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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16
Acame OF porker.

At Culpeper Court, House, few
years ago, Dick Hardy, then good
humored, gay, roapg bachelor, and
the prime tavorite of both sexes, was
called upon to carve the pig Mt the
court dinner. Tho district judge was
at the table, tho lawyer the Justice,
and everybody else that felt disposed
10 join. AZ Dicks right elbow sat n
militia colonel, who wns triGked out
in all the pomp and circumstances
admitted by his rank. Ho had pro-
badly bccn engaged in some court
martial imposing fifty cents fines on
a5scutccs from Tho last general mus
ter. .... .-.. .. a,
llowbcit. Dick, in thrusling his
fork into the back of the pig, 6espa'-
tered tho officers regimem;als with
some Of the supcrlluons gravy.
"Beg you: PARDON" said Dick, rs
he went ON with his carving. Now
these were the ti.ucs When The war
spirit was high. and chivalry Mt q
premium. "Bcg you pardon" might
serve as II napkin to wipe the stain
from Onc's honor, but did not touch
the question ofthc creased and spot
ted rcgimcmtnls.
The Colonel, swelling with wrath,
seized II spoon, and deliberately dip.
ping it in the gravy, dashed it over
Dicks prominent shiN-Irill All saw
the act, and with opened eyes and
mouth, sat in ast0nishrd silence.
waiting to SEQ what wouia be dunr
next. The outraged citizen calmly
laid down his knife a,Al fork. nid
looked Mt his frilI, the officer an:i Tia"
pig, one After another. The C"Irncl
unmindful of the pallid cnunt"m"ucc
and significant glance of the burning
eye, leaned bGri: in his chair with
arms akintbo, regarding the yonng
fellow with cool distiain. Dick :
face turned rcd ms u'turkcy-go',hIrr's.
He deliberately too" the pig by the
',ind legs and with Il whirl brought
il down OF the head Of the untorirl-
na.c officer. Stunned by the squclc!-
ing blow, asioumGed and blinded
with streams q; gravy aud wads of
stui!irg, hc attempted to rise, but
blow after blow of the fat pig fell
upon his hnwi.Icrc,. head. lie seized
II carving knife AMI attempted TO de
tcnd himself with blind but incilectu-
nj fury. and a, length. with u !cspc-
rate effort, rose. and took to his
heels.
Dick Hardy, whose wrath waxcd
hotter and hotter, followed, bclahor-
ing him unmcrciiU!iy ut every step,
around the table, through the hail
and into the street, the crowd shout
ing aud apr!audirg. Among this
crowd were lawyers, slicr:ils, inasis-
trates and constablrs, and even his
honor the jnlgc shouted IN loud
vo,cc. Give it to him, Dick Hardy.
There's no law in Christcndom
against basiin" man with 4 roast
pig!" Dicks weapon failed before
his anger, and when at length the
battered colonel escaped into the
door ofa friendly dwelling, the victor
had rotIiiugln his hands but the hind
legs of Il roaslcr. He entered tie
tirninm.room ilonrishin- these over
his head. and venting his still unap-
prased wrath in gr 1t oaths.
The company rciSsembird and I'M
ishcd their dinner as best they might.
In reply TO n toast, Hardy MADE Il
speech, wherein lie apoIcg:zcd for
wasting the dinner CT the party.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16
The stock Law.

