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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

The funeral services of Mrs.
Susanna r. Lawhead, who died at
her home in this city Friday even
ing, took place at the Presbyterian
Church at 2 o'clock Sunday af.
ternoon. Rev. A. A. Wallace, the
pastor, preached the sermon, Rev
A. M. Vardeman, assisting. A
large cortege followed the remain.
to their last resting place IN the
new cemetery.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

Much of the new scenery recent
ly brought here by the Ferris
Grand Opera House management
will be brought into requisition to-
night in the production Of "Ranch
King" Stage carpenters have
been at work all day preparing for
this grand attraction.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

B. r. Cauthorn has fifty acres OF
wheat drilled and part of it up in
good shape. Who can beat this ?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20
Now and Then.

From Tie CARTOON.
A headache may often be consid-
cred a champagne issue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

William .. Bush, a stockman oil
halisvIile, Boone county, was
knocked down and robbed of $40 in
st. Louis last night, by Abraham
Lincoln TolIiYer. a colored man
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20
CRIMINAL DOCKET

RETURN DCCKET-0CT. TERN, 1883.
| Nancy Cox VS. Thns Cox, Injunction
2 W Bourne w. james Kessler, at
tachment
3 p L Mast ct al VS. r T Freemsn. ac-
count
4 Houston & Trimble VS. Salamander
Co, account
> Gibbs VS. Ollie NJ Gill, Furnish
er's lien
6 W A Morris " Frank Huletf, at
tach nent
I led ID Ferris VS. S CBaskin, replevin
5 Mary A Fike VS. G T Martin ct al,
damages
8 Mary 4 NacLin vs. VIM Machin ct al,
decree of title
10 Winthra A Stewart Us Henry Smith,
damages
IL Valentine Erdeli vs. Daniel Ready,
damages
IL w Harrison VS. C& ARRCo
Ii Chas Duncan vs. Ben Buchanan ct al,
partition
H. r VI shalton VS. E n Chrisman, at
tachment
Is State to the use of ] G Terry VS. ] W
Atchtson ct al, official bond
Ie Kelty r Chandler VS. w G West, &C
count and damages
II Thos T Roden VS. ID E Shea, account
is Lacy v Heller vs. KingsIaDd {
Douglass Mfg Co, damages
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

VIII Carter went to Quincy, H.,
to-day, where he will be Il student
of the Gem City Business College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20
New Millinery Store.

Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. Lewellen
have opened a millinery and dress
making establishment on South
Washington street, four doors
south of Roden's. They keeps fine
line Of milliners' notions, such as
plush goods, ribbon, etc. Gloves,
handkerchlefs and fancy goods.
Give them a call and inspect their
complete stock. till Oct. IS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

Cards announcing the marriage
of Mr.. E. S. Wilson and Miss Mar
garet Bryan, at the Christian
church, October 2, are out.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20
PIANOS, ORGANS
And
Sewing Machines !

We have in stock the Largest Line of the above
goods ever shown in Central Missouri. Also,
Vioins, Guitars, Banjos, Accordeons, Flutes, Flies,
Drums, French Harps, and other goods too numerous
to mention, usually kept in music stores. Strings of
the best quality for all kinds of instruments.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

D. D. Woodward is home from
Ft. smitll, Ark.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

5. E. Mcdonald, Esq, of Mont
gomery county, has been the guest
of Mexico relatives for several
days.
Calvin Iiams, Worcester, and
Miss Maggie Raftery, of Landonia,
have been granted 4 marriage
license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20

Rev. DR.. Travelli, founder of the
American system OF Kindergarten
education, died at Pittsburg yes
terday, aged so years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-09-20
LARGE Stock Of Sheet Mlac

And new received nearly every day. Also Instuc-
ton Books for both piano and organ. We are
bound to reduce the stock and will give Very Low
Prices for the next few days. Call or write and you
will learn that we mean business. Sewing Machines
repaired neatly and promptly.
Mexico Machine ( Music Co.
w. II. UPHAM, Manager, Mexico, Mo.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
The Country in Midsummer.

