Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-20
OUR KANSAS CITY LETTER.
CITY, Mo, Sept. II, '7G

IOndOn CDu-DN Will lho "oiuS Dooi,
id, distractlug town, farewell" and
in the same words as the great poet
used, I babe adleu to Lexington, some
DAYS ago, as l boarded John Dryers
tram on the Kansas City & Eastern
John Dwyer is as clever a fellow as
ever punched tickets for any railway
company. and though he has been run
ming into your place from here for quite
a while, he Is a comparative stranger TO
YOUR citizens. but is becoming better ac-
suainted, and is daily making friends
for the road for which he works and for
himself, too. John is a good boy, and
by close attention to his work was pro-
msted from craftsmanship to conduc-
torship.
L am unprepared, just now, to tell you
a great deal about the coming exposi-
ton, but it will be equally as attractive
"a those of former years. September
22nd is the first day of the fair-or the
first fair day-one can correctly express
it both ways. l suppose. Among the
principal features are the races. and
quite a number of the '.big' horses of
the country will be here. among them
Sleepy Tom, Matte Hunter and Lucy.
These horses will compete for a purse
of 81. 800 on Thursday, 25th. Chariot
races every afternoon form another one
of the attractive features. Rarus would
have been here, but for Robert Bonner's
purchase of him. and l heard an enthu-
slastic admirer of the horse exclaim,
quite angrily, Hang Bonner. What in
the ID does he want with Rsrus, any
how p
The amusement season, though not
fairly inaugurated. has commenced, and
with some tirst-rate entertainments.
We have had Tony PASTORS minstrels,
and the Flyers Sisters, who gave US
two performances s'Out of Bondage"
and il. NJ. S. Pinafore." We have also
had several fine amateur entertainments,
both musical and literary. Miss Sloan,
who is well known in your city. took
part in one or tive of them. John Dill
Ion will be here soon, in the new COM
edy of THE Next President, or The
Dark Horse" Through some mlsun-
derstanding, the d~atesagiven this place
by the Emma Abbott company have
been cancelled, to the regret of our mu-
sic-lovirg people. Manager Hudson,
of the opera house, at the request of
quite a number of our citizens, is en-
deavoring to make an engagement with
the troupe, with some degree, IL under
stand, of success.
l stated, in a former letter. that the
telephone wires were so thickly cluster
ed in some portions of the city as to
render 1t impossible to count them,
which is true, and new ones are being
put up every day. 1t may seem strange
to some of your readers how yeu can
communicate with any part of the city
connected with the telephone, and l
will try to explain the modus operandi.
which is rs follows: Suppose you are at
your hotel. and you wish to speak to
Hammerslough the clothing man, a few
blocks OFT, why you ''call' the gentle
nan in the office OF the telephone com
pany, and when he responds, you tell
him in return with whom you wish to
speak, and he places the wires in con-
n%ec.ion. A wire runs from here to In
dependence, ten miles distant, and you
can communicate with persons connec-
ted with the office there without any ex-
ertion of your voice, and unless your
business is very important, this method
o! transmitting messages v you the
expense OF a telegram or a trip to the
place.
The bids for the excavation of the
custom house were forwarded to Wash
iagton some time since, each bidder
stating the amount he was to be paid
for doing the work, and the time in
which he could do it. If l remember cor
rectly, the site for this building is on
Ninth and Walnut streets, opposite the
residence of DR.. Ridge, who is related
to the Ridges and Pages in your county.
The Lexlngtonlans here all seem to
be prospecting, and l hope they are.
They speak encouragingly, and seem
quite content, though L feel satisfied
some of them are anxious to return to
''dear Lexington" their pleasant asso-
cations there clinging tenaciously to
them, though they seem 10th to admit
it. However that may be, 1 hope they
will all get rich and be happy, and
through your columns, at their request,
1 send their regards TO their friends in
your city. Yours, SAM.