Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-14

w%atermelons are so plentiful it is almost l
impossible to hi:e 4 dsrkey 10 do = days I
work. .
The ..courthouse ring has some plain :.
talk on the subject of buying lands al back
tax sales. ,
The feariully low prices il what Is crowd :
I'M, our store every day Will, customers.
Gonkiing& Co. a.
The excursion train on the Branch to-
morrow morning leaves NJ 7:30. Reduced
rates 10 sllpoints.
little son of MIR. John WorthIngton was
thrown from = horse q few days sgo' MS
head striking some machinery. lie was
badly stunned, but no bones were broken.
The pack-tax law Is u very good law Tor
the taxpayer. Ii is q very bad law Tor the
tax-dodger. 1t need Cypress on enc. IL IL
does. II is the fault OF Its administration.
not of Its intent.
Uncle 10. Pages picnic was only moder-
stely misunderstanding like Old lines.
Cause. too much dust, aud too many other
pienIcs. Those who attended enjoyed them
selves thoroughly.
II seems to us that the burden of proof re-
gardlng the charge that the courthouse ring
is In collision with anybody 10 make money
out of bsck-tax sales, now devOlves on the
Register newspaper.
MIR. Schaefermeyer wishes to inform the
public that his stock of hardware and cut
Iery is complete, ana he wishes TO sell. and
Il off ring big bargains. See his al. aud be
governed accordingly.
When YOU want to buy anything in the
grocery line, do not fail to give. Bleeding Il
Clagett a call. for they have the largest
stock in the county, and pride themselves on
being the close price merchants OF the
county.
We have received a copy of Messrs. Geo.
P. Rowell Il Co IS newspaper directory for
1880. 1t is a large work, more. carefully pre-
pared than ever before, and a credit to Its
!. publishers both in typography and matter.
) 1t Is Invaluable to newspaper men,
The following is the oath to he taken by
: the BIue Hens Chickens :-'.Before you can
be admitted into full fellowship and assigned
an appropriate place In this coop. and space
e on the roost, you are required to take an
I Obligation, one which We have all taken anu
one which, l take pleasure in stating to
you does not In auywise interfere with your
t duty as q good citizen or reputable member
of society, but, ON the contrary, Will slimu-
late YOU to an earnest and commendable
= practice OF ali the virtues that should ever
distinguish a gallant son of the Samest oil
mothers. Are you willing to take such an
obligation? The candidate will answer yes.
Then you will repeat after me: Il (namel DO
soIemnly promise that l Will at all tunes and
under all circumstances do and perform
everything In ms power to defend, sustain
ID and advocate the principles and further the
e. interests and prosperity Of the great demo-
cratic party, so long as l may be a memter
y, of this coop. That l will support the ma
I'd tional, state and local tickets, and that as q
faithful rooster l will not scratch. but
ID promise that l will in company with all the
IL true aud tried, strut proudly to the polls and
deposit my vote?' G. 3. G.. will then say. i
he ak . The candidate.
a remaining in front OF the roosting place OF
the Grand Blu Chief, while the brother
nd ROSTERS extend to him the right wing OF
fellowship. after which the candidate vii
take his place on the roost.
re- The city council has again I allied TO do any
ne thing with the contest case, adJourning, MT
Shewalter says, at y lew minutes after
Try O'Clock, before he could get there, last Tues
as day night. However, this may be the situa
in ton is q disgraceful one to the mayor an
I the council, as well as to Mr.. Turner. 1t !
Ill just this: Mr.. Clagett, q reputable citizen
Ssh denies that MIR. Turner was honestly cleo
est ed, and contests his election. Mr.. Turne
2 has possession Of the ballots and poll book!
ed necessary in evidence; he refuses to obey th
Ore order of the council to produce them. l
in at, IL Snia Na,ooou ond tho anthnrify
4 the council OF which be is an officer, thu
ter thwarting the ends of justice. The cour:
son of the may or and council, excepting pr
of badly Messrs. McCausland, Davis al
Williams, leaves the impression, either th
the they are In collision with Mr.. Tnrner
,ver that they are afraid of him. lp the case
rice the mayor. he having been elected by on
= 81 majority, and the attorneys for Mr.. Ola
mt EFT claiming that there were more than IL
hey number of illegal votes cast for the repub
tied can ticket, the inference Is Irresistible, II
% lie fears to haps the 6ulots examined on his o
und account. 1t is absurd to believe that if
take was in earnest he could not force the p
re- duction OF the ballots. There is somethi
more IN this matter than the possession o
nths contemplate little Office. 1t is a question
bout the purity Of the ballot, which should
own INDICATED at all hazards and at any cost. A
man who stands in the way of such a C
oun- Summation is unit to be q public servant
rag any capacity. The whole thing is a sha
els is and q scandal to the city, and makes of
bove elections a sham and a farce.
The Lexington, KY, Gazette. of Aug
Iouth It'll, contains the following well writ
stock article on hemp :-"Our farmers are r
lollsr engaged in cutting one of the largest
:. r. best crops of hemp ever grown in kentuc
,42 and some of them are nervous in regart
Gar the price it Will command, and rather
, was patient to make sales for future dellv'
biIier We think the staple will omman a p
lefeat that will pay them well for its product
One thousand tons OF Kentucky hemp tV
" re-. was used the past season for binding sr
If the aud twine-bindlrg was simply all ext
hat II ment, and few manufacturers OF reapers
lected adopted the twine.btndlng attachmen
their machines. Twine-binding is no
nclud- demonstrated fact, and all the prin'
town. manufacturers Of reapers are preparing
whose its use, and one large Irvine manufsct
Noses. at Troy, N. Y, has made large engasen
Tor vine based upon hemp at 81 per
,narch1 pounds. Il is estimated by those who
cheap good means Of Judging. and who have
| save attention to the subject, that six or s
/ short thousand tons Of twlne Will be required
milf wear, and Irvine machinery Is being i
with a duced into several factories that heret
ey are have made no Irvine for this purpose.
rocery Frankfort Mill, which was built on
l.. Give pose to make hemp-wnrp for carpet n
m22 featuring. has introduced twine machi
with q Large contracts for Irvine have been ma
icy are l6 cents per pound, and this will justlf
grocery manufacturer in paying seven dollal
prices. hemp and leave him a good margin OF
ed. Even If all the hemp raised this year
town. required for the next years twine-biI
yet the increase in the number OF mat
. OF the another year will draw on our hsmI
b apple ducers to their fullest capacity. There
d with vegetable product equal to Kentucky
for Irvine purposes. The Troy Irvine
IT Office facturers say that it is better than Il
own on hemp, and that they had rather have
grown, the same price. Ii we base a calculat
Il to the what will be the increase OF Irvine con
,duction tion, and what 1t will be next yeaI
:. what 1t was this. some six or seven lit