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Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

We see it stated that Johnny
Glover is thinking of running for
Governor on the Independent
ticket. He would come about as
near being elected as he did to the
nomination
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

THE race for Prosecuting Attor-
ncy has resolved itself into a love
feast and the candidates are all
praising each other up in a most
charming and refreshing manner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
A Local Option Victim.

Obe Emerson, a fairly good looking
young fellow whose home is a few
miles north of Vandalla, was pick
ed up in the Alton yards Saturday,
dead drunk. He was wheeled to
the City Hall, where he became
'or '.,us. Although unable to
stand, he 'llly realized his situa-
ton and was able to converse IN
telligently. He said he had never
drank much in his life until the
passage of the Local Option law
in the county. He took to alcohol
and it is fast wrecking him. He
said he procured the alcohol on
which he is now drunk in Wanda
liza. Emerson has a large number
of relatives, among them wife
and child-a daughter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

Gentlemen, you can now remove
the blankets and return your "dark
horses to their stables. The
spirited "Mascot" has passed
under the wire.-Farmington
Times.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
Not a Politician.

io" Si. Louts oPOttttVi'
S. M. Kennard, of St. Louis, will
probably place Mr.. Francis in
nomination at the convention, as
he was at the head of the business
mems movement which boOmed
the Mavor and it is desired to pre-
sent the latter to the State as a
business man, not politician.
Mr.. Kennard is a forcible speaker
and would fulfill the task well
Should he not undertake the task
John II. Overall will make the
nominating speech. Seconding
speeches Will be made from var
ious counties and ! suppose Nat
Dryden will not fail to seize the
opportunity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

AMONG the many Republicans
who, in 1888, are going to vote the
Democratic ticket, we are pleased
to find Samuel Doty, a prominent
citizen of Audrain.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
A Gard of Thanks.

The Ladies' Exchange of the
Baptist Church wishes to return
sincere thanks to all who contri-
buted so literally to the dining hall
during the Fair, and especially to
the young ladies and gentlemen
who rendered so much assistance
in the hall.
Mrs. Rosa FORREST.
MARY G. RrxEY, pres't.
Sec,y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

SHEPARD BARCLAY is a cultured
gentleman, standing at the head of
the bar in ST. Louis, and will
make Supreme Judge that the
State will feel proud of.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

Remember that vigilance rs the
price OF life as we'll az Of liberty.
Only those who take good care of
their Lealth enjoy a ripe old age.
Those who wish ~, should keep
their liver and bowels regular, BY
an occasional does Of st. Patrick's
Pills, the best made. Sold by G.
r. Gibbs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
A REMARKABLE MAN,
Col. George L. Perkins, a Gay and
Festive Centenarian,o of Nor
wlch, Conn.

In a certain way the most inter-
esting figure in New England to-
day is Col. George L. Perkins, who,
Sunday last, was 100 years o. age.
He had lived full century at Nor
wich, Conn, where he was born,
and was married to his present
wife seventy years. He has been
treasurer of the Norwich and Wor-
cester railroad ever since 1888.
Colonel Perkins. who gets his
title from services rendered his
country in the war of 1912, is a
perfect type of the gentleman of
the old schoel-dignified, courtly
and polished. He is full six feet
in height, straight as an arrow,
with snew-whfte hair, side whisk-
ers, a pleasant face, from which
beam bright blue eyes, a fine form
and an iron constitution. He is a
fascinating conversationalist, well
read and thoroughly posted on all
that relates to the political or bust
ness history of the country.
The colonel goes to his office
daily and personally answers all of
the correspondence relating to his
department. Any day at noon one
may sec him walk jauntily along
Shetucket street in search of the
Broadway bus. If he be trife
late he breaks into a swift trot and
overtakes the stage. On Sunday,
rain or shine, he sits in his pew at
the Park Congregational church,
and follows the scriptures without
the aid of glasses. He has kept
abreast of the times and is to-day
one of the best dressed and most
stylish men of the town.
In 1907, he walked from Norwich
to Poughkeepsie, N. Y, in order to
be passenger on the Clermont,
the first steamboat that ever pad
died water. The colonel is now
the only survivor of that eventful
trip down the Hudson. For 76
years he has not missed an election,
either presidential, town or munic-
ipal. James Madison was the
first president for whom he voted,
In 1912, and James Monroe the
second, while Harrison is his
choice for 1888. The colonel has
met Madison, John Adams, John
Quincy Adams, Van Buren, and
Lincoln, and has had as his guests
in Norwich, Andrew Jackson and
Hayes. In 1861 Gov. Bucking-
ham, of Connecticut, sent him to
Washington with important pa
pers, and while there, at the in
vitation of President Lincoln and
Secretary of War Cameron, he re-
viewed the seventy-ninth New
York regiment.
Col. Perkins advice to young
men is given in these words:
"Early to bed and early to rise
cleanliness, industry, economy,
cheerfulnaSS contentmpnt avoid
the use OF tobacco in every form;
use stimulates only as a medicine
with advice of a physician, and if
your physician uses them as a bev-
erage don't take his advice; pass
saloons, keep the taste simple and
eat bread freely made from whole
wheat flour. With my earnest wish
for race Of temperate young men,
| remain, very truly yours.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

