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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
SEPTEMBER.
NJ MRS. D. n. JORDAN,

o moon Of golden ffuit and garnersi grain
ofskIes and peaks that melt In mist together,
And streams that sing In murtfiars soft and low
A tender requiem for the summer weather!
whure late the winds went ploushing through
the field,
Breaking the grain apart In shining farrows,
The brown quail pipes his chery note Of song,
And the sleek mole beneath the stubbie burrows
The hush of slumher rests upon the esrthi
The clouds are still rs ifin silent blessing;
Aud the soft winds that sweep the iadins Held
Have In their whispers something oi cArrrssing
Along the borders ofthe dusty road
The silver thlstlrdown is lightly drifting,
And changcfal colors sweep the landscape DER
Like magic pictures on the canvas shining.
The bee sings low amid the scented grass,
And golden sun flowers watch the SUMS SLOW
turningi
The grapes are purpling on the clustering vine
Quick with the .prisoned wine within then
burning;
The lark ca,is swcetly from the far-oThills,
And the slow hawk sails with DIR, amy motion
The sun rides ihro' the depths of softest blue
blazing ship upon icopic ocean.
Sweet golden days that wait the summer death
Like tender watchers o'er u loved onr's slumbe
fe stan,i between the lost one and the grave.
With consultations that our i,riefs ouinumber7
The songs of swallows twitt, ring f.om the eaves
Ofnew-Gedged b.rds that plume their wing
for flying,
And forests robed in gold AMI purple state,
Like some grand king who waits the hour 70
dying.
We welcome May with all her chan sins skies,
And ha lei with joy the qucenly month q
flowers;
onn ing some blessing in each fc-ting day.
Telling them nn rosary of hours.
Some idle tears must fall above the past,
For all the sweet dead days ,ha, We remember
But, with the girnercd treasure in our grasp.
We drink the goieen wine of bright September
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
The Late Jay Cooke.

That wicked paper known as the
Chicago Tribune thus wickedly bi'
uuraphiZrs: Before the war Jay
locke was the publisher of proviu.
cial newspaper III Ohio, and it is to
be presumed he led happy life and
enjoyed q free pass upon the rail-
roads, together with the larges,
pumpkins grown in his neighbor.
hood, and the privilege of all the cir
cuses, and was the oracle of all the
country round. When the war broke
out, Secretary Chase located him in
HE place where, apparently, it would
10 him the most good. lie became
tho agent for tho sale of the Govern
mcmt securities, and the tithes from
the poudcrous grist which went
through his mil yielded him hand.
some profit, fact which has induced
numerous sympathiZing friends T.
,iescant admiringly and patbctically
upon the iabors of the financial Atlas,
carrying the Government upon his
shoulders. The golden stream begau
TO run into his Golfers, and it increas.
cd in volume until Lee surrendered
and fer long time after. The war,
which bankrupted some aud killed
many, turned everything he touched
into gold, and left him leg ICY oi
syndicatcs TO continue the operation
lie became a man of mark aud coll
sequence. He accumulated seven
eight, or perhaps ten millions
This,is just what We should expec
of paper published in that wieke.
city.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
There is a l.nrnism Of hn,nanit

There is a Eeroism of humanity
that deserves celebrating far more
than cowardly inhumanity which re-
sorts to violence at the least provo
cation. Here is one act, for instance.
Last summer, at 4 regatta at Court
masherry, Ireland, several persons
who did hot know how to manage
boats got into them, and one of them
capsized within fifty yards of the
shore. The boat contained two men
and two women. and no other boat
was near. The men managed to swim
ashore, leaving the women under the
boat 10 their fate. Mccoy, who was
sitting at d window hundred Yards
from the beach, Immediately jumped
through ii, a height of ten feet, and,
rushing through the crowd to the
shore, lie SWAN towards the boat and
found the legs of one of the women
sticking ont from under the gnnwaie.
He dragged her out, swan with her
TO lighter, and rested her OIL All oar,
from which she was conveyed ashore
and saved. lie again swan TO the
boat, and, seeing some bubbles C,,
the water, d.yed amt, although near.
ly exhausted, caught hold Of the
other woman drowning. lie succeed
cd ill swimming with her to shore,
supporting her with one hand while
sw INNING with the other. The
Humane Society very properly voted
Il silver medallion to the noble fci-
low. Ofcoursc, he was not lionized
as though he had committed murder,
but probably he will feel a good deal
more comfortable. Hemp does not
always eonduce to happiness, cs-
pecially when compulsorily worn
about The neck.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
The Feet of whales.

