Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-14

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If farmers are saving good seed
corn.
Why an ass always wants to show
his ears.
Why we MT have a masquer AIDE
in Mexico.
If Bob Hisev will not have to 90
after his valentine.
If Leap Year brought on the mar
rying boom in Mexico.
If the LEDGER don't get a coop
as usual on the gas item.
If the Lord is trying to drown out
the office seekers of Ohio.
If Peter Moody is going to pay
that Sc he owes this office.
What county can, as a rule, beat
Audrain for sensible juries.
How the jury in the railroad case,
now being tried, keep awake.
Why our friend, Chauncey, counts
the ties sc often just west of depot.
Why Zach sem that young lady a
pair of gloves and then went to Full
ton.
If there will not be plenty of good
material to pick a sheriff from next
fall.
If some people don't go to church
just to annoy the preacher and audi
ence.
If the time is not past when men
can get office without canvassing for
the same.
If it is not a poor paper that always
claims a lack of news when it is the
fault of the editor.
If it has not been pretty slick
weather this week for the Holiness
people to navigate.
If the ground hog is not playing
thunder with the weather. He is
worse than lice was.
If that Holiness lady who said she
was justified, sanctlfied, mystified and
satisfied was really telling the truth.
Why a certain young lady got
clothes to marry a certain young man
when she told her pa it was another.
How Prof. Baird looked while test
ing the fire escapes, and why he did
not invite us out and let the girls do
the testing.
What the short sentence was that
Maj. Whaley ground out between his
teeth Tuesday as he slipped upon the
street crossing.
How the Press come to get into the
Rev. Silas Smith case. We thought
one newspaper in the case was enough,
judging from the result.
If Jimmie Fletcher won't do Frank
Armistead up in good style the next
time they meet. 1t will be a contest
of the brain-as it we're.
How DR.. - quotes Shakes
peare, and if he really credited this
writer with the authorship of "no
man can serve two masters"
What young woman went in a GER
tain restaurant last Sunday and took
a bite of each kind of cake on sale,
leaving what she could not eat for
customers to buy.
If the pony club did not make a
young 'sblood'' from the country car
ry a lively s'mail'' down near the
round house last Saturday night. 1t
is said he made the fastest time on
record.
Why people who have not sense
enough to count a drove of hogs and
make the tails tally with the heads,
always endeavor to impress the public
with their superior knowledge on all
subjects of interest.
II this world won't come to an end
When lawyers fail to take a fee
And juries never disagree;
When politicians are content,
And landlords don't collect their rent;
When parties smash all the machines,
And Boston folks give up their beans
When naughty children all die young,
And girls are born without a tongue;
When ladies don't take time to hop,
And office-holders never flop;
When preachers cut their sermons short
And all folks to the church resort;
When back subscribers all have paid,
And editors have fortunes made.
Matrimonial Mention.
On Thursday, the 7th inst, about
II 80 n. m, in this city, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, Mr.
Thomas McCune and Miss Fannie
Ruloff were united in marriage, DIR