Hints to Mothers.

When your daughter performs a
task in an ill-fashioned manner al
ways say: ''There! 1 might as we'll
have done it myself in the first
place." and then take the work out
of her hand and do it yourself. This
will encourage the girl not to try to
do the thing next time she is set about
it.
Never permit your son to have any
amusement at home. This will in
duce him to seek it in places where
yon will not be annoyed by his noise.
There is no place like home. I'm
press this truth upon your children
by making home as disagreable and
unlike any other place as possible.
Never neglect the lock on the pan
try. Some boys have probably turned
out tirst-class housebreakers, all on
account Of this ju(licious treatment in
early childhood.
Be gentle and courteous before
company; but if you have temper,
let your children have a taste of it as
often as convenient. A mother should
never practice deception upon her
brood.
Talk shghtingly of your husband
to your boys amt girls. This will
make them respect their father.
Tell your child he shall not do a
thing, and then let him tease you
into giving your consent This will
teach him what to do on subsequent
occasions.
Make promises to your children
and then neglect to keep them. This
will lead your children not to place
too much reliance on your word,
and shield them from many disap-
DOintments.
Tell your children they are the
worst you ever saw, and they will no
doubt endeavor to merit your apprG-
citation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

CIIOICE fresh meats always on on
~ hand. Billie expects TO sen
meat in Mexico always, anu so oherS
none but the best to his customers; ;;
If YOU want tender steak d0h nt la,t
10 trade with thr most reiiap'e 'ae''
merchant in Mexico. 'i-'i
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

New Years Day gentlemen, sur
rounded by his interesting family,
sat down for dinner at Nandalia.
Two fowls constituted the main del
icacles of the repast. Tommy, the
only son and heir, was smart lad.
He sad:
Pap, how many fowls are There
on the table before us?''
"There are two, nv SON.
"Iou are wrong said young
hopeful. "There are three, and
can prove it to YOU
I'D like to see you do it, said
the old man.
"Well," said Tommy, laying his
thick finger on the fowl nearest him,
this is one, ain it?
"Of course" said the old man.
"And this is two, amt it2' said
Tommy, laying his finger on the 9th
er one
"That's two,' said the old mau.
"WelI, two and one are three,
said Tommy, consequently there
are are three fowls on The table be
fore us.'
The old man turned in astonisll,
ment to the old woman.
"Old lady, said he, this hoy is
getting to he terrible smart. As &
reward for his fine logic We will allow
him a whole fowl to himself. You
will take the first one, | will take the
second, and Johnny may have the
third -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05
WAN ed.

r WANT to contract with a soou
L farmer living near Mexico to grow
100 tons of miilet or hungarian lor
n,yt season. Gail and see me.
III ~ l.. II. HIGHTSHOE,
Rock Spring Dairy, Mexico MO-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

Proverbs as They Should I.e.
lis an Ill wind that blows snow
good.
A half loaf is better than whole
loater.
Fast travelling slander is a tell-lic-
gram.
1t is easier to run in debt than to
crawl out again.
Always Judge man by his depth
instead of his length.
No man can afford to put on airs
unless he can raise the wind.
The wheel of fortune runs slow,
because Its felloes are tired.
Bank detanlters should be haunted
by the ghost Of Bank owe.
If the wages of sin is death. how
slow somemcn ale collecting their just
dues.
Few men are aware they possess q
conscience until caught committing a
crime.
A man never swears vengeance on
his ncishbor's dog only when his own
canine cannot lick him.
Many a man owes his success in
life to the Kisses of his enemies, in
stead of the plaudits of his friends.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-01-05

P. S.-Bring your brother.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-02-15

AFTER getting to the top of the poll,
and counting LIB votes; and after expa-
tiating at length upon his love for the Ha-
waiian people, the senior member for Ho-
nolulu. seems somewhat in doubt as to the
stability of his position. A considerable
space, in last weeks Ad0ertiser, is devoted
to enlarging upon the popularity and the
political influence of the aforesaid mem
Der; his praises are sung column after
column, until one is compelled to pause
and think. To wonder whether a gentle
man who possesses all the excellent quail
ties imputed to him, would really require
such a flourish of trumpets, or whether it
is not that the imputed virtues are but
pinchbeck, the popularity an empty bub
bic, which may soon burst, and the flour
ish of trumpets is required to call attention
to what might otherwise be forgotten
The latter seems to be the true solution Of
all this trumpeting.
The p c. 4. also INDUCES in a lit
tie glimpse into the future. Just q lifting
up of the edge of the curtain as it we're,
a very small bit is lifted, but everybody is
to be satisfied with that for the present.
One can only see Just faint reflection of
the brilliant light that IS behind. The
performers names are on the bills, but
nothing is to be known, as yet, as to their
dresses. or their roles. "The people have
chosen-await the action of heir repre-
sentatives are the prophetic words. The
wealth and enterprise of the country had
better attend to its own business, which is
by no means looking after the political
affairs Of the nation Oh, dear no; men
who have improved the lands, brought 4
revenue to the state by developing its re
sources, should have no voice in the Gov
ernment of the country; indeed there
seems to be an awful warning held out to
them Peace or destruction are offered
them; aequiesce in the will Of the peo-
pie. do not even dare to discuss upon these
questions and all will be well. But only
Just venture to breathe that property
holders have a right to ventilate their
opinions, or to mix in any way in public
affairs, and then look out, don't expect to
be spared Visions of chains and racks
and all kinds of torments ought to rise
before the large property holders eyes.
After getting through all the Adrerissr
has to say on the subject, one Is almost
tempted to regard every property holder
as a mild sort of criminal. A being not Ct
bDe peOple, Creature OUTSIDE the pale OF
the law. And the larger his property the
greater his crime. Only in one case, it is
to be surmised, will there be an exception.
And that exception must be the gentle
man, who holds an important enterprise
in the heart of the city" He commits no
crime by entering the arena of politics;
sort of commission direct from on high
absolves him of all sia in this matter.
Well, it remains to be seen whether the
awful threat of the p c. 4. viii have the
effect of closing discussion; the unhappy
property y-holder may wilt, but it is far
more probable he VIII straighten his back,
gird up his loins and insist on having
something to say.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-02-15