Following midsummer -day-the noon of
the year-a midday quiet comes over the
fields one by one the birds busy with flocks
of gaping fledgelings, forget to sing even
the shrilling of innumerable grasshoppers
seems only to emphasize the sultry silence
The flowers that remain have a certain
firmness of petal anl tropical wealth of
color in place Of the deIy freshness of
spring blossoms.
The fiery hearted meadow lilies grow
here and there on unknown banks Later,
in u tangled thlcket of climbing bitter
sweet, smilaS and ironweed, or 10y the
grassy margin of the creek may be found
the rarer and more stately Turks Cap lily.
lu the meadows, the timothy or herds
grass, standing close ranked aul tall, IL
covered with fine misty purple bloom
which has a mealy smell like tasseed corn,
only perceived as the wind brings us the
breath of the field If there is any fair
and grateful husbandry, it is seen in the
bayfield,. Every step in the process of
haying is picturesque, from the cutting of
the grass to the slowing away of the fresh
ly-dried, fragrant hay in the great stacks
or mows Besides, the farmer must keep
u weatherw wise eye on the summer clouds
slow moving, laden wains, from the hour
when the clicking moving machine is first
sent into the meadow, until the last load is
| securely put away. While the hay is be-
| ing cared for, the winter wheat is growing
| golden and ready for the reaper. The oats
| which now look as though covered with
| blue gauze, will ripen next Then the rus
set stubble fields will suggest only too fore
| IDLY that the summer is on the wane.--Sdrd
| f. Goodrich ia the american Mdyd,ine for
/ August
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10

Revivalist Harrison is the attraction of
Wall sreet, New York, Just now. He is con
Quoting a series of very remarkable revival
meetings there Harrison is known as 'the
boy preacher" although he is a man well
toward 40 years of age.
The central sanitary department of Japan
has Just published report of the cholera
endemic Of 1886, which was the most vi
oient since 1879 There were in all lj5, 514
persons attacked, and Of these ma, OSd died,
The gravity of the epidemic is attributed to
the impurty of the water.
The Mormon immigrants from Utah, who
have Just settled in the Canadian North
west, get hut a cold reception from the gov
ernment. Polygamy will he sternly sup
pressed among them aud rigorous watch
will he kept to see that they obey the laws
of the land.
A New York millionaire is building a suite
of rooms ON the top of the Equitable building,
over POO feet above the street. This is the
highest suite of rooms in the world, and in
the hottest weather in the summer the cool
breezes blow.
Two Mormon elders, Franklin Murray
and Jones Fallon, who were driven out of
Muhlenhurg county, KY, several weeks ago
| by the citizens and fled 10 Rome, Ind.
were captured few nights ago by band
Of White Caps at Il house in Evansville,
| Two women converts were also found in
the house. The frightened men and wom-
we're taken to the woods where Murray,
| Fallon and one of the women were given
| 100 lashes The White Caps threaten tc
hang the Mormon missionaries If they dc
not leave the country at once.
The crew of an ocean going steam tug
which arrived at Providence ON Monday
are sure that they saw the sea serpent on
their way. Philip Walsh, the engineer
and the other officers are sensible men, anC
declare that they would have laughed a
the idea of seeing a sea serpent till now
The animal was sighted early in the gray
dawn of the morning, and passed close Z
the tug boat which it doubled in length
The head was raised six feet in the water
and was adorned by an immense black fin
Its mouth was cavernous, and there wa
plenty of room for a whole man, while tn,
eyes seemed as large as saucers, and it lash
ed th1 sea with its tail. The reptile tray
eled very rapidly and was headed towar'
the eastern shore
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
Mr, Cables Advice to the Negroes


Vote, Cast your vote though taxed for
it, Cast your vote though defrauded Of il.
rs many white man is today. Cast your
vote though you die for it. Let no man
cry, Liberty or blood - leave that for so
,ialists and Partisan mobs but when liber-
tv means duty, and death means one, own
extinction. then the cry of Liberty or
lonth' is a holy cry, and the man who will
not make it his own even IN freedom is not
free Seek not tn buy liberty with the
hIuod either of friends ar uf enemies It Is
only mems own blood at last that counts IN
the purchase of liberty. Whatever may
have been the true philosophy for more f"-
rociuus times this is the true philosophy for
ours Cast your votes then, even though
many Of you die for it. Some Of you have
died. but in comparison how few three
hundred thousand white men poured out
their blood To- keep you bound, other three
hundred Thousand died Ia set You free, and
still the full measure of American freedom
is not yours 4 ffticth as much Of your
own hlood shed in the inuilrnsive activities
of public duty will buyit Keep your vote
alive; better nine free men than ten half
free In most Of the southern states the
negro vote has been diminishing steadily for
years, to the profound satisfaction Of those
white men whose suicidal policy is to KEEP
You in alpnsm. In HIe name of the dead,
black aud white, of the living, and of your
children vet unborn, not as of one party oI
another. hut as American freemen, vote
For in this free land the people that do not
vote du not get and do not deserve their
| rights
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10

