The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-20
Correspondence.
From Rochester.


the ''Independcnt Province" IN ar55c-
uiO morris, and if affairs continue to
progress at the present rate, our next
letter will be entitled IN nlen10riGnp. =.
In reading the above please do not
feel that we consider it "an act of
! cOndescensiom to waste our latin !"
upon any One-candidatcs included I.
Because if we did not air our limited
stock Of knowledge occasionally your
readers would not understand our
entire familiarity with the c5uSSic wri-
! terS and thinkers Of Andrew county
and the nineteenth century.
Any person anxious to achieve a
name and reputation as Il "recon-
structionist," can find a brilliant field
for labor at Rochester. If the people
OF any part of Gods earth need re-
| constructing, it is this people. They
need some Of the inordinatc selfish
ness driven from their lives, and need
tc be taught Il few common sense rules
of propriety which they should have
acquired years ago, had they not been
prc-occupicd i'll "tramping down the
ncttlcs." We dare not undertake
this mission oursclf, (although conf
dent Of our ability to do SOY because
we expect, at somc future day, "to
run for office i'll this country" and
have already been warned that unless
we pander to the tastes and inclina-
tiOnS of the "moss-bac ckS'' and met
tie trampers,' we shall be cast into
outer darkness, where there shall be
weeping and wailing, and no Office
for the seeker.
Boat riding upon the placid bosom
of the majestic Platte is the latest af-
fcctation. This appears to afford to
Interested parties the opportunities
which they long have sought" and
is affected by persons in love, and by
others who desire to be in the same
unfortunate situation, anG' by luna
ties. Your correspondent coming
under the'last subdivision.
Chicken hunting is now in vogue.
We expect to be in "at the death" to-
morrow. If we are taken ill.," and |
''done for" please write for us
stunning obituary, recording our |
manly qualities, and many virtues of
head and heart. Write it up in good |
style, and charge, the account to the |
fusiomists, and present the bill to |
Gushing for payment.
The person who occupied ''the
chair" at the Oak Grove picnic, is
hereby contidentiallv informed that
we are not fond of the Tactical bcver-
age. and for the last twenty years |
have carefully abstained from the use .
of anything bearing the fainteSt re-
semblance to the infants ''statf OF
life"
This morning we were all ont hunt
ing ducks, and to be serious and con-
iIdentlal, our success was very iudif-
fCrent. The trouble seemed to arise
from the fact that the ducks were un-
commonly wild, and did not propose
to be 'taken i'll" by as unsophistica-
ted parsonage as your correspon-
dent. And by the way, in this. res
pect wild ducks appears to have
patterned. from another species ofthe
rara 0ris Of which we have been in
pursuit, and known among the ini-
tiated as ''etherial multifariousncss.
John Shreve gets bigger and lazier
with each succeeding day. He plow-
ed his corn once this spring and ex-
poets this fall to pick fattened hogs
off the stalks.
DR.. B. II. Kirk is ''happy as a big
It's no boy! But then
saw logs and grist mills would cheer.
the heart of hand-aX.
Gushing wants to know how long {
since we seen our ''best girl" twill
take but a moment to tell Gushing,
It's none of his business.
PRETOR.