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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
SAVE THE FRUIT SUPPLY.

CfA IA LAAG HANOA oOA A4f
In the last weeks paper in my
piece on Supply and Demand"
l gave you one of my solutions
concerning the shortage of fruit
trees in Missouri. Here is the
other: Those who possibly can
should plant a fruit tree of some
description everywhere possible
and let them take the place Of
shade trees wherever practical,
For those who want a nice
young family orchard of one
acre or more in Audrain County
and do not understand the grow
ing of one / have a proposition
likt this:
| will furnish and set trees
and once each year prune, wash
to protect from worms, worm
trees, put protectors on to keep
off rabbits and reset trees. AL
the above will be done once each
year for a term of five years. BY
this time your trees will be
firmly established with well
formed bodies and well headed,
many ready to go at once to
bearing.
This is not a new proposition
with me, for / began 26 years
ago planting and caring for
orchards on the five year con-
tracts as / now offer to do and
have had at one time contracts
for about 400 acres or 100000
tres and have put in &c years at
it and during the time have
completed A landscape contracts
for the u. s. Govt. IL interest
ed, write or phone.
X. B. WILKERSON,
Mexico, Mo.
Bell 5O4 or Mutual Central
d1 WI Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given, that letters
Of Administration upon the estate of
w. HI. CANADA, Deceased
have been granted to the undersigned
Mary F. Canada, by the Probate
Court of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the 9TH day of Aug
ust, 1921.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to her for allowance within six
months from the date Of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit Of such estate; and II said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date Of granting said
letters, they win be forever barred.
MARY #. CANADA,
Administrative.
Attested by me this 5 day Of
August, 1921.
(EEAL) 3. A. SHANNON,
.25 At Judge of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
MARRIED HERE

Otis F. Hagood and Miss Hattie
Areline Brace were married in Mexico
at one O'Clock Thursday afternoon,
August 4th, at the home of the Of
floating minister, the Rev. E. S. Gibbs,
on W. Love Street. Immediately after
their marriage they left for their
future home on a farm mean Wells
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
Are you proud
to pull out
your watch!

NIFTY YEATS ago. perhaps.
your grandfather bought q
watch. Thick, deliberately
ornarnented and heavy In the
pocket, Il represented the highest
skill Of the matchmaker Of that
day. Perhaps h has come down
10 you 40 an heirloom.
And YET. II ycu were buying .
watch today, would you choose
such q model Would you wear
q suit of clothes OF the style Of q
haif-century agoa
Matchmaking has progressed.
The modern thin models, with
aIl the accuracy and sturdiness
oE their cumbersome predeces-
sofs, and with an added beauty
oE line, have become the ideal
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

W. F. Whitney and wife are home
from Eldon, Mo, wher they have been
the guests of their son, Arthur Whit
ney. They leave in a few days for
Long Island, N. Y, where they will be
the guest Of their daughter, Mrs. Will
liam Steuk, who has a cottage along
the Sound.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
!. CARD OF THANKS.

We want to thank each and
everyone who was so kind and
helpful to us during our great
sorrow, also for the many beau
tiful floral offerings.
MRS. e. L. TANNER
AND FAMILY.
A CAUTHORN
AND
wit Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

vile.
Mrs. Hagood's home was in Wells
willie and Mr.. Hagood lived near
Montgomery City.
The Ledger joins their many friends
in wishing them continued happiness
and success.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Mrs. Mabel McCue and three chill
dren of st. Louis, are the guests Of
Mrs. McCue's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Quisenberry, on north Jefferson
street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
NOTICE!

