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Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
INTELLIGENCER.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
PACIFIC RAILROAD TIMETABLE.

PACIFIC RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
LEAVE LEXINGTON.
Accommodation for St. Louis and the
East OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5'25A. NJ
Arrive ut st. Louis sos p. NJ.
Express and Mail tor St. Louis, East. 7:l5 r. III.
ARRIVE.
Express and Mail from st. Louis, East
Accommodation from ST. Louis, East ~
Accommodation from st. Louis, East
and South, on Saturday nights. 49,. .lO:l5 M. Z.
CHEN RUSSELL. Agent.
ST. LOUIS. KANSAS CITY AND NORTHERN
r LEAVE LEXINGTON
Trains for Kansas City and West. %. Z OO A 81
Trains Tor st. Louis East and South. OO T. N
Trans for Kansas City West. Z 100 T. Nj
Trains for Richmond. ....................!:OO 90 a NJ
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ARRIVE AT LEXINGTON
Trains from st. Louis and all points East
anu South..-. .................9oO u
From Kansas City and ali points West. $50 a NJ
st. Joe and points North. ;;.;;;;:;n. :oOf
wYANDoTTE, KANSAS CITY AND NoRTIwESTERN
RAILWAY. NARROW GAUGE.
LEAVE LEXINGTON:
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Express Mail. all...................... a:35 z. Nj.
Freight OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9:l5 A. NJ.
ARRIVE AT LEXINGTON:
Express and Mail from Kansas City
and the west. II 0S A. NJ
Passenger Observation-Disclosures. b:5 Or. NJ.
Freight Observation-Disclosures. 900 A. NJ.
CHICAGO & ALTON II, RAT nGGINsyILLE.
GOING WEST.
A. Nj.
~ " mali. .Dl L. NJ.
w ay ffelSnt. .l2:2O p h.
GOING EAST.
I,cHseI E.S IicSS S.'- T. d.
A. 10
way rreIsnt ia:So +. NJ.
Passengers allowed to ride on the 10 30 p. m
Way Freight both ways by procuring tickets
before entering the cars. No other freight will
Carry passengers.
N. B.-Trains are run by Chicago time, 1t
being twenty minutes faster than the Missouri
Pacific time. !. a. FIELD, Agent.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
her LOVERS.

My first. my very first, his name was Will
handsome fellow, fair, with curling hair,
And lovely eyes. have his locket still.
He went 10 Galveston and setie ed there,
At least l heard so. All, dear me-dcar me!
How terribly in love he used 10 be!
The second. Robert Hill, he told his love
The first night that We met. Twas at II ball
A foolish boy. lie carried OF my glove.
We sat out half the dancers IN the hall,
And firted in the most outrageous way.
All me! how mother scOlded all next day.
The third woke up my heart. From night till
morn,
From morn till night again dreamed of him
i treasured up rosebud he had wOr,;
My tears and kisses made his picture dim.
Strange that cannot feel the old, old flame,
When remember Paul-thut was his name.
The fourth and fifth We're brOthers-twins at that
Good fellows, kind, devoted, clever, too.
Twas rather shabby to refuse them flat
Both in one day; hut what else could doe
My heart was still with Paul. and lie had gone
He never cared for mel found that out
Despite the foolish clingiHg of my hope;
few months proved 1t clear beyond doubt
l stceled my heart; l would not pine or NOPE
But masked my yself in gayety aud went
To grace his wedding when the cards We're sent
So those were all my lovers. My husband? Oh
met him down in Florida one fall
Rich, mid,tle-aged and prosy, as you know;
He asked mel accepted; that is all
kind, good soul; he worShps me; but then
| never count HIM in with other men!
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
HIGGINS

A f. ASRURY, Banker, does general
II. banking business. Special attention paid
to collections throughout the county, and the
ayment Of taxes. mchl-yl
n W. SMITH, dealer in Lumber and Building
u. Material, Is prepared to furnish Lumber Of
ali kinds rs cheap as be had of any firm in
the county. Any information gladly given when
aDDiicd for. mChl-yl
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

