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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

WE frequently hear the expression "bee
in honneto Who ever saw bonnet with
out B in it?-BOston Star.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

DoN'T you think the bride is foolish that
she never marries the best man?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

THE most tender-hearted man we ever
heard of was shoemaker, who always
VT his eyes and whistled when he ran his
Hwl into sole.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14
Beauty Unadorned with Pimples) Is
Adorned the Most

Dimples, blotches and eruptions, take
Golden Medical Discovery" By druggists.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

A MACHINE for pressing hops has reo.Ntly
been invented America Ii the home Of the
hon nressed
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Quickly silences distressing cough. Pixies
toothacbe drops cure in one minute.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

THE photographers business is always
at stand-still.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

THE cork is the article that often gets in g
tight place.-N. T. Advertiser.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

WHEN pick pocket gets out of practice
it takes long while for him to get hi
hand in.-Y onkers tStdtesmda.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

A PERT miss says she wears bangs be-
cause she doesn't want to look so forehead.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

SUBJECT to fits,and pretty bad ones some
times: Tailors.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14
RerAstnQl.

THE most humorous member of dog is
the wag Of his tail.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14


What Che great re-
storatiye, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, will
10. must be gathered
from what It has
done. 1t has effected
radical cures IN thou
sands of cases of dys-
pepsia, bilious dis
orders, intermittent
fever, nervous affec-
tons, general de-
bility, constipation.
sick headache, men
tai dependency, and
the peculiar COM
plants and disabllf-
ties to which the
feeble are SO subject.
For sale BY all
Druggists and Deal
ers generally.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

SIZE amt everything. A watch ticking
can be heard further than a bed ticking
San Francisco Post.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

GIT Lyons Patent Heel Stifeners for those
new boots or shoes before you run them oyes
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs" are a
sure remedy for Bronchitis and Hoarseness.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

A BALD-HEADED eagle is no more the har-
binger Of spring than q bald.headed man is
Of y missing heir.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

THE jar of railway train is not hermeti-
cally sealed.-N. Y. Ne,US.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14
THE LOST CHILD.

DIED in the wool-a defunct sheep.-h
Y. Advertiser.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

REMEMBER that the Chesapeake Ohio Reute
can ticket you and transport you to any point
WEST, NORTHWEST OR SOUTHWEST
More cheaply and comfortably, with less nsnber
OF changes than any other ronte.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

C. C. DOYLE, Passenger Agent, Lynchburg, Va.
r. n. WOODWARD, Passenger Agent, Stanton,
Virginia.
J. c. DAME, General Southeastern Agent 513
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, p. G.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-04-14

Farms arc all in good condition. and are in size
md worth from 5000 $4,000 EACH The Farms will be
own from the United States down. They all ready 70
h as 90 BUSHELS OF WHEAT per acre was FAR
Is are just good and will produce mneh under like
Immediately upon receiving the Subscription price-
be mailed the sender his entered upon our sub
as we have Subscribers registered on our books
iu aggregsing in value $40 in such manner that
one Of tie Farms and Engravngs In the same way the
premiums 70 Subscribers The distribution Of these
means dividing with Subscribers the profits of Ne
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

