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Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

hickory, oak, elm and other woods,
shows a soil as fertile as can be
found in the richest valleys. The
clay underlying the surface, when
taken from cellars, wells or rail.
road cuts and permitted to freeze
will produce as we'll as the black
mold. In fact, the soil of Audrain
county is unsurpassed for product.
iveness. Fields that have been
cropped year after year, show no
diminution of strength, and what
is most remarkable Is the fact that
no matter what kind of crop is de-
sired, the one is equally certain
with the other. The uplands on
the ridges and hillsides are clay
subsoil, underlaid with limestone
and gravel. The soil is sufficiently
fertile for all farm products, blu,
especially adapted to corn, small
grain, fruit and tame grass. The
lands throughout Audraln county
are generally well improved, with
good houses and barns, good fences
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

OF this, the amount received per
capita was S116.47. For prices of
agricultural, coal and fire clay
bearing lands throughout this
county, IS also city and town prop
critics in its cities and towns, 9 let
ter addressed to any of the real es.
tate men, located at the county
seat, and whose names will be
found further along in this article,
will elicit a prompt answer, accom-.
panied with a descriptive list OF
those properties that are for sale.
A little to the south of the
geographical center of Audrain
county, is located it's metropolis
and county seat, the growing city
of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

which lines have q Union Depot
at this point. The business center
of Mexico is built around q public
square that contains the county
court house, and is one ofthe finest
and largest court houses in this
part of the state. The streets are
laid out at right angles, are wide,
and beautifully shaded with ma.
pies, elms and native oaks Of many
years growth. Much of the bust.
ness portion of the city has gran.
itoid walks, and the streets are
macadamized with limestone.
Several private and one public
park adds to the beauty of the city
Its business houses are mostly
built of brick. and its residences
are of q character that is solid ant
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

lively short time, Missouri will
be entirely free from both gen.
eral and local indebtedness, and
that the future greatness of the
commonwealth is as well assured
as its present prosperity.
North Missouri.
North Missouri embraces for.
ty-fOur counties of the state, and
is all that portion lying north
of the Missouri river. This por.
ton Of the state is p~re-eminent-
ly a corn, wheat and blue grass
region, the latter being a spon-
taneous growth, even rivaling
the famous blue grass belt OF
Kentucky, and it Is no depart.
ure from the truth to say that
many of Kentucky's most in
telligent fine stock breeders-as
also many from the northern
states -taking advantage of this
fact and their experience, well
knowing that blue grass and
fine stock are inseparable, have
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

found homes in North Missouri,
and are now among the wealth
lest stockmen in America, con-
tributing their share of brains
and labor in bringing Missouri
to the front as the greatest mule
and fine stock state in the sis
terhood, and in this respect
there is no section in the United
States that is so cosmopolitan
as is North Missouri. Aside
from the great river that forms
the southern and western boun-
dairy lines of North Missouri,
are many beautiful streams,
along whose confines are vast
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
The City Of Mexico,
by go. DILI..o

been the product of ages. In
the past the growth of nations
has been a matter of centuries
of experience and labor. Things
have greatly changed within the
last half century. More may be
accomplished in a decade now
than in any one of the eighteen
centuries that have gone before.
Changes come quickly now
Development is rapid. Inthis
tremendous rush of events, the
country-particularly that por
ton west of the Mississippi
River--is being developed under
the mighty whip and spur of
steam and electricity.
Under this impulse the era of
development in the State of Mis-
souri, is just beginning.
A hasty survey of the state
will disclose to the outside world
the vast wealth that is hidden
beneath its soil, and the facility
with which capital and enter
prise may uncover and utilize it.
First of all, Missouri posses
SEES a climate that is temperate
and agreeable and it is climate
that distinctly controls the mi
grafton Of the human race.
Next to climate in attraction
is soil, and it may, with truth,
be said that Missouri's soil is
unsurpassed for productiveness.
The yield of wheat is certain,
and frequently as high as fifty
bushels per acre. Corn is a sure
crop, season after season, in
every portion of the common
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Merico the Center of the Earth.

