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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
The Seventh District.
The following is the official vote
for CONGRESSMAN in this district:
Good Natured.


Political excitement is over for a
time. Everything passed off good
naturedly. Vandalia and Audrain
county men are partisans in the
strictest sense of the word, but
none that we know of have won the
title of plumed and belted idiots by
carrying their political preferences
into their social and business rela-
tons.
On Learning Much Inclined.
She (on board the yacht Fleet
wing: "What are they doing,
Lieut.. Goldbraid ?"
He: "They are weighing the
anchor ?"
She: ooh, are they Would
you mind asking how much it
weighs? I am so interested in
everything of a nautical nature. !"
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Mrs. Mel Brown .hns accepted
a position in h prominent college
in st. Louiu, where she will teach
type-writing and stenography. She
is proficient teacher and host
of friend S regret her leaving Mex
leo.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Mrs. H.. w. DeJarnatt, in her
new quarters, has the largest line
Of millinery ever brought TO Mex
ico. d&w to Dec15.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
Our Banner Majority.

from the Troy Free Press.
Lincoln "owes enen to Audra1n
and Rails for the handsome maiori-
ties rolled up for Norton.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

THE young ladies of this town
are not to be imposed upon. They
will declare a boycott at once.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
FOR SAFE KEEPING.
Dick Dusenberry, Accused of q
Revolving Crime, Jailed in
This City.

In the night, without the knowl-
edge of any one save the Of
ticials of Montgomery county and
the jaIl officers here, Dick Dusen-
berry, who is accused of assaulting
a young girl at Montgomery City a
week or SO ago, was brought here
and imprisoned. 1T was feared
that the enraged populace would
make short work of the prisoner,
and by stealth he was conducted to
this city and lodged in Jail that
knows no breaking.
Dusenberry was called upon at
the Jail Friday by a reporter
for this paper. The prisoner was
in his cell and refused to come out,
though the reporter used his best
endeavors to secure face to face
interview.
"Will you come into the corri-
dor a moment?" he was asked.
"No; I'm mot feeling well; 1
am troubled with some feverish
complaint"
"Do you expect to get bail ?"
Il certainly do: l have not had
what you would call regular
preliminary"
"Iou were released on bond,
were you not ?''
eyes, in the sum of 81, 900, but
L was afterward arrested and
brought to Mexico"
"What have you to say for your
self?"
81 am not guilty." this with
emphasis.
"Did you ever see Bette Sira ?''
81 decline to talk any further
about the case. You need ask me
no more questions, as my attorneys
have instructed me to keep still,
and will obey them"
Dusenberry would say nothing
else, positively refusing to talk
concerning his case. He has en-
gagged Judge Barnett, of Mont
gonery and Judge Forrist of this
city, as counsel. Dusenberry is
25 years of age, and is a bartender,
having worked for Ferguson at
Montgomery.
THE CHARGE.
The prisoner is charged with
making criminal assault on a 12-
year-old child, Bette Sira. The
girl was en- route to Benton City,
this county, from Tazewell county,
Virginia, to make her home with an
uncle at that place. Dusenberry
was on the train. and offered to see
her to hotel from the depot at
Montgomery City, at which place
she was to leave the cars until
morning, when she would take the
train for Benton. Instead of TAX
ing her to hotel he took her, it is
alleged, to the saloon of Thomas
Ferguson, for whom he was bar
tender, and..there forced her to take
some liquid, and there accomplish
ed his purpose.
AT 5 O'Clock in the morning he
took her to the hotel and left her.
She told her story to the landlord,
who notified the authorities.
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
Word was conveyed to Sheriff
See, at Danville, Mo-, that an
attempt would be made to take
from the county Jail R. l.. Dusen-
berry, whose crime has been re-
cited in the LEDGER, by party OF
indignant citizens, who would give
the man the benefit of mob law.
Sheriff See at once took Dusenberry
and succeeded IN placing him in a
place Of safety. The crime for
which he was arrested is most re-
voting. The prisoner is held with
out bail.
HARRISON'S HOBBY.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

"THE matrimonial market is
stiffening up a bit"-Recorder
Torreyson.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

THE LEDGER welcomes Sheriff
elect George Adams as a resident
of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
The Governors Proclamation,

K1MBALL's home, Vernon county
gave Francis l 500 majority.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22
,Tts Well TO BE Exact.

