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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
The Red-Headed Girl.

Oh, give me the girl with auburn hair
The lass with the peachblow curls;
The one that the white horse always is near,
For she's the boss OF all girls;
The one whose topknot Is fiamingly red
The color we paint the town
OF a rosy tinge, most luridy spread,
Ger a carroty, sunset crown.
Oh, give me the girl whose craninm's hued,
With Harvard's selected shade;
The tint of the Deckties worn by the dude,
The pink OF the blushing maid.
The one with the wavy raspberry bang,
That casts forth fiery rays;
Whose cherry beau catchers witchingly hang
Like punches Of currants ablaze.
oh, give me the girl with the ket, hup- p-crop,
Grab apple, cranberry tinged;
Whose domes adorned with tomato mop,
All crinkled and coiled and frnged.
With sorrel Psyche knot 0D her pate,
Like grape juice. or cid port winc-
With the coral. the ruby, gsrne. plait,
Like peppers or drug store twins.
Oh, give me the girl with the gold cramps
With rtnglets like beefsteak rare,
The one with the locks OF frcassed shrimps-
The enc with the lobster hair;
The weinerwurst, Frankfurt sausage girl,
With the soft-shell crab-like braids;
For the one with the danger signal curl.
Laws over all other maids.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Once Was Enough.

A young gentleman who lately
left his home in England, having
exhausted his credit, telegraphed
to his parents:
"Your son was killed this morn.
ing by a falling chimney. What
shall we do with the remsins?"
In reply u check was sent fol-
EGO, with the request, "bury
them" The young gentleman
pocketed the money and had an
elaborate spree. When in a condi.
ton for writing he sent his father
the following note:
"I have just learned that an in.
famoos scoundrel named Barker sent
you a fictitious account of my death,
and swindled you out of $40. He
also borrowed s1O of me and lett
the country. I write to inform you
that I am still alive, and long to
see the parental roof again. l am
in somew hat reduced circum'
stances, the accumulations OF the
last five years having been lost-s
disastrous stock operation-and Ii
you would only sfare me EGO
would be ever thankful for youl
favor. Give my love to ALL"
A few days later the young mar
received the following digni6ed let
ter from his outraged parents
My dear son / have buriet
you once and that is the end of it
I decline to have any transaction
with a ghost. Yours in the flesh
father"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

being present, and took place at
the residence of the BRIDES uncle,
E D. Graham, at 2 p. m. Elder
Wigsinton pronounced the cere-
mony in his usual impressive man
ner. The bride looked beautiful
in q combination suit of camel's
hair, large plaid and plain, one of
the new shades ofgreen. Drapery,
caught up with steel buckles. Small
French felt hat, same shade, black
CANT de Suede and handsome cor
sage bouquet completed this
unique costume. The groom was
dressed in conventional black.
The presents were numerous, orna-
mental and useful, showing unusu-
al taste In their selection. Mr..
and Mrs. Oldham left for Jefferson
City on the 3 O'Clock train to visit,
for a few days, the parents of Mr..
Oldham, after which they will 60
at once to their new home in Kear-
ney, Neb., where Mr.. Oldham has
a large and lucrative law practice,
being recognized as one of the most
prominent attorneys of the State.
The LEDGER joins a host of warm
friends in wishing the happy
couple a long and prosperous life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
MRS. FRANK LESLIE.
Mexico People to Have o Chance
to Hear Her.

Mrs. Frank Leslie will lecture in
Columbia on Monday night, Oct.
9th. Alter the lecture there viii
be reception rendered to hsas
There will be . special train from
Mexico to Columbia on this occa-
sion one fare for round trip. Tho
committee on reception 10 % fol-
lows: President Fisher and wife,
University; President Barrett and
wife, Stephens College; President
Oldham and wife, Christian Col
lege; E. w. Stephens and wife,
President National Prsss Associa-
ton; Col. Turner and wife, Colum-
bia; B. G. Rollins and wife, Colum.
bia; r. n. White and xife. Nsx..
leo LEDoER; 8. B. Cook and wife,
Mexico Inssuigeneer; President. A.
F. Fleet and wife, Mexico Military
Academy; President Yancey and
wife, Hardin College. The SUBJ
ject of Mrs. Leslie's lecture 10
"The Royal Leaders Of Society"
Mrs. Leslie will return to Mexico
with our excursionists on her way
to st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Independent Eight.


