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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
HoW TIE GREENLANDERS DRESS

now TIE GREENLiNDERS DRESS.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, with the Juniata expedition,
saws of the Greenlanders that, to one
ignorant of their style of dress, and the
similarity of the dress of both sexes, it
would be difficult to distinguish the
man from the woman. The man combs
his hair straight down and over his
forehead, only parting it sufficiently to
enable him to see directly ahead of him,
while the woman combs her hair in
long plait, forming it into q knot on the
top of the head, which is elevated about
four inches from the scalp, and tied
with strip of ribbon either of black,
blue, or red color-the widow being
distinguished by black ribbon, the
wife by the blue, and the maiden by the
red one. The complexion is coppery
like that of the Indian, their hair black,
and their nose fat, while their cheek
bones are broad and prominent, nearly
hiding the nasal appendage when the
profile is presented. The kapetah, or
jumper with hood attachment, worn by
both sexes, the hood of the woman's
being made larger in which to carry the
young babe, is of seal-skin with trim
mings of dog. skin. The pantaloons
and boots are also worn by both sexes,
those of the women being in most cases
very deliberately and artistically trimmed.
The pantaloons of the women reach
only to the knee, while the boots, made
of finely tanned seal-skin, nicely crimped
and sewed with the sinews of the deer,
make them look comfortable.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
GRANDPARENTS BARN.

n don't YOU remember our grandfather's barn,
Where our COUSINS and we went TO play;
uox We climbed on the beams and the scafTOld so
high,
Or trrnLled at will on the hay.
HOW we sat in a row on the bundles of straw,
And riddles and witch stories told;
And the sunshine in through the cracks in the
south,
And turned all the dust into gold?
nook,
Wherever child could be slowed;
And we made a coach of hogshead of rye,
And Oh it to " Boston We rode?
And then we kept store, and sold barley and oats,
q And corn by the bushel or bin;
And straw for our sisters to braid into hats,
And fax for our mothers to spin?
Then We played we were biddies and cackled and
crowed,
Till grandmother, in haste, came to see
Il the weascls were killing the Old spcckled hen,
or whatever the matter might he;
How sine patted oar heads when she saw her mis-
take,
And called us her sweet chickens dear :"
While tear dimned her eyes as the picture re-
called
The scenes Of her vanished years.
How We teetered and swung, and played meetin'
and school,
And Indian. soldier and bear:
While Up on the rafters the swallows kept house,
Or sailed through the soft summer air;
How We longed to peep into their curious nests,
But they were too far overhead,
So we wished were giants, or winged like the
birds,
And then we'd do wonders, We said.
And don't you remember the racket we made
When selling at auction the hay?
And how We wound up with kee.-over leap,
From the scafold down into the hay?
When We went TO supper our grandfather said,
If he had not once been boy,
He would have thought the Hessians were sacking
the town,
oran earthquake had come to destroy.
How the years have gone by since III grandfather
harm
To play with our cousins met;
Our eyes have grown dim and our locks have turned
gray,
The golden the brown, and tire jet;
Yet still in my heart there's an evergreen nook,
Where childhood's sweet memories stSy;
And no music te me has charm that can thrill
Like the voices of children al play.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21

THE telegraph records an affecting in
stance of the destitution prevailing
among the working classes of Whining
ton, Del. A man who had been hover
ing about the market was observed ab-
stracting some meat from butcher S
stall. He ran off with it, pursued by
many of the marketmcn, but managed
to distance all save policeman, who
followed him to his door. The latter,
happening to peer through the window,
beheld the children eating the stolen
meat. The poor things, having had
nothing to eat for many hours, partook
greedily of the uncooked flesh. The
officer, touched by the fearful spectacle,
returned to the market, related the
scene, and, having taken up a collection,
quickly conveyed it to the unfortunates.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
TO CONTRIBUTORS.

