Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1880-05-15
"OSIER" AT MALTA BEND.

EDITOR INTELLIG GENCER:-Having been absent
from Dover during the past week. we are unable
to give you any local news. and in lieu thereof
we send you this letter from sister county. 1t
is the custom of your cOmposltors, III their desire
to give the paper tidy appearance, to build up
the county correspondence into Egyptian pyra-
mids, but We here enter a protest against any
such display OF geometrical skill upon this letter.
Indeed we fear if the art of Cheops or Cephrenes
be applied to this article you will find the alti-
tude to be too great for the dimensions of the
base; unless the whole fabric were composed Of
more substantial material.
With this prelude carte blanche to ramble
through this letter without the use of compass
and square IN the measurement Of sentences. We
proceed to tell you that the morning Of the lst
found in Marshall, Saline county, at the
Harwood House, where the most delicious Of
breakfasts awaited us, prepared under the direc-
ton Of Mrs Talbot ,one of Dsver's old residents
If the readers Of the Inteligencer visit Marshall
We advise them to test the truth of our assertion
by stopping at this house.
During cur stay we were honored by Il call
from Mr.. t J. ierby, formerly IN inhabitant
OF Lexington, and for many years one of Lafay-
ette's best citizens. We enjoyed AS much rs
| we appreciated his visit. Had also the pleasure
of u call from his daughter. Miss Lavinia. re-
Gently an inmate of Central College. Lexington.
Marshall has grown wonderfully since the
building of the c. A. road, and is now most
| charming town, Were ull branches OF business
seem prospering. The cosy residences. with
! their ornamented grOun DIS. make a pleasant i'm
preston on the visitor, TO say nothing ot The
social manners OF her people. Nestled away in
the midst of a beautiful cOQLtry, this town asks
the u S. census list TO give her credit for U0U
inhabitants.
From Marshall We took q conveyance and
| came up to Malta Bend. through that magnif-
cent scope of 70 rming country called the plains.
| and as our vision swept oyer natures grand
mosaic work, made up of newly plowed fields
of fields whose delicate enameling Of young corn
varied the monotony OF grey-of waving fields
| of bright green wheat-snd of those whose
| different grasses gave diversity OF shade; all
| toned and blended into one harmonious picture.
set round with lines of wooded hills and slopes,
| and then remember our own grand Lafayette
We Could but reg ret that the immigration society
| of Missouri hal met In a crowded metropolis,
| where the rich splendor of our unsurpas ssed
| agricultural districts could be only spoken OF.
The wheat In Saiiae is rather more advanced
than at home and the land not needing rain 40
| much. Occasionally We hear our farmers ex.
press surprise that the corn crop of this district
| is sometimes superior to our own, when the sol
| s no better but We think when we note the fac
that all the corn lands are we'll narrowed befOr,
planting and afterward rolled until the field
look like well kept gardens, that we have solve,
the mystery.
Candidates in this county, as elsewhere, arr
as "thIck rs leaves in Valambrosa's vale. >
The Saline democrats Will doubtless supper
Marmaduke solidly in the convention.
We would speak Of several other young tow N
between HIgglnsvIlle and Marshall, but on
letter is already too long. OslER.
The following named boats have passe,
this port since May |: Fannie Tatum, up
Tor Omaha, May 2; Fannie Lewis, down
May 5; Jim Watson, down, with 700 logs
May .; Minnie Thurman, up, for noun
= tains, May 3; Joe. Kinney, up, Kansas City
May IL Joe Kinney, down. May IL Mi
v waukee. up, for Yunkton, May IL; Durfee
up. May IA.
e Go to the cheapest store in the county
: and get choice lemons at rs cents a doZer
u If 1t were not for mere sake OF form, tn
y name might not be mentioned. But as usus
it Is Beeding d Clagett who are cutting tn
prices In choice goods. myl5tl
Limrtck Lawn, or as 1t is now called Lir
e wood Lawn, has been much improved b
It repairs aud painting CT tRs very tue mar
slon and other necessary Work.