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Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
Reduced Rates on all Roads! !
Missouri Man Drowned, Help at Hand

BoTwoRTH, Mo-, August l2.-Lester
Brammer, aged %, was drowned In
Grand river this afternoon when aid
was within feet OF him. He was
seized with cramps and sank before
his companions could reach him.
The accident happened about two
miles from the point where the stream
emptles into the Missouri river, and
1t is thought his body has been carried
into it by the swift current. The
drowned man was feet 3 inches tall,
with a mole on the right forehead,
brown hair and smooth shaven.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
EXTRAORDINARY OFFER.
a map OF Audrain County and the
Weekly Ledger for $1.50.

The management Of the LEDGER is
prepared to continue to offer the Mexi-
60 LEDGER Map of Audrain County
Tor sale at o. and as an inducen,ent to
new subscribers or renewals to the
LEDGER the map will be sold for the
nominal sum Of fifty cents.
Ihe Mexico LEDGER is one dollar
q year when paid in advance. The
mexico LEDGER from now until
Aprii l, 1907, and the Mexico LEDGER
map OF Audrain county for one dollar
and fifty cents.
Ihe Mexico LEDGER Map Of Au.
Drain county is complete in every
particular and was formerly sold for
d&wtf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
NO MAN is STRONGER THAN
HIS STOMACH.

Let the greatest athlete have dyspepsia
and his muscles would soon fail. Physi-
cal strength Is derived from food. II a
man has insufficient food he loses Strength,
III he has no food he dies. Food IS con
yerted into nutrition through the stom-
ach and bowels. II depends on the
strength Of the stomach 10 what extent
food eaten IS digested and assimilated'
People can die OF starvation who have
abundant food To eat, when the stomach
and its associate organs Of digestion and
nntrltlon DO not perform their duty.
Thus the stomach Is really the vital or
gan Of the body. II the stomach IS saweaks
the body will be weak also, because ID IS
upon the stomach the body relies for its
strength. And as the body, considered as
a whole, is made up Of It's several mem
Ders and organs, so the weakness Of the
body as a consequence Of sweakn stom-
ach VIII be distributed among the or
ganS which compose the body. II the
body is weak because II Is ill-nourished
that physical weakness will be found in
All the organs-heart. liver, Kidneys, etc.
The liver viii be torpid and inactive,
giving rise to billousness, loss OF appetite
weak nerves, feeble or irregular action OF
heart, palpltation. dizziness, headache
backaehe and kindred disturbances and
weaknesses
Mr.. Louis Pare. Of Quebec. writes, sFor
stAA7 eAAtNA uA9 htAllu AL 10 fnll. my head
grew dizzy. eyes pained me, and nv sfor1ach
was sore all the time. while everything
would eat would seem 20 lie heavy like lead
on my stomach. The doctors claimed that
u was sympathetic trouble duo 10 dyspepsia,
ana prescfibed for me. and AlthOugh took
their powders regula larly yet felt no better.
Myi W WIG 9dyised me 20 ~ ~. Pierce's Golden
tors medicine She bought no a hottle and
we soon found that began 10 Improve 10 i
kept up the treatment I took on fesh nv
stomach became normal. the digestive organs
worked perfectly and / soon began 20 look
like oinerent person. can never cease 10
BE grateful for what your medicine has done
for me and eertaiply give Il hlghest prsise.s
Don % wheedled BY a penny-grabbing
dealer Into taking inferior substifutes Tor
Dr. Ilerces medicines, recommended TO
be S5ust as good
To gain knowledge Of your own BODY
In sickness and health--send FOR the Peo-
PIES common Sense Medical Adviser. A
book OF lo0s pages. Send 2i one cent
stamps for paper-covered, or 81 stamps
for cioth-bound copy. Address DR.. n. ".
Pierce. oos Main Street. Buffalo, n. Y.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

On or about September 1st, the
Patton Bros, James and Edward, will
open a first class harness and saddle
store, two doors north OF the LEDGER
Office. 1t is needless to say that these
gentlemen will carry an up-to-date
stock of goods. Both are we'll known
and reliable gentlemen. Watch fol
their ad in the LEDGER.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Miss Mamie Kuhn, Of Quincy, H.,
Is The guest OF her friend Miss Mel
notte Sannebeck, Of this city Thurs.
day, Miss Sannebeck gave carriage
party joyble ride to the Chautauqua
for her charming guests MissKuhn and
the Misses Turley. Those charming
young ladies' will probably 20 boating
and sail round by the picturesque
Cottonwood Springs. DILL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Miss Florence Ford leaves August
20 for Bardstown, KY, where she has
accepted the position OF matron in
the Baptist Institute. Miss Ford is
excellently fitted for this position and
nc better choice could have been
made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
DR.. R. T. GIBBS,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Mexico, Mo.
ONCE Robertson Building, North
east Corner Square.
AUDRAIN COURT CALENDAR.
CIRCUIT COURT.