The stockholders annual meet
ing of the Audrain Mutual Tele-
phone Company will meet in
Mexico, Mo-, on Wednesday,
September 7th, 1921 at 10
o'clock a. M, Odd fellows build
ing. W.T. Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

1t was Fred Henderson and
not Frank Henderson who was
drowned this week near Mar
shall. He has many friends
her who will regret to learn of
his death.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Mrs. F. E. Weatherford, formerly of
Mexico, who has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. S. T. Davenport, will re-
turn soon to her home in Tulsa.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

G. H. Rohling, of Los Angeles,
Calf, formerly of this city, is here
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
F. Rohlfng. !.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Judge W. w. Bolts has returned
from jefferson City and is now in his
office ready for business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Mrs. G. w. Robertson is home from
a delightful visit in the East with Mr.,
and Mrs. Fred Bronaugh.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Miss Bessie Burke and Miss Ann
Murphy have returned from a three
weeks vacation spent in Colorado.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Miss Elizabeth Yoast of Miami,
Okla, arrived Tuesday for a visit with
Miss Helen Howell.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11
OyeraIIs Csc

Don't forget our boys Over
alls are 95c.
JOHNSON'S VARIETY
STORE. 81 wi Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Mrs. Virgil Pearl and two
children, Fred and little Mary
Elizabeth, are visiting in Rush
Hill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

J. w. Coleman, the pillow specialist,
reports he is very busy at present
having liz plows on his shop floors
for attention.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

j. 4. Reed Of Fulton has returned
home after d short bushes visit IN
Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Miss Jeanette Bragg has returned
from a visit with Mrs. Earl Brown in
jefferson City.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

timekeepers for the man and ,vo-
man oftoday. Such q watch you
can display with a full measure
Of pride.
Keep the old watch for the
mefnoFies that surround It. But
let Us show you our new models
pocket watches Of unsurpasssd
elegance. sturdyssrap watchesf for
the oai-of-dooFs, dainty wfistlets
In gold and silver and platinum.
we will show you the master-
pieces Of the finest watchmaks1s
Of today, In INFINITE variety of
style.
We also invite you to view cur
selection Of watch cases mAda BY
Wadsworth, the creator of many
Of the most popular deslgns Ia
watch cases for thirty years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-08-11

Fresh Candies Csc Pound
Our candies are always fresh
from the best factories.
J0F1NSCN'S VARIETY
SETGT az WI Advertisement
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
w. DEFIANCE,

Late in the evening the telephone
interrupted the supervision of her
packing, with which Priscilla was en-.
deavoring to divert her weary thoughts
and with no great success.
Her maid being busy at the moment,
Priscilla answered in person. and suf-
fered a slight shock when she heard
the studied accent of Mr.. Harry Chill
vers--so completely had she forgotten
the man. Mr.. Chilvers chlrped
briskly:
"Oh, hello, Nora! This IL Harry.
What happened to you this afternoon?
Forget Il date for tea? Or did some-
thing get in your way?"
Quite evidently Mr.. Chilvers was
prepared to be a good fellow and over
look that slight. But Priscilla replied
with an apathy nothing short of Gym
iCal:
Miss Maine is not at home"
An oath of resentful i%ncredulity was
cut in two as she clicked the receiver
into its hook but the picture suggest
ed, Of the Nut raging at n mute and
Unconditional telephone, failed to excite
even the ghost of her smile.
The death of LeOnora had bereft the
man of all claim upon her considera-
ton, rendering him hopelessly incom-
retent for harm. He had become moth
ing TO her, less than nothing. The
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

viction. Her dropping head described
a movement of rejection.
NO." she said, the trouble is
know -. But the mystery and the
horror Of such an end . Philip:
who could have killed her?'
IF she is dead, as you think-need
we accuse anybody of murder? 1t
might have been suicide"
"Oh, no" she interrupted almost
scornfully-"never! Why should she
do such a thing? She was so happy,
she loved Mario, he loved her de-
votedly."
"Or an accident, perhaps :"
She seemed to try to adopt this
theory, she pondered 1t at length, but
in the end could not accept it.
NO." she declared; ut was neither
suicide nor accident, it was what she
had been afraid of all along, death by
violence . :"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
HIGHEST ORDER OF SNOB8ERY
Alleged Prayer Made by English Di-
vine Would Have Made Great
Hit With T~hackeray.