An act to prevent don est; animals
frOm running nj large IN those run.
ties which, by u majority vote NAV
decide 70 agree thereto.
BE II enacted by the Gene nj As.
scinbiy of the 5lutc 0f Missouri. us
follows: 3ta ss
SECTION 1. Tho county court of
any r'miiy in this state shalt, upon
rct:.r : oi one huhdred free,0lders
,f'!' ,"tiity, at ANY general c!cc tion,
""' !: upUn such petition of Que
hna.. +. frcchoflsrs at any special
), cause TO be submitted TO the
i' cd voters or the county, the
Irr on ofrcstrainiiig any domestic
lis as OF tho SPECIES OF the horse,
frO'' inning at large, by q ballot to
.ttcn or printed, for restraining
or all OF the species of horse,
tic, mule, ass, swine, sheep or goat,
u against restraining the same, TO
no canvasscd and returned in like
manner as VOTES for state and county
officers.
SEC. 2. Ifa majority of the legal
voters OF the county, voting ut said
election, are in favor of adopting u
stock law, then such county shall be
governed by the provisions Of this
act, from and after ono huNdrcd aud
fifty days after ithas been so adopted
by the legal voters oftliu county.
SEC. 3. 1t shah be unlaw ful to any
ono county adopting this act for any
animal or animals of the different
species herein named, to run at large
outside of The Enclosures oil the owner
Of such stock, and if any horse, cattle,
mule, ass, swine, sheep or goat, con-
trary TO the tenor OF This law, NJ
adopted i'll any one county, auH re-
stricting any one or more species Of
domestic animals ns aforesaid, BIZ
found running ut large, 1t shall br
lawful for any perscn 10 restrain the
same forthwith, and such person
shall, within three days, give notice
thereof to the owner, il known, and
thcreupOn such owner shull pay u
reasonable compensation tor taking
up, keeping and feeding, and tor
dSniagcs actually caiisGd by such
animal or animals taken up. II the
owner be not known, or fails TO make
reasonable compensation for taking
up, feeding, aid actual damages, su--
taiucd, any animal taken up undo,
the PROVISIONS OF the act stall be
deemed an estray; any law or laws To
he contrary notwithstanding, an,i
sl:a!l Lc dealt with in the same man.
ncr as the law provides IN regard To-
taking up, aud the further proceed
inss with strays, in all other counties
not having adopted stbck law.
SEC. 1. The county court Of any
county shall not be authorized 10
order q special election for the pur.
pose herein named, uitcucr than once
IN each year.
SEC. ). This &c. shall not be So
construed as 10 prohibit any person
from driving, herding and guarding
any stock upon the unincloscd lanu-
belonging TO the county, state ..
United States; Eor shall the provis-
ions of this act hc applicable to any
animal OF the different species herein
n!cn;iuncd, voluntarily passing irom
county not havin. ;iduutcd stock
law, into any Uiicr county being
governed br the SAME.
SEC. 6. This act 10 take effect and
be III force from aud after It's pas
sage.
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49, -.--. --- -
TNIrifiN ENRi knu

In 1866 the Confederate gunEoats
Charleston and Ciicora wcle living
in cooper river, and were blown up
when the city was evacuated by the
rebel troops. The wreck of the first
boat had never been found until With
i'll few days. Professor Mail'cfcrt,
whose iaiHp rs wrecker'is so vel!
known to the Charleston public, has
fer q long time occupied himself with
the solution of this riddle. \ few
weeks go he accidently observed u
strange ripping of the water surface
four hundred aud fifty yards, more
thar quarter of mile, eastward OF
the wreck Of the vessel, and it at once
occurred TO him that the phcnome-
non afforded clue to the mystery
He accordingly. anchored one of his
derricks above the spot marked by
the ripple, and an examination re-
velaed lying upon the bottom of the
river the iron sheetiug of the bow
and one entire broadside of the YES
sci, constituting a mass OF iron weigh.
| ing altogether 2l2,750 pounds, ol
nearly one hundred tons. The whole
| broadside of the battery with the
PORTFOLIOS was iutact. That this i'm
mense mass of iron should have beer
hurled through the air for more tha,
quarter OF q mile, affords o startling
| Illustration of tho force Of the ex
plosion!
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16
AN '.pY,L.


