Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-07-09
No Cause for a Hot Collar.

No Cause for a Hot Collar.
The candy makers gave a pleasant
entertainment at the Opera House a
few days since for the benefit of the
Presbyterian Church. 1t was the
Glee Club aud was well attended.
We refer to this matter now on ae-
count of information just given us by
the management, which desires us to
correct a mistake. 1t seems that our
slightly jealous contemporary charged
the young ladies for locals in regard
to the entertainment, something the
girls hold the paper don't even do a
transforming dime show, and gave
as a reason that the job work was
given to the LEDGER. Suppose it
was, what then? But as a matter
of fact the LEDGER printed some
bills for the girls, and made no
charge. The LEDGER printed locals,
and made no charge, as is customa-
ny when any entertainment is for the
| church. The LEDGER got up the
programmes without any cost to the
girls, getting advertisements on the
same, which paid us for our work.
The girls, We thought, deserved all
the help they could get in their o
thy cause, and as usual, the LEDGER
did what it could. So, as will be
seen, contemporary was hot about
nothing. Right here is a good place
for us to state that the LEDGER is not
hoggish. We don't get offended if
a man don't take the LEDGER Or don't
bring us all of his printing OF even if
he don't give us any. We r al
ways glad to get work and try to
merit oul share of public patronage,
but do not have for a motto "Whole
hog or none," or 1--WE have no use
for a man if he don't give US all his
work." or ''No policy Is good unless
our paper started it," ETC., etc.
Mexico has two papers-they should
be, and as far as we know, are on the
best of business terms, and we trust
our worthy contemporary will sooner
c or later find out that it can moi
control all nor even half the public
patronage by bulldozing theories and
the spirit of ''take work for nothing
) to keep White from getting it, and il
l he gets it then boycott the man, wo'
/ man, church, child or party thai
l gives it to him." There is room fol-
! us both-thcre is work for us both
The LEDGER demands patronage
l from no one. No one is under any
! obligations to US. No one owes us
l any patronage, and every day that
passes places US under renewed obi.
cations for liberal patronage. The
LEDGER is run on the principle thai
S the "Laborer is worthy of his hire
j When we want news or work we ge'
out and hustle for it, and we always
get it. We don't believe in sulkine
in the tent even if it would win. "Tt
} our pride in the past and our hope
; for the future, let us add vigorou:
work in the living present." is thu
motto nailed to the masthead of thu
LEDGER, and every man on the LED
GER force knows it and works RICH
t up to it. We try to have something
new and interesting in the LEDGE
s every week, and how well we succeed
d our subscription list shows. w
have nc use for drones, green-eyet
editors or men with a petit spit
against the rest of mankind arount
our den. The LEDGER don't expec
to get there by accident, but it ex
poets to get there just the same
S Sudden Rise in Values.
. "Where are you going with tn
> puppies, my little mane" asked
S gentleman of a small boy whom b
I met with three pups in a basket.
8 "Goin' to drown Them" was tn
1 1 reply.
81 want a pup for my little boy t.
play with. What do you say to lei
i ting me take one of them?"
"I'll sell you one,' spoke up tn
kid with American enterprise. 'T'i
sell you this yaller one for so cents
e the black one for IS cents, and tn
l spotted one is worth a dollar o
e any mans money"
: 81 think my little boy would lik
a the spotted one best, but you ask to-
e much for it.. You had intende
t drowning all of them, but I'll Civ
you 25 cents and save you tn
trouble of drowning the spotte
h one"
twenty-five cents for the spot
ted purp!" exclaimed the boy. &C
can't stand it; taxes is high; rent
high. It costs money to get int
q the roller rink. Oh, no; I can't TAX
o less than 81"
"But yon intend to drown"
stake the black one at Is cents.
my little boy wouldn't like tn
! black one.
g Take the waller one at half
), dollar. He's dirt cheap"
al SHY little boy wouldn't like th
!, black one."
"Take the yaller d at half q do
n lar. He's dirt cheap
'ei MY little boy wouldn't like hi
color"
Isl swell, then, you better tell you