The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-13
correspondent
From Rochester.
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RocuEsTRR. Decrmbe,

ROCHESTER,, December 3, 1872.
EDITOR REPTBLIcAN-I am yery much
surprised that you are so wanting in en-
terprise as to have overlooked our happy
hamlet and neglected the interests of
Your journal in not locating in our midst
one Of your most gifted "ink-slingers."
I know of no spot on earth where an in
genious, imaginative, fascinating Bohe-
milan of the Claude Melnotte emake-un"
could establish a little sensational "oor-
ner" more successfully than here, and be
assured the dear charming fellows ad-
vent would be signalized by a series of
aquatic sports for which we as a people
are somewhat notorious; and were he not
the veriest bungler, a weeks experience
at our hands would prepare him for the
pie asant task ofwriting his "reminiscences
Of Rochester.
As you have wantonly ignored us in
thus neglecting to send a representative
here, L will volunteer to act as aid-de-
camp, but be it understood if you still
perversely refuse to respect us Eere, I will
then throw down my quill of a goose
in perfect disgust, and spend the remain
der of an obscure but v%irtuous life in
angling-for CARS in Platte river.
Saturday evening We were much
pleased in visiting Mount Carmel Lyce-
UNI. The members are thOroughgoing
workers, and with the earnestness mani,
tested we are sure a brilliant future
awaits some of them.
Apropos, we have a few philosophic
gents here, after the manner of Swift's
high pressure philantbropist, who adopt
a predatory sort of warfare Il went with
them and made the earth tremble with
their eloquence on that spirited occasion.
'Fanchon'-yes, that's the countersign;
every fellow here pronounces Fanchoni in
the most elegant Partisan. We are all
operate, and expect to be present at the
big "pow-wow" when Miss Maggie Mitch
ell views her distinguished audience from
Rochester through ten thousand tele-
scopes. (Confidentially-can't | dead
head my way through on your reputa-
ton? Members of the press, you know,
are privileged c~haracters.)
Weather beautiful and roads solid as
the rock of Gibralter, people generally
happy, and hogs largely in the ascend
ant. Having adverted to hogs, We will
say that we are excelsior on that most
essential staple. We boldly defy CON-
petition-I mean u section of the
county. l want to be understood l Ier-
s0nally was never worth a hog in my life.
We throw III banner to the breeze, and
if any fellow wants to tread on u coat,
all we ask is his figures. Messrs. Lewis
d Mahan received at Mr.. Riohis scales,
to-day, 176 hogs, which averaged 32fI
pounds each. They also received from
Mr.. c. NJ. Boyles, n Of our most ster-
ling and enterprising farmers, 30 hogs
that averaged 1913 pounds each. Beat
that average if you dare, and Mr.. Boyles
will guarantee an average still larger on
his next shipment. Let me add here
that the hogs delivered by Mr.. Boylcs
were about fifteen months old, and inre-
ply to my question why they had ma
tured so early. he answered in his laconic
way: Good clover fields" Here is 4 i
lesson worthy the attention OF Very sa-
gacious farmer in onr county. We are
all ont OF clover. Farmers, let us give
more attention to the cultivation of
grasses, and thus accomplish the superb
feat Of furnishing me 81 Joseph market
with hogs superior in weight to any fur
from other portions Of the Platte
purchase.
| am informed tho Literary Club re-
its wonted activity this evening.
Its gatherings are always pleasant and
Instructive, and we anticipate lively times
these winter evenings. RICHARD.