The statistics regarding the negro. pub
ished by the Superintendent of the census
of 1850 in the United States, are curious.
1t was believed before and after the civil
war that the negro race, as inferior, could
not thrive beside the white race. The
census returns of the slave States rather
confirmed this opinion. 1t was predicted
that with freedom would come friction
which would impair the vitality of the
negro, and, in the end, he would disappear
from the continent. But these statistics
show that the negroes have increased from
4,4Sl,S30 in the year 1S60, to 6,277, ,497 in
the year 1880. Moreover, it appears that
the white population of the Northern
States has increased 2S.9 per cent during
the last decade, the whites of the Southern
States have increased 80 while the negro
has increased 34S. After estimating the
increase of the Northern whites by immi-
grafton. it seems that the increase of the
white native Americans is only 15.7, while
that of the Southern negroes and whites,
after making the same deduction, is 3O.4.
In other words, the negro not only holds
his own, but at the present rate of increase
In one hundred years will number III ,000,-
600, while the Northern whites would mum
Der only 105,0O0,000. There are of course
many causes which would check this rapid
increase of the negro. But the argument
Is ended which claims that the negro will
not hold his own. It must be considered.
however, that the negro is under peculiar
conditions at the South There is little or
no rubbing, land is abundant and cheap,
and room Is large The negro came out
of slavery with better skill in labor than
the white. He can live where the white
viii starve. His habits of life are mex
pensive. Slavery was not an ''unmitigated
evils" it taught the negro to work, and
with his trained hand he now masters his
old master. These statistics show the
great, serious question before American
statesmen of dealing with the negro. The
great Republican party of the North,
which gave him freedom and expected
loyalty from him, already find him drift
ing away into the Democratic party, and
becoming, as all ignorant men are, dan
gerous political factor.
The comparatively slow increase of the
northern whites brings to the front one of
the important questions involved in all
high civilizations, wherever wealth accu-
mulates and people have leisure, the in
crease Is arrested. In the centuries behind
Us it ended in extinction; what viii be the
result on the American Continent it is idle
to predict.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1882-02-15

TIE FalkiHbaTg has brought the news OF
the conviction Of Guiteau. The case has
occupied about ten weeks, and may be re-
garded as unique in criminal annals.
Never has a criminal been permitted to
play the mountebank, to brow beat and
abuse witnesses, to insult both the bench
and the bar, in the manner this man has
been allowed. 1t seems TO be all over
with him now, however, his posturings
and his ratings have been of no use to
him, and there seems but little doubt, that
about next July, he will pay the legal
penalty of his crime. The error in deal
ing with this man has been decidedly ON
the side of leniency 1t has apparently
been the desire Of the Court to allow him
every chance to establish his defence.
His life for the past twenty years has been
reviewed; the biography of his family
has been gone into, to show that he was
hereditarily predisposed to insanity; his
letters have been put in evidence; num-
bers of people, who have one way or
another had some communication or con
nection with him, have been summoned as
witnesses. If the scenes in Court were
at times very unseemly, the closing one
was at least impressive. Judge Porter's
address was lengthy one. His last words
are well worth repeating. When political
assassination Is so much talked of over
the world, when plots against rulers are
being continually discovered, it is high
time that all countries should unite, and
that the political assassin may find 'no
refuge on the face of the earth"
Judge Cox's final charge 20 the Jury
,,..o,,,,s,l 1;+41o ,,,,,o 4boy ono hp,1Y. l4n
laid down clearly the points to be con
sidered. Dwelling of course, especially
upon that portion of the evidence which
was put forth to establish that the pris-
oner was insane. He pointed out that
whether the prisoner was sane or insane
was a broad question for the jury to settle,
there was debatable border land left be
tween sanity and insanity. The strongest
point made, probably was, that the jury
must bear in mind that the man did not
become irresponsible by the mere fact of
his becoming partially insane" The
charge appears to have been, as far as can
be Judged from the resumes that have
been published in the California papers,
to have been thoroughly fair. The jury
did not take long to make up their minds
upon the matter, half an hour sufficed for
them to deliberate and return a verdict of
guilty. 1t is to be regretted that the YER
dict was received in such an unseemly
manner by the crowd assembled in Court.
That the execution will follow as speed
lily as possible upon the verdict of guilty
must be the desire of every good Ameri
can citizen. There is an effort going to be
made by Scoville to move for a new trial,
but the general opinion in Washington is
that, no new trial will be granted. 1t
would be a terrible blot upon the Justice
of the United States if Guiteau be allowed
to escape from, orslip through, the meshes
of the law, to find his death at the hands
of the mob.