SO acres. all under coed fence subdivided IN
to three fields 25 acres pasfere, 70 acres mead
Ow, balance In cultivation. Good new two.
story frame house OF six rooms and porch !; good
new barn 32a32. All high rolling prairie land
good wells at the bouse and good ponds, STU
ated miles southwest OF Mexico, No. In first,
class neighborhood, convenient to school and
church. Price. $4,000; one-half cash, balance
in one and two years at per cent. per annum
IS acres, all under fence Of slat, hedge n,d
waiting land, balance timber. Comfortable log
and frame house Of two rooms. Corn CRIB and
stabling for four horses; good well and gsnd
miles northeast Of Mexico, Mo. Price $40 per
acre.
No. 3S3,
800 acres, ALL fenced. save 70 acrest imber
subdivided into six fields /; 140 q. res in meadow
good orchard OF 100 trees well watered by four
ponds and two wells. Situated three e-f0urths of
mile south Of Concord. Caliaway county. 10,
and e. churches seon Pcs sS per acre
one-half cash, balance time at per cent.
No. s24,
1eO acres. six miles cost OF Vandalia, No. All
well fenced with hedge and divided iDto % acre
neldS. One-stofy frame nOase OF I0uI IoOmS
ialI Dafn. iafse anu roehy iino oIsnaId " ay
fnynishIins everlasting stock water Convenient
to church and school ali fine rolling prairie.
Price $40 per acre terms easy.
No. 33S.
240 acres, all fencea Win tdlls. hedgs anu
and lots; 60 acres in cultivation; One-story
frame house Of Tour rooms ana Doren: Gooa Goa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
yANDALIA ITEMS.
,reespoudence of the Ledger.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
VANDALIA, Mo-, June 10.-Port
Efnmons, editor of the new paper,
handled Squire Watkins in red-hot
style last week. If Emmoas and
Watkins we've both put in q bag, we
would hate to bet odds which would
shake out first.
vandalia sports five millinery es-
tablishments. No wonder the "old
man" wore patched breeches.
Quite q number of our church
going people failed to put in an appear
ance at church Sunday night. They
occupied conspicuous seats at the
show the night before.
1t is rumored that our present mar
shal will resign this week. Mr.. Pike
is too nice q man to be marshal any
way. Without doubt, Bill Harris
made the best officer Vandalia has
ever had.
The building boom still continues.
The double-breasted show girl with
stuffed stockings, who generally
''breeks the boys all up," turned out
to be a man in this case. Thereby
hangs tale, but we'll not tell it.
Our boys speak in the highest terms
of the editor of the LEDGER IS an
umpire.
Judge W. B. Beshears has pur.
chashed J. F. Crawford's lumber
yard. 1t is generally conceded that
the judge knows great deal more
about calculating interest than meas
uring lumber.
At the show Saturday there wer'
more than an average number Of thos'
fellows who always get in crowd Il
make asses of themselves.
The only question to be decided
between the two papers here is "wh'
can get up the best local paper"
Yankee Robinson's show was
good one-of the kind. 1t drew al
the 'shoodlums'' for miles around.
There is an effort being made t
move Mt. Carmel Post-office about
mile from its present location.
The negroes had dance one nigt
last week, and the boys sprinkle
them with pepper by means Of han
bellows. While most people say th
boys did wrong, they laugh in the
sleeves and feel glad Of it. The fat
is, the negroes are getting too numel
GUS here, and numbers make thel
selves impudent.
We give all warning to be on the
good behavior or get ''drawn ovs
the Goals
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
Buy Fruit Trees.

L. D. Shippee is now ready to
take your orders for fruit and orna-
mental trees. He guarantees satisfac-
ton in price snd quality. You all
know Shippee. He lives in the town
with you, and could not afford, even
II so disposed, to misrepresent what
he sells you. 35-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

NO. ITS,
800 acres, all unner fence save 50 acres. Snb-
divided into fields 100 acres pasture, % acres
ton creek running through pasture furnishing
water all year round. . stery frame dwelling,
with one story L. 9 rooms in an. geod wen and
fair orchard. Good tena,.t house, good rich land,
and one Of the best stock farms In the county.
IN good neighboshood convenient g school and
e25oo per acre, one third cash balance, time to
suit.
No. u.
bered pasture 20 acres good meadow; 90 acres
pasture balance in cultivation plenty OF timber
Tor home use creek runs through farm good
dwelling in good repair rep T outbniidinss fslr. The
land is nrst-ciass. Situated four and half
miles northeast ofQdexico. Missouri. Price, 90
per acre.
Farm Of % ocres all well fenced, good one story
frame dwelling house Of four rooms, kitchen de-
out % buildinss. % yound @ orchard and I sSundsnce ed q
small fruit. % acres In cultivation balance tim
bered pasture, situgte Ia miles west Of Mexico.
Price S2 500 terms easy.
NO. 1872.
60 acres, two and one-han miles west OF Msxi-
buildinns in good repair orchard Of about 30
trees garden fenced with pickets barn with
With
rails; good csterns. Price $2,oo0oc, one third
cash. balance to suit purchaser.
No. 90.
go aerss) allin cultivation 100 acres In eultiva
tion. balance in blue grass and timothy. large
buggy houre and all necessary improvements,
| three good orchards, running water through the
| farm good coal bank So incl vein. A splendid
| farm OF number one land. Price low.
NO. fss.
| alJRo Ia
rooms rS1 good WeII ofchaTd of ABOUT ABOUT o srees 6
acres timber. balance pasture and cultfvatinE
land; Price 5000. one third cash balance, time
to suit purchaser. No ,oo
100 acres-eo acres in cultivation and under
good garden. good weh-2i feet deep and 9 feet
diameter stable & i1r sia horses with corn s.in
bef; situated four and a half miles south OF
Mexico. Price $500 per acre, 5000 cash bal
ance, to suit purchaser.
No1s.
24o acres, fronting half mile on public road
number one tillabie land, large two-stofy hous<
handsomely finished, all necessary out build.
ings. Situated 21-2 miles south Of Mexico
Price Sae per acre.
40 acres, 4 ~ miles northeast Of Mexico, No.
all fenced with hedge all nice prairie land ; di
sldea int slds f Frame house Ss room. nT
pond. Price $50 per acre.
No. $50.
lis acres, 10 miles northeast Of Mexico, No.
: all well fenced 70 acres timber pasture, bal
; ance cultivated land. Fair dwelling Of rooms
fina coal bank on farm Of Is to Is inch vein on
: mile from school half mile from church. Prc
$40 per acre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
RaUaYal.