tFrom the Daily Gruphic.1
Oil tits II song too sweet to br sung;
" u picture too fair TO be inE,
sfis poem, NIL too tender snd irrie.
would sing, would paint or " rite for you
Could each the song af the singing pines;
Or the low Whispering II breathing vines;
W paint MI the sunshine stiininrrinS thrrr,
nat il1ntrt the niounipins, and illcd the pir--
In riovtr-;oppct meadows were h,umlnE bees.
AMI ungahcrtal flTit king ripe frpiir the trees,
hiie The mountHins btSund We're white with
SNOW:
And Wild flowers Llsomed in the vulc below
Was blue In the valley. and white sni.3 shunr,
While voices came rip,linG UP to iis there,
Singing those sweet fy ysolran airs.
And ITO You remember While looking down
On the lid tower in the qiaiAt old town,
OF seeing ilGt la,lS!rr.--iiiai one mcan
| That .Iarnh uncc SAN, but saw in dream.
All The hills were purple with Impressed grapes
4 dusky cluster y"u Ilncird for INV sr!r,
And sEih, AL the sur, shine imprisoned there
Was u g:G neither too ric;I or loo rare
For the one yuI loved, who wHlhcd 10y your sid,
From morn i'll the purple cventidc.
We wandered through vineyard siautinfs dawn
Fast rulnnt. cast,pS, all wild aud brown;
int nn knight ludc mi from the I.;uirn trees
| Thty had a!i been sleeping Tor centuries.
You took my hand. 'fi!c path is rugged - yJi
SAID;
To me it wits only goi,scn thread,
4 golden t!irr..i t,iit, following down,
Led uS safe AMI sure Ia the q,laint oil town.
And 50 'is cong too sweet 10 bc sung;
oh! Ills u picture too l,rlr 70 he h:nr;
his - pOrin, all tno tender pnd true,
THIS ono day OF nne-;his oae day with You.
SUNSHINE.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16
.:,.ore Esoacst,ann Our Men,,

a cnrrcs pomttcut of the Richmond
"Dispatch" interviewed Gen. Spin
Ecr, tie man whose signature as
Treasurer OF the United States IS so
fami' .:r 10 all who are So fortunate
rs TO handle .revElars:s. The Old
man hates 81 "rebci' with an unc,u-
Gus vim few ofthc trooiy loyal can
emulate, but beng TN honest man
himself, he appreciate that quality in
others. The correspondent says:
glanced upon the claboratcly dec
grated walls otthc apartment and
called the Generals attention to &.
photograph of the select committee
OF the senate aud House Of the Thirty
! fourth Congress. upon which he sat
with Toolnbs, of Georgia, Seward OF
New York, Douglas, OF Illinois,
Campbell, of Ohio, and Orr, of South
/ Carolina, when, as Gen. Spinner told
me, ''lhe House put u clause i'll the
appropriation bill that UnltGd troops
SHOULD not bc used i'll Kansas and Ne
| braska against the sctt.crs.' asked
Iti.c ainiaD!c :uan who WAS dcScrihli. 9
the usual hicrogivphics that give
grccnbacI;s their greatest potency, ii
lac thought any one of that group
would have been caught dealing i'll
Credit Mobiiier transactions or amy
thing similar thereto. The reply was:
No, don. think they would; not
one OF them" And he furihct rS-
pressed himself: "As Il general rule.
men from the South are more honest
i'll i,cCu!iiary matters than oar men.
/ hey are tricky in politics; had uc-
caSiou t"nOticc that, ald have oftc!i
/ spoken of ii. TGcy would do any
thing i'll favor Of slaycry;i believe
they would commit murder for that:
I bat wien they came to dollars and
cents they were more honest than our
Eicn; know that from experience.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16
Horrors Of "Rotten Ships"