Mr.. Scoresby, a very high authori-
ty on this subject, declares that the
common whale seldom exceeds sew
enty feet in length, and is much moro
frequently under sixty. Out OF
three hnndrcd aud TWENTY-FIVE
whales which he assisted i'll capturing
not one exceeded fifty-eight feet, anu
the largest of whi,,h he knew the re.
ported measurement 10 be authentic
came up TO only sixty-scvcn feet.
Two specimens of the rorqual OF
raZor-buek whale have been observed
of Que hundred and i've feet III length.
One of these was found floating life
less in Davis Straits, and the skeleton
of The other was seen in Columbia
river, and must, tail and all, when
alive, have measured one hundred
and twelve feet. The other speci.
mems have measured n hundred, aud
many others from eighty TO ninety
feet. One cast on shore at North
Berwick, Scotland, and preserved by
DIR. Kuox, was eishty-three feet Ill
length. These instances seem to es-
tablish the average and extreme
length of these huge animals. But
with considerable credulity, i'm earlier
accounts, Cuvier, the eminent natu
raiist, says stoutiy: "There is nc
doubt that whales have been seen al
teertain epochs and in certain sea-
Upward OF three hundred feet long
For one hundred yards in length"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
Trasty barometer.

Upon the Little Snake Greek, near
Binghalnton, lives an original charac-
ter ''io fortune and fame unknown" !"
yet better Solon Shinglc every day
of his life than Owen ever was. This
genuine Solon Shingle has been IN the
habit OF coming to Bingham,on, get
ting staggering drunk, and gOiua
home in that condition. Sometimes
his wife rcseuts such usage by
administering some punishment when
Uncle SOlon comes home drunk, and
sometimes she receives him with
open, loving arms. But Uncle Solon
has never failing barometer, which
he makes use Of on such occasions to
ascertain if there is storm brewing
When he arrives at his house he opens
the door and throws iu his old hat
AS there is only one room to his
house he gets quick response. 1!
the hat sta! in, Uncle Solon knows (,
isall right and staggcrs in after it Will
4 full assurance of warm supper
anu uudisturbed slumbcr during IlIt
night. But If the hat comes back
and when it comes spitefully-
Unclc Sulun takes himself to hi
stables and spends the night with Iii
horses. That barometer has been ii
| operation for over forty years ant
never failed to indicate Il storm. An,
Uncle Scion never failed to heed tn
caitiionary signal. There is noil,in
| Like ~ lclIraa,;-Io-e~<obtf CU.YHCcnct
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08

"The late war;" writes a CORES
pondent from France, "has made so
much guuPowdcr enter into our
habits as to account for the mania
which has set in among ladies for the
sporting season. They loo!, forw ard
ITO the opening of the game season
with all the impetuosiiv OF an old
sportsman. 1t is only ladies of the
very upper classes and actresses who
indulge in the amusement, and ex-
| tremes thus meet, often in preserves.
Soon boarding schools must include
the handling of ffowiing-pieccs among
the elegant accomplishments and cx-
i*as. We have The drawing-rooin
pistoi-it only makes pat. We want
The rife, to make boumal! There
are people who 10 more like lady
Niu.rods than blue stockings, and a
real disciple of ST. Hubert prefers TO
be alone. Women are never more i'll
| teresting than when they remain
women they do not look such when
dressed in Doo,-j :cks, with zouavc
pantnloons bEttoliing at the knee,
blouse in velvet, ,igi,,cned to the
waist by Il leather belt; falling shirt
collar, and brigand hat. Such is the
fashion of the daughters Of the rcg;-
ncnt of sportsulcu."
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
A War IneLas.s.,

