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Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
Sage Advice to . Michigan windmIIl
From the Detroit Free pres..

From the Detroit Free Press.
A Michigan man who has a patent
windmill went down to Tennessee last
fall to see what he could do among
the farmers of that State. Reaching
town in the central part of the State
he went to dealer In agricultural
implements, and stated his desire te
erect his machine and call attention
to it.
swell, it can be done, guess, -
was the reply.
'But how had best proceed?"
"Well, you kin put her up over or
the hill thar. I don't know who own.
the ground, but if you treat the crowd
guess no one will object"
"Very WE'LL"
Next Tuesday is market day, ant
there'll be heaps Of folks in town
You want to be around early and trea
the crowd"
"Yes.'
''Set the old thing going and ash
the boys over to drink something
"Just so."
"You waEt to stand on bar'l anG
make some explanations, Of course
for it will be new to most of 'em. But
don't talk too long. Make it about
ten minutes, and then treat tht
crowd"
"Yes.'
ST you have to talk any more, tel
them there is another drink ahead
81 see.''
'1f the old man Jones comes il
with his boys there'll be row in tn
crowd. They shoot on sight. Keel
your eye peeled, and if you see an,
signs of row, ask the whole crowt
out to drink
eyes, but
"Look out for dog fights. If ON
takes place you can't hold the boys
minute. Keep your eye on the can
ines. If you see yaller purp begil
to bristle up, ask the crowd to ste]
up and moisten.
"Yes. but by that time the Who'll
crowd will be drunk" protested th
agent.
"Sartin it will, and that's what 70
want, of.course. That will give 70
a chance to skip out and take you
, life along with you, and if you max
!, a stop anywhere within hundre
miles I'llsend the windmill by freight
provided there's anything left to send
) Nothing like knowing how to hand
i, Ia Tennessee crowd, my friend. Di
, lyou ask me out to take suthin' ?''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22

Some papers are not much account
as to appearance, but ! never took
one that did not pay me, in some way,
more than paid for it. One time an
old friend started little paper away
down in southwestern Georgia and
sent me copy, and subscribed just
to encourage him, and after while
it published notice that an adminis-
TRAITOR had an order to sell several lots
at public outcry, and one of the lots
was in my country. So / inquired
about the lot, and wrote to my friend
to attend the sale and run it up to
fifty dollars. He did so, and bid me
off the lot for $50, and / sold it. in
a month, to man it joined for sl0o,
and so | made s6S clear by taking
that paper. My father told me that
when he was a young man he saw a
notice in a paper that school teacher
was wanted away off in distant
county, and he went there and got
the situation, and little girl was sent
to him, and after while she grew up
mighty sweet and pretty, and he fell
i'm love with her and married her
now, if he hadn't taken that paper,
what do you reckon would have be-
come of me? Wouldn't have been
some other fellow, or may he not
at all!-Lowell Courier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
A Friend. Indeed,

Two old college chums met at Aus
tin, Texas, after a separation of five
years. Il am a reporter ON the Tel
egraph," said one. The other replied:
sCome to my hotel in the morning
and you'll get a first-rate tragedy to
write up. You will know so much
about the chief actor that you viii be
able to mske interesting reading OF
It," The reporter kept the appoint
ment. though regarding the promise
Of demand upon his professional
service as joke; but he found his
old acquaintance dead by snicide.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
First National Bank Of Mexico
ADVERTISEMENT.

TREAsURY DEPARTMENT.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. :
WASHINGTON, February l3, 1888.
VIYHEREAS. by satisfactory evidence pre-
-" seuted 10 the undersigned. il has been
made to appear that THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF MEXICO, IN the city OF Mexico. III
/ the county of Audrain. and State OF missouri
has com Piled with all the provisions OF the Re
yised Statutes of the United States required 60
he eompiietf with before an association shall be
J authorized TO commence the business OF bank
| ing. .,,.,,,.-,,
Now Therefore. l. John Jay knox. Com ptroii-
! er nt the Currency, do hereby certify that IHE
| FIRST. NATIONAL BANK OF MEXICO, IN
| the city OF Mexico in the county OF Audrafn and
| the business of Rapk,ng as provided IN section
| nifty -oue hundred and asxtS-nne OF the Revised
| Statutes oil the United States.
| In testimony whereof. witness my
ISEAL.l hand and sea- of office, Tins isth day OF
4 February, 1Ss3.
! JN0. JAY kN0X.
f5rN Comptroller OF the Currency
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
He Was the Fellow.

