Mexico weekly ledger., 1890-07-10

blankets. We are going seining
to-day and only wish "Uncle" Abe
Hit, Joe Moore, A. G. Turner,
Dick Hopkins, Jim johnson and
the rest Of "the gang we went out
with on Salt River a short time
since were here to go along. Sein-
ing in the ocean and in Salt River
is very different, although the
stories told by those who fish in
either place differ very little, and
we find whales are not caught
either with a sein or a hook and
line; neither are CLAIMS.
SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND,
N. Y, July Al am reminded
that this is the Fourth of July, not
by the weather, but by the ringing
Of bells and the burning Of powder.
Blue fish, the finest fish caught,
We think, are selling for cent .
pound. Thousands of pounds are
being caught daily from the ocean
with trammel nets. The blue fish,
to our taste, is better than bass and
the sport of catching this fish can't
be surpassed.
The New York City people, who
are spending the summer here, are
On dress parade to-day, and the
style they put on is paralyzing.
We notice one peculiar thing about
them, and that is the coachmen
and servants are hard to tell from
the notables, except for their
style and dress. In many instances
the coachman is more intelligent
looking than his master and the
lady's maid, without any paint,
more refined looking than her
mistress, who is a blaze Of vain
glory. These things, though, are
noticeable the World over, and to
some extent even in Missouri. We
presume there will always be peo-
pie who should know better, who
act as though they thought money
and dress made the men and wo-
men, Go to q seaside summer
resort if you want to see grand
gathering of this class of deluded
mortals.
We spoke, In previous letter,
of the high price of fowl which has
led to the extensive raising of
chickens here, and this is no won-
der when we find that fresh meat
is 25 and 80 cents a pound. The
fresh meat all comes from Chicago.
A good deal Of it comes from Mis-
souri, to Chicago and from there
here. It is the choicest of cuts,
but comes high. Just think of 1t!
Steak 80 cents a pound and fine
blue FISH 1 cent pound. Accord
ing to our taste the price should be
reversed.
You go to California for climate
and fruit and you go to Boston for
beans and history. There is moth
ing in Boston, not excepting the
beans, with which there is not con-
nected some history. There are at
least a dozen trees under which
Washington took charge of the
army. The trees look to be about
ten years old, if grown on Missouri
soil. We were shown a score Of
houses in which Washington, Co.
!, lumbus or Santa Claus had been
born or married or in which one OF
the above three notab1es had died
Everything in Boston has a his
tory; everybody In Boston is con-
nected with some old family which
had history. You had best live
IN Boston without dollar thar
without a history. Jno. L. Sullivan
is the only man we heard of wht
did not have a history, and he il
doing all he can to acquire one
Speaking of Sullivan reminds VI
that we heard, while in Boston
that "no liquor was sold owe
bars;" that is the law. The liquo
is sold under the bars, through
the bars and around the bars, bu
not over the bars. The city is de
! prived of a license and the liquor
we judge from some things we saw
, gets the worse for going around o
, under or through the bars, but th
, majesty of the law is preserve,
and no intoxicating drinks are soil
! 'over the bars.'' and will not b
until the fool-killsr gets his worl
, in on the lawmakers of Boston
Boston people now say they ,wsn
whiskey sold in high license %
Z looms or not at all. But there i
= not very much whiskey drank il
! Boston anyway-it is not "Eng
+ lish enough, you know.''
/ must close in order to, see
/ sack race, potato race and hear.
cheap orator tell what he thinks b
knows about patriotism. TIL
Fourth of July is observed mucl
/. the same all over the United States
!. BOB WHITE.
Sam Britt, colored, who was al
: rested for breaking into the hous
of Lou Blue, also colored, Satu,
8 day, was released from custody to