tfrom the Lexington IVA - G!Ie e
An order was sent from Gettsburg
stock or Mt. jackson, in the valley, TO
collect rations for four or five ts:ous-
aud prisoners. \ bright idea struck
to buy the bulls offered by tue farm
ers, though below the price of beef.
He Immediately sent runners to bring
in the buils--"good enough for Yam
he s to cat" In few days his
"sergeants" had bought one hundred
and fifty bulls, assorted sizes"
He had never thought how such q
collection of cattle could be driven to
Winchester, the point of delivery.
Now, one big bull with q halter on,
and a deep base voice, walking with
slow and solemn dignity in front by
the side of his keeper, never fails to
bring up the drove of steers, cows
and heiters i'll regular order: i'll fact,
is necessity to every 'tcattie man"
in the country. But one hundred
and fifty bulls aud no plain stock be-
hiud them was entirely "unprofes-
siooal"-a disgrace TO the cattle trade.
Now the tbu:ls had been gathered
and penned in twos and threes.
These scufilcd little curing the night
in their "priinary meetings" but got
used to leach other" by daylight.
Early i'll the morning they were all
driven into the turnpike at once and
| an effort made TO ''start' them. III
stead Of moving Oh, not IL bull budged.
Every one squared hinscltin the road
with his horns lowered and his hoof-
busily ''deiinirg his position" Each
covered himself with il cloud of dust.
! and no one ''kncw where he stood"
until some ''nIamber" accidentally
"trampie,t OH his toes" which was
followed by Il ''iungc," The signal for
general fight. The hundred and
fifty announced with loud snort
they had accepted the issue:" One
hundred tails flashed in the air. Three
hundred homis-loug and short-rnrt
III fierce collision. The dust rose in
! vast fOgs as from an army in motion
with cannon and cavalry. The noun
taius on either hand beloved back
the deep and dcafcnirg roar of the
combat. Fences Were splintcrcd.
Trees torn up. Crops persisted. The
earth shook.
The sun rose as they Joined in bat
tie, and reached its zenith wien the
fight was the fiercest. Night settled
down upon few battered bulls stag
geii ing a,ong-ihe last of the living
"rations." Iloofs, tails, hair, horus
anu hide marked the distance of that
days ..drive"-just hail mile!
As the sun set and the detailed
men" returned with only the stump-
OF their whips left, the conmissary
opened his mouth in Il wise saying ::
'.Thcrc were too many bulls for a safe
trip, boys"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
A ssrieken ras.iIy.

II you arc IN the habit of bewail-
ing your ''luck, read this concerning
the fa,aily Of Mr.. jasper Baker, until
recently a resident Of North State
street, Chicago. Three years ago
MIR. Baker was conductor on one Of
the North Chicago street railways,
and the happy head OF o family con.
sisting Of wife aud three interesting
children. On the 4th Of July his vile
went to visit q sister ut Aurora, ta-
King tho children with her. On the
same day Eddie, her eldest child, a
boy Of six, while attempting 10 catcl,
a ride on freisht-train, was run
over, and had leg and o foot cut off.
His little sister, child Of two, was
SO appalled, at the sight that she was
thrown into brain fever aud died.
After returning 10 Chicago the Grip.
pied boy was seized with smallpox
nnd infected the rest of the family,
including Mr.. Bakers mother and
sister. Mrs. Baker died, and her lius.
band, not sufficiently recovered, in
attending her funeral, took cold, and
after six months of suffering, died, 0
few days since. Finally, the eide,
Mrs. Baker received u despatch sum
moning her TO tho dcath-bed Of. +,
daughter at Eigin, few days ago.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
Wages Abroad,

Sixty cents a day is considered
good wages for workingman in any
of the European countries, except
Great Britain, where the wages are
somcw hat higher. In the Tyrol silk
region and in Italy they often do not
get more than ten cents. In the
country in Germany ten cents is the
common pay. Women there often
get but five cents. In Sweden men
often work from four o'clock in the
morning till nine i'll the evening, and
do not get more. During the late
war many poor women in Berlin
were hired TO knit stockings for the
soldiers Tor five cents. The profit OF
the poor who keep petty shops, sell
trinkets in the streets, or act as
suffers do not average more than
three or four per cent. BARRIERS in
Berlin, since the raising of their
prices, get five cents. for hair cutting
and two and hair for shaving.
Servants at hotels get from three 10
eight dollars month. Servant girls
i'll private families often get but ten
dollars year. Sometimes these
classes cannot get work at any price.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08

An Ohio paper relates that shout
seventeen years age young boy,
residing in Wood county, took .
black cat-skin from which the original
tail Of the cat had been removed, aud
q mink's tail nicely sewed on instead,
aid sold il 10 certain buyer Of fars,
not many miles from Grand Rspida,
for 81 25. II was done as . practical
joke, but the boy Kept the money,
grew to be a prosperous husine0G
man, joined n, church, but Als cor
science upbraitied him 30 much tha1
few days ago the ex-fnr dealer ~
ccived a note enclosing - 20, pHinea-
pal and interest. The joke II new o.
the fur dealer, as ha put tlie oat-ektn
among lnt Of mink skins and cold 10
for $3. AS he caunot now An1 ~
purchaser, he proposes 10 costEaD1ee
the money to some bensvolsns Der-
pose. ..s-s .--,.s.sF ~,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
Exis,ence of Live samnnc tbs.