I'VE the Independent voters of
the Seventh Congressional Dis
trict" numbered eight. They
were: W. T. Thurmond, of Lin.
coin, w. A. Dillon, of Middletown,
up. Wilson, of Wellsvilie, Ora
DonnelI, of Montgomery, Jas.
Myers, J. B Friar, e. c. Wright
and Middleton of the Rush Hill
Banner, the last three being from
Audrain. That is representative
body of men from the 80 600 voters
of the district, isn't it7 They
deem themselves the proper per.
sons to speak for the whole dis.
trict They should have conclud.
ed the iarce which they beean;
they ought to have nominated SOME
one of their number as a candidate
for Congress. It would have
amounted to as much as their call
and the nominee would have receiv'
ed just about as many votes as they
had IN their convention, no more
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Rot.

The farmers of Missouri can
simplify the question Of Senator
Vests claims TO another term q
good deal by insisting upon being
told what vote he has ever cast or
what measure he has ever favored
that has profited them . single dol
lar.-St. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
You will acknowledge that he
always votes and that he il always
working for or against every meas
ure which comes up. Now name
. single vote he ever cast or a single
measure he ever favored since be
has been In the United States
Senate which was not directly in
the interest Of Missouri farmers.
Your fight On Vest ID the weakest
affair Of the kind We s7sr heard Of.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

MRS. BEHAN, the Christian
Scientist, is running some of our
people wild. She ia overwhelmed
with patients and her niece has
just arrived to assist her. The
LEDGER will give $lOO for any case
of any disease which she can cure
or even alleviate without medical
assistance. Her treatment" ac-
cording to what light we have on
such matters could have no more
effect on any kind of disease
than tariff talk has on a moss-back
partisan Republican. When the
Lord comes again he will not
come in the shape of a female
"Chrlstian Scientist" doctor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

CHOCOLATE CAKE.-Cream half a
pound of butter, mix it with quar-
ter pound of powdered chocolate
and half pound of sugar work it
from ten or fifteen minutes with the
hand, then mix in four whole eggs,
one by one, and quarter pound of
-four gradually. Work it once
more for the same time as before !;
butter and paper q cake in, and
pour in the mixture. 1t can be
served PLAIN or iced. Glove cake
is very good, made with a heaped
teaspoonful of powdered cloves to
the above quantity OF other ingrsd-
tents. H..
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Is. e. Trel00r Dead.

Bennett E. Trsloar, aged 30
years, formerly of Mexico, and .
brother of VIM. Treloar, Of this
city, died in Kansas City Fri.
day. His remains were brought
to Mexico from Kansas City
morrow, and the funeral took
place from the N. e. Church,
South, at 2 p. m. A delegation
from the Kansas City A. o. U. w.
lodge accompanied tho remains,
and the Mexico lodge, 40. U. w.,
turned out in . body and attended
the funeral. Mr.. Treloar leaves .
wife but no children. He had q
host of warm friends in Mexico,
who will regret that he should be
cut down in the prime of life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Court House Cuttings.

COuft dOuS0 Cullln80s
Saturday was divorce day, and
many q wrong WAS righted.
There is just an even dozen bald.
headed pates attending court, and
strange to soy over half belong to
Mexico.
One of the happiest whole.souled
men in the Court House 10 Record.
or Torreyson, and there 10 no hap
pier moment of his life than when
he issues . marriage license. He
said to a reporter to-day, 81 have
Just issued an average of one mar.
risge license . day this week, and
that is something phenomenal
when potatoes are $50 per BUSH
al
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Drew tho Line ot Duclks.

DAOw SAo 1<AA0 ~ DuCA0s
sambo. the typical Sambo, join
ed the church, and the shepherd of
his soul thought best to look after
him.
"Have you stolen any chickens,
Sambo, since you met with .
change of hearth" said the shsp-
herd one day. "No, masss; oh,
no, I hasn't stole no chick'ns
tall"
"Any turkeys persisted the
pastor. "Oh, no, Nasal hasn't
took nary . turkey"
"Well, sambo, I am glad to
hear livery glad. Watch and
pray I" and the good man went ON.
"Golly l" chucked sambo, peep.
ing inside his coat, 'if he'd Q sed
ducks he'd . he'd me I"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
The eloquent Joe Man, of III

The eloquent Joe Man, Of ILL.,
nois, recently said in a speech:
"If any man will take pencil and
sit down and figure out how the
tariff benefits the farmersof Illinois,
he would be glad to have him drop
q letter at Danville." A few days
later Joe received q postal card
through the mails from . farmer
reading a. follows: "Dsar Joe
It don't help him by . d-n sight"
This was brief, but it covered
every point.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
A Pleasant Affair.

