Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-23
WnLLrrdroK MINIS,
IN Arrr.tcr1oM

sAp AffIicIlONf
Efite Raa,auds aesdakoNt csShtccn Year,.
ron Of DR.. Raxnad. 81 this placc. has been
Ming rrostfaso a. 4 Spinal affection and par.
AMI, for tAllsy.six days, his len side AMI
itmis beiex pafai, xcd. liz has been uncon-
eious ana ppccchIess = great portion OF III,
,,ue. Ills situation all The time and is still
REGARDED rs extremely ~cs,tlcal and recover,
aouNtnal. Tho family nave { he sympathy OF
/ che enttse community IN this sad afilirtion.
IMPROVEMENT.
]. A. Workman has rc-rooied his husincs>
house On Main street and put n massive pro.
jecting corntcc around the entire building,
which greatly improves it's appearance and
gives It = decidedly moro tasty architectural
look.
WHEAT NOTES,
The wheat harvest IL over n wheat al
saved In good condition ; scarcely amy DAM
aged done by rain. The farmers are mostly
stacking aud very little will be ihresheL
from the shock. It's thought by tue hes,
judges thai very nearly Ill the wheat In this
vicinity viii be classcL AS good No. :. None
arc willing to sell, at 81, and unless g. % and
over IS offered most Of 1t will remain in the
stack waiting that price. NJ sales vet.
some offers have been made for No. . at
81 %.
There never WAS u netter prospect for q |
heavy crop Of corn. W moro good rains
at proper Intervals win make It.
THE TOBACCO
Looks well. and Is growing very fast; some
beirg topped now.
WANT OF RAIN.
No kind OF crops have suffered for want OF
rain this year. Il looks as though It rained
every time II was needed, aud no destructive
hail, rain or wind storm has passed over this
neighborhood this season. The last rain we
had here u few days, ago was small, hui '.a>
wet u rain 10 its sizc" us you ever raw.
~ GOOD SPIRITS.
Everybody seems to be In good spirits at
the prospect OF a year Of agricultural sue
cess and prosperity. II good crops will re.
lieve us we certainly could not reasonably
expect u better prospect OF relief than is at
pr,sent In this township.
RAILROAD TAXEs.
In looking over the list IN your last paper
OF the railroad tax levied by the County
Court upon each township that has been
ttking stock In .'thcm'' ..ali talk aud no
cider" enterprises, it causes "we-'uus''ofC! Cav
township no unpleasant sensation to see our
ran'e is omitted from the list.
"Dh ain't We glad
10 - Ouf OF the Wild .rnesS,
Out VI the Wilderness /.
Pay up. gentlemen, and 30 grumbling; but
consolidation OF debts, If sou please.
GYrsIEs.
A number OF these strange wandering pco-
PIE were encamped jus: In the SUBURBS or
our town about a week. Among the number
was a prophecies or fortune-tcilcr who daily
visited our town. te:-ging and telling for.
and told the fortunes of a,uu. every
person in the p'ire-suu = good far e .
bad ones. She made it a point. however,
generally to tell a good one, thereby g%ettingi
paid better therefor and more apt to be be-
l'eVcd. Among others she told 4 young lady's
Iortupe OF this place, who, like all other
ladies' are, WAS engaged and expected :
o marry soou. She told her that s.shc was I
aud expected TO marry soon that :
he would marry and be the mother Of fifteen {
There Is no doubt from the sims 4
TIE time that she would very shortly C
ave ''been off, lad not the secrets OF the II
nturc been revealed to her Iy this Gypsy I:
rophetcss. but on learning her fate She At |,
nee broke of the engagement aud is now Il
Hing OF her ''wedding txens" at half cost. III
lving entirely abandoned the idea of mat :!
mony, al least for the present. u
DESSERT. -
u. Chanry preached here the sec ~.
Id Sunday in this month.-HeaIth better =,
au usual at this season Of the year.-R,ver Il,
i'll subsiding. leaving abundance of mud on b,
e shores.-'katy Dds commenced sratin. er
usual the Nth of this month.-Fau,. ice. lie,
ID shude in demaui.-Two marriages soon.
hothing happens to break them off, 10
hats al this time. M