AupRAIN will miss her golden
opportunity if she is not well rep
resented at the &. A. r. meeting in
in Ohio.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

Mr.. G. w. BatteIl, travelling
man representing Messrs. s. Col
Inns Son & Co., printing inks.
after suffering intensely for two or
three days with lameness of the
shoulders and back, completely
cured il with two applications Of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. IL
cures larneness and rheumatism
when all other treatment fails.
Guaranteed and sold by G. r.
Gibbs. dttw II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

BARCLAY, Biggs, Smith, Ellison
and Gill are five of the very best
attorneys in the State, and ali
were worthy the promotion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
Harvest Excursfolns.

One fare for the round trip TO
points in Iowa. Minnesota, Dakota,
Montana, Nebraska, Kansas. Ar
kansas, Texas, etc. For full par
ticulars apply TO
E.S. WILSON, Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

Tom Mcclure, Quincy, ILL.,.
jockey, was kicked TO death at the
Hannibal races Friday by Gold
en- Egg, Finley's famous horse of
La Grange.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

THERE are still few Democrats
in the State who think the party is
going to the dogs whenever they
can't dictate the nomination.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

Excellence Of grain. perfection of
water, expert knowledge Of all the
best methods OF di-tilla,tion, ex-
tcnsive experience, abundant capi-
tai complete nnd expensive equip
ment and high purpose all these
are used in the making of
|. v. Ra"7ITS Nelson County Whisky
for wi .ch we have secured the sole
agency. j. T. SAUNDERS a Co,
Mexico. No.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

The Commercial Travellers Pro-
tective Association, of the United
States, has a membership of over
sixteen thousand and is probably
the strongest association of the
kind in the world. Mr.. John r..
Stone, their Natl Sec'y and
Treas. 20 Dearborn ST., Chicago, in
r letter states that he has been
severely troubled at timer. for the
past twenty years, with crnnp and
bilious collie which would compel
him to take to his bed from three
Ia six days-while in st. Louis at
their last annual meeting he pro-
cured a bottle of Chamberlain g
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and has since used it with
the best results. 1t is the only
remedy he ever found that effected
a rapid and complete cure. No
one can safely travel without it..
Sold by &. II. Gibbs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

TIE Belton Leader puts it in u
nutshell thusly: "After all, the
political id fool is the biggest
id fool of all fools.''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
An Intellectual Far.