The discovery of mamnnoths in ST.
IBERIA, i'll the deep g"rgcs of he mo,ii-
iains near the Lena Fine-. which WIS
lately published as having been male
by q scientific Russian convict, whu
siw five living animals. II feet in
t:eigl.t aud Is feet in l.IlgtlI. with pro.
jccting tuSk> four feet long, excites
some discussion i'll L iropc. 1t is
worthy OF inquiry whether the MANI
| moth of the past tertiary period. dis
covered during Til, century in Siberia
near the same river, can have any
relation 10 the convici's discovery
Thousands of these animals have been
found buried i'll The ice. with their
well preserved skins, and thousands
| of .usks are brought TO England TO
| This day for the use of the turner
These arc all Of nearly the same di-
memsions rs those seen b. the Russian-
The convict has received all uncondi-
unnal pardon on the recommendation
of scientific men who haye inycsti9a-
ted his statements and believe them
to be true.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
TRUSTEES SALE.

VYyHEREAS, John W. Perkins aud Sarah A.
w Perkins his wife, of the county OF La
fsystte. and state OF Missouri. by their certain
de.d of trust dated the 18th day OF January. A.
u 1919. and of record in the Recorders once OF
IIafayet;e county, Missouri, In book w No. I, on
Ias. iJ6. did convey to the undersigned trustee
the following described real estate, situate lying
and being in the county Of Lafayette, and State
Of Missouri, t0-wt: .< ...,-
number thirteen (la9 in tSsssiship number iory-
eight ttS, OF range number twenty-nine t='l,
containing eighty tS9 aeres
In trust to SECURE the pay neut OF certatn pre'-
ruissOry noies In said deed OF trust descriLed;
aud whereas, said notes have long since become
due and remain unpaid, now, therefore, ~ gar-
suance Of the power vested In ma as sncn trustee
and Al the request Of the legal holder OF said
notes, will, ON
wednesday,, she ssth day of March.
4. D. lS7As
n mont Of the court house door, In tne city
~ Grxlueton, In the county Of IAfayeue.
And stas o. Missouri. between the hoar. ar.
.of nine O'Clock in the forenoon - sna m ,i,,,' nSs
Sseluck IN the afternoon OF that day, sell 2, PaD-
IL ycs,duc To the highest bidder. f0r casn, M
I'D frsct aad parcel Of iAad, or 80 much tnereo
= .,sy - necesssry, 70 satssf5 and pay Of sad
ss9mIssory noss md infeFcst, with he costs aad
ssp:ssss e sl'sG sGHSs dssSs w..yoxNxR. 1russss.
Y. ~
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
a n..,.:: rena.rne.. !. . chllA.

There is In Whitehall village fam.
lily who has little daughter, two
years aud half old who las formed
singular attachment for a rat. Every
day this little ono goes into the wood
shed adjoining tho house, where
large aud notwithstanding rat makes
its appearance, when the innocent
looking child proceeds I'd feed it from
her chubby hand. The parents have
caught their little one feeding its pro-
tcge several times of late, yet on the
approacli Of any other than tho little
girl the rat scampers OFF to its hole.
Several efforts have been made by the
child's parents to dispatch the singu-
lar companion of their darling, for IL
is feared that the child may get bit
ten by it. Last Sunday Iha rat
showed its affection and guardian
care Oi the little ones comfort, as the
following will show: The child's
mother put it sleep in its cradle in
the kitchen, going 10 another room
in the house, leaving the slecpi,i.
child alone. she was gone some time.
On her return she cast her eye at the
child, when she was surprised to OBJ
serve the rat standing pcrched
upon the top of the cradle, moving
its tail over the sleeper. The mother
wishing TO see what the "yarmiut was
up to to-" stood and watched its
movements, pccping through the
door, which was only partly opened.
She observed number Of flies above
| the child's face, when Two lit on the
little one, w!icreat the Kind rat
whiskcd them of with its tail. WISH
| ing to make sure, the lady quietly
called her husband, and the two
stood watching the proceeding for at
least ten minutes. Every time u fly
dared TO aiight OH the little ones face
that old rats friendly tail would
brush it away, like the guardian
angel towering abont us, who, we be.
lieve, is constantly brushing away
dangers that threaten us poor NOR.
tails. 1t was thought safe by the
child's parents TO leave the child in
charge of its singular nurse, and fol
one hour the little one slept. Who,
it awoke its mother went to take il
up, and the rat jumped from thu
cradle and sped away through thu
half opened door to the wood-slled
Since that time the child has been pu
to sleep in the kitchen to ascertain i
the experiment would be repeated
! Each tim. when left a one, with Ill,
shed door partially opened tn,
old rat Would enter and take up il
position over the top Of the cradle
watching the little sleeper, ant
brush ng away the 1ii-s who dared |.
trouble It's precious charge.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
Anecdote OF Harrison Gray OTIS aAk