From the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Mr.. Cable is recommending the colored
men of the southern states in which there
are black majorites to 90 into n conflict in
which they would he slaughtered TO any ex
tent necessary to stop their voting. He
should recommend The colored men in Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina not 10 vote at
ALL There have been more Of them killed
since the war for being Republicans than
fell ON both sides ut Gettysburg, and we
think the sacrifice sufficient as the case
stands. In Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee,
West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and
Florida there are white Republicans who
protect the coored men in their rights to
great extent. The Democratic party is
getting the usufruct of murder, and Cleve
land as President is one of the blossoms of
it aud the margin Of majority that voted
for the Mills hill in the House the other day
is another.
The present evil situation can and will he
broken when the people of the North see it
and will that justice shall he done. The
first southern state that goes Republican
breaks the solid South, and then the wrongs
that are so fragrant can he righted without
bloodshed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
THE CAMPAIGN.
uR HLllyE ro misH IMERIcINs.

MR BLIINE TO RiSH. AMERICANS.
4 LETTER wHIcm Is As PERTINENT SOW As IT
WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO.
In 1880, just before the election Of Glen.
Garfield, Mr. Blaine wrote the following
letter to an Irish American in Boston, in
reply to some inquiries
AUGUSTA, ME., oct 81, 1880.
Nh dcdr Sir;-l received your friendly
letter with much pleasure. Let me say in
reply that the course Of yourself and other
Irish voters is one Of the most extraordi-
nary anomalies in our political history.
Never, probably, since the execution of
Robert Emmet, has the feeling of lrishmen
the world over been so bitter against Eng
land and Englishmen as at this hour. And
vet the great mass Of the Irish voters will
on Tuesday next vote precisely ns English
men would have them votc-fnr the inter
ests Of England Having seen Ireland re
duced to misery aud driven to despair 10y
what they regard as the unjust policy of
England, the lrshmcn of America use their
sullragcs as though they were the agents
aud servants Of the English Tories The
free traders Of England desire nothing SO
much ns the defeat Of Garfield aud the
down the protective tariff and cripple our
manufacturers, and nine tenths of the Irish
voters Of the country respond with alacrity
YES. Wc will do your bidding and vote as
you please, even though it reduce our own
wages aud take the bread from the mouths
of our children" There are many able
men and clever writer's among the Irish in
Nmcrcn, hut have never met one Of them
,,IL. ruprtrh ar ,.l,ypr pupttrh tp pXulniu this
anomaly ON any basis Of knowledge or good
scnsc | am glad to see from your esteemed
favor that th" subject is beginning to
trouble YOU The more you think Of il the
more yuu will be- troubled, | am sure. And
you will hr nrivcn finally to the conclusion
that the prosperity of the Irish III this roun
try depends as largely ms that Of any other
elias, upon the maintenance Of the financial
and industrial policy represented 10y the
Republican party. Truly yours,
j. q. BLAINE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
Cobden Club MEMBER in Amcricn.

The Cobdcn club is an English organila-
tion which for twenty two years has been
fighting the battle Of the British manufac
turcrs at home and abroad 1t is free
trade society, 50 declared on its official seal
Among the American members Of that so
cirtv are many of the leaders Of the Dem
ocratic party, the following included
Thomas + Bayard, secretary Of state in
President Clcvrlaud's cabinet.
Charles 5. Fairchild, secretary If the
treasury in President Clcvelands cabinet
William C.. Eniicott, secretary Of war in
President Clevcland's cabinet.
l.. q. G.. Lamar, formerly in President
Clcvrland's cabinet and now associate jus
ticc of the United States supreme court.
John q. Carlisle, speaker of the House
of Representatives. and the Presidents init
mate political adviser.
W Il Morrison, author Of the horizon
tai reduction tariff hill,
Henry Wattcrson, chairman of the com
mittre on platform II the national Demo
cratic convention.
Frank H. lIurd, formerly member Of
Congress from ohio, and IA we'll known free
trader.
David \. Wells, frce-trade writer and
an ardent supporter Of Mr.. Cleveland
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
ni.pIneing Americnn Indu..r,.

