Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-11
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN
LYNNE.

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prosperity promises to visit the central
portion of this county to which 1t has
been for years a stranger. We congrat-
ulats the people of that section upon
their prospects of better prices tor their
produce, and convenience to shipping
points; the almost certain influx OF I'M
which will flow in upon them'
and the consequent enhancement IN the
value of their lands. To profit from the
flow of new people which must natur-
ally follow the completion OF this road
our people must determine beforehand
to treat it in such a way as not to turn it
from US. 1t is not necessary to recon-
mend to Missourians a liberal and cheer
full hospitality. and polite attention to
strangers. as these are inherent Win
them. Every man who m to US
from abroad, to look at our lands or to
engage in any business, should be MADE
to feel, the moment he puts foot upon
Lafayette county soil. that he Is among
friends who desire that he shall stay with
them. While it Is true that lands will
in value because of increased
demand. our people should build on no
hopes of ever again seeing it worth the
prices with prevailed tor o few years
after the war. 1t is true that our lands
may be i%ntrinsloally worth the highest
prices that they have ever commanded.
when compared with others, but OF this
II is hard to convince strangers, and
there is q widespread conviction b a
farming can only pay upon cheap lands.
This is clearly illustrated in the inter-
view with Mr.. Armour which we recent
ly printed. It is the part of wisdom,
therefore, for our land owners to deter
mine to sell at fair and not to ask fancy
prices, the mere doing OF which will
drive immigration by us to cheaper
lands, improvements. &C., of course to be
taken into consideration. The old idea.
too, that large landed possessions are
necessary either to wealth. comfort or
responsibility cannot be too soon explod-
ed. There are very many advantages
in having the country more thickly set
tied, and farms divided up into smaller
tracts. First among these is the fact
that the smaller farm loon becomes as
valuable in dollars and cents as was the
larger one. 1t will. also. owing to more
thorough tillage, produce as much,a 8 it
Is really the labor more than the area
which is represented IN the aggregate
productions OF q farm. Small farms.
tee, make nearer nsighbors. promote
sociability, improve the e of edu'
cation and culture, and add largely. by
bringing country people closer together,
to their comfort and intelligence. Fol-
these and many other reasons we hope
to see a spirit pervade u people next
spring which will make the name OF La
tayette county far and near a synonym
for hospitality and good cheer. and
spread abroad to the world the story 81
our wondrously rich and fertile soil, and
the healfulness. and salubrity Of oul
climate.
In Lexington it is generally under
stood that the hope Tor future prosperity
largely depends on the encouragement
of manufacturing enterprises. We have
the best and cheapest coal in the west,
in inexhaustible quantities. We haye
water in abundance, and varied In chem
ical qualities. We have timber OF all
kinds at our very doors. We have build
ing and other stones in p%reiusion. W.
have the healthiest and most comfortable
small city in the state. Our religious
and educational Institutions rank very
high. The moral atmosphere of tht
place is good, and seems to be improv'
ing. Our shipping facilities to the foul
points Of the compass are excellent. boil
by rail and river. We are the center o
the richest body OF farming land in thi
state and probably in the world; ant
tor customers have. not only an agricul
tural population unsurpassed for intelli
eence and thrift. but a number of pros
porous aud growing young cities beside
In fine there is NO place which coult
offer to the manufacturer who contem
| plates coming west, a better location
| What we now need is an organization
Of the business men OF Lexington tina
| will see to it that these advantages ar
made known in the east. where hundred
of reliable, practical manufacturers MAJ
be found who desire to follow the sta
of empire as it makes its way towaTe
the occident. 1t necessary, and w
think it Is, a reliable man should be sen
east to represent this city there. ant
that right away. Everybody round abou
US is pushing forward for position III
the new order of things as developed b,
additional railroad facilities and tn
changed financial condition of the coun
try, and if We alone stand still we cal
expect nothing but that the tide of bus
mess and wealth will part. like a wav
upon a stubborn rock, and pass by IN q
Their side. The year 1879 holds out to on
grasp such promise as comes but ssldor
in the lifetime of a city. The euestio
is, shall we gather the fruit now, or lie
it forever pass from US? For, opportu
mites neglected now. the fault will b
hard to repair. Let us then one and al
in Lafayette county. in city and country
determine to work together for the CON
mon veal, and make of 1879 a yea
marked for substantial and lasting pre-
gress.
The Fulton Gazette is in favor of hay
ing the idle prisoners IN county jails p,
at some work and made to earn the
living. The Galloway Jail is full. tt
prisoners being able-bodied colored pc
sons. chiefly. who do nothing but Ii,
at the public expense. The Gazet
says: But If criminals could be gait
cred together in large numbers, ST
forty or fifty in one Jail, the cost
i, guarding would not be much great,
than that of guarding our three priso