the eastward of the original structure
and which is in general appearance
an exact counterpart of the same,
and thus its capacity was doubled be-
fore the second year session. The
building now embraces $50 well ven
tilated, electric lighted and hot water
heated rooms, besides broau halls and
wide ~stairways. The drill hall,
which is used in bad weather, and
during the winter months for the
daily drills, is 60x130 feet and is con-
nected with the gymnasium, which is
equipped with everything necessary
in a first-class school for physical
culture.
The object and aim of this Acad-
envy is to give a thorough education,
with training in military modes of
thought and action, habits, manners
and discipline, and while its class
and study hours are not in any way
limited, its discipline is wholly mil
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

wealth, the yield being from
forty to eighty bushels per
acre. Rye and oats are protita-
BILE crops in all parts of the
state. Tobacco of the best quail
ity is grown year after year ;
and has been a source of wealth
to the Missouri planter for half
a century. The rich bottom
lands are particularly adapted
to the growing of hemp, and,
under the old system of slave
labor, it was largely produced.
The yield of Irish and sweet po-
tatoes is quite as large as in any
section of the United States, and
are of excellent quality.
As a fruit growing region,
Missouri is unsurpassed on the
continent. Its variety includes
everything known to the tenn
perate zone. 1t produces fall
and winter apples, peaches,
cherries, pears, plums, apricots,
berries of all kinds, and its
vineyards are as fruitful as any
found in Europe. Within its
borders is everything to sustain
and enrich millions of people.
Its streams are skirted with the
finest varieties of timber. With
in its forests are found the pine.
walnut, cherry, beech, birch.
oak, ash, hickory, pecan, cot
tonwood, locust, linden, cedar.
blackberry, mulberry, ironwood
box elder, gum, cypress and
sycamore, and of some of these
species there are many varieties.
In few sections of the Union is
the growth of timber more lux,
uriant and valuable.
Missouri is magnificently wa
tered. Creeks and rivers of
pure water flow through every
portion of the state. Many OF
its streams afford a ready and
cheap system of transportation
to market. Others are clear and
rapid, affording fine water pow
er, and as perfect mill sites as
can be found anywhere in
America.
Fresh water springs bubble
forth in every part of the state,
many furnishing mineral waters
which contain valuable remedial
properties. There are salt, chaly-
beate and sulphur springs in
great number, and within a few
years many of them have be-
come popular health resorts,
and, at no distant day, their
waters will be bottled and ship
ped to remote sections of the
country. The mineral resources
of Missouri, as developed within
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
The Merico Public School Building.

pure and sparkling water within
its borders ; then, too, good we'll
water a be had in any part of
the county at varying depths of
from 20 to 60 feet. Originally,
Audrain county was about equally
divided between high, rolling prai-
RE and beautiful timbered slopes.
AS a whole, its surface is gently
rolling, enough so, in fact, to give
it good drainage in every part.
The soil in the prairie districts is
a deep, rich black loan of great
fertility. with a sub-soil of ~calcareo-
siliceous clay. The timbered
soil is also very rich, and is a MKT
ure of black loan and limestone.
The timbered growth of walnut,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
of the state, thus making Mexico
the transfer point for supplies ship
ped along it's line.

of the state, thus making Mexico
the transfer point for supplies ship.
ped along it's line.
The Wabash Western railroad
comes into the county from the
southeast and passes out at a point
nearly central on it's western linn.
it's, and is the most Hirect route
from st. Louis to Kansas City and
points north and northwest. The
Chicago, Alton & ST. Louis rail,
road wends its way through the
county about central east and
west, and is one of the great trunk
lines from Chicago to Kansas City
and the Pacific Coast.
Audrain county is nearly 1000
feet above the sea level which puts
it much above the malarial infu-
ences so prevalent along the river
counties of the Southwest.
Its average annual rain fall is 36
inches. which never allows it to
suffer from drouth. 1t is also a
well.watered county, having nu-
merous creeks and small rivers
flowing through its domain. There
are also many living springs of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