A reporter, gathering material for
a Sunday special on why Churches
Are Empty" called on Bishop Leon
ard OF Cleveland.
81 don't admit that our churches are
empty" Bishop Leonard said. Ser
tainly the churches that are really
democratic, really Christian, are full.
OF curse we have a few churches
that cater to the rich. In these n
certain number of vacant pews are to
be found.
"The kind of church l am refer
ing to abounded in England in Queen
V~ictoria's day. There's a story about
one such church. 1t was in the do
main of a certain baronet and the
vicar used to conclude his Sunday
prayer in this wise:
"'God bless Sir Peter; God bless
also her dear ~ladyship; bless the ten
der youth of the two ladies likewise.
We would furthermore unite In be-
seeching Thee, o Lord, to have mercy
on the poor governess and all the mis-
cradle sinners of this parish. Amen"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

spirits. Not necessarily even under
the hypnotic influence; their attention
is elsewhere, they may he talking or
reading on utterly immaterial subjects,
while their hand, without their knOwl-
edge, writes and goes on Writing-just
so you went on talking"
81 don't understand. lists in
comprehensive. Not that I doubt
what you say. I must have told you
what l saw, there in the forest. . :"
Her eyes filed again, tears ran down
her cheeks. She averted her face.
"Oh. the pity of it," she repeated.
"Just when life seemed about to COM
pensate her for all she had never
had . 49,"
Don't let go like this, ella. Re-
member. nothing is certain"
"No-you are wrong. l saw her, l
know"
you think So"
"Why do you persist in saying that?
Have my dreams ever proved ground
leSs?"
1--WE don't know, yet; perhaps some
of them We're. But this wasn't n of
what you call your dreams; it was a
vision, possibly a hallucinatiOn, in hyp-
motto trance. 1t may have been a true
phenomenon Of telesthetic commune
cation assuming that LeonOra was
really dead, your spirit may have
found some means, by some extraor-
binary effort, to surmount the obsta-
Giles, whose very nature is unknown
to us, that stand between the living
and the dead, prohibiting communica-
ton But we don't know"
He argued earnestly, with intention,
seeing he had already engaged her
interest to such extent that she was
forgetting to grieve.
"On the other hand. we do know
it's easy to fool ourselves. Remember,
YOU have gone about all day fretted
by a feeling that something was wrong
with Leonora, some danger threatened
her happiness. You passed into the
hypnotic trance already prepared to
see the worst. You saw it. But the
question remains unanswered, and for
the time being unanswerable: Did you
see truly, or did you see a fantasy
cOnjured up by your own Imagination
influenced by fear?"
"If l could only think that, Phillip
"Why not try?"
But he was arguing against his own
conviction: his argument lacked con-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

pant from the rest of the room; Fos-
dick was behind his desk, amiable,
keen, composed.
well Andrews?"
"G'daft'nOon, doc. Just blew in
from up state-Dutchess county," he
announced. 'The party you're inter-
eSted in"
Mother O'MOre?"
yeah: she's up there in a private
institution for the aged. Bought her
way in bout ten years ago. Seems she
gets an annuity from some insurance
company, enough to pay for her board
and keep. Must be a sick insurance
company; the old DANES a hummer
daneighty if she's a day and amt so
much as thinkin' of kickin' out"
Did you see her to talk to-"
Mr.. Andrews corrected gravely: 81
seen her to talk TO her, but that's as
FAIRS | got"
rs her mind clear? mean, do you
think she remembers"
Remembers? Say, that old lady
remembers more'n you and nell ever
forget. Her minds as clears con-
SUNNY soup in a French table de
hOtP,"
Wont she talk? Why?
"CussednesS," Mr.. Andrews opined
-"or else she's been paid to keep her
trap shut. l got a bunch she bought
that annuity with hush money"
"Will anything make her talk, do
you think?"
Jack might"
"Jack whO?"
"No, not Jack anybody-just jack
coin, yunno-mOney."
"Oh!" Fosdick's smile swiftly faded
into a look of thoughtfulness. "Pre-
sumo I'd better see her myself"
would, if I was you. She hasn't
got no use for me atall-spots me for
a detective at sight and splits like a
mad cat every time opens me mouth"
where do you say she is?"
"Place ear Pawling-there's the
address," Mr.. Andrews gave Fosdick
n slip of paper. "Visitors' hours every
afternoon, three to five"
"Tll see her tomorrow" Fosdick
said. "Meanwhile, you can be work
ing on another lead. There's reason
to believe the girl I'm looking for
this Leonora-is or has been for sew
eral days living up in the Catskills,
in a private camp, probably rented,
somewhere back of Kingston. Her
husband came down to New York to-
day, according to my information and
belief, and is returning tonight"
"Ill run up there tonight, be on the
job first thing tomorrow"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
ENVlED HIS SMALL DAUGHTER
Duck Hunter Would Have Given Much
for the Power She Exercised
over Ducks.