Hurd Bros. are now running their
livery stable in full blast at Quisen-
berry & Mundy's old stand. Cali
and see them. They have good rigs
and fine stock. The fire did not in-
lure either. 46tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
Spring Suits.

Jack Cough, the merchant tailor,
is receiving the moss complete line
of gents fine spring suitings ever
brought to Mexico. Don't fail to
call and see his spring styles. You
are bound to be pleased for he has the
best patterns out. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Att
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

Griffee Bros. have received the
largest finest, and best selected spring
stock Of boots and shoes ever brought
to Mexico which will be sold cheaper
than inferior goods bought elsewhere.
Call and investigate at the shoe
store. 49tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
Far Sale.

A fine two-story brick store on the
Public Square with fine, dry, we'll
lighted basement. This property
should rent for at least six or seven
hundred dollars per year. 1t will be
sold at bargain for cash. Apply at
LEDGER Office. r. M. WHITE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

Farmers, step in and see that
Osborne Self Binder tie q knot, and
wonder at its simplicity. and why you
were not the inventor of such SIM
pie machine. ]. C. HUFF, agent,
west side square. 1-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

Hen, Women, Boys and Girls!
A liberal cash commission, besides
a chance to win 750-acre Texas
Farm, new Upright $500 piano, and
a number of other valuable prizes,
given to agents who solicit subscrip-
tions for Teras SJtings, the Celebra-
ted Humorous Illustrated Weekly.
Send name on postal for specimen
copies and instructions.
SWEET & KNOX, Publishers,
Austin, Texas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
Adninistrater's Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
IN signed Public Administrator has taken
charge Of the estate Of Granville Wealth
ers, deceased, for the purpose OF admin
istering the same. All persons having
claims against said estate are required to
present them to me for allowance within
one year from this date, or they may be
preclnded from any benefit OF said estate; !;
and that unless said claims be presented
for allowance within two years from this
date, they win De forever barred.
GEO. ROBERTSON, Administrators.
Mexico, No., Msy q, 1888. s-lH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
non,f Yan ForRef III

/ am booming, and selling grocer
les cheaper than ever. l buy for
cash, and can't be undersold. Bring
in your country produce. Highest
price paid. ID. O'CALLAGHAN,
6-tf Thompson Station, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
A Baltimorean has . cage Of mon

A Baltimorean has cage Of mon
keys. By way Of variety he put .
cat in with them, much to their de
light. On taking it out the other
day there was q terrible bowling on
both sides. Thhe cat refused to eat,
and the monkeys sat licking the tears
out Of each others eyes for days.
Finallysss.:e cat was put back, and
then there was great joy. Il licked
all The little monkeys, and the big
ones took turns hneging il until its
ongue stuck out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
A Sermon on the Street.