itary. "A civilian MAY be a gentle
man ; a soldier MUS he one" Re
ligious discipline says: Every duty,
even the least duty, involves the
whole principle of obedience" Mil
7 itary discipline is here considered of
prime Importance; in fact, it is II
feature of the institution-its soul
and spirit; it teaches the cadet how to
be a man, to live like a gentleman
and die like Il christian.
Its rules and regulations are based
upon those of the u. $. Military
Academy at West Point, they being
the same in spirit with those, only
modified in form and application so
far as circumstances here require.
In recognition of the value of military
training in a country like our own,
with no standing army, u great and
good government has established
sev~enty-five free professorships, one
of which is allotted to this Academy,
and, in accordance, it issued a com
plete equipment of cadet rifles of the
latest and most approved patterns, q
battery of artillery, and an abundant
supply of ammunition, and, when
needed, equipment for cavalry drill
will also be supplied.
Its Board of Trustees are : Pres
ident, G.. B. Macfarlane ; Vice
President, B. L. Locke; Treasurer,
Major III. A. Ricketts, ; Secretary,
Col. A. T. Fleet. The academic
staff are :
Colonel A. F. Fleet, A. NJ, Ii.
d., Superintendent, graduate Uni
versity of Virginia, and eleven years
Professor of Greek, Missouri State
University-Latin and Greek.
Major X. G.. Matheson, Comman-
daut of Cadets, S. G. Military
Academy, five years commandant of
cadets at University OF Tennessee
and Middle Georgia Military Col
lege-English Language and Liter
AZURE.
Captain d. A. Mcmillan, A. NJ,
Principal, Miami University. and
ten years principal Mexico High
ISchool-Latin, Mathematics, Elocu-
ton.
First Lieutenant Edgar s. Walker.
Detailed by Secretary Of War-pro-
lessor of Military Science and
Tactics.
;, Captain ID. S. Matheson, Univer.
| sity of South Carollna-English
Language and History.
Captain ID. A. Th6rnburg, Iowa
t Agricultural ~College-Mathematics
t and Natural Sciences.
Capt. j. nj. Temple, A. NJ, VIII
5 liam Jewell College-Latin, Ger
$ man, French.
Captain Z. II. Wade, General
y Business College, Sedalia, Mo-
bookkeeping, Stenograrhy, Type
Writing.
n Professor w. NJ. Treloar-Chorus
re Training.
iol Professor G. +. Kuemmel-Piano.
sr Violin, German.
T.. DIR. Z. ii. Halley-Surgeon.
N DIR. w. r. Rodes-Consultinp
$, Surgeon.
1t The courses of study pursued al
b. this school are four in number, viz
Classical, Latin, Scientific and Bust
ness courses, aud while the Academy
ng is not conducted IN the interest O
t. any religious denomination, its Off
nd GERS do all they can to make it
n christian school.
he The close of its third year was tn
70 most successful in ITS history. Ii
IN, patrons are drawn from the leadin
ed men Of the South and West, an
in represent eleven states and terrific
to RIGS, and among which are the son
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Mexico.

Mexico is one of the twenty.nine
cities of Missouri that has a popu.
lation of4.O 600 or more inhabitants,
and, in this respect, it is the eight
zenith city in size, the last census
giving it a population of 4, 7S9, but,
like other growing cities of the
state, the past two years has large.
ly added to this number, go that ii
is safe to say that Mexico is now q
city with a population of over
5000 inhabitants.
1t is beautifully located on high
ground, just rolling enough to give
it good drainage. and with a sew
erage system second to no city OF
it's size in the state. 1t is also one
of the healthiest. 1t ia at the juno.
ton, or diverging point of the
Wabash Western and the Chicago,
Alton & St. Louis railroads, as also
the northern terminus of the Mex.
leo and Jefferson City Branch oil
the Chicago & Alton road, all Of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

With her colleges, stores and Kilns.
Rests fair Mexico with her shaded walks and
streets.
Mid her sylvan lawns and bowers,
And her wealth of summer lowers,
Finer ladies' in this land one never meets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
miles is 81; rank in population, 80,

The State Labor COMMISSIONER report for
iS52 gives Audrain County credit for having
shipped during that year, the valuation ON the
return:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
Missouri Military Academy.