Betty, four years old, lives in a
modern apartment in Brooklyn, facing
Prospect park. She knows all the
squirrels in the park and the birds
that stay there in the summer.
For several weeks Betty has been
lonesome because all her feathered
friends went in search of warmer
weather, but nOw she has plenty of
company again. Wild ducks are her
newest friends.
The ducks coming alight in Prospect
park lake and generally remain a week
or two to rest and feed. They are
wary of men, but not afraid of chil-
dren, if Betty is an example.
The other day she was walking
with her father, Il duck hunter. Betty
noticed she couldn't get lea the ducks
while she was with her father, but
when she left him and ran along the
shore alone she found she could ap-
proach them. After a little coaxing
the ducks swan up and ate pieces OF
popcorn from her hand.
And l have to crawl through a
swamp on my hands and knees to get
within gunshOt of Them" unused her
father.-New York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
LII. AFTERMATH

Mr.. Andrews took himself off. FOS-
dick glanced at his watch, turned to
the screen, folded ana set it aside.
Priscilla had not yet moved, but
by every sign the subconScious monitor
a reminding her that the half hour
had elapsed. Her breathing was less
regular, the silken lashes were rest
less upon her cheeks. While FoSdick
watched they lifted, disclosing con-
fused eyes.
Recognizing him. she smiled uncer-
tainly. FosdiCk uttered her name in a
reassuring voice, took her hands and
helped her to Il sitting position.
How do you feel now?" he asked
her.
Il don't know" she said in a low,
puzzled tone. All right, | guess, but
-. You-yOu h%ypnotized me, Philip
Eyes, ella"
"Was it difficult?"
"On the contrary, you proved n of
the most willing subjects I've ever had
went off like a shot, practically at
the first suggestion"
He filled a glass of water from the
silver pitcher on his desk; but when
he took it to her she was on her feet,
her eyes desperate.
philip" she cried gustily-'she is
dead-Leonora-!"
81 know that is, | know you think
so you told me-"
She did not answer, she was heed
less of the meaning of his words but
as if instinctively feeling it intolerable
that another's eyes should pry into her
grief, brushed aside the glass of wa
ter, and with a stricken face stumbled
past him into a wide and deeply re-
cessed window.
For several minutes she stood there,
her back to Eosdick, looking out blind
~, slender shoulders shaken with ST.
lent sobs, a hand with a handkerchief
dabblng at her eyes.
A wise physician, Fosdick offered no
phrases of false comfort.
That the storm of her emotions
spent itself swiftly, that it was not
long before she was able to talk calm
ly, was no revelation of heartlesSnesS,
but largely the work of the suggestion
implanted in her while she was in hyp-
nOSiS.
1.-THE pity of It," she said after a
little time: "Oh, Philip! the pity Of it!
She was SC h%appy-and now she is
dead"
Perhaps"
Priscilla swung sharply round.
"Why do you say that? | KNOW saw
her-I saw her lying drowned in a
pool"
81 know, you told me-"
But how could II" She was star
tied out Of her sorrow. 81 haven't had
time, I've only just remembered"
"You told me while in the hypnotic
trance. | questioned you and you told
me all you knew, everything you ex.
p%erienced. You were talking almost
continuously until ! threw you into
normal sleep. SO | heard about your
vision"
strange" she said In a stare of
NOTWITHSTANDING | should recall moth
ing of that"
mot so strange ;syour speech was
something purely automatic; once
started, 1t went on, just as your heart
went on beating and your lungs inhal-
ing and eXhaling air, while your atten-
ton was absorbed in other matters.
It's like the automatic Writing that
people produce, believing themselves
under the influence of disembodled
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
tioual treatment. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is a constitutional remedy
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is
inf1amed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t is entire-
ly closed, Deafness is the result. Unless
the Inflammation can be reduced, your
he r FAY @aYyAR Be de MEBfd1NE foFe set,
through the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system, thus reducing the in-
fammation and restoring normal condi-
tons.
Circulars free. All Druggists.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