Mrs. Mulvaney: Arrah ,Jamesy,
phuy do yez put two thermoneyturs
fornist the shore
Shannessy: Be gobs, Mrs.
Mulvaney, wen av them is to tell
how hot it is, an the other is to
tell how cowld il is.
Col. 7. P. Rixey, of Mexico, was
here this week in the interest
of the Odd Fellows Mutual
Aid Association. Col. Rixey is a
bright and shining light in the I.
0. o. F order.-Paris Mercury.
Eranl Earrptt is now or.oa uad a :
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Big drives in children and Misse
cleaks at Blum's. d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

Frank Garrett is now engaged as
one of the clerks at the Ringo.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

These are given as samples of
the letters received. The LEDGER
will be delighted to here from all
the girls and the boys, too, for that
matter, on this interesting subject.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-11-22

"MoTHER" HAS A WORD.
A communication signed "Moth-
sr" varies the monotony of the let
ters a bit. Here it is:
To the Editor Of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Nov. Ill am
mighty glad the boys do take the
girls TO church and not to the
theatre. If they would go TO
church more and the theatre less,
it would be better for everybody,
except perhaps, the managers Of
the opera houses.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-27
Moral Courage.

Moral courage is courage of the highest
seems to us to be right, regardless of what
anybody else may think. or do. or say; re-
gardleSs of the consequences, whatever
they may be, to ourselves. Although we
may be brave in every other respect, al
though we may possess physical courage to
a great degree. if we are lacking in this
other higher courage. are we not towards
after all? Is not one who will hesitate to
stand up for the right because he is afraid
of being laughed at. a coward just as much
as one who shows his physical cOwardice?
That is true moral courage which will
cause man. when conscious of a wrong
done to fellOw-man, to go to him, confess
himself in the wrong, and beg for forgive
ness. That is true moral courage which
will prompt one to confess fault, and Suf
fer the consequences, however hard they
may be- rather than conceal it, actuated by
a cOwardly fear of punishment 1t will
help us to tell the truth under all circum-
stances. in all places, at all times. and to be-
strong to resist temptation of all sorts. 1t
will cause us to stand up fearleSSly for our
church, our religion, our bible. and our
Savior if we ever hear word spoken
| levers may Sneer and laugh at us.
often think of the people in those old
far-Otf days, when Christians were SO re-
| lentleSsly prosecuted on account of their re-
ligion by the cruel rules! What. some of
them suffered! What they bore for the
sake of what they thought to be right! How
many of them were prosecuted. hunted
down, tortured, and burnt at the stake, or
died some other equally horrible death for
their religion! What great moral courage
| they must have possessed to have suffered
it all uncOmplainingly because they knew
themselves to be in the right. l wonder if
we, who live in times when such things are
unheard of and unthOught of, would have
the same faith, and strength. and courage,
if put to the test as they were.
There are many ways in which our moral
courage, If we have any, will show itself,
although we are not called upon to give up
our lives for the right, or make any other
such great sacrifice. 1t is related that when
our great poet. Whittier, was a little boy,
and went to the village school. the school
master desired him to say the catechiSm,
but the boy refused, saying that he could
not say the catechism. that he would not
say it, because his father said it was not
right. The master tried by hOgging him,
to force him to say it, but Master Whittier
again refused. Again and again he tried
and the boy persisted in his refusal, and
would not. and did not. say it. because he
thought it was not right. | think that is
an example Of moral courage which some
of us would do very well to fOllow.-Alice
Prior iii Dayton co. High School Times.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-27

