Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-22
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"NanEalaE - e II
NsssRs. EDITORS, A cerrespouGtsnt or
tns sf FOUR weekly contemporaries ipdulges
Ia SONS historical fourishes eoucssplagt de.
bating ioriety NJ . neighbeti ag hsii of
scienee. From his acrount.w va may sup
pose that. In point d. cloqleics and logic,
lt almost rivals OUR national legislature.
We'll, III Hope tliht some Of tho rays Of that
bright iuninarS HAY c&tendt to lis, and dis.
pel the fdsS tiat dsfken our literary shy.
We would DO glad to SEQ such . society In
our midst. our people certainly have the
intelligence and speaking ability necessary to
make II a success, even II they could not
furnish such orators and idgiciaEs - our
neIghbor boasts Of.
A considerable tiiaw has succeeded the
.rreezlns reception" with which the new
year met. simultaneously with the general
,oftcning In tho physical world, party
spirit mot political) rose In the social Their
,no,not.r, and there have been several so.
ejablcs, dances, &C., sircc the Cristinas
holidays.
Most of tho snow being gotie, cold hares'
may now leave their burrows with more
safety and greater hope Of obtaining the
ueccssaries Of lIc. While the snow wal
from twelve to fifteen inches deep generally
aud In many places much deeper, II the,
yenturcd out to get u ''little bite" thcil
tracks betrayed them, and escape was I'm
possible, aud they we:c picked UP mere
lrssly by the hunters.
The weather Is now quite favorable fol
handling tobacco; therefore, those who pro
lucc, and those who trade In that article
are the busiest men In the community.
Since tile passage of u stringent nati"na
law, requiring every one who deals in tobac
co to pay q licsnsc fee, and subiectins to
line those who sell to any ether than a licen
! sed dealer, people should be cautious les
/ the U. s. Marshall pounce upon them iol
+ selling Illegally.
=, EPITArH.
The following lines wero written for q
y octegcnarian miser and paper shaver. A
they may he suggestive to some OF you
readers, l give them to you.
s Here lies old thirty-thrse aud y third per cen,
The more lie made, the less he spent;
The more he made, tn. more he craved,
L Good Lord, Gun such y soul be saved2'
ANECDOrE.
n utcIuIy usIlIull VI buLlc cIsuG VI &c
y summers, attending Il school not very +;
II distant from this place, in attempting to re
II der u lesson In McGutfry's Second lscade
came to this sentences: ..Thc old dam tax
, good care Of her lamb" Imagine the teac
er's surprise, and the litter among the pup
~ when he read rs follows: Tho old she
Z takes damned good care Of her lamb" Wi
~ i good team we may draw this inferen,
lg tile ears of the lad must have been SO
~ customed to profane language, that
IA moral feelings readily received the ID
suggested by the words Us he read the
otherwise, he would have been to mu
shocked to read such Language without bel
assured, by J careful perusGi, that he y
right.
ng FIRE.
st. On the Hughes farm, near tins place,
oil a large new barn. in which was stored I
:. eral thousand pounds Of tobacco belong
:, to \ gentleman by the name OF Vance.
"' "Wednesday morning last, just before
"a break, the first thing that arrested
is Aughes' attention, on leaving his room,
nd this barn envclopcd in flames. The Dire
nd progressed go far AS to render useless
efforts to save the barn or contents, vi
were, consequently, a total loss, there be
no Insurance. The fire was accidental.
MIR. James Chanslor, residing near Grt
W ton, while getting fre-wood, a few days
an. was struck on his back by q limb of . t
inficling very severe pain, though we
i'm no serious Injury.
in- NOT AN ACCIDENT.
ew On the day Of the fire at Mr. Hug
w occurred at Capt. N. Hcnry's, a few II
south OF US, IN event Of u more Interest
and serious character. TIN parties !
'eo directly Interested were Mr.. Mclaughlin
der Kansas City, and Miss Josephine, daug
TIL OF Capt. Henry; and now "they are no 1
to twain, but one flesh" The ceremony
performed by Rev. MIR. Morton, of Mt.
nat and Witnessed by the elite of the cour
ca, Merry company splendid dinner aud Il;
teo couple. They set out immediately for
Y q sas City. May prosperity, happiness
10 long life attend them.
OPS Use Dr. Honfy's worlds Tonic q
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