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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
THE EAGLE STEAM WASHER.
An Interesting Interview with MIR. J,
C. Hui.
Mexico Ledger. May Is

Mexico Ledger. May list.
Thinking the many reders of the
LEDGER would like TO know some-
thing of the origin and growth in
public favor of that wonderful in
vention the eagle Steam Washer"
q reporter was deputed to wait on
Mr.. j. C. Huff, the manufacturer.
"Mr. HUFF, when was your Steam
Washer invented Z"
"The first day of May, 1883. Just
one year ago.
care you the inventor?"
"No, sir Mr.. e. ID. Ferris, who
was then working with us, is the in
| yentor."
"Did you attach much Importance
to the machine when you first began
to manufacture it ?"
"No; we began in q small way,
making in our shop at odd hours
some three or four a week, expecting
to sell only to our local trade"
"How many are you making now?"
eve are now making about one
hundred per week and preparing to
turn out five hundred per week by
the first of July"
"Have you done much advertising
to bring about this large increase in
demand Z"
every little, my means being imi-
ted, but the ladies who purchased
them were so enthusiastic in their
praise that one sale was generally
followed by a Dozen"
"Can you give us some of the
points of excellence in your machine
that makes it SO POPULAR"
"In the first place steam is the most
powerful cleansing agent known to
man. This being the case we have 30
CONSTRUCTED our washer that we can
place it on the stove, putting in a
few gallons of water, and make our
steam, which is forced through the
clothing by means of the perforated
tubes in the cylinder, cleansing them
thoroughly in from 8 to 20 minutes"
"Does the process wear the clothes
much 2"
"Not a particle. We claim, and
there are at least a thousand ladies
in Audrain county that agree with
us, that one washer will save double
its cost every year over the wash
boards wear and abuse of clothes
, "Do you save any labor by using
the Steam Washer ?"
Certainly. supposed you knew
that washing on the wash board wa
the hardest duty a lady had to per
form. Bending over the wash tub il
is conceded does more to break dow1
the health ofladies who do their owl
work than all other household dutie.
combined. A child twelve years ole
can operate our machine with ease.'
"Can you wash anything but plail
!, white clothes?"
"Yes, sir. We a wash the mos
delicate lace without a particle of in
jury as we'll as the heaviest blanket
and even carpets"
:. "Mr. Huff, it seems to me as ever,
family has SO much washing to d.
and your machine is such a blessing
to The ladies you should adopt som
system of advertising SO that tn
3 people generally could avail them
selves of It,"
"This we have done. Mr.. j. W
: Johnston, of this place, has taken ex
| elusive charge of the sale of ther
, throughout the United States an
J will push them to all parts of tn
1 world.n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

The annual meeting of the Audrain
County Bible Society was held in the
Baptist church Sunday evening, June
29th. After devotional exercises,
conducted by Bro. Lewis, Rev. Ed
mund Wright, superintendent for the
American Bible Society, delivered an
address in the interest of Bible dis
tribution. The election of officers
for the ensuing year resulted in the
election of Rev. W. H. Lewis, presi-
dent; Josiah Wright, Secretary, Jas.
Pasqueth, treasurer; Sallee & Brooks
depositaries, and the city pastors an
executive committee. A collection
of 50 80 was taken, which sum will
be increased by contributions made
in other churches at the same hour.
J. G. ARMSTRONG, Sec'y pro TEN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Go to j. f. LlcWellyn's.

If you want the best of lead and
the purest of oils go to Llewellyn's
drug store. Ii you want toilet ar
ticles of any kind; if you want good
smoking tobacco or imported cigars ;
if you want the best and purest of
drugs of every kind; if you want
stationery if you want an almanac. or
any kind of patent medicine /; if you
want glass Oh putty if you want a
prescription carefully compounded
by competent men; if you want
anything in the drug line call at j.
F. Llewelyn's on the west side Of the
square. A full line of anything ever
kept in a first-class drug store always
on hand. Call and see for your
selves. IL 2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Conductor Crushed.

