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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
Hardin College.

From Bro. Wheat's "Church and Home,'' Kinks
vile, Mo.
While at Mexico last week it was
our pleasure to visit Hardin College.
We had not seen the new college
building since its completion. 1t
adds very much to the comfort both
Of the faculty and students. Hardin
is now one Of the most inviting fe-
male colleges in the State. We found
Mrs. H. T. Baird, the President,
ready to welcome and show US through
the well furnished rooms. One thing
impressed us as not only just but
right. On approaching the door Of 8
room in which class was reciting the
president, without signal, quietly
opened the door and invited us in.
This gave us a chance to see the prac-
tical working of the school. Such
privileges are not always awarded to
visitors of colleges. We have visited
colleges where notice had to be sent
sc as to get the rooms and classes in
condition to receive visitors. A gen.
uine school, however, during hours o1
recitation, is always in condition to
receive visitors. We are glad to see
the success attending the Iahors Of
worthy persons and none merit sue
cess more than Mrs. Fl. 7. Baird and
her associate teachers in Hardin Col
lepe.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
Ordered It Paid.

A few weeks ago an amusing scene
occurred in Providence bank.
An uncompromising-looking man
walked into the bank and presented .
check at the CASHIERS counter. The
cashier said to him politely as posi-
BILE:
81 don't know you sir. You must
get identified
That's my name thar replied
the stranger, curtly, Jonathan
Windham."
"Yes, but l don't know you."
''No, didn't suppose you did,
young man; / never was introduced
to you. But, if 1 have come from
the country, I hain't goin' to be sass.
ed by any such little fellar as you!''
The cashier, repressing smile,
said gravely: "You must prove your
identity, sir, before I can cash this
check"
"But" (this in tone of triumph) },
sit says payable to my order,' and
I order it paid. You can't get around
that, young man order it paidr'
Just then some one who knew him
came in, and the old farmer departed
with his money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
CITY OFFICERS.
CHURCHES.

NJ. E. CHURCH, SoUTH--Services in the NJ. L.
Church, south, every Sunday at 10 : 80 A. NJ. and
80 P. M. Rev. w. j. Lewis, pastor. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 80. Sunday
School at 9 A. NJ. j. NJ. Marmaduke, Superin-
tendent.
BAPTIST CHURCH--Seryices at Baptist Church
every Sunday morning and evening. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening. Rev. j. C.
Armstrong, Pastor. Sunday School at A. NJ.
James Carroll, Superintendent.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH--ServIces at Presby-
terian Church on Promenade street, by Rev. DR..
Stoddert every Sunday, at 10 80, A. NJ, and 80
P. NJ. Lecture and prayer meeting every Wednes-
day evening. Sunday School at A. n. j. &.
Trimble, Superintendent.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH--Seryiees at the Christian
Church every Lords day at 10 80 A. M. and Z 80
p. N. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
so. Sunday School at 8 30 A N. B. L. Locke,
Superintendent, B. f. Dobyns, Secretary.
OLD-ScHooL BAPTIST CHURcH--Services at the
Old-Sehool Baptist Church every fourth Sunday
in each month. Elder j. E. Lee, Pastor.
LIBERTY STREET NJ. E. .CHURcH--Servicesa at the
Liberty Street Methodist Episcopal Church every
Sabbath morning and evening. Rev. j. Wayman,
pastor. Prayer meeting every Wednesday even
ing. sabbath School A. NJ. j. Wright, Super
Intendent.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH---Serrices in Episcopal
Church on lst and Sd Sundays in each month at
IL A. M. and 80 p. N. Rev. Peter Wager Rector.
CATHOLIC CHuRcH--Services at the Catholic
Church every Sunday. Father Dempsey Pastor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
Mississippi 'Skeeters.

"Now sir, answer ne tfutlfally.
Do you believe that six of your big
gest mosquitoes could kill a mule if
he was tied up out here p
He looked at ME in amazement for
a minute and then went TO the door
and beckoned in the man sitting on q
box and watching the horses. When
the man came in the native said:
"William, yon remember that sir
roam mule O. yours?"
81 reckon
SIN perfect health, wasn't he?"
''IIe was.'' '-=
"Could run like deer md kick
like saw-log?"
|. ''He could"
"And he was all alone in a teH-acre
lot, William -
t'He was
"And two of them mud-swamp
! 'skeeters got arter him one morning
and run HIM down and killed him,
and devoured both hams and sucked
every drop of blood in his body Z
William, speak up!''
"Stranger, if they didn't then /
hope to be chawcd to rags!' said
| William. and he said it exactly like n
man who wouldn't have allowed there
were two 'skeeters if he hadn't been
earnestly convinced Of the fact. He
walked out doors, and deep silence
fell upon US two, broken only after a
long interval by the native saying
"I've allus kinder suspected that
them two 'skeeters had assistance
from a hoss-fy, but / can't prove it.
I kinder think the hoss-fy held him
down till the murder was eommittei!"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
Cromwell and the Boy.