CIRCUIT COURT.
Meets third Monday in January, first
Monday in June and third Monday in
September.
COUNTY COURT.
First Monday in February, first
Monday In May, first Monday in Au-
gust and tirSt Monday in November.
PROBATE COURT.
Second Monday in February, second
Monday In May, second Monday In Au-
gust and second Monday In November.
Adjourned terms are held regularly
.nesecond Mondays in January, March,
April, June, July, September, October
and December.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
asa 56 7sS
Mexico % o % 2 2 o Ox-l
q q a a q o. q o


2 base hits Cauthorn, Hays, O'Don.
nell, McDermott, Hisey, 3 base hits
Ham, Cook ], Maupin, Haight; base
on balls of Hays 0; off Haightl; left
on bases Mexico /; Wellsville Q; wild
pitch Hays; struck out by Hays /; by
Haight 0; hit by pitch ball Armstrong
2; passed ball O'Donnell 2; double
plays Hemp, Morris & Clements;
Pitcher and Morris; Haight, MCDer.
mott and Armstrong; sac. bits Hsey;
stolen bases Cook, J 2; Armstrong 1;
Cook, +; Cauthorn ]; Kidd l; ball;
Hays /. Time Of game l:23. Umpire
hampton and Keath.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Bill Ragsdale, the harness maker,
shipped one ofhis famous spring-seat
saddles Thursday to J. W. Bats, Of
Carlsbad, N. NJ. Mr.. Ragsdale's sad.
dies are National in reputation send
Ing them all over the United States.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
HANDSOME PRESENT.
Fine Set of Up-tO.Dats Chinawsrs
70 be Given BY the Ledger
For Six Weekly Sub
scribers.

Inc Mexico LEDGER will give q fine
Ses S' =, up-to-date chinaware, consist
lng OF thlrty'one pieces to any one Sc
ouflng ,,, SIX new weekly subscribers.
a .ne emma Is OF good quality, prettIly
Sseo,aoed ss', and gold trimmed. ThI
nanusome ..a present can be easily OBJ
oalneo' Call at the LEDGER Office and
see the china for yourself.
II. NJ. WHITE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

le address Of Hon. Charles Fl .Gros
I, Of Ohio, at the Chautauqus
nds Friday afternoon was heard
J exceptionally large and enthusi,
crowd. 1t was estimated by
= 10 be the largest attendance Of
previous daT.
GroSvenor's soul-stiring elo
&c and plain language, together
bis commanding presence and
Intelligence have made him one
efavorite lecturers at the Chau.
IA thus Tar
ther strJDg feature Uf the prg.
t was the address OF Miss Belle
ney, Of Mississippi. Miss Kear.
poke on The Old Days In Dixie
THURSDAY afternoon and FRIDAY
ing her subject was Around
World With the White Ribbon. y
J. G. r Gibbs, Of this city, whose
1iful voice has so often charmed
90 audiences, appeared on the af-
1 on programme and won the en-
astic approval Of all Of her hear.
GTERs' IMPRESSIONS AND PRO-
PHECY.
Editor Of the Ledger
+ lUTAUQUA GROUNDS, Aug. IL
Is Mexico's opportunity. Is she
ciating and improving 1t, Those
tenting on the ground fully
e that it is a privilege above
and one that we could not afford
;. II is ''the simple life" we are
out here, and simply a delight
te. ] am sure II they realized
they have in their midst, there
any families, husband, wives and
en-, who would be tenting ON the
! !, and taking In all OF the feast
Is spread before them.
program offered TO the public
ere is equal 10 the best in the
! States and the promoters OF
hautauqua have fulfilled their
ses TO the letter, regardless OF
ses Of time, labor and money.
/ ow hequestion is up TO the peo-
Mexico: Do you want a perma-
nstitu tion like this in your |
1fso, show 1t by your patron
d attendance, for the remain
IS Of this Chautauqua. l can
Eeat future for Mexico, growing
this institution, easily made
E By the business mel, II they
'preciate and improve the few
It of this Chautauqua.
Fl. X. HINDE.
SETTLERS WHO REGISTERED
WEDNESDAY.
oldest settler Of Audrain coun-
mt on the grounds Wednesday,
Coming Day." was Z. A.
Who resides a few miles south
.. Mr.. Burns was born in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Miss Una Nelson, Of Jacksonville,
Florida, formerly of this city, is the
guest OF friends here during Chautau-
qua and Fair weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

t. G. Holmes, Of this city, is work.
ing In the harvest fields In South Da.
kota. Mr.. Holmes is an energetic
young man. He goes TO school In the
winter and is hard worker during
the summer months.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

