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Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13
ALL ooops WILL BE-
SOLD At BOTTOM PRICES
And guaranteed 70 be new, nice and
fresh. / handle only the very
best goods In my line.
p D WUODWAR
Executrfx'N Notico.

Executrfx's Notice.
Notice 10 hereby given that letters
e. tarnentary upon the estate Of Alb.
her Grim, deceased. have been grant
cd the undersigned, Sarah L. llrim,
by the Probate Court Of Audrain
county, Missouri, bearing date Jsnu-
ary I'd, 1ASO.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required 70 exhibit
them for allowance to the exocutr1x
within u year aftet the date, or they
may be precluded from any benefit At
such estate, and II fuch clsins DO NOT
exhibited within two. years from thie
dats they will be- forever barred.
l6-lt SARAH l.. GRIM,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

Coop stock and clever stock men
are NO where more appreciated
than in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

WoRx will be In progress on the
Fleet Military Academy BY March
1st and will be pushed TO a6nish at
once.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

The DR.. Je kell aud Mr. Hyde
act won't work in Mexico politics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

AuDRAlN County horse men can't
be dcwned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

B b Bnrh~t,e say: 'Gni wa,
d mud when he made man ="
...eAD as TO return a newspaper
marked "Refueed'' when be ower
two OF three years subscription"
Bob il about right.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

1sties 4 Rtaal Ssealmsa4.
Notice b hereby given that 1 - I'D.
ministrssof Al the estate II John
Doyle. decsassd, win, as the March
term, 1HD0, a the Audraan Prohste
Court, make my anal settlement - ID.
ministratof of said estate.
w. 3. MCINTYRE,
k<-tde AbuuniusxAtos.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

The leading stock men are here
and they are clever gentlemen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13
$40 Lost.

l lost go h-twe-n my h"me and
M.,lino. Will ray fr the return
OF The same. Wh MuNDY 43.2t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13
John M. bar

NOIIu N. 00IAIS
at x.avr,
MEXICO. MISSOURI.
OFncEUp stairs Ia Hysinger vuiid-
Ing, q. w. Cor. SquAre.
- WIN prs4.hre In III the fiaurt1
- Aasseaxt. Gst3oUk1sMaskssinlly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

Born. to Charles Douglass and
wife. a daughter
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13

OsE by Ii The wooden awning
Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-02-13
PROGRAMME
OF the Entertainment at Ka-
brich's Thursday and
Friday Nights.

9KUIlH.
SEEO-ll~h q .,1ASa $685.
g. I RIvER rs RICK. Q .
W oktOfd SN1tch9in. ........s....IV William
reday ,eu. IL / u v-r Ue,t lex.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Fooled for Once.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Col. Sam Parker, OF the Grand Pacific,
has been behind hotel counters Tor
many years, but it wac not until yester-
day that he made his first mistake. He
will tell his guests what time train will
start for Shelbyville, the best church in
the city, what hour a mail will arrive
from Yokohama, and tie winner of the
last Derby, all in the same breath. He
will take all sorts of verbal orders,
write them down after while, and
never overlook one. Yesterday q clev-
er purchasing agent for the Union Pa
cifc Road, who has stopped at the
Grand Pacific for fifteen years off and
on, made a bet with Col. Parker and
won it.
The railroad-man entered the hotel
about noon, and, noticing that Col.
Parker was on duty, he sent his baggage
and overcoat into the check-room and
strolled up to the desk as if he had been
in the house a month.
What kind of a place do you keep
here?" he asked of the landlord
what Is the matter?' asked Col.
Parker.
You don't call the guests when or
dered."
THAT'S mistake, my friend; we
never make such errors"
"You did with me-"
"Are you sure ?"
'You remember the call for me left
with you last night?"
Certainly, sir. Eight o'clock, was it
not?
"Well, I wasn't called this morning."
II remember distinctly that sent
boy up to your room and awakened
you. Perhaps you oversight. Sorry,
STR"
'l'll bet you wine supper that your
boy never came to my room this morn
ms"
EN- take that" quickly answered
the landlord. But he added when too
late: "How can you prove that we did
not call you this morning"
81 just got in from Omaha"
That beats me-" sighed Col. Parker,
and he turned to charge guest for the
use of the telephone
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16

