Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-04
WELLINGTON.
Health good at Irsent.


There will be n gand walking match at the
fair grounds in OctOhr.
w. Nj. Corse 4 SG have Just received . full
supply of fall and winter goods.
j.. A. Lockhart, on cnterprising blacksmith,
Is now ready Tor the Winters work.
The young men of his place have organized u
silver cornet band, AMI expect TO do some tall
blowing soon. We wish them success.
DR.. Miller, PRESIDENT OF Central College. at
Lexington, fa'ored rs with one of the best SER
mons we havehad in a long time, last Sunda1.
We hope it vii not be the last.
The contesants in the walking match that
came on, some weeks ago, ut the opera house,
at Lexington send their regards to the judges.
and hope tina they will have an opportunity of
attending aDther match.
At an election held at Wellington lodge No.
81, l. o. o F., the following officers were cleo
ted for III, ensuing term: j.. a. Lockhart, n.
c.; l.. Meers, r.. c.; II. b.. Corse, treasurer;
j. A. Car; secretary.
Our tiGet agent had $3.50 stolen from him
while harding the train at Kansas City, last
Friday avening. He has the sympathy of all,
as that mount is not made every day. We hope
he WILDE more careful in the future.
AS or town has not been represented in your
''couty correspondents" column for some
time Ihave concluded to send you n few of the
news TENS that others may know we still move
and hive a being.
TheneighborhOod news, Grst, Is about this:
Ran ie needed badly.
Noapples Of any consequence.
tanners are now sowing wheat.
Tlr corn crop is the best tor.several years.
Rev. A. A. Moore will preach the first Sunday
in eich month.
Our merchants report Improvement in bust
ness the past month.
pr. Miller, of lexington. preached AN able
seinOG here last Sunday.
One of our citizens had his pocket picked of
$3.50 at the Kansas City far.
There Is some sickness In this vicinity, and
several deaths within the past week or so.
"Blind Benny Thomas left last Wednesday
t0 attend the st. Louis Institution for the Blind.
Dur public school is well filled with scholars,
with e. Il. Ragland and Mrs. f. Emison us
teachers.
Tie grasshoppers mot the reg-legged Rocky
Mountain iellows) have done considerable dam
age here, but have about disappeared.
The Missionary Baptist church, in this place,
is without q pastor just now, Rev. Smith having
given W the charge to relmOye elsewhere.
' NAS aS ah SPi-
demic. We have a walking track, and several
practice daily, and nightly too, expecting to be-
come champions.
The reception given Willis Price and his bride
at the residence of his father. Thomas Price, in
this place last Wednesday evening, was an en-
joyable affair TO all present.
The Old Baptists have just closed their associ-
alton, which was held several days at the War
der church ON the Sni. A large concourse of
people and many preachers were in attendance.
The family of Mr.. William Hufford, who lives
y few miles west of this place, is afflicted ut this
time with a most heart-IcndInga mictron. Mr..
HuhOrd became totally derangcd and u ravina
maniac last week.
The temperance wave has struck our town ut
last in earnest. Mr.. Campbell .lcctHred three
nights here. anu the revival he produced came
near sweeping the entire population. Nearly
everybody signed the pledge ard donncd the roy
al purple badge. 1t is difficult for one to get
enough ''red- sye'' here to "wet his whistler
Tor love or meney-no saloon. sand druggists SO
risidly restricted by law, with a stiff temper
ance breeze prevailing.
Died, In Fairview neighborhood, September
9th, Mary Susan, infant daughter of ". Y. C.
and NJ. j. Campbell, aged one month and thir-
teen days.
'It is well for the child
"As vernal flowers scent the morn,
But wither IN the rising sun,
Thus lovely WAS the infants dawn-
Thus swiftly fled her life away.
''She dicd before her infant soul
Had ever burned with wrong desires
Had ever spurned at heavens control,
Or quenched Its sacred fires.
''She died to sin, she died to care,
But for q moment felt the rod;
Then rising ON the viewless air,
Spread her light wings and scared to God.
1T must be sweet in childhood to give back
The spirit to its Maker, ere the heart
Has gro ~n familiar with the paths of sin,
And sown to garner up its bitter iruits.'