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Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Snow Storm In a Rail- Roam.

A strange thing happened at a
dance given by a member of the
Russian nobility not long ago. The
night vas bitter cold, but the cold,
bleak winds did not reach the interior
OF the ball room. Here there were
warmth and comfort, and the gay
dancers became overheated and they
perspired freely. The air of the room,
having been dry and like a sponge,
quickly absorbed the moisture from
their persons. A Russian count,
being uneomfortably warm, opened
awindow, which admitted a current
of cold air, and the effect was novel
and instantaneous. Immediately
a part of the little moisture was turn
ed into little CRYSTALS, shining silver
white, that fioated in the air and, To
the establishment of all, there was
a miniature snowstorrn in the midst
OF the gay throng.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
PUBLIC SALE
Tuesday. February Il

Having sold my farm, I will al, :,
public auction on said farm. four r,i,.s
east OF Mexico and four nslea nosss
west of Benton, on Tuesday. Fsofss,
IA, 1898, the following described prosI
erty, to-wit:
IA two year old mules to be .oA /.
pairs, q yearling mules, 2 three -,
old mules, ] aged mule, 3 mule ents !
extra jack 5 years old, Ie head az hoss
stock, consisting of 5 mares from 1 i
8 years old, | three year old Moatns.
mare, 2 good horse colts, | extra p..n.
onfory horse 4 years old, 1 two ~,
old horse so head of cattle, consistin,
of IL head of ,earling steers, II -
calves, 2 heifer calves, Is cow AZ
heiferI, 2 COWS with young calye. !
grade jersey cow,1flll tIoa1Galicvv
cow, / full blood Galloway bull al
40 head OF hogs, weigh from 90 10 Ia
pounds, 8 brood sows, $50 hsa / Of psi
sneep. will be sold In smaa bunths
1000 bushels of corn in crib, Is sots q
timothy hey, 10 tons of n,illet hsy. N
my farming implements, ccnsistinr 4
some first-class machinery, wagon,
t,uggy and plows, etc. Also, hoest
hold and kitchen furniture and mn,
other ARTICLES.
Terms of sale.-Sums of 80 and
under, cash. Over 81 q credit Of 4
months at s per cent. interest put
chaser giving bankable note, Eop,up
erty removed until terms are conpIjet
with. IRVINE BROWN.
J.T.Johnson and in. Stephsns,
Auctioneen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Trustees Sale.

Whereas, Richard 8. McKinney M
Annie l.. Mckinney. his wife, BY It'd
certain deed of trust dated Novembs
Il, 1857. and recorded In the Recordai
office of Audrain County, Missouri. b
Book No. page 355, conveyed 20 Wn
II. KEENAN,, as trustee, the foIlowir,
described real estate situated In 40
drain County, Missouri, to-wit: Beea
at the northwest corner of Block IN
t2) of John A. Pearson's Addition &
the City of Mexico, Missouri; run theuu
east sixty {60l feet for 8 beginning
thence run due south one hundreds q
fourteen feet (1l4) to ally; THEMES q
sixty f60) feet; thence north Ole iaal
'dred and fourteen (I14l feet, than
west sixty 1907 feet to the beginH /
being a part of block two t2l In Joh
A. Pearson's Addition to Mexfeo, n
souri,, which said conveyance was md
in trust TO secure the payment Of ~.
tain promissory no,es IN said deed u
s-ribed; and, whereas, said notes n
now due and unpaid; now, thereon
at the request OF the legal holder d
said notes and under the proyistssf {
said deed of trust, the ~uudefsigusa
will, on
Saturday, the 18th day Of Feb 1885
at the east front door of the GoEa
House in the City or Mexico. Btateapa
County aforesaid, between the heand
nine o'clock i'm the forenoon an fH
O'Clock i'm the afternoon on said dsf
sell the above described real eetaiss
public vendue to the highest biadz
for cash. to pay off said notes. interai
and ste. w. H. KEENAN,,
42-td. TfassGL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
PUBLIC SALE
"Wednesday, Februsr,s

