Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1877-12-15
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
AIIIIYllIE.

L.r,s And James Harrison are feeding over
800 head of cattle.
The farmers have commenced butcherIpS.
Hog. are selling stss cents per pound. sross.
II, S Chadwick has a hne lot of Berkshire
hogs, among the N the Gne, SOW that ever stood
on feet.
The hog cholera has made its appearance in
this section. and IN many neghborhoods they
| are dying iast.
Boon Majors is fscdiag 10 stesrs and 100 hogs.
There are several others who are ieea'hs lots oil
from ~ TO 80 head.
ur,,,v for ..,t Freedom. We are against
| the decision OF the supreme court, AMI don't IN
tend to pay the bonds. Our township Is a unit
| on this question.
John Brown and John Handley are feeding
| about 200 head of good steers. also great many
hogs They have Iost about 81 hogs with what
| Is called hog cholera
Uncle Jack kceps plenty OF b"si on hah"' put
ii il is a little tough it Is nub'dNs business II
Is ten cents pound for the best STEAK. and IL ID
not fat enough to fry Itself al that.
| William Martin iu our city this week.
showing his Gne yearlIng colt. II Is perfectly
made animal; Il beautiful hay. extra laree, lj'.
hands high. weighing .o'o pounds Can any
body beat Mr. Martins cohf
another baby. God bless her and her babies.
| They all look like their mother. bearing the
sam. marks OF intelligence and true devotion to
democratic principles. which principles. II car
r,-d out. will make the United States a healthy.
| wise and prosperous government
aullyill. needs = first class dancing master
| A Frenchman is prefsrred--one that can shuttle.
| And cut the pigeon wing to y snut's eye. We
| also need newspaper. to be puhlish'd u IN thii
city, that will give the people full bearing on
| Nil topics. Your correspondent said. some time
ago. that there were good prospects to have u
| paper published here by ''Old Settler Has
that arranYsm fallen through We hope not.
| What bs. become OF "Oid SETTER?
One Of Lexngton's largest grocery establish
neuts has Missed it. They had chance 10 gel
ono OF The beat business men In Freedom TO-" n
ship. This young man would hsve brought al
least 81 ,ooo or 81 200 ssles per month 10 the
house that they " Ill not get nor cannot get by
employing any other man This young man Is
very popular, and all who know him have the
utmost confidence IN his ints ;rity he IS NUN
Der one saicsnsn. with energy enough to &c
through with any undertaking he puts hi. hands
to- Such business men us he. are hard TO hnd
The Campbellite. have just completed y sui
stantial fence around their meeting house. They
worship an ouiniscient and omnipresent God
Why don't your Lexington preachers worship
such God 2 We believe tod 10 present all III,
. time and even hears the whisperlngs and th'
slghs OF Ali mankind. He knows the number 0
hairs Oh every head; yea. sparrow cannot TAI
10 the ground without His knowl-d2e Ii ma,
be that lie 1ington il hlotted rut OF His presenc'
or knowledge A. WAS Sodom. lfi.e1ingioa hn
no onhiscient ami omnlpreaent God. the city II
in q bad ft You had better move down here
for God IL herr and hears and answers the pray
ers Of HIS children with blessIngs suitable II
their wants.
| A W. snyder. the singing school teacher II
Aullvilic is, without doubt. the most sctentih h
vocalis, III the west. He has y class OF scholar
that have the best OF natural talent Tor music
. and they improving tina: talent rapidly
Your correspondent attended the singing las
, Friday night. and wa- highly delighted with tn
performances of the class and. at times, ~hei
, Prof Snyder put IN hIs bass voice, il came Wit
full musical force. II really reminded me o
the beautiful rolling and pow er of the water owe
the Niagara Falls. His class is now preparing
for a concert. TO he given during the holidays
It will, no doubt, be treat for all that attend
The community may look for something super
excellent that occasion. Lexington will. N
doubt, receive An invitation 10 sttand and tax
part in the said concert.
AulviIle has four orderly saloons. 1t was re
> | ported tha, one of them hsd received very un
quality OF whi-ky, brought on especially for III
Murphy-itcs The report excited three OF lou
| of our oldest and most highly respected cittxe,
TO try this good Murphy whisky for the Murphy
. ties The name of that SALOON, over the door
| is the land OF the free and the home OF II
=, brave" 80 into this land they went, seate
. | themselves around the tshle, and called for L!
| best Murphy whsky, of which they drank seH
erai rounds, and pronounced II the best whsk
| they ever drank, and in IA short time began
feel rich and happy and were in high slee laugh
u | ing and joking each other. But they soou b.
, gan pulling each others whskers, AMI scratch
ing iaces. But not blow was struck. Bot
. tie owner OF the saloon. Commenced sepsI attn
the old gray headed da'is, and sad. Gent,
| men, faith And i-n 1t, you must quit your d.
=, wh:skrr- pulling and scratching OF iaces. \"
will ruin the character vi the land Of the free All
the home OF the brave So they wer" separ:
ted shook hands. took two more drinks, All
t.,rn LETT fOv home, all in good humor with eac
other. Nobody hurt. The ci,y. OF course, t1o
=. no notice of this whisker pulling, because II
seldom that these old iathurs get happy on Mu
r ply whisky. JOSHC A.