Cents

could have stolen larger sum. but to use
for temporary purpose. and intended to
return it. No one will claim he is blame
less. but he is not guilty of wrong which
is in itself sufficient to warrent any cOmmu-
nifty in branding him as a criminal. He is
mjustly q convict from the moment of his
Imprisonment to the last moment of his
term. a greater wrong is inflicted upon
him. than he is capable of inflcting on So
ciety. and society may have inflicted a
wrong upon itself by making lifelong
criminal of him. The mere fact that an act
comes within the definition of criminal
statute. does not make it crime. 1t would
be well for SOCIETY to remember this. Re-
venge is not the intention of the law. and
individual revenge has embittered many a
man who would have passed through life a
credit. rather than disgrace to all man
kind. OBSERVER
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-27
Are You Justly a COnvict2

Editor Mirror:
Writing under this heading in last week.
issue OF The MIRROR. l endeavored to
show by example how easy it was for the
innocent to be convicted OF crime by cir
cumstances, and closed with the assertion
that they were not the only ones to whom
the Odium of convict unjustly attaches. 1t
will be my endeavor in this article to prove
that assertion.
The various acts which have been con-
sidered crimes, and which have been pun
ished by death and Imprisonment by the
nations Of the past and even the existing
nations, are enough to cause the earnest
inquiry, "What standard is used in naming
offences and attaching penalties?" When
the Spartan youth allowed the stolen fox
concealed under his garment to tear open
his body rather than be detected, the stand
ard by which crime was judged was vastly
different from the spirit of our laws. Then
the crime was in being detected, now it is
III the commission Of the act. | say the
SPIRIT, not the application, except, per-
haps, we carry the principle still farther
than the Spartans, and say Tin practlce)
that the crime is neither in the commission
nor detection, but in the conviction. This
gives ample room for all the various forces
which intervene between the commission of
the act and conviction to play with public
opinion and remove the stain of crime or
add to it a hundredfold by means so well
known to every reader that they need not
be enumerated here. Then comes the per-
sOnal application of my inquiry, ''Are you
Justly convict" Have these forces caused
you to be convicted of crime by so shaping
public opinion that acquittal was impossible?
Ii so you are unjustly convict although
you may be guilty of the act. you are not
guilty OF the crime: or if guilty of crime
1t may be that you are not guilty of the de-
gree of crime which makes you a convict
for a longer term of years than an unpreju-
diced community would have sentenced
you. For example: The sixteen-year-ol
youth who buys forty-five caliber revolver
and two-edged dirk and developes into a
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-27
Where He Ought to Have Been.

A clergyman who was in the habit of
preaching in different parts of the country
was not long since at place where he OBJ
served a horse jocky trying to take in sim
pie gentleman by imposing upon him a
broken winded horse for sound one. The
parsOn knew the bad character of the jocky
and. taking him aside. told him to be eau
tiOus of the person he was dealing with.
The gentleman finally declined the purchase
and the jockey, quite nettled, observed:
''Parson. l had much rather hear you
preach than to see you privately interfere
in bargains between man and man in this
way"
WELL" replied the parson. ''if you had
been where you ought to have been last
Sunday you might have heard me preach"
'Where was that?" inquired the jockey
lin the Joliet prison." returned the
clergyman.-ChicagO Sunday National.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-27
For The Mirror.
ssMIGHT HAVE BEEN.,,
BY G.. II. ON.

BY C. III. IN.
Away beyond the distant Past lies land that's $
often seen
In day-dreams' ftful fances; It's the land of
Might Have Been'-
A dim and shadowy land. it is yet full of visions
bright;
OF happiness that never came, Of unknown, dead
delight.
Full many weary, wasted life in this fair world
is seen
Whose happiness and better part all in Might
Have Been"
Things that we've rejected trifes light air.
And yet blessings in disguise, have gone for
ever there;
Deeds cannot undo and words we can't
unsay.
Have borne with them thther our brighter lives
away
Or while careless idled they have passed by US
unseen,
And gone from us forever to the land of might
Have Been"
Might have been Might have been. but now
never be"'
Was ever sadder dirge yet sung o'er human mis-
cry?
What might have been, what could have been, had
but gone Alright
When on the pathway of my life the sun shone
high and bright.
But now that sun is setting upon desert scene
And honor, happiness and love all in Might
Have Been
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-27
His HappieSt Day.