LOUISIANA, Mo-, June 21.-This
evening Everett Walker, OF Rood
house, conductor on q Chicago and
Alton construction train, while un-
coupling the empties Immediately be-
hind the engine, fell to the track, and
was SO severely hurt that no hopes
are entertained Of his recovery. The
accident happened between here and
Watsop's Station. His left arm was
crushed near the shoulder, his head
severely bruised, and it is feared his
spine is broken. He now lies barely
conscious at the Globe Hotel, witt
every prospect Of dying before
morning.
The above dispatch was reseivet
in this city, and the news of the nc
cident posted on the LEDGER bulletil
Tuesday. Everett had . host o
friends in this city where he i've
two or three years. He was q cleve
boy, and as far as we know had no
a single enemy in the world. III
remains Of the deceased were interre
at Roodhouse, III. He leaves . VII
snd two children.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Mansion House, Bowling Greer
A Popular HOstelry.

Ranking among the foremost hotels
in the State is that popular hostelry,
the Hotel d. Ferris, presided over by
that jolly prince of landlords, Maj.
E. L. Hord, who is %proverbial for his
hospitality to all mankind. We are
told that since the first of April last
this house has fed 1850 transient
guests, or at the rate of 1900 per
month, and all went away pleased
with the manner in which the Major
and his accommodating employees
treated them. This house contains rs
rooms, all of which are nicely furnish
ed. The tables are always loaded
with everything the market affords
In fact everything about the house il
always kept in first-class shape. Yor
can do no better than to step at the
Hotel d. Ferris while in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Hints to Merchants aud Agents.

Are you aware of the fact that
here Is nothing that can be pro-
dIlced by the hand OF ingenuity OF
man that viii be. more appreciated
and take as well as a good Washing
Machine? Where is the man wh6
would allow his wife to stand over
a washtub of boiling suds and rub
his dirty clothes, if he could sea the
operation and merits of our ma
chine? Our Washer has boon on
the market but m year. and already
our sales r numbered by the thoas-
ands. We have row two factories
|--have some local Agents who are
selling 6 to 8 machines each per day.
We have had some difficulty in sup
plying the demand, but we have in
creased our manufacturing facilities
TO such an extent that we are now
enabled TO fill all orders promptly.
j. w. JOHNSTON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

Who Mounts man Friday is.
If Jack Coates amt two hummers.
When Bennett is going to sell his
dog.
What Sam Morris did with his suit
of clothes.
Who "disfgured" the hotel regis
ter at Bowling Green
If some of the p~icnickers did not
have lots of fun Sunday.
What makes some parties try to be
so '''fip' when they get away from
home.
Why the candidates for Congress
don't fight each other and not all
pitch on to Robinson.
If it would not look better to lei
the Republicans find fault with the
Governor, if any fault is to be found
Why a certain a.hip" young man
of this city takes delight l n hote'
rackets. He should remember the
one he had at Centralia.
If it would not look better for the
InteNigencer to attack us in an edit
orial than to have a correspondent
sub rosa get the paper into disgrace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
A "Ffip" Young Sport.


The names of James B. McDear-
mon and Dick Graham were reg
istered at Manson House, Bowling
Green, Mo-, on June "a, and as
Messrs. McDearmon and Graham
were both in Mexico on that day they
wrote to the proprietor of Mansion
House and received the following an
swer:
To Richard Graham, Mexico, Mo.
BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, June 20
Yours of the 28th inst. to hand. In
reply / would say that l do not re-
member the individual who registered
the names of ~. B. McDearmon and
Dick Graham" but the same mar
certainly wrote both names. As tt
the young man who got too noisy.
will say he was a rather small mai
and wore a striped summer coat. ]
do not know, however, that he wa!
the man who wrote the names on my
register. But I do know that HI
skipped his bill.
Respectfully yours
J. W. TALLY,
Mansion House, Bowling Green.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Answer to Belts.
To the Editor.o OF the IntsIligencer.