Having sold my farm. N
public auction at said far, ,sea i
northwest of Mexico and Is Us
northeast of Centralia. on W.aassla
day, February g., 1893, the fo,, sase.
described property. to-wit osla.
a yearling mules, 2 mule ..,.
extra brosd mares, all hrsd
range from 4 to 10 years. / th,s.aka
old Hambietonfsn horse, 1 tva
old Montrose horse, l fine Ss.!eee
Moss Rose filly, Is head bich 10
shorth I'm milk cows. 5 tboren.ssnsas
shorthorn cows, s steer calves eIIsslisq
calves, ] two year old shos thu, 80
ITO Cotswold and Shropshire saa
50 head of young ewes. 81 49,
lambs. 3 fine bucks, 25 head - go
consisting OF 4 brood soxs, 4 FAT 49,
head of shoats, all my farm nj.
N nts, consisting of 2 farm wasasp
spring wagon, / mower. / suIkr ~
| harrow, 2 breaking plows. 9 eaf.N
tor and a lot of other impiemen.. -.
tools; saddles and harness : ps,ssue
of my household and kitchen &C.
ture; 5 stands o. bees about aa y
of oats, go shocks of corn ana 49,
and ] straw rick.
TERMS OF SALE--sms IF so ma
under, cash. Sums over $40 a ered,, y
ten months at S per cent, pas.hs.s.
giving bankabie note. No pio err, =
moved until terms of sac are ssss.s
ed with. JNO. G wILFLEY
J.. It. Johnson, Auctioneer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
kpeDing to the Right

The following extract from Bos.
wells "Life of Johnson" may
serve to fix the date Of the present
custom of walking on the right-hand
side of the footway:
SIN the last age (says Johnson),
when my mother lived in London,
there were two sets of people-those
who gave the wall and those who
took it; the ~peaceable and the
quarrelsome. When l returned to
Lichfield, after having been in Lon
don, my mother asked me whether
was one of those who gave the wall o,
took it. Now it is fixed that every
man keeps to the right; or, if one
taking the wall, another yields it,
and it is never a dispute
The period to WHICH this is re.
ferred is 1877.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

In looking over some reliable
statistics we were literally paralyzed
to note the number of divorces be-
ing granted throughout the country,
especially in Missouri. CHANGING
over the dOckets of the various cir
cult courts We find a most lamenta-
BILE stare of affairs to exist. AT least
one fourth of the cases in some of
the circuit courts are divorce cases,
and very often the cause alleged for
divorce is no cause at all for such a
serious action. The courts of the
country should be very careful in
granting divorces. The ease with
which a man or woman can be di-
vorced tends to- lessen the import
ance of the holy bonds of matri-
mony. This matter is of much more
Importance than many think and is
threatening one of our most holy
and sacred institutions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

In the Daily LEDGER will
be found the annual statement OF
the Mexico Building and Loan As
ISOLATION. This institution is in
the hands of some of Mexico's most
active young business men. Its
board of directors and other officers
are men who have the best interests
of Mexico at heart. We know of no
association of this kind better man.
aged, as its statement clearly shows.
This association is eight years old
and has never lost a dollar OF money
loaned nor has it ever had a law
suit. ]. A. Glandon, who is Seere-
tary of this association, together with
J. NJ. Pollard, who is President, are
perhaps the best posted men on B.
& L. associations in this part of the
country. This association is not
only proving a valuable institution
to those who are stockholders but
is of great benefit to the city. Some
of Mexico's most substantial buiId-
ings would never have been built
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Mr.. ]. F. LLEwE1IyS, who is one

Mr.. J. f. LLEwELLYN, who is one
of Mexico's most energetic and push
ing business men, has sold his cleo
trio light plant complete to the Mex.
leo Gas Company. Mr.. Llewellyn
has done as much, ii not more
than any one man, III making Mex
leo a city. He established his elee-
trio light plant here when it did not
pay, and received very little encour-
agement from many OF our citizens,
none from the city ut the start. The
writerof this knows something Of the
trials Mr.. Llewellyn had in oonnec-
ton with the establishing of his light
| plant here, as he, in connection with
Mr.. Llewellyn, lighted the city for q
year, getting paid for the same by
private subscriptions. Mr.. Llewellyn
is a man who knows no such word
as fail, and by sticking to ii and
keeping everlastingly at it built up
a splendid business, and for the last
few years has been, as Il matter OF
fact, working himself to death. He
has disposed of his electric light
plant here, but retains the one at
f. lton and viii continue III the drug
business here and remain one of our
most progressive go-ahead business
men. Mr.. Llewellyn desires to thank
the business men and citizens OF
Mexico who have, in season and out
of season, encouraged aud literally
supported him in his maintenance
of the electric light plant in this city.
Mr.. Llewellyn will now have more
time to devote to his other and va
ried interests in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Candiemas.

