Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-03


sconomise first in what they consider
the luxuries, and We are sorry to saY
lat in thi. section of the state paint is
considered to be lux ury, instead OF
being regarded is it should be as a ne
csssity. and on wooden buildings All alb
solute economy. We are not generally
in favor of Lull-dozing nybOdv, but il we
could discover some way To- cocrce every
property owner in Lexington to paint
his house or hnGsss, fences &c we
should be tempted to Try it. There is
no wuv that we can conceive of that
little money could be so well spent. J.
would bcautitv our little city. advertise
it As :; clean pretty place, attract instead
Of repeI people who live equi-distant
between ,hi, place and other towns
taste,Illv done il would cultivate the |
ast,let,c in our children, and III many |
WAYS it -.,:.li return II hundred fold |
for the OUTLAY There is not II mean
building on Main street between
Laurel and Cedar, and still there Is
scarcey Y one that presents decent ap-
pcai ance merely hecanse they have be-
come dingy and dirty from lack OF paint.
A great mistake mad. by most persons
in painting is the use ot cheap pigments
and CLAWS, instead OF the best colors and
lead which are much more beautiful and
lasting nI con: ..enl.y "hea ner. We
should Ia. g., -. n the IA usas;. am
street wit h. .I have ncn-
l,ioned pain. say verm!ilion
lred with white, : cen shutters. white
c,ls and frames, and some pretty. soft
colo. Tor the cpruices. and store fronts
grain'd Besides presenting to all WIS.,
itors auni9ue and striking appearance,
the p!.n would enable the property
owners. by purchasing the materials
. at whoIe'ale, and giving the mo
+ chanics q steady job. to do the
work very cneaply. The objection that
there would be too much sameness
about it, we 10 not think will hold good,
: As the difference III the architecture OF
r the buildings would present sufficient
. variety TO the eve: and as il would only
be paint, and not permanent, il te"
years individual taste might again as
y sart itself. But We believe that il II
v wee once tried, the property owner.
= woIId DO 50 much pleased with the eli
:. fec, and with the economy, that they
q wou!d, every few years. renew the I'M
. WHAT we have suggested for the most i'm
4 pOrtant business part Of the city. NIGH
also be done on other streets aud cIOcks
. There is no likelihood that any OF thu
property owners will trouble thenlse!vs
= m tch about carving out this idea, bu
if some of the mechanics We're to TAX
hold of it in earnest. it might be doue
), To do this, they should figure up III
area of surface. amount OF material nee
e>Sarv reckoMed Al " holesale rates, an
i be able L. tell each householder jus
n what the Job would cost him. In con
h necton with the subject Of paint we ma
be allowed to say 10 our country cousin
"a that nothing adds 80 much to the chac
q ful appearance OF = farm as nicely pain
., ed buildings, and that nothing ten,
% more to render a landscape gloomy tina
lot of dingy, unpalnted farmhouse
scattered here and there. with the Il
of belonging to a transient population
, who care nothing about the neatness {
> good looks OF their places. We kno
' that times have been exceedingly hal
y IN LAFAYETTE county from various cause
aa,l that that accounts to a great exte
fOrthe neglect 10 paint ;nut As business
" beginning to improve, lands becomin
once more saleabie at good prices, Al
" confidence beginning to establish itse
:. we hope to See our people evorywne
''I taking an interest in beautliying a.
, adoruing their homes.
m In the manufacture OF beer. Lc1ingt
ert has All establishment which is IA fu
elk equipped as any in the state. In DC
IAN Der, 1870. Mr.. Ernest Hoffman came
his Lexington, and proposed to embark
lies the business of brewing; but was son
what discouraged by the repeated f;
ures which had been made. aud the +
that there seemed to be Il disposition
ieu the part of eer-drinkers to favor
I's' Louis beer over any that could be ms
'es' here But feeling confidence in his a
'he itv to make as good beer as any ot
'rs' brewer, having learned his trade III
ell part of Germany where none but f
Ad'- class article will at all pass mus er, .
ana encouraged by citizens and the press
ior rented the old brewery of Messrs. {
anu ter 4 Davidson, and began operate
''AS 1t was not long until he had orercc
'a's ali preiuGlccs, and convinced the ct
n" munty thai he could, even with poor
'"ce ciitos. make rs good beer as could
DC imported from abroad, and gradually
ana beer came 10 be generally used by
ne" bars and citizens of Lexington. Not
neo' isfied with the brewery in which he
ley working. Mr.. Hoffman, last July, c
lder menced the building OF new brew
OF on the south side of Franklin betw
l''"- Cedar and Poplar streets. Here he
men constructed brewery with every II
mar" ern Improvement, and one IN winch
leFe: good beer can he made rs can be
iat" duced anywhere The building tr
ton. 81 feet on the street. and is two ste
Joe hiyh AT the front. II is 60 leet III d'
oIer' at the west end .anda few feet less al
lthef east end. The cellars are - feet {
UGH from the pavement; the second Ct
. w heiuc AS favorable in all its cOndlt
lard' for keeping beer cool during the sum
'lb!e, months As could be desired. Above
wag, two cooling cellars is the ice-house
etch- which is stored about i5u tons of
laha sufficient for all cooling purposes.
ou@h the eas. end of tho building, ON the J.
u'Id- ment I'oUr, Is the malt-room, in W
1870, the barley is first wetted down
haoe swellcd. after which operation 1t IS II
put ed through scuttle to the top OF
hSc" building to the kiln. This is So
rally room with brick walls. the floor OF w