AEAlSo, Mo., mug. lCs-huuTdil,
county has recently been treated to
the hest exhibition of farm products
machinery, stock and speed under
the auspices of the Audrmn County
A., NJ. and Speed Association that
has ever been witnessed in North
Missouri; and while those grand
shows were attracting the eye of
thousands during the day our city
at night was royalty entertained by
a theatrical troup in each of our
magnificent opera houses. But the
best has been reserved till the last.
We are now being treated to an in
tellectua. Fair, under management
of the Audrain County Teachers
Association. 1t has never been
our city's honor to have in conyen-
tion assembled SO many brilliant,
earnest workers in the cause of ed
ucation as are now diligently stud
ying the science of school teaching.
1t is truly an intellectual fair, at
which each teacher makes his
or her best exhibition of his or her
art of teaching and controlling a
school. The zeal and commenda-
BILE confidence with which each
teacher advocates his methods,
ideas and preferences is truly en-
tertaining to any one who is not in
sensible to this one of the absorb
ing questions of the 10Th century,
the education of the children. Ex-
perience has demonstrated con-
clusively that conventions of men
working with the same end in view,
following the same trade, profess
sion or calling, are advantages to
the end in view, and in nothing is
it more clearly shown than in the
Teachers Institute of to-day.
Teachers exchange ideas and gain
Important information from the
mutual traffic in wisdom that is
carried on actively in these Insti-
tutes. 1t is the most opportune
time for selecting teacher that
our people have ever had. If
there is a school district in Audrain
county that is not supplied with a
teacher, now is your time. Come
to the Institute. They will be glad
to see you. Watch the different
teachers system and manner of ex-
planning propositions, and if you
cannot find a teacher in that Insti-
tute that fills the bill you are in
deed hard to please. By no means
take one who will not attend his
county Institute. We were i'm
pressed with the average age of the
teachers present. No old cranks
or mossbacks, but men from 23to 30
and ladies of apparently the same
age-all up with the latest, shortest,
plainest way of teaching children.
President J. M. Greenwood, of the
Kansas City Schools, CONDUCTOR of
the Institute, has indeed proven
himself to be the right man in the
right place, and deserves the
praise of every parent in Audrain
county, for they will get the benefit
of his veteran experience through
those whom they employ as teach
ers. 1t has been long time since
we were connected with the pro-
fession, but Friday evening made
us wish we were a pedagogue again.
The Institute continues all next
week and should be crowded every
day by parents and teachers. 1t
will do you more practical good
than all the horse races, theatres
and base ball you ever witnessed.
The grade of your teacher is as
worthy of your attention as the
grade of your stock. j. V. w.
1 II ID.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

A big basket picnic will be given
at Wilson's Grove, 2 IL miles
of Thompson, Mo-, on
Saturday, Sept. l. The candidates
tor Prosecuting Attorney will be
present and address the crow d.
Dancing on good plank floor with
fine music. Everybody invited to
come and bring well filed basket.
&. G. WILSON,
l.. A. WILSON,
G. f. MAuK,
Managers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
A Little PeeyisIl.
From the Upton Times.

Gov. Morehouse hasn't increas-
ed the esteem in which he is held
in this State, by his canvass, and
now that he is fairly beaten it
shows narrow and feeble intel
lect to make faces at his successful
opponent. To refer to Hon. d. R.
Francis as ''blonde dude" shows
a disposition more like that of a
peevish, ill-bred brat than it does
of a full grown statesman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
VOL, Xxx.

AunRAIN has its good clothes ON
and should be shown oil this fall if
we want immigration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

A TRrP SoUTH.-Mr. l.. NJ. Mar
tina prominent Iowa railroad man,
and Superintendent; Of the st.
Louis, Des Moines & Northern H..
K. says: "On my return from a
recent trip South, where the water
was very impure, was attacked
with violent case of cholera NOR
bus. Having heard a great deal of
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy | concluded TO
try it and with the most beneficial
results within six hours / was
completely cured" No well regu-
lated household should ever be-
without a bottle of Chamberlain i
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. Sold by
G. R. GIBBS, Druggist,
d&w-tf Mexico, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
Our Graat Pair

Ft"iG ;t,- Columbia SIai"sInan
The Mexico Fair was success
in every department, notwi h.
standing the rainy weather. The
Fair reflects much credit upon the
Association for its untiring efforts
to make il second to no Fair out
side of st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

Special excursion TO Los Angeles
and return. For information call
upon E. 8. WILSON,
Ticket Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23
MOORE IN CHICAGO.
Mrs. Norton and Her Paramour In
the Windy City, So the
Report Goes.

