Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-24
KANSAS CITY.
4 RArID ToWx OF LIVE yGoTLE IN
rlSrACrg.
The Great Exp, sltien an Unqualified
saecsss- Magnificent Herds, IL
comparable Stesds and
trowdS Of People.
Lafayette County, as Usual, Vindi-
catos Eer Fame, and Comes
Off With oil the IIonorB
She Asked For.

Off With oil the IIonors
She Asked For.
spree.
Kansas City has been justly styled
he municipal wonder Of this wonder
ul West. In 1864 al obscure and
Unknown village of primitive log
houses and cphcmeral frame tcnc-
on the sclvagc of civilization.
surrounded inundated, NV n country |
by the ruthless hand of war,
she has grown in less than a decade
10 be in population, business, enter
prise and all that constitutes a
western CITY, the second only between
the mississippi and the Rocky Noun
This wonderful growth is due
to the advantages of geo.
graphical position; secondarily, {"
ti.r energy, the inherent "gct up and
.c;'' of her peop'c. Natural advan-
arc opportunities only, and
people VIII" possess them must, b!
labor. avail themselves o: then ii
they would achieve greatness. III"
people Of Kansas City seem to Eat:
realized this, aud have consequently.
put forth every effort Of which men
" ere capable, not only TO retain. bn:
10 make the most of everything with
which nature has endowed tlcm.
Prominently among the agencies
employed may be ranHcd tie rrca,
agent of the age, ddrertisiag. Kan
eas City has invested more money III
judicions advertising than al of her
rivals put together, and the mature
and we'll navoied fruits Of her liber-
aliiy are cnjoycd to-day by Ecr 10000
people. OF the number OF her advcr-
Using CHr"dicnts, o one has been
more productive of profit 20 herself
a,.i satisfaction to the tens of ihcu>-
:,n,ls WHO visit and tgaia in her
r,a-tS, than the "Grrut Exposition"
The value or tic Exposition a. RI
advertising me,lium and business cu-
terprise. can be fully appreciated on
ly by those who c present and
participated i'll the entertainment last
week. 1t is in its infancy rs respects
the number OF its years, Ike every
thing else in and belonging 10 b",.,S -
City, out in all that cons:i: l,.,afvs,
class exposition Of lie agricultural,
manufacturing eud mining indus
tries Of the rnInlry, i: is III the sigor
of ady:' are.
Tic exhibition opened or Monday.
witt, !hc usual stale formalities
and IL slim attendance: on Tuesday
the attendance was more encouraging;
oil Wednesday there was Il crowd,
which, on Thursday, eliminated III
the biggest jam of varIei:ated and
diversified humanity ever before as
sembIrd on 4 similar Or any other
occasion in Western Missouri OF any
where else on the face Of the green
earth. Every type of the genus
homo that inhabits the plains, TIC
valleys. and the hill country between
the Mississippi river and the Rocky
Mountains was represented by clean
cut specimens, who asserted their re
spcctive invidualitics and i! illustrates,
the distinguishing characteristics O,
the several types to which they be
longcd. lntlr
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
The show was varied, and embraced
the finest specimens of cereal ron:,an:
tibrous crops. the products princi
paily OF Missouri and Kansas. Th,
farmers of Kansas may justly boast o
/ the productivcness of their soil. aftel
the SHOW made by them in this dc
tpartment. III the
FREIT DErAETMENT
The finest specimens of apples, pear
and grapes were contributed b,
the orchards and vineyards of Mis-
souri,. The Kansas show IL this de
partmcnt was highly crcditahle, an,
proved r~onclusivcly that the suuhri
quet of "frritrul. Kansas is 40
without Significance. In tho
MINERAL DEPARTMENT,
Specimens of all the mere valuabl,
i%ores, building stones, pnt,er's cIay>
&c, &c. taken from the varinu
mines and quarrics of Missouri am,
Kansas. testified sufficiently to III
richness of beth states in all ]orn"ari
all The minerals Indispensable TO Gu
civilization. In the
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT
was exhibited the usual variety {
l.bOr-Saving devices, many of The:
doubtless of great utility. ma:v c
them undoubtedly worthless. Th
competition between inventors @n
exhibitors in this department WI
apparently more spirited than cl~,
where, and every artitire was free,
Ie,nploycd to hide defects which di'
'cxiSt. and make merit apparent whcr
it did not exist. The glory OF I'll
exhibition, however. was in the
STOCK RINGS.
Old s;a@crs aud competent Judges
who lave for twenty years or NOR
attended the leading fairs of tn
West, unhcsitatin@ly pronounced til
stock show tic tiucst they had eve
seen. This feature was peculiarl
gratifying to thousands OF discrimi
natin" judges, who, whilst they cS
a!nincd. gave enthusiastic c~xprcsSio
to their admiration. Western Mi:
souri, is destined to become one c
the leading stock countries of Il,
, Union, and such exhibitions will Il
more to hasten its profitable develOI
'ment than all other agencies cOmbii
ed. A taste for the business is ere
airt and diffused. judgment is cult
p,ted, and honest rivalries are engc,
dc,:ed, which must necessarily b