Unlocking that they say the land isn't
fit for garden, and it does not pay to
make garden anyway. It does not if
1t isn't made till everything else is plant
ed and the early vegetables ought to be
ut to eat. 10 have garden pay, one
must get the ground ready early, use
plenty Of good fertilizer, homemade or
otherwise, plant frst-class seeds, and
then take good care Of the young plants.
Ii is some work, but where on the farm
can you get better returns for your
work? 1t does not show when the
gains are counted up, but We get the
comfort of it as we 60 along. 1t lasts the
year round, or nearly. l find some far
mers, families, who are very fond of all
sorts OF garden vegetables, that make
very little effort to raise them. Perhaps
they think it requires exta skill to gar
den. but. it does not. Ye men who
wish to please your wives, try a garden.
1t is a great help to the house wife, in
the days OF poor appetltes, to have
vegetables. And if from any cause the
breakfast or dinner table looks little
short, dish of nice crisp lettuce or
few radishes look nice and tempting,
and seem to make up for the lack with
very little work. When haying time
comes, we need string beans, peas,
beets, ETC., for the hungry men. Of
course it is somk wore for one woman
to prepare such things for half dozen,
but if you have nice vegetables it takes
LESS pies, pnddiDgs and such things. [
have kept house without garden,
and with one, and know garden
pava -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
An UnwiSe Mother.
From the New York Ledger.

FffOHI IHe NEW 1Ork LtugtT
In recent number OF household
journal. housewife states that she al
ways devotes Monday to the picking up.
brushing, and putting away Of the
clothing worn on Sunday by her hus-
band and children. Wouldn't it be just
as we'll if some OF the Mondays were
spent in teaching those children to at
say anything about the husband per-
haps he is too old to learn. Evidently
his mother did not bring him up right.
Many a wife has to suffer for the foolish
indulgence of her husband in his youth
full days by his mother. Mothers owe
it to their boys, as we'll as to their girls,
to teach them to be helpful and to take
care of their own possessions instead of
throwing off that care upon sister or
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Establishing Dangerous Prece-
dent.
From the Macon Telegranh.

TTOHI lIIt HdUOH ItItSFdpH.
a nervous, dyspeptic bookkeeper was
busy at his desk, near a window, on his
books. A small boy was on the side
walk. blowing one of those balloons
making continual cat-cry. The book
could, SO, calling the boy, be gave him
a nickel and asked him to move on.
The lad caught on that his music was
worrsome, and FASTENED away to post
his chum, who was soon at the same
stand, blowing for dear life and nickel.
The bookkeeper looked out, and, seeing
it was different lad, was in the act of
repeating his former request. but seeing
the first lad peeping around the corner,
having a dozen or more with him, a
policeman was called. The boys were
reprimanded in the recorders court
yesterday morning, and turned loose.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Utilizing an Empty Display.

From the Providence Telegram.
There is a boy in this city who will
make his way in the world. He is boy
who is always up to some prank that
ought, at least in the fitness of things,
to get him into trouble. Luck has been
on his side SO far. Tie other day, how
ever, he did something which capped
the climax. A funeral was passing his
home on the way to the cemetery It
was long funeral. and one that prob
ably was gotten up chiefly for show, as
the last few carriages were empty. AS
the last one passed the boy an idea
seemed to come to him. for he sud-
denly darted forward and, opening the
door, clambered in. There he sat until
the procession reached the grave, when
he got out and stood among the mourn
ers. The return trip was made in the
same manner as the outward one, and
when the proper street was reached he
stepped out again; thoroughly satisfied
with himself and the pleasant ride
which he had taken free Of cost.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Britons Losing Their Martial Spirit.

From the Toronto Globe
The difficulty OF maintaining a great
standing army in country where mil
itary service is not compulsory is shown
by the report of the inspector general
Of recruiting to the British government.
He says that "the requirements Of the
year have been in the main provided"
but the details of his report show that it
has been necessary to reduce the stand
ard of height in some regiments, while
IN the whole army no fewer than 1924
soldiers purchased their discharge last
year, 1,042 of them within three months
of their enlistment. These facts are
striking evidence Of the decline of war
like ideas in Great Britain, but they will
be regarded with more satisfaction by
the peace society than by the military
authorities of the nation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Heredity and Beauty.