Februar 2 is what is known as
Candlemas, the day on which the
festival of the Publication is cele-
brated in the Catholic churches, and
on which candles are blessed and
carried in a procession before mass
commences.
It is also an important day, from
the fact that it is what is known as
'Ground-Hog Day." and is sup
posed to control the weather for. the
next six weeks. The idea origina-
ted among the sailors of England
centuries ago, when superstition was
prevalent among the Ignorant
classes. The idea was if Candlemas
was bright and clear the months OF
February and March would be
stormy and dangerous for those who
live upon the great deep. An old
distich runs thus:
"a sailor would sooner see his wife on a bier,
Than a Candlemas bright and clear"
In time many of the sailors of
England came to America and took
up their residence as an inland peo-
pie. They found a tradition of their
native land and they adopted it. 1t
was like this: Ii the American
woodchuck, which is known as the
"ground-hog," a rodent that bur-
rows up during the winter, came
out of his hole on the second day of
February and saw his shadow, he
went back and remained six weeks,
and winter would not break up until
the end of that period. On the con-
trary, if the day remained cloudy
throughout, the %sagacious animal
remained out, perfectly satisfied that
winter was at an end.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

THE Kansas City Star, speaking of
the Missouri Legislature, says: The
prompt assertions of certain news
papers that the General Assembly
OF the state Of Missouri Is in no need
of information from any citizen or
citizens should not deceive the hon.
orable members into a condition
of stiffness of neck and hardness OF
heart. There is nothing in the quail
ifications or power of any ordinary
member of any ordinary General
Assembly of Missouri or any other
state on which to base a iustifable
case of ''swell head" The General
Assembly, individually and collect
lively, should seek information, pre-
ferring the latest sources, and give
strict attention TO modern rather than
ancient history.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Fruit Crop Injured By Cold.

NEVADA Mo-, January 31.-Jacob
Faith, one of the leading horticultur.
lists of Missouri, says the fruit crop
of Vernon county has been injured
by the severe cold weather. The
peaches have been damaged eighty
per cent. The strawberry plants have
been damaged to a large extent by
the recent dry fall, which has killed
forty per cent. of the vines, thus re-
ducing the yield to about sixty per
cent. Apples, plums cherries, grapes
and blackberries are uninjured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Adm nistrstor,s Eoties.

Notice is hereby given thst iefss,
of administration upon the esfsls =
B. :. Mases. deceased, have 30
granted the undersigned by the u
bate Court of Audrain County y
souri,, bearing date January y. "
All persons having claims ags,ss.
said estate are requested % ez1a's
them for allowance 70 the admfnsuF
tor within one year after dsteo o.
lug letters, or they may be pfectaess
from any benefi ofsuch estate. snas
such claims be not exhibited VII
two wears from he date they WI
forever barred. DRURY Ma Yes
44-4t. Administrstof.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

SEVERAL newspapers throughout
the State are criticising the Audrain
County F. & L. U. for the position
taken by this organization against
the County Courts issuing bonds to
raise money to improve the roads.
Members of this organization signi-
fly their willingness to furnish the
LEDGER a full and complete answer
to these criticisms. The Audrain
County F. & L. U. is composed Of
prominent farmers and stock ~raisers,
who are thoroughly posted on the
necessity of good roads, and We fee
sure thoroughly investigated the
matter before they favored the resolu'
ton referred to.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
The Lsgend Of the Tea Plant.


DO you know how the tea plant
came to grow? A very lovely Chi
nsse maiden loved with all her soul
an equally beautiful Chinese youth;
but, alas she bad rival. However,
he plighted his tIoth to her and all
went merry as rice and frecrackers
could make it. Just before the we'd
ding tho bsautsous youth laid him
self down under a tres TO take a nap.
He looked like a picture on . screen.
His beauty was too much for the
wicked girl, who also loved him,
but who was not to be his bride.
So she determined TO take away
SONS OF his good looks. His lashes
curled on his cheeks like a bang
newly done by 4 French hairdresser.
Going up to him, she Immediately
cut them off. When his own, his
true love, saw him after the acct
dent che said: "Can this be your"
and he said it was. Then he told
Of tho wicked one, and they both
prayed to the gentlest of Chinese
gods to finish him up and make his
~eyelashes grow again, and the Chi
nese god, being economical, said
"The ones you have lost shall not
be wasted; 60 and plant them, and
from them shall spring a tree tina,
shall delight all mankind" And
they did as he told them, and at the
wedding they had tea from the
youths eyelashes, and the wicked
| one wept and was beheaded.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Assfgnee,s SotIee.

