Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-07

ty" belonging to the portable steam
Jaw mill OF Mr.. Collins, about TIVE
miles west Of this place,on the land Of
Green Bedford, caught fro from the
mill aud burned down; nom of the
contents saved. The loss Of the house
q trihc. but contained some valu-
ables which were lost, such a. one
gold watch, n new cooking stove
and cooking vessels, bedding, some
PROVISIONS, &c. Tho mill CAME very
near burning also.
STOCK ITEMS.
Arch. Lotion sold last week, to G.
B. Kavanaugh, Of Ray county, so
yearlings at $l2 per head; also Is hogs
at &c.
Isaac Warner shipped to st. Louis
IS Texan steers and Z native.
FOR COLORADO.
Mr.. Martin, of Saline county passed
through this place last week with 1875
cows and h~eifcrs, aud i've wagons, for
Colorado.
LAND sold.
j. NJ. Callahan sold to j. J.. Cloud
200 acres of the Walter Nuttcr estate.
land about two miles west of this
place.
o. s.
Several of our merchants and liq.
| uor dealers were very much exercised
last week concerning their U. S. Ii.
| ceusc. Most of them had not received
them the first of May. assrequired by
low, and resolved 10 close their bust
ness houses until iicens were receiv'
ed. The last session Of Congress
| made some changes in tho law and
| doubtless meny Of your readers are
interested therein. Here is the law as
regards the
WASHINGTON, April 2G.-Liquors and to
bacco dealers and others subject to license OF
special tax under the internal revenue law
will. from the l>t Of May. he required to pa,
December q. 1872. instead of waiting for as
easement. They will be required to pay II
advance. the same IS state licenses, and tn
penalties are heavy for doing business affr'
the 50th of April without having paid tn
tax. The tax receipt, to lie procured at TIT
| ofice OF the collector, Is 10 be posted con
%.splcuously in the place Of business Of the tax
payer. The law imposes penalties for fail
ing 80 to post the receipts or stanips.
The tax as retail tobacco dealer il
IS; as retail liquor dealer $25.
Don't you think the following jus
now very
| APPROPRIATE LINES
must have been written just afteI
.uch a winter as We have had, and OF
lust such a spring rs We r havin.
now? Did we not know better W
would certainly believe the autho
was poetizing on the year 1873:
SPRING.
.iNe11 Cprirp yony Ctyrp NJ last tpy yOuo
rhr poet SEE VOW bin u siuin in Old Winters
I.ap-now ain you ashamed of yoursclf!
I sl,ose the old icller's hin a bissin you;
| should think he had fioni your brerh
\ bein so cold-bnt that the way them
Old ~feller's hey u doing.
Well, a. I was saying,
Yonv cum at Inst VITA your .'bsmy
ifrth'' u blowing from The Northwrs-
Wcst:onstunt or Nrbrasky, I spose,
ureat countries for banl, 1 rcckin.
Now ynuv cum wen
Everybodi's feed and korn aud things
iIcv all been fed out! Now lucE at
Dur krittcrs, will We ? See orr kali;
On the lit, n hcviu TO be s,ea,ed by
Thur tales when they Siss Up II mornings!
Look at our hussIs " aus all reduced
TO skeletons II weepiR over n troll;
4 hull trutf full Of kObs!
a hull tom null OF bitter rcckclckshansi
Look at thnn sbepe a lien In
The fence corners y " litiu2 for grass!
Wis, and thcy've bin . waiting for some or
Them week! Andifthcy wasn't
Puld they'd a bin ''shakin there lox
At yu'' and sed-"C dun iti' (fhat thur
Is from Hamlet, won OF Shukspur's plais.)
AS another poit scz-'tGrass ritiused makes
The stumak ake.' So these shepe will
Never open ti.ur l onto grass asain-no.
Now LUX ut them hogs rs has bin
\ fOllerin them katcl vat hcV bin
stuffed with ha! See 'cIR, will sc, a ercepin.
Round IA II tilcyse fetched with corns?
Look ut ther errs, will yc-bigger nur
Cnny cabbidye lefc!
See the shotcs
4 lenin on the irnse to squcle!
Lux at them nifty eres IA hanging pendlnt''
, Unto such little hogs? see II hnnaril
Gud shotes reduced down to n even
aOrn baskit full!
You, that thurs ol your dcins, II
farly, lOiterin srring,%a hanging baG
, AZ yOav bin u dom.
Ext Acw rony eNHHf
We feel yure cheerin presenz wen We
tit round onto the south eide ov the ha-nt
We here the hens n kacklin when they've
Laid egg! We see the horse ralish
4 Surfing up n long sit.e the girtliny
Fcns! The Njn!ncn is - inkin Into
The old teapot after partsing seeds,
And all these things make re think VOW cum!
Eff so he I've rilsd
J We, Spring, shoin up oy yer short cHmmins,
Jest set il down to HARM loit's lisens.
tIho l ha:nt taken wan out yet, l low toy