There is no doubt but that Oliver
Cromwell, the Protector, resided for
time in Glasgow, about 1868. He
had his dwelling in "Silvercraigs
street," ON the east side Of the Salt
market, opposite the Bridgegate. A
number of strange stories fingered in
the last century and the beginning of
the present, as to the sayings and do
ings of Oliver. 1t was said that he
was in frequent communication with
one of the city clergymen, and had
many tough argument as to the re-
speetive advantages and merits of
Presbyterianism contrasted with indie
pendency, or, as they were at the time
called, Separate Sectaries. The cler-
gyman who had the fortitude to meet
the Protector in dispute was said to
be Mr.. Patrick Gillespie, then minis
ter of the Outer High Kirk. The
Protector maintained that under the
system then prevailing In Scotland the
lower classes were left ignorant Of
Scripture truth. To test the accura.
cy of this, one day the Protector and
his ministerial friend took their posi-
ton in the Old Saracen Inn, at the
east of the Gallowgate. 1t was
agreed that one of the many lads who
drove little carts laden with Goals for
the supply of the citizens from the
coal-felds of Monklands should be
called in unprepared, and that the
Protector should put any question to
the carter lad from the Scriptures.
The lad was brought in, and the ques-
ton put was: "Tell me who was the
father of Adam % Promptly the car
ter referred to the third chapter OF
Luke's Gospel, and, beginning at the
twenty-third verse, he proceeded
"From the son of Joseph, which was
the son of Heli," up each successive
link until he reached the climax al
the thirty-elghth verse, "which was
the son of Enos, which was the sor
of Seth, which was the son of Adam,
which was the Son Of God" Oliver
was struck at the accurate memory OF
the lad, and rewarding him with s
golden piece, was begged to become
in his turn the interrogation, and ask
ed 3: "Since I have thus answered
your questions, would you be pleased
to answer mine. 1t is one not so an.
cient; it is only, tell me who was my
father 90 The Protector was some.
what overcome with ire, which wa:
still intensified when on inquiry a
mine host at the Saracen's Head HI
was informed that the carter was .
founding from the Monklands, ant
that his parentage was hid under :
veil of impenetrable obscurity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

Two months ago Pole in Schuyl-
kill county, Pennsylvania, opened a
saloon, and proposed to run it on the
credit system. He Was patronized by
his eountrymen, and being unable to
read or write English, he requested
the English-speaking frequenters to
charge themselves with the amounts
they were indebted. One day last
week he started out to collect his
bills, and ssme of the most prominent
business men in town were startled
by the presentation of bills for drinks
received at "Polish Jake's." A
glance at the book showed "Henry
Ward Beeeher" indebted for $42
"John B. Cough" for $35 /; "Ros.
coe Conkling," for $37 "Freddy
Gebhardt," s17; "Mrs. Langtry,''
$50, and "Mace and Slade" charged
with bill Of $40. The sheriff ha'
closed out the saloon. The losses
are 500. Warrsnts are out for th'
arrest Of q number Of young mel
who are charged with being inplica
ted in the affair.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
The Solid Content a Farmer Has.

Farming Is slow way to make money,
but then there is law of compensation
about everything in this life, and farm
ing has its blessings that other pursuits
do not have. The farmer belongs to no.
body. He is the freest man upon earth
and the most independent. He has more
latitude and longitude. He has house
In the country with plenty of pure air and
good water. If he makes but little IN the
field, he has no occasion to spend but lit
tie. He can raise his own hogs and
sheep, and cattle and chickens. His wood
back-logs and blazing fires in open fire
places all winter long is something city
people long for, but cannot afford. My
own farm cost me $1,000. l have leo
it yields me on an average about five dol
lars an acre over all expenses. Say nine
per cent, upon the Investment. Well,
that is mighty little, considering my own
labor and supervision. I've seen the
time when I made five times as much
without any capital except my head. But
then we have to keep pair of horses to
ride around and they have to be fed from
| the farm.
There are leaks all around, but still We
are happier on the farm than We were in
the town, and feel more secure from the
ills of life. We fear no pestilence or dis
ease, no burglars or thieves. We lock
no doors, and Mrs. Arp has quit looking
under the bed for man. / love TO hear
the churn dasher splashing in the butter
milk. love to hear the roosters crow
and the peacock holler, and see the mar
tins sailing round the martin gourds. l
love to hear a neighbor stop and chat
about the growing crops. love to take
the children with me TO the watermill
and fish below the dam amid the roar Of
falling waters, or paddle around the
pond in an old leaky bateau. / love to
wonder through the woods and glades,
and wear old clothes that can't get no
older or dirticr, and get caught in show
er of rain If want to. Old man Horace
remarked about 2, 900 years ago that the
town WAS tile best place for a rich man to
live in, and the country was the best
place for poor man to die in, and inas-
much as riches were uncertain and death
was sure. it becomes prudent man to
move to the country as soon as he can get
there. Farmers have their ups and
downs, of course, but they don't collapse
and burst up like tradesmen. They don't
go down under panic.--[ Bill Arp In At
llanta Constitution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