''My son. said the aged philoso-
pher, as he got his hack braced against
box in front of Frost's, "it's all in
knowing how. For instance, nine
out of ten people who 60 on steam
boat excursion suffer with the crowd
and jam. What idiots! I eat an
onion five minutes before going
aboard, and as result have two
chairs to sit on, while you have to
stand up. enjoy the same cool
breezes, see the same scenery, and
come home refreshed and serene.
One simple onion does the business.
'You chase a street car, and then
stand up after you get in. Do L?
Never! When l want a car Ifall lame.
The driver stops short on seeing my
condition, and / no sooner enter the
car, than some one gives me seat.
It's only the difference between a
walk and a limp, and you never
thought of it.
ssMost men who use tobacco carry
their pouch or box in the coat-tail
pocket. When feeling for it they
invariably feel in the wrong pocket.
presume there are 5000, 600 tobac-
coz chewers in this country. Each
one averages ten chews per day, each
one consumes fifteen minutes per day
in feeling in the wrong pocket. Here
are 45, 100000 minutes per day lost
and gone. Has Yankee genius ever
sought to save these precious hours
and days and weeksf 1t has. I am
the man. Ny invention or substitute
is glass box suspended to the neck
by a string. 1t is in sight, handy to
reach, and If empty the fact can be
seen without opening it.
''When you want a glass of ginger
ale or Soda" continued the old man
as he gathered up rip in the leg Of
his pants, ''you have to come down
with a nickel. Do L? Not much! ]
imbibe the same as you do, enjoy II
the same, and when through tell the
man he can either pump me out OIL
let me 60.
"When you want lunch you must
pay from thirty to seventy-five cents
Do I? Not by a hat full of hornets
/ rush in, rattle the keys and nails il
my pocket, fill up, and then softly
remark that I'm ready to be kicked
But they never do it. 1t would rails,
. row, drive away custom and Civ
the place bad name.
'H you rent house you must pa,
the rent II / rent one I have on,
of the children rubbed with crotol
oil, and the owner pays me to NOV
out for fear of the smallpox. /
you ride in hack you must pay. 1
l ride in one / become insane, an,
the driver is glad enough TO see m
60 on my way. II you ran in deb
at the grocery you must pay or b
sued. II ! run in debt the groee
won't throw good money after bad
When you want clothes you mus
come down. When want 'em fin,
some drunkard asleep in an alley
And yet people are fools enough +
believe that philosophy and broad
cloth go hand in hand, and that wi
and genius move only in good soci
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
New Firm.

Miller & James, at the Central
Stables, solicit the custom of the
public. They have finely equipped
livery stable. Good stock and new
rigs. Their prices are reasonable,
and their turnouts can not be sur
nassed. 6-tf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
Eaw MutuaI Aid Assoe,at,on

Those desiring MEMBERSHIP in this
ASSOCIATION will please call on E. L.
Hord, east side public square, Mexi-
leo, Mo. T. s. STAMPS,
51tf District Man. n. z. Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

A match between Sir Charles Ber-
esford and Mr.. John L. Sullivan
would run Boston almost crazy, and
in the excitement the Butler muss
would be forgotten.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
WoNll Wool!

want all the wool can get for which
1 will pay the highest cash market price
west corner of the public squaae.
4-3t ELD. J. E. LEE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
Bucklen's Arnica Saive.

Bucklen'S Afhic8 S3Ites
The greatest medical wonder of the
world. Warranted to speedily cure
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever sores, Cancers, Piles,
Chiiblains, Corns, letter, Chapped
Hands, and all skin eruptions. Guar
anteed to cure in every instance, or
money refunded. 25 cents per box.
For sale by J. F. Llewellyn. 6-1yr
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

An esthetic taste was exhibited in
the matter of poison by young lady
in Bangor. he. After she Was pump
ed into her normal condition, she ad-
mitted that she chose paris green be-
cause it matched her dress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

Nobody has been so rude as to tell
Mrs. Langtry to go to Halifax, but
she is going there this week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

The law Furnishing attempts at sui.
eide seems ridiculous at first glance,
yet it is said to have shown good re-
suits in New York In diminishing the
number Of attempts. Perhaps it ought
not to occasion surprise that persons
afflicted with the suicidal mania
should be controllable and restraints
BILE when those afflicted with other
forms Of insanity are so. II they
really are, the fact conveys q lesson
as to the treatment Of those whose
mania takes the form Of killing some
body else instead OF themselves. II
the emotionally insane who are sui
cidally inclined car be deferred by
the fear of punishment, why not the
emotionally insane who are homi.
cidally inclined?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
Hen, Women, Bows and Girls!

