Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-15

others We're Dought tOr u Genus.
Hog buyers have been anxious for them
at q cents this week but most all have been
sold. . - =. 49, rr.-.s- PHIL.
-L WELLINGTON.
EPHEMERIs FoR 1876.
The following characteristic which some
might wish to remember will mark the pres
ent year:
Leap year; February 80 days. Dominica
Letters, b. A.. Easter Sunday, April 10th.
St. Valentines day comes on Monday. The
Fourth OF July comes on Tuesday. Christ
mas comes on Monday. January, April,
July, October and December have five Sum-
days. December will have two full moons.
Venus will be evening star till July 18th,
then morning star to the end of the year.
A visible eclipse of both sun and the moon.
Held now by astronomers as q great boon.
The first of the moon. March 9, begins here
at IL O'Clock and % minutes A. NJ, and
lasting two hours. OF the sun, March 25th,
commencing at 9 O'clock, 81 minutes p. NJ,
and lasting nearly two hours.
Upon reversing the order and going back
giving our ''patent poetry writing machine"
a few turns it grinds ont the following adj
d;tionals OH the. old year, many fresh In
memory still, some never to be forgotten
here is about the way it was:
Clerical scandal enough to disgust
Every one called to that sacred trust;
Virtues sacrificed on the altar of lust,
The cOnfding the victims of misplaced trust.
weather pr; ple; came in person a Tice
A name we will rhyme by saying it is nice.
Red men mad about he Back Hill lands
The third term talked as a necessary evil,
Which thing is TAKEN as very uncivil.
Changers united all DER the land t.iG=r e
On the platform reform a unit 10 stand
The fashion goddess donned The lovely pinback
With a thing called II cloak a mere little sack
something like that;
Small scrap OF felt mashed in, mashed out, then
fiat, ..i g-.-E -.I' E.a1Trf
Turned up, then down.. set on, pushed back,
The year closed with a meteoric display
lightning the horizon as bright as noon-day,
Weather as warm and balIny as May,
And copiOus rains two nights and a day,
Ihunder,' Lightning, mud, slop. and SO forth,
e%tcetela.
JoTTINGs FROM U WINDOW SILL.
Business stirts out good with the new
year. Eggs 10 cts per doZ butter IL "a 20
cts per pound.
The warm weather has demoraliZed and
considerably depressed the hog market
not much doing since last report.
Willie Price left last week for st. Louis
for the purpose of taking a course in the
Commercial school,. r. i'
A great deal of the soft corn has become
so rotten and musty that cattle refuse to
eat it.
There has been some hog stealing, we
hear, not many miles from this placc-they
are worth stealing now.
Some are fearing they will not get ice this
winter TO put up-,just be patient, We'll have
it yet. . 400 ... .
The wheat Iirlis are looking as green as
lawn in summer hos H--. ada ..
A number of our citizens speak of attend
ing the Centennial. Make good use of il
ladies' and gentlemen you'll never see anoth,
er that's sure. Christmas comes but once
year. hut Centcnniais blu t once in a hundred
years.
Several OF The farmers in the vicinity talk
of going into sheep raising. This, no doubt
would provea paying business if all the dog,
were ti:st killed of.
We understand the school at the Harri
school house challenges any school in thi!
township in a spelling MATCHBOX out nov
for fun. --.- ..., ...e
Big fat hogs still continue to loom up. R
y. l:ltdnail shipped last week 81 hogs, av
300 pounds. Some around here suggest tina
hereafter it would be best to plant corn lat,
or boil soft to feed hogs-maybe the grass
hoprers taught Us something of value afte
all. rs
The 1nerting mentioned in last is still
going on. The congregations most of tn,
time have been large. There has not, up t
present writing. been i breaking Of rank
among the sinners. hut it is hoped the effort
being put forth will be "as seed sown IL
good ground or 'hread cast upon tn,
waters" the good effects may be seen an,
felt hereafter. sag
Work on the Narrow Gauge is now eoin.
on; we understand a corps of hands vii
commence here in about ten days and worl
back to Napoleon.
Wellington Lodge, No. 81, L. 90. F., wa
visited last Saturday by about thirty of tn
members of Orion No. 40 and Guttenbur,
No. 223, lodges of Lexington. The visl
was pleasant and enjoyable all around.
DOVER.
Stock hogs selling = to . cts. and yer,
scarce.
Our granger friend, P. NJ. Lyons, has, IL:
acres of wheat, which looks very fine.
We understand that MIR. Hall, Of yelling
ton, Is feeding three hundred head of cattl
and a large number Of hogs, 4 miles east O
Dover. Ellis.
W. A. Page is winterins a line lot O
young cattle.
Uncle 10. Page has been wearing tn
champion beit-won by having the hcavies
hogs-but he will have to pass it to on
bachelor friend, Virgil billiard, who sold t
j. g. Campbell last week three hogs tina
averaged l04 lbs. at 81 cts. Go for him thi
year, Uncle 10. we are still betting on you
Mr.. l.. W. Wernwag returned from s.
Louis last week with a pocket full of '.l.ir
coin skins and is 10Y ready to pay cash 70
all the corn and hogs in the country.
AT q meeting of the members of Tab
Grange last saturday, an election of officer
for the ensuing year was held, which result,
ed as follows: g.. b. Gordon, NJ: S. Dowr
ing, o.; X. G.. Scott, L.; John Berger, S
Thos. Peticord, \. $; j. NJ, Shelby. Treas.
c. L. Fox. Chaplain; W. A. Page, Sec: I
Meher, G. K; Mrs. Hogan, Ceres; Mis-
Jennie FulkerSon- Pomona. Miss T. Hi