Mr.. riimsoll, NJ. T., spcaking in
the Leeds Ampithcatrc, lately, said:
On Saturday week hc had letter
from 4 SEAPORT town IN the north Of
Scotland. in which IL was stated that
III old ship had been sailing from that
port longer than anybody that lived
there cuiild tell. and that she ought,
TO have been broken up tor tlrewooG
any time during tic last twenty
wears. liz was 80 notoriouSly unse0-
worthy that ut last the owErr could
not get any man to 20 aboard of her.
The captain stuck 10 her because he
was an Old man, and had n large iami-
lv, and the choice for him was that
or destitution. lie had sailed so
many years in her, aud had alw sys es-
capped, that lie thought he woGia risk
it. The captain anu. owners put their
heads together rand what did they do?
After they found they could hot get
men to sail in her, they actually sent
! The ship 10 sea with n crew Of young
boys, The eldest Of whom was not
Emore than seventeen, and she went tO
the bottom and drowned them all.
(Crics OF "Shnmc.") What did thu
audience call that? He calle | it mur-
der. Loud chcers.) lie was aske,t
tn make inquiries, and he took the
letter TO gentleman, who assisted
him, and replied. "Be sure of this,
the matter will be inquired into"
He then telegraphcd to Hull, where
they had Il truSty messenger. who
travelled for him and obtained him
information. $50 right away to thIs
place, make inquiry, and let me know
il the ship was lost and these lads
were drowued,' and the man went
away and was now pcrsuing an in
ves,igat!on into the case. Another
thing that happened during tho last
week was this: lie saw gentleman
driving pair of very fuc horses,
with smart groom behind him, in
the Wcst-cnd of London. lie knew
something about the gentleman, and
he looked nj him rs he went by and
thought rather more than he would
tell them just then. "a laugh.) Tho
day after that ha rot Il letter IRON tho
northwest. What aid they think it
said? 1t told him that one of that
mans ships had just come to port SD
grossly overladen that IL she had hal
the least heavy weather she and all her
crew must have gone to the bottOuI.
(Cheers.) And now another instance.
y ship, The name Of which he had OH
the piece OF paper he held in his hand,
sailed from port So Overladea that
the seamen shortly afterwards put
into port and refused TO work her.
They were taken before tho .magis-
tratcs, and magistrates sentenced
each of them TO elk weeks lmprisou-
meat. Another crew was Obtained,
put on board the same ship, and sha
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16

81 GOO next day, and wonld like to
have me manage his portion OF the
es,nie IN the future for him.
We made an appointment at his
residence, where we were to read
over the aforesaid documents TO-
gether.
Secrecy was to be the order OF
the day.
All! here was; n atart--and what
II glorious start! Property worth
five or six millions! The Junel case
would pale into dim insiSn'iicancc.
| The name Of Alexis Sadwell would
soon rauk with Evarts and O'Conor.
began TO dream of u snug little
home and Arabella nj my side.
The next day. ut the appointed
hour. went to Mr.. Blanks house
In answer To my inquiry, the domcs-
| tic replied that Mr.. B. was ut home.
F, In the parlor met n gentleman
who answered 10 that namc-.thc
/ brother.
Aha! Here was my victim whom
I was to rntanglc in the meshes OF
the law. "rcrhaps," snid he. "you
came to see my brother James"
"i did, SIR" said |. 81 tm sorry"
replied he. "but lie was taken back
to the asylum this morning. "To
where?' said | hastily. "To the
BloomingdaIc Insane Asylum, sir,
where he has been for eleven years.
He has been ut liberty for week,
but we have had to scud him back.p
After investigation that case
fell through.
| Abou! this time was made Nota-
ry Public of II nu,abnr of States, and
in the following two months tool.
. the affidavit of ono man and lle paid
me in n 50 cent currcncy bill. gave
him 81 cents change. and the next
day found that the bill was bad and
honestly destroyed it. ToIal loss 81
cents. Lately i:avo taken to writing
for the Mail. and find that il pays
better tlWn the law. Finally, ] have
but one piece OF advice 10 give to
young men about TO enter the law ,
na,ucsy-don't.
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A Waite Buffalo.

the Denver IL
Mr.. J. I. Morgan abo 1t week
ago. while out hunting on the head
Of the Republican, killed white
buffalo, the hide of which he brought
to Denver. and is having it stuffed
and mounted by Rudolph Borcherdt,
taxidermist. This is the first in
stance of n white buffalo having bee,
shot by white man. so far as we
have ever heard, though the III
dians have occasionally found one
Mr.. Morgan has been constantly en-.
gagged in hunting for several years
and this is the first white buffalo he
ever saw or heard of during tina,
time. The buffalo is a yearling anc
perfectly white-no coiored spots ap
pearing upon him. Mr.. Morgan ha
been offered 500 for it since he ar
rived here.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-04-16

Iscgrcc in Masonry.