A; o. U. W; meets every Tuesday evening at
W.; j. J. Winscott, 6. F.; r. n. Armstrong, O. );
D. T. Gentry, R.; T. W. Harding, Receiveri s.
L. Mexican, F, s.
Crusade Commandery-S. S. Craig, Eminent
Commander, meets third Tuesday evening OF
each month, at Z :3oP. N.
Mexico Lodge No 90, A. F. and AN. 1st Fri
day night in each month at p. M. q. M. Marin
aduke, w. NJ; L. II. Hightshoe, 5: ~; j. f.
Llewellyn, J. W.; james Carroll, Secretary; e
j. Gibbs, Treasurer; j. BassforH, s. M; j.
f. Gillian, j D.; James Clacher, Tyler
Mexico Chapter No. q. Royal Arch, meets the
End Friday in each month. s. NJ. Edwards, H.
p, j. d. Marmasiake, Secretary.
Hebron Lode No. 354, A. F. and A. NJ. regular
communications 1st Tuesday in every month at
Z: 30 P. N. j. NJ. Riley. w. NJ,
10. o. F-Mexico Lodge No. % meets every
Thursday evening at their hall in P. NJ. Morris
building. j. N. Riley, N. G.
kudrain County Medical Society meets every
Friday evening at O'Clock. DIR. I. A. Keeton,
President; DR.. w. w. Rodman, Secretary.
Salt River Lodge, No. 1886, knights of Honor,
meets 1st and 80 Thursday evenings at Ken.
mans Hall. j. Med. Trimble, Dictator; T. "
Harding, Reporter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
Superior IN Exery Respect.

The celebrated German Pulmonic Elixir,
commonly called German Elixir, but re-
Gently introduced on the American eonti-
nent, has no equal in the world for the
cure Of all Throat and Lung diseases, Ca
tarrh, Consumption, Bleeding Of the
Lungs, etc. 1t is rich in the medicinal
properties of tea, wild cherry, honey,
horehound. etc. Go TO your druggist,
Mr.. Llewellyn, and get bottle; he will
present you with one dollar and sixty-flve
cents worth Of choice music, arranged
for piano or cabinet organ. The medicine
was first introduced on the Pacific Coast,
and is now sold everywhere. Be sure
you get only German Elixir, as there are
other medicines with the word German
attached to them. The genuine bears the
Prussian coat of arms and the signature
of DR.. Charming White on the wrapper,
the name blown iu every 75 cent bottle.
Samples 2s cents each.
no q cow iyr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
The Many Things Into Which Paper
is Made.

From the New York Sun.
A tall man, with sharp features and
a thoughtful air, sat in small study,
and gazed gravely at brown object
that lay at his feet.
SIT is paper railroad cross tie,"
he said.
The reporter raised it with some
difficulty. 1t was of very close fibre,
and so highly polished that it resem-
bles rosewood. Its inventor tapped
it with his nail, and said:
"It dosen't look much like paper,
does it,"
''It seems more like iron. Is it
possible that it is made of paper?''
"Oh, yes; almost anything can now
be made of paper. A paper ball can
be rendered so solid that nothing will
indent it but a diamond tool. Car
wheels are now made of paper. Its
strength is astonishing. You can
suspend 339 pounds from Bank of
England note and it will not part.
Bath tubs, pots, plates, knives, forks,
cooking stoves, printing presses,
steam engines and chimneys are
made of paper nowadays, and there is
absolutely no limit to the uses to
which it may be putt
''Have paper cross ties ever been
used!"
'Not yet. The cross tie is my
invention"
elbow did you happen to think Of
lit?"
"Well, didn't happen to think Of
it, exactly. 1 started out deliberate
ly to invent a substitute for the wood
en- cross tie or sleeper, and 1 KEEP
steadily at it until I was successful
l thought of paper. There are scores
of mills in the country where paper
straw, prairie grass, and other fibrou'
substances are converted into straw
boards. The process is simple. Th'
straw is reduced to pulp and rul
out into boards. These straw board
are sold all over the country as sub
stitutes for wood. My invention uti
Lies straw board. The cross tie il
constructed of sheets or layers of pa
per or straw board, laid one upol
another, cemented and compressed
into moulds. 1t makes perfec
cross tie. 1t is practically water ant
fire proof, as it IS manufactured un
der 500 degrees of heat. Atmos
Ipheric changes have no effect on it
1t can be made as cheap as wood a
the present time, and will last a
least twenty-five years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
A Story Of Bennett.
From a New York Paper.