Gen. Butler gets even by calling
Harvard ssdude factory
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14
". Baker,
REAL ESTATE,
Loan & Insurance Agent,
- oFFIcE--Front Room, Upstairs. Over the
Mexico Savings Bank,
MEXICO, MISSOURI.


PRICES desirable Residence and
o
United States facilities selling
all
n
following portion of Land Register
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt is having a
vehicle built for her that is to be both
''tesrfully and wonderfully built. :"
1t is in the nature of q curric.e; two
wheels, two horses and one tiger to
stand up behind while she drives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

The Boston TraUeler caustically
remarks: "Governor Butler will not
get his piece Of sheepskin from Har-
ward; this viii make him prize the
higher that piece Of tanned hide that
came from the medical department OF
the university"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-18
The Cows and the Public Parks.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis journal:
The passing OF the COW ordinance is what
made it possible to remove the fences. The
failure to enforce it places the work of years
which has been expended on these parks in
great danger. This is the present position.
In at least one instance this danger is not
the result of neglect, but lack of inclination
on the part of the superintendent of police
to allow the ordinance to be enforced The
instance which is referred to is that of Mill
tary park, which is fast degeneratng into a
COW pasture.
A few days ago the policemen in charge
drove COW out of the park, which he caught
i'll the act of destroying a shade tree, after
which he followed it up in order to be able
to swear out warrant against the owner,
which he did. For this he was seriously
reprimanded by the present superintendent
OF police, who demanded the possession of
the warrant which has not yet been served.
As the result of this failure to enforce the
law, the early passers-by can see
dozen or more cows grazing in
this park each morning 1t is an
outrage that the work of years is to be de-
stroyed because of such fragrant violation of
duty. 1t is hard to believe that the superin-
tendent of police has any discretion in the
enforcement of the law If he has 1t is a
much more powerful office than is generally
supposed 1t is quite possible that the pub
lication of this communication will cause
the park policeman trouble. In fact this is
the only consideration which would operate
in the mind of the writer against writing it,
But he will say that the policeman, Mr..
Stevens, is altogether ignorant of its being
written. He is a capable officer and is doing
the best he can in his handicapped condition
to protect this piece OF property.
WEST END.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-18
THE CHAIN-GANG BOY.
How a Lad Worked Out His Sentence in an
Alabama Town.


NJ. Quad, in Detroit Free Press
They were working right in front of the
hotel at a little hamlet in Alabama-the
chain-gang. There were nine vilainous-
looking men, each wearing Shackles and
having no shame as they looked into the
faces OF the strangers on the veranda. A
chain-gang is an every day sight in the South,
and few people waste sympathy upon the
justiy-punl wretches, butal of sudden
something happened in this gang never to be
forgotten. A boy not yet fourteen years old
came up with pail of water, and we saw
that he belonged to the chain-gang Larceny
had sent him to associate with those villains
for three long years. He looked pale aud
broken down, and his shame compelled him
to avert his face as he came up. 1t was sad
sight TO see tot of boy like him brought
out and degraded and dsgraced, and he felt
the situation so keenly that at the first kind
word from the platform the tears weled up
and blinded his eyes.
There was woman there from Indiana
who walked straight down to the boy and
put her hand on mis- head and shed tears with
him. There must have been something in
his look to remind her of some one-perhaps
son at home or one under the sod Her
heart was full of sorrow and sympathy, and
her words broke the lad down. This lasted
four or five minutes, to the great astonish-
ment and annoyance of the guard in charge.
AifF CAplcSS NOillluR uOWn JHe ROAD
had just whistled, and the iron rails were
quivering under the approaching thunder,
when the guard called out: Come. you
young thief get back after more water!"
The woman started back at the words, drag.
ging the child with her, but in an instant he
broke away, wheeled and clasped her hand
and kissed it, and then-what? Not a hand
could have been lifted to prevent The ex-
press was laundering up at forty miles an
hour not intending to make a stop here. and
the lad turned from the woman whose kind
words had opened the well-springs of his
heart, and at the same time Mortified him at
his situation, and with one spring he alighted
in front of the locomotive. Next instant his
crushed and mangled body was flung into the
roadside ditch and he had served his sentence.
We picked him up tenderly..a and the woman
went over him as they washed the pale face
and folded the boy-hands over the crushed
and broken breast, but the lad was beyond
the need of earthly friends.