A German engineer has discovered on
the site OF ancient Pegamos, now Ber-
CANA, IN Asiatic Turkey, over two hun
dred statues and pieces of sculpture.
belonging to the best period of Greek
art. These works are mainly from a
temple to Athena, on the site of the
Acropohs. They include the altar. a
colossal LAGOON. fignres of Eros, of
many Roman ladies, Of satyrs and trit-
ons. together with highly ornamental
trieze and base of a pedestal. supporting
a statue of Zeus. and adorned with rop-
resentations of the deities of the ele-
ments.
A select committee has been ordered
in the lower house, at Washington, to
which all bills or resolutions pertaining
to. an interoceanic canal shall be.referred
This is matter grave import to the
commerce of the country, and we hope
that the democrats in congress will see
that 1t is not pushed aside by politica
questions. We know OF no way tha
the democratic majority can so we'll pop
ularlze itself as by careful attention tt
the material interests Of the country
Economy in expenditure; the cutting of
of all useless offices; relief from the op
pressions of the tariff; reciprocal tarif
provisions with France, Brazil, Spair
and other countries with which we hav'
la1g commercial relations; encouraging
the digging of canals across Florida ant
Nicaragua to shorten ocean voyage!
from our Atlantic TO our Pacific ports
the Improvement of our western rivers
and southern harbors; these are ques
tions which the people are now anxious
shall be attended to.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
' n.mr.au1N f. sHEwALTER,

A TToRNEYS AT LAW, Lexington, Mo; WI
"A practice in all the courts OF the siNln 5Mul
attention. Myen to collections Once III
ssInteilircncer Building,' front room.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
WHIIAM YOUNG,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Lexington, Missouri. /.
"A will practice his profession IN an o, u, n,
courts of LAFAYETTE county and the courts oi
Record in the state. Office opposite the ceurt
house. All business promptly attended To-.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
!, nu,npr JNo. f. BURDEN,
Z Nntury PubliC
RuRDEN g. SON,

a TraRNEYsS & COUNSELLORS ATLAW,
a Lexington, No. Office front room over T.
ii. Royle,s book store in kriehn's new ouiioing, a
opposite the Courthouse. VIII practice IN !ne
State and Federal courts. Prompt attention
given to the co!lectiono Of claims anil Probate
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
Il e EJOICE
SIGHT

fTNHE public, Which has been warned long
i enough against the destructive use of rrnpcr-
feet glasses, from which many diseases of the
EYE originate, Will now have an opportunity to
find protection by th'. use OF the most iniallIblc
and brilliant Alaska Crysta: Continuation spec
tac.es. AMI Patent Spring Eye-tii:isses winch
III" celebrated Dr- StrIsslnan, the great i.urO.e-
an oitIcl.i, introduced while here and Tor which
| am the sole agent 1T this place. GLASSES for
near-sishiedncss and Cataract adjusteI; also
glasses ground IN old frames 10 order.
c. G. LUDWIGS,
ieb2j Jeweler and OpticIan.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Lexington, ~. E
y n Will practice in all the courts OF L:ii''s ..e
and adjoining counties Promr; af'entlcn t+f''' ,
" No..ds II .,ora iebl.ti
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27
WELFARE. WILSON.
JOHN s. BLACKWELL,

A TTORNEY a. LAW, Notary Public anu
n Justice OF tue Peace, Lexington, Missouri
once over Davis s. Allstadt's boot aud shoe
.sSS uoyl5-iy
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-27

CURGEON DENTIST, office opposite r.
- the courthouse, up stairs, LeNing- 65YSS
ton, Missouri. All work done in y aS444o
scientific manner.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28
The PaIeOZOic COckrOach,