Heredity has much to do, OF course,
with facial beauty and refinement.
Generations of cultured associations and
education will naturally produce faces
of an innate refinement and spirituall-
ty. If the course of such a life in a
family is uninterrupted, it will lead more
and more to beauty and refinement of
features. But it is, unfortunately, rare
ly uninterrupted. There is degenera-
ton in nearly every generation. either
through crossing with coarser stock,
or lack Of education or moral influences
or cultured associations, or the demon
alizing defects OF dissipation or low pur-
suits.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
The HOmeIy Plaintiff.
From the Toledo Blade.


Judge West was trying very import
ant case in Bellefontaine. The plaintiff
the blind orator appeared for the de-
fendant-was by all authorities con-
coded to be the homeliest man in Logan
County. His face was frequently the
cause Of great, nerveharrowing pain to
him, and often in the Silly night he
was compelled to arise from his couch
and have his son curry it. in order that
he could get some sleep. 1t gave him
more trouble than almost anything he
ever had that mitigated against him.
When he appeared in court Judge
West, who had been told of his facial
misfortune. Immediately had him
placed on the witness stand.
Il wish you'd turn around, sir" said
Judge West, so the jury may all see
you"
The plaintiff turned his soul-destroy-
ing face OH the jury.
"Turn clear around, if you please,
sir" said Judge West, $50 all the jury
can see YOU"
The man wheeled himself into truer
position yet, and the jury received the
full benefit OF it.
During an awful painful silence of five
minutes the man sat there. No one
spoke. The jury, with gaze riveted on
that baneful face, sat mute AID notion
less. Judge West calmly stroked his
beard. Then, when the people began to
grow nervous and apprehensive, he
quietly said:
That's ALL"
He won the case. The influence of
that awfal face had done its deadly
work.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
From the Lewiston Journal

From the lewiston journal
The narrator of the following has
great faith in the catechism, and teaches
it with pertinacity which would chal-
lenge the admiration of Calvin himself.
He is also very particular in instructing
his children to speak politely on all &C.
casions. The result of his teachings is
something amusing. This was the case
one day last week, when he was putting
the youngest of four through his pre-
paratory course. The question was
asked, "Who tempted Eve ?"
The little fellow, after moments
thought, with an air of confidence re-
piled: "It's the gentleman who lives in
hell; I've forgotten his name
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Look To the Gardan.

A Vermont lady writes to the Mirror
and Farmer urging greater attention to
the family garden:
''Now is the time the New England far
mers are thinking if they have not al
ready decided) about what seeds they
they will put into the ground, what fer
tilizers to use, etc. While you are plan
ming these things, do not forget the gar
den. A great many farmers seem to
think the garden is only sort of go-be-
tween, or something to fill up the time
between planting and hoeing; and SO,
when everything else IS done, they
plough.the garden and put in afew seeds.
Result: Everything is so late and sick
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Preventive of Actors squabbles.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
Denman Thompson, the "Oid Home
stead" genius. makes it a rule to pay
the same amount of salary to each of his
company. Il tried the old way" says
he, but / lost faith in it. The fellow
who got only $50 a week couldn't help
envying the other fellow. who, on a sal
airy of $40 a week, could crafty tastes
which were beyond the reach of his as
sociate. This feeling begot jealeusies
and discomfort, and made up my mind
to do away with all cause for envy by
instituting one-price system. find
that Attn this system pays in my ay COMPANY
companies it would be practicable, but
30 far as my experience goes. actors get
along amicably 50 long as they share
equally at the box-office.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
The Farmer Must Work.