The many friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. Harrison moved in on
them last Wednesday evening,
which was the fifteenth anniversary
Of their wedding. Presents and
provisions we're brought in
abundance and ss soon as the hap
py couple could get over their sur
prise all were made welcome and
the occasion was most enjoyable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison may we'll
be proud of such friends, who are
only gained by an upright life.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Perseverance Wins.

A Connecticut man wanted to
sell his house and lot. His wife
refused to sign the deed. He shut
her down cellar for forty days, Civ.
ing her only bread and waiter and
thrashing her every other day with
. whip, and on the forty.first day
she attached her signature and
went into convulaions and died.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

w. B. Edwards says he is just
harvesting his second crop of beans
of the same patch of ground. His
first crop was gathered and tur.
nips planted. The turnips did not
come on account of drouth, but he
says q second crop OF beans are
doing fine, this crop coming from
seed lost when the FIRST crop was
gathered.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Two attractive little women

Two attractive little women Of
Paris, No., are Nellie and Dulcie
Branham, aged respectively % and
20 years. Although they are but
three feet In height and weigh only
fifty pounds each, they are per-
fectly formed and might be termt 1
beauties in miniature. They are
we'll educated, both in literature
and music; dress stylishly, are
good conversationalists and are
popular in local society. Miss Mel
lie has developed considerable tai.
ent as an elocutionist and amateur
ackraRa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

r. NJ. WHITE, editor and pro
pr'etor, and B. B. Runkle, tore
man. are in Chicago to buy new
and faster machinery for the LED.
GER. The growth of this paper
demands q faster press and the
one to be selected will be the best
in the interior of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
A Cheap Girl,

A st. Paul girl, II years old, has
eaten nothing but brown wrapping
paper for the last seven weeks, and
has even gained couple of pounds
on that diet. Her father is using
his best endeavors to &c, the other
five children into the syndicate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

The black hole of Calcutta is IS
feet square; 146 Englishmen were
crowded into it by Surajah Dowlah
on the night of June 20, 1855.
Only % survived the night. The
building ia still standing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Wings Como Next.

The speed of American railroad
trains has reached the limit of safe
ty on roads with frequent curves,
snd It will never 20 any higher.
The passenger who can't get along
fast enough at fifty or sixty
miles an hour had better arrange
for wings, and . long pair st that.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

PRESIDENT HARRISON passed
through Mexico about 4 o'clock
saturday morning on a special.
republicans got out their spy
glasses and went to the depot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Here IL . chance for some fell
low: An Indian chiefon the Sioux
reservation offers sl0, 900 and 400
acres Of land to any steady, busi-
ness young man who will wed his
daughter, "Swift-as-the-wind."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Big Bank.

The German American and
Mercantile banks, of Kansas City,
have consolidated with . capital
stock Of $1,000, 900 and will be
known as the Metropolitan Bank of
Kansas City. Redman Callawsy,
formerly of Mexico, will be cashier
at salary of $4,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

At the Jersey cattle sale in st.
Louis, Mr.. Geo. A. Morris bought
the handsomest heifer in the lot
Signals Valetta 5559l, by Signal
Scituate, out of Acetali. She il >
most beautiful animal and Of .
noted family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

The physicians of Mexico, so to
speak, ''are not in it." The Chris
tian SCIENTIST is reported as having
cured a case of consumption. She
must be daisy, and we begin to
think it might be a good idea to
see that the grass is kept green
over the graves now In existence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

iHk attention of the "Christian
sae0tist" should be called to Mex
" oetanct Bard of Trade. If
~ :. Will bring this body to life we
~ ooncede to her every power
s.med by here most enthusiastic
paisnt.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

The legend Of the origin Of
woman 10 different with various na-
tions. Not more than four ma.
tions accept the legend that she
was made from the mans rib. ia.
panese believe that she grew on o
tree, the Laplanders that she was
once q rabbit, the Persians that
she fell from the heavens, and the
Australians that she was FIRST q
toad atn0i
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
1t In Here.