To the Editor Of the Inteligencer.
see in the LEDGER of the 26th of June,
a statement is made to the effect that r.
NJ. White went to the st. Louis conven-
ton as alternate for Thos. Bolts and Joel
Pierce. Now, 1 know nothing of his au-
thority to act for Joel Pierce, but l do
know he had no authority, direct or indi-
rect, to act for me. Therefore, / would
be pleased If he would inform those who
may be interested from whence he de-
rived his authority so to act, and from
whence he procured his alternate creden-
tlals. viii you please make this public
to make return, Yours, &C.,
THos. A. BORIS.
Our friend Bolts need not get mad
and rush into print about nothing.
Ii he had called on us or asked any of
the delegates he need not have got
ten so over-heated during the warm
spell. Joel Pierce was at the con-
vention and attended to the duties
imposed on him as every true Demo-
GRAFT should. Does Bolts want to
defeat the ends of the Democratic
party? He was elected delegate and
staid at home and did not send an
alternate. Suppose all the delegates
had done the same thing? The coun-
ty would have been in nice shape.
This we learn is not the first time he
has neglected such duties. Can it be
that he staid at home to keep from
voting between Fry and Blackburn
Our friend Bolts surely knows that
the eight delegates who went to St
Louis were empowered to vote the
full nine votes whether he was there
or not. His staying at home does
not stop the work of the whole party.
The chairman of the delegation voted
the entire vote of the delegation OF
all occasions. r. M. White did moi
cast a single vote except on adjourn
ment, as a proxy for Col. Bolts or fol
any one else. The delegates pres
ent extended the courtesy O.
a seat to us and would have
allowed us to cast Bolts vote
if we had chosen. Bolts not being
present they controlled his vote
Heretofore we gave Judge Bolts cred
it for having more n than he ha'
just displayed. Wherein have we of
Tended him or acted badly Or %contrar,
to the rules and usages of the Demo
cratic party? We refer him to thu
delegates present for the truth o
what we say and for the authorit,
he bowls so loudly for. If there il
anything else Judge Bolts wants t.
know he need not go to the troubl
of asking it in the Lateuigencet. TIL
Democrats of the Seventh Congress
sion District in caucus admitted R
NJ. White to the st. Louis Conven
ton. What is Thos. A. Bolts goin,
to do about it?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Farmers, It VIII Pay You to Paste
This In Your Hat.

When you bring your country pro-
duce, such as feathers, hides, wool,
tallow, &C., to market, look out and
don't sell it to street runners; they
will swindle you every time. If you
want the full market price and good,
correct weight, be sure to look up
SAM MORRIS; he will always pay you
.op prices in cash. His warehouse
is one and a half blocks northeast OF
public square, near Mexico Custom
Mill, and you can bet on him treating
you so that you will call the second
time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

The Eagle Steam Washer has been In
use for seven months In my family and TOO
much praise cannot be given It as q Ia
bor-saving invention. Before using the
machine wash-day was the dread of the
family, but now the children cry to do the
washing, as a child IL years old can oper-
ate the Eagle Washer.-Geo. J. Phelps,
27Sl Sheridan Avenue, St. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
hat Is the Improved asher

The Improved Washer Is Q small porta-
BILE machine that can be used upon any
family c0ok-stove. 1t Is composed who'll
ly of metal, and hence one of its promir
nent qualities is durability. By operation
of the machine steam is passed through
and through the soiled linen until all the
dirt Is removed from it, leaving the arti.
cles thoroughly eleansed and purified.
By use of the perforated tubes we are
enabled to keep the clothes always Ia mo-
ton, and admits the steam to pass through
the clothes freely, causing it to search
out and eradicate every atom Of dirt that
turks in them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
New Firm.

Joe Eldrige and o. P. Smith have
purchased Ferris & Huffs hardware
store and will make things boom.
Joe is one OF our most enterprisine
young men and fully understands the
business. MI. Smith. his father-in.
law, is one Of our most wealthy and
substantial citizens. Smith & Ed.
ridge win be q strong firm and VIZ
bespeak for them a liberal share o.
public patronage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

Ferris & Huff have bought the
Goode Hotel and will turn it into q
manufacturing establishment fol
their celebrated Steam Washer. They
have sold their hardware store and
will devote their entire time to their
patent which is now one Of the most
popular extant.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
WIFI There he a. Panic or Not

We guarantee the Champion Binder
to be the lightest draft machine made
and that it will out cut, out elevate
and out bind any machine made, and
that it is one hundred per cent the
best made binder in the market.
This is fair and square and means
business.
CHAMPION MACHINE Co.
lott Gill & Garrett Agents, Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

