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Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
thai knsys Ma embarrassment. shs

nsss That knew 40 embarrassment. She
told me that the friends whom she was
visiting must not know Of my acquaintance
with her, and that II ] visited her "a
charming ROBUSTNESS danced In her eyes)
I must come under an assumed name.
All! thrilling hint. The next moment I was
Mr.. Bardolph 1--WE were determined to keep
close to Falstaf1, and was asking her at
what time would 1t be agreeable for me to
call.
The two weeks that followed were
rubbed" with happiness and 'bediamoned'
with thrills. I will not give a long-drawn
recital of our loye-making, but viii simply
say that before leaving the city she had
promised to become my wife. We talked
much of her brother. at will not do to
tell him noy,'' she had said. sWe must
wait. Perhaps you may become friends"
Months passed and still Nettie did not
confide in her brother. Since u return to
the country I did not see her SO often, but
when I did see her, affection and joyous
ness always rewarded me for the tedious
waiting.
There was to be q grand Fourth of July
celebration in Anderson's Grove / wanted
t go, yet I hesitated, for I was sure that
I should meet Zeb Hightower. He had
told some of my friends that he was tired of
keeping put of my way, and that he In
tended to permit events to shape their own
course. 1 decided to go. l had for years
avoided Hightower; I had missed many an
occasion of enjoyment, and I no longer re-
garded it my duty to skulk in the woods
when 1 fancied that he might be riding
along the turnpike. / did not tell either
mother or Lizzie that I was going. How
well ] remember that day. Rain had fallen
the night before, and as / walked along l
thought how sad it would be to die on q
morning 50 fresh. A large number of
people had gathered IN the grove. / felt
uneasy as l approached. I had spoken to a
number of people whom I recognized, and
had started towards the speakers stand
when I got sight of Zeb Hightower. He saw
me and, with an angry jump, started toward
me. l drew my pistol and was about to
level it at him, when a gentle touch IN the
arm restrained me.
Nettie, she stood beside me. A smile Of
beauty and peace lighted her face.
"Put up your pistol, Howell" she said.
'sThe day of war is over. Sect"
Hooked at Zeb. Could I believe my eyes7
My sister Lizzie stood beside him with one
hand resting on his arm.
'.They are coming to meet u.s." said
Nettie. Let US meet them half way"
We approached one another. Hlghtower
and I gazed for a moment at each other and
simultaneously burst out laughing.
"Look here, I don't understand this, p
said Zeb.
"1don't, either,'' I rejoined.
at is easy enough to explain" Nettie re
| piled. t'This morning Lizzie and / discov
cred that we had for some time been en-
gagged to two s%impletons."
"Wen, now, Howell - said eb, ''they cam
Guido US. That justice of the peace stand
ing over yonder has marriage licenses
handy and old Brother Malone, who has jus
arrived, is anxious to cement a breach"
We were married in the grove. TIL.
Starks and Hightowers are now the bes,
friends in Kentucky, "Sah."
OPIE P. READ,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
The Best Strains of Recorded
Poland-C China Swine.
TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, William j. Lowranee,
(widowerE, by his certain deed of trust,
dated on the thirty-first day of May,
1888, and recorded in the Recorders
office of Audrain county, State of Mis-
souri,, in trust record book 5, at page
81, conveyed to N. f. Kilgore, as trus-
tee, the following described real estate,
situated in Audrain county and State
of Missouri, to-wit:
Lot eight (S), in block four al, in the
county addition to the city of Mexico,
Missouri, and being the same lot on
veyed to said first party by s. l.. Nc
Kean and wife by deed dated March
20, 1883, and recorded in deed book No.
81, at page 400, Audrain county records.
All lying and being in Audrain coun-
was made in trust, to secure the pay
ment of a certain promissory note in
said deed described. And, whereas,
said deed of trust provides that in case
| default be made in the payment of the
| said note or any part thereof of the in
terest, the said trustee, or his success
| sor, shall proceed to execute the pow
! ers therein conferred; and, whereas,
| default has been made in the payment
| of said note, which is now due and I'M
paid. Now, therefore, at the request
of the legal holder of said note, and by
virtue of the authority vested in me SO
to do by said deed of trust, / will, on
SATURDAY, JULY 9th, 1889,
between the hours of 8 o'clock in the
forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the east front door O the
Court House, in the town of Mexico,
State and county aforesaid, sell said
property at public vendue to the high
est bidder for cash, to satisfy said debt
and interest and the cost of executing
this trust. N. +. KILGORE,
13tds Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
The German Church.