The opportunity to observe, in the black
smith shop. where one has to strike the
iron while it is hot, is very slim, but from
what chance l have had, l have arrived at
the conclusion, that, aside from the usual
three holidays of the year-which are days
of joy and gladness to us all-shaving-
ticket day is the happiest. There is, it
seems to me, no other day looked forward
to nor none which brings with it more real
pleasure than the day Oh which a convict
goes to the deputy or his assistant, with a
smile on his face as long as your arm. and
asks for shaving ticket. This is due all
cOnvctS six weeks before their terms expire
and excludes them from the barberS perpet-
ual-mOtiOn-like raZOr-sO that he grows
what has been sOwn, whether it be tares or
hairs. This day never escapes the memory
OF one about to leave our colony. Most
persons would think no doubt, that the
last day of Imprisonment would be the hap
piest 1t is the most desirable, but far
from being happy one. 1t brings with it
confusion. excitement and disappointment.
Nothing turns out just as he had anticipat-
ed. The night has been long one and the
day seems to pass slower than the night.
He is not called for at the time he thinks he
should be. All in all, it is the longest,
most discOuraging day of them all. His
troubles may we'll be said to have begun
anew, and if there is clock where he
works. you may rest assured he knows the
fn a no mil, IN ri
shaving-ticket day for genuine joy.
Perhaps the first pleasure realized on this
day, is the surprise the lucky one is able to
give the deputy by asking for ticket. for
the deputy may not know, without consult
ing the books, when his term expires. If
there should be doubt it is a great pleasure
to refer the officer to the books, thus revers-
ing the order of things. for on all other
occasions the deputy has issued the orders.
Ticket received. he shows it to every one
he can, until the signs prominent are visi-
bic to all. Then he leaves it in his cell.
1t would be interesting to see him make his
toilet from the time he gets his ticket until
the last day. His 2X4 mirror is consulted
as often as occasion will admit. Some have
their whiskers shaped, others are opposed
to patrOniZing home industry. Finally.
amid many good wishes, the moment of
liberty comes with its hopes and fears. but
above all it's responsibilities
''Straight is the gate and narrow is the
way. and few there be that find it," On
that day the eX con (that is his name now
has more decisions to make than on any,
one day in his life. and much depends on
how he makes them.
1t is customary for persons to say, when
bidding their friends good bye, Il am sorry
you are going away; do try and get back
this way sOon." But here we again change
the order. We tell our best friends, frank
ly. that we hope never to see them here
again, and we hope they will leave the
state and never return. w. T
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-06-27

Blasphemy consists in displaying one of
the wOrSted notices God Bless Our Home"
when fretting, scolding fault finding, and
abuse of wife and children are common as
flies in summer.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-28
GIVING PROPER CARE.
How to Secure the Largest Amount
Profit From Cows.