Mexico is not only the seat of the
great Hardin College, which is devo-
ted to the education and culture of
young ladies', but the Missouri Mill
tary Academy is also located at this
point, which ranks alongside with
the best educational institutions and
military training schools in the West,
and is the largest military academy in
the state 1t was founded in 1890,
and is a noble monument to the en-
terprise, public spirit and honest dol
lars of the citizens of this beautiful
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27

The Young Ladies Orchestra of
Hardin College, which is in charge of
Professor G.. f. Kuemmel, is a feat
ure of the conservatory department
and is attracting attention.
With its present capacity, which is
already large, the present writing
finds a pressing demand for more
room at Hardin College, whose pat
ronage has steadily increased every
year since it opened its doors to stu
dents. Its patronage is drawn from
the best classes in the West and
South, and its record is one of which
it's board of directors and the city of
Mexico Is justly proud. 1t is, in
fact, an ideal school of learning, and
a conservatory of music of the high
est character, where u daughters
may enter and become proficient in
everything that goes to make the
cultured lady, and fitted to grace the
best society in our land.
President Yancey is an earnest
worker, and has proven himself to be
a liberal advertiser, and in advertising
Hardin College he also advertises
Mexico and brings it into notice as
one of the educational centers of the
state, and for which the city is under
obligations to this gentleman. As a
whole, Hardin College and Conserva-
tory of Music for the intellectual adj
vancement and culture of young la
dies, was a munificent gift from a
christian gentlemen its career has
ever been in keeping with the intent
of its donor. Its President and BOARD
of Directors are the right men in the
right place ; it is among the largest
and most complete female colleges in
the Southwest and is the finest equip
ped conservatory of music in Amer
lea, and the LEDGER is proud to
place so meritorious an institution OF
learning in the columns of its great
trade edition for 1898. 1t is TO the
West and Southwest what Vassar and
Wellesley Colleges are to the East.
The Conservatory wisely retains in
it's faculty Professor W. NJ. Treloar,
Piano, Chorus Singing and History
of Music. Prof. Treloar has held his
own as a most successful teacher in
this city for eighteen years. His
compositions are found in the pro
grammes of the best institutions in
this country, and his pupils have
three times carried off the grand prize
of the 81, 900 piano, when competing
pupils were trained by noted gradu-
ates of European Conservatives.
This speaks in terms most eloquent
of the ability of this cultured gentle
man and earnest worker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-07-27
modern, and show a wealthy and
cultured community.

Mexico is a city of the third
class !; is divided into four wards,
each ward being represented by
two councilmen. Its present Mayor
is Mr.. c. R. Lupton, whose bust.
ness ia shown in another column.
The city is lighted by the arc and
incandescent systems of electric
lights. 1t has water works and a
good volunteer fire department.
Its church edifces are eleven in
number and are owned by the fol-
lowing denominations The Chris
tian, NJ. E Church, M. E. Church,
South, Catholic, Presbyterian,
Episcopal, Baptist, Evangelical,
Lutheran, and two churches owned
by the colored people.
The public school buildings of
Mexico are two in number, the
estimated value of the school
property being S35, 600. The main
building is a large and substantial
brick structure, located three
blocks west of the public square
and one of the finest in the state
for public school purposes.
The report of the Secretary of
the Board, MI. A. S. Houston, for
the school year just passed, shows
an enrolment of 9SS whites and
3O2 colored, the grand total being
l,29O. The number of teachers
employed were Is white and 5 COL
ored. The salary of the superin.
tendent or principal is $500 per
year. Prof. W. T. Darlington is
the general superintendent and L.
J.. Hicks, principal of the colored
school. All the benevolent socie.
ties are represented in Mexico.
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