Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-15

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We had . tremendous rain here
Friday evening, October 81. We ca
:apcd the hail which fell In other
portions of tho county the same
limo, doing 80 much damage, but IL
until tho water ran In minia-
Lure rivers In nj strects-itju just fell
IN torrents for about two hours.
of the weather prophets have
said since that they knew it was going
10 rain that day.
ave knew II would rain. for al the morn
A spirit on slender ropes Of mist,
wss towering its golden buckets dewA
Into the Sspory amethyst,
D. marshes and swamps and dismal TENS
Scooping the dew that lay on the flowers,
Dipping the jewels out OF the s~.
We knew It would rain, for the po2isu showed
Shrtink in the ~wind-And tbs lightning, too,
Was tangled In trrmuious sksins OF rain l"
FOWL GAME.
There are plenty of ducks and geese
Helms lake, about two miles west
Of this place; every day gunners 60
from our town and return with
Of game. Some 60 to kill
ihem for tho meat. Others lust Kill
for the fun and the feathers. II u
Of your city sporisneu are d.sirous
of taking q hunt for that kind of
game We know of no better place
nov than tho aforc..;a late
LIT w.
Messrs. I'D. EuiEerson aud John
MRiin, OF this place. physici8ns in
embryo. lcft iast week 10 .ttend The
st. Louis Medical College thi. win.
ter. We wish them success I'm every
particular. And Ara s.t;.Hed the, ths
Of that insiitmtias viii
have no fault to find as 10 lack of An.
p~licati0n to study on their mart
saltis iNoned our
! DoyER IrxxIxrn
Will not f..l n f,Is,l ~. n,.n;.. "a
rive us a history of .the founJ,,vs and
T~royress,; of that ,nwnNtho liter
oncS lived. when a "ween hov .hnn,
th.rs aud whoso snr..trv settled
,i,erc,h"n,. In"~ hor".e f,ove. m..
a town ana lived ~ So. i, fnn,T.a
AMI urnw IN , cone;,i.r.h,a .;,n
MorSr vsRxos
wa. Ara, s,srtoa M ,no T.bo .-..,
ohout h.If. nil ~
liz ~ iaao .,d - ;n,s,1 -.
.s,,I.r. 10 ~ .Le :. .ho' oy sme
coun, .o.t. h". - ."e p in,isn
taIen mn h, Dna Gra"n ~ oth"..
on what was Know "a a Now WaariI
Lain which nror.d or,hi. ,ha
town was shop,ioneI nv rho settlers
and Lexington siarted.a ismav no,
be uni,sssres,ia.a.o saenrfoh sosse .
the business me aud first settlers OF
Mount Vernon. Ely & Curtis and
William Castles, merchants; Adam
LIghtner, hotel; VIM. White and
John ID. Jones, saddlers; Amos
Reese, lawyer; john Bowman, horse
mill. The first persons who settled
and built In the town yer Mr.. -
Weston, john Cleminson and Adam
Lightncr. Among the number
known TO be buried there, the traces
of which no doubt have long since
been o%bliteraied, are Berry Jennings,
Adam Lightner and daughiner Mis-
souri,, Mrs. Fristo and infant twins
OF John Jennsngs. the most Of whom
have surviving relatives living in dit
fercnt parts Of our county ut lhii
time.
ACCIDENT IN Kissing.
A few evenings since, . young maj
Of this place attempted To kiss hit
girl, and under the excitement o
anticipated pleasure, forgot to re
move the cigar he was smoking o
the time, AMI which was well lighted
AID just IS his lips, as he: thought
were abont imprfnting tile kiss OF
her cheek he stuck his cigar right in
10 her ear, when she shrickcd Uut sc
GO way" and he wayded. You can
get hat girl to tell how tho got tina
burn in her ear to save your life.
REMNANTS.
Our schools commenced last Mon
day.-Plenty Of long v ishes for raj
now.-Nearly cold enough for tw
days for snow.-l)ust still and quiet
Several American citizens Of Africa
descent from your city up here hunt
ing one day last wcek.-Windo glas
and putty in great demand since I'll
hail storm.-Our merchants canno
supply demand, and like the banks NJ
asking a little time to rccruit.-CiI