Trhose who contemplate writing for the pres
would 10 wen to read the following rhymes care
fully, and carry out the advice to the very letteI
By SO DOING, they would save editors world o
trouble and anxiety of mind, and themselves din
ppoinhnent:l o.. 4.
writs upon pages Of a single size, -....
Gross all your Ts and neatly dot your rs:
On ono side only let your lines be seen;
Both sides filed up announce q Verdant Green
Correct, yes, re-correct, all that you write,
And let your idk be black, your paper white;
For spongy foolscap of muddy blue
Betrays mind of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score
Nothing proclsims the practiced writer more.
Then send it of, and, lest it merit lack,
Inclose the postage stamps to send 1t back;
But first pay all the postage on it, too,
For editors look black on six cents due"
And rnurmur. as they run the effusion o'er,
A shabby fellow and wretched BORE
Yet ere it goes, take of a copy clean;
Poets should own a copying machine.
Little they know the time that's spent, and care
In hunting verses yanshed-who knows where?
Bear this in mind, observe it to the end,
And you shall make the editor your friend,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
NOW LONE PINE WAS "RUN" BY
GEORGE WATSON.

NOW LONE PINE WAS "RUN" BY
GEORGE WATSON.
Lone Pine is town in California. It
can't be much of town, but appears to
be too big to be run by one man.
George Watson had to leave it months
ago on account OF some numbering he
had done there. He made tour Of the
mines under another name and came
back to Lone Pine with reinforced
opinion of his ability to stay there,
and some money in his pockets-the
fruit of his wandering and thieving
operations among the miners. He was
in the habit of killing or robbing a man
whenever he took fancy to such
amusement, and. having been quite sue,
cessful in these enterprises, he came
back to Lone Pine with his arms and
ammunition, and announced his inten-
ton TO "run" the town. His first act
of government was to beat and nearly
kill an inofiensive English speaking In
dian, because he was an Indian. The
same evening, pistol in hand. he turned
all the occupants out of a saloon, and,
standing in the door, announced that he
was able to whip any man in the crowd,
and that if some one did not take him
up and fight him instantly, he would be
under the necessity of shooting some
body. Just then he got a gun-shot
through the heart, and the Coroner was
unable to find out who did it. That
is the way George Watson run Lone
Dine
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21

The yearly production of marle
sugar in the United States, its Terrific
tories, and the British possessions, is
said to amount to $4,000, 900 pounds.
with molasses to the amount of 50,OOO,-
600 gallons,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
A NEIV TRIAL GRANTED.

Old Ginguzzle was the terror OF the
Junior bar. Any OF US would as lief
have faced the master we believed him
to serve, as encounter "Old Gin, as
we called him, in the trial of case.
There wasn't quibble he wasn't up
to, nor a trick he wouldn't stoop to.
Then his manner of treating a youthful
opponent-supercilious is no name for
tit was like administering a spanking
in open court. It was no use appealing
to the Judge. Old Gin bullied him as
much as he did the lest of US. 1t was
only the jury he took pains to be polite
to, and how he did bamboozle them
Old Gin rode the circuit and the
deuce of it was, you could never tell
when he would be rung il on you.
Your case might be called for trial you
might rise to open, counting on square
fight with one for whom you felt your
self fully match, when, at the last
moment, Old Gin, just retained on the
other side, would haul up his chair,
and begin to stare you out of counte-
nance.
I had pet case-it was a SUIT for
slander-and Pope Failowbrain. not a
legal giant, but the youthful author OF
much unpublished poetry, was en-
ployed to conduct the defense. 1 was
confident Of brilliant victory--if only
Old Gin kept his fingers out Of the pie.
Ithoughtenceofs securing him onmy side
but knew he would take all the credit
to himself, and 1 had no wish to be
shorn of my laurels.
When my case was reached, much TO
my relief, Old Gin was not on hand. 1t
was early in the term, and residing IN
another county, he had not made his ap-
pearance yet.
1 announced myself ready but, much
to my disgust, ar. Fallowbrain asked
for q days postponement. His client,
he said, had lately employed Mr.. Gin
guzzle. who was expected that evening,
and the defense would be ready to go on
tomorrow.
Ipro.es.ed against the delay, and in
sisted that the unexplained absence OF
one counsel, when another was present
especially one as competent as my
learned friend-was no ground Tor ad-
iourning trial.
The Judge knew was right, but he
was too much afraid of Old Gin to say
so. He knew what a rumpus the old
fellow would raise when he came, II the
case was forced on in his absence. The
trial, accordingly, was set down for the
following day, then to go On peremp-
torily. #- G-
/ left the courtroom much chagrined.
! think | could have heard with COM
posure Of an accident to the train Old
Gin was coming on, il nothing worse
had happened than breaking the old
sinners neck
II was in this frame of mind that
met my friend Sam. Pokefun, the best
fellow at the bar, only little too much
inclined TO practically joke.
/ explained the situation to Sam.
< "H Old Gin could be put out OF the
way for day, it would be all right,
wonld IT p he asked
"0f course it would" l answered.
The judge knows the case should have
gone on to-day, and has ordered it tc
Proceed tomorrow peremptorily."
have an idea, said Sam ; and ht
proceeded to unfold it. What it was
The reader will see in the sequel.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
THE RESULT IN OHIO.

