Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-07-26
VANDALIA ITEMS.

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by, of Clarksville, is visiting Miss Rod
ney.
A large crowd left here on last Sunday
morning to attend the sanctified camp
meeting near Perry. All report a large
crowd and a fine time.
W. T. Dougan will soon remove his
family to Salem, Mo-, where he is engag-
ed IN business. May his success be I'M
limited, is the heartfelt wish Of his many
vandalia friends.
Are the Mexico Browns afraid to tackle
our boys a gamer We understood they
were going to give us q game immediate
" after the contest on their grounds.
Come, boys; don't try to crawfsh on US.
Business is distressingly duh, as 1t has
beer for sometime past. The only brisk
business this warm weather Is SCHOONER
launching" 1t is a chilly day when that
branch is dull.
1t is a great pity that negro roughs are
permitted to run this town after sunset.
A gang viii collect, usually, in the south
or west part of town and make law-abid-
ing citizens lay awake half the night lis
tening to their oaths and rows. Patience
has ceased to be a virtue and this thing
must stop. If the authorities can't stop
1t the citizens will.
Wonder if the argus will enquire this
week "what married men were out last
Friday night 2" or, is it possible that the
Argus, like our colored friend, Adam,
s.Don't has to enquire"
Born to the wife of Dave Weeder,
twins. Dave accuses DIR. Terrill of bring
ing an extra baby with him and running it
in as a twin. The DIR. asks suspension Of
public opinion until he can come out In a
card and explain matters satisfactorily.
Clarence Buell., Commercial tourist"
for a wholesale whisky house, was in town
last week.
This thing of cowhiding tramps out Of
will return and burn the town some night.
An old wretch was served in this way last
week. One would suppose that it would
be the towns duty to deal with Migrants.
Citizens must either take the law in their
own hands, or have their wives, sisters
and sweethearts insulted on every corner.
Can not this be remedied in some way?
There is a Vermonter out south of town
whom his neighbors say, eats, drinks,
sleeps and associates with negroes, They
talk of drumming him out of the neigh
borhood. This is wrong. They should
give him a coat Of coach varnish and re-
peat the application when necessary. Ma
ture evidently intended him to be q negro,
but through some freak of nature he wa
born with q white skin.
VIM. Pugh, of Bowling Green, came te
vandalia on Tuesday last. He filed NJ
on mean whisky, and "took the town.
cursed and blackguarded every one. TIT
marshal was, it is supposed, working il
his corn field. That is where he has beer
when needed for the past month.
Coal Oil Johnny Prospers Again.
j. William McNulty, commonly
known as "coal oil Johnny" is AGAR
coming to the surface of prosperity
and wealth, and proposes before hi
quits the service Of mammon to riva
Vanderbilt and Gould, the great mil
lionaires Of America. When tha
coal oil fever broke out in northern
Pennsylvania, about twenty-five year,
ago, he owned twenty acres of lant
in Venango county, which proved II
be the very heart of the newly dis
covered oil fields, and he walked VI
one morning to find himself the pos
SCISSOR Of eight million dollars. Thi:
immense wealth easily amassed, wa!
rapidly squandered. 1t turned hi
head and his reckless and foolish ex
travagance astonished the world. H.
scattered his money broadcast wher
ever he went, he purchased the Con
tinental Hotel, Philadelphia, furnish
ed a negro band with gorgeous suit
and solid silver Instruments, bough
elegant turnouts at a fabulous price
used them for a single ride and thel
gave them away. Such acts of stu
pendous prodigality attracted a grea
swarm Of sharpers who followed hin
from city to city and ieeced him o
his wealth. Enormous as his fortuna
was, it could not stand these drains
and when it had melted away, john,
brought up as a d~oor-keeper in a fiftl
class theater in the city Of New Yorl
at $500 per week. The story of tn
past fifteen years of his life is one o
genuine American pluck, and perse
~verance, and he is once more on tn
road to prosperity. He has alread,
recovered $25 900 left at the Craw
ford House in Williamsport in 1865
''to remain there until called for
and will soon be in possession of tn
Continental Hotel, valued at fou
hundred and eighty thousand dollars
When he commenced his career o
desperate extravaganza, he was onl,
seventeen years of age, incapable o
reading and writing. The experience
Of fifteen years Of poverty has mad
him a wiser, soberer, and we trust
better man. 1t is seldom that sucl
o strong illustration of the deceitful
ness of riches and the rapidity will
which they take their fight occur il
the history of individuals of nations
Young man, get wisdom, get under
standing.
Talk about an issue, why there i
but one issue in all the land-this is
sue:
Turn out the plunderers!
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