Chicago, August 1S.-An init
mate friend of Henry w. Moore,
the eloping Post Dispatch editor,
reported this morning that he has
seen the missing man on the West
side.
1t is believed that he is in the
city, or at Englewood, little out
lying town, with his fair parameur.
Just why it is believed Moore is
here, it is hard to say, unless it is
because of the presence in this city
at the Leland yesterday of the man.
aging and city editors of the paper
which Moore abandoned.
These two gentlemen were very
mysterious and very evasive to in
quirers. They very frankly adj
mitted that they knew of Meore's
whereabouts, but said that the
whereabouts is not Chicago.
They had been out in mysterious
rides through the city, but no one
had been able to locate their desti-
nation. 1t is said that their mis-
sion was to effect an agreement or
settlement between Moore and the
man whose wife he eloped with, in
regard to the property which the
fleeing couple took away, and also
with regard to the wife's interest in
the ST. Louis real estate. If Moore
was in the city he was here only
temporarily for the purpose of
meeting these gentlemen, and it
is supposed that his paramour is
still over IN Canada, where they
are understood to have settled.
Voting Precincts.
In answer to a number of inquir-
les, We would say that the following
are the regular voting precincts in
Audrain county:
Salt River township-Mexico and
Molino.
Wilson township-Rowena, Nay
lor and CAN'T.
Sailing township-Friendship and
Canada.
Linn township-Rush Hill aud
Edwards School House.
Loutre townshIp-Benton City
and Martinsburg.
Cuivre towns'p-Vandalia, Crow
and Black school houses.
Prairie townshIp-Laddonia and
Beagles School House.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-08-23

Miss Hattie CAN'T and Miss
Jennie Hitt are home from Fulton.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
Proper Care of Woodlands

A German farmer would as soon allow
his cattle to range in his wheat fields as
in his forests, which often prove the most
profitable part Of a European estate. In
this country the wooded part Of the farm
is not cared for nor protected in a way
to maintain and increase its value; it Is
always used as a pasture, in spite Of a
well known fact that cattle are fatal to a
forest; the trees are either all cleared off
at once, without reference to their re-
production, or are so carelessly selected
for cutting hat the character and COM
position Of the woods are ruined. More
care Is taken now than formerly to pre-
vent and check fires in the woods, but
the damage done to forest property in
this country by fire Is still an alarming
item in the national waste account. No
system of agriculture can be long success
full and profitable which ignores the ne
cessity Of cultivating trees, and which
does not recognize the fact that much
land in every country can only be made
profitable by means of trees.
The precepts which should be often
repeated to farmers are o that trees
produce rain, or that trees are sacred OBJ
jects, which cannot be cut without Of
Tense to maj and nature. The lessons
they must learn, If they hope to com
pete with the farmers trained under
more enlightened systems of agriculture,
are that sterile, rocky, hilly ground can
not long be titled profitably; and that
such land a only be wisely used to pro-
duce trees; that the pasturage of do
nestle animals in woods or on land only
suitable for the growth of trees, is an
expensive and wasteful system, as IN
satisfactory from a pastoral point of
view as it is fatal to the forest; that
trees are as much out of place in the
strong level lands really suitable to per-
manent tillage as cattle are out Of place
in the woods. And they must learn,
toe that woodlands can only be made
profitable when the same care Is given
to the selection of trees with reference
to the soil and climate as is bestowed
upon the selection of grain and other
crops, and that the rules which nature
has established for the perpetuation Of
forests must be studied and obeyed--
Garden and Forest
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
An English Editor,s Mistakes

American history as It Is printed IN
English papers Is always interesting, and
often surprising to Americans. The
death of Gen. Sheridan has called forth
the English writer of American history,
who, unfortunately for him, left his ref
erence book behind. Thus The Birming-
ham Post informs its readers that
Gen. Sheridan chad the good fortune
to witness many of the most re-
markable battles of the Franco-G German
war, when representing the American
government at the German army during
the invasion of France. There can be no
doubt that he proflted immensely by the
lessons of that war. and by the counsels
and criticisms of the German strategists
with whom he was in daily contact; and
when the wal crisis arose In his own
country, therefore, he met 1t with a much
better equipment Of knowledge and ex-
perience than most of his colleagues and
contemporaries" The little circum-
stance hat the Franco-German war did
not begin until more than five years after
civil war ended Is not allowed to in
terfere with the Birmingham editors
assumption that Sheridan was a pupil of
the Germans and learned of them how to
win battles Boston Transcript
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
Hot Springs Of Colorado.

