Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-06-26

Clarence Buell. says "I'n bet a hun
dred on Marmaduke; now look!'
Ed. Buckner says the hotel business
was never better for the time Of year.
Will Ebey says he'll stop eating
any time to put on his base ball suit.
Willard Potts says he drives the
best horse on the road, and we ex-
pect he does.
H. T. Baird says Hardin College
will have an unusual boom the COM
ing scholastic year.
Jack Saunders says the contractor
is allowed one hour in which to fetch
the mails from the depot.
Dick Graham says he won't open
out a farm just yet, as there are now
too many in the business.
Dock Graham says if the weather
gets much warmer it will force him to
60 over to Sweet Springs with his
family.
Charley Morris says the cuts in last
weeks LEDGER didn't look much like
the boys; at least his'n didn't leok
like him.
Jack Dyer says they have recently
had another importation Of that de-
lightful foreign beverage, water, into
Centralia.
Jim Gregg says you can now tell
when the Fulton train hits the
track, which, we are informed, is
very seldom.
Ben. Tureman says, as he wipes
great beads Of perspiration from his
brow, "Great guns !! but this heat is
intolerable!"
Sam Morris says he don't know q
diamond when he sees one, but he
can size up a pile of old feathers
just about right.
Conductor Morg. Drake says one
of the hardest things to accomplish
is to waken a man in a railroad car
who is occupying two seats.
Charley Brown says he'll bet a suit
Of clothes he knows a young lady
who can eat more solid frozen ice
cream than any other girl in town.
Ed. Taylor says he sat In the win
dow for five mortal hours, and then
nothing materialized. And Abner
Armstrong says the same dog bit
him.
Charley Rolling says that was all
stuff about Johnny Murphy coming
up from St. Louis to see the game OF
ball. He didn't come for anything
of the sort. Charley says.
Major E. L. Hord, in discussing
matters pertaining to CONGREGATIONS,
says women will never do in the fire
department., as they would be COM
PEELED to expose too long a stretch of
hose.
Capt. Bill Frost says one of the
drawbacks to the pleasure of angling
is that If you bring home a string Of
which you are proud, some e~nvious
son of Walton is liable to insinuate
that you caught post norton trout.
What the Audrain boys said to
Globe Democrat reporters yesterday
in st. Louis:
John T. Harrison: For President,
I'm for Tilden ; Cleveland is nay sec.
ond choice, l guess. Marmaduke is
my choice for Governor.
Cash Blackburn: Tilden is the
man for President, Buckner for Gov.
ernor, and Judge Robinson for Con.
gresham. l advocate reform in the
tariff laws.
Maj. II. A. Ricketts,: 1 am TO,
Tilden, dead or alive. I am unde.
cided in my choice for Governo,
and Congress. l am an advocate OF
reform In the tariff laws of the coun.
, try.
Bob White, editor Mexico LEDGER
! favor Cleveland for the Presidency.
For Governor 1 favor Buckner.
For Congress, Judge Robinson
Tariff for revenue only. The gener.
al crop is excellent throughout tht
county.
Hon. C. G.. Daniel: My choice
} for President is Cleveland, prcdicatet
on Mr.. Tilden's decllnation. Fo,
Governor I'm for Buckner, an6
for Attorney General. Mcintyre
, I'm chairman and so won't express
any preference for Congressman
I'm in favor Of revision Of the tariff
I'm not a free-trader, however.
John M. Daniel: First, I am fol
Tilden, then my second choice j.
Cleveland. For Governor my pre-.
ference is for Buckner. You know
he lives in my district, but if he faili
, / am for Marmaduke. Talk aboui
tariff. Well, I want as much tariff
reform as possible. Our crops art
, good, fully up to the average.
Joel Pierce: Tilden has been m,
choice all along, but now since 1t ap.
pears by his letter that he will mo-
accept the nomination, 1 am fol
Cleveland and Mcdonald. I'd like
!, to be for Buckner il there was any
chance for him to get it, but as ]
don't think there is, 1 am for Mar.
maduke. A moderate tariff rate will
suit me. I am opposed to higt
tariff. Crops with US are considers.
bly, backward, that is corn and oats
We don't raise much wheat.