One New Years day Bennett arri-
we'd at the Union club towards night,
having made many calls. He sat
down in chair, and, observing that
some members Of the club were pre-
senting Peter, the venerable porter Of
the club, with s. bills IS New Years
presents, he called him over, and
fishing down into one of his pockets
brought up a bill. -
"Peter, my FRIEND" he said, with
out looking at the bill, '.take that. "
"Thank you, sir" said Peter, his
eyes glistening at the sight of a $40
bill.
Bennett gazed at him for a second,
and said sleepily, 'Wait, Peter" and
diving down in another pocket
brought up another bill. "Tske that,
Peter"
This performance went on for fully
five minutes. Every time that the
astonished Peter attempted to retire
he was called back, and the presents
ton Of every kind Of bill, from 81
to $50, went on, to the amusement OF
the spectators. When no more bills
came forth Bennett stopped and went
away.
Peter asked some of the members
what he had best do with bis hatful OF
money. He was advised to ask Mr..
Bennett the next time he came wheth-
er he had not given him by mistake
more than he had intended. So the
next day when Bennett appeared Pc
ter said TO him:
"Mr. Bennett, / think you gave me
more Of a New Years present than
you intended last night. -
Bennett looked at him for a few
seconds, not having the glimmer Of
an idea of how much he had given, Oh
whether he had given anything at all
''How much did give you, Peter?''
Eight hundred dollars, SIR"
The position was a delicate one
but not so much so to man with ar
income of million year as to al
ordinary mortal. "That was tn,
amount I intended for you, Peter
said Bennett, without a sign Of an
| lnOVance
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

Says the New York Herald: The
people of Massachusetts, elected Gen.
Butler their Governor, and that would
seem to be sufficient to entitle him to
respectful treatment from all the 9th
er dignitaries of the State. Judge
Hoar, it is said, is 80 embittered that
he threatens to 60 to Europe rather
than remain in Boston if the Cover
nor receives his degree. Well, Sena-
tor Hoar said he would leave the state
if Gen. Butler was elected governor.
Would Massachusetts, really suffer
an irreparable loss If both of them
should now emigrate ? Boston re-
ports say, by the way, that there is a
division of opinion ON the great ques-
ton in the Harvard board of over
seers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
POST OFFICE,
JOHN SAUNDERS. .Postmaste
DAILY MAILS.

JOHN SAISUEhS.- .fOstlnaeteT.
DAILY NAILS.
st. Louis mail arrives at Q: 10 p. m. and 2 25
q. m. (night.i
st. Louis mail closes II m. and p. m.
Chicago mail arrives at 3 80 a. m.
Ghicego mail closes IL and p. IN.
kansas City mail (by c. & A. K. R.) arrives al
i2 /: 35 p. m. closes 8 :1ep. m.
st. Louis and Chicago mail (via C. & A. R. r.
arrives at 3 80 g. M, closes IL 20 p. m.
jefferson City mali arrives at u 80 p.m
Jefferson City mail closes 8: Top. m.
Western mail arrives at IA p. m.
Western mail closes at D. m.
West Hartford and Perry mails arrive at 1 80
Q. m Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Close
al g. m. same days.
Santa Fe mail arrives at IL m. Tuesdays and
fridays1dsparts 20 p. m. same days.
foungs Greek and Long Branch mails arrive
at II m. tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Close az IL 20 P. m. same days.
Modoe and founger's mail arrives at IL o. m.
osaufuays. Closes nj p. m. same day.
GO. Loss Onee opens az . m; closes at Z ,. m.
open Sundays from to p m.
.,~ Money orders on all. Important points IN
sne unitee states, England and Ireland.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