A good thing is related as having
occurred in a barber-shop in Fulton
last week, on the occasion of too
too wedding:
"Well," said the barber to the usual
crowd of ioungers about such place,
81 guess the monkey show will come
off this evening"
"What kind of show is that?" in
quired stranger in the chair.
"Oh, there is to be a wedding in
town." replied the barber.
"Who is to be married?"
"Well, some travelling man out
west is going to marry Mrs. Blank
daughter. They would have beer
married year ago, if it had not beer
for the old woman
'What was wrong with herr"
"Oh, she's regular old tom-ca
with goggles on. She's too pious t.
blow her nose, and the fellow is al
infldel."
"And how have they fixed it, tha
| the marriage is to take place now"
"Well, he's worth about fort
thousand dollars, and she hadn'
enough religion to buck against that
But it's lucky for him that he lives
good way from the old woman
The stranger was shaved, and o
the barber was brushing his coat. b
inquired:
"Do you live in this neighborhoot
sir?"
"No," replied the stranger; 'sI'l
from the west. I'm the fellow th:
is to be married this evening"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
Tn the first clad f,usb of youth and

In the first glad flush Of youth and
hope there is a vail of sadness in the
word, goodbye. As we grow older
and learn the understone of pain that
swells through life's deep anthem
as broken ties, withered hopes and
severed friendships scatter our on
ward way, the word becomes sadly
familiar to us of mature years, but
to youth it is like the curfew note at
close of day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
A RICHMOND ROMANCE.
How o Drove Of Mules Brought About
. wedding.

A little circumstance happened
here last fall that bore great issue,
writes correspondent from Rich
mond, Va. A trife as light a. air,
yet it made man and woman meet
that but fer this episode would never
have known each other. AS it is So
ciety talk, of course every one knows
it, and l will narrate it just to show
what inconsiderate events, which
some call chances and others fate,
shape our lives.
A large drove Of mules just after
dark were taken from the cars of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad and
corralled, but something stampeded
them, and they dashed up the street,
half hundred or so; with all the clat-
tering and fire OF a squadron of cav
airy at full charge. Pedestrians
hugged the sidewalk or hurried into
the nearest open door and then looked
pantingly at the dim rushing mass.
Now it happened that young lady
from Boston, Mass, who was on a
visit here, was coming from friend s
house, and just as she was crossing
the street the head of the column
came toward her with the velocity Of
an express train on down grade. 1t
was so sudden that her presence OF
mind failed her, and she stood direct
ly IN the pathway of the advancing
drove. A thrilling tableau it must
have been. She clasped her hands
and the light of the lamps showed
her dilated eyes and rigid figure. A
dreadful death seemed inevitable
when gentleman passing by, with
a yalise in his hand, saw her. Like
a fash he was by her side, and,
swinging her with a rapid motion tS
him, he carried her to the sidewalk
just as the laundering mass passed
by in the darkness.
The danger was over, but she wat
too unnerved to continue her way. HI
offered his arm, and together they
proceeded to her house. She thanked
her deliverer. He presented his cart
MFR. Louis Shearer, West Point
Miss. He had just arrived on th'
Chesapeake and Chic railroad, ant
was on his way to the Southern trail
when the vision met his eye. II
asked her name. Miss Alice Beau
champ, she answered. Mr.. Sheare
did not go on his Southern trip tha
night, nor the next; and so-and s
well, the same old old story. Whe
the roses bloom in bleak New Eng
land then will be heard the sound Q
bells, and the Northern pine entwine
with the Southern palmetto will ador
the altar.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22

SYMPTOMS OE A DISEASED LIVER.