The importers are solid for Cleveland
and Thurman.
Why
Because they realize that the President 5
message and the Mills hill mean a Demo
cratic tariff policy that tends toward free
trade They know that the adoption Of
such policy would result in increased i'm
portation Of foreign products and manu-
facturers and inurr to their own personal
profit.
American wage workers aud manufac
turcrs cannot occupy common ground with
the importers They realize that prosperi-
ty for the importers means disaster for
them They are intelligent enough to know
that increased importations from abroad
means the displacement of American prod
ucts and manufactures, with enlarged em
pluymcnt for foreign labor and capital and
curtaied industry in the United States.
The importers do not represent Amerl-
can industry and the American spirit Of
industrial Independence of Europe. They
are free traders.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
Tremendous IuIeFnRI Fires ia the Ohio
Natural Gas RegiOn.

A Cincinnati despatch of Aug. lst says
Ernest Weissenbaur, professor of geology
in Heidelberg university, is here on a visit
of scientific inspection to the natural gas
wells of Findlay. lie says he found tho
vastness of the gas well country greatly
underestimate and that underneath the
town of Fndlay, at great depths, lay n
mighty cavern filed with highly iniamma-
BILE gas under tremendous pressure. lie
connected some very delicate telephones
with steel rods sunk in the earth through
the shaft of the well, to a distance far be-
low it. He heard the boiling of the rocks
plainly accompanied by cracking sounds
lie found that at distance of only one
mile beneath the great gas cavity, which
lies under Finday, fire was raging at a
temperature Of $500 degrees, The profes-
sor seems to think an early catastrophe not
only possible but probable,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
"Shcridnn'- Ride"

There is no poem more familiar tp the Ameri-
can p"upl" than that of T. Buchanan Reid. rrl'.
hrating the romantic and magnificent ride oi
sheridan when he saved the day a. Cedar
Creek. Il has brcuIur part Of the history of
Shrridan's career, and will now h. read with
new and peculiar interest
Up from the south, at break Of day.
Bringing 10 Winchester fresh dismay,
The uffrghted air with shuddrr bore,
Like herald in haste, tn the chirftain's door
The terrible grumble, and rumble, aud roar,
Telling the battle was ON once more.
And Sheridan twenty miles away.
And wider still thos,. billows Of war
1hunderrd along the horizons bar;
Aud louder yet into Winchester rolled
The roar Of that red sea uncontrolled,
Making the blood Of the listener cold,
As he thought Of the stake in that fiery fray,
And Sheridan twenty miles away
But there is a road from Winchester town,
A good broad highway leading DOWN
And there, through the flush of the morning light,
4 steed as black as the stee,ls Of night
Was seen to pass, rs with eagle flight.
As if he knew the terrible need
lie stretched away with his utmost speed;
Hills rose and frll hut his heart was gay,
With Sheridan fifteen miles away.
Stil sprung from the swift hoofs laundering SOUTH
The dust, like smoke from the cannon's mouth,
or the trail Of comet, sweeping faster and
faster,
Forebodng To traitors the doom Of disaster.
The heart Of the steed and the heart Of the master
Were beating like prisoners asSauting their walls,
Every nerve Of the charger was strained to full
play,
With Sheridan only ten miles away.
Under his spurning feet the road
Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed,
And the landscape sped away b'hind,
Like an ocean hyng before the wind;
And the steed like bark fed with furnace ire,
Swept ON with his wild eye full Of fire
But 10! he is nearing his hearts DESIRE
He is smiling the smoke Of the roaring fray,
With Sheridan only five miles away,
The first that the general saw were the groups
OF straggers, and then the rrtrcating troops
What was duney What to doy A glance told him
both,
Then striking his spurs with n terrible oath,
He dashed down the line mid storm Of huzzas,
And the wave Of retreat checked its course there
because
The sight Of the master compelled ii to pause.
With foam and with dust the black charger was
gray;
BY the flash of his eye and the red nostril's play
He seemed 10 the whole great army 10 say;
Il have brought you Sheridan all the way
From Winchester down 10 save the day"
! Hurrah, hurrah for Sheridani
! Hurrahl hurrah for horse and man
/ And when their statues are placed ON high,
/ Under the dome Of the Union sky
| The American soldiers Temple ~ Fame
| There, with the glorious general name,
! BE Il said in letters both bold and bright:
] Here is the steed that saved the day,
/ by carrying Sheridan into the fight,
! From Winchester, twenty miles away
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
August.