The Commercial Hotel burned up
last night. The fire caught in the
kitchen a little after midnight. The
old shell burned like finder. By
hard work the fire company saved
adjoining buildings. The furniture
was insured for $1,000. The house
was the property of DR.. j. W. Reed.
now in the west; it was insured
Several of our citizens rendered val
liable assistance to the fire company
others, as usual, looked on witt
pleasure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

Col. Dickinson, of the Pike
county bar, made us a call Tuesday.
He is like the majority OF the Dem
ocratic party in the district, solid
for Robinson for Congress. He is
correct when he says he knows of no
better timber anywhere for Congress
than Robinson.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Sid Garrett is happy. It's a gin

Sid Garrett is happy. It's a girl.
Pinkerton, the celebrated detective,
died Tuesday.
Bring ON another horse" We
kind O. like it.
Read answer to Thos. A. Bolts
card elsewhere in this paper.
". II. KEENAN, has sold his resi-
dence and will move to town.
Tom Mildred is in Illinois. He
will bring back a wife with him.
Policeman Bunton this week came
near having to kill a drunken coon to
save his own life.
The mountain labored a second
time. Lo and behold, it was another
mouse and he was bobtailed.
1t rained Tuesday. We were sur.
prised that it rained on u as well as
on the Mugwumps of the MteHigea'
Ger.
Any one wanting to- run a foot
race can get an opportunity by adj.
dressing "R. care of LEDGER, Mexi.
co, Mo-"
Hon. A. 81. Buckner and The
Moberly Monitor + having a news
paper tilt through the Moberl.
Headlight.
Bassford & Tucker, agents, solo
to VIM. Kemper, the jacobson resi-
dence property opposite Windso
Hotel, for $4,000.
Walter Bush and Miss sLaur'
Bishop of this city were married las
evening by Rev. W. Fl. Lewis. The,
!, left for the East on a bridal triI
The LEDGER wishes them a long Life
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
MLibelous S~tatements.o

The three members Of the Doris
shows advance advertising guard,
who were put in Jail last week for
circulating libelous circulars and re-
ports regarding the Barrett shows
which exhibited here last Friday,
were released upon some kind OF 8
compromise when the managers OF
the two shows met.-Colambta Sen.
fineI.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Twice Married.

From the Columbia Statesman.
The fact has just come to light that
Mr.. Gus Larkin and Miss Emma Bak-
er, Of C~entralia, were married by a
Catholic Priest in Mexico on May 6.
The parents of neither yer aware
of the marriage until June %. In
fact there were but two persons
other than the parties themselves,
knowing of the marriage until the
record was examined a few days
since. They are both highly
respected in social circles and OF
good families.
We learn the second mar
rage ceremony was performed
by a Protestant minister at Gen.
tralia, Tuesday evening, June "a,
or two days after the secret was
found ont
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Rails for Robinson.

Audrain, Lincoln, Franklin, War
red and Montgomery will give their
candidates a complimentary vote in
the Congressional convention, and
then the nomination Of Robinson
will be made unanimous.-Raus
CaaLntu Record.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
G.. Blum & Co.

In this issue of the LEDGER will be
found the mammoth advertisement
of Blum & Co. They have the rep.
utation Of meaning just what they
say. Don't fail to call on them
they defy competition IN every
sense of the word.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Thank You.

Wick Mason and Bob White, u
Mexico, we're down to the primary
Saturday, but we did not e either
Of them vote. They are both clever
gentlemen and have a host or friends
here,-Bowling Green Times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
rour,b AZ July Exeursion Rates.

Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific and
Chicago & Alton Rys. will sell excur-
sion tickets to local stations at one
fare for the round trip. Tickets On
sale July 3rd and 4th inclusive. Good
for return up to and including july
Ia, E. S. WILSON, Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

Arthur Paul came down from
Moberly this morning. He was in
terested in the Commercial Hotel.
His property was saved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
A. O. u. w. Officers.

The following r the officers of
Audrain Lodge, No. 25, A. o. Q.
W. Tor the rest Of this year: A. G..
Gass, NJ. W.; J. W. Plunkett, F.
D. W. Howell, O.; P. w. Harding,
heceiver; F. v. Gentry, Financier
Il. ii. Herman, Recorder; Il. c.
Smith, Guide; Thos. Roberts, 1. G.. +;
d. q. Shepherd, o. G.; w. II.
Kennsn, Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
LpnehH aRse.