If an eight-hour law is enacted, its
malehcence, not it's advantage, falls on
him. The milking hour and the harvest
will not be postponed in obedience to
any legislature. So far as it makes the
days labor brief, SO certainly il extends
his own labor from twelve hours to four
teen.
Notice. too, how every tax system
now uppermost puts the heavy end Of
its incidence on the farmer. In the
state, county, and township allotment
OF fiscal burdens the tax is direct.
It falls upon what can be seen and dis
covered with greatest weight. But it
never fails to discover the farmer. His
broad acres can not be hidden or sworn
away; while his neighbor, rich, in per-
sonal holdings, can cunningly suspend
his own tax by evasion-and sometimes
by an artful change or confusion OF resi-
dence-so as to add his tax, too, to the
tax of the beridden farmer.
But worse than all this is his relation
to the national tax system, which ex-
ploits away his hard-earned profits,
small in percentage, always invisibly,
and then adds abuse to injury by sue
cessfully persuading him that it exists
for his supreme advantage. He pays
for paper, as likely as not, which tells
him, and has been telling him for a
generation or more, that the benefcent
system which prevents him from buy
ing $50 articles as cheaply as he might,
and compels him to sell his own prod
ucts, minute in number, at the lowest
price which ingenious legal article can
dictate, is a measure for his particular
benefit.-From "The Decadence of Farm
ing," BIZ Joel Benton.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16

RY HEPRIrRN InHNS.

Twas in your pages long ago.
q ragged dictionary.
I sought and found the verb Gmo'
z learned to conjugate it, though
With pretty Cousin Mary.
our schoolroom was some woodland way,
Or meadow by the river.
Two's company, so people say,
But with us weHt-nor said we nay
A child with bow and CULVER
we thought we studied Audubon,
And knew by flight and feather
Which bird was which-and then anon
70 deeper subjects wander on,
But always close together.
Gut Mary faster learned than /,
Her ardor never Wilted;
She loved too much-eXcuse sigh
another fellow caught her eye,
And /? Well, | was Tilted.
/ never look now for dmo
In yonder dictionary:
BY heart | learnt it long ago.
Ny tutor was my wife, you know,
Whose front name isn't Mary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
SPRING ON THE FARM.
The Old Village Store.

Some nights when draw up the old arm chair,
And sit and smoke, and watch the embers
glow,
I get to thinking Of bygone days,
And people that knew long years ago.
l see again the grassy village street,
The tavern, with its ever open door,
And forms and faces, long since passed away,
4 That used to gather at the village store.
The old brick store! It's walls were green with
mold;
The letters on the sign were dim and faint
The castings of the window and the door
Scarcely showed the color of the time-worn
The "keeper of store" old 'Uncle JOHN,
Was quite in keeping with things around.
His pleasant face was furrowed deep with ege;
And iron bowed specs" his wrinkled forehead
crowned.
How plain see him standing in the door,
Watching us urchins busy ut our play;
His jolly laugh still echoes in my
AS ii heard it sound but yesterday;
l feel his gentle pat upon my head,
AS, with copper grasped within my hand,
To purchase candy sticks Ventured in
To what appeared to me q fairy land.
Close by the door the letter boxes stood,
Where from the outer world we got our news,
And next the shelves, with tempting groceries
filed
Then hats of straw and cowhide boots and
shoes;
rack of farming tools stood handy by;
One corner held the cures for all our ills;
L taste again the dreaded castor oil
And shudder al the thought of salts or pills.
On winter evenings gathered old and young,
Around the stove, whose sides were red with
heat
And with our mouths agape we youngsters sat,
And heard the older ones their tales repeat
OfwondrOus things their fathers used to do,
Offailures of the crops, of husking bees,
Of spring time floods, the depth of winter SHOWS
And wild adventures on the land and seas
An object of our envy was the clerk
With smoothly tallowed hair and gorgeous
tie,
With head erect, quill behind his ear,
He hardly saw us as he passed us by.
But at the entrance of some village maid,
With jaunty air and fascinating smile,
Exchanged his goods for butter or for eggs,
And wisely talked about the city style.
The years have fed the walls have fallen down:
Old "Uncle John" long since has passed
away,
And we, the happy boys of those old days,
Have wrinkled faces and our hairs are gray,
As from my pipe the curling smoke goes up,
Grows thin and fades away, till seen no more;
So vanished are the scenes of other days,
And but memory is the village store
Henry JVatbfidge Stocker, in the Boston Globe.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
The Spraying of Orchards.