To the thoughtful patriot there Ia something
resssuring in the calmness with which, in the
midst Of revolutionary schemes and subversive
political measures, the members of the Nation
al Academy of Scienses sit down in Washing
ton to discuss the psleozoic cockroach. 1t is
not necessary to remind the Intelligent
reader that the paleozoic cockroach has an his
toric character. In fact, his history may be
said to be ancient history. Before the Assyr-
ian empire was founded and before was born the
mythical wolf which sucked the twin builders
of Rome, the paleozoc cockrosch was There 10
something sublime in the thought. And when
the neat housewife whs reads these lines shall
run to crush with her deadly slipper the So
called Croton bug, let her pause and consider
that the ancestry of this unobtrus've insect an
tedates by several cons that of the more or less
obscure ancestry of the arstocracy of New
York. In which of the three geologic periods
did the paleozMc cockroach f,urish? Was he
companion of the festive pterod sctyl aud the
now unhappily extlnct plesiosaurus? Was
be coevsl with the trilobite, aud familiar with
the megatherium and the oviparous notornis?
Did the pal-tzoic cockroach eluds the tread Of
the heavy-footed paleotheriuD, or did he gaze
from f1s secure retreat upon the wild antics OF
the aly ptodon and the amatory embraces of the
cephalssp@a? Had the p.leozo cockrosch .
local bsbitAton aud q name? What were his
bopesY bis ambitions? his aims? his mission?
aud what his aesthetic and peculiar view of life
as life existed IN the carbon,ferous or Silurian
period? These are momentous questions Aud
Whether the Democratic majority in Congress
shall or shall not prove revolutionary, it con-
Germs us deeply to koow just what were the
motives, the career and the environ.
ment of the psleozoic cockro4ch For a
time then, hnsh-d oe tue clamor Of the stock
market and let the sbrll importu mites of Den.
nis Kesrney. and the strdulous eloquence Of
Daniel W.bster VOORHEES,, otherwise known
@ as the Tall Sycamore OF the Wabash, be still.
The history of the palet tzolc cockrosch en-
cages public attention N. Y. Times.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28
The Careless Shot.

This person is q very uncomfortable neigh
bor His eccentricities are quite as dangerous
as the mistakes of the inexperienced; but they
proceed from another cause-want of care.
This is the man who pulls his gun through a
hedge on full-cock, with the muzsle toward
himself, or pushes it through with the mnzzle
toward his friends. He hsbitually forgets or
omts to draw his cartridges at lunch time, aud
frequently takes his gun loaded into the honSe.
If his gun is pinfire, he takes an opportunity,
when the party is squatting at luucb, as close
AZ coyey in grass-6eld at night, to demon-
strate that be can explode a csrtIidye, without
causing the slightest damsgs, by nammering
the pin with a stone. He never taxes the
trouble to ask or look 10 see where the other
guns are posted. and accordingly rakes them
right merrily when bird comes in their line
He is usually genial, lieht-hearted creature,
aud all the more irrepressible on that account.
If he nearly shoots n man, he takes the first
word and rallies him cheerlly-"Thought had
you there, SIM "You had squ-al for it that
time, Old maui aud so forth while his victim
is speechless with rage and terror. II he is
not within sight you are lett in no doubt as to
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28
The asHev" Fever

Up Woodward aveuus piece is one of those
men who, even if he understands perfectly we'll
an irqury addressed to him, inv ariably replies
"Hey?' and the inquiry must be submitted
again. The world has tens of thousands Of thees
"heys?" but until the other day this Detroiter
was the worst Of all. Along came a stranger
the other evening who might not have known
of this mans eccentricity. Entering the store
he remarked:
81 wapt four pounds of sugar"
'Hey?" replied the other.
81 said l wanted a sausage 'stuffer," con-
tinued the man.
"What-hey?"
II asked if you had pickles in vinegar
cooly replied the stranger.
"aey?"
gallon-of-turpentue," slow
ly replied the stranger
"Bess your soul but don't keep it!' sud-
denly exclaimed the citizen.
Il didn't suppose you did"
"Hey?'
81 said I'd take some liver pills in place of
it."
No doubt the dealer had heard every single
VOID of the conversation, aud he didn't like 1t
very well, either. but habit prevailed and again
he called out, "Hey"
"Calico! calico!" shouted the stranger, "I've
asked you dozen times over II you had any
good, e;sht cent calco"'
"No. sir,-no, sir-1o sirr' was the indig-
nant answer.
"Hey?" called the stranger, his hand to his
ear.
The citizen looked around for the fourpounG
weight, but when he found it there was nothing
to throw at.-Free Press
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28
Cumberland County Organization
REFORM CLUBS
Yarmouth Village, Tuesday & " Wednesday,
APRIL 29th and 3Oih.