The time has at last arrived
when . man who wants 10 invest
81 in the Louisiana lottery and
draw nothing has TO 60 down to
New Orleans and hang around .
6rst-class hotel for . week or two,
thereby making his investment an
expensive luxury.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

AaI Louisiana Journal is thirty.
!. !ears old and in the prime Of
:, During the past week or so
80 oeen asserting its manhood, !,
= Fl 9 coming of the fence, supports
Democratlc nominees all along
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
IL is PreparAtOry.

The female sex could net have
suddenly adopted the man fashion
Of riding horseback without crest
ing great uproar. The man who
has seen ten or Q dozen female
bicyclists 10 fully prepared for the
other reform, which 10 bound TO
come within Q year or two.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

IHERE is no reason why every
usmocrat in Audrain county should
sos vote the Democratic ticket
nom top to bottom. Every Demo-
s@ in the county 0ill vote for the
eaire ticket.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

FARMERS who favor the Nc
kinney bill, the Force bill and
liks measures will vote for Oscar
Blmett for Congress.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

IHE stock holders in the Mexico
salf Association should bear in
h'nd that there is going to be a
nile track in this part of the State
0mewhere. Mexico must have it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Mexico and Bob White.

tuC 1ycbtes oao.p DcuuCi6bs
A few hours in Mexico is suffi.
cient to convince . stranger that it
is . live town composed of live
people. 1t is one of the best towns
in the state; can boast Of all the
modern improvements Except
street c.rs) of young city. The
LEDGER is preparing to put in q
new Cranston press, and the peo-
pie may watch Bob White when he
once gets the machine In motion.
Bob and his LEDGER has done
much to make the town what it il,
and everybody wishes that he was
worth . million dollare. for he
would put it into circulation right
at home. But say, Bob, poke up
your City Council . little on the
subject Of sidewalk improvements.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Wyoming is $50 miles in length,
275 in width, has an area of 81 ,575
square miles or 81, 2,43S, 900 acres.
The Yellowstone Park is within
its territory, $500 square miles in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

A good woman's first instinct is
to fight against love. She sees q
difference between being in love
and loving, and is afraid her feel.
ings may lead where her heart
might not follow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

FTozu suS HaesH1s8Hf W. Ts1a2ett
The Mexico LEDGER has entered
upon its fourteenth year under Bob
Whites management. The LEDoKR
10 Democratic and wields an infu.
ence second to few journals in MIS-
souri,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

WITHOUT the blessings OF a high
ann, Queen Victoria has saved
eW,OOO tor herself. What would
~ old lady have accumulated
= me cauld have had a high-tariff
hlasi furnace?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Pate Morris believes in the LEG.
GER as an advertising medium.
Less than two hours after the LED.
GER came out he sold bis dog for
$1O-as advertised.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

HUNTERS should be careful where
esy shoot. Most of the land
wound Mexico has been posted"
.a II weuld be we'll to get per-
s''non from farmers before you
aaat over their grounds,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

A organisation Of the Mexico
,sose.aen. and investment Co.
prove one Of the most i'm.
rsas moves in the history oi
80 80 Our live, active and 90.
Dusiness men are now or.
VA and mean business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

An ineff-ctual attempt was made
to assaninate Congressman c. R.
Breckinrldge while he was making
a speech at Center Ridge, Ark,
Monday night.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

CURIOUS world this A party
that demanded one-cent postage
.nac.s q law which sends up the
n.ee Of dry goods 25 per cent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Potatoes, Too High.

"Wby don't you ges married?''
remarked a young married lady
OF Mexico to one Of our young men
last night just before the curtain
went up at the Grand. "What
makes you ask Inc that. Mrs. 81"
replied the astonished gentleman.
"Well, don't know, but it seems
to me you should he married-you
are old enough, are you not2
Then you always seem to admire
young ladies very much, and es-
pecially one of them and, how.
ever, I believe I have heard that
you did not like to board" By
this time all who sat near the con.
versationalists were deeply inter-
ested and had begun to think the
lady had the gentleman cornered and
that he would not be able to give
a sufficient reason for not marrying,
but were disappointed. "Not
changing the subject at all, but l
see in the newspapers where the
potato crop in Ireland is a total
failure it will make them high in
this country, will it notP" replied
the "puzzled young man." The
curtain went up, so it did.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Buckley & Moore, who are al
ways to the front in every enter
prise. take 500 stock in the Mex
leo Improvement and Investment
Company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Il turns out in evidence as we
sgpected, that every fellow who
avOred an indepenent candidate
70, Congress wanted the nomina-
lion himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

tbs Nevada, NO., authorities
'rs going to suppress the sale of
The Kansas City Sunday Sun as
obscene literature. Fulton is talk
ing Of doing the same thing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
We Welcome Him.

