Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-07-02
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If a lie we'll stuck to is as good as
the truth.
What the Sunday ordinance is ac-
complishing.
Where the Holiness crowd went to
so Suddenly.
If it is any honor to kick and beat
a drunken man.
What young man in Fulton tile
girls call mo boss"
If Andy ii. thinks white pants and
red stockings match.
Why Il contemporary shut down
on the police reports.
Why any one should go out of
town to get a divorce.
Ii the Fulton dude is not able
to take care of himself.
When Homer Bassford will start
out with his Dime Museum.
If you are not going to the Catho-
lie picnic on the 4th of July.
Who A. Emmett Bennett had those
pictures taken for last week.
Any reason any man has for OPP
posing water works in Mexico.
If some of our business men do
not do all they can to kill Mexico.
If A NJ. Harrison's pressed brick
mandatory don't show enterprise.
If Vandalia really thinks the court
house should be moved down there.
If Col. Rufile, of the Glasgow
Central Missomidn, is no. a buzzer.
Why some of our cigar stores have
to close up on Sunday and not others.
If the LEDGER don't get to the
front with its usual enterprise this
week.
If the boys down in the vicinity of
Worcester have been "coon" hunting
lately.
If earth would not be a sheol if
we could all see ourselves as others
see us.
How the Glasgow boys, who visit
Mexico, like sleeping on billiard
tables.
If a holiness preacher last Sunday
night really took his text from the
LEDGER.
If some one won't try to get an
ordinance passed to catch the Sunday
bicyclists.
If ''Billie," of the Fulton branch,
is not getting to the front with his
new watch.
Why a meeting is not called in the
interest of the chess and checker
club rooms.
If Alb really dubbed himself hall
to death because he was stuck for 5
s1.00 bouquet.
Why you don't try it if you thinl
riding a bicycle is not just as easy a:
falling off a log.
Why some people want to keep th'
town down by croaking against thu
census just taken.
Why the Laddonia picnic was no
in Laddonia so that live town coult
get a good send off.
Any reason for some of our citi
zens offering to bet that Mexico ha
not 5 1000 inhabitants.
If our new census don't SHOW
Mexico booming in spite of tn
croakers and kickers.
If there is any business man il
Mexico not willing to pay 5 cents
night for electric lights.
If Mexico won't boom if we ca,
get a few men like Judge Robinso:
o-1 r,cb p1o.lyb,r, born
If Garter" was not a dandy if b
worked any of the business men c
Laddonia these hard times.
If the Laddonia Herald reall
wants to get up a fight between Mez
leo and the rest of the county.
Where a man will go when he die
who knocks down his fence to let
a neighbours COW in order to get u
a fuss.
Why our city council went to til
expense of passing a Sunday ord
nance if they are not going to Ell
force it.
J, Why a Mexico business man Or
Mexico school man should have b
| letter heads and envelopes printe
+ out of town.
t If one of our Mexico ministe
really wants the colored and viii
l people to go to the same church ar
to sit together.
If several of the boys over in FL
ton did not attempt to ''bust up" Il
Sanctified Tabernacle last Tuesds
night at that place.
/ If our friend, Ruffle, of the Ola
-gow Central M~isSourian, was kept
y busy by the boys, while in Mexic
= that he could not call on us.
What young lady remarked Il
other day that the LEDGER cou
manufacture more lies in one We
than any other IA papers in the Stat
Poor thing! Did she do somethir
that she did not want us to publish