Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-01

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well supplied with '.face.'' usually putting on
to others what is intended for themselves. We
account for your case in your tender age, as you
say you are a youth to fortune and to lame I'M
known, but do not be discouraged; old father
Time Will give you the one thing needed. You
deny being an ''old bachelor. - but Rcknowl-
edge to being ''soft." "An honest confession
Is good for the soul. another very strangs
thing to be found In gentlemen Of your vocation.
Indeed you tw' seem to be good ''boys,'' and
deserve much credit for your Efforts in behalf OF
others. 1t shows spirit and ''get up'' II
you are young, and we admire that in You when
there are so many older that remained silent. In
conclusion we wi.lsay, ''press onward and up
ward;'' adhere strictly to your quotation, be-
fore referred to, ind we,wi expect two OF ''our
boys" at least, o be an honor and credit to Us.
The Wellington ''boys' begin their article
by making an apology and explaining why they
were so presunptuous In replying when not
addressed. by aying call boys aud girls Dug hit
to be interested in the subject OF economy
that ''Lexingbn was not the only place In the
county where t was possible for extravaganza
to be practicei in that particular" Well, as
I'm that particular meant ''carriage hire,n I
say that it lets Wellington out of this SUBJ
Ject. No on, would ever suppose the ''glrls'' to
be so unreasonable as to expect young men to
convey then to entertainments in a carriage,
when there we're none to be had In the town.
| When they would have to procure from Lexing-
ton Qhi5 bing the nearest point such a con-
venience, I hardly think their pocket books
would bcamany such demands. WHY he should
have been o uneasy, l cannot conjecture, I'M
less he Is one of the wise young men, who
looks a loni ways In the future, and wants to
let the girl know what they might expect from
him, if the ever should have any carriages to
hire, or thatres to attend. They 20 on to say,
''they hav, gone over the subject matter thus
far to shov where the principle ''girls'' adve-
cate. VIII cad her." They need not be so aux
ieus to pont out any palmer. where We ''lead."
and how they have followed. We are Just
where we intended from the first to get-and
where welntended to have them-to acknowl-
edge the goodness and usefulness OF woman
(the kline We are defending. They even 60
much further than we expected; they not only
give it astheIr opinion, but refer to. and quote
from twoOHter wise men. We never claimed
perfection" for her, but no does. We are
very glat they refer to the Bible, as that Is our
best fr1eld. We are willing to have our &C.
tons, motives and endeavors judged by its
holy pages, in comparison with mans.
Nc she with trait rous kiss her Saviour stung;
MOI she uenleO ain VILE unuOly LOnRues
She, wien apostles shrunk, could dangers brave,
Last at the cross, first at the Xrave.'
five have been so absorbed in the denun-
clauon OF the insigniisance of ''boys'' of little
villages that we have not heard the engines Of
the c. & A. L. K. sounding the requiem OF the
departing glory of Lexington" there are many
just like US; in being 30 busy attending to our
own affairs, we failed to hear anything Of the
sort. You are the only person lean find that ever
heard the sound, and 1 fancy your intellectual
faculties are somewhat diseased, or you would
never have imagined anything SO ridiculous.
But there are many new theories and doctrines
advanced at the present era of our existence, by
fanatic ii illusionistS. We are not at all sur
prised ut anything you may 10, sr 81 any idea
YOU may adyana.. as-we told you at first all our
faculties for such feeling we're called into play
when you introduced yourself. We have ceased
to wonder at anything that may hail from Well
%lington.
This young man goes on: "He has ust as
much right to speak on this subject as the young
lady who has not had q vehicle of any de scrip
lion to call for her this season." 1 never said
anything of the kind. just see what inagIna-
ton will lead a man TO do! l do not say he mis-
represented, wilfully, what We said. but he
went u little too far. He must not, in future,
give such full sway to his inventive powers; it
might lead him into trouble. If had been as
he stated. still we would come in with the girls
addressed. We live in Lexington, and the ed
Itor SAID very plainly those were the ones to
whom he had reference. SO all that char
rangue OF impudence does not apply with equal
force to u.s., - as we were spoken to, and every
polite question deserves an answer. Moreover,
that part of our article was not addressed to
you. We answered ''our boys'' In connection
with the subject under discussiou-in regard to
''extravagance in hiring vehicles"-when they
accused us of having ''more sleigh-ridss than
any other girl in town." No doubt they under
stood what we meant, if you did not, and 1t
doesn't make any difference to us II you didn't,
any further than to let you know you were med
dling again. Surely you can't have much to oc-
cupy your valu ible time; but there Is. always
some ''good with every evil, ''some ''sweet with
every bitter" if We would only search for 1t.
l have found it in this case. While you are In
terfering With our affairs. your neigtbors are
having a rest, and no doubt enjoy it immensely,
and 1, is amusing to Us down here.
You seem to be a kind of secoud-rate caterer
to the minds of the fun loving public. You
furnish, once every other week, a free enter
talument,' - and. although you accuse us OF not
enjoying such things, we assure you we "do''
the ''Wellington show" You say you arc not
''dery," and have IL Friendship for us, but
not of the ~''tafy'' kind. We never thought
you ''hery;'' have seen nothing to indicate such
IA trait in your character you have no place for
any thing so praisworthy. We told you, In our
lirst article 20 you. what we thought you were
mostly composed of, so you can refer to that, If
you have forgotten. For your 'frIendship,p
1--WE don't much like the word } I cannot place
It. Isometimes think we had better omit that
gord from our language. 1t has been SO ire-
luently misused. Our estimation of your quail
If cation for friendship is SO detrimental to
you, we very respectfully decline, with many
thanks, your kind overtures. You object
to our use of the quotation Flight your enemy
with his own weapons" but you seem quite
fond of Solomon, SO We will use one of his pro-
verbs, which no doubt will suit you better:
"Answer a fool according to his folly. lest he
be wise In his own conceit." That is W hat we
tried to do. Now you ha We q queer way OF
expressing yourself; you used ''roll up your
sleeves and put your hands in dough- ect., to
represent tine commonest form of domestic
labor" Why did you not say cooking or house
| work, and be done There is nothing degrading
, OF debssing in that, and no woman need be q
| slave or drudge If she does perform her own
household duties, If said duties are within reA-
son. But the way you expressed yourself one
would suppose you wanted a person to spend
the most. if not all her time, linking bread.''
There would be no use mixing three times 9
day." If not Intended to be served hot; In con-
sequence there will follow a making Of fire,
and other little things that would consume much
time that might be more probably employed
Then hot bread SO often Is very unwholesome.
We We're "a little startled to know your desire
lor 1t 50 often, but not 1t all to hear you advo-
oEte 1t for ihe.other boys. l understand plainiy
it might benefit you financially. The bible says
'All the labor of man is for his mouth, and ye
his appetite is not hlled.' l think this must b.
the condition OF this Mann, although he il
trying 10 get out of it, but it is too plain. fol
could not have said anything better or more to
tile point In favor of our argument. than thu
words of Hon. George G. Vest. OF course i
was nice. He generally says nice things. ant
the truth, too. If all our offices were filled will
men OF such sound and pure principles al
these. we would be taking quite a decided stel
toward reform. We are very well satisfied with
Senator Vests opinion OF us.
Now about the other wise man no one wouls
galnsay HIS wisdom and knowledge. ''Ther,
was no one before, and will be no one after, 81
wise AS he." q know this is not encouraging
to the Wellington gentleman, but the bible say
SOL Solomon certainly has the best right Il
express his opinion of woman. as I know Of NJ