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-bl mistaken tor
Rheumatism general loss Of appetite; Bowels
generally cosnve, sometimes alternating with lax:
the head is troubled with pain. is dull and heavy,
with considerable loss of memory. accompanied
with painful sensation Of leaving uudonc something
which ought to have been done: slight, dry cough
and flushed face is sometimes attendant, often
mistaken for consumption: the patient complains
OF weariness and debility: nervous, easily startled:
teet cold or burning sometimes prickly sensation
Of the skin exists spirits are low and despondsnt,
and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene-
fetal, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude TO
try it--in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several
Of the above symptoms attend the disease bu, cases
examination after death has shown the Liver to
have been extensively deranged.
1t should be used by all persons. old and
young, whenever any of the above
symptoms appear.
Persons Travelling or Living In Un-
healthy Localities, by taking dose OCCASION
an Malaria, Bilious attacks, DARKNESS, Nau-
sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc Il
viii invgorate like glass Of wine, but is no in
toxicating beverage.
If You have eaten anything hard Of
digestion, or feel heavy after meals. or sleep
less at night. take dose and you will be relieved
Time and Doctors Bills will be saved
by always keeping the Regulator
in the House!
For, whatever the ailnent may be, thoroughly
never be out of place. The remedy is harmless
and does not interfere with business or
pleasure.
IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE,
Ana has all the power and efficacy of Caomel or
Qunne, without any OF the injurious after effects.
A Governors Testimony.
Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my
family for some time, and ! satisfied il is q
valuable addition to the medical science.
j. GILL SHORTER, Governor of Ala.
says: Have derived some benefit from the use Of
Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give il a
further trial.
"The only Thing that never fails to
Relieye."-I have used many remedies for Dys-
pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility but never
have found anything to benefit me to the extent
Simmons Liver Regulator has ! sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for it, and would send further for
such medicine, and would advise all who are sim
Harry affected to give it trial it the only
thing that never fails to relieve.
P NJ. JANNEY, Minneapolis, Minn.
DR.. 7. w. Mason says: From actual ex-
Perlenoe in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in
my practice have been and am satisfied to use
and prescribe it as purgatve medicine
Rss@ Take only the Genuine. which always
has on the Wrapper the red z Trade-Mark
and Signature of j. H. ZEILIN n co.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
The Bucket Shop.

A supplemented peasant who had
heard great deal about bucket shops
entered one of them one day and
asked:
"What will it cost me to get 9
bucket!''
"Five dollars is our lowest figure, -
was the reply.
The peasant handed over his cash
and was told to watch the ticker and
the man who chalked on the black
board. He watched until weary Of
the occupation, and then said:
II guess I'll take my bucket and
jog along home, as it is about time te
feed the pigs
"Why, sir" replied the owner Of
the cooper shop, "the bottom dropped
out Of your bucket half an hour ago.
s'Then 1 will take the hoops home
to show my wife that 1 speculatet
and lost
s'Base ingrate!" shouted the pro
prietor, sis it not enough that yo,
have not had your pockets picked ant
head mashed with club! After bay
ing put us to the trouble of taking
your money you would now squeal
Go hencei Come here no more
Come here no more! Hereafter ge
yourself robbed ON the highway o
buy mining stocks!"
! 500 reward win be paid to an,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
A Live Village.

Below will be found statement of
grain shipped fromFarber to the points
named for the months ettSovember,
December and 1anus> This does
not include stask or merchandise,
and you must take in consideration
the size Of the town, which has only
$50 inhabitants and four stores:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
County and City Directory
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Times of Holding Courts.
AuDRAIN CIRCUIT COURT.
Regular Terms---FOurth Monday in January
first Monday in June, and first Monday In
October.
Regular Terms--second Monday in March. May
September, and xnuary.
COUNTY COURT.
Regular Terms--First Monday in May, August,
November and February.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
81 'Sidered In"

A few nights ago lot of negroes
were congregated in a den, playing
draw poker. Four men were hand
ling the cards. while the fifth was
seated behind one of the players,
watching the game. The one who
sat nearest the outsider was winning
all the money in ways much more
success full than honest. He resorted
to dealing from the bottom, playing
six, seven and even eight cards, cold
decking and other well known, but
questionable, means of getting the
pot.
The coon not in the game got un-
easy and was bound to have some of
that lucre or make trouble. To that
end and to be understood by the
swindling G gambler, he began to sing
II STAN in or bust dis game"
II stan in or bust dis game.
II STAN in or bust dis game
OF course the one the song was in
tended for understood what it meant,
while the other sable coons were ir
blissful ignorance of what it was in
tended for.
The one who was winning ther
sang:
"No use singin' dat song,
Slider yerself in from dis time on. ,
"No use singin' dat song,
slider yerself in from dis time on.
tNo use singin' dat song,
Slider yerself in from dis time on.
The game finally broke, and tn
ones g 'sidered i'm went away an
divided.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
STATE OFFICIALS.