Fully realizing the good results arising from our
earnest and abors in this great and good
work in which we are engaged, in rescuipg aud re.
storing to manhood all those who are addicted to
strong drink, and also of making homes and fami-
lies happy which were once sad and unhappy by the
Clubs in the County will be fully represented and
awaken a new impetus in order to make more
progress in furtbering this good cause of Temper
ance The citizens of Yarmouth will give all a
hearty welcome and will cater for all delegates A
cordial invitation is extended TO Clubs throughout
me me State, aso 20 an VINO are. or wish to become
Arrangements have been made with the railroads
for the following rates OF fare for the round trip:
Grand Trunk R. R., one fare.
Portland & Ogdensburg r. R., one fare.
Delegates on the Portland 81 Ogdensburg r. II.
will be furnished with return tickets by the Secre-
tary. WIN. nj. DOW, President.
FRANK W. THAYER, Secretary.
Gray, April 14th, 1879.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

GEN. GARFIELD was interviewed by q
Tribune reporter on Tuesday, and made this
prediction as to the course of the Democratic
majority in Congress: Il think they will in
the end try to avoid the appearance of a
backdown by throwing the whole question
over to the regular session next winter, and
passing joint resolution continuing for six
months pro rata the appropriations made for
the present fiscal year, which would carry the
government along until December 81. We
prepared in advance tor their escape In that
direction, however. Before the last session
expires, drew and Mr.. Foster offered res
olution of that precise purport, and we Of
tered it to the Democrats as a means Of
avoiding the extra session. They contempt
uously rejected it. Now if they introduce il
as loophole through which to crawl out #
the fix they are in, we shall say: "Very well;
we accept that; it is our resolution which You
refused to pass last winter. We are glad to
see that you have come around to our propo-
stion at last, after putting the country to all
the worry and expense of the extra session."
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

SAYS the Milwaukee Sentinel: "The
Democrats may point to Republican prece.
dent for riders to appropriation bills, but they
cannot find precedent for the actual with
holding of supplies from the government
This has never been done. Extreme meth
ods are sometimes warranted by great emer
gencies, but there is no pressing emergency
now. Not man, North or South, has the
fear of the use of troops at the polls in the
South at this time; not man has reason to
doubt that the President would sign bill
for the repeal of the test-oath, steps to modi-
fy which were voluntarily taken by The last
Republican Senate; nobody finds In the Su-
pervisor law features demanding instant re
moval. The whole course OF the Democrats
amounts to simply this-that conditions must
be arranged for Democratic success in the
next election or the government must be
oTerthown; for it is overthrown when it is
rendered incapable ofaetion either by force or
by lack of supplies. 1t is upon this feature
of Congressional action, and not upon the
merits of the Democratic measure, that the
eyes Of the people should be fixed"
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

tionist-he himself has said 1t. But he de-
clares that he would see the "Capitol rot to
its foundation and become the habitat:on of
bats and owls and the ships of our commerce
rot at their wharves before he would yield
iot or title" in the demand for the repeal of
the election laws. Perhaps Mr.. Garland is like
the Oko!ona States, "bribed by the Republi-
can campaign committee"
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

THE Cincinnati Commercial is not compli-
mentary to Voorhees,. 1t says: Poor Mr..
VOORHEES, implored the people, in solemn
written speech, to remember that their liber-
ties were Irodden under foot. He did not
refer to the dsfranchised people Of the
South. He means that the right OF seces .
sion, the perqaisites of fraud and the usu
fruct of murder are not conceded to his party
without row.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

A MEMPHIS correspondent of the Cincn-
natl Commercial writes that he recently
counted on the banks of the Mississippi twen-
ty-four different encampments of colored peo-
pie, with their poor battered aud tattered
household goods stacked up waiting for
boat to give them the transportation they
were capable of paying for. These people
had evidently come from long distance to
the river with barely enough money to pay
their steamboat passage, but the planters had
ordered the Northern bound boats not to stop
for the refugees, and as the whites refused
them the ordinary necessaries of life, even
when pay was offered, they were in immedi-
ate danger of starving,
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

1t is reported that the largest diamond in ths
world has recently been discovered at Parteal,
India Its weight is said to be four hundred
karsts, which is thirty-three karats larger than
the Rsjah of Msttan's celebrated diamond, and
nearly three huudred ksrats larger than the
"Regent" stone, for which the Due dOrleans
paid S65O,00O
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