The full returns of the Ohio elections
are published, and are not such as to
promise great things in the future to the
successful party headed by William
Allen.
The figures tell the story pretty we'll.
Republicans stayed ut home, though the
bulk oil the vote cast for Stewart, Pro-
hibitionist, wasdoubtless given by them.
This, however, amounted to but 10, ,oSl.
leaving an immense number to be ac-
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21

he had been the victim-the body of the
snake, in bottle of spirits, being at
tached rs an exhibit.
The motion was granted, and when
the case came ON the next time, didn't
] catch it?
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21

THE s.faH'' season begins when til
sidewalks are covered with ice. 1t has
been known to set in, however, in orange
and banana time. The "spring season
comes when the streets are sloppy and
muddy.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-11-21
ABOTT BOLTING.


Henry Ward Beecher's paper, the
Christian Union, has manly article on
the duty, no less than the right, to
"bolt." 1t shows that bolt was the
foundation of every reform the world
has known. Nothing save organization
is SO venerable or respectable as bolt
ing. History, both sacred and profane,
teens with the recital Of it. Noah was
q bolter from the unanimous beliefs of
his time. Much faith and courage he
needed, too, to Withstand official scorn,
popular ridicule, the sneer of good So
ciety, and the cold shoulder of the
fashionable world. which thought his
airs of superior virtue the merest con-
ceit. The majority in Sodom wholly
disagreed with Lot. More than once
Moses was in q minority of one, the
whole people being united in the opinion
that he was a stiff-necked fellow who
might better go with the party. Every
one of the early Christians was bolter.
The Christian Church itself, not to speak
it profanely, was bolt from the Judaic
synagogue. That of Constantine was a
bolt from the Pagan established faith.
The Reformation bolted the Romish
platform and candidates. The Puritan
revival bolted the regular organization
of the English Church. The Declara-
ton of Independence was the most dar-
ing and apparently hopeless bolt OF
modern times. Washington, Franklin,
and all their fellow-rebels simply as
serted the right of private judgment in
politics rs opposed TO an inherited ira
dition of loyalty to sacred majesty.
Garrison and Phillips asserted the right
of private judgment as opposed to an
inherited tradition of loyalty to sacred
Constitution. The feeble bolt of dozen
eccentrics forty years ago is become the
enormous Republican organization of
to-day. In the nature of things, snc-
cessful party becomes in time corrupt
party. For every soldier of fortune is
bound to train under the victorious
banner, while honest men will not use
that vigilance which alone can keep these
bummers from electing themselves Off
GERS, that they may divide the spoils.
There comes a day, therefore, when
those same honest men, having refused
to bolt nomination or scratch ticket,
are sorrowfully forced to bolt the party
instead. But when that day has really
dawned is a question which must be
referred to private judgment.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05
a PUBLIC LIBRARY.

MESsRs- EDITORS: l know of no public
enterprise, in 4 small way, that Would pay
as good dividends as the establishment of
npublic library in our midst. There is not
4 library in the city that l know ri, supplied
with all the classic, and with all the modern
fiction OF the bcs: writers. OF course l do
not mean that i library should only
have these. But in Il town so
poorly supplied with u variety Of books,
how can it be hoped TO turn out w.'ll-read
youths? Why can not our citizens induIA" III
this cheap mud healthy luxury? Ii wou...!
cast most of Us rs iiu.e as We ordinarily
spend for books in II year. and it wound be Il
boon t" hundreds who can only afford to buy
books in very limited numbers. 1t would
cheer the lonely evenings of many
a poor child. ami help many another
10 lay the foundations for II useful and vir;u-
ons life. No father o: Il family could make
4 better Investment of ten. twenty or thirty
dollars. hHd no citizen oulu do his neigh
boz .nd those to cO!nc AFTER him i =, eater
J~>iciit :l.sh 10 aid IN this good work. What
Say the good ptoV.e o! i.-Glns .o., a.lil we
have ii t..Dra!s: \.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05
CHARITY.

