Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-09-10

follow a course of this deservedly pop
ular tonic, which is. moreover q reliable
preventive OF malarial fevers.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers
generally.
average man would rather pay the
fine than 60 back a hundred miles
through the mountains to stand trial
so the undersheriff and justice thrived
for some time. But one day the
undersheriff served his patent auto
matte warrant on a young mar who
refused to come down. The officer
then drew Ii of those large baritone
instruments that generally has cow
ard at one end and a corpse at the
other. He pointed this at the young
man and assessed a fine of $50 and
costs. Instead of paying this fine
the youth, who was quite nimble but
unarmed, knocked the bogus officer
down with the butt end of his six
mule whip, took his self-coeking Gre
dentials away and lit out. In less
than a week the justice and his cap
per were in the refrigerator.
I was once a justice of the peace
and a good many funny little Incl
| dents occurred while l held that
Office. 1 do not allude to my official
life here in order to call attention to
my glowing career, for thousands OF
others no doubt could have admins
tered the affairs of the office as well
as I did, but rather to speak of one
incident which took place while I was
a J. z.
One night after I had retired and
gone to sleep a milkman called Bill
Dunning rang the bell and got me
out of bed. Then he told me that 8
man who owed him Il milk bill o.
$50 was all loaded up and prepared
to skip across the line overland into
Colorado, there to grow up with the
country and acquire other indebted
ness no doubt. Bill desired an at.
tachment for the entire wagon loao
of goods and said he had an Officer
at hand to serve the writ.
But said 1, as I wrapped "wel
come" husk door mat around my glo
rious proportions, chow do you know
while we converse together he is no
winging his way down the valley O
the Paradee?"
Never mind that, iedge," say
I William. "You just fix the doeky
ments and I'll tend to the defendant
:. In an hour Bill returned with So;
t in cash for himself and the entire
costs of the court, and as we settled
up and fixed the docket I asked Bill
Dunning how he detained the defend
I ant while we made out the affidavit
bond and writ of attachment.
"You reckollect, jedge," says Wi
liam. 'that the Vaughn wheel is helt
onto the exile with a big nut. NJ
| Vaughn kin go any length of tim
, without that there nut onto the exile
Well, when I diskivered that what
his name was packed up and tn
Vaughn loaded, 1 took the liberty t.
r borry one o them there nuts fur
: kind of momento as it were, and
e kept that in my pocket till We servec
l the writ and he paid my bill and cam
l to his milk, if you'll allow me tina
: expression, and then 1 says to him
: 'Pardner,' says I, you are goin'
e far, far away where l may never Sc
you again. Take this here NUT say
l, and put it onto the exile of til
1 oft hind wheel Of your Vaughn, an
: whenever you look at it hereafter
think Of poor old Bill Dunning, til
, milkman.-BM Nye, IN N. Y. Mercury
A Scheme to Capture Grant in 1865
In The Century for September
g printed ga Woman's Diary of tn
] Siege of Vicksburg," of which til
t following is a part. HIS tn
husband of the writer, and the dat
G is July Z: zone of the men q
headquarters took a fancy to H
and presented him with a portfolio
o that he said he had captured whe
the Confederates evacuated thei
1 headquarters at Jackson. 1t COL
n tanned mostly family letters write
e in French, and a few official papers
. Among them was the following note
which I will copy here, and file ava
the original as a curiosity when tb
war is over:
HEADQUARTERS DEPT. OF Tenn,
81 'TUPELo, Aug. 6, 1856;
o CAPT: The Major-G General Con
handing directs me to say that b
submits it altogether to your ow
discretion whether you make the a
tempt to capture General Grant c
not. While the exploit would /
" very brilliant if successful. you mus
Y remember that failure might be dis
' astrous to you and your men. Th
" General commends your activity an
energy and expects you to continu
e to show these qualities.
I am, very respectfully, yr. obi.
svt.
Thomas L. Snead, 4. Il. G.
4 CAPT. GEo. L. BAXTER,
Commanding Beauregard Scouts
The Guest Said He Guessed Right.
As a stranger was about to register &
an uptown hotel he look off his hat, dis
Il closing the fact that he was as bald as