Governor--f. T. Crittenden ......Salary, S.. .O0O
Lieut.. Cow Robert A. Campbell.... S. per day.
Secretary of State--M. X McCirath. 600
Attorney 6eneral--Daniel III. Mcintyre. s. ,Oco
Auditor--John Walker. S3, 900
Treasurer-Phil. Z. Chappel. s., ,000
Register OF Iands--Robert McCullOch. 81, 600
Supt. PUBLIC Instruction--W. E. Coleman. 50 %
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22

Saturday the 18th was st. Patrick's
Day in the morning. This day is
celebrated by the Irish people in hon.
or Of st. Patrick, who lived several
hundred years ago. He was horn
about the year 387; as to his place of
nativity, historians differs, but it was
probably Bonavem Tabernie. Pat
nck's original name is said to have
been Succat Patricius, being the Ro-
man appellative by which he was
known. When he was sixteen years
old while On his fathers farm, he was
seized by band Of pirates and car
ried to Ireland and sold to a petty
chief with whom be remained six or
eight years, when he escaped and
went to France and became q Monk,
first q. Toors and in the Monastry of
Lerius. In 481 he went to Rome and
was sent by Pope Celestine as mis-
sionary to Ireland. He visited a
large portion of the kingdom, and
baptized, according to ancient his
tory, $4,000 persons, established 365
churches, ordained large number of
priests and blessed numberous monks
and nuns. He died at place called
Saul, near Downpatrick. The date
Of his death and his age is disputed
by historians. He probably died in
the year 493, which would have male
him l26 years old at the time of his
death,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
An Eflcient Fire Department.

Louisiana is patterning after Mexico
in its fire department. They have a.
fire engine, and horses, but the team
is used to haul stuff around town.
The other day there was fire at
Louisiana, and after the building had
burned down some one happened to
think of the fire engine, and COM
mittee went to see about it. They
found the engine at the house. The
paint was all on it, and there was
hose, though the hose was busted in
many places and eaten by tramps,
and the fiues and things inside the
engine were burned out, and the
pump was out of order. They
couldn't find the city team that usu-
ally hauls the engine, on the Fourth
of July and parade days, but long in
the afternoon the team came into
town hauling a road roller which it
had been using out in the country. 1t
was said that the driver heard about
the fire through a tramp that passed
along on the way to Bowling Green,
and as soon as he got his job of roll
ing done he came right into town.
He brought the roller, believing that
in certain stages of q fire road roller
is better than steamer, especially if
the steamer won't steam or squirt.
The city will tender the department
a vote Of thanks for its efficiency, and
the driver will goto hauling slabs, and
one Of these days fire will break cut
there and burn up the engine, and
half the town, and the people viii
take to the woods and be picking
pieces of burnt shingle out of their
hair, and swearing because the fire
team was down towards Clarksville
helping move house. Always lock
the barn after the incendiary has sad
died the horse and drove away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
labitants and four stores !:
ess,es4 s.

21I l36,56I Vsb,Ugs o.
The above grain brought 3s cents
per hnshel. THIS IS a fine showing
for the little town Of Farbcr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
sesame to Yea and All Your Family. >

"Same to Ysu and All Your Family. .
Some years ago there lived in the
"Old North State" two men who had
been great friends, but who had .:fell
out" and refused to speak to eacl,
other. One day they met by chance
in Raleigh. the county town, and
Sheriff H., mutual friend prevailed
on them to ''make friends" and shake
hands. After this, all hands repair
ed to the nearest saloon to drown all
recollections of the unpleasant affair,
and, just as the glasses we're raised,
Sheriff H., who was a man of stento-
rian lungs, stormed into the ear of
farmer L. Zone of the rscpnciled, and
who was deaf as post), "Hold on,
Mr.. Lilly-Mr. Penny (the other rec
onciled) is going to drink toast"
The glasses we're held in position
to be tipped at the proper moment,
when Mr.. Penny, thinking to have
some sport at the expense Of his deaf
neighbor, said: "Here's wishing you
were in hell, you id old scoundrel. !"
Old man Lilly was not to be out
done in politeness, and though he had
not heard single word uttered, he
replied at once: "The same to you,
Mr.. Penny, and all your family
This created such q laugh among
the by-standers that explanations had
to be made to old man Lilly, and in
stead Of the breach being closed be-
tween the two, it was made wider.
But 'the same to you, and ali your
family" is still a well-known reply in
that locality.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
The Bells.


