Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-01-10
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LADDONIA, No., January sth.-This IL
our first letter for 1854. Christmas and
New Year, with their parties, their gifts
and well wishes, their big dinners and
social drinks are all past, and people
have settled down to hard work. We
presume Laddouia had It's share of the
holiday pleasures. We, in company with
a few friends, psrtook Of as fine a Christi
mas dinner as we ever sat down to. It
was given by Mrs. R. w. Pearson and
consisted of all choice edlbles the coun.
try affords. New Year, we spent In the
country, and took our first sleigh ride of
the winter. At night q grand ball was
given at the hail; . grand Christmas tree
at the new Christian church on Christ
mas eve.
Humbugs still exist. A few days
e a doctor who was then in Mex
leo, sent bills here stating that he could
cure all chronic diseasee.l Hecams in a
fey days, bringing raols htns pnasn old,
worn, Recommendation which he carried
for exhibition. He put on that peculiar
wise look that belongs to physicians.
That part he had learned to perfection.
He wore a high, slim hat, for he vas a
slim man; yes, he could cure ali diseases,
especially cancers. He was hunting
cancers to cure, not so much for the pay,
as for the good of humanity. He stopp-
ed at the Cummings House, and distri-
buted his bills. A short time after his
arrival the following note "a received
by the proprietor:
MEXICO, Jan. Z, lSS4.-Dear SIR. 1 had
DR.. - with me about ten days and
he sneaked off without paying his bill.
If he stops with you make HIM pay or
get out.
This note was read to the wise doctor,
who looked wiseand medisadve and said
he had left his baggage for his bfli. He
paid his bill and left on the freight train
going east.
Alarge dry goods and grocery store has
Just arrived at Cases old store house.
Mr.. Pernell of Monroe county, is the
proprietor. He is said to be q man of
fine business qualities. We presume he
win send you a large advertisement.
All our stores here are loaded with
new goods of every variety, which will
be sold very cheap.
What is the matter with our corn trade
this winter7 Last week, We Heie out on
the Martinsburg road and saw a great
many wagons loaded with corn, going to
that place, where they got Sc cts, for it.
They said they would rather haul to Lad
donna, but the price was never as good as
in Martinsburg by two cents. The peo-
pie here are losing the corn trade from
some cause; we don't know Why We
were told this morning that Hisey had
bought all the corn in the "People's Ell
evator;" they Smelling. putting 1t In the
car for him. We would hate to see Lad
donna get behind in the corn trade, as
that has been heretofore one of its great
est staples. Ht-
Can you tell me, Mr.. Editor, what the
Enterprise meant last week by saying
'Gossip has 1t that a certain couple
about this village intended to join for
tunes o Mark that Annie" Did he
mean that gossip had found out d GER
tain wedding that he and "Annie''. were
interested in, and he wanted to call her
attention to 1t? If that is so, he might
have sent her a postal card to that eff
feet Gas she only lives in Louisiana) and
not have published 1t for everybody to
see.
Mrs. Ida Andrest spent Christmas week
at her mothers, Mrs. s. v. Scanland's.
Miss Nellie Reed is visiting in Curry
vile. ANNIE LAURIE.
The 50. Ja#es Gazette tells an inter-
esting story about an obscure mason who
died the other day at Chantenay, near
Paris-a man who, it says, contributed
almost as much, though In ar indirect
way, TO the making of modern Europeon
history as Prince Bismarck himself.
Jean Michel Badinguet, the individual In
question, was employed on some repairs
at the fort of Ham when Prince Louis
Napoleon was q prisoner there. He IA
ciiitated the Princes escape by lending
him his cap, blouse, canvas ~''pantalon,"
and his short black pipe. Thus disguis-
ed,and carrying q board on his shoulders,
the future Emperor made his way out of
Ham, unchalleuged by a single one of the
warders or sentries whom he had to pass.
Badinguet wa not 30 fortunate. He was
arrested and kept for some time In prison.
After the coup d'etat he came 10 Paris,
and the Euperar allowed hinaa annuity
of l,2o0 fsAnes-o ont Of his psivy- purse.
Napoleon III, as is well known, received
the sobrsQset Of Badinguet, and the orig
inal bearer Of the name prudeutly dropp-
ed Il, o. IL was anything but popular
with the class with which he associated.
He assumed the surnzme Of Rudost, by
whichaions N was snbss4as1ass kseWnjl
and It was only at his death that his
identity vas discevered.
SOMEBODY hAs htHn fooling VIM tie
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