How to Secure the Largest Amount of
Profit From Cows.
We may consider that there are two
important branches of work connected
with securing the largest amount of
profit in the dairy. One of these is
good cows properly cared for, and the
other is in the proper handling of the
milk, cream and butter after it is Sc
cured. 1t is not all in the cows ~
with many of these a much better nrod-
uct could be secured if proper arc was
given to the cows.
In fact, in many localities it is not
through the lack of COWS. but that of
proper care that we fail 70 realize the
Pront that wo should. Even with q
gooa COW It is possible to make a
considerable difference in the yield,
not only with the feed, but also the
sheltering, the watering and the gem
eral care. And when it is through the
lack of this that we fail to derive the
benefit we should, the remedy lies
within ourselves. When it is the fault
OF the COWS, a change may be made
necessary, but if the fault is with the
feed and care, we must change the
plan Of doing this. There is really less
excuse when the fault is in the
care than with any thing else, be-
cause to considerable extent
it is the easiest remedied; we
can give good feed and good care with
very little difficulty. and often with
very little difference in the expense.
If we must change the feed of the cows
or change the management of the milk
and cream, considerable extra expense
may be entailed even if the change is
made properly, but in giving good feed
and care, very light increase will be
necessary.
1t is not altogether the fault of the
cows, or is the business as rule suf-
fering so much from the lack of good
cows as from the proper feed and care
to secure the best results. There is no
question but that in many cases the
failure to realize fair profit from the
cows is directly traceable to the failure
to provide good feed and give good
care. And there is no occasion for
selling off the cows we have until by a
fair trial we have ascertained whether
it is our own neglect Or the fault of
the cows to give Us profitable supply
of milk.
If with reasonable good feed and |
care we fail to secure a profitable |
of milk, then it is best to make /
a change, but until this is the case.
keep what you have got.-N j. Shep- |
herd, IN ADaertcen DairyDsan.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-28
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Gentlemen learning the cornet
should employ private tooters. En-
change.
-Landlady Ito boarder) How is
the butter, Mr.. Dumley?" Dumley Ga
produce broker)-"Quiet but strong,
madame, and in little demand. y
Epoch,
-Tramp-''Can't you give poor
man something to eatP l got shot ip
the war and can't work" Woman
where was you shotP' sIn the
spinal column, num-" go way!
There was no such battle fought. y
Texas SJtings.
-Rowley-"Have you ever heard
Lodgeway lecturer" Browne-"Yes,
several times" Rowley-"How is he
for eloquence? Does he carry his au-
dience with himp" Browne-''No, but
he might, for that matter. "-Burling-
tom Free Press.
What can you tell me about
Esau?" queried the pedagogue.
''Esau," responded the youth, with the
glib alacrity of one who feels himself
for once. on safe ground, "Esau was a
writer of fables who sold his copyright
for bottle of potash
Labor Leader-"Bill Gumps was
nominated by the Labor party last
night" American meclianic-''So /
heard" L. L.-'You'n support him,
won't you?" A. Mo, it isn't
necessary that should support him.
L. L.-''Why isn't it?" A. Mills
wife does that. ''-Judge.
Woman (who has gwen some
mince pie to tramp)-''You seem to be
hungry" Tramp-"That goes with
out saying. which is bit of badly
Anglicized French, ma am. meaning in
our more vigorous English, You can
bet your sweet life am, or 1 wouldn't
be able to get away with much of this
pie. ~ Y. Sun.
III think bath daily would be
beneficial in your case" said the physi-
clan to Plodgers, the valetudinarian.
We'll don't know, DOCTOR" replied
Plodgers, in feeble voice. II took
bath once a year or two ago. / felt
better for a while, but it wasn't long
before was as bad as ever, and | have
been growing worse ever since. = st
Lpwis Magazine,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-28

their support to the personal rights
and liberties Of citizens in all the
states and territories in the union.
Voter where do you stand? The re-
publican and democratic parties are for
whiskey, the prohibition party is
against whiskey.
The homes or the saloons-tha the
question. Voter, which shall rule this
land of ours?
Albert Griffin got muzzled at Chicago
and took his medicine very patiently.
Truly the ignorance or duplicity of that
man is astonishing.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-06-28

and the irrigation of lands lower than
the seat of the manufacturing establish
ments. But the managers to the irrigat-
ing canal are gentlemen largely interest
ed in building up this city and will fur
nish water cheaper than any company
can build ditch and furnish it, l have
made canvass of the country surround
ing the city and find no less than ten
places where lakes, covering each from
ten to thirty acres of land, can be con-
structed with an average depth of ten
feet of water The heads of the draws"
leading northward from the city are
separated from the ditch by narrow di
vides; but slight expense is required to
bring the water to the south side of the
divide. Take, for instance, the draw
leading northward on Third avenue"
1t reaches point within few rods of
the lake north of the city: lake which
covers an area of perhaps 90 acres, with
an average depth of ten feet of water.
With but little expense this lake can be
made to connect with larger one on
the south side of the divide From this
lake on the south side to the river is
about one mile with tall enough to place
along the line of this draw from the lake
to the river at least twelve manufactur-
ing establishments, all capable of being
run with the same power that it takes to
run the larger ones. What l have said
with reference to this draw may be said
of the one Immediately west of the city,
of the one leading north from the round
house, of the one Immediately west of
the stock yards and of the one east of
the stock yards.
OF course all this possible power will
never be needed but here it is waiting to
be used. G. LOwTHER.