Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-31

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The democratic picnic set for Waverly,
September 18th. is postponed until some
time In October.
School rulers. the nobbIest things out.
free with every purchase OF school books at
j. y. Quarles II Cos. au3ltf
The democratic picnic Intended 10 be held
at this place, September 9Th, has been post
poned until October Eth.
Bountiful crops, gooi roads, cheap goods
and a liberal supply of printers ink Will
make trade good this fall.
Every boy in town wants one of our new
school rulers. AMI get one. tree. by buying
MS books OF j. y. puar!es K Co. a3ltf
Mayor John informed Us distinctly that he
was opposed to making the proposed I'M
profeineEt> As they passed the council.
lhe Miami fair has been In progress this
"'Hk. Lafayette county is represented and
has no doubt won lis share of the honors.
MI. Al. johnson, of this city, showed lis,
yesterday the largest peach we have seen
this season, raised In his garden. 1t meas
urr> eleven inches in circumference.
My stock of dry goods is kept well assor-
ted at all seasons, TO suit the wants OF Gus
TONERS. and is always sold at the lowest
bottom prices. FIanncI>. jeans and knitting
in great variety. Il. j. +. ATHENS. a3Itf
After looking all around for cheap stoves.
come and see me and | Will convince you
that | have the largest, best and cheapest
lot OF stoves in the market. Don't fail TO
cali. JIM /EILEK. a3ltf
We visited the Baptist college Yesterday
to SEE what improvcm ents had been made to
accommodate the expected increase of
b~oar!er> this fall. We found workmeu
busy finishing the pltstcring OF i've new
rooms and a hall. one of the new room,
will be used for a music room. the other
four will be bed rooms. They are large,
light and airy, and will nicely accommodate
sixteen young ladies. Several additions
have been made TO the main building, and
some alterations made. but each change has
been made with Il view of future additions,
consequently the building does not present
u patched appearance, A. would otherwise
be the case. The improvement Just made
consists of a Man,ard root over the iinin,
room. making that part OF the building three
stories high. In making this change we see
that other changes are kept in view. so that
il necessary a Mansard roof can he placed
over the main scbool-room. anu by cutting a
door, and taking a few feet Of space from q
large bcd-room, the two upper stories VIII
be united. a. the lower one, now are. We
found the inside OF the building most con- |
'eniently arranged. and We'll adapted 10 the
purposes OF a boarding school. There are
over forty rooms, and all are we'll lighted,
the brd-rcomS being uniformly large. The
~ilning-room Will seat about one hundred
persons. The next Improvement, which
Will probably be demanded text year, Will
be Il Man>ard roof on the school room. This |
VIII give twelve or eighteen splendid rooms,
and Will greatly improve the outside appear
ance ot the whole OuIIding. The new rooms |
viii be finished to-day, aud the house be
put in order for the reception of pupils on
Monday. We are glad TO state that the
prospects are good tor this school to have As
many boardcr u il can accommodate.
Remember, | do not intend TO be under |
sold 10y anyone in the state. Come and get
my prices, and be convinced that | have
the largest, best and cheapest lot OF stoves in
the west. JIM Keller. self
ihe SoHiis men ; democratic picnic, leId
at Lees grove, In Clay township, last Satur-
day, was emtnently successful i'll all pirtlcu-
lars. The committee Of arrangements, con-
sistinS OF Mc>>rs. r. L. Lee. Edgar F.. Mann.
w. III. Wright, l.. \. Fulton and Jessie
"arier, deserve special prai>e for the COM
pletene>> oi the preparations, and the good
order that was preserved. The attendance
wa, very iarse,tnd was cOmpO-edu Of he best
men oi the Vicinity, and the faire-t ladies.
Not an unpleasant incident occurred TO mar
the pleasure Of the occasion. As the picnic
WAS given Tor The express purpose of listen
Ing to political speeches. there wa, no dan
cling or music. y good stand and comrorta-
bic SEATS were provided u lemonade stand
and barrel Of cooi water refreshed the ,hirs-
ty. and the ladies Of the vicinity provided an
abundance of good things to eat, rs LAFAYETTE
county ladies always do at such places. Two
speeches were made before dinner, the first
hiied with humor and good sense, by Cant.
j. D.. Conner. and TIE next by Mr.. W. r..
steele. repIete with important facts and ii.-
ures regarding county finances. An adj
journment was then had for dinner, an! an
honf anu a hall was spent in pleasant social
CONVERSE. AiltF dinner Col. George :. Hath
bun led of in an able and well considered
speech, placing the democratic party fairly
and ~-'iuarely before his aud encc A. the friend
OF the people and the champion OF the work
ing men. He was followed by Mr.. James
a. Boyd, the neutrality-suspicious. can
didat" Tor congress IN this district, who IN
iu!ge for an hour In trui-ms and gIItteIinr
and meaningless gcncrnlities. with an occs-
sInnai mrmorized spread eagle period. The
writer followed him in a review of hi,
speech, and the days oratory was drawn to
a close by an eXcoriation Of Mr.. B0yd's par
ty in this county at the hands of Mr.. John
;. blackwell. Altogether it was pleasant
day, and profitable to the true Political
faith. The young men have the thanks of
the speakers for their kind attentions.
M. j. i. Ahrens' always was. and is Yet.
the place to buy dry goods the cheapest,
notwithstanding all such phrases, commonly
used by competitors, us grand clearance
sale grand reduction In order to close
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