Two inquisitivc fellows Of our
town, on l hursriay night OF last week,
Were caught t;.ves-iroppiug on the
stairway leading 10 the Masonic Hall,
where tho fraternity III the time We're
holding IL business ineei!ng. Bei,g
caught i'll ....'iis predicament, they
We're asked il they would like to join
the lodge. This they asscnted to.nHd
were ushcrcd into the ante-ronm,
where. according to the rules, they
would be required 10 take the first
degree i'll order Ia cater the lodge.
fiayin@ conscute;i. it is said it was
taken II, Il very heroic manner. The
first degree in Masonry, especially The
one administered upou llis occasion,
is one not desired by many to be
taken upon q cold nieht--a cold a
ter bath. After taking the lrcpara-
tory degree, they were told thai by
the pay yment>of $40 they would be al
lowed to enter. Not having this
amount convenient, they quickly re-
tired, heing cautioned lot TO reveal
amy Of the secrets Of the efratcrnity.-
Falmouth (ky.} independent.
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Xiii, District.
Appointment OF q cAdet 10 shs
, UnIte< states 1Illiaary Academy.

" o.
EDIToR FAYETrE ADvEETrsER: I
am III. receipt of tho following COM
muuicatiou relative 10 tile appoint.
mcnt of cadet to tho United States
Military academy, located at West
Point, New York
WAR DEPARTMENT.,
. WAsHfSGToS, March 9. 1873.
Hon. j. Ii. Clark, 81. g., Fayetfe.
SIR: You are invited by tho seca
rotary Of war to nominate ut your
earliest convenience n legally qualified
candidate FOR appointment as cadet
to the Omitted States military acadc-
my" from the Eleventh copgression-
nj district of Missouri, who must hs
Mt West Point not later than the 25ii.
day o. May, 1878, but whose appoints
ment is required by law to bc inndo
rs nearly one year in advance OF that
date rs is practicable. Your iinmcdi.
a'c attention 10 the subject and 1" Tho
terms Of the accompanying circular
is earnestly requested. Very respect.
fully, your obcdient servant,
III. +. CROSBY, Chief Clerk.
Tn compliance with the foregoing,
there win be public examination q
candidates for appointment nj Fay.
cite, OH Thursday, the 2Ith day Of
April, 1879. The following named
gentlemen will constitute an exasui-
nation board:
j. q. Willis. II. T. Prewitt, +. X.
Forster. Il. w. Radford. NJ. d., o.
ii. +. Corprcw, W. q. Miller, NJ. D.
Candidates are admitted between
thc ages of seventeen and twenty.
two, but these who served one year
IN the regular or volunteer army are
eligible up to the age of "A. They
must bc not less than 8 feet in
height, free from any deforinity,
disease or inilrnity which may rem
der them unit for arduons military
service. The pay OF II cadet is $500
per ahnum with one ration per day,
counted nj 80 cents.
Tho candidates must DO proficient
in reading and writing. in the Gle.
rIeats of English grammar. In de-
.scripiivC geography aud in the histo-
iy OF the United states. In arith-
mciic, tho various operations In adj
dition, subtraction, multiplication
and division, rrductipn, simple and
compound proportion, and vulgar
aud decimal frnrtiuns must be thor
uughly understood and readily per.
formed. v...,.
Candidates proposing to present
themselves for examination viii no.
tify the undersigned by letter on or
before Aprir2t. 1873.
Very respectfully.
j. Is. CLARK, Jr.
Fayeite, No.
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str,c;. nx s,;-h;n;rr.