WHICH of the Democratic orators are we
to believe? Senators VOORHEES, insists that
the country is under a despotism. Senator
Davis declares that things are lovely, and
that peace, order, happiness, and the observ-
ance of law everywhere prevail. Perhaps
Democrats find it easy to believe both state
ments; but other people who have less ac-
commodating minds, may get puzzled.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

A GENTLEMAN from Guido parish, La,
tells New York Times reporter that al
though the exodus in that section has stopped
for the present, it is only because the colored
men wish to gather and dispose Of the COM
ing crop before leaving. He adds that the
negroes are thoroughly demoralized and fear
that the purpose OF the Louisiana Constitu-
tional convention is to subject them to still
greater prosecutions
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28
THE PRESS
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 2s.

We do not read anonymous letters ana communi
cations. The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessary Tor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

The Indianapolis Journal has settled q
point in natural history, and announces that
"Our own Gilbert De La Matyr is the pre-
MUM ass OF the large gray kind"
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Philadelphia Chronicle Herald: "Great heav-
ems" he murrured, as the dealer named the
price, "I don't want . whole rawberry;
only want q small slice off the round"
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

EVERY regulsr attache Of the PRESS is furnishes
with Card certificate couptersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen. Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
ournal,
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Chicago Journal: The exercise of whipping
carpets is recommended for the development of
muscle. Don't let your wife do 1t or she m az
get the start of you in development.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

IT is no longer the Fire Fiend. They call
1t the Ruddy Reveller now. To St. Louis
papers belongs the credit of the phrase.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Waterloo Observer: When q newspaper
says kind word for a man be never knows 1t
but II it handles him a little roughly be fnds
1t out in less than minute.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Binghampton Republican: Girls should re.
member: "Where ignorance is bliss It's folly
to be wives"
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

THE Bangor Commercial has changed its
makeup and looks as pretty as a picture.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

II the Union was worth Hghring for il is
worth paying for.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Cincinnati Saturday Night: Mathe m aticians
must stand one side when the greer-grocer's
clerk takes his pencil from behind his big ear
and proceeds to divide seven by one.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28
Cap and Bells.

Tits the hopeful Binghampton Republican
which rises to remark that the trees will soon
b Q leaving Us In the shade.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

New York World: Riding 10 railroad car:
Husbaod-Are you quite comfortable, dear?
Wife-Yes, love.
Husbsud-Tbo cushions are easy and soft.
ducky?
Wife-Yes, darling.
Husband-You don't feel any jolts, yet?
Wife-No, sweetest.
HnsoaDd-And there Is no draught on my
lamb, is there, angel?
Wife-No, my Ownest own.
Husband-rhen change seats with mel
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

New Orleans Picayuue: jefferson said, eve
seldom repent of having eaten too little" He
never went out TO fish all day without taking
breakfast before starting.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Hawkeye: A man who has Just returned to
Burlington from Washington was fortunate
enough, while there, TO hear a burst Of the "de
risive laughter" to which the American Con-
gress is given. 1t sounded like a copper plated
man sliding down a sbiRgle roof.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Boston Post: Chief Moses addressed the
President, at recent reception, in the Indian
tongue, and the first word of his speech was
CuRtunnequattakkul ullumme wutt pesittuk NETT
slletumqush. Secretary Evsrts retired in an
agony of grief and modification.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

Wheeling Leader: A few days since, the i'm
pnrtsnt information was telegraphsd over the
country that Sam Tllden had walked six miles
o-fore breakfast, and now Grants managers 90
one better, and tell the world of Grant riding
an elephant in India and sticking q couple OF
bears on q hunt. It's going to be hard CAM
paign.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28

New Haven Register: 1t is such little orders
"a this that makes the market mans heart
glad:
N. Fl. April 18th.
Pomona & Co Gents-Sbip half doz prime
'rawo.rries this T. ". Make net rates. Will
remit sight draft on New York or pxe on
London ss you prefer.
Yours, etc, INGor BULLION.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-28
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

TERMS: Eight Dollars Yea. To mail subscribers
Seven Dollars Year il paid iu advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-18

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