To the Editor of the Ledger
MEXICO, Mo-, July l, 1850
The German congregation, near
Bean Creek, has appointed Mr..
Chas. Scheneman, VIM. Kombrink,
Andreas Meier and F. Hagedorn,
as a committee to consult with the
Germans in Mexico about organic
ing a German congregation in Mex
leo, and building a church thereat.
The said committee find that the
Germans in Mexico are in favor OF
Joining with the Bean Creek con-
gregation so as to form one congre-
CATION, or as a branch thereof, SC
that the same minister will serve
on both places until they are able
to keep their own minister.
A German sermon will be deliv-
cred on the second Sunday in July
Time and place will be given in
| next weeks LEDGER. X.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
TWO Y FAMILIES.
The Early Education and Subsequent Fri
olity of Marie Antoinette.

The Early Education and Subsequent Friv-
olity of Marie Antoinette.
It would be difficult to imagine q greater
contrast in the moral atmosphere of two
families than that which Subsisted about
the year ITO between the imperial family
of Austria and the royal family of France.
Goethe was probably not far wrong when
he said that 'the imperial family differed
but little from that of an ordinary middle
class German household Guided, even to
~sternness, by the firm land of the Empress
Queen-"Princesse m~agnanime." as Vol
taire calls her-it was "a model of all the
proprieties. Yet it may be surnlised that by
welding such imperious authority Maria
Theresa inspired her children with more
respect and fear than love. Be that as
it may, Marie Antoinette assuredly did
not forget, especially when misfortune
overlook her, the firmness n high moral-
ity which had been her guard and guide
during childhood. The environments and
besetting influences of her later home. SO
far from showing any Difference to the sub
stantial dictates of morality, were inspired
by infinitely varied forms of improperly.
It would, indeed, have been marvellous, II
decorum had fourished, except in mere
snowy appearance, under the ungenial as
cendancy of Louis XIV. Such, then, are the
dlaMetflcaly opposite cohulaons Oh Tic
home in which Marie Antoinette was nur-
tured and those which, in the year ITO, con-
fronted her when, at the early age Of if
teen, she entered the French court. The eff
fects of such a change, so radical in all its
phases, upon a vivacious and pleas
ure-seeking girl would, it is natural
to infer, tend to impair early salu-
tary influences. That for a few
years, those influences suffered o partial
eclipse, can hardly be questioned, but that
they were never wholly obliterated is un-
questionable. Extravaganza in dress, and
an inordinate pursuit Of frivolous enjoy.
ments were the first symptoms of this
Temporary alteration From miiny record.
ed instances the following remarks made
by Maria Theresa to her daughter MAJ be
quoted: people are continually talking
about the profuse fashion of your dress,
They say that you hair from the roots
stands ~thirty-six inches high, ard that it il
topped by plumes and ribbons.n This cen.
sure is often repeated, and was assuredly
not undeserved. But the Empress hardly
seems to nave taken sufficiently into &C
count the exacting influenee-then, as a
all times-of the reigning fashion-Gente
alaa's Magazine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

Col. GARLAND, of the Mexico
Street Railway Co., spent Sunday
and Monday very pleasantly in
Mexico, and is delighted with our
town and surroundings. He says
with half a dozen factories, Mexico
would be the best interior town in
Missouri. Mr.. Garland is thor
oughly acquainted with Missouri
and its resources, and says he never
visited a town where SO many and
30 thrifty a set of farmers daily
trade as he notices in Mexico. In
the language of Mr.. Garland, ga
long pull, a strong pull, and a pull
all together, will give Mexico the
factories, and that is all that Is
lacking to make it the best interior
city in the State"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
A Sensible Judge.

