Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-12
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
WELLINGTON.
ST. VALENTINES DAY,

WELLINGTON.
ST, VALENTINES DAY.
1t has come around again-next M2huay :"
the day-now for fun. Some might Say
swell, what of lt-what is it. anyhow"
Without going into a lengthy detail OF Tue
biography of st. Valentine, or as to VINO ne
was, we compile the following scraps OF MIS-
tory picked up here and there, which contains
about all of interest for us to know just
now, st. Valentine is u good old saint. whose
ear Is ever open to the prayers OF ioVe-srcA
SWANS and lonely maidens. The day Is tne
..season when birds mate and lovers
breathe" is the language applied In tue Si-
dor of youthful fire TO the day now at manu.
1t ranks in the estimation Of the youth equal
with the great st. Nicholas. St. Nicholas
aud st. Valentine are supposed to be deeply
concerned with the deStinies OF the risi"k
generation. The foregoing then Will give q
faint glimpse of what will be on hand next
Monday day that pestmasters look upon
with dread-being generally annoyed out OIL
their wits. We heard one say once ISL.
Valentines day was worse Than the seven
wear ltch." But we excuse his extfaVaSant
remark from the fact that he Is OH the shauy
side of life, his youthful fire long since ex'
tinguished, having outlived the time wnen
such things were u pleasure, and has iorgot-
ten that he was once young himself. NO Or
binary hieroslyphics or fine penmanship are
| adequate to express the ''pheellnks" whion
at this %propitious day heaVe the Dreast'
hence we must expect our couhtry post OIL
ces stuffed to overlooking with NIL manner Of
devices in shape of expressions and tokens
| of love and mirth from the black Silhouette
comic to the no less entire books Of gold leaf
and buckets of vermillion, with angels, Gu
pids, etc. of all sizes, and III all attltuoes.
There have been instances where persons
have abused this day by departing from Its
legitimate use, and taken the opportunity to
make q weak attempt,-we would Gull II 10
wreak some spite or pass an anonymous In
suit on some person whom they did not hap
pen to like,-and by such act cause a heart
to ache instead of gladdening it. This mad
ourht,pt' to be. There will be one new fea-
ture III the valentine business this year, new
er seen before. that is tue centennial. anu
there will be hundreds-yea, thoussnds-ot
this new and novel love misslve sent. As 1t
is leap year. we suppose We GiIls' will have
the sending to do, so pitch In now and show
us what you can do.
PICAYUNE ITEMS.
.sNow has the winter OF our discomfort
been made glorious by''-cold weather.
BIZ good and improving. a. .rs
:, Corn 81 % ut the pen. $500.
Stock hogs scarce and high. .EI.
The Narrow Gauge railroad hands have
rented Mr.. Freeman's house under the bill
, for a boarding house. a.|
Flora McFrlimSev is getting her 'ebenezeI
: raised" ut SO much pinback-pullback poet
:, nv, aud let's off this way at the he folks:
DO let poor woman's clothes alone:
r They're none OF your concern;
$ She never makes no fun OF your'n,
Then why poke fun at her'n.
e Uncle Abner Houston will have it that ht
Is going to California In the spring. o.
You still persist in requesting us to sent
e IN reports of births ; with equal persistenc!
j. your correspondent from this part OF TIT
: moral vineyard says there's none to report
and not the slightest prospect that we know
of one any ways soon. We've just arts
tocracy enough in us tor this baby bushes
d to he entirely too troublesome +; hence W.
g take none of it IN ''our'n." So don't expec
much of us in that line and you'll not be dis
e appointed. ar
# The Narrow Gauge railroad grading cory
n must have struck Il cemetery in the vlcinit
OF Napoleon; another skeleton, being tn
second one, was dug up last week.
The farmers are beginning to look aroun'
and talk seed oats. Who's got any, an
WHAT is the price?
The Narrow Gauge grading corps arrive
y in this place the latter part of last week, an
have taken up quarters. expecting 10 r
ID main several months. They have commen'
ed work here, and are grading from tn
As ;,lace west, and willcontinue thus until the
a intcrSect or meet another corps coming ca
from Napoleon after that they will graf
A from his place cast toward Lexington. .
a the weather is rav orable, 1t IS calculated sr
ding will bc completed to this place from tt
ives, i'll six weeks or two months.
H. How are You, no ice: We just had "det
Il notiies'' last week, as nice and clear IN cry
I'd tai. and us pure rs the driven snow or spo
20 less maiden. River full Of runnin. ic
ponds and Sni frozen over from three to fl
at inches thick. Several worked as If 1t w
to the last chance. Maybe 1t is. .
he We understand that Col. rhorp received
~; telegram just before starting TO Colora'
- that his son, Charles, was dead.
st Saturday, February 10, which is next 5:
,e- urday, is the day appointed for the peop
to meet in the several townships Ill the cou
.al ty, to eject representatives to the coun
mt committee. Don't forget the day this tow
or ship meets III Fairview. .a.-
lie An effort will be made, tomorrow mol
OF ing, to resurrect our Sunday School, viii
ST. has been dc I'd for some time.