Now Nature sits with folded hands,
As resting from the busy year,
While DER the wide and tccming lands
She contemplates the guudly cheer
She gives; all energizing powers
Lie mute aud still, and druwsy hours
Move noisplessly, their iocund moods
And songs foregoing; in deep wouds
And fields a sumb'ruus silence hroods
UnbrOken, save by beetles drone
And oerfed bees dun monotone,
or leaves low rustic as they make
4 pathway for the gliding snake.
The patient cows seek shadows cool,
That stretch themselves like giants prOno
Along the edges Of the pool,
And midst the waters stand knee-drrp,
In dreamy, semi-cOnsCiuus sleep.
Birds sing no more but ON the hill
The tender plant Of whlp-poorwill
Wi no. telling oft her woful tale,
Lingers full late after her time;
While at slow intervals the chime
or sheep-bells in the distant vale
Falls on the ear like tuueful rhyme,
Lulling the senses, till in idle dreams
We half forget the real ia thought of that which
seems.
-ZfteIid Cooke ia american Magazine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10

A Nebraska farmer has unearthed the
skeleton of a woman eight feet high Some
poor cave-dweller had TO trot around
mighty lively between the wood pile and
the pump, and don't you forget it-Free
Press.
Aninfant industry Making faces, - loa-
kerS Statesman.
How TO get even with some men Pay
them what you owe them. -Deirod Free
Press
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10

Sing a song uf wages fifty cents a day,
Father in the ppurhuuSe, mother : run away.
Sisters in the factory, am in the mill,
Brothers on the railway working with will.
once. studied lessons, now thrrr su I time,
Where there was dollar, now there's hut a dime
should YOU ask the reason, could only say,
Two administrations. Democratic sway
Sing "A song nf wages. twenty crutS a day,
Weary hours Of labor, never time To play;
Frocks are torn and tattrr'l, shoes are full of
hul,.S
Cupboard shelves empty, hin is free ut Goals
Tho the ships are bringing guuis from near and
far,
Still they say we're happy, and 'spOse We arr.
Why it. all So different | can only say;
Two administrations, Democratic sway '
Sing song oi wages, twenty cents day,
Living like the hrathru, hrrrlugs packed away,
Rnum So damp aud dirty. walls -o black and har,
Wasn't always this way, once had light aud air.
Still We mustn't grumhlr, lahur : dreadful cheap,
Thousand hands are ready, chlldrrn's mouths ARE
deep.
Why the times arr hard sir, can only say:
Two administrations Democratic sway"
h-irii LdHgHul IN n. y. MrH ntd Express
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10

When you see a base ball player with a
muzzle ON don't be frightened. lie wouldn't
bite anybody but the umpire if he could
Free Press.
"You must not do that, my DEAR said a
mother TO her four-yea old daughter, mice
little girls never do So" "Yes, they do,
mamma, sometimes; didn't you just see
me do it'-LOHdoH Pdper
Man is awfuly smart in some things, but
nobody has ever discovered one that could
jam a hat pin clean through his head and
make it come out ON the other side, as the
women do.-DaRriHe Breeze.
Free trade in apples and protection from
the dog will be- the small boys campaign cry
this fall And ON the question of hickory
rods he will be "A prohibitionist
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
MISCELLANY.
NIidsuIiInicr,

Across the fair midsummer vale
The zephyr floats from sweet iu sweet;
What fragrance marks It's printless trail
BY fields of grass and tossing wheat
The sky is poised, perfect cup,
Above the landscapes rich eNpanse;
And whore the morning mists went up
The hills seem stilled, as in trance.
No more the boisterous springtime chOirs
Make nature iocund with their notes;
one casual song the heart inspires
And summers noon Of peace promotes.
] watch the hurryng humble bee
Grooming his low-down mellow bass,
Dart, curving past each fence and tree,
To kiss some fioweret's blushing face
A zigzag wanderer through the air,
Following path that's all his own.
Without thought, without a care,
And making every flower a throne
Deep in the grass the ground.b bird hides,
And where the river winds away,
One little shallop calmly glidrs
With Joy the long midsummer day
Joel Benton in american Magazine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10

'I'rum the ~.tuIu~hy. ohio. Register
There are ,u many Young men who have
had no personal experience with free trad"
~ it was practircd in the days of their
fathers that We cannot tpu often give them
"a chapter Of free trade history. Vicious
a, the tariff Of 1916 proved % Ice, it wa
cast in the shade 10y tn" still more vicious
tnrin uf 1871. tariff that hankrupted tn"
general government aud brought ruin to
private interests lu the following tahl"
viii Doe found the receipts and expenditure,
of the government during five years Of
Democratic free trade, and below it n state
mcnt Of the increase Of the public debt in
the period