All parties indebted to VIM bsr
euyn are hereby notified to pay w
once In order to save interest =
costs.
All accounts and notes remnants
unpaid after thirty days from tnit -
Will be placed in the hands q =
constable Tor collection.
JSO. III. BTCKBEf.
Assignee of Wm. exe.ly,
Mexico, Mo-, Feb. 1, 1898. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

THE New London Record is outir
a handsome new dress and is as pref.
ty as a picture. The Record is 6
live newspaper and deserves the lib.
eral patronage it is receiving. May.
hall is one of the oldest and most re.
liable newspaper men in Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

Miss Josie Lane of Pettis county,
Missouri, committed suicide.
Hayes memorial services were
held at Fremont, O., the home OF
the late ex-Presiden:.
A colony of Bohemians from
Northern Missouri have bought IL
coo acres Of land near Victoria, Tex.
Two more victims of the Wann
disaster died Saturday night. They
were Louis Mcintosh and John
Burks.
James Dawson, a II year-old son
of DR.. A. G. Dawson, broke through
the ice while skating at Jefferson
City yesterday and vas drowned.
A Texas posse trailing Henry
Smith, the negro who outraged and
murdered a little girl near Paris,
have crossed Red River into the In
dian Territory.
Hon. Chauncy Ives Filley has
written a letter to L. S. Metcalfe.
United States Surveyor of Customs,
in which he gives some interesting
political history.
Andrew Carnegie yesterday made
a statement in reference to- the af-
fairs of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, in which he highly commends
Chairman Tricks management.
The Senate record for iunketing
is to be kept up, as the resolution
for an investigation this summer Of
river and harbor work indicates.
The investigation is by no means
called for.
Members of the Missouri General
Assembly interested in the preser.
walton of the fish of the state held 6
conference and appointed Mr.
Tatum to take charge of the subject
and prepare a bill as a substitute
for all bills now pending.
Mr.. Henry Lawson, Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Scott and Miss Lizzie Scott
of Louisville, KY, were poisoned
with arsenic alleged to have beer
put in drinking water and sugar by
Mrs. Lawson's husband, from whom
| she recently separated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

The Kansas City Star says: The
Farmers and Laborers' Union of
Audrain county, Mo-, is opposed to
allowing county courts to issue
bonds to construct modern high
ways. Il is just such mossbackism
as that which has prevented Mis-
souri, from taking the place in the
galaxy of states which nature in
tended that she should.
The opposition of the Farmers
and Laborers' Union in Audrain
county to the improvement of the
public highways only demonstrates
the necessity of decent country
roads as agents in advancing the
standard of popular intelligence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Assignee. Notice of AiIowase. q, c..a

The creditors of c. r. Lueke a
hereby notified that /, as assignes I
said L.uekie. will, at my tohaeeu sea
cigar store in the Ringo Hotel bud,
ing. in he tfty OF Mexico On the q
day of February, 1898, at o o1claek :
In. of that day begin Il heal, ADDS
and allow claims against said Latnl
and will continue until 8 o'esek pn
of that day and besides two mort sut-
cessive days at the same place and y
tween the same hours.
w. P. QUIsENBFRRY,
1T Aesigne
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

True, Buffers brain weighed four
ounces more than Webster's, and
Guiteau's weighed just four ounces
more than Byron's. No human
power can tell from the size of brain
how much "think" there is in it,
any more than it can depend on a
pair OF scales to tell the quality OF a
beefsteak.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Pure Bourbon 6 Rye Whan
reprint from Louisville Ky Hlnsfrst0
tury. January a, ls2S