George Hatcher, Wednesday sold
bis residence on east Jackson street 70
TO Edgar Threlkeld for 5000.
This is q good piece Of property, 10
a good communlty,is located on a pro-
minent residence street and is well
worth the price paid. Mexico real es-
tate is on theboom and property own
ems are looking for further advance in
city property.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Dick Kidd left Monday with a car
load Of poultry for New York for EN-
Emmerson' NARROW Poultry Co., Of
this city. Col. Strain is manager Of
Of this company and says he is doing
fine business. Dill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
Attention. Veterans Mexican War

Attention. Veterans Mexican War
The 2Sth Annual Reunion OF Mexican
War Veterans will be held at Chillico.
the Mo-, on Wednesday and Thursday
the 18th and 18th Of September, next
Allveterans with their wives and daugh
ters, and all widows of Veterans OF
Mexican War are most cordially invit.
ed. Speakers have been arranged for
and we are assured by the Hon. Mayor
Isaac Hirsh and Veterans John Hud-
.gens and George W. Crammer, COM
mittee on arrangements that, we will
be royalty entertained. Come and let
US haye grand good time. all papers
please copy. For any further infor-
nation address,
GEN. ODoN GUITAR,
Pres. State Assn. Vet. Mex. War
Columbia, Mo.
W. BOONE MAYOR,
Sec'y State Assn. Vet. Mex. War,
224 South Goth Street,St. Joseph, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Jess Maughs, prominent merchant
o. Fulton, was in Mexico the guest OF
friends this week,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Lester Brammer formerly resided in
this city, 1t is thought.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23
oMIEEEr 0HIoAE ADDRESSES
EcoRD BREAKING CROWD
Ar cHAUTAUaUA GROUNDS
MISS KEAREEY, OF mis-.
sIssIPPr, ALSO ON THE
PROGRAMME.
I or CAMPERS INCREASES DAILY
hnEiasm Grows With Raeh Pro
ANNE and With Liberal Pat
ronage the Chautauqus win
be Made Permanent

HHAT THE cHAuTAUQuA DOES
st produces a larger fraternity
snoDg the churches; is raising
he standard Of culture and Ell.
aency among the school teach
srS Increasing the circulation
4 books Tor the general and per-
onal uplift; is causing an ad-
'ance in the educational stan
iards Of the community; a de-
ire for civic improvement,
s0Od roads and better govern.
nentsall these and more, result
rom the Chautauquas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

John Campbell, a Wabash workman,
had a foot badly mashed Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

oldest settler of Audrain coun.
mt On the grounds Wednesday,
Coming Day" was r. A.
Who resides a few miles south
q. Mr.. Burns was born in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-08-23

Sec'y State Assn. Vet. Mex. War,
224 South Goth Street,St. Joseph, Mo.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-07
WESTMINSTER WEST.

Mrs. Edison went to Boston Tuesday.
e. e. Gorham of Boston was at Henry
Gorham's for Thanksgiving.
Miss May Goodhue of Wilton, N. H..
was at home Thanksgiving week.
Elihu Durham, one of the older resi-
dents of the place, is seriously i'll.
Miss Carrie Wellman, who has been in
Boston several months, returned home
Tuesday.
Miss Lizzie Ranney has been at home
from school in Brattleboro for the past
two weeks on account of Illness. She is
now improving.
Miss Nora Walker went to West UPTON
Mass, Tuesday, where she expects to
have employment in the straw shop dur
ing the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Clark and daughter
of Bellows Falls were at j. H. Clark's
Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Clark and Alice
remained until Sunday.
Miss Edith Holbrook has been Ill at
Mrs. Buxton's the past week and was
unable to return to her school work in
Putney the first of the week.
Misses Nellie and Nettie Butterfeld.
who are attending Brattleboro high
| school, spent the Thanksgiving vacation
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Butterheld.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayland Goodhue of
| Chicago made a short visit at Mr. Good
hue's sisters and called upon friends last
week. They were called east by the ILL
ness of their daughter, who is attending
| Smith college.
Saxtons River Valley Pomona No. IL
will meet with Saxtons River Grange on
| "Wednesday, Dec IL, at 2.30, with an even
| ing session at 7.30. Refreshments will be
| served between the sessions, patrons fur
nishing as usual.
The village school, with Miss Flora
Frost. teacher, began the winter term
Monday. The scholars from the south.
west district and from No. 3 are carried
! to this school. 1t is expected that there
| will be a school in No. /.
J. o. Smith slipped and fell from q
ladder in his barn last Saturday. seriously
| injuring his back. He is confined to the
bed and has suffered very much from the
effects of the fall, but is more comforta.
BILE at this time. Charles Miller is car
ing for him.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-07
BONNEVILLE.

