The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-08-15
From Oregon, Mo.
OREGON, Mo-, August 10,

OREGON, Mo-, August III, io'o-
EDITOR REpUBLICAN-Had Ponce De
Leon directed his line of march toward
the geographical center of this country
when in search of the magical foun-
tain." where the aged might battle in its
pure silver waters and be young again,
that distinguished soldier might have
lived TO regain his youth, to restore his
lost reputation and see the proud Cas-
THAN banner the emblem Of America;
but. alas! fate was against him. Kun
ker's well-alias Northern Springs-is
equal to the "magical fountain" or the
spool of Siloam.n Daily many unfortu-
nate. debilitated mortals visit this
famed well, longing to taste OF ''those
watersn and be cleansed. But hold.
We are notpaid for this putting, and to
labor without pay is unnatural, so if the
Kunkel Well Company desire us to puff
them or the well, they must divide
their exchequer.
The week past has been a marked
..eran with us. A Mrs. Teed, accom-
panied by a DR.. Newman and lady, Is
visiting ourc city. Mrs. iced claims to
be a medium of great magnitude. She
is holding her night seances at the res.
| idence of our fellow townsman, Levi
Oren. Here departed spirits are mate
| rialized so that friends may see, hear
and recognize their dear ones long
| since dead. This is what Mrs. iced
and followers say; but the report of
considers who have sacrificed a dol
lar each to visit these ''seances" is con-
Trajectory to the above statement, as
well as truly amusing. A sight-seer
told us privately that during n of her
"orgiesn to the spirit land, a gentlemen
resident of the place whose avoirdupois
proportion is an object of derision .conclu-
ded that the spirit of Big Chief Otto, the
departed brave, had hold of him, and
the antics that he cut outstripped Old
John Robinson or any other man. The
great spirit shook the little man until he
was extremely blue in the face, then
thrashed him on the floor until he cry
eth for Joy; after %pummeling our %''little
fellow" into pumice, Big Chief Withdrew
with one long and loud whoop.
The teachers training school is pros
pering finely. Between fifty and sixty
| teachers are attending this school. Pro-
| fessor Baldwin is u host within HIM
self.
Before closing this so-called letter.
| permit us to notice the Sentinel of Au-
gust list. In that ''pure sheet" is an
| article on '.Our New School Building"
The author says: The Savannah REpUB-
VINO siisns Hiinse Ii Leisure nous
| Now this conservator of morals is mis-
taken just one letter in the name. but
he is readily and cheerfully pardoned for
this error. A misrepresentation of only
one letter in a certain well-known jour
nal is q virtue. We notice further: "a
beginning was made on the Goth to de-
liver the brick on the ground, and the
workmen are now engaged at making
mortar, and by the time we go to press
we hope the brick masons will have
commenced laying brick" These lines
were written July 30th. We a prove
by all the brick masons at work on the
building that thousands Of brick Were
laid previous to the 30th day of July.
In constructing this building, and at the
date of this mentioned article, three
brick masons were laying brick on the
walls OF ''Our New School Building
We do not wish to convey the impress
sion that this knight of the quill intended
to falsify in this ''matter," but in at
tempting to correct what ''he supposed
to be an error, he ''robbed Peter to pay
Paul" We stated that our new school
building was rapidly approaching COM
pletiun. We have no qualifications to
make in relation to this statement, and
if the Editor Of the Sentinel does not and
a not understand the meaning of the
term approaching completion" it is
not our fault, and hereafter any further
comments upon the subject by the dis
tinguished Editor will doubtless be dis
regarded by us. LEISURE HOUR.