Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-01-27

soon the busy hum nf industry would
replace in many OF cur quiet localities
the unhealthy stiffness which now pre-
walls. There is one tact which We can
not too strongly impress upon the minds
OF our people, and that is that the in
terests OF the town and county are idrm-
ticai. While it is true that the town
profits more from the country than does
the country from the town, still the town
| IS necessary TO the comfort and welfare.
OF the country. As now the fact that
our population of five thousand enables
us to have many manufacturing enter
prIses which villages cannot have, and
to have classified assUrtmeuts OF uer-
| chandiSe, which villages are not enabled
to do. 80 would the advantages he pro-
portiOnately increased To- the producers
OF the county were the population Ui
Lexington increased. II Lexington CON
tanned ten instead Ui live thousand !n-
| habitants. it would be better riarhe:
for all the surplus butter, eggs. fowls
and the hundred little etceteras which
can he made and saved about i far,u.
and would consume An immense amount
OF the agricultural staples. Ten Iilvu.
sand people eat great deal, and we
want to see that many people honestly
gaining II livelihood within the corpurs-
tion OF Lexington i'll the course OF the
next tive years, and if everybody in
town and in the country, will put their
shoulders to the whce! the consumma-
ton oil this wish. may be attained Be
sides Messrs. Hail, Nicholson ~ Co.
and Mr.. John, Quandt. who do a gen
er,l blacksnithing business IN addition
to manufacturing wagons, there are in
Lexington the following black >mithing
and repairing SHOPS: Those OF Edward
Zeiler. on Laurel street below Main
Edward Kramer, Main street west of
Cole; James Lowry, corner Spring and
Franz lin streets; John 4 MITCHELL.
Laure! between Main ami Franklin
streets; Fritz Hop. =. Clark street, near
Missouri Pacific railroad depot, and
Lewis Smith. colored, whose shop is IN
AN alley between Franklin and Main
streets near Main Cross All I'll, sc
shops are doing a good business i'll =
blacksmithing way, and they generally
report that work and money were rather
easier obtained in 10 than during the
year previous.
TOME STONES AND MONrMESTS.
In this line Lexington boasts of &
manufacturer thoroughly versed in his
trade, in the person Of Mr.. John Goeh-
ner, whose samp!e-room and yard is
situated on the corner OF Franklin and
Laurel streets. Her. may be found NJ
all times the meet of Italian and Amer
lean marble and GRANTEES, purchased by
Mr. q direct from the guarries, Tor cash.
so that he is enabled to turn out work
At as low pri"A- rs any manufacturer III
the country. ~ had an experience
OF twentyrw ;, Is practical mar
BILE worker. and does execute
carving and : IN stone in an az
,istic manner - - giving satisfaction
tn customers. EoHhHor has 81 cou-
siderable am ': capital invested in
his business. is Permanently located in
Lexington WI 'ro he intends TO live
aud die, and h. 'opusc@ in all his trans
actions to cary Ct hiN promises to the
letter. and h. a. 'nutce> as good wort.
and rs fine Iii al as can be procured
anywhere. II shop is AN old institu-
ton of I.eyiug'cE. having been started
many wears AZ hy John Crump, tie
firm name Wa. several times changed
unit, in 1850, NJ. Goehncr bought out
Mes,r>. Fowler Al i Cox Persons with
in any reasonable distance can do nu
better than to give their orders for
monuments or fine dressed stones of ANY
kind to Mr.. Goehner.