TO get off scot free is TO escape
without payment of tax. Scot was a
tribute or tax levied upon all subjects
according to their ability to pay; lot
means the allotment or portion al
lotted to you, so that TO pay scot and
lot is to pay the ordinary taxes and
also the personal tax allotted to you.
If you succeed in evading the tax you
got off scot free.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
WOMEN! USE DIAMOND DYES"
Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists,
Coats, Stockings, Draperies-
Everything.

Each package of Diamond Dyes
contains easy directions for dyeing any
article of wool, silk, cotton, linen, or
mixed goods. Beware! Poor dye
streaks, spots, fades, and ruins mate
rial by giving it a "dyed-Iook." Buy
Diamond Dyes" only. Druggist has
Color Card.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
Ii The LINK.

Fosdick pressed a call button on his
desk and put the telephone receiver to
his ear. His assistant responded
promptly. Fosdick asked:
as there anybody waiting to see
me?"
"Mr. Andrews. I told him you
couldn't possibly see him today. He
said he'd wait till the cows came
home"
Fosdick instructed: "Send An
1rews in"
When Andrews came in, n folding
screen shut off the couch and its Occu-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
WeII2

A twelve-year-old girl writes to her
newspaper to say that children rarely
cause panics, that it is the nervous,
excitable women" who are at fault.
How about it?-Collier's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
How to Be Popular.

To be really popular you must allow
people to tell you things that you al
ready know, as if you had never heard
of them.-Dearborn Independent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
Then it is Genuine

The, great dome of st. Paul'S ca
thedral, London, is supported on eight
underground piers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

For Constipation use a natural remedy.
Garfield Tea is composed of carefully Sc
lected herbs only. At all drug stores.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

Every unseltish act is turning the
searchlight into some dark corner.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
Never to Be Trusted,

Political promises" remarked Sem,
ator Sorghum, remind me of the three
wishes a fairy grants in the story
books. There's always a 'ketch' in 'em
somewhere"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

Mankind is divided into two classes
those who drive autos and those
who dodge them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24

Wisdom is the adaptation of what
you have to what you need.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-02-24
HScot Free"

CTO BE CONTINUED
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-25
R. R. RATES ARE
7 0 Be SLASHED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-ENten- +
.vc rate REDUCTIONS viii be made by
the Interstate .ommercc commission
within the mex. few months, a high
officia4 of thc commission said
The commits "A has determined, /,
was said, that more rate cuts must
come, and the weeping in0airy into
all present ,aa:ges, ordered late
Wednesday, is .ar tie purpose Of de-
te,minjng the exact extent OF t."
reduction.
\ general + u,551 affecting viz
ualv all passenger and freight
changes NAV /. a@de b. lie eonm.s-
son IN a seize eli decisions. \ hori-
zouta, cutting rates to . !o"cr lew
a is not favor by the commission,
waich has take stand againa. sI-'
action, hoIdu .Hal j, causes 'o~
many discrim .9r'prs.
The investigations to further rate
cuts probably VIII take several Wea'-H.
because of it- extensive character.
Taz railroads 4le virtually ccr,a'a
10 oppose fun cats unless bic
slash can be made in railroad wage,
ard the railv labor board, n set
Ting the recent threatened raj strike
gave accurance- to the union !eade,-
that the pay t. .nc workers would re
main at the ply~yn- level 92,A ne>.
July.
Meanwhile tee .2ads have proposed
to the comm:-s.on that the order ..
Oct. %, calm for lG oer. cen, re-
dustion in the rates Of grain an' h9E,
Be set aside an chat 10 pcr cent r.
du.eion on carload shipments ~
farm products, with an immediate re-
duction in rail wages, be substituted
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-25


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