FFUTH TTt AtTdUIT IUIIstItUtIUI'
In the trial of a criminal case at
Lexington, KY, Thursday last,
Judge Morton ruled that the fact
of his having formed an opinion
should not disqualify a man as a
juror. He said that one of the
highest qualifications for a juror
was the fact that he had formed an
opinion from what he had read in
the papers, and that a man who
was not capable offorming an opin-
ion was not qualified to sit in the
Jury box.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
TRUSTEES SALE,

WHEREAS, S. c. Hale and Albina
w s. Hale, his wife, by their certain
deed of trust, dated on the eighteenth
day of June, 1883, and recorded in the
Recorders Office of Audrain county,
State of Missouri, in trust record book,
T, at page $50, conveyed to ii. A.
Ricketts,, as trustee, the following de-
scribed real estate, situated in Audrain
county and State of Missouri, to-wit:
All of the northwest quarter of sec
ton twenty-five (25), township fifty
the south half of the northwest quart
ter and all the southwest quarter, all
in section tw~enty-four CA, of township
1fty-one (51), of range seven ca, west.
This last described land lying in sec
ton "a, is subject to a former lein held
by Mrs. Mercy c. Glascock to secure q
balance on note of about 81 800. All
lying n being in Audrain county,
Missouri, which said conveyance was
made in trust, to secur the payment Of
a certain promissory note in said deed
described. And, whereas, said deed of
| trust provides that in case default be
| made in the payment of the said note
or any part thereof of the interest, the
said trustee, or his successor, shall pro-
coed to execute the powers therein con-
ferred; and, whereas, default has -
made in the payment ofsAnh1SSe,
| which is now due asda<<4PSld. Now,
therefore, at tbs request of the legal
holder of said note, and by virtue of
the authority vested in me SO to do by
said deed of trust, 1 will, on
FRIDAY, JULY 18th, 1889,
between the hours of 8 o'clock in the
forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the east front door of the
Court House, in the town of Mexico,
State and county aforesaid, sell said
property at public vendue to the high
est bidder for cash, to satisfy said debt
and interest and the cost of executing
this trust. H. A. RICKETTS,,
11tdS Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
THE american Press, speaking Of

puAo dliu tiuO JooiiidiiSiA says
The safety, power and influence
of journalism lies in its elevation
above selfish and partisan purpos-
sand upon high plane that seeks
to enoble and not to debase, to ad-
vance and not retard, to encourage
and not depress, the efforts and as
piratiens of its fellow-laborers. The
object of journalism, no matter
what the sphere of action or line of
duty assumed, should be to benefit
the people it seeks to serve, and
not solely to reap a harvest at the
expense of all other interests. A
higher motive should direct the
management of our journals than
mere pecuniary gain; and it will
lose nothing by according to its
contemporaries the same honesty
of purpose it claims to have. A
journal controlled by high motives
of integrity will seek to build itself
up On pure merit alone, and not be
decrying or speaking to injure other
iournalSD
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
ExEcuToR,s NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate of ]. +.
Smith, deceased, have been granted
the undersigned, A. J. Smith, by the
Probate Court of Audrain county, Mis-
souri,, bearing date July 2, 1883.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
for allowance to the executor within
year after the date, or they may be
precluded from any benefit of such es-
tate, and If such claims be not exhibit
ted within two years from this date
they will be forever barred. 13-At
A.. J. SMITH, Executori
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

The source of the Mississippi has
been discovered again. 1t would
be cheaper for the State of Mime
sofa to keep a man on a salary, to
discover the source of that great
river every morning before break
fast, than to organize SO many ex-
peditions and to contest the claims
of SO many ambitious amateur dis
coverers, who persist in finding the
source at places where it is not and
in naming those places after them
selyes.-Chicago Nets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

The Germans have appointed
the following committee to adjust
the differences regarding a new
German church in Mexico: Fred
Hagedorn, A. Meier, H. kombrink
and Chas. Schoeneman. The pros
pect is now good for an united ef-
fort all along the line and We trust
a new church in Mexico will be
completed before fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
MACON SALOON LICENSES.
Fixed at $4,000 if Only One, and
$1,000 Apiece if Six r
Granted.

