Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-02-07
Next Saturday Will be St. Valentines

We haven't heard yet OF any lady ''leap.
ing into mutrimony. Is 1t possible. de-
spite all the cry for the rights of women,
that the good old ways are counted best al
ter all?
The law now requires the probate docket
to be published three times, AMI provides
that 1t shall be paid for, pro rata, by the
estates. Heretofore we have always printed
it once gratuitousIy.
Onions are recommended for colds. Young
ladies and gentlemen may now stop their
sneezlng and wheeling. One good big one,
eaten raw, will do the business for the cold
and for your evening partner, too. believe
us.
Labor without brains may accomplish
something. Brains without labor can do
nothing. Therefore work. There Is no
royal road to success where one man Is as
good rs another, aud, as the Irlshman said
q darned sight better.
The HigginsvilIe Lodge of l. .. G. T.,has
| elected the following named persons as off,
GERS for the ensuing quarter: a. f. Asbury,
W. e. l.; Miss Anna Kennedy, W. "; e.
U. Richardson, secretary l.. f. Boyer, +.
s.. w. w. Preston, T.; Rev. S. I. Rufner.
Chap. L. NJ. Reaves, NJ. Miss May Swaca-
er, 1. g.; S. w. vlvion. S.; Miss b.
Hockensmith, d. NJ; Miss Ora Houx, Il.
s.; Miss NJ. v. Hickman. l.. S.; 3. Wilkin-
son. Secretary.
MIR. W. NJ. JOrdan's foundry and machine
shop is an industry OF which Lexington
may well feel proud. In the last two weeks
Mr. Jordan has manufactured several ports-
bic and stationary engines, for milling pur-
poses, which he sold to persons In Kansas
City, one Of them being for persons In Lead
Vile. MIR. Jordan now gives employment
to a force of twelve men. With the en-
enlargement they deserve, his shops can be
made quite an extensive enterprise.
An exchange says:-"rhe ladies' always
read the personal column first. Wonder
why?' Because they don't. They first read
the marriages, then. In proper order. the
births, then the deaths, then they turn the
paper clear over to get at the personals"
In the next column, and they never lift their
pretty little noses until they are caused TO
turn them up by seeing tina: the editor calls
'that frowsy red headed thing, "the beau
tiful and accomplished Miss Matilda Jones'"
Sedalia Democrat In last Saturdays
Lexington ln,eIligencer appeared quite a
lengthy call upon Col. George S. Rathbun.
Of Lafayette county, asking him TO become
a candid ale Tor probate judge. Some Of the
best democrats In the county have signed
1t, and The man aske to become a candidate
is also one Of the best democrats IN the
county. An excellent lawyer, a Just, up
| rIyrht and OnnaoIanftnuo ritryon Ena Syinu
his people well, a man to be depended upon
in every relation Of life, 1t Is difficult to see
how any one better qualified to ill the POSI-
ton could be possibly found in the county,
Mr.. Blackwell seems to be determined to
put a stop In this county to the selling OF
liquor without license. On January %, the
case of the state against Vachel BarnhIll
was called before Esquire W. b. Wilson,
two complaints being made. A plea OF
guilty was entered to both charges, and the
defendant was lined $40 and costs In each
case. On last Wednesday,, Feb. 4, the case
of the state VS.. John Piper was brought up
by the prosecuting attorney, a complaint
having been entered of selling liquor with
out license. The defendant plead guilty and
was fined $40 and costs. The case OF the
state vs.. Mike Ryan was also tried before
Esquire Wilson. The defendant was found
guilty and was fined S75 and costs. In de.
fault Of payment he was sent to Jail lie
thinks that he can pay out in a few days.
The best way in these matters, and the
easiest way, is to comply strictly with the
law, then there is no trouble
Prof. S S. Hamill, the elocutionist, may
well feel tiattered at the large and intelligen,
audience which greeted him at the opsrs
house, last Tuesday night. 1t soon became
apparent when the tickets began to be solo
that the chapel at the E. Aull Seminary
would be inadequate to hold the crowd, ant
1t was wisely determined to have the enter
tainment, for it was an entertainment, a.
the opera house. Our people, like mos
others, prefer music or the drama to a let
ture. and the crowded house which Prof
Hamill had was rather unusual for such al
occasion. We eau safely say that all WHIT
went felt themselves well repaid for theiI
attendance. The professor Is a large, hand
some man and a trained elocutlonist. II
heavy work, such work as he especially
studies-Snakespeare, or other tragedy o.
serious compositlon-he is very fine. Hi
Hamlet, In the closet scene;Shylock where hs
meets his friend Tubai, and Baron Rudiger
he was true to nature. His recita.ions il
comedy were also good, though probabl,
not so far above criticism. They mad
everybody laugh very heartily, and that i
good praise for them. The following wer
the selections rendered: THE closet seen
In Hamlet-Hamlet, the queen, Polonius ant
King Hamlet's ghost" 1.-The inadverten
proposal of Sir. Pickwick to Mrs. Bardell.
, "Shylock." 'Betsle and l are out" 9TH
olacksmIth's story" darius Green an,
, his flying machine" "The death of Barol
kudiger," and ''Tne Western Lawyer" Tn
i. Rotations were sandwiched In between tn
different parts OF the lecture on %elocution
so that there was much of instruction a
I. we'll as entertainment in the two hours OF
, cupied by the speaker. We can, withou
much risk, promise him a large house if b
shall ever again find 1t convenient to visi
us. The community is Indebted In a degre
to Rev. JAS. A. Quarles for their pleasan
t vening, and we feel gratitied that it shout
have been 80 successful.
: The stockholders in the new fair associ;
!. ton met ut the courthouse, last Monday o.
. ternoon, and proceeded to business by al
pointing DIR. j. G. Russell, chairman OF th
II meeting, and c .pt. j. d. Conner, secretary
l Alter \ full discussion of the objects of I'll
new society, the following resolution Wa
8 offered by Col. Jos. Davis and adopted
Z "Resolved, That this is a new and separat
organization from the Lafayette Agricu
:, tural and Mechanical Association" On mt
ton a resolution was adopted to appoint
. committee of three to notify stakeholder
that there will be a meeting al the cour
house, Monday. February 16, at l O'Clock
H., when the organization OF the societ
will be perfected. This committee was al.
instructed to ascertain the exact status
the old association, the value of their proI
erty, &C.. and report same in writing. I'll
chair appointed Messrs. Conner, Hook an
u Tut, as such committee. The followiu
was then unanimously adopted: "Rssolve,
That it is the sense of this meeting tn
grounds should be obtained nearer TOW
than the old fair grounds" A committee
IL three, Messrs. Hook, Lockhart and B.
Gray, Was appointed to solicit addition
j. subscriptions. The list contained at II
H. time of the meeting 46 names of gentlem,
,. certain to pay up and assist In the wor
The meeting was u harmonious and pleasa
u one. Two gentlemen present misunde
r standing the objects of the new ASSOCIATE,