Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-01
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ting zeal tho cause will prosper
wherever he gocs. GRANGER.
WELLINGTON ITEMS.
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OUR LITTLE TOWN
Is still alive aud kicking, everybody
pursuing the even ten0r Of Ills way;
nothing Of an exciting matter going
on; business Oh tho revive.
OUR MERCHANTS
have all been east for their new
stocks OF fall and winter goods, and
have returned and are now receiving, |
opening md marking Mt u very small
profit splendid stocks OF goods.
The number OF goods boxes, barrels,
&C., piled round about the front doors
ofpnr dry goods concerns 10 indicatftc
Of full houses within.
HEALTH
of tho town aud vicinity Is better
than usual ut this season OF the year. |
With the exception of common chills
there is carcely any sickness.
THE FARMERS
are busy blowing and sowing wheat.
Many had stopped blowing or attempt
ing to SOW before The recent glorious
rain. and several in this vicinity who
Ind entirely abandoned the idea of
sowing and had stored their plows
away for spring, have gone TO work
aud will put IN good 9 eco crops. The
first that was s0wn in the dust is now
coming up, and will be plenty thick;l
as the grounds was SO very dry none
was lost by lying IN the ground.
There will be about the area sUwn this
fall as last.
There has been going the rounds Of
the press all item which originated
with one of your city papers in re-
gard TO q certain crop OF wheat in the
river bottom just above this place OF
FORTY BUSHELS TO THE ACRE.
Nobody aboutlcrc believed Iii and, |
for the benefit of others, the follow
lug statistics, furnished by O reliable
gentleman who lives in the bottom,
of the principal crops rs measured
ut the thrcshing machine, are given
to show that notwithstanding there
is not u forty bushcl 10 the acre crop,
wa have q great wheat country
when IL does hit: John Phillips ~
bushels; Martin Kite 2S; Hiram Kite
20; George Moore %; Stephen Gates
50 1-3; Thus. w. Riding %; WIN. T..
Thompson 90 1-2; (this is the 40 bushcl
crOp.)
THE CORN CROP.
is called Il h%alf-crop, butt is believed
by many TO be better.
All the early planted corn about
maze itself and is good, but the late
is greatly damaged. Farmers here
generally have high ideas on the
price of corn. The result Will be
there will be 10 stock brought here
to feed, cattle feeders will seek other
counties 10 feed in, hence it will not
be surprising that corn is as cheap
next spring as now.
THE POTATO CRop
will be short, and turnips ana cab
bage u failure.
very scarce, especially the winter va
rielies.
II TOBACCO CROP
hereabouts is first rate. the long dry
spell was favorable TO its maturing
and but little lost by frost bite.
IholhAS Ell Ar flIlSllOS
Our fellow townsman Doct. Il. ID.
Raglamtt ard family have been the
objects of sympathy Of this cOmmu
ty for several months past: not q day
since the first of June without some
member ofthe family dangerously i'll.
First his son Eddie, next himself, and
now lis wife.
CALF BUYING.
II. 2. & a. W. Marshall, of May.
view, bought in this ncighborhood
last week, forty-live last spring steer
calves at an average o f$S.25.
A gentleman from Atchison county
bought about fifty steers and h%cifers,
also a lot of year!iugs, and will drive
to that county I'm few days.
There will be no
NO PREACHING
in the church here the first Sunday
IN October. Rev. A. a. Moore, The
pastor. will be absent attending
LEXINGTON pREsBYTERY,
which meets at Lees Summit, jack
son county, embracing the first Sun
day il October.
U SCHOOL
and others in the vicinity, will all b.
in full blast the first Monday in DC
tobcr, with teachers rs follows:
Wellington Schools, j. d. Conner
) and MIR. Wilma; Grecnton school, j
A. Lee; EmisOn school house, Miss
Bette Drysdale; Flournov schoo
house, Miss Ella Shaw Harris schoo
house, CD. Ragland; Mitchell schoO
house, Lucien Wright.
THE PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY
have organized q Grange (Fores
. Grange) here. The Grange is all til,
: talk, and exciting arguments between
!, friends and opponents are of dali,
occurrence just now. Many wh'
were opposed to them at first are nov
itching ITO be q granger and will
the grangers stand" Butts no use
: boys, frctting and cu%llivating a small
| cabbage patch to make a barrel ofsou
krOut for your own individual us
: aud benefit this winter; you've 60
: to be a farmer aud with the farmer
stand.
D LEFT Us.
Mrs. Mary Dodd left here abou
: two weeks ago to take charge as lna
yltron Of A. Slaughter's high school il
i Cooper county.
q Mrs. Ella EInison goes to Columbi
as teacher in the Baptist College there
I john Moore and Joseph Cox return
to Niece College.
s Miss Mary Laudcrdale as teachc
lin Slaughtcr's High School, and Mis-
c Matt and Josiah Lauderdalc Pupil
e in inc
DEAD.
VIM. Durham, formerly Of this place
5 but the past three years of Californis
i died there a few days since of cancer
NIMRoDS.
s The following young men OF thi
place took it into their heads tina
F.! they would like to taste some deer o
t. buffalo meat and Try camp life awhile
" rugged up a wagon and team las
=. week and rolled out to Southcr
Kansas, and it is expected there will
!, be a great decline in the prices of vel
y ison hams and buffalo tongues o
:, their return: Wallace Jones, Wi