A ride of forty-three miles from Aspen
70 Glenwood Springs descends 1000 feet,
with a corresponding rise in temperature.
Here the Grand river, emerging from the
wonderful canyon, is joined by Roaring
Fork. Here, by the side of the Grand
river, are sulpho-saline springs which for
volume and heat beat the world. A cir
cular wall, 80 OF 60 feet in diameter,
encloses bubbling springs which send up
a volume of water, which is carried in a
stone aqueduct, along the side Of a walled
in swimming pool, $50 feet long and 100
feet wide, into which the aqueduct has
several inlets, besides discharging a
strong stream below.
This great swimming pond Of strong
sulpho-saline water Is kept warm ummer
and winter by these springs. The salt
water is 80 heavy as to make swimming
easy. The pond is three feet deep at one
end, deepening to five feet at the other
end, and there Is a row of dressing rooms
for bathers. Here the population, male
and female, disport of evenings under an
electric flare, The statement that this
great pond is kept hot all winter is hard
to believe, but travellers have to believe
much. Below the pond Is q bathing
house into which the water is brought by
a pipe, still too hot for use without q cool
ing mixture. On the town side, by the
edge of the Grand, is a hot spring and o
bath house, the property of the town and
free to all.
A little above, neal the entrance to
the canyon Of the Grand, is a natural
"a of hot vapor, called the sweating
cave, having accommodations for strip
ping and dressing. This is a short order
Turkish bath. The person to be sweated
strips In al apartment and then passes
through O narrow way In the rocks into
the natural cavern at the base of the
mountain, and the door Is shut upon
him, making the W. tight. A small
aperture at the top let's In q faint light
through a glass. The heat and vapor
are made by hot sulpho-saline springs In
the bottom Of the cavern. A floor is laid
over these to stand on. A spring in a
basin at the side Of the cavern offers for
a dash. Here the sweater stands in the
hot air as long as he can-say ten or fif-
teen minutes, sweating for all a sweat is
worth.@Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
Raw Materials Wanted Free of Duty-An
Adjustment of the Revenue Law to En-
courage Employers of Domestic Labor
Comments of the Press.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-The following i
the presidents letter Of acceptance:
WASHINGTON. Sent. s. 1SSS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
Stolen silver In Disguise.

Silver stolen in a large city rarely re-
turns to its rightful owner, for the melt
ing pot stands in the way. In Russia,
some years ago, a large amount of silver
was stolen from an imperial palace.
The silver was not only Of value for its
weight Of metal, but was plate Of the
time of Catherine. Tho police followed
the plumber closely, but were not quite
so fast as they should have been. As 1t
was, the silver, converted into the chlor-
ide of silver, escaped their notice, for the
Russian detective could not understand
how a mortar-like looking substance,
without metallic appearance, was silver.
During u war with Mexico, the Mexi-
cans are said to have saved a great deal
of silver by means of this chemical
change The Argonaut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
Farm for Sale

THE Farm in the southeast part
of the town of Shoreham, of late
the home place of William 6. Will
son, deceased, is offered for sale
This farm is supposed to contain
147 acres, consisting of meadow,
pasturage and woodland, in desira-
BILE proportion. The dwelling
house has lately been thoroughly
repaired and m~odernized; and is
neat, convenient, comfortable and
commodious. The out-buildings,
though not new, are in fair condi-
ton, and entirely ample for the
wants of the farm. The farm is
we'll fenced, and has upon it a
young, thrifty and bearing orchar l..
This is a fine opportunity for any
n desiring a good home and a
farm with more desirable and fewer
Objectionable features, thar the av-
erage of farms. If desired, easv
terms of payment will be granted.
For price and other particulars, in
quire on the premises, of
Mrs. ELIZA WILSON,
Or of E. j. ORMSBEE, Brandon.
shoreham, VT, Jan. &c, lss6. 5f
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-09-21
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MRS. WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP o Chill
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