The Caucasian and Register OF last week.
In ailuding to the unfortunate freezing OF
Zach. Taylor, upon winch We commented
at length in our last Issue. take occasion to
severely ceusurG Judge Tyree Of the county-
court, for his determination that paupers
shall 20 to tile poor house II they desire re-
lief from the county. Whiie wa c!a,w to
feel tho fullest compassion for suffering hui
mahtty or even for animals In pain, stin W.
insist that Judge Tyree has but done his duty
Ia this matter. To ascertain that the old
syatem OF giving aims was subject 10 the
Erossest abuse. IL Is only necessary TO cit In
The court room OH the tho first court day,
and SEQ the number OF halo. healthy people
who under this or that pretext; apply for re.
lief; aud until lately the word nc WAS seldom
uttered. We claim that there riast he jus
tice In all tho measures of our court. even
though 1t may work hardship in individual
eases. This couuty supports q poor house
at Il greater expense than most OF tho neiglr-
boring counties, and so far Ms We hnvs been
able To learn. the Inmates ara humancly
treated, comfortably clai. well fed. have
plenty OF fuel aud are not, we believe, re-
CURED, rs in son,i Institutions of the kinI,
TO DO any Regular work, where they are
able. This poor house expense Is paid for
by The catIre county. The RELIEF afforded.
however,, Is principally 10 the paipcr- OF
Lexington. In addition 10 this tic Caucas-
IAN and Register desire the county TO sup.
psrt, In their W homes, the poor of Lex
inxtoh. While we live in Lexington, while
we have her prosperity Is a city as much at
heart as either Of our contemporaries, We
must say that We TO not see the
cqnftabi}ity OF this demand. Let
the poor house rcniain as 1t is, and let NIL
who will. from the county or from The
towns, who are entitled TO, 30 tl,cres aud let
it be the duty of tho county court to
see that they are properly treated. And for
those who cannot or will not go, ana who
are deserving of charity. let there be 4 ,y.-
temattzcd effort made for their relief. We
fully agree with our contemporaries in saying
that it is a shame upon us rs Il community
that n fellow being, white or black, should
have been allowed to freeze to death in our
midst. But we drprccatc the attempt to lay
the burden upon the shoulders of the only
man in our county court clcrted by the
people, aud the only man in it who has the
nerve. as Well rs the sense, 10 stop the cor
ruption and extravaganza which have
brought our county to its present condition.
If the city council will designate one, two.
or three respectable citizens AS \ board of
relief, and will require the city marshal aud
his ass!strnt to report worthy cases. and
will call lpon citizens of town and county
for contrl buttons, our word for it. there will
be no more Eucil cases Of suffering, misery
and death as the above.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05
Narrow Gauge r l;lroai From
Kansas City % st. Louis.

Tie Kansas City correspondent or the ST.
Louis Dispatcli gives the following item OF
news i'll regard 10 the building OF n narrow
gauge Railroad from Kansas City to ST.
Louis. The projected rosd will run through
Saline cownty. and already the court OF that
rounty is being prt!,isnrd to subscribe Soa,-
009 to a!d in its construction through that
county:
"Ttera is considerable talk now over the
Kansas CITY IL Eastern harrow gauge rail-
way that is designed 20 run from Tyan-
dottc. kaDSaS. through Eaa,as CITY to -.
Louis. The proposed line between this city
and arrow Rock, Saline co.n;y Ia, been
thoroughly canyassed, aud the people are
willing and ready to give y hearty support
towards the construction OF the road. In
the completion Of this road. Kansas City and
st. Lou will reap the benefit OF the rich
coal deposits in La ayettc and Saline coum-
ties, which, together with that richest agri-
cultural district in the State, wouii furnish
u product worthy the attention of st. Louis
and Kansas City. The success of the road
il considered u certainty
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05
OUR DEBT. !.
What Shall we Do with TIP


