Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-16
SAM IN ST. LOUIS.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-Wit about
thirty other Lexingtonians 1 left home,
last Monday night. for visit to this
place. The train was pretty we'll filled
when it started, and after it lett Sedalla
it was uncomtortably so, a great many
persons being obliged to stand up. Be-
fore it got here it was hardly possible to
get Standing room, and this fact caused
me to remark to Dave Smith, with whom
l occupied a seat. that cars arc unlike
omnibuses, for in the latter vehicles
there is s'always room for one more"
saw no one at the depot here whom
knew, but 1 hadn't gone great way
until ran across a whole host OF Lex-
ingtonlans. some Of them living here,
and others attending the fair. also
saw persons. from nearly every point in
Lafayette county, so l dldp't feel as lone
some as did in Chicago last August.
don't think this place will begin to
compare with Chicago, the streets Of
that city being much wider and cleaner,
| and the business houses, as rule, are
much handsomer. There are some ele'
giant establishments here. however. and
think that the "Famous' clothing
house leads them all. Beside fountains
surrounded by flowers and plants. mock
ing and canary birds hang in diheren
parts of the store, and the sweet warb
lings OF these songsters, with the per
fume OF the flowers and the spray of tn
fountain, renders q visit to this plac
very pleasant. VIM. Barr's establish
ment is very handsome one, as is ais
that of Scruggs. Vandervoort & Barney
aud no one passes either OF them withou
at least glancing in the show-window!
The most general theme of converse
ton for day or two before and after il
was the Yelled Prophets procession
l Occupying one OF the large windows o
the second floor OF A. Frank & Som
! wholesale house, corner of Fifth stree
= and Washington avenue. with a coup
y OF Lafayettites at my lett and charm
:, ing young miss from Waterloo, 1lllnoi
at my right, had an excellent view
it. Some portions OF it were very fin
u but others were not so good taken as
whole. the poorer parts preponderate
and it was tar below what had been g
pected, the general verdict being tn
y the parades of last year and the ye
~ before were much finer than this on
The streets were densely crowded, al
j" here and there could be seen stree
~ car, completely hemmed in by mass
= humanity. Every few minutes the d
- yer would yell "get up" and the GRO,
~ would as often cry ''whoa," and "who
it was. Mounted police, with dra,
= swords, could scare make room tor I
~ ~ procession along portions OF Washir
m ton avenue.
n The rays of the electric light VI
nj thrownon the procession from the roo
~ Samuel G. Davis building. and were
ke Elected on houses blocks away, and {
&c could easily have recognized frien
tn block distant. This light, with
torches, made everything so plain t
er- any one having a good point of obser
IA ton could see to his entire satisfacti
10: ~. even though he might have been seve
NV hundred yards away.
III. Tuesday and Wednesday l got o
ell, as much of the city as possible. and
es' where would. I'd meet an acqaintal
~, Thursday went to the fair, and sue
~ jam. 1t was almost an impossib Hit
ave walk along the promenade, tor it wa
U ! densely crowded that person was
cry cry most compelled to stand still; and,
you erybody standing still. of course
alls body could get by.
N. Why 1t is do not know, but the
,n,, dies always seem more partial to u
od keys than any other member of the
imal ingdom-except msn-and