Since the large capitalists came into
the business Of cattle raising in Tex
as, great bodies of land have been
bought up for ranges, and soon desir-
able free pastures will be thing of
the past. Having the money to fence
as we'll as buy the land, most OF the
large ranges are being enclosed with
wire. More than 500, ,000, 900 would
be required to purchase the cattle now
roaming over the State. Half OF this
value, according to the best testimony,
is the increase of cattle within two
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

Puck wants us TO believe that an Ohio
mule has been born with an artificial set
of teeth and four shoes on; that in the
stomach of q dead Texas ostrich was
found a napkin neatly rolled in napkin
ring, though the ostrich swallowed them
separately, and that man at Oshkosh,
having come back from Q twenty years
wandering, found not only the S5 gold
piece he hid under the wall, but three
other gold dollars which constituted the
compound interest at six per cent. Some
of these stories are too probable not t
be true; but others need investigation
before accepting them without qualifica'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
County and City Directory
COUNTY DIRECTORY

- Times of Holding Courts.
AuDRAIS CIRCUIT COURT.
Regular Terms---Fourth Monday in January
first Monday in June, and first Monday in
october.
PROBATE COURT.
Regular Terms--Second Monday in March May,
September, and January.
COUNTY COURT.
Regular Terms--First Monday in May, August,
November and February.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07
Eggs.

Wanted-all the eggs in the coun-
try. Highest market price paid in
cash or trade. Also spring chickens.
Buckley & MOORE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

4a 49,. ForDyspepsia,
Costive ness,
A4AA4AAAsGA Sick Headache,
Chronic Diar-
~4 rhoea, Jaundice,
~ Impurity Of the
MA Blood, Fever ana
E3s5yE1Ii and an diseases
-- caused by De-
rangement Of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys.
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath: Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-ha mistaken for
Rheumatism: general loss Of appetite: Bowels
generally ccsuve, sometimes alternating with lax:
the head is troubled with pain, is duh and heavy,
with considerable loss Of memory, accompanied
with painstd sensation OF leaving unone something
which ought to have been done: slight, dry cough
and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often
mistaken Tor consumption: the patient complains
of weariness and debility: nervous easily startled
feet cold or burning, sometimes p-iSkly sensation
OF the skin exists; spirits low and de<porcnt.
and although satisfied that exercise would be bene-
feial, yet one can hardly summon up forfisade TO
h-in fact, distrusts every remedy Several
of the above symptoms attend the disease bun cases
have occurred when but few of them existed, ye,
examination after death has shown the Liver TO
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all persons, old and
young, whenever any Of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Travelling or Living In On.
healthy Localities, by taking dose occasion
ally keep the Liver in healthy eetion viii avoid
al Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizzihss=, Maui
viii invigorafe like glass of wine, but Ii no in
toxtcattng beverage.
II You have eaten anything hard Of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or Sleep
less at night take dose and you viii be relieved.
Time and Doctors Bins win be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
In the Houses
For, whatever the ailment may be, 4 thoroughly
safe purgative, Alternative and tonic can
never be cut OF place. The remedy Is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
1T Is PURELY VEGETABLE.
And has all the power and efficacy Of Ca,omei or
Quinine, without any Of the injurious after effects.
A Governors Testimony.
simmons Liver Regulator has been In use in my
family for some time, and ! am satisfied it is
valuable addition to the medical science.
j. GILL SHORTER, Governor Of Ala.
Hon. Alexander HI. Stephens, of Ga,
says: Have derived some benefit from the use of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give il
further trial.
"The only Thing that never fails to
- nave dsc4 fctlC0lcS toE ittS-
Pepsa, Liver Affection and Debility. but never
have found anything to benefit 10 the extent
Simmons Liver Regulator has. ] sent from Min
nesoa to Georgia for II, and would send further for
such medicine, and would advise ali who are sim
ilariy affected to give il trial as il seems the only
thing that never fails to relieve az
p. NJ. JANSEr, Minneapolis, Mimi
DIR. T. w. Mason SAYS: From actual ex-
perenee in the use of Simmons Liver Ree..latur in
my practice l have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe il as purgative medicine.
Da Take only the Genuine, which always
has on the Wrapper the red Trademark
and Signature of j. III. ZEILIN A co.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

Prostration from heat can be pre-
vented by taking Leis' Dandeiion
Tonic regularly in small doses. 4 II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

Do you wish pure cider vinegar
Then go to Frost's, next door to post
of3,ce. 6 6w
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

II you want to borrow money call
on Hayden & Gregg. II
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-07

Dwarf and pole and seed beans at
r. G. PauPs. 4w