At the January meeting of the West
ern New York Horticultural Society, in
Rochester, discussion arose as to what
extent the spraying Of orchards had
been successful, also whether the spray
ing of the pear, the plum and the cherry
had been attended with good results.
Prof. Baily supposed all were agreed
that spraying apple and pear trees had
been attended with success. Said he:
"It has ordinarily been supposed that
the adult curcuiio does not eat. Some
beetles never eat. and the curculio has
been classed with those insects. Hence
it has been said that there is no use in
spraying stone fruits, as the insect does
not get the poison. Experiments have
proved, beyond peradventure, that
the mature curculio does eat; it eats the
foliage of plums and cherries. and also
OF the SNOWFALL, rose leaves and flow
ers. So that we must dismiss the notion
that to kill curculio we must get the
arsenic into the crescent marks. We
cannot expect to kill as many curculio
as cooling moth with the same number
of applications. We do find that by
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16

JUDGE HoGAN-"What is your aunt's
name?'
Prisoner Sarah; but she says she'd
give anything to change it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Failure With Setting Hens.

An. important point in setting hens in
the winter time is to remember that a
less numbers of eggs should be given to
each hen if g good healthy brood is de-
sired. 1t is more difficult to keep the
eggs warm in cold weather, and a hen
cannot always give a large collection of
eggs the proper temperature. For the
proper development of the eggs, heat,
air, and certain proportion of moisture
are required. If these are denied the
eggs to any considerable degree, the
process of Matching must be arrested.
Eggs can be exposed to the air even in
cold weather, provided they do not get
too cold.
The main thing is to keep them warm
in the aggregate, so that the germs will
not have time to die. To do this, some
thing else is required besides a small
number Of eggs. AS some chickens lay
more eggs than others, so some will
hatch out eggs better. If hens are ex-
amined, the temperature of their bodies
will be found to vary by several de-
grees. Those that have the highest
temperature will, as a rule, hatch out
the greatest mum Der Of eggs during the
cold months. In selecting hens for
Matching this important point should be
remembered, and only those of the
warmest temperature should be taken.
The third point in setting hens in
winter or early spring. to be observed.
is to take only eggs that come from good
stock. After all, everything depends
upon the eggs. All that the hen can do
is to impart heat. and keep up the nee
essary temperature. The eggs must be
fertile. and come from parent stock,
where overlooking or immaturity have
not ruined them. If these three rules
are strictly observed there is no reason
why fair percentage Of the eggs should
not be hatched.-Annie C. Webster.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16
Potato Growing.

It will soon be time to plant potatoes,
and the question comes up with many
farmers, what kind of seed shall we
plant, large or small, and how shall we
cut them. Under favorable conditio MS
Of soil and season it makes but little
difference for year or two whether we
plant large or small seed, cut or whole,
providing they are ripe and sound, and
haven't partially exhausted themselves
by sprouting. AS far as my experience
goes, they will deteriorate quite fast
when small, inferior seed is used every
season in ordinary field culture. and
they will improve both in appearance
and yield, or at least fully hold their
own, when great care is used in
sized or larger tubers each
and mellow soil should be selected, and
if you have good-sized perfect seed,
with large strong eyes, you may feel
sure that you get strong healthy shoots,
even ii the weather is unfavorable. So
strong is my faith in planting large or
the one-half Of large potato, that [
would not sell them for 81 or So
bushel and plant small ones, such as are
usually called "seed." I have been
planting nine years, Lees Favorite,
without change of seed, and they do
not run out; in fact, can get no new
variety that will outyleld them. l dig
mine with a potato fork, and when I
find hill that has many perfect-shaped
ones, | select them for my seed. I feel
satisfied that if more farmers would
adopt this plan and cultivate their pota-
toes better, aud keep the weeds down,
G fHoU RI WI
my potato patch, and not say here is my
patch of all kinds Of weeds, and poor
crop of potatoes, they would have bet
ter results. ". Kern.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-04-16

MANS SPHERE-The base ball.-Boston
Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-06-07

POLICE Surgeon Nevin of Jersey City
reports that the patrolmen Of that town
are getting too fat, and need a.thorough
coarse of'gymnastic training. 1.-The life
OF policeman" he says, sis at best a
very inactive one. They patrol their
posts for a few hours, go home, eat and
sleep, and repeat this day after day.
They are not often called upon to do
much active wort, and on this account
their is but little actual muscular de-
velopment. There are but few men in
the department who could run, say, half
dozen blocks without becoming
winded. Some Of them have paunches
SO large that they amount almos to de-
formity."