Don't fail to call at Lee Walden's
il you want a good cup Of coffee OF
lunch Everything kept in good
shape, and the best of lunch served
cheap. Call and see him. He will
give you the worth Of your money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Two of q Kind.

The only Bob White, of the Mex.
leo LEDGER, was in town Saturday.
Louisiana Journal.
There is another Bob White. He
is a preacher and lives up above
| Sturgeon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Thanks.

Thanks.
Having sold my store to Smith
and Eldridge, I want to return
thanks to my friends for the liberal
patronage they favored me with,
and recomend the new firm to all my
old patrons and the public at large.
Respectfully
J. C. HUFF.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

Wlburn & Smithey's Piano, Organ
and Sewing Machine depot has been
removed to first door north of post
Office, where they would be pleased
to see their old friends and patrons.
IL 1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
For.Sale.

have some fine Jersey red, thor
oughbred pigs for sale. Tie mother
is from New Jersey, IL. Ntsnaonths old
and had IL pigs. I will sell them
reasonably. .t
list. JAMES MI. MARTIEN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

In this issue of the LEDGER will be
found an advertisement for Hardin
College. This is one of the best in
situations Of the kind in the United
States. All who have patronized
the school are perfectly pleased, and
find only words of praise. Send fol
a catalogue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Look Here.

Beginning with Monday morning,
June 23d, I will sell meats at from 8
to 12a cents per pound for choice
cuts. J. Il. RUNKEL-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

At last I have found, in the Eagle Steam
| Washing Machine, mt that viii wash
clean without wearing the clothes out or
pulling off buttons. Every Laundry
should have one, as it will do all that Il
| claims. - Jas. Peterson, Silver Moon
Laundry, 2l9 South Twentieth Street, st.
Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

A nice little party of merry girls
and ''sweet boy graduates" of this
city spent last Monday at Powell's
Ford. Fishing, swinging and killing
snakes a the order Of the day. Al
noon the young ladies spread a most
elegant dinner on the green sward, Of
which all partook Of freely. A mos1
delightful day was spent and all re-
turned home with the hope that the
day is not distant when we may NEE
again.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Congressional Convention.

The congressional convention for
the Seventh District will be held at
Montgomery City August 9Th. There
will be IS delegates. Necessary to a
nomination, 50. The delegates are
apportioned as follows: Audrain, 9;
Franklin, 8; Lincoln, 8; Aontgom-
cry, 2; Pike, 10; Rails, 2; st.
Charles, 9, and Warren 8. Audrain,
Pike and Rails would only lack four
votes of nominating a congressman.
j. L. Deatherage, of Carrollton,
Mo-, made US a pleasant call last
week. Mr.. Deatherage is a candi-
date for r. R. commissioner. He is,
in every sense of the word, fitted
for the Office, and has a host Of
friends in Audrain as he has all ovel
the State. We see no reason why
Audrain should not consider hi:
claims, and that, too, fayorbly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

We want to send q working Demo-
crat to Congress,-one who goes to
the primaries to vote.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Dfssolutton Notfce

The firm of Steele q Gamble 10
dissolved by mutual consent Of both
ROBERT STEELE.
| f1.4w. W. G.. GAMBLE
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Democratic Convention, Chicago, July
Sth.

For the above convention the Chi
cago & Alton and Wabash, st. Louis
& Pacific will sell excursion tickets
to Chicago and return for $1,000.
Tickets for sale July 5 to 8 inclusive
and good for return passage to and
including July IA. Els. WILSON,
Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

I have been using the Eagle Steam
! Washing Machine in my Laundry for 3
months. Ii washes clean with no wen
i on the clothes, and n person q do the
work of three by hand.--Mrs. Jols~on,
Ohio Laundry, 1928 Morgan Street, Saint
| Iouis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03
Read 1t.

Read Thos. a. Bolts card else
where in this acknowledgement.
For fear but few people would see
it we reproduce it. By all means,
read it, and we trust our friends in
the eastern district will act accord
ingly in electing a Judge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-07-03

Ladies have been very successful
selling the Eagle Washer. If you
wish to try send for sample machine
and terms to j. w. Johnston, Mexi-
co. Mo.