The Caucasian OF Saturday last contains
considering the source, a most extraordi.
nary article. II evidently Is xn smsnstion
from the managing braia ofthe concern. aud
sqsiats very strongly at 'rrpudiat,on.'' a
word which that paper has been ringing The
changes oil f6t two or three years past, to
reproach atty And everybody who pretended
to SEQ anything wrong In the management Of
our county afiairs since the advent of the
present presiding Justice OF the county court.
The 1NT.LLiasNCEt. the public will re-
member, has been denounced as tho .'organ
of the mol" because 1t dared TO call in ques-
ton tile legality OF q large portion Of our
public debt. The county was being ruined
because this paper gave facts aud figures
regarding our Liabilities. s'9rum.
biers." ''o,d fosies." and similar cpithets
were literally applied to all who dared to
open their mouths in opposition 10 the high.
handed extravaganza OF tie last few years.
Not only this, hui the people were threatened
with the strong land OF the government, II
they dared 10 take steps looking to- their
own protection. But now 1t seems the debt
mas been contracted. The law of tile state
fnrbids /. being increased. Parties can no
longer make money by increasing the debit:
they want TO try il on the score of paying IL,
OF Father OF getting out Of paying il. The
lNrELLiGENCER. from the beginning. has
prodaimcd the opinion,ln which it Is backed
up by ablc lawyers, that a large portion or
QUE county Indebtedness was %fraudulently
contracted, and could not be collected by
law. In this opinion the people at large
fully s~ympathiZed. and they only waited
until We could have n county court which
would take the required stand to test the
matter. In noticing the action oIthc Buchanan
county court a few weeks since in refusing
10 pay the interest gu $500, 900 OF bonds, Is
sued in aid of the st. Ju& st. Louis Il. ",
we regretted that Lafayette county had not
\ county tribunal with equal backbone. II
is now intinated by one OF the recognized
organs OF the county court in this town, that
y petition from the taxpayers looking
to a suspension Of payment of taxes for rail-
road purposes wouid be iavorably considered
by that body. We rejoice to hear that both
court and organs have at last reached - point
where they can see affairs somewhat as the
PcoPie see, ana nave TOT So long seen tiicLi'
ANY agitation Ia this direction cannot but
benefit the county at large. but coming rs
1t does. it will only serve to add to the pres
eut overwhelming public distrust Of partles
so capable OF blowing ''hot" and ''coid'' on
such short notice. "Ceniiu-icc is = plant OF
slow growth" and il our friends over the
way arc expecting any great amount ..
money i'm fpfnfn for fnni ,lInWrurX fnpy
have made ofthe entire consistency OF their
record, we shall have to include imbecllty
among their other objectionable traits.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05
SSCILE "a 80. ~,

The popular dry goods iirii i. % Main street.
do hot bow 4 great deal about closing out
or selling ut cost, nut taey propose 10 sell
dry goods. and every i.iii;s il :hcir line a,
iow as they can Hc bought IN this city. They
have ladies' dress goods in almost endless
variety, White goods aud c!nhroiicrieS, no
tons. mats, caps, Doots anl shoes, truna
and raliscS. and acompscte stock of hard-
ware. in fact almost everything you want,
and at rs law prizes as any 0; lucir neigh
uors. Give .he!n q ca l.. IeI DIT
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05
Arrival ana Dsp.r.ar. Of the Nails,

st g.ouis mail, via n Mo h Il, arrives ut :
4 Y departs at s IN Via Pacific Il 2, ar
lives n II \ n; departs at 5 20 ? N-Daily.
Western mail arrives o. n ; departs 6 r..N-
Daily.
81: Joseph mall arrives \ NJ departs 8 r y
Daily.
seealia msil arrives II A N ; dspa<ts 5 20 r n
Daily.
warrensour, mail arrives Monday, Wednesday
and Friday ef n; departs Tuesday, Thursday
and SstardaS7A
wavsriy mail arrives Monday, Wednesday
and Friday I = n; departs Tuesday, Thursday
AND Saturday, A
Independence mail ARRIVES Monday, Wclues-
day and Friday 8 Pm; departs Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday A
Pleasant Hill mail arrives Monday, wednes-
day and Friday IL A NJ; departs same day Il N.
Eastern Way mail. via n Mo 4 T., arrives
a. Il departs ga Y.
ONCE hours daily Except Sunday, from {
A n. to $50 T. II Sunday, IRONS TO "a ~.
SEO. w. MCKEAN r. N.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-05

DR.. w. a. Gordon, u new.county
collector. entered upon the duties of his
office on Saturday last. the LIST of February.
His Office is in the court house, first door
to the ieft.as yougo III. lie has appointed Mr..
Charles c. Wallace his deputy. u gentleman
well qualified for the duties of the Office. and
one who will. we are sure, make u popular
and efficient officer.