MACON, Mo, July 1.-The City
Council met tonight and passed an
ordinance fixing saloon licenses as
follows: Ifonly one saloon license
be granted by the city and the
Macon County Court to keep a
dramshop in Macon theeity license
shall be fixed at 5000 per year; ii
only two saloon licenses be grant
ed by the city and county, the city
license shall be fixed for each at
$1,000 per year. IT only three
saloon licenses be granted by the
city and county the license shall be
fixed at $4,000 per year for each
saloun. If only four saloon license
be granted by the city and county
the license shall be fixed at $500
per year for each saloon. The
ordinance fixes the rate of license
on up, so hat the city will receive
Sc, 900 per year ifno more than six
saloon licenses be granted. The
Council then granted licenses foi
six months to parties as follows
Donald Chisholm, Frank Schwerk'
haus, VIM. Froster, Hughes 4
True, ard Henry Rhururp.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

WE trust that the Sheriff of
Christian county will hire some
body to hang Wiley Matthews, now
that he has been captured. 1t is
plain that the Sheriff of that county
doesn't know how to dispatch a
man expeditiously.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

Vests Friends on Hand.


Col. T. w. B. Crews, attorney
for the Missouri Pacific railroad
and a Franklin Co. politician pre-
diets Senator Vests early polit-
ical demise. But happily many a
man has read his own obituary,
and when two years roll round the
Colonel may find that he has been
sadly mistaken in interpreting
public sentiment. Vest has lots oil
friends who do not do much talk
ing, but they are generally on
hand when members of the legis.
Iature are to be elected.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
Hard on the Nerves.

A dog down in Pennsylvania
swallowed the baby's rattle the
other day. 1t hasn't affected the
dog seriously, put it's awful wear
ing on the people of the house.
Every time the dog moves, it
sounds as though a rattlesnake was
after you, and the result is that
about two-thirds of the time every.
body in the house is either climb
ing up on a chair or jumping down
from one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

The investigation in West Vir-
ginia shows that in the election last
fall a large part of the vote was cast
by patriots residing in Pennsylva-
mia and Ohio. This is an easy way
to break up the solid South, but it
is a little expensive.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

MILLER will be hanged August
23d and Mortimer goes to the pen
for fifty years, which is the same
as life. Justice may have been a
little slow in this case, but 1t was
sure, Just the same.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

Mamma" said IN innocent girl prattler
Of i've years, s'what makes the sun blush
so, and turn scarlet and red, when it goes to
bed at nightf'
swell. my DEAR replied the mother,
amused by the original simile, 81 suppose it
OF the whols world. with no drnpery drawn
about tte mighty couch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

SHANKs MCKINNEY is one of the
very best street commissioners in
the State. The streets and side
walks of Mexico bear US out in this
statement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

A Chicago hardware dealer car
ried home a rifle to his boy of Z,
left 1t loaded, and let him play
with it the next day. The boy at
ence shot his younger brother
through the head. The news item
says that "the house was crowded
with sympathizing friends"-of
whom evidently the fool-killer was
not one.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

THE railroad commissioners meet
at Jefferson City on July 9th to take
into consideration the matter of re-
ducing freight rates.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

The Mexico fair will be = bigger
thing than ever this aso and
over fifty new stalls will be built
to meet the demand.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

THE government of Doodle, by
Doodle, for Doodle, shall not perish
from the earth SO long a there is a
high war tariff to keep it going.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
Notice To Wheelers!