Jud Benson is clerk for E. S. John
son.
Mrs Frank Dawson spent Saturday in
Brattleboro with friends.
Several from here attended the Thanks
giving ball at West Wardsboro.
School in the village district began Dec.
with Miss Edith Clark as teacher.
Mr. and Mrs Chisholm started Monday
morning for Aver, Mass, on a business
"Trip.
Julius johnson has returned to the
hotel after spending two weeks in Dor
chester Mass.
S. B. Taylor has sold his farm in Win
hall to Cobb & Huntley of Londonderry,
lumber dealers.
Mrs. L. F. Benson and children spent
Thanksgiving with her parents in Wards
boro, returning Sunday.
Mrs, L. f. Benson and children spent
Thanksgiving at the home of her father.
John Cobb, in Wardsboro.
Miss Gertrude Chatfield has returned
to the normal school in Castleton after
spending Thanksgiving with her parents.
L. X. Burbank has gone to New York,
where his son, Sprague Burbank, who is
engaged in the bakery business, is i'll with
fever.
The village school began Monday with
Miss Edith Clark of Jamaica teacher.
Miss Cassie Benson is teaching in Graf
hamville.
Mrs. Mary Dorset and son returned
Saturday night after spending TWO weeks
in Dorchester, Mass. Miss Anna Slade
helped at the hotel during Mrs. Dorsetts
absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Kendall had been in
New York but short time when they re-
ceived a telegram announcing that their
son, John, had died in Los Angeles, Calf,
and they left at once for that city.
G. T. Burbank received news last week
that his brother, Sprague Burbank, was
very with catarrhal fever at his home
| In Nc YORK city He is reported to be
s.eWl gaining. His many friends here
nope + his speedy recovery.
m Helping Hand society held a sale
o. fsfy and useful articles at Grange
/ haii Wednesday evening which wai
p rfattended and the sum of $40 wa:
" Ihfd. A very pleasing program was
! ny esered, after which supper was served
y. ga large crowd.
u G. b. Williams, who has been i'll somC
time, remains about the same. His son
Rep. II. G.. Williams, has returned to hi;
duties in Montpelier after spending three
weeks at home. Mrs. G. L. Burbank anC
Mrs. II. c. Williams are taking his place
in the store and post office while he Il
away.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-07
NEW HAMPsHIRE NOTES.

Clarence, young son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank b. Naramore, was drowned Fri
day in the cemetery pool in Keene. He
broke through the thin ice and the two
boys with him were too young TO render
assistance. They notified other boys who
summoned j. E. Saunders, and he took
the body from the water within a short
time but physicians were unable to re-
suscitate the lad. This Is the third
drowning which has occurred in the pool
within the past three years.
George Burns. 80. who came to Sullivan
two years ago from New York to work
for Sam White, was terribly injured while
hunting in that town Thursday by the ex-
plosion of a dynamite cartridge. He
managed to get home, very weak from
loss OF blood, and was taken to the Elliot
city hospital in Keene, where his left arm
was amputated above the wrist and the
thumb and first two fingers Of the right
hand removed. He will probably lose
the sight OF his right eye and there IL a
serious injury to his right knee joint.
The cause OF the accident was not known
at first. but in the pocket of his sweater,
after he had arrived at the hospital,
dynamite blasting cartridge was found.
Burns said he had carried the cartridge
| since he did some blasting for Mr.. White
several weeks ago, but was unable to
give a clear account OF the accident. At
the scene Of the explosion the large root
Of a maple tree had been split the bark
| torn from the trunk Of the tree and there
were other evidences OF an explosion.
Mrs. Jennie B. Powers, agent of the
Keene Humane society, recently invecti-
gated a case of alleged cruelty in Stod-
dard on complaint of town officials there
At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
| Wheeler, she found their son, Otis, 81
confined in a cage or cellS 10 feet long
three wide and six high. He was clad
only in rags, as he had picked to pieces
! with his hands a suit of clothes which had
been placed on him only "a hours pre-
vious. The cage was in a shed attached
to the house and the front with wooden
| bars as large as n mans arm was so
strong that a man inside armed with an
AK would have difficulty in breaking
away. The mans face was pale and
| drawn and covered with beard, and the
nails of his fingers and toes were long
and pointed. He had the appearance of
being harmless, but is said to he very
treacherous. The story is told that at one
time his mother had just returned to the
| kitchen after taking some food to him
and as she was about to do something
near the range, she heard noise behind
her. Her son had got out OF his cage
and was about to strike her or push her
on the stove and she escaped by throwing
a kettle of hot water on him. 1t is said
that the parents of the young man, not
wishing to send him to an insane hospital
erected the outbuilding and built a cage
in It to keep him from injuring anyone
Mrs Wheeler stated that although 1t was
necessary to keep her son confined, he was
treated well and lad better care than II
he was elsewhere. but she made arrange
ments with Mrs. Powers whereby the cage
is to be enlarged.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-07

