Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-09-11
VANDALIA AND VARIATIONS.
correspondence OF the Ledger.

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VANDALIA, Mo-, Sept. 9.-M. J..
Barney of Lamar, a former citizen of
this place, was in the city last week.
The war between the printer, doc
tor and marshal which we mentioned
last week was amieably settled with
out bloodshed, but your correspond
ent has had to roost on a high limb
yer since, and as yet his roosting
place has not been discovered.
The Sunday school picnic which
took place last week between the diff
ferent shoots here and Farber, was a
decided success-about 400 were pre-
sent. One of the best dinners we
ever sat down to was spread on that
occasion.
About five miles from Vadalia and
in the edge of Pike county lives a
widower and his daughters who keep
house for him. On Saturday he came
to town and filling his tank full OF
whisky went home and ran his daugh,
tiers off the farm compelling them to
stop over night at a neighbor' house.
If there is a he'll such people will Ger.
tainly go there. IF his neighbors dc
their duty they will take him out the
next occasion of that kind and give
a reminder of that terrible hereafter
If such an occurrence comes to oul
knowledge again we shall not hest
tate to give names.
There is another man living in thu
edge of Pike not far from here wht
is still a worse villain than the ont
mentioned above. By the way, h
belongs to the Sanctified band. No
many years ago his wife died, an,
being a believer in the saying that
1T is not good for man to be alone,
he married a lady in Kentucky
lady in every sense of the word, sa;
the neighbors-a good looking inte'
Igent woman. 1t now seems that h
is jealous of her, and upon the leas
provocation turns himself into a cy
clone and sweeps over his household
upsets the stove and unmercifull
whips the one he should love an
protect above all others. In ancier
times criminals, or parties who WEI
supposed to overstep the bounds {
rectitude were punished with wins
was called the ''thumb screw whe1
their thumbs were placed between
kind of vice which was gradual
frightened until the victim suffere
untold misery. This kind of punisl
ment should be revived for the ben,
. fit of wife beaters. We will ais
give you the name of this party
, We hear of his whipping his wi
again You see, we are trying to o
ganize a kind of reformatory, so
I speak.
"Whistle and I'll come to to you
, That is the title of asong. Wondt
l if those young men who were 'sI
3 larking" Wednesday night of la
week thought about hat song whe
they whistled and it came. Do yo
suppose they would feel like Sunda
school boys if we should give the1
away Hardly.
r. P. Fox and wife of India
township, Pike county and P.
Emmons, formerly of the Leade
Argus,) and wife of this place, spel
Saturday visiting relatives in Cincil
. natl, Rails county. They report e
, %cellent crops.
James Shuck, of neal Romne.
Rails county, committed suicio
! Wednesday of last week. He sh'
himself with a double arrelled sh,
gun, the trigger of which he pulle
! with a cradle finger. When foun
!, the cradle finger and gun we're take
: from his grasp with difficulty. H
face was shot beyond recognition
The cause of the deed is not know
q but a girl is supposed to have been
I center figure in the case. Mr.. Shut
q was about 20 years of age, in goo
circumstances.
Ball playing was the order of la
Sunday, and almost in the heart
h town. This practice should be S
down upon by our authorities.
we have laws let them be enforce,
1t is not right nor just that OF
o should be made to conform with Il
+ law and another given free scop
equal and exact justice to al
should be our motto.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Daniel of Me
leo, parents of G. G. and G.. NJ. Da
lei of this place, stopped off one d,
last week on their way to Kentucl
d to visit relatives.
IS Mrs. B. J. Bowen of Ashley, Phi
h county, and Mrs. Mary Ransdall
of Kentucky, were visiting the forr
e er's daughter, Mrs. g. W. DAME
and family, the first of the wee
There is a doctor in this place WI
says he can whip your correspon
ent. 1t is the DIR. hat had a hal
, in the scrapping match to which ,
;, called attention last week. Yo
;, correspondent has never rdisput'
the doctor, but believes, if he Won
keep still, that he would not gi
himself away,
Col. Hutton made speeches at FL
Der and Laddonia and other poin
around us last week, but didn't ev
+ put in an appearance at Vandal
Ho prohohlv fbouobf II WOO 1oodo