Lightning struck the cast tower on
Central College, on Saturday night
last. After almost dcmOlishing the
tow er, the electric fluid passed down
the tin guttering in two places on the
north side, and in one OF the front or
south of the building, tearing great
excavations in the brich and stone At
ihc bottom OF The building where il
left the gathering. The damage will
amount to several hundred dollars,
hut it is a great wonder the building
was not set Oh fire fayette Ad.
YnrtiSpr.
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There is senator in Washington
who has been uttrriy.ruinad. p".iii.
cally. and by his wife. We shal
not here give his name. She admit.
ted that lis political ruin was due Ia
her. she must shine in society. Ilc
could not afford ii honestly, but she
must have II house coSiiug 0,U0J OIL
so.. Men asked low he could do all
this on his limited income. aud the
answer destroyed bin. There be.
gan TO be whispered that all this
show, suprrindurcd by the insane So
ciety ambition of his wife, meant cor.
rupliun, aud tho suspicion was fatal.
That political death has been fol.
lowed by his complete moral ruin III
the late investigations. This is om!y
suggestive: il i, only one case il,
hundreds OF those swallowed Up by
:hC rrmnrSrirsS vortex which suc., ty
in Washington has made for the weak
aud gidUy.-[EX.
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Rastlasnako5.

r. .-s.
Ordinarily, The ratilcsuake ts ex.
treinely sluggish, aud unless iIpolesteI
there is littlc TO fear from IL during
the greater portion ofthe Sc ". just
before and lust. after il it; sleep,
however, il is moro &C, often
assumes the offcnsiv~. rder 10
strike, 1t must lie in = ..,l, with
its head and neck crtt'. Is po-
sition il throws itself fUi.u. tbUut
three-iUurths its length, ,,..' fig
its weigh, entirely upon 1T nf',.
ing fourth. When mo- q,
alarmed, or when about tC .'rk,
tihc rattle is Violently shak nut
practically this serves little ! pps /,
rs u warning, since when excl! the
creature strikes at the eintrullr 18th
the quickncss OF lighting ;and. ..llosi
simultaneously with the sound In,
rattle. The statement that thr p
of the rattle is peculiar, ana g &
heard viii never afterward bc MI -
ken, is enphuticaliy denied. [.
writer avcrrimg that he has know,
the opinions of those who had irc-
Yucnily heard the sound 'diyidcd as
10 wLcthcr certain ominons click
,m@ arose from the grasshoppcrs,
mmicl! were there In great Numbers,
or u raitlcsnahe." Contrary to the
common orllrf, the reptile also often
lravts lilo holc aud moves about after
saut.uwm, not seldom crawling into
tents, uiid even into beds, during the
nl.hl. The notion that vcnoiious
shakes do gut bite twice in immediate
succession IS also pronounced crro-
nruils, the writer mentioning q case
where Ic saw the rattlesnakc strike
three times with c!.ciiic quIcnncss,
earh time leaving the marks Of It's
fmhgs on the trousers OF the person
attacked.
Eut with ell its Quickncss and
irritabilIiv, The snake frequently re-
fuses To bite, even when crowded To
the closest quarters. IL /. related that
uficm when trod on IT, iaiis TO retail
ate and che remarkable instance is
given where u gentleman on coming
out OF the river Platte after u BATH,
and entirely naked, sat down upon {!
rattirsnnkc, and discovering his mis-.
take suddenly resumed hi+lr.s, with
out suffering any harm bryUnd Il
severe fright. Tic peculiar odor of
the rattlcsrakc is vuuched for, aud
we are told that when one is irri,atr,t
and made to bite the rake or hoe with
which II is intended 10 XIII him, TIC
implement VIII retain iio saline uM-
pleasant smell for months. Once
known, The udor is always rccoguizt-
bic.
The bite of the rattlcsuakc, accord.
ing to this observers experience, is
neither 80 rapidly fatal nor so incur
able us most people suppose. vi
thirty person bitten by tho rattle
snake, lie states that all recovered hu,
one, aud he lived twelve days aftel
the accident. o. tho whole thirty,
this WIS The ouly ease W hic', received
surgical advice: but " licinrr it was
the bite OF The advice that killed the
patient We are not informed.
Whisky the writer regards rs q
spctilic Tor the ra,tlcsnakc, and relates
numerous instances which illustrate