I contracted with yr Irvine Committee to suppl. you with a certain number of pounds OF
BINDING TWINE Ma stipulated price Theft first car had to be hegaphedf for everybody being ina
hurry, and hn arrived quite anumbrf yuw ere hmei waiting Thep parties St1 ous of HON
purchased it could not lhe first orw the kind bought and hey substituted apart part with another
ed the. Wme to be all right and accordingly sent it tout B Tut first called thea attention OF MEJ r
Veekamp o he letter of the n in which twas stated that they had substituted another. Irvine in
par, as stated Mr. VeMkamp land examined tibet Wea ndeo ud@a very little III any difference IN
iNa sona as found it wat living satisfaction M Hn zen and teams under insTnhonsb uava
anmght and day until they had aherd up very bit oft To Wheesa and other customers have
this statement to make: The mistake ash honest on m part Ihad no intention Of d@anng anyone
have de evAyhingm my poer to correct the mistake and coedh quickly had four teams in
the country manned BY Rmt A, {. w .GanowayJ culver and R shmsn search of tibet wine in
six hours after Learned ofhed dissatisfaction. Some few had trouble and were compelled to return the
wine To those wish to my ht fheyM call at my store will pay you in cash for every hour
l@tb raon ofhe error. All 1wantMf randh onet deaing villa always make" n ~ word
sml pwbabyb ng sta against 1.-THE stL0mf mf rdmages Bhwy u wi nfndh their letter I
omhn James and brands by adce of my attorney Thee original letter in full is in the hands of your
peidet MR. P Venkamp, and can be seem any time by any dyu tS as follows:
ST. LOUIS June 49, 1896: L. FEeRns, Mexico. Mo-Den SIR: Your telegram
ship this afternoon provided we can gta aM to mithn W amotg give you to eMeed
gd Them we will Wy you 100 pounds d@. We trust hesu substitute will salts
factor. Your Truly,
Thes second lot dtme has arrived and is as clear and nice sMl wine as you ever laid eyes
upon HworNw WELL on any binder and very inch oft warranted lam getting good reports every
day by parties using it all over he county Had not been for some meddNsomep hs-ee to
they hed md no friends of mine there would have beer no need of this letter of explanation. Very
few were damaged Ihad the Minea all back in gag hmsa hrt watout herpo tis cunent
that he Wheel Irvine isinenoI but tms ony kept lin circulation by pahe who wish to break up
the Vince and damage myself wish it understood htI am no Wheeler, bts am simply mg to
rehya mistake caad by a third party and da my door, and to cr the skirts of your Twne
Committee of which much has ens i'd
I have on hand yet $4,000 pounds of wine that cannot be duplicated in hes State for the money.
Hifrt sale to Wh1aso non Wheeewm and every pound ofhS warranted or money refunded and
los of time at the rate ofs3OOp per day will be paid to all parties who cannot use it 1t is the BEST
Irvine f he money ever sold in Mexico. Respectfully Yours,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

THE Weekly LEDGER this week
is issued on the national birthday
and is a dandy. it will be read by
at least 10000 people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
sHERIFF's SALE IN PARTITION.

SHERIFF'S SALE IN PARTITION.
Partition in the Audrain County Cir
cult Court, June term, A. D., 1883.
Patrick Reynolds, In the Circuit
vs. Court of Audrain
Matthew McGown, County, State of
ct al. Missouri.
pY VIRTUE and authority of q de-
Deree and order of sale made by
the said Court, in the above entitled
cause, and of a certified copy thereof,
dated June 10, 1889, / will, ON
MONDAY, AUGUST s, 1889,
between the hours of 8 O'Clock In
the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the
afternoon of that day, at the east
front door of the Court House, in
the town ofMexico, in Audrain county,
Missouri, sell, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder, the following described
real estate, viz: Southeast southeast
section two (21, township fifty t5)
range nine (g), and twenty (20) acres
north half DE- northwest northwest,
section seven @, township fifty f50l.
range eight Isl, in the county Of Au-
drain and State of Missouri. Terms Of
sale, cash. G. w. ADAMS,
12tds sheriff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04

Cattle r cheap, and we have made
arrangements for cheap ice, and we in
tend to give the public the benefit. We
mean what we say, and intend to sell
just exactly as we advertise.
MASSEY & BOWMAN,
Washington Street Market.
Ofuu 0ur1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
ANDERsON's GROVE.

! the breaking out
OF our civil war my
fathe and John
Hightower became
involved in a deadly
quarrel. My father,
A drew Stark BY
name, was an ex-
ce ingW popular
man in the Station
Camp ~neighborhood.
He had been an ar
dent admirer Of
Henry Clay, and,
with Clay's teach
ings still warm in
his mind, had, in q
determined manner,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-07-04
of Special School Election.

Notice of Special School Election.
The qualified voters of the School
District of the City of Mexico, are here
by notified that a Special Election will
be held at the Court House in said
School District on Tuesday, the 9th day
of July, 1889, for the purpose of author
izing the Board of Education in said
District to borrow Five Thousand
$4,000 Dollars, and issue bonds for the
payment thereof; said money to be
used for building and furnishing three
additional rooms to the School Build
ing of said District, situated on the
corner of Olive and Jackson Streets,
and for building and furnishing two
additional rooms to the Colored School
Building of said District.
BY order of the Board,
J. T. NELSON,
I'd d&w Secretary.
Mexico, No., June ii, 1883.