to twenty-four. It desires the nauti-
cal plan Of "bells'' adopted on shore.
Perhaps there are people who do not
understand the way time is kept on
board ships, as there are many in the
city and country, who like Sir j.
Porter, must admit that partnership
is the only kind of ship that they have
ever seen. Each series of eight bells
covers four hours, and six series ex-
tend over the entire day of twenty
four hours. Eight bells are struck
at midnight, at noon, and at 4o'clock
and 8 O'Clock Of both forenoon and
afternoon. One bell signifies a half.
hour later than one or the other OF
these hours two bells an hour later
three bells an hour and a half later,
and so on. For an example Of how
this method works-you hear foul
bells. You know it is either 26 ,ion1(
O'Clock, Of either ante or post merid
ian. Unless you have been in thor
oughly comatose state and have los
all notion of the lapse Of time yol
can readily decide which is the correc
hour. Six bells you know mean
either 3, Z or IL O'Clock. Seven bell
denotes thirty minutes later tina.
these hours.
| A real blessing is the Livermor
Stylographic Pen. 1t is the neates
writing instrument We have even see
for the desk and pocket, and uses an
common ink, holding enough to writ
several days without redlling. ]
combines all the readiness Of lea
pencil and the durability of any per
For speed and legibility it is marve
Ious. There is no stopping to dip fe
, ink when a word is half written. III
entire material of the pen is non-co
lrosive. When it is not in use it ms
t be closed up and laid away, or ca
D ried in the pocket for weeks, it heir
D perfectly air-tight, and then in m
ment put to work. In writing it do
t the next thing to thinking. Al
persons who has writing to do will {
Y himself a never-forgotten favor to G
t one at first sight. Try it and be co
!. vinced.-Dayton, Ohio, Telescope.
a You can buy one of these famo
pens by remitting 81 to Louis
IS Dunlap. Manager Stylographic p
le Co., 290 Washington Street, Bost
Mass. The pen, together with
|, package of superior ink, will be sc
by return mail. This company Ina
m made great improvements in tn
1T pen, and have also reduced the pr
from So to 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM-FULTON
pasislant nfRearS

L II. ii. Smith, NJ. d., superintendent and Ply
sician--Salary g, 600 per year.
A. WnkersOn, NJ. D., First Assistant Physician.
Salary 81 500 per year.
T. 4. Howard, NJ. d.. Second Assistant Ply
sician. Salary 81 $50.
c. U. Atkinson, Steward. Salary, 81, 800
t. A. Russell, Book-keeper.. Salary, $500
Mrs. Gordon, Ma.ron. ...Saiary, $500
DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM---FULTON.
W. ID. Kerr, A. NJ, Sup't.......-Salary, 81 800
James k. Shelley, Jr., Steward. Salary, 81 ,OOo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
SUPREME COURT.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.

james Harding .oi Soie
A. M sewer. NSN
George L. P-att.. .-.--Of bOUHt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22

500 reward win be paid to any
one suffering with a cold that is not
relieved by one bottle of Cohosh and
Tar, for sale by J. F. Llewellyn. 3m
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22

THE CABINET.
Salary of each, SS,0oo.}
Secretary of State-F. T. Frelinghuysen. OF n. j..
Secretary of War--Robert Lincoln, of Illinois
Secretary of Treasury--Chas. r. Felger of \. Y.
Secretary of Navy--Wm. f. Chandler. of New
Hampshire.
Secretary of fnteriOr--H. +. Teller, of ONO.
Attorney GeneraI--Ben. ii. Brewster. of Penn,
Postmaster Overwhelmingly .. Howe. Of Wis
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22
VOL. XIV.
DIRECTORY.
National and State Directory.
rHE EXECUTIVE,

President Chester \. Arthur. Salary, $50, 00N
Vice e-Presiient--D David Davis. Salary, $, 900
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22

And so our friends have reached tonight
One crowning summit of their lives
The past Hes open to their sight,
The future hidden from their eyes.
Their lengthening shadows backward cast.
Tell OF the sun on western slope,
And speak Of home and peace at last.
That glad frHition Of their hope,
Beyond the sunsets radiant glow.
Within the City's pearly gates,
By faith their eyes look forth and know
Another marriage supper waits
And there amid that blood washed throng,
With golden harps and victor's palm,
They'll sing redemption's glorious song,
"All worthy-worthy is the Lamb"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-03-22

[Read at Rev. j. F. Smiths wedding anniver-
sary at Hardin College on the evening Of March
tho