Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-21
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SHORTS.
Oysters Ire ripe.

Oysters are ripe.
Chills are still prevalent.
Business still continues lively.
Eight pounds A sugar for 81, at Dunkel's-
Be sure and vote at the primary election
to-day,
Prairie chickens nave commenced flying
over town.
Mrs. Ada Ramsey. nee Miss Ada Long, i.
.shome'' on a visit.
Davis & Allstsdt Will sell you mems boots.
all sizes. for So per pair. sepSO-3m
For rent-a desirable residence on Mali
street. Apply to Jno. ID. New. ocl4-tf
Bacon Montgomery and s.Mug' now dc
the localizing of the SedaIia Democrat.
Miss Mary Stramcke returned home last
week from her long visit TO friends in Ten.
nessee.
Turn out and hear Hon. Jonn S. PhelI {
and Jackson L.. Smith, at the courthouse, Oh
Monday.
n YOU want a Piano, Organ or Singer
Sewing Machine. write to VIM. Bird. Lex
inqton. Mo nov20-tf
Miss Dixie Hutchins is suffering from q
severe case of poisoning from contact with
poison oak.
Isaac Summers is making extensive adj
ditions and improvements to his residence
on Lafayette street.
Wanted-Butter, eggs, chickens, hides. pelts,
tsllow, beeswsx, dried fruits and all kinds OF
country produce, by A. A. & J. O.Lesueur.
McCsusland & Bedford have reduced the
price Of their celebrated Keeps Shirt.
Every well dressed man wears them. 16stf
Davis & Allstadt are sailing hand-pegged boots
Tor % 50 per pair-the cheapest boots ever offer
ed for the money. Opposite the courthouse.
sep3O-sm
Mrs. DR.. Fox, accompanied by her son
and daughter, left for San Francisco, Cali
fornia, last Wednesday, where they will In
the future reside.
Davis & Allstadt will sell you a handmade
boot, throughout. for IS, and warrant every
pair. If they do not prove good, come ana gel
another pair. free of charge. sepSo-sm
Davis & Allstadt have the most complete stock
of boots. shoes and hats ever brought to this
market. Give them a call land save your money
for they ,ciH not be undersold. sepSO-sm
let others talk and blow as they WILL.
Davis & Allstadt will remain here still;
And, as for being undersold, there is no such
word for them; they have goods at YOU own
prices. sepSo.anh
People want to know why Davis & Allstaat
sell boots, shoes and hats cheaper than any other
house. By buying for cash, of manufacturers
and discounting their bills. sep3o-sm
Thos. Austin, living on the Shannon FARM
this county, lately bought Of MIR. Hanna q
cotswool buck seven months old, for which
he paid $25 90. Bis wool was ten inches
in length.
We understand that there are tive cand1-
dates for the office OF constable Of Dover
township, and that they are having q lively
time of it. They will all speak at the blut
the first Saturday after the election.
John T. McGrew, now Of Prairie City,
Iowa, arrived here last Sunday morning up
on q visit to his friends and relatives. He
is looking unusually well, and living among
the Yankees seems to agree with him.
MIR. McDemuth, formerly OF this city,
made q Hayes speech in Sedslia o few days
ago. His home papers, noticing the speech,
say that Mac .scould not get up another
crowd even if he would give every man q
chromo." We feel sorry for Mac, as he was
recently a young man of some promise.
The young ladies of the Baptist Female
College will give the first of their musical
soirles for the season on Friday evening,
October 9th, in the College Chapel. Ad'
mittance 25 cents, the proceeds to be de-
voted to the increase and improvement OF
the College library.
Col. DeGoat, from Lexington. gathered
few of the faithful together Wednesday
night in the City Hall, held up the bloody
shirt to their admiring gaze, tore off one Of
its tails, wiped his perspiring face with it.
and sank exhausted in the arms of his bot
tie holder.-[Brunsw1cker.
Our old friend Jimmie Norfolk, has re-
turned from his long visit to Virginia, and
his smiling c%ountenancs received q hearty
welcome from his old friends and neighbors
The ducks, geese, quail and other game
will not rejoice with US, for he always die
Stay them without mercy.
We call the especial attention Of Lafayette
county democrats, to the extracts from 9th
err papers, published OH the outside of to
days paper and headed ''How it Looks Il
Others"
so Wad some power the giftie gle US,
To see oursels AS ithers see us
1t wad frae monte . blunder free US
And foolish notion"
There is q good crop Of persimmons thi
year /; speaking of persimmons reminds u
of an old war anecdote that will bear re.
publishing. On one Of Stonewall Jackson
raids. when his "ioot cavalry" were Eettin!
over FORTY miles 3 day, and living on psrche.
corn, the General noticed one day q stray
gler up a perslmmon tree filling himself
my man" said old Stonewall, "those per
simmons are perfectly green, and unfit 70
eating" 81 know it General" answere,
the man. "but the fact is, we are getting 81
d-n little to eat that 1 am trying to con
tract my stomach, so as to suit my rat:ons.
Some twenty-six years ago the force o
necessity and Inability to meet the demand
OF his creditors, caused the surrender by tn
late Judge Rylsnd to them of all his prep
erty. That property consisted in part o
some valuable slaves. Among them was
little boy about six years old named Wi
liam, who was sold, and from that day I
this no word had ever been heard from him
His mother NJ ,tIlda Richardson, now Twin
near AuIlvllle, this county. will be glad t
know that this long lost son Is still alive
and has written a letter to her which is no,
in the hands OF Xenophon Ryland OF thi
place. In infancy they played together, an
we have no doubt that the news thai rhi
little boy was still alive was as gladly re
ceived by him as 1t will De by the boys moth
er. Nothing but stern necessity could eve
have made Judge Ryland part with hi
slaves. The great wonder is that this boy
now grown to be a man, was ever able t
find his mother. The information leadln
to this result was communicated to him i
Bonham. Texas, through our late fello,
townsman John Ardinger.
The laiies Of the o. S. Presbyterian
church gave the first, Of series of entel
tainments. at the residence of NJ. S. G
Wentworth, on Thursday night. As tn
night was exceedingly dark, and there wa
every evidence of rain, the attendance wa
not SO large as was expected, but those pre-!
ent so thoroughly enjoyed the evening tina
they scarcely thought of the weather. Abou
nine o'clock supper was announced, and th
announcement seemed to be glad tidings t
the little assembly. The supper was exactl
the correct thing for such an occasion, an
the oysters were exceptionally large an
good, and were served in every style to sui
There should have been more than twice tn
number present to do justice to the supper
as ample preparations had been made 70
many more. Those present were Mrs
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