In our boyhood we heard 0 good
story respecting these two distin-
guishcd men, which We believe, has
never been in print.
Mr.. Webster was speaking on one
occasion in Faneuil Hall, in Boston.
lie was, if we remember right, argu.
ing in favor OF the "Aaysville Road
Bill" Mr.. Otis sat uear him ON tho
platform.
Mr.. Webster proceeded a. follows: ::
81 am in favor, Mr.. Chairman, OF
all roads, except-except-"
Hero he stuck aud could not think
ofany exception. MIR. Otis saw his
difficulty aud said ~ him in Q low
voice, "Say except the road TO ruin!''
Mr.. Webster heard il, aud - il he
had merely stopped for the purpose
of making his remark more elective.
repeated The whole, as follow:
Il repeat it, Mr.. Chairman, am in
favor of all roads exccpt-ths road to
ruin"
The wit Of Otis in this instance was
well met by the presence Of mind In
Webster,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
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The preparation of designs for the
war ships for the future i. making
considerable progress, ard the appli-
cation of the science Of hydrauiics to
the art of gunncry will in nicse de-
nictt, and prove in practice Of very
great assistance i'll facilitating The
working and loading of the monster
weapons with which the turrets of
the iromclads will be armed. These
guns will far surpass the most power
fui artillery at present i'll existence
the Woo,wich Infants, of thirty-tivc
tons weight aud bore of IL inches
i'll diameter, and the great guns which
krupp is now making for the Ger
mans being alike cciipsed by the new
weapon, which will have bore of
Is inches and weigh 60 tons. These
guns will be built upon the system
which originated and has now been ill
such successful operation ut the
Royal Gun Factories. Roval Arsenal,
Woolrich, for several years-by coil
upon coil Of wrought iron and steel
| tube; q SYSTEM which iusures the
greatest possible strength and iinmu-
nifty from danger of bursting, and
pfactlcaiiy imposes no limit To the
size of the guns. They will be fitted
| with a movable brcrch-loaGihg ar
rangenent. The Woolwish Infunt
| will throw 700 lbs. shot six or seven
miles the new gun will hurl u pro-
jectile eigiiius I, 100 lbs. Oialf tom)
over u range which has not yet TO be
determined. AS the antiilirsis OF
| this enormous gun, the new steel
mountain gun has just been placed in
| the Model Room of the Royal Gun
Factories. This gun weighs ouly 200
| lbs, but it can carry she'll of z lbs.
with good effect up to 5000 yards.
and with its little carriage is design
ell TO be conveyed Oh the backs o!
mules, for which p&ck-saddIes are
specially constructed. 1t is also adj
mirabiy adapted for boat SERVICE
| TTintcs
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08

One of the witticst of men, and
one of the most irrcverent, was The
German poet Heine. Here is spec.
linen: II have the most peaceable
disposition. Ny desires are modes,
cottage with matched roof, good
bed, good fare, fresh milk and butter,
flowers by my window, and . few
fiue trees before the door, and if the
Lord wished to ill my cup of happi-
ness, He would grant me the pleasure
Of seeing some six or seven OF my
epemies hanged OH those trees
With heart moved to pity. would
before their death forgive the injury
they had done me i'll their lives.
Yes, we ought to forgive our ene-
mics, but not before they are
hanged"
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08

There is boy in Minnesota who
has greatly puzzled the heiShboring
wild ducks. lie puts hollow pump
kin over his head and wades into the
ponds which the ducks frequent.
Presently those uususpecting BIRDS
perceive q floating pumpkin, and,
with quacks of joy, proceed To dig
out the seeds. What the ducks who
view the scene from a distance can
not understand is the singular way
in which those who are investigating
the pumpkin suddenly dive aud
never come to the surface again.
The pumpkin also reappears day af-
ter day in an uhdiminished state.
The boy thinks that, unless the ducks
grow tired of Investigating the mat
ter, he viii be able to retire from
business Ia few weeks more, and
devote his life to the peaceful pur-
suit ofDarbles aud mumb.e-psg.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-08
FINAL sErrLEMENT.

NOTlCE is hereby given to all creditors ana
~ others Interested in the estate of Josiah
Greer. deceased, that l. the undersigned AL
minstra.or OF said estate, intend to make u final
settlement Of said estate 4; the October term OF the
Probate court Of I.afayett. county, to be begun
.iiil he!. at the court house, in the city of Lex.
In zion, The first Monday in October. ISIS
SeDt3 II II. BELL, Admir-,