Cooligan, Mrs. Hennessys mother. They
left Monday for Pasadena, Calf, where
they will spend the winter.
Mrs. H. r. Cushing, who recently went
10 a hospital in Albany N. Y, for an
operation for the removal of part OF an
oyster shell that had become lodged in
the bronchial tubes has been in a critical
condition there. Mr.. Gushing and son,
Fred, have been with her the past week.
Sheridan wooden mill has been closed
since Wednesday of last week and will
remain closed until the return Of Super
intendent Gushing, who is with his wife
in Albany, where she is in a critical con-
dition; or the return of Proprietor Sher-
idan, who was called away by pressing
business early last week.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-07
Mark Twain and His Good Brother.

My mother had a good deal of trouble
with me, but think she enjoyed it. She
had none at all with my brother Henry,
who was two years younger than l, and
think that the unbroken monotony of his
goodness and truthfulness and obedience
would have been a burden to her but for
the relief and variety which furnished
in the other direction. / was a tonic.
was valuable to her. l never thought of
| 1t before, but now see it, l never knew
Henry to do a vicious thing toward me,
or toward any one else-but he frequently
did righteous ones that cost me as heav-
| lily. 1t was his duty TO report me, when
l needed reporting and neglected to do 1t
| myself, and he was very faithful in dis
| charging that duty. He is sid" in Tom
| Sawyer" But Sid was not Henry. Henry
was a very much finer boy than ever Sid
was
1t was Henry who called my mothers
attention to the fact that the thread
with which she had sewed my collar to-
| gether to keep me from going in swim
ming had changed color. My mother
would not have discovered 1t but for that,
and she was manifestly piqued when she
| ecognized that that prominent bit OF cir
| cumstantlal evidence had escaped her
sharp eye. That detail probably added a
| detail to my punishment. 1t Is human.
| We generally visit our shortening on
| somebody else when there Is a possible
| excuse for it-but no matter, TOOK IL
| out of Henry. There is always compen-
| sation for such as are unjustly used.
1 often took 1t out Of him-sometimes as
an advance payment for something which
hadn't done yet. These were occasions
when the opportunity was TOO strong a
temptation. and had to draw on the
future I did not need to copy this Idea
from my mother, and probably didn't.
Still she wrought upon that principle
upon occasion-IF From Mark Twain's
Autobiography in the North American
| Review
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-12-07
WARDseoRo.

The time for discount on taxes expires
Dec. 81.
Mrs. Jessie Moore is visiting in Windsor
and Braintree.
J. e. Gleason went to Greenfield, Mass,
Monday on business
Gary Martin and family of Putney have
been at c. w. Martins few days.
Mrs. Ernest Cobb Joined her husband at
his fathers, John Cobb's, at Thanksgiv-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs L. w. Jefts of Brattleboro
spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs Jets
mother, Mrs. Nelson.
Vinuon Gardner of Greenfield, who has
been visiting at ]. A. Wilbur's the past
week, has returned home.
Mrs. w. r. Leith of Greenfield, who has
been here a few days packing her moth
er's goods, returned home Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. Lucia Gleason was at her father s.
J. e. Gleason's, for the Thanksgiving va
cation, returning Monday morning to
school in Brattleboro.
James NJ. Gleason, who spent Thanks
giving with his sister -in-law, Mrs. F. A.
Gleason, and nephew, j. e. Gleason, has
returned to his home in Boston.