Rev. D. c. O'Howell and his
family move to Mexico this week, :,
where Mr.. O'Howell will be pre-
siding elder of the Mexico district.
During their stay of two years here
they much endeared themselves to
the people, and in their leaving
they are followed with many earn.
est wishes for their prosperity and
happiness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Joe Mcdonald has his sale on
Thursday, Oct. 10Th and has ar
ranged to feed all who attend.
There will be a big crowd m at.
tendance.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

PRESIDENT HARRISON passed
through Mexico Friday night en-
route for st. Louis. None of the ap-
plicauts for post Offices could see
him As he was asleep.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

The Martinsburg Message has
been enlarged. 1t is bright and
newsy paper, worthy of patronage
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

ira session and the Election BILL"
Likewise to keep a wary eye on
the peripatetlc canvass of ex.Czar
Reed and to feel the public pulse
on Presidential possibilities for
self and Blaine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

BUSINESS in some channels may
be little dull, but the Christian
Scientist is doing a land-office
busiuees,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

J. L. Gartrell, formerly Of this
city, 10 now . member of the real
estate firm Of Gsrtzell. Woolsn &
Co., at Arsnsas Pass, Texas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

In this issue of the LEDGER will
be found the statement of the Mex
leo National Bank, one of the very
best managed institutions we know
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

The Lacrosse Lumber Company
has purchased the Sears Lumber
ward at Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Jos. A. Potts took second pre-
MUM at the st. Louis fair on his
herse, Artist, in the ring for the
best saddle horse, mare or gelding.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Who can say money is not plen-
t. when / 600 people in town the
r.s Of Mexico pay to hear a niger
Minstrel show.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

TIE farmers of Audrain county
we're never better organized than
tLsy are to-day, and they mean
business, too.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Bob and Dave Steele are both
with B. +. Purcell and would like
for their friends to call and see
them.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

OscAR BARNETT will run at least
ooe thousand votes behind his
ticket.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16
Criminal Observation-Disclosures.
From the BIcnmand Tlmea

President Harrison, in signing
the Tariff bill without knowing
what was in it, was merely carry.
ing out his well.known policy,
illustrated q lew weeks ago when
he shot Gilbert Wooten's hog for
a co0n
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

The Fulton Synodical Female
College is to be enlarged. as there
is not room to meet the demands
of applicants.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

P. P. P.-Plumb and Paddock
and Pett,grew. Now abide these
three, but the greatest of these is
Paddock.-Post. Dispatch.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

TIE touch of the Republican
usr.y wi,hers and blasts. Evil
dance. trade and surplus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

John Dahlem says his boys have
just harvested a couple of bushels
Of peanuts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16


"I have used Ayers Cherry Pectoral
in my family for thirty yeazs and have
always found il the best remedy for
Group, to which complaint my children
have been subject" o. CarIey,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
sFrom an experience OF over thirty
years in the sale Of proprietary medf-
cines, I feel justified in recommending
Ayers Cherry Pectorai. One Of the
best Recommendations OF tho Pastoral h
the enduring quality OF its popularity, is
being more salable now than IL WAS
twenty-five years ago, when its great
success was considered marvelous."-
. r. 8. Drake, NJ. D., Beliot, Kans.
my little sister, four years Of age,
was 90 i'll from bronchitis that We had
almost given up hope Of her recovery.
Our family physician, q skilful man and
OF large experience. pronounced II use
less to give her any more medicine
saying that he had done all IL WAS pos
sibie to do, and We must prepare for tho
worst. Az . last resort, We determined
to try Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and I can
truly say, with the most happy results.
After taking few doses she seemed to
breathe easier, and, within . week. was
out Of danger: We continued giving the
Pectoral until satisfied she was entirely
we'll. This has given mo unbeunded faith
In the preparation, and recommend IL
confidently to my customers. o.
Lepper. Druggist, Fort Wayne, Ind.
For Colds and Couphs take
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

A marriage license was issued
Friday to Lewis I. Cline and
Lethea 4. Fields.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Chief Justice Miller was stricken
with paralysis Friday st Wash.
ington, d. c., and was ssid 70 ke
dying.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-10-16

Ed. Lee, formerly of Mexico, is
now in the real estate business
with Sam Roathell, of St. Louis.