iANSPsA8s 4IbIu LDuE-NAiG my
tury, January ~. l&z.
Very few who drink wflisksy. eithef - ~
erage or q medicine, have any idea ot 49,
ence between a pure, clean article 90 -
Cd or fabricated one, aged and 1atpse1 80
ncial means. It is a QUESTION OF mossI j
portance to The consumer whether WSAx
SWALLOWING poison that VIII dtsea* NxR
b membranes Of his digestive organs
crate the disease generally known aset1~
b question has been brought iDte
Ignt by chemical research that We 1SS5gr11z
20 note an almost universal desire outS
consumers to know what brands ms5 4-se
upon as being = strictly pure arfscae, EHsd
Toe foregoing facts in view that weesSSeE
the attention OF bur readers 70 8 pfzs.S :.
Key which connoisseurs have prohsnM~aAr
one OF the finest articles OF its klhe ,
% the trade and consumer. We hi1s~&
l House Rye whiskey. OF vnicnls -
Wel-known house Of L.. e a Ssnaae9
PMS junction, Warren County, A5rs
sole profsrietors and distiilers ~,z--atNG
The Club House Rye ia unquesnon@ 49,
dnct OF the most perfect metnods % .s~sa19
known. and in the opinion OF msnyteWyk
70 any other brand OF American or f0.eE&E
kles- II Is besides being free Iron s.1iIsHg
ious ingredients. one OF the most pes
xl7s on b market. having q nAfef. go
mas as far removed as possible fronz2~
burning huids which are dispensed 49,
. third class bars. This Whisky a%esH
ed on the market until 1t has atfasn1s NJ
age, and 1t Is neither aged 81 hssaH
nczal means. For medical purprsNS
highly recommended By eminent ne~a
q mes3cal fraternity. No wrl@e
unpreJudiced person viii deny tnHIskff
Climate imposes the necessity oil suzfI
on b CREST majority OF our peo28A8
. established beyond sii quessoe-a 80
. no stiIanlsnt 50 wen aaapted Y 3S
A. a good pure whtskey like tins nsys@EX5
70 and Club House Rye. Ik
have nothing else. H A. Forgeg ~
for Missouri and lowe. Aex1cos
Bold and : Eahs hsvs # IN sfsak-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
Agricultural Notes,
Bare soil loses fertility.
Battalion maintains fertility

u soil lUses IGiblitt}.
Rotation maintains fertility.
1t does not pay in the long run
to rob the soil to put money in the
bank.
BY growing a variety OF crops and
stock something "a be KEEP. growing
all the time,
The farm home gives a better OPP
portunity for health and happiness
than any other place.
The more red clover that can
be grown and fed or turned under,
the richer the land will oaeome.
A writer says that as a rule, it is
better for a farmer to sell and regret,
than TO keep and regret.
The poor farmer like poor men OF
other advooations should begin on a
small scale and gradually grow up,
keeping out OF debt as far as possi-
bic.
A writer compares the unused
land to the hen that lays no eggs.
and advises selling it off and making
the balance of the land yield more
per acre.
An exchange says a nail can be
driven iato hard wood If it is dipped
in lard. Of course it would be
best not TO get any Of the grease
where the hammer is to strike.
Generally the best profits from the
farm, says a writer, can be derived
by growing a variety Of crops, and
then feeding them out to a variety
of stock on the farm and market
ing. In this way the risks OF fail
ure are lessened and its various
products can be used to the best
advantage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
THE LEDGER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2,

THE Sedalia Ba.0o's ground hog
edition was quite u curiosity and
was greatly sought after by the read
ing public. The Bd=oo is published
for all the people now on earth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

THE National Editorial Assoeia-
ton meets in Chicago May 16,
1898, and continues two weeks. This
is expected to be one of the most in
teresting and successful meetings
this association has ever held.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

PEOPLE who have no bank bills
can congratulate themselves on not
carrying around in their pockets a
large and varied assortment OF evil
disposed microbes, eagerly waiting
to get in their work. Those who
cannot console themselves thus be-
cause they have bank bills can con.
graduate themselves on having the
IN
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

The american Journal Of Educa-
ton, edited by ]. B. Merwin of st.
Louis, is one OF the most influential
journals of the day. For twenty
five years the Journal has been adj
vocating a liberal policy in education
and larger rewards for teachers.
We are glad to know that the paper
is in a most fiourishlng condition as
we know of no more worthy or hard
working journalist than the editor OF
the american Journal Of Education.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02
w q Lakeland. formerly of this

w. O. Lakeland, formerly of this
city, now of Honolulu, has our
thanks for papers containing full ac-
counts OF the Hawaiian revolution.
Mr.. Lakeland being an American
citizen is in no danger from any
tronhie tbet Annsv ecrs.r thayrs
Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-02-02

Mr.. Albert Favorte, OF Arkansas
City, Kan, wishes to give our
readers the benefit of his experience
with colds. He says: 81 contract
ed a cold early last spring that set
tied on my lungs, and had hardly
recovered from it when | caught an
other that hung on all summer. and
left me with a hacking cough which
| thought / never would get rid of.
| had used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy some fourteen years ago
with much success, and concluded
to try it again When / had got
through with one bottle my cough
had left me, and / have not suffered
with a cough or cold since. / have
recommended it to